Gao Xiaosong was born into a family of top intellectuals, his grandfather was the president of Tsinghua University, and his father was a famous Chinese mathematician. Under the influence of such a family, Gao Xiaosong has shown amazing talent since he was a child.
He successfully passed the college entrance examination and entered Beijing No. 4 Middle School Xi. As a provincial key middle school in Beijing, No. 4 Middle School has cultivated countless political and business leaders. The atmosphere of learning and Xi here has benefited Gao Xiaosong a lot.
As expected, he was admitted to his dream Tsinghua University with excellent grades.
For a Tsinghua student born within the red wall, he should have embarked on the path of an intellectual and contributed his talents to the country. But Gao Xiaosong's heart burns with a passion for literature and art.
He often sits alone on campus, plucking his guitar and singing beautiful songs. This is in stark contrast to the expectations of traditional families. Under the pressure of his family's "preaching and teaching to solve doubts", Gao Xiaosong chose to leave Beijing and embarked on a journey to pursue his music dream alone.
He gave up his job within the system and chose to wander around with his band friends. This undoubtedly brought a huge impact and change to his originally arranged life trajectory.
1994 can be said to be a watershed in Gao Xiaosong's life. In this year, at the age of 27, he released his first solo album "Campus Folk Songs 1".
At that time, the Chinese music scene was in a blank period, and Gao Xiaosong's folk songs had a novel and unique style, which quickly resonated with the majority of young people. Especially one of the masterpieces "You at the Same Table", this warm and simple song quickly became popular all over the country, and no math students can sing and harmonize.
Gao Xiaosong became famous with this song, with sales reaching 800,000, and he became rich overnight.
"You at the Table" is just the beginning of Gao Xiaosong's music career. The period from 1995 to 2000 can be said to be his most prosperous creative period. In the past few years, Gao Xiaosong has created dozens of popular folk songs, such as "Microphone", which reflects the life of military service, and "Youth Without Regrets", which expresses the mood of youth.
His records were widely sung on campus, and countless young students regarded him as an idol. In addition to creation, Gao Xiaosong also directed and acted in a number of solo MVs, held dozens of national tour concerts, and won him the reputation of "Prince of Folk" in the music world.
It can be said that these years have been the heyday of Gao Xiaosong's music career.
Gao Xiaosong has not only achieved success in the music industry, but his career has also extended to many fields. In the late 1990s, Gao Xiaosong decided to enter the film and television industry. He showed an amazing talent for screenwriting and directing, and soon wrote and directed a number of films.
One of the most famous is "When the Flowers Bloom" in 1998. This film, set in a youth campus, won the Best Feature Film Award at the 11th Popular Film Hundred Flowers Awards for its simple and moving plot and excellent film language.
It was also shortlisted for the competition section of the Berlin Film Festival and won awards at several film festivals such as the Chinese Film Media Awards. It can be said that "When the Flowers Bloomed" established Gao Xiaosong's status in the film industry.
In addition to his film career, Gao Xiaosong also followed the tide of the Internet era, founded his own music studio, and trained a group of newcomers. He has also served as an executive at a number of Internet companies such as Sohu and Sina, exerting his influence.
In 2011, Gao Xiaosong's talk show "Xiaoshuo" was a hit, with more than 100 million views, demonstrating his TV appeal. From music to movies to the Internet, Gao Xiaosong has opened up a new world of career, which can be described as flowering in many places, and has successfully achieved many transformation breakthroughs.
In stark contrast to his career success, Gao Xiaosong has experienced too many ups and downs in terms of relationships. His first girlfriend met in Xiamen when he was in college.
The two have been ambiguous for many years, but the relationship ended without a problem. In 1996, Gao Xiaosong met the singer Yunzi, who was unknown at the time. Yunzi fell in love with Gao Xiaosong's singing voice and talent, and took the initiative to pursue him.
On a whim, Gao Xiaosong agreed, and the two began to fall in love. However, the good times did not last long, and as his fame grew, Gao Xiaosong gradually became tired and cold about this relationship.
In the end, he decided to break up with Yunzi for the sake of the young and beautiful actress Shen Huan. This has brought great harm to the simple and kind Yunzi.
After 3 years of marriage with Shen Huan, Gao Xiaosong once again set his sights on wandering and was attracted by the talent and beauty of singer Ah Duo. In order to get Aduo, he chose to divorce for the second time.
A series of accidents caused Shen Huan to be mentally traumatized and fell into despair. Gao Xiaosong's chaotic and abandoning attitude has broken the hearts of too many women. Commentators believe that he is a selfish person who will only blindly seek things.
If his love life is Gao Xiaosong's weakness, then his words and deeds in public have gradually become his failure. In 2011, the drunk driving crash incident became the fuse, igniting mass doubts and criticism against him.
As a result of this incident, Gao Xiaosong was reduced from a cultural celebrity to a criminal, and he had to prostrate in court and was sentenced to six months of detention. This was undoubtedly a heavy blow to his life.
After being released from prison, Gao Xiaosong did not seem to take warning, but made a series of negative remarks in various public occasions. For example, on the topic of the Ming Dynasty, he did the opposite, negating the political achievements of this prosperous era, calling it the "Three No Dynasties", which aroused public condemnation.
In addition, Gao Xiaosong has repeatedly made speculative remarks in areas that he does not know how to do, and has been repeatedly refuted by experts and scholars, which has further deepened the public's impression that he is a "hypocrite".
Repeated gaffes have made Gao Xiaosong fall from a cultural celebrity to a street rat, he is no longer loved, and mentioning his name is even more offensive. This is undoubtedly a devastating collapse of the public image.
It seems that Gao Xiaosong's life can be said to have fallen from the peak to the bottom, and his experience has a very profound warning significance for future generations.
Gao Xiaosong is an outstanding young man born in a famous family, and he has a good family background and growth environment. He could have developed his career smoothly and became an intellectual who contributed to the country.
But he is conceited, indulgent, and reckless in satisfying his desires, hurting the women who truly care for him three times and twice. At the same time, he likes to put on a pretense and make ridiculous remarks in areas where he doesn't know how to do it.
As a result of his actions, he gradually lost the public's love and respect for his talent.
Today's Gao Xiaosong has fallen from the status of a cultural celebrity to a street rat. The mention of his name only conjures up negative words. This shows that it is not enough to rely on momentary talent and luck, and that a person must have true character and a way of doing things in order to win long-term success.
Gao Xiaosong's experience has taught us a profound lesson. I hope that future generations can learn from the lessons, integrate knowledge and action, learn from real talents, and face every challenge with a positive attitude towards life.