【Author:Lu Nan】
In the 1980s, the Xiangjiang song scene rose up, and the "Tan Zhang Battle" was fiercely fought.
Mei Yanfang, Ye Qianwen, Chen Huixian and others also launched the competition of "Tianhou".
In 1989, the "Four Heavenly Kings" had just begun to take shape.
With Tan Yonglin announcing his withdrawal from receiving the award, Zhang Guorong also announced his withdrawal from the music scene, and "Tan Zhang Contending" finally came to an end.
It was also at the same time that Chen Huixian, who lost to Mei Yanfang in the "Battle of a Thousand Nights", announced that she would temporarily retire from the music scene and go abroad to study.
Why did Chen Huixian, who can compete with Mei Yanfang, announce her withdrawal when her career is in full swing?
Can't afford to lose or is there something else hidden?
Today, let's talk about the story of "Princess of The Song World" Chen Huixian.
In 1966, one-and-a-half-year-old Chen Huixian had just begun to learn her teeth and teeth, and she left her parents' side.
Chen Huixian's parents had just been promoted to a position, and at this time she was pregnant with her sister.
His father had to work to support his family, and he had no time to take care of the young Chen Huixian.
I had no choice but to put her in foster care with my grandmother, only to see her when I was resting.
At this time, 7 kilometers away from Chen Huixian's grandmother's home, a little girl was tilting her head to listen to a man pulling erhu.
"Uncle! uncle! I'll sing a song called "Flower Girl" to you. ”
The man rubbed the little girl's head and pulled up the erhu accompaniment.
He didn't believe that his niece, who had just turned three, could sing the whole song in its entirety after only a few times.
Qu Bi, the man turned back to the woman next to him and exclaimed, "Cousin, she is a genius!" ”
This little girl will resound in the Xiangjiang song scene in the future, and Chen Huixian will have a "Thousand Nights Dispute" with her in the future.
Her name is Mei Yanfang.
Chen Huixian has gradually grown up and has reached the age of primary school, but there are great problems in her personality.
At that time, Xiao Huixian was very playful, and her personality was sometimes very introverted.
How her grandmother said about her, it was as if she hadn't heard it, and Chen Huixian, who had no interest in learning, still stayed in the third grade.
Forced to do so, she had to let her parents take her home.
After returning home, she found that as long as she obediently studied and endorsed, she would feel the love she had never felt from her parents.
"It turns out that if the grades are good, Daddy and Mommy will like me."
Gradually, she began to study seriously and understood the importance of reading.
Chen Huixian's parents were both intellectuals and held important positions in the Immigration Department.
Gradually, they found that their eldest daughter's talent for recitation was particularly good, with clear words and loud voices.
Therefore, the couple focused on cultivating this characteristic of Chen Huixian, and reciting a text every day is an essential appetizer.
With the encouragement and cultivation of her parents, Chen Huixian began to participate in various recitation competitions when she was in elementary school.
As long as it is a recitation competition she participates in, there is no time to return empty-handed.
He has twice won the third place in the Recitation Festival in elementary school, and won the English Recitation Championship once before graduating.
He also represented the school at the Queen's Birthday Parade.
In 1979, Chen Huixian, who was already in junior high school, had more choices.
She began to join the choir and participate in singing competitions held by various schools.
As long as it is a group competition, she is definitely c-bit.
From junior high school to high school, Chen Huixian has been a celebrity in the student body, and various colleges have invited her to sing at school.
If you have to count Chen Huixian's achievements as a student, to paraphrase her later sentence: During my study period, I never lost a singing competition.
It's just that there was a girl who made her feel a little pressure.
The girl's eyes were slender and her eyelashes were not very good-looking, and she was a reticent cold beauty.
Only to see her play the guitar once in school, Chen Huixian decided that if she shot, it would not be so easy for her to win.
Since that time, she secretly wrote down the girl's name: Lin Yilian!
In the summer of 1983, there seemed to be something different in the air.
This year, Lin Yilian participated in the outdoor performance of the radio station, was favored by the senior management of the world's largest record company, and signed as its singer.
Chen Huixian, who is participating in the campus singing competition, was also photographed by a star scout and debuted at the same time as Lin Yilian.
Also in the same year, Mei Yanfang participated in the Tokyo Music Festival with "Hand Over My Heart", winning the "Asia Special Award" and the "Tokyo TV Award" two awards, becoming the most eye-catching new star.
In the same year, the first solo album "Red Mei Yanfang" was launched, which then set a record for the sales of 5 platinum records, and was selected as the top ten gold songs of the year, and became popular because of this.
At this time, the rise of the Xiangjiang song world also heralded the advent of a golden age.
Chen Huixian, who was taken to the recording studio by the scouts, sat alone in the corner reading the score.
Unlike a group of girls who exchanged heads and ears, she seemed to be in her own world, with only musical scores in her eyes.
This small, inconspicuous little girl attracted the attention of Zhao Runqin, a "ghost talent scout.".
At that time, Zhao Runqin was digging up singers for Angus, and Chen Huixian was his favorite.
In this room, there sits a musical genius Angus, "ghost scout" Zhao Runqin, and a recording master Li Zhenquan.
At first, everyone was not optimistic about the thinnest girl, only Zhao Runqin.
When the last one finished recording, only Chen Huixian was left.
Only to see her go into the recording studio without hesitation, put on the headphones for recording, everyone thought she was going to debug the equipment, who knew that she directly sang a song "Obsessed With Dreams And Wakes Up".
This singing did not matter, but it startled several people present, Andres was frightened and let out a scream, and the water in Li Zhenquan's cup was spilled.
Chen Huixian's voice was too loud, causing Li Zhenquan to quickly turn down the volume.
After the recording, Zhao Runqin, Angus, and Li Zhenquan could not sleep all night.
The next day, they met again, and Zhao Runqin proposed to jointly set up a music production company.
The three of them hit it off in less than an hour.
The first artist signed by this company was Chen Huixian, who was called the "Iron Lung Lady" by them at the time.
Later, Chan was assigned to team up with Chan Lok Min and Lai Chi Shan, which was named "Girls Magazine".
Immediately began to produce the album of the same name "Girl Magazine", and Chen Huixian's "Obsessed Dream Awakening" was also recorded in it.
The recording process of the record was relatively smooth, but it encountered difficulties in the final release.
The three-man company didn't have much money, and the cost of recording production alone was nearly 100,000, which was an astronomical amount at the time.
The songs are good, but because there are no well-known members in the group, no company is willing to help distribute them.
Zhao Runqin ran all the music companies in Xiangjiang, and finally came to PolyGram and said that he would not prepay royalties, which agreed to release the album "Girl Magazine".
In 1984, the manager picked a good day, and the compilation album "Girl Magazine" sung by three girls was finally launched.
Shortly after the album was released, Chen Huixian successfully appeared in the circle with "The Promise of Passing".
Record sales not only reached the platinum record, but Chan also won the Best Newcomer Award of the year.
At the same time, the top management of the multinational music company EMI saw Chen Huixian's potential and wanted to pocket her.
The company offered generous terms to join the company's eight-member group, but she refused.
And her old club knew about it, and at the same time smelled a glimmer of opportunity.
The era belonging to Chen Huixian also quietly approached at this time.
Chen Huixian's company executives found a problem from this "poaching" incident.
Nowadays, each singer can stand alone, but there is no idol for the teenage student market.
Even Mei Yanfang, the most popular rising star at the time, took the modern route.
The rise of Chen Huixian undoubtedly filled the gap in the market, and PolyGram made a bold decision.
After deliberation, the company decided to split Chen Huixian from the group "Girls Magazine" and create an album as an independent singer.
He was able to launch a solo album just a few months after his debut, which was rare in the Hong Kong music scene at that time.
Even Mei Yanfang, who is in the limelight, is also supported by many big guys, after more than a year of precipitation, she has her own personal album.
In August 1984, Chen Huixian's first solo album "The Feeling of the Story" was grandly released, and the sales reached platinum.
Among them, the title song "Love in the Glass Window" is a good result of winning the annual single title.
It was also in this year that Chen Huixian met her first love, Ou Dingyu, and appointed him as her own producer.
And Chen Huixian did not look at the wrong person, this Ou Dingyu not only pushed her to another height in the future, but also later became jacky Cheung's royal record producer.
In 1985, under the company's planning and packaging, Chen Huixian began to break into the Japanese market.
Later, he launched the Japanese mini album "Millennium Lovers", which received a warm response, and successively launched the album of the same name "Chen Huixian".
The title song "Florist" of the self-titled album was a hit, and the album's sales reached platinum again.
In 1986, under the planning and creation of Ou Dingyu, Chen Huixian appeared in front of the audience for the first time as a Japanese girl.
The third album, Rebel, was released, and its sales reached platinum again.
A year and a half after her debut, the album sold three platinums, but Chen Huixian, who had a bright future, was hindered at this time.
Chen Huixian's parents are high intellectuals, and those who attach importance to education naturally do not look at singers, actors, etc.
Seeing her daughter getting more and more popular in the music world, but her achievements have plummeted, this naturally caused her father's dissatisfaction.
So Chen Huixian and her father agreed to give her three years to focus on singing, and after three years, she would concentrate on reading no matter what.
Three years just after the expiration of the contract, seeing his daughter begging bitterly, Chen's father finally agreed to Chen Huixian's request.
With her father's consent, Chen Huixian was finally able to concentrate on cultivating in the music world.
In the same year, taking advantage of the popularity of the Japanese style, Chen Oudingyu set out to create an album for her and showed her with a retro image wearing a hat.
In 1988, with the launch of "Silly Girl" and "Where Life Doesn't Meet", coupled with the sweet Japanese style, Chen Huixian's popularity reached an unprecedented height.
After that, he was even titled "Hat Queen", and the limelight can be described as indistinguishable, and its achievements and popularity are even closer to Mei Yanfang.
However, at this time, there was a young man named Jacky Cheung who fell to the bottom of his career.
