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"A white suit, a guitar, and a pair of melancholy eyes"
In current terms, his image will definitely be popular all over the country and gain a lot of little fans.
But Chen Rujia was already the king of singers in everyone's minds in the 80s and 90s.
His songs can only be imitated by latecomers, but no one has ever surpassed them.
The original singer of Mao Ning's "Late Autumn" is him, as well as Liu Huan's "The Crooked Moon".
At that time, the Internet was not developed, and it seemed that many people did not know about his situation.
He really set the tide of an era.
Until he was 40 years old, he died suddenly due to myocardial infarction.
The day of his death happened to be the funeral day of "Anita Mui", and his favorite star was Anita Mui.
His story is more than just a few songs....
Resident singer background
Chen Rujia was born in 1964 in Guangzhou to a family of ordinary workers, the youngest child in the family, with three older sisters and an older brother.
The parents are busy with work, and the economic conditions of the family are average, but the siblings have a good relationship.
When she was a child, Chen Rujia had a lively and naughty personality, and often made her family laugh.
In addition to being naughty, he also has one of his biggest hobbies, which is his love and enthusiasm for music.
Every day when she came home from school, Chen Rujia always listened to various music tapes played on the radio over and over again, trying to imitate Xi singing along with the tapes, and completely immersed herself in the ocean of music.
At the age of ten, Chen Rujia successfully passed the selection with her outstanding singing talent and joined the Liwan District Youth Choir.
In fact, most of the children in the choir have received more formal vocal training, but Chen Rujia is an exception, he relies on his own ears and eyes, and teaches himself music theory and singing.
At first, he encountered many difficulties, but Chen Rujia quickly proved himself with his strength.
Three years later, at the age of thirteen, Chen Rujia had already made a name for himself in the choral world after hard work, and he successfully entered the choir of the Children's Palace.
After graduating from high school, faced with the choice of going to university or continuing his music dream, his parents hoped that he would be able to go to school in peace and stability, but after thinking about it, Chen Rujia still chose the latter without hesitation.
Although the family has a lot of confusion and opposition to this decision, Chen Rujia's determination has been determined.
He knew that to achieve his musical dreams, he had to put his heart and soul into it.
Since then, Chen Rujia has officially started her independent music career.
He traveled to Guangzhou and Zhuhai and began to sing in bars, song halls and other places.
During the day, food and accommodation are a little scarce, but as soon as she takes the stage and impresses every audience with her guitar and singing voice, Chen Rujia will forget all her discomfort.
Every fan who cheered him on made him even more determined to go on.
Moreover, Chen Rujia also continues to learn Xi, imitate and explore the singing methods of more excellent singers, and enrich his musical skills.
Chen Rujia accumulated a lot of popularity during his time in Guangzhou and Zhuhai, and many fans in Guangzhou later went to Zhuhai to listen to him sing.
Until one day, a friend introduced a Shenzhen boss to him.
After listening to him sing, the boss said something that woke him up:
"If you want to be popular, you have to go to Shenzhen to find resources, but you can't do it here in Zhuhai. ”
Chen Rujia has always had a higher pursuit of singing than ordinary people, and he immediately understood what this boss meant.
In 1984, Chen Rujia came to Shenzhen alone and began his new musical journey.
Red over Mao Ning, hot over Liu Huan
When Chen Rujia first arrived in Shenzhen, life was not satisfactory, and he worked as a resident singer in a dance hall on the recommendation of a friend.
At that time, he could get a salary of 2,000 yuan a month, which was quite a good income at that time.
He has always had a dream of music, and he has been constantly teaching and practicing Xi on his own.
In order to attract the attention of others, he even began to imitate the songs of popular singers, such as Xu Xiaofeng, who was all the rage at the time.
Gradually, Chen Rujia used his unique voice and interpretation method to sing Xu Xiaofeng's female version into a touching male voice, attracting the reputation of "Second Xu Xiaofeng".
He has gained a certain reputation in Guangdong, and even fans in Hong Kong have come to watch his performances live.
As time passed, Chen Rujia realized her limitations and longed to move to a bigger stage.
In 1987, Shenzhen was forming an art troupe to tour Europe.
Chen Rujia was successfully selected into this art troupe by virtue of his beautiful appearance and excellent singing strength.
Performing all over Europe opened his eyes and strengthened his determination to step onto a bigger stage.
After the trip to Europe, Chen Rujia was not the same person at all.
He first signed up for the "Xinyuan Cup" Mandarin Singing Contest held in Shenzhen, and won the championship with his transcendent strength and a Mexican folk song "Cattle at Dusk", and the prize was a piano, which has been treasured by him.
Then he won the "Most Popular Male Singer" award in the Guangdong "Dragon and Phoenix Cup" competition.
His popularity grew day by day, and he began to receive attention from other places.
That year, Hong Kong ATV TV fell in love with this powerful singer and invited him to sing the theme song for the popular TV series "Crazy Witch", which was undoubtedly a major opportunity for Chen Rujia.
In the next few years, Chen Rujia released a number of albums in a row, among which the sales of "89 Chen Rujia" were extremely hot and were once in short supply.
He appeared at various large-scale events, including the stage of the CCTV Spring Festival Gala, where he sang "Love in the Homeland" as the finale singer, and became a national star overnight.
The curtain call of the first person in the music scene
The time soon came to 1993, and Chen Rujia once announced her retirement from the music scene.
In those years, he took on an overload of performances, and he felt like a singing machine playing repeatedly, so he had the idea of resting.
In addition to the pressure of work, the breakdown of an unforgettable romance also hit this sensitive and sentimental heart hard.
Under such a double blow, he chose to go to Australia to learn Xi professional music knowledge, and at the same time helped his brother to manage the restaurant business, and began a quiet life for seven years.
During the years in Australia, his ex-girlfriend Wu Yanyun, who had not been in touch for a long time, suddenly called and encouraged Chen Rujia not to give up her music career.
After an ideological struggle, in 2000, Chen Rujia decided to return to the world.
When he stood on the stage again and sang the popular masterpiece "Love in the Hometown", many die-hard fans saw the familiar figure and burst into tears.
The road to this return has not been smooth.
For more than 7 years, the entertainment industry has long been changing, new people have emerged, and the era of Chen Rujia is gone.
His former popularity is not as good as it used to be, many fans have forgotten about it, and new idols are emerging one after another.
This time, Chen Rujia did not choose to retreat, but was more obsessed with the music career itself.
In the following years, in order to achieve his dream, he still immersed himself in creation with more enthusiasm, actively participated in various performances, and hoped to regain his former glory.
Although he is no longer the superstar of the year, he still persists.
However, fate is impermanent, on January 12, 2004, the day of the funeral of Anita Mui, the "eldest sister in the music world", Chen Rujia, who was sitting around watching TV at Chen Rujia's home, suddenly collapsed and never got up again.
The death of the idol hit him too hard, and he was excited for a moment to have a myocardial infarction.
By the time the ambulance arrived, it was too late.
Chen Rujia's sudden death has caused a lot of discussion in the outside world.
All kinds of rumors about "why did he die" were rampant, and finally the family said that it was because of "heart attack death" that these rumors were dimmed.
At the age of 40, he has never been married and has no children.
There is no more Chen Rujia in this world.
The people are gone, but the aftermath lingers.