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Author|Qiu Nanqi
Editor-in-charge|Xiang Wanwan
When it comes to the first generation of national idols in China, Mao Ning is definitely an existence that is difficult to surpass.
In 1990, he went south to Guangzhou to debut, and in 1993, he became famous on the Spring Festival Gala, and won awards all the way until 2000, he sat firmly on the throne of the first brother in the mainland music scene.
"The Sound of the Waves Remains", "Late Autumn", "Heart Rain", "Blue Night, Blue Dream", ......
These classic hits may still be lying in some nostalgic post-70s and 80s playlists.
However, after the "assassination", rumors spread everywhere, and Mao Ning's singing career almost fell like a bungee jump.
Later, it took him nearly five years to repair his physical and mental wounds.
thought that he could stage the return of the king, but he lost his popularity because of drug abuse, and since then he has withdrawn from the public stage.
The first half of Mao Ning's life can be described as ups and downs, and people can't help but wonder, how did he get to where he is today?
01 A song became famous, and the prince of love songs opened the road
In May 1969, Mao Ning was born in Shenyang, Liaoning Province, his father was a cellist, and his mother was a mezzo-soprano singer.
Born in a musical family, Mao Ning has been lively and active since he was a child, especially good at sports.
After graduating from primary school, he entered the provincial sports team to specialize in track and field, and later graduated from the Liaoning Provincial Institute of Physical Education and Technology, and stayed on to teach.
Professional training is always hard and boring, but luckily a teammate brought a mono recorder from home.
At the end of each day's training, a group of teenagers flock to the tape recorder to listen to music and chat.
In the comfort of music, the singing cells buried deep in Mao Ning's bones also began to sprout.
He first participated in the school's theatrical performances, and his performance was eye-catching, and soon he appeared on the stage of the local amateur singer competition and achieved a good ranking.
After continuous success in singing, Mao Ning decided to give up sports and turn to a literary career, and with the help of his parents, he entered the Liaoning Provincial Opera House in 1987.
At the end of the 80s of the last century, when Hong Kong-style music drifted across the Xiangjiang River and blew to the mainland of the motherland, Mao Ning made a decision that seemed quite bold at the time:
quit the "iron rice bowl" and went to Guangzhou, the closest to Hong Kong, to develop his acting career.
Looking back, Guangzhou can be described as Mao Ning's blessed land, and when he stepped here, he started the road from an amateur to a national idol.
In 1992, Mao Ning, who had only been in the south for two years, was selected by Guangzhou TV to be sent to CCTV to participate in the Young Singer Grand Prix.
Mao Ning also lived up to expectations, won the second place in the Youth Song Contest that year, and took advantage of the situation to appear on the CCTV Spring Festival Gala the following year, singing his famous song "The Sound of the Waves Remains".
Mao Ning, who is in her early twenties, has full bones, tender skin, big black and white eyes that seem to discharge, and when she laughs, she will show her white teeth and playful tiger teeth.
Years of physical exercise have shaped his tall and straight figure and strong psychological quality, standing on the stage, with an atmosphere and stability that surpasses his peers.
He has a healthy and sunny image, and at the same time has a warm and clean singing voice, singing love songs to be beautiful.
Listening to Mao Ning's songs is like sitting lazily under the flower wall on a warm spring afternoon, making a cup of tea, reminiscing about the beauty of the past with friends, and relaxing to sleep on the spot.
Mao Ning soon became a household name in the country, and appeared on the stage of CCTV Spring Festival Gala for 8 consecutive years.
At that time, almost every girl had a poster of Mao Ning at the bedside, and there were more "sister fans" and "mother fans" in endlessly.
The brokerage company signed by Mao Ning pursued the victory, and let him form the "Golden Boy and Jade Girl" group with Yang Yuying, another female singer under the company.
One is the handsome and elegant "Prince of Love Songs", and the other is the "Queen of Love Songs" who is beautiful and sweet.
On the streets and alleys, you can hear their love song duets everywhere, and even gave birth to the first batch of "CP fans" in domestic entertainment.
Until 20 years later, "Heart Rain" sung by Mao Ning and Yang Yuying is still a repertoire for uncles and aunts.
