Pu Shu has shown extraordinary musical talent since he was a child, and he can play the guitar and sing by himself in high school. But he has a withdrawn personality, is not good at socializing, and dreams of living on his own music.
In 1996, 26-year-old Pu Shu signed a contract with Wheat Field Music and finally took the first step on the music road. But he has always hated the entertainment industry, especially the hypocritical stars on TV.
Pu Shu thought awkwardly, I don't want to be a so-called singer star, I just want to be with my music for the rest of my life.
Three years later, Pu Shu's first album "I Go to 2000" was released, which immediately caused a strong response, and he became popular overnight, with the Academy Awards and the top ten Chinese golden songs on the award platform one after another.
At the peak moment of fame and fortune, Pu Shu was at a loss in his heart. He found that most celebrities don't really care about music, and they have changed their appearances for fame and commercial interests.
And the ideal country of music that he dreamed of is nowhere to be found.
In 2000, the 34-year-old Pu Shu released his second album "Life Like a Summer Flower". The album is hotter than ever, with almost every song wafting to the scent of summery flowers.
For a while, Pu Shu's warm and sharp face was even more well-known, with tens of millions of fans cheering on, and dozens of farewell concerts were all full. However, his heart became more and more empty and lonely at the peak of fame and fortune.
In 2009, after experiencing the first low point in his life, Pu Shu couldn't bear the vanity and pretentiousness of the entertainment industry and chose to retire temporarily. In these ten years of white island time, Pu Shu experienced the torment of confusion, despair and long dark nights.
It wasn't until 2017 that at the age of 41, he finally mustered up the courage and released his third album "Orion Constellation". And the title song of this album, "Ordinary Road", expresses his return to the ordinary mental journey in music, emotion and life, and also marks that he has finally rediscovered his inner belonging.
Pu Shu has a straightforward personality, treats people sincerely, especially attaches great importance to affection and righteousness, and never breaks his word. Cheng Xin in the band was terminally ill, and Pu Shu couldn't take care of his livelihood, so he ran around to raise savings for several years for treatment.
After Cheng Xin died, he said to his mother with red eyes, don't worry, I will continue to take care of you instead of my son. For more than 10 years, every time he toured, Pu Shu would allocate part of his income to Cheng Xin's mother as promised.
Pu Shu is also very responsible, the golden retriever baby elephant he raised, when he was sick and hospitalized, he guarded the door with red eyes, eager to suffer for it.
Pu Shu knows that compared to life, the pursuit of music is insignificant. Every time before going on stage, he would silently recite that I was no longer singing just to get applause, but to convey the warmth of my heart to everyone.
47-year-old Pu Shu still stammers when he speaks, and his personality is straightforward and does not beat around the bush. He is like a child with lingering idealism, always retaining a simple and romantic heart, which is extremely inconsistent with his actual age.
When he is on the show, he will unabashedly admit that "I am here to make money", and he can easily get discouraged and cry when he does not understand. But everyone just smiled tolerantly, and no one really blamed him.
Perhaps the entire indifferent entertainment industry, such a drama that seems to be indisputable with the world, is the hope that people's hearts desire. Pu Shu doesn't care about fame and fortune, just to sing the original dream in his heart.
On stage, he couldn't help but sing his true feelings, and the applause and whistles from the audience were endless. But what moved everyone the most was actually his heart that cherished ideals and insisted on himself.
This innocence from the heart is more touching than his 40-year-old singing voice.
If the world is a dark forest, the entertainment industry is one of the most disorienting corners. Here, most people become insensitive, skeptical, and compromise with the rules to survive.
However, Pu Shu is like a clear stream, warming people's torn hearts with his 40 years of sincerity. His musical path is not easy, but it is worth persevering because it ignites the light in people's hearts.
Pu Shu is not perfect, but his love for life and music makes people see the world as it is. At the end, I don't know what to say, I just hope that the warmth he conveys and the value guidance can be received by more confused people; I hope that more and more people with ideals like him will appear around us.