#头条创作挑战赛#
Author: If yes (rich book author)
Recently, Li Jian's concert tour "When Everything is Alive" is being launched in various cities.
There was no deliberate publicity, and there was not much hustle and bustle.
In every performance, Li Jian just wore simple casual clothes and sang quietly on stage.
The song is like a gentle breeze, like the warmth of the rising sun, leading everyone to the golden waves of wheat on the shore of Lake Baikal, far away from the hustle and bustle......
There are too many people who have been healed and fascinated by the musical utopia constructed by Li Jian.
Lu Yu said that his songs are like a love network, and Faye Wong said that there is "a warmth factor that is difficult to capture" in his voice.
Actor Yao Chen is even more of his die-hard fan, comparing him with Leslie Cheung: "His songs and temperament remind me of Leslie Cheung, that kind of faint melancholy, but also very calm and beautiful, not a little impetuous, almost not like people of this era." ”
Indeed, in the hustle and bustle of the entertainment industry, Li Jian is a special existence.
He was talented, but never ostentatious;
is in the entertainment industry, but he doesn't want to be too popular;
I fell in love with my wife, but I didn't have a house or a car for 20 years.
Today, we walk into the world of "music poet" Li Jian.
A musical genius who came out of an artistic family
Wang Xiaobo once said: "It is not enough for a person to have this life, he also needs a poetic world." ”
Li Jian was fortunate to find his poetic world in music when he was a teenager.
In 1974, Li Jian was born in a literary family in Harbin, his father was a Peking Opera actor, and Li Jian studied opera and martial arts with his father at a very young age.
In the first year of junior high school, a teacher played "The Romance of Love" on the guitar, which left a deep impression on Li Jian.
At that time, Hong Kong and Taiwan music was popular, and musicians such as Luo Dayou, Li Zongsheng, and Qi Qin held guitars in their arms and sang chicly, which made the young Li Jian fascinated.
Although the family conditions are average, his loving mother still used a whole month's salary to buy him a guitar, and later Li Jian said: "It was that guitar that changed my fate." ”
In 1993, Li Jian, who was in his third year of high school, participated in the winter camp held by Tsinghua University for national literature and art lovers, in which he won the first place in the country with a song "Say a Word from the Heart" and was escorted to the Department of Electronic Engineering of Tsinghua University.
During his college years, his academic rigor did not wear down his love for music, and he was selected to join the Tsinghua Choir, where he served as an accompanist for nine orchestras on campus, and also met many like-minded friends.
Among them is the senior brother Lu Gengxu, and the two often discuss music together.
After graduation, Li Jian became a network engineer in the State Administration of Radio, Film and Television, with a monthly salary of more than 4,000 yuan, which was quite good at that time.
However, Li Jian, who is holding the "golden rice bowl", is not happy, he is tired of this boring life of 9 to 5 and looking at the end at a glance, and he misses the time when he played guitar and played music with his friends when he was studying.
After working for two years, just when he was feeling depressed, Lu Gengxu found him and asked, "Do you still want to sing together?"
Li Jian's love for music was aroused again, and he immediately quit his job.
In April 2001, Li Jian and Lu Gengxu established "Shuimu Years".
At this time, he hadn't told his parents about his resignation, and he didn't know if he could make money by singing, he just wanted to fight for his dream:
"A lot of people think I'm sloppy, what if you don't sing it? But I think young people should be brave. ”
They were fortunate that after 5 months of hard work, their debut album "Life with You" was a huge success upon its release.
"How many people have admired your youthful face, but who is willing to endure the ruthless changes of the years;
How many people have come and gone back in your life, but you know that I will be by your side all my life......"
The title song of the same name "Life with You" has touched countless people, is popular all over the country, and is still regarded as a classic.
This song has also won many awards for Shui Mu Nianhua: "The 8th Global Chinese Music Chart", "The 2nd Music Billboard", "Outstanding Newcomer of the Year Award", "The 9th China Song Chart Newcomer Award", "The 9th Oriental Billboard Oriental Newcomer Award", "The Most Popular Newcomer Award in the Mainland of China", ...... A proper debut is the pinnacle.
However, no one expected that in 2002, when the prospects of "Shuimu Years" were good, Li Jian chose to quit.
Maybe it's because of the difference between the two in "singing and music concepts", or maybe it's because there are too many awards and publicity activities after becoming famous, which makes Li Jian unable to adapt.
Many people said he was stupid, but Li Jian said frankly: "If I continue to do this, I know that I will be famous and profitable, but my heart is lost, and those loves are lost." ”
Li Jian left all the names and works of the Shuimu Nianhua Group to Lu Gengxu, turned around and left, and everything started again.
