Text: Aomori
Editor|Zhouzhou Film and Television Entertainment Review
She looks beautiful and has a clean voice.
The appearance of playing the guitar is focused and gentle.
Not only show your style in the 2024 Spring Festival Gala:
And at this year's concert with the theme of "Edge", it also reflected the light like "Edge" and shined.
Back then, he wrote and sang a self-composed song "Does Anyone Tell You", so that Han Hong, who was a judge, remembered it.
gave a very high evaluation of "among all the newcomers, I only like Chu Sheng alone".
This song has also touched the hearts of many "drifters" and has become a hit song all over the streets.
However, such a well-deserved "fairy among immortals" was tragically banned just one year after his debut.
For a time, it set a record of 22.7 billion in the highest breach of contract compensation in the entertainment industry!
Does Chen Chusheng regret it?
How is he doing now?
Let's find out.
01 "Black 23 minutes" on the tiger's color change
On Hunan Satellite TV's New Year's Day and New Year's Eve concert from December 31, 2008 to 2009.
The program was wonderful, and the atmosphere of the party was in full swing.
But there was a major accident that no one expected.
Hunan TV celebrities He Jiong, Xie Na, Wang Han and Cao Ying suddenly did not follow the arrangement on the program list, and interacted with the audience and sang "Always Go Home to See".
It's embarrassing that not only are they out of tune, but none of them remember the full lyrics.
I had to keep turning the microphone outward, asking the audience to fill in the words they didn't remember.
Even the experienced host could not hide the embarrassment and chaos on the scene.
This "bizarre" scene lasted nearly 23 minutes.
The reason for all this is the current super celebrity who did not come to sing as agreed - Chen Chusheng.
What the hell is going on?
Where did he go, and why did he "play disappear"?
What happened to Chen Chusheng, who had been in this long time loophole, and let the host save the scene?
About a week later, everyone waited for Chen Chusheng's response.
He said it was all the result of a build-up of stress.
The intensity of his long-term work and the interference of his agency, Tianyu Media, in his private life overwhelmed him.
After the rehearsal of the concert on the first day, he left a letter to the relevant staff, and at two o'clock in the morning, he also left a message on the Internet and said that he would not go.
But Tianyu and the senior management of Hunan Taiwan were already furious at that time.
23 minutes is not short in a TV show, and it is the "prime time" scheduled on Chinese New Year's Eve.
Because Chen Chusheng was a veritable "popular brother" at that time, Hunan TV arranged time for him to sing three songs.
I didn't expect such a long time, but the host on the scene made a confused "answer sheet".
The news that Chen Chusheng was claimed 22.7 billion yuan also spread immediately, creating a record for the highest liquidated damages in the entertainment industry.
It's an astronomical amount now.
Tianyu said that this is calculated according to the terms of the contract.
According to the contract, Chen Chusheng needs to pay three times the value of his contract as liquidated damages.
And Chen Chusheng's value was already very high when he signed the contract, so the amount of liquidated damages calculated was very large.
For a time, all kinds of public opinion were also flying all over the sky.
Some people accused Chen Chusheng of being pampered and coquettish, too irresponsible, and drifting away for a while.
Some people say that Tianyu deceives people too much, and they can't bear it anymore.
But no matter what the world thinks, what has happened cannot be reversed.
The only one who has to pay the price for his decision is Chen Chusheng himself.
The two sides fought a lawsuit for more than three years, and after many mediations, it was finally concluded with Chen Chusheng paying 6.5 million liquidated damages.
But at the same time, it was also blocked.
This incident almost ruined his music career.
was once "embattled" and was called the "king of default" by the media, and his image has plummeted since then.
02 Millennium: "Big Dreams of a Small Town Boy"
Chen Chusheng may have been young and frivolous, but he was not heinous.
In the early eighties, he was born in a small county town in Sanya, Hainan.
There is a sibling brother who is four years older.
His parents are educated youths from Guangdong, and because his ancestors have never been a college student, they have high hopes for him.
I always hope that he will be admitted to a good university and glorify his ancestors.
But Chen Chusheng himself has a completely different dream.
When he was in middle school, he watched a video of a concert by the Hong Kong rock band beyond at a friend's house in the last century, which ignited his passion for music.
He always wanted a guitar.
However, his parents thought that it was something that the rich family had "played", and only persuaded him to study hard, and ignored his request.
But his brother Chen Chulong understood him, and used the money he earned from his hard work as a car mechanic to buy a guitar and give it to Chen Chusheng.
It was the first guitar in Chen Chusheng's life.
He was overjoyed and couldn't get enough of the guitar.
Through persistent self-study, you will soon be able to find out one, two, three.
As he grew older, his passion for music had already surpassed his studies, and he was no longer the little boy who followed his parents' wishes.
He was very eager to become a real singer.
But the family couldn't give him anything, and the family's salary added up to only enough food and clothing.
Although he can't support him financially, his family has not stopped him from pursuing his dreams.
The year 2000 marks the beginning of a new century.
Chen Chusheng dropped out of high school and left his hometown alone with the red brocade guitar on his back and went to Shenzhen.
He first worked in the back kitchen of a restaurant with someone he knew his father, and he was exhausted every day.
Later, I found that there was a piano shop training class opposite, and 300 yuan of the 400 yuan salary a month was invested in it.
After systematic learning, his level can be said to have improved by leaps and bounds.
The teacher of the training class felt Chen Chusheng's talent, so he introduced him to the bar to sing.
Chen Chusheng has a job that is closely related to his interests.
After that, he moved to a rental house in Baishizhou.
At one time, there were many dream-chasing musicians and singer-songwriters living there.
At night in Baishizhou, in the narrow alleys, there are occasional rats and ants running by.
Every day when he came home from work late at night, he would pass by that long alley.
