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In 2005, Prince of Love's "Ten Thousand Reasons" was a huge hit as soon as it was released.
The popularity of a song in that era was not much to see people use as a mobile phone ring, and "Ten Thousand Reasons" was the well-deserved number one on the ringtone list that year, with 120 million downloads.
In 2005, There were about 350 million mobile phone users in China, which means that one in three people on average uses a mobile phone ringtone that Zheng Yuan sang "Ten Thousand Reasons".
This also allowed Zheng Yuan to win the Best-Selling Male Singer Award, the Best-Selling Album Award, and the Best-Selling Golden Melody Award, becoming the first male artist with three awards in one.
Zheng Yuan was also invited to participate in the performance at the Spring Festival Gala that year, but Zheng Yuan refused.
After refusing the invitation to the Spring Festival Gala, Zheng Yuan also began to fade out of the entertainment circle, and people gradually lost his news.
Many fans of Zheng Yuan do not understand why they should leave the entertainment industry at the peak of their careers.
In fact, the reason is very simple, because Zheng Yuan is sick, in order to take good conditioning of his body, Zheng Yuan chose to fade out of the entertainment circle at his peak.
In 2014, Zheng Yuan, who made a comeback, appeared at the opening scene of major real estate and performed commercial performances with nightclubs.
Many fan friends said after watching Zheng Yuan's performance: "The 36-year-old has begun to be blessed in middle age, and his singing voice is not as clear as it was then, and the whole person and the handsome love song prince of that year can be said to be two people." ”
This scene also makes fans sigh for Zheng Yuan, and now that seven years have passed, what has become of Zheng Yuan's life?
Zheng Yuan was born in November 1982 in Yangjiang, Guangdong Province, and the Zheng family had four children, the youngest of whom Zheng Yuan was.
Zheng Yuan's family is a famous local literary and artistic family, Grandpa is a very good Cantonese opera performance artist, Dad also followed Grandpa to learn Cantonese Opera when he was a child, but grew up to become a businessman.
In order to make up for his father's regret that he did not inherit his grandfather's Cantonese opera career, his grandfather taught the four Brothers and Sisters of the Zheng family to learn Cantonese opera from a young age, and in addition to learning Cantonese opera singing, he also taught them to pull Erhu and Gao Hu.
Under the influence of his grandfather, Zheng Yuan became extremely interested in music, and from the age of five, he went to participate in professional instrument training, learn piano, guitar, drum kits, etc., and let his father invite him to invite another vocal teacher to learn the singing of popular songs.
And Grandpa did not stop Zheng Yuan's choice, but encouraged Zheng Yuan to study hard, whether it is Cantonese opera or pop music have their own excellence.
Zheng Yuan, who has talent and hard work, was admitted to the affiliated middle school of Xinghai Conservatory of Music with excellent results when he graduated from primary school, and when he was studying in the attached middle school, Zheng Yuan also set up his own band "Free Man Band".
In 1996, the 14-year-old Zheng Yuan also opened his first concert in his life and became a famous little star in Guangzhou.
In accordance with the normal order of development, Zheng Yuan can continue to enter other music conservatories after graduating from the affiliated middle school of Xinghai Conservatory of Music. can
Zheng Yuan's father went bankrupt because of the failure of business investment, and the family had no money for Zheng Yuan to continue his studies, in order to continue to pursue his musical dreams.
In 1998, after the 16-year-old Zheng Yuan left school, he went to the dance hall to do resident singing, and although Zheng Yuan, who had been singing in the dance hall for half a year, did not make any progress in music, he was able to support himself.
However, one day Zheng Yuan and the boss had a conflict, and the young Zheng Yuan did not know how to hide his emotions, and directly pointed at the boss and scolded.
After scolding Zheng Yuan also became unemployed, Zheng Yuan, who had no work income, could only live on the street, because the money he earned before singing was bought by him in addition to eating, fortunately, singing is a skill that Zheng Yuan relies on to survive.
Under the introduction of friends, Zheng Yuan went to a new dance hall to sing, and the price that the boss opened for Zheng Yuan at the beginning was 200 yuan a night.
But Zheng Yuan said: "One night, I want 1000, you can watch my performance, you decide not to give me this money." ”
That night, Zheng Yuan on the stage imitated more than a dozen singers, and all the audience members in the audience slapped their hands red.
Later, Zheng Yuan became the pillar of this dance hall, but Zheng Yuan went to Beijing in order to pursue the development of his music career and sang in this song hall for less than half a year.
Zheng Yuan in Beijing, in order to realize his musical dreams, began to pay for himself to find someone to make an album for himself, but the album was only half done, and Zheng Yuan, who pursued high quality, spent all the money in his hand.
In order to be able to continue working on the album, Zheng Yuan moved to the basement in Beijing, arranged the new album at home during the day, and went out at night to sell songs on the side of the road.
The money earned by selling singing is a complete drop in the bucket for the album, and Zheng Yuan, who is bent on pursuing music, has lived a life without a meal.
In the end, Zheng Yuan, who could not survive in Beijing, chose to go to Hangzhou with friends to develop.
Zheng Yuan, who went to Hangzhou, chose to return to his old business and go to the song hall to sing.
It was also because of the singing in the song hall that Zheng Yuan met Pang Long, Li Yugang and other people who were also singers in Hangzhou at that time, and formed a friendship with them to share hardships and hardships and become rich and noble.
Zheng Yuan, who sang in Hangzhou, with his clear voice and handsome appearance, became a famous love song prince, as long as there was Zheng Yuan's singing time that night, fans must have grabbed a good position early.
At that time, Zheng Yuan was a small fresh meat with uncompromising traffic, and many well-known singers from other places listened to his reputation and flew to Hangzhou to listen to his singing.
In 2003, Zheng Yuan, who had been a resident singer in other places for five years, returned to his hometown of Guangzhou, and it was also in this year that Zheng Yuan signed a contract with Peacock Records.
In 2005, Zheng Yuan launched his first solo album with the help of the company, and the song "Ten Thousand Reasons" included in the album was launched and became popular all over the country.
With 120 million CRBT downloads, Zheng Yuan's name has become a household name throughout the country along with this song.
With this song, Zheng Yuan became the newcomer of the year in 2005, became the most popular singer in 2006, and won the best-selling male singer award, the best-selling album award, and the best-selling golden song award in 2007.
In addition to making Zheng Yuangong famous, this song also brought Zheng Yuan a minimum of 200 million yuan in revenue.
At that time, Zheng Yuan also changed from the love song prince in Hangzhou to the love song prince of the whole country, and the Spring Festival Gala also threw an olive branch to the love song prince.
It is reasonable to say that participating in the Spring Festival Gala is an opportunity that every artist can't ask for, although the Spring Festival Gala does not have any performance fees.
However, the last Spring Festival Gala was equivalent to shining a picture in front of chinese people all over the world, which is of great help to the development of personal career.
However, in the face of the invitation to the Spring Festival Gala, Zheng Yuan chose to refuse, because he was at his peak at the time, frequently participating in various programs and performances, and sometimes flying to three different places in a day to perform.
Under the pressure of this ultra-high-intensity work, Zheng Yuan's body was exhausted and often hospitalized for various problems.
For the sake of his own health, Zheng Yuan, who has proved his strength and made enough money, chose to fade out of the entertainment circle, and Zheng Yuan, in addition to taking a good rest and maintaining his body every day, also secretly married.
In 2013, I was the first season of singers, and I invited Zheng Yuan to participate before the start of the broadcast, but at that time, Zheng Yuan felt that he was already a veteran who had achieved fame.
Now go out to participate in a singing competition comeback, but also let others comment that it is a little inappropriate, so I declined the invitation of the program team.
In 2014, Zheng Yuan, who has always liked music, chose to make a comeback, but the entertainment industry is a very cruel place, and there are always new people from generation to generation, and there are new people who forget the old people.
At this time, Zheng Yuan has long lost his fame, and the fans of that year have long been established and will not come out to chase stars.
In order to continue to sing, Zheng Yuan began to participate in various commercial performances, frequently going out to the cave, and zheng yuan could be seen at the opening ceremonies of various real estate developers and the performance scenes of nightclubs.
Some people say that Zheng Yuan is desolate in the evening, but for Zheng Yuan, as long as he can continue to sing, nothing can be overcome.
In 2015, Zheng Yuan, with his superb musical strength, was hired as a professor at the Beijing Academy of Performing Arts, and became the youngest professor since the establishment of the school.
Today, Zheng Yuan continues to insist on music creation, and every year he will launch his own new songs, but now his new songs will not only tell the feelings of men and women, but also care about the next generation of the motherland.
Zheng Yuan has always been very confidential about his family life, but in 2020, he issued an announcement saying: "The photos of him and her lover spread on the Internet are fake, and there will be opportunities to be made public in the future. ”
Now, in addition to continuing his singing career, he has also become a member of the Standing Committee of the All-China Youth Federation.
For Zheng Yuan, it doesn't matter where you sing, it doesn't matter how many fans you have, as long as you can continue to sing.
It is the same for each of us in our career, how much money we make is not the most important, how much fame we gain, nor is it the most important.
The most important thing is to find a career that you like and are willing to fight for all your life, after all, life is short, and it is most important to let yourself live happily.
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