At that time, Jacky Cheung broke up with Luo Meiwei, and later borrowed wine all day to dispel his worries, and he made a big fuss about Mei Yanfang's birthday party, and his image was greatly damaged after being captured by reporters.
That "Mong Kok Carmen" was filmed at that time, and the black fly he played was a true portrayal of him at that time.
At that time, Jacky Cheung was really like the black fly in "Carmen in Mong Kok", and everyone hid.
I am often scolded: mud can't hold up the wall.
Only the simple Chen Huixian reached out and pulled him.
In the lowest period of Jacky Cheung, he helped him lead the singing of "A Pair of Lonely Hearts", and then invited him to sing on stage many times at concerts.
With his help, Jacky Cheung's career has improved, and then Zhang has thanked his little sister in many public occasions.
(Jacky Cheung joined PolyGram in 1984, a year later than Chan Wai-hsien)
In 1989, this was a turning point in Chen Huixian's fate, and it was also the year at the peak of his singing career.
At that time, the unelected copyright of "A Thousand Thousand Songs" was in the hands of Chen Shufen, and the melody of the song was derived from the "Sunset Song" by Japanese singer Makoto Kondo.
And Makoto Kondo once interacted with Mei Yanfang, so Chen Shufen sold the copyright to Mei Yanfang once after she had already given the copyright to Chen Huixian.
At that time, Chen Shufen also told Mei Yanfang's assistant that she also gave the copyright to Chen Huixian, but as long as it was launched half a month earlier than her, it could suppress "A Thousand Thousand Songs".
Perhaps knowing that Chen Huixian wanted to temporarily leave the music scene, Mei Yanfang did not choose to do that.
In the end, "Song of the Sunset" was launched only one day earlier than Chen Huixian's "Song of a Thousand Thousand Songs".
In July 1989, once "A Thousand Songs" was launched, it defeated "Song of the Sunset" with an overwhelming advantage.
The album containing the song sold 380,000 copies, not only won the three-week laurel, but was also regarded as one of the classic golden songs in the Chinese music scene.
At the same time, the temporary farewell concert is also underway at the same time.
The 1989 Top Ten Golden Melody Awards Ceremony, which was the battlefield between Chen Huixian and Mei Yanfang.
The most controversial of that night was undoubtedly Chen Huixian's "Song of a Thousand Thousand Sorrows" and Mei Yanfang's "Song of the Sunset".
However, "A Thousand And Thousand Songs", which won more than 2,700 votes at the "Awards Ceremony", lost to Mei Yanfang's "Sunset Song".
This "Battle of a Thousand Nights" finally ended with Chen Huixian's eclipsed departure.
Despite all the reluctance, Chen Huixian still went abroad and disappeared into the public at her peak.
During her studies, because a contract was still in effect, the company later sent someone to record a new album during her vacation time.
In 1992, the high-level album "Come Back" was launched, and one of the songs, "Drifting Snow", was extremely popular and is still talked about today.
In the absence of Chen Huixian's publicity, the album still sold three platinum sales.
It is really enough to say that the sister is not in the jianghu, but the legend of the sister is still circulating in the jianghu.
In 1995, Chan returned to the music scene immediately after returning to Hong Kong after graduation and released two new albums.
However, at this time, The top brass of PolyGon has long been wrong, and although both albums have sold well, she has been treated differently.
In addition to the division of the market by rookies such as the four kings and Faye Wong at that time, the company was no longer optimistic about her.
The differential treatment of the old owner made Chen Huixian discouraged, so she took the initiative to ask to change to a new yibao.
Due to the deterioration of PolyGram's performance at that time, it unconditionally agreed to Chen Huixian's request.
Who knows, the new Yibao is even worse.
In 1998, Chen Huixian left PolyGram to join New Yibao as a member of the group.
After entering the new yibao, Chen Huixian quickly released two albums.
Although there is no peak sales volume, Xiangjiang, which is in the market downturn, still sells well.
But even so, the returning Chen Huixian still did not receive attention.
Once, Chen Huixian accidentally broke a piece of glass and injured her nose, and even the front desk looked at her coldly, and the other people present also ignored her.
Maybe the journey went too smoothly, and the new owner's attitude towards the artist made her very uncomfortable.
In 2001, while still owed a record, Chan was terminated and left New Yibao.
In the years since she was terminated, she has also made several comebacks, but the response has been mediocre.
Every comeback of the trial made her disheartened and depressed for a time.
(Is this picture of He Hu Ge or Zheng Yijian?) ）
Until 2009, Chen Huixian began to focus on the mainland, and she no longer pursued red or not red.
In fact, from the time when the "Thousand Nights Dispute" between her and Mei Yanfang came to an end, the era that belonged to her had quietly changed.
Later, every time she concerted, she would definitely sing the song "A Thousand Thousand Songs".
If Mei Yanfang had launched "Sunset Song" a month earlier than her, perhaps there would have been no peak showdown, and perhaps "A Thousand And Thousand Songs" would have been strangled in the cradle.
Now, I wonder if whenever Chen Huixian sings the phrase "Look back slowly, the night that once belonged to each other", will she still think of Mei Yanfang?
32 years ago, that night that belonged to her and Mei Yanfang.