For an unknowable future, it is not easy to quit a glamorous and decent job and give up the existing fame and fortune, but Li Jian does not have the slightest entanglement and hesitation, for him, "self-pleasure is the most important thing".
Stuck to the musical ideal in the midst of hardship
Leaving Shuimu Nianhua, Li Jian lived a period of poverty.
Suddenly, he had no source of livelihood, and in order to save money, he rented a cramped room with no heating or air conditioning.
The winter in Beijing is very cold, and he needs to build his own boiler to keep warm, and the water pipes in the house often freeze and burst, so he installs his own water pump.
In 2005, Li Jian's father was diagnosed with cancer.
Li Jian finally scraped together tens of thousands of yuan and reluctantly paid the operation fee.
The father, perceiving his son's embarrassment and self-reproach, said to him, "I have caused you trouble." ”
At that moment, Li Jian's heart was like a knife, and he knew very well that in his father's words, there was gratitude, guilt, reluctance, and even more worry about his son's current situation.
After his father's death, Li Jian wrote the song "Father", which wrote his thoughts and apologies for his father into the song.
"You are proud of me, but I have not been proud of you, and you are so generous, that I am forever ashamed ......"
After flying solo, Li Jian released original music albums such as "Like Water", "Coming for You", "Missing You", and also won the "Best Singer-Songwriter Award in the Mainland" on the 12th Global Chinese Music Chart, but he has always been tepid and has not received the public's love and attention.
The friends who made music around him left one by one, and many people persuaded him to give up: "Your kind of music will never become popular, it's too niche." ”
He was unmoved, insisted on walking alone on the road of music, listening to songs, composing, reading, playing guitar every day, and was at ease.
For him, "Music is a long-distance race, and since you choose it, you have to love it, and if you love it, you have to stick to it." Everything at the moment is the best arrangement, and people should not live in the purpose, but in the process. ”
Finally, he waited for a turnaround.
In 2010, Faye Wong sang "Legend" on the stage of the Spring Festival Gala, which also brought the author of this song, Li Jian, back into the spotlight.
This year, he was 36 years old, and it has been 8 years since he left Shuimu Nianhua.
He began to be seen and recognized by more and more people.
In 2010, he won the Best Singer-Songwriter Award in the Mainland of China in the "Music Radio China Top Chart".
In 2011 and 2013, he appeared on the Spring Festival Gala twice as a singer, singing his own classic songs "Longing" and "The Wind Blows the Wheat Waves".
In 2012, he was selected as the Best Male Singer of the Year Award at the "CCTV-MTV Music Festival", and the song "Heart Rises to the Bright Moon" won the Golden Melody Award of the Year.
In 2014, he was nominated for five nominations, including the Best Album Producer Award and the Best Chinese Album Award at the 25th Taiwan Golden Melody Awards.
In 2016, with the album "Li Jian", he won the Best Producer Award and the Best Album Award at the "Global Pop Music Annual Festival", and the title song "Beautiful Dawn" was also awarded the "Top 20 Golden Melody Awards of the Year at the Global Pop Music Annual Festival......
In addition to writing songs, he has also participated in a number of variety shows.
In 2018 and 2020, he joined "The Voice of China" twice, and both successfully brought out champion students.
Through these programs, everyone found that Li Jian, who looked quite cold, was so witty and humorous, and he could be called a "joker".
Once, Jay Chou asked, "Which of you has ever written a song about eating?"
Li Jian replied: "I have written a lot, "On the shore of Lake Baikal", "Songhua River", "Fuxian Lake", there is all food, all fish. ”
Another time, Shen Mengchen quipped: "You still wear autumn pants, how can my male god wear autumn pants?"
Li Jian wittily replied that he was a "male god of autumn pants".
At the same time, a large amount of exposure also shows Li Jian's kindness and tolerance in his heart.
He comforted a once extremely rebellious singer from Beipiao: "Children who love music are not bad boys, and I was also a problem teenager back then." ”
A reporter asked him what he thought of the sentence "Life is not only about the present, but also about poetry and distance", and Li Jian replied: "The life of ordinary people should not be called Gou Ji. I don't like it, it's like looking down on everyone from the vantage point. ”
Many people ridiculed the poetess Yu Xiuhua for being too earthy, but Li Jian commented: "Yu Xiuhua writes poems in the clouds and lives in the soil!"
Li Jian's songs and personality charm made him completely popular.
Under the spotlight, Li Jian retains his usual sobriety, he will participate in some activities because of publicity, but he refuses to take on a large number of commercial performances, does not cater to the market, and focuses more on music creation.
"I just want to save time for the important things for myself, for the music. Your identity is a singer, and you are more popular than songs, so that must not be right. ”
Li Jian has always tried to find a balance between ideals and reality.
From childhood sweethearts to fairy couples
Li Jian's sobriety and transparency are also reflected in his love.