Chen Chusheng lived in Baishizhou for five years, and during those days of leaving early and returning late, wandering and working alone, Chen Chusheng brought a lot of inspiration and wrote a lot of original songs.
But the bar's job hasn't always been smooth sailing.
One day, Chen Chusheng was singing in a bar.
Suddenly, a drunk man came to the stage and snatched his hat, Chen Chusheng was not in a hurry or annoyed, and politely asked for it back.
But after a while, the drunk man came over again and pulled the speaker cable.
Chen Chusheng still didn't pay attention to the other party, plugged in the power cord himself, and prepared to continue singing.
Unexpectedly, the other party did not give up, scolded and scolded, and poured a glass of beer on Chen Chusheng's head.
Chen Chusheng approached him for a theory, but in exchange for the result of expulsion.
In this unfortunate day when there was a thorn in the flesh and a tumor in the throat, fortunately, Chen Chusheng met Liu Yun, a partner he could accompany for the rest of his life.
At that time, Chen Chusheng had nothing, but she didn't dislike him at all, and firmly chose to be with him.
But after that, the two often worried about the economy.
When Chen Chusheng once wanted to give up music, Liu Yun supported him all the way.
Not only that, but she often encouraged him to participate in music festivals and singing competitions.
As a result, Chen Chusheng began to emerge in some events.
Finally, in 2007, the phenomenal men's singing program "Happy Boys" was ushered in.
Before the competition, he promised his girlfriend that he would marry her as soon as the competition was over.
The god of fate favored him at that time.
He got the script of the counterattack, and in the "Fast Man" competition, he "met God and killed God, met Buddha and killed Buddha" all the way.
In that era when there was no moisture, no marketing, and no need for the capital behind it, with each viewer in front of the TV with the voting text messages sent out by his own hand-
In the end, he defeated the second-place Awakening with a result of 700,000 votes and became the champion.
That night, some people cheered, and some people didn't know why.
Chen Chusheng stood at the top of the studio steps, and a pair of big white wings appeared on the big screen behind him.
Everyone was watching him with great interest, calling his name.
And his girlfriend, who has been with him the longest in the audience, has long been unable to cry.
03 After 15 years of silence, "offering personality" broke out of the encirclement
After winning the "Fast Man" championship, Chen Chusheng signed a contract with Tianyu Media.
and Li Yuchun, who became popular because of his participation in "Super Girl" at that time, was called the "one king and one queen" of Tianyu.
The three words "Chen Chusheng" also swept thousands of households with a tornado.
While the commercial value is rising, Tianyu, which attaches great importance to interests, has not fulfilled the promises made when it signed a contract with him.
He is not allowed to announce his girlfriend, let alone get married, and frantically squeezes his rest and creative time, and the time has been crammed to the brim for a year after his debut.
Chen Chusheng thinks he is an "obedient" artist, but Tianyu's operation gradually made him disgusted.
After becoming famous, his various scandals also swept in.
At the New Year's Eve concert in 2008, Tianyu planned to arrange for his ex-girlfriend to appear without his permission, because his ex-girlfriend was the prototype of "Did You Tell You" when he was creating.
I want to stir up a wave of Chen Chusheng's lace news.
Scholars can endure it, but they can't bear it.
If it does not explode in silence, it dies in silence.
Chen Chusheng immediately bought a ticket back to Beijing and dropped the entire concert.
This is the famous scene, a scene of 4 hosts and the audience singing awkwardly.
Chen Chusheng also expressed regret later, he was really impulsive at that time.
Maybe there is a more peaceful way to solve this problem.
But since it has been made, then it can only go all the way, and the mistake is the mistake.
It wasn't until 2014 that the 33-year-old Chen Chusheng finally fulfilled his promise at that time.
posted a photo with his wife, and openly disclosed his 13-year relationship.
In September of the same year, their eldest son was also born.
Chen Chusheng named his son "demo", implying that this is his best work.
It was the girl in the photo who was no longer young that gave him confidence and strength in the most bitter and difficult days, and snuggled him through the ups and downs one after another.
In 2019, a second son, Aiden, was born.
The following year, he posted a photo of his eldest son holding his younger brother on social platforms.
After a series of silences, he did not get depressed, which is all proof that he loves to live life.
After leaving Tianyu, he signed a contract with Huayi.
He has served as a guest at many big-name concerts such as Chen Kun and Xu Wei.
He also sang the theme song for "Hawthorn Tree Love", "Paris Holiday" and "If You Are Honest Do Not Disturb 2".
Last year, he participated in "Overcoming Thorns Season 3", which was also produced by Hunan TV.
defeated more than 30 players of the same age, including many well-known musicians such as Lin Zhiying and Hu Yanbin
He made his debut in all of his teams, and his strength showed his ability as an X-leader.
And he won a double championship for the first time.
More than ten years of experience have made him more and more calm, and when he plays the guitar, he still seems to have a little bit of the aftermath of the past.
I wonder if the moment he won the championship again, will he also remember the night that everyone was looking forward to many years ago?
epilogue
This past story is also deeply embarrassing.
But now the years have polished his original gentleness and perseverance more brightly.
He said: "I don't think about doing things before the age of 30, and I don't regret doing things after the age of 30." ”
When I was young, I had to go through a lot of hard work to get a good card, but I was beaten to a pulp by myself.
Perhaps many people do not approve of his experience, and feel unworthy or sorry for him.
But whether an experience is good or bad, it is part of a thousand different lives that make up our lives.
Finally, Chen Chusheng, who is in his early 40s, once said: "I have a family, a very virtuous wife, a very cute baby, and I can concentrate on making my music." I don't think there's anything happier in the world. ”
Do you want to ask him if he regrets it?
I think so, no regrets.