After their combination became popular for four or five years, Yang Yuying gradually retired, and Mao Ning continued to work hard in the music world alone, and it didn't seem to be affected.
In 1998, he ranked first among the "Four Singers" voted by the whole country.
At that time, music charts were emerging, and from the national to the local, Mao Ning was a frequent visitor to major award ceremonies.
In a radio interview, Mao Ning once said that he won the most popular male singer for three consecutive years before 2000, and he no longer wants to participate in various awards.
The proper Versailles speech is just a true portrayal of his popularity back then.
In the eyes of the public, Mao Ning is like a star in the sky, and everyone seems to have forgotten that he is also a mortal with blood and tears.
02 stepped down from the altar, and the national idol was forced to lie down
The road of acting has been soaring, and people can't help but sigh that fate is too partial to him.
With a tall and handsome appearance, a clear and pure voice, and a long-lasting popularity, God is simply open to Mao Ning's doors and windows!
However, behind the glamour of becoming famous at a young age, the price is that Mao Ning realized the warmth and coldness of the world earlier than ordinary people.
After appearing on the Spring Festival Gala for the first time, Mao Ning had a little savings on hand, and he wanted to take his parents from the Northeast to Guangzhou.
Mao's father and Mao's mother, who have retired, left their hometown where they had lived for decades without saying a word, and resolutely went south to accompany and take care of their baby son.
The next year, Mao's mother was admitted to the hospital because of myocardial infarction, and Mao Ningyuan worked in Beijing and couldn't come back in time.
When the mother was dying, she didn't have time to see her son until she stopped breathing, and she was reluctant to close her eyes.
Mao Ning, who rushed to the ward, knelt on the ground, sang her favorite "The Sound of the Waves Remains" before her death, and then closed her mother's eyes with her own hands.
Mao Ning felt guilty for the sudden death of his mother, and for the first time he blamed himself for choosing an unstable job, and even mentioned changing careers with the music producer at the time.
The producer patiently persuaded him, and Mao Ning dispelled the idea of giving up.
But in the dead of night, he would still hold his mother's photo and hide in the room to tell endless lovesickness and guilt.
It took Mao Ning more than half a year to come out of his deep self-blame, but he didn't want similar bad news to follow.
Less than a year after her mother died, her father was also hospitalized due to illness, and Mao Ning received a call from her sister when she was waiting for a large-scale performance.
On the phone, my sister told Mao Ning that her father might not be able to save her.
When his loved one passed away, he couldn't be by his side, and the sense of grief and powerlessness struck again, and Mao Ning couldn't help crying in the background.
He walked up to the stage and begged the audience for permission to sing a song for his father.
Within a year, both parents died one after another, and the son wanted to be filial but did not treat his relatives, and the saddest thing in the world was nothing more than that.
In the next few years, Mao Ning would be sad and hide away when she heard others calling her parents.
Because he no longer has a warm haven, and because of the guilt in his heart, he can't make up for it in this life.
Mao Ning, who walked out of grief, seemed to be holding back his strength and working harder to comfort his parents' souls in the sky.
His singing career has been booming, and he has won almost all the awards that can be named at that time, and has become a well-deserved superstar in the music world.
However, in 2000, an accident forced the superstar to step down from the altar.
On the evening of November 22, Mao Ning drove to the recording studio alone, got off halfway to the convenience store to buy something, and unexpectedly encountered a robbery by gangsters.
The gangster searched him with a knife against his waist, and when he touched the car key, Mao Ning, who has always loved cars, subconsciously wanted to protect the key.
The gangsters thought that Mao Ning was going to resist, so they stabbed indiscriminately, and Mao Ning was stabbed several times and was seriously injured.
Luckily, a good Samaritan happened to pass by and took him to the hospital in time.
During the medical treatment, some media broke the shocking news: Mao Ning first abandoned her gay boyfriend, and the other party held a grudge, so she pretended to be a gangster to retaliate.
Ten years after his debut, a popular idol who has never had any scandals suddenly became associated with homosexuality, which stirred everyone's nerves.
Spread rumors with one mouth, refute rumors and break your legs.
Although the murderer was arrested and Mao Ning also held a press conference to announce the whole story, there was no obvious effect.
A statement cannot stop the unscrupulous media from hyping it up, nor can it prevent the people from using it as an after-dinner conversation.
Mao Ning, who was in the middle of the day, had a sharp drop in his image, and under the pressure of public opinion, he once gave up his beloved singing career.
This year, he has just passed.
03 The starlight faded, and he came out of the haze and went astray
Mao Ning was devastated after the assassination and was physically and mentally exhausted.
He didn't understand why he had suffered an unjustified injustice, and in the end he had to bear the pressure of public opinion alone, while the people who poured dirty water and the media were gone.
Mao Ning closed himself off, didn't answer anyone's phone calls, refused to communicate with others, and didn't even go out for two or three months, and his friends couldn't help him if they wanted to.
In the most torturous days, his friend Cai Ming sent him text messages of a few hundred words every day, comforting and persuading him, telling him not to punish himself with other people's mistakes.
With the perseverance of his friends, Mao Ning finally opened his heart and walked out of the house.
Under the arrangement of the music company, he focused his work overseas, held concerts in the United States, went to Japan to learn art, and continued his singing career.
After the domestic public opinion eased, Mao Ning finally made a comeback with the new album "Me".
But after all, five years have passed, and the domestic music scene has been full of newcomers and hundreds of schools of thought, and it is difficult to have the glory of being unique in the past.
The superstar finally had a moment when the light dimmed, and Mao Ning quickly accepted the reality.
He began to participate in variety shows, "Era Show", "Variety Show", "Happy Boy" and "Super Girl" can all see Mao Ning as a guest or judge.
He also crossed over to make TV series, challenged the host, and gradually extended the tentacles of his acting career.
The former Heavenly King also began to share the stage with others, and Mao Ning became more mature and peaceful.
Although it is not as brilliant as it used to be, the audience who likes him can often see him on the screen and understand his movements.
Until 2015, a police report that Mao Ning was arrested for drug abuse completely ruined his acting career.
On November 27, 2015, the official Weibo of the Beijing police reported that Mao, a drug-related person, was found in a community in Chaoyang, who admitted to taking drugs and was administratively detained in the afternoon of the same day.
It was later confirmed that Mao was Mao Ning.
As soon as the news came out, public opinion was in an uproar.
No one would have thought that Mao Ning, who has always shown a sunny and healthy image, would slap himself in the face.
If the rumors after the assassination made him feel wronged in vain, this time it was he who personally stamped himself with the seal of a bad artist.
Although news soon came out that Mao Ning was released because he did not meet the conditions for detention, the fact that he could touch drugs became a stain that he will never get rid of in this life.
This time, no friends were able to help him, and after that, Mao Ning also withdrew from the public eye.
Mao Ning, who left the public stage, once worked with others to do public welfare and teach children to sing.
has also taken advantage of the rise of new media to sing classic old songs on personal social platforms to attract fans.
But none of this has attracted much attention.
Later, some netizens broke out that he was nearly 50 years old, and he often walked in the third and fourth tier towns, making money by taking commercial performances.
Mao Ning under the lens of passers-by, standing on the humble stage, still singing, but his smile was slightly stiff.
I wonder if the former superstar will regret his reckless past with the familiar melody sounding?
Last year, some people flipped out the Mid-Autumn Festival video sent by Mao Ning, complaining that he had excessive plastic surgery, his mouth was crooked, and his face smelled like a wax statue.
When he was young, his face has now become the object of ridicule from others, and the reality is too heart-wrenching.
Even if he was spared the pain of prison, Mao Ning would eventually have to spend the rest of his life paying for his mistakes.
04 Write at the end
The last time I saw Mao Ning, it was a video of the two playing ball posted by Ouyang Xiadan.
Although the 54-year-old Mao Ning's face is slightly unnatural, his figure is still straight, and he plays badminton with Ouyang Xiadan, with quick reactions and flexible skills, as if he is back with a healthy and sunny life.
From a national idol who is popular with half the sky, to a person who withdrew from public view because of drug abuse, Mao Ning's glory and loneliness in the first half of his life are embarrassing.
Fortunately, after experiencing strong winds and waves, he was able to come out of the abyss again, choosing to let go of the past and face it positively.
I hope that in the future, Mao Ning will be able to be frank and truly enjoy life.