In 2002, the domestic pop music scene underwent great changes, various rookie singers came out of the sky, and the blessing of capital affected the development of the national music market.
For the sake of profit, many musicians disregard the bottom line of principle and do a lot of things that go out of the ordinary.
When the appearance of those musicians who were controlled by fame and fortune caused dissatisfaction among countless predecessors, including a singer named Chen Jianning in Taiwan, China.
Defending the ideal in his heart is what Chen Jianning has always wanted to do.
Therefore, he formed the "Fei'er Orchestra" and opened the road of music that has been in the limelight for more than 20 years.
The Fei'er Orchestra soon reached its peak, and at the beginning of the incomparable scenery, it almost became a bellwether for domestic pop orchestras.
However, it was soon lonely again, and the end was extremely embarrassing.
The various bitterness and helplessness experienced in this process not only reflects the development of mainland pop music, but also reