Now, Pang Long has once again stepped into his former alma mater, Shenyang Conservatory of Music, and he has become an outstanding music teacher, devoting himself to the cause of music education and making greater contributions to the cultivation of more outstanding music talents.
In the academy, he is deeply loved and respected by teachers and students, not only serving as a lecturer in vocal music courses, but also honored to be appointed as a lifelong honorary professor of Zhejiang Conservatory of Music.
Whenever he finished a wonderful teaching class, Pang Long would always be alone, holding the guitar that had accompanied him through countless years, and sitting quietly in the shade of the sun-drenched trees on campus.
His slender and powerful fingers gently plucked the strings, and the familiar melody sounded leisurely in his ears, as if he had stepped back in time, taking him back to the school era full of passion and dreams more than 20 years ago.
At that time, Pang Long was thin and weak, but his eyes flashed with youthful vitality. Although his family was not wealthy, his love for music never faded.
I remember that one winter, in order to raise funds to release his first solo album "Life Trilogy", he resolutely sold his only small house and borrowed money from relatives and friends.
However, fate always seems to have a penchant for playing tricks on people, and the album received a mediocre response in the market, leaving Pang Long in an unprecedented predicament. However, in 2004, by chance, he was invited by his friend Niu Chaoyang to sing a theme song "Two Butterflies" for the TV series "281 Letters", which was like a beacon and rekindled Pang Long's hope and enthusiasm for the music career.
Although he didn't expect too much from the song at the time, and even those around him thought the melody of the song was too prosaic, the magic of fate is that it often brings you unexpected surprises when you are unprepared.
In this way, the song "Two Butterflies" quickly captured the hearts of countless young listeners like a butterfly breaking out of a cocoon. The lyrics cleverly interpret the eternal theme of love, and the light and beautiful melody makes it easy for people to sing along without too much literacy.
The market return of 240 million yuan set an unsurpassed record for the sales of pop songs at that time.
Now, Pang Long's eyes were slightly closed, and a faint smile was on his face. Although he has experienced many ups and downs in his life, music has always been the purest and noblest pursuit for him.
It is like a never-drying fountain of life, constantly nourishing his soul, even in the grinding of life, it has never completely lost his love for music.
It was a hot summer day in 2004, and Pang Long received a call from his long-lost friend Niu Chaoyang, and was warmly invited to sing a theme song for the upcoming TV series "281 Letters".
At that time, Pang Long was facing a bottleneck in his career development, and his first solo album "Life Trilogy", which he had just done his best to create and release, had a lackluster response in the market, and even the production cost of the album could not be recovered, and he was under heavy financial pressure.
"Write a random one, I didn't expect it to become popular anyway. Pang Long said to Niu Chaoyang a little helplessly. He once had endless hopes for a career in music, but the setbacks in real life seem to have gradually eroded the sharpness he had when he first entered society.
However, the trajectory of fate is always so unpredictable, and just when you are most defenseless, frustrated and desperate, it will suddenly give you a heavy blow and pull you out of the abyss.
A few months later, a fresh, bright and easy-to-sing "Two Butterflies" was released, which instantly captured the heartstrings of countless young listeners. "Honey, you fly slowly, I close my eyes and daydream..." The beautiful and moving words and phrases just right interpret the eternal topic of love, and the concise and bright melody makes it easy for people to sing along without deep cultural literacy.
In this way, this song quickly became popular across the country and won the crown of the year's popular divine comedy. Without exception, the major music charts were occupied by its soaring figure, creating a pop music sales myth of up to 240 million yuan at that time.
Wealth, glory, fame, and all the things that Pang Long had dreamed of seemed to befall him in an instant.
From an unknown small role to a well-known idol singer in one fell swoop, Pang Long has lived the bright star career that he has longed for countless days and nights.
CCTV Spring Festival Gala, and Jackie Chan jointly performed songs and other important stages and work, in the years when his career climbed to the peak, he had unlimited scenery and a bright future.
However, arrogance is bound to defeat, and overconfidence is often the point of no return to failure. Just when Pang Long was immersed in the splendor of "Two Butterflies" and thought that he was already at the pinnacle of the music industry, a huge trap was quietly waiting ahead.
After 11 years of burning love, Pang Long was ambitious and resolutely decided to stand up and hold a unique solo concert at the famous Agricultural Exhibition Center in Beijing, showing his charm to loyal fans with his strength and talent!
In the face of such severe competitive pressure, the staff, relatives and friends around him persuaded Pang Long to consider carefully and change the performance date to avoid a direct collision with Andy Lau.
However, Pang Long unswervingly rejected all suggestions to reschedule, his blind confidence has overshadowed his vision, and he arrogantly told media reporters: "The biggest difference between me and Andy Lau is that I have received systematic training in a professional music academy, and he is just a singer who came out of the art class."
He added: "In addition, my fan base is mainly young people, and there is almost no overlap with his middle-aged and elderly fan base.
Pang Long's remarks caused an uproar in the entertainment industry, and Andy Lau, the once low-key and introverted king, also felt extremely angry and offended by this, and publicly responded to Pang Long's rude provocations and baseless accusations for the first time.
"Music knows no boundaries, we're all peers," he said. After the concert officially kicked off, the fortunes of the two artists began to tilt rapidly.
In the Beijing Workers' Stadium, tens of thousands of spectators surged like a tide, and the atmosphere was extremely warm and full.
However, at the same time at the Beijing Agricultural Exhibition Center, only a few thousand spectators attended, and a considerable number of them entered the venue by giving away tickets.
Pang Long was defeated in this fierce competition, and his self-esteem was hit hard.
In the next few years, "Two Butterflies", a golden song that once swept the country, fell into an unprecedented predicament. First of all, it was voted by many netizens as the first of the top ten popular songs in China with the lowest and most vulgar customs.
Although the song has a beautiful melody, netizens think that the lyrics are too vulgar and lack aesthetic value, and have even been accused of seriously lowering the level of popular songs in China as a whole, setting back 20 years.
However, an even more shocking and heart-wrenching incident occurred at a college student gathering, when the famous singer Pang Long was immersed in the touching song "Two Butterflies" and sang it affectionately, however, there were bursts of provocative boos from the audience! Some students even slammed coins at Pang Long's head on the spot, leaving a conspicuous swollen bag on his head.
Suffering such a heavy mental blow, Pang Long was forced to stop his singing and tried to reason with the students in the audience, but he was greeted by more fierce ridicule and coaxing, and he had no choice but to leave the stage.
In this way, Pang Long fell from the peak of his career to the trough in an instant. After that humiliating performance by the students, he left the stage with endless humiliation and helplessness, and staggered back to his agency.
Pang Long had hoped that the company could give him the support and comfort it could, but the two sides broke out into a fierce conflict over the disagreement over the direction of his career.
The company believes that Pang Long should seriously reflect and abandon the arrogance and blind confidence of the past, while he himself feels extremely angry and unwilling to be hidden.
In the end, because he could not reach a consensus on this issue, Pang Long was ruthlessly "hidden" by the company.
As a once popular and well-known king-level idol singer, today's Pang Long can no longer gain a foothold in the music scene and is gradually forgotten.
Even the two popular divine comedies "Two Butterflies" and "You Are My Rose" can only be regarded as short-lived traces of popularity now.
During the long years of being hidden in the snow, Pang Long also tried to find a way to redeem himself. He overcame many difficulties and finally succeeded in releasing his new album "You Are My Rose" as scheduled.
Although the album received a certain amount of attention in the early days, it is difficult to make too many waves in the current fast-paced pop music market environment.
During the promotion of the album, Pang Long confided in a TV reporter his mental journey: "Many years ago, I also had a pure yearning for music and stepped into the Shenyang Conservatory of Music to study.
At that time, I was young and frivolous, and I was full of endless expectations for the future.
During those precious and fulfilling years in college, our singer Mr. Pang Long not only devoted himself to studying every subtlety of music theory, but also resolutely chose to have a long and arduous singing career in the song hall!
He bravely imitated the unique singing style of music giants such as Jacky Cheung and Chen Baiqiang, in order to hone his practical skills and stage performance.