Zhou Huajian's American wife was ridiculed: Without her, there would be no Zhou Huajian today

Some time ago, a photo of 63-year-old Zhou Huajian and his wife of the same age was posted on the Internet.

In the photo, Zhou Huajian's demeanor is still the same, but his wife Kang Cuilan is full of gray hair, so that many people say that she and Zhou Huajian are not like husband and wife, but like mother and son, which is too discordant.

● Zhou Huajian and his wife Kang Cuilan took a group photo

This isn't the first time Contrian has been negatively criticized. As early as more than 20 years ago, she was disliked by many fans, thinking that she was not worthy of Zhou Huajian, and someone even called her to urge her to divorce.

In fact, after 38 years of marriage, Zhou Huajian never thought of separating from Kang Cuilan.

From a down-and-out poor boy to a smash hit "King Killer", many people may not know that if there was no Kang Cuilan, there would be no Zhou Huajian today.

Chow was born in Hong Kong in 1960 into a working-class family with three older brothers and a younger sister.

He has loved music since he was a child, but his family is not well-off, and there is no extra money to support him to play music. It wasn't until he was in junior high school that Zhou Huajian had his first guitar.

● Zhou Huajian and his sister when he was a child

Because he was too fascinated by playing music, Zhou Huajian's studies were a mess and he was once repeated, and later, with the encouragement of his sister, he decided to go to Taiwan to take the joint entrance examination.

Before leaving, Zhou Huajian cut off the long nails left for playing the guitar to show his determination to "study hard".

However, this determination did not last long, and the atmosphere on the Taipei campus was extremely relaxed, and students were free to let their instincts unleash. At that time, Zhou Huajian often played and sang on the ground in the corner of the campus with one guitar, and when he sang a song, he looked up, and he was often surrounded by fans and fans.

Because of his outstanding talent, he was introduced by his senior brother to sing at the Shilin Folk Song Western Restaurant in Taipei, where Qi Yu, Pan Yueyun, and Xin Xiaoqi had all sung.

● Zhou Huajian when he was young

When he first met his wife Kang Cuilan, Zhou Huajian had been a resident singer for a while and was well-known in the circle.

The two got acquainted with each other at a party.

They were born on the same day, the same month and the same year, and this encounter may have been fate from the beginning.

Kang is from the United States, and the party that day was basically Chinese, and everyone chatted in Chinese, which made her seem out of place and a little lonely.

It happened that Zhou Huajian's English was good, so he stepped forward to talk to Kang Cuilan. Being able to meet a person who communicates with him in his native language in a foreign country, Kang Cuilan immediately has a good impression of Zhou Huajian.

● Zhou Huajian and Kang Cuilan

After the party, Zhou Huajian also enthusiastically sent Kang Cuilan home. When he was about to get home, Zhou Huajian revealed his identity as a singer to Kang Cuilan, and invited her to go to the restaurant to listen to him sing.

Before this, Zhou Huajian had actually invited many friends to listen to him sing, and these friends either agreed and didn't show up, or went through the motions and left in a hurry.

But Contrian is different.

After receiving Zhou Huajian's invitation, Kang Cuilan not only went, but also went for many days in a row, Zhou Huajian sang on stage, and she listened quietly in the audience; every time Zhou Huajian sang a song, she would be the first to get up and applaud. This greatly moved Zhou Huajian.

At that time, Zhou Huajian had been singing for a while, because of his excellent singing skills, the boss appreciated him very much, and many guests also came to listen to him sing. But this did not make Zhou Huajian feel satisfied, but made him a little lost, because his dream is to become a real singer.

Before that, he had joined a record company, and the company promised to help him release a solo album, but before the album came out, the company went out of business, which made Zhou Huajian quite disappointed.

originally had the opportunity to sing on the big stage, but now he can only make a living by "cats in the corner", and he doesn't know when he will be a head. At the same time, the long-term high-intensity resident singing work also made Zhou Huajian's tonsils inflamed and lost his voice for a while.

These circumstances made Zhou Huajian begin to think about how to go next. At that time, he wanted to become a music producer, but there was no school in Taiwan that specialized in music production, so he had to find his own way and solve the problem of living expenses. All kinds of worries made him very upset.

When he didn't know what to do, Zhou Huajian informed Kang Cuilan of his predicament and thoughts. Unexpectedly, Kang Cuilan did not hesitate at all, and said very simply: Insist on doing it!