The relationship between him and his wife Meng Xiaobei is as pure and beautiful as a fairy tale, but there are too many "differences".
When Li Jian was 10 years old, a 5-year-old girl came to her home with her parents.
The little girl's big eyes, snow-white skin, bright eyes and bright teeth, Li Jian couldn't help but praise: "She is so beautiful, like a doll." "It's the first time they've met.
The second time they met was at a wedding 7 years later, at this time, Li Jian was already in high school, and the little girl was also slim.
The moment the two passed by, they both stopped and looked back, as if they were blown by the spring breeze in their hearts, rippling ripples.
That "Legend" is about this experience.
"It's just that I have never forgotten your face because I have seen you more in the crowd, and I dream of seeing each other again by chance, and since then I have been lonely. ”
After Li Jian was admitted to Tsinghua University, Meng Xiaobei often asked him questions.
He gave her the cute nickname "Little Shell", which lasted for decades.
"Little Shell" swore and said: "I will also be admitted to Tsinghua University." ”
She really did it, and she went all the way to Tsinghua University for a Ph.D.
On the tree-lined Tsinghua campus, the two fell in love.
"The Little Prince" wrote: "Love is not looking at each other all day long, love is looking into the distance together and walking together." That's how they feel.
In the most depressed years of Li Jian, Meng Xiaobei was always by his side, accompanying him through the cold winter in Beijing, helping him survive the depression and embarrassment during the trough period, and constantly encouraging him to stick to his musical ideals and "go the way you want to go".
He wrote a song for his wife, "The Bird Sleeps Next to Me", "Looking at its little wings, but also protecting yourself from the wind and frost." No one can harm it, I want to protect it from flying. ”
The guitar is flicked, and the song is low, full of love and gratitude for his wife.
After becoming famous, Li Jian has always protected his wife well.
Until 2015, at the 10,000-person concert held in Beijing, Li Jian affectionately performed "Lovers in Love", and at the same time showed a sweet photo with his wife on the big screen on the stage, officially introducing his wife Meng Xiaobei to the audience for the first time.
He confessed in front of everyone: "A good marriage makes people feel like a tiger, and I feel like a flying tiger now." ”
In fact, Li Jian has said this sentence many times on different occasions, from the green years to the gray hair on the sideburns now.
It is often said that marriage is the grave of love, and it is clear that this sentence does not apply to Li Jian and his wife.
Even after many years of marriage, they still retain the romance they had when they were in love.
The Weibo of "Little Shell" records the daily interaction between the two, flowing full of happiness.
I was watering in the small garden, and the business trip gentleman who came back last night said through the screen window: "The days with you are called time, otherwise it is just a meaningless swing of the clock." ”
Mr. Jet Lag woke up at noon. I said I had done a lot of things in the morning. He said, "I've done a lot of things, I've had a lot of dreams!"
……
Someone asked Li Jian where he spent his honeymoon with his wife, and he replied: "I have been on my honeymoon all my life." ”
The two can be so affectionate, more because their hearts are compatible and their three views are consistent.
They were not strapped for money, but they all decided not to buy a house, believing that instead of spending money on it, they should spend it on guitars, records, and books.
In the rented house, the two lived freely.
There is a large study room in the house, which is neatly arranged with books and records, and there is also a tea room, in which the husband and wife often write, one writes songs and the other reads......
Before getting married, the two reached a consensus: not to have children.
They enjoy their world to the fullest, devoting themselves to work, traveling, and pursuing their interests.
Some people around them advised them not to regret it when they got old, and some accused them of being too selfish in choosing Dink.
Li Jian smiled faintly and replied humorously: "My genes are not so good that someone must inherit them, and I am not an endangered species, so there is no need to continue my genes." ”
In his view, the meaning of life should not be limited to inheritance, but should be the pursuit of personal happiness and self-realization.
Time is like a carving knife, making everyone slowly become unrecognizable.
Li Jian is an exception.
A Tsinghua alumnus once sighed: "The group of people around us are not what they were at the beginning, only Li Jian is still the same Li Jian back then, and it is still the same Meng Xiaobei who is by his side." ”
Yes, only Li Jian always keeps a distance from the hustle and bustle outside, he uses an old Nokia mobile phone, no WeChat, no matter what ups and downs he experiences, he is calm and easy-going, and he is not shocked.
In his world, there is still "a slow carriage and a long distance, and a lifetime is only enough to love one person".
He insists on being the most authentic singer and the most ordinary person, singing songs that can make people quiet with a clear and pure singing voice.
"I don't cater to the public, I don't cater to the trend, I just want to be myself quietly, those who understand naturally understand, and those who don't understand don't need to understand. ”
This is Li Jian, so simple, yet so rare.
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