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"Big Red Lives"
In the entertainment industry, popular stars are always eye-catching, but it is not easy to maintain popularity and influence.
Some stars, such as Jay Chou, are able to stand tall in the music scene with their strength and talent;
And some celebrities, such as Wu Kequn, although they were also smash hits, eventually disappeared from public view.
once became popular all over the country with a song "Writing Poems for You", and even overshadowed Jay Chou.
And his sentence "I want to surpass Jay Chou within five years" has become a joke now.
Boasting more than Jay Chou
In 2000, Wu Kequn participated in a large-scale talent show, was favored by Bole Yao Qian and successfully signed a contract with Viking Music.
But his debut solo album "One Man's Tomorrow" did not achieve the expected success, which brought his career to a low point.
In order to make ends meet, he even had to go to the streets to play a puppet to make a living.
In 2004, Wu Kequn released his second album "Wu Kequn", although this album was not a big hit, but it also allowed some music producers to see his talent.
In 2005, he released a new album "Big Stubborn" and became famous in one fell swoop, and the title song "Big Tongue" became a phenomenal song of the year.
Until 2006, Wu Kequn's career ushered in its peak, and a song "General's Order" made him stand out in the Chinese music scene, and even called the "Three Days King of Mainland Pop Music" with Lin Junjie and Jay Chou.
At that time, this song was also said by netizens to be "satirizing" Wang Leehom.
That is, this year, he proudly said that he would surpass Jay Chou within five years!
In 2008, Wu Kequn released his fifth album "Writing Poems for You", which won again a big victory.
His album song of the same name "Write a Poem for You" won the top 20 most popular golden songs on the Chinese song chart, becoming a more popular song than "Big Tongue".
Just when Wu Kequn's career was in full swing, bad news quietly came.
In 2010, his mother was diagnosed with liver fibrosis, which left him in great pain.
In order to take care of his mother, he had to put down his work, which also caused him to miss many important moments.
In 2011, Wu Kequn's mother died, which was undoubtedly a huge blow to him. He lost loved ones and lost the motivation to move forward.
His career has also been affected by this, and his once lofty ambitions have become unattainable......
Wu Kequn not only had a bad career, but as an "illegitimate child", his growth was not smooth.
Leaving the shadow of the original family since childhood
In 1979, Wu Kequn was born into an incomplete family.
His parents have never been married for various reasons, which made his childhood full of extraordinary and bitterness.
Unlike most children, Mr. Wu had not seen his father for as long as he could remember.
He often envies other children who can pick up and drop off with their parents and grow up in a warm family. He had a question mark in his mind, why couldn't he have a complete family?
The mother's resentment towards the father has been building up and cannot be resolved.
In order to give Wu Kequn a complete family and make up for his sense of loss when he was growing up, Wu Kequn's mother took him to Argentina in 1985 to find his father.
When Wu Kequn learned that his mother was going to take him to see his father, he was so excited that he couldn't sleep all night.
He thought he was finally able to achieve his dream of living with his parents.
Illusions are quickly shattered by reality.
When he arrived in Argentina, he immediately felt the tension and indifference between his parents.
His parents always spent most of their time arguing and were not at all reluctant to be together day and night as he imagined.
Feeling disappointed and helpless, he even began to question the meaning of his existence.
After a fierce quarrel, finally one day his mother decided to take him back to Taiwan.
From that moment on, Wu Kequn returned to the life of a single parent without a father.
This childhood experience had a profound impact on Wu's psyche.
He became more sensitive, and his heart longed for the love and warmth that he had been missing. He began to look for comfort and sustenance in the people and things around him.
Despite the imperfect environment in which he was born and raised, Wu Kequn was not dragged down by the shadow of his family. He worked hard and successfully entered the Taiwan Academy of Arts Xi with excellent grades, where he began to explore his love and talent for art.
But he still chose to leave the path of being an actor, and it did not change because of his love for acting, but because of a reality that could not be bypassed-the problem of livelihood.
He began to compose music and devoted himself to a music career.
Throughout his upbringing, his mother was always his most solid support and supporter.
Even though she lived in extreme poverty, her mother never treated her son badly.
After the death of his mother, Wu Kequn was depressed for a long time, and in the two years after his death, Wu Kequn began to precipitate himself and change his original image and style.
At the same time, he tried to work with some new music partners.
What is inevitable is that the disturbances in the entertainment industry have made his "feelings" unstable.
The scandals never stopped
The most famous is the love story with He Chaolian, the "daughter of the gambling king".
It is said that the two met at a concert, and they fell in love with each other at first sight and started a relationship.
He Chaolian is a daughter who grew up in the palm of her hand, and she fell in love with Wu Kequn at first sight, and even expressed her heart for him because she was willing to be an underground "lover" for him.
During his relationship with He Chaolian, he was also frequently rumored to have scandals with other actresses, such as private dates and intimate contacts with Gillian , Xu Ruoxuan, etc.
It is rumored that Wu Kequn had a crush on each other in his cooperation with Xu Ruoxuan, but unfortunately Xu Ruoxuan privately rejected his show of love.
For this reason, Wu Kequn also released a new MV called "What to Do When Loneliness Comes" to express his sadness and loneliness.
Although He Chaolian continues to suffer from scandals between Wu Kequn and other actresses, she has always believed that there is "true love" between them.
In order to prove her dedication and support for Wu Kequn, He Chaolian often accompanied Wu Kequn on various occasions, and helped him many times to fully support his career.
But Wu Kequn declared that he was an unmarried family and did not want to get married, which made He Chaolian completely sober.
In 2015, Wu Kequn and He Chaolian finally broke up, and each went to a different path in life. Soon after, He Chaolian and actor Dou Xiao got together, and eventually got married and formed a new family.
He started a new relationship with actor Chen Yu'an, but also announced their breakup in the middle of this year, citing disagreements over future plans.
His love life has always been full of twists and turns, but he is still active in the entertainment industry.
Participated in the recording and performance of a number of music variety shows.
Whether it is smooth or twists and turns, Wu Kequn continues to move forward and work hard for his music dream.
epilogue
In his twenty-one years of music career, he has stood at the top and also fallen to the bottom. This makes people sigh that the reality is always so cruel.
Genius requires 99% hard work and 1% talent, but to be truly successful, it may need some luck.
Behind the god at the top of the mountain, there are countless people who are trying to climb,