● Zhou Huajian and Kang Cuilan when they were young

Kang Cuilan's father is a theater player, Kang Cuilan clearly remembers that many of her father's students are brushing dishes during the day and going to guest roles at night, she knows that doing art is like this, although it is very hard and tiring, but she must persevere.

You have to keep walking to see the light.

This encouragement gave Zhou Huajian a lot of confidence, and he immediately collected his mood and continued to sing while looking for opportunities.

A year later, Zhou Huajian's opportunity came.

That year, Zhou Huajian met a man with glasses and a scruffy beard, who came to the restaurant every once in a while to play mahjong.

Once when the man was playing mahjong, Zhou Huajian happened to sing on stage, and just after listening to a few words, the man was immediately not calm, put down the mahjong in his hand, came to Zhou Huajian, and asked Zhou Huajian-

Interested in joining Rolling Stone?

This person's name is Li Zongsheng, and he was a record director at Rolling Stone at that time.

● Zhou Huajian and Li Zongsheng

The opportunity is in front of him, but Zhou Huajian hesitated for a long time, because according to Li Zongsheng's arrangement, he joined Rolling Stone not as a singer, but as a "music assistant". The music assistant said that it was ugly, he was just a handyman, he had to do all the work, and he might not be able to do what he wanted to do.

As a result, Zhou Huajian began to make trouble again.

If you want to get into Rolling Stone, you have to start from the lowest, and at the same time, you have to drop out of school and give up your degree. In this regard, of course, the Zhou family's parents disagreed, it was ridiculous to be an unreliable music assistant without reading a good book.

When all kinds of pressure hit, it was Kang Cuilan who stepped forward to support Zhou Huajian.

"My father was also an art man, and many people were incredulous about his choices, but he's doing a great job right now, [so] you must never give up what you love," he said to him. ”

Now that you have recognized it and chosen it, you will do it, and don't care what others say.

In this way, Zhou Huajian entered the Rolling Stone. Rolling Stone's salary is very low, only 5,000 Taiwan dollars a month, which is difficult to pay rent, so he works as a production assistant at Rolling Stone during the day and continues to sing in restaurants at night.

At that time, Zhou Huajian and Kang Cuilan had been dating for a while and were about to get married. Before getting married, Zhou Huajian took Kang Cuilan back to Hong Kong to meet his parents, and then on the beach in Hong Kong, Zhou Huajian proposed to Kang Cuilan.

At this time, Zhou Huajian had achieved nothing, had little income, and his future was uncertain, but Kang Cuilan still gave him an affirmative answer.

Due to financial constraints, Zhou Huajian still sang in the restaurant the night before he got married.

In the rental house, Zhou Huajian and Kang Cuilan got married. Zhou Huajian has also ushered in a watershed in his life since then.

After getting married, Kang Cuilan helped Zhou Huajian manage his life, allowing him to focus on music.

Soon, a powerful singer in the Chinese music scene will be born.

During that time, most of the expenses in life were borne by Kang Cuilan, and Zhou Huajian seemed to be "eating soft rice", which made him very stressed.

He often asks himself repeatedly in the mirror, what exactly do you want. Then I look in the mirror and ask myself – to make good music, to keep going.

But even he didn't believe these answers, because it was too difficult.

But Nexus letters. Kang Cuilan said to him very seriously: "That's it, you don't have to think about anything else, I want to see you do this (music)." ”

Finally, half a year after entering the Rolling Stones, through the help of Qi Yu, Zhou Huajian began to sing advertising songs, and then Lady Luck favored Zhou Huajian, and the advertising song "The Direction of the Heart" he sang to Renault became unexpectedly popular.

With the popularity, the company decided to strike while the iron was hot and let Li Zongsheng produce a solo album for Zhou Huajian.

In 1987, Zhou Huajian's first album "The Direction of the Heart" in Rolling Stone was released. Once the album was released, it sold 200,000 people. After a series of victories, the new album "The Most True Dream", which sold 1.2 million in Asia, won the Malaysia Golden Disc Award, and the original "This City Has Love" won the Golden Melody Award.

● The cover of Zhou Huajian's album "The Direction of the Heart".

In less than 3 years, from pasty coffee to king, Zhou Huajian succeeded.

But after becoming popular, a strong sense of insecurity followed. During that time, Zhou Huajian had frequent nightmares, in which he was either chased and beaten, or became a fugitive and was arrested by the police. After getting rid of low self-esteem, confusion and depression, he fell into new pressure.

Succeeded, but began to be apprehensive. Others can't understand Zhou Huajian's state, but Kang Cuilan understands him.

Kang Cuilan said to Zhou Huajian, when everything comes true, you are afraid that it will be lost, you are afraid that it will be fake, you are afraid that it will be short-lived, and you are afraid that it will be just a dream when you wake up, because it is so good that you think it is fake.

Under Kang Cuilan's guidance, Zhou Huajian slowly calmed down, he calmed his emotions, and accepted his success.

After that, his career progressed steadily, "Let Me Be Happy, Let Me Worry", "Flower Heart", "Tonight is Sunny", the albums are more popular than the other, and Zhou Huajian has naturally become one of the most important singers in the Taiwanese music scene.

Fans call him, Wang Jie, Tong Ange, and Qi Qin the "Four Heavenly Kings of Taiwan", echoing the "Four Heavenly Kings of Hong Kong".

When Zhou Huajian's career was in full swing, Kang Cuilan continued to support him, and in order to let Zhou Huajian have no worries, Kang Cuilan took on the responsibility of taking care of the family.

In 1990, the eldest son Zhou Houan was born, and Zhou Huajian wrote "Kiss My Baby", which became a big hit again.

In 1994, the youngest daughter Zhou Houen was born, and Zhou Huajian wrote "Daughter Song" for his daughter as a gift.

● Zhou Huajian with his wife and children

With both children and a smooth career, Zhou Huajian's life is going up, but at this time he didn't know that his wife's physical condition had quietly become problematic.

Because Zhou Huajian has been away from home for a long time, the family and children are taken care of by Kang Cuilan alone, and whenever the child is sick, Kang Cuilan will have a strong sense of helplessness.

When she was pregnant with her daughter, Kang Cuilan accidentally gave birth prematurely, and Zhou Huajian did not accompany her in time because she was busy with work, which made her begin to have a tendency to postpartum depression. After that, things kept getting worse, and Contrian's mood got worse and worse, and her hair began to fall out.

At the same time, Zhou Huajian also generated a lot of bad rumors, and some media claimed that Zhou Huajian "had an affair".

Upon learning of this rumor, Zhou Huajian immediately called Kang Cuilan to explain, Kang Cuilan completely believed in Zhou Huajian, but she couldn't stand the rumors that appeared again and again.

The news is getting more and more true, Zhou Huajian is getting busier and busier, and Kang Cuilan feels more and more like a "superfluous" existence in Zhou Huajian's life.

● Condolans and her son

A fan called Kang Cuilan directly and asked her bluntly, when will she divorce Zhou Huajian?

survived the days of poverty, burdened the pressure of life, and endured the loneliness of her husband's absence, but in exchange for the sentence "When will you divorce", even if this sentence was not asked by Zhou Huajian, she still couldn't withstand it.

Kang Cuilan was extremely painful and proposed to Zhou Huajian to break up.

It was only at this time that Zhou Huajian realized that he had neglected to take care of his family for so many years. At the beginning, his wife unconditionally supported and helped him to embark on the path of music, and now, it was time for him to take care of his wife and take on the responsibilities of the family.

● Zhou Huajian's family of four

So at the peak of his career, Zhou Huajian put down his job and returned to his family, helping Kang Cuilan treat depression together. Accompanied by Zhou Huajian, Kang Cuilan gradually recovered, and Zhou Huajian's approach also made those bad media shut up.

In fact, when Zhou Huajian first debuted, someone told him not to truthfully explain his marital status, anyway, Kang Cuilan is an outsider, and he can completely hide the marriage, so as to attract more fans, but Zhou Huajian refused.

In his opinion, concealing marriage and feelings is a great disrespect to Kang Cuilan. Some people laugh at him for being too "honest", and some people joke that he is still so "dedicated" at his age, but only Zhou Huajian knows that he and Kang Cuilan are both lovers and confidants.

Forty years of music, for Zhou Huajian, there are too many stories in the past forty years, but each one is inseparable from Kang Cuilan.

Rather than saying that "Zhou Huajian will not abandon Kang Cuilan after his success", it is better to say that without Kang Cuilan, there would be no Zhou Huajian today.

From another point of view, the "discordant" photo of the two in the same frame is not an extreme romance?

● References

[1]鲁豫有约，20060330期

[2] Billboard Figures, 20110515 Period

[3] Global Times Entertainment Review: Exclusive Dialogue | Well-known singer and musician Zhou Huajian: Making music can't be "for the sake of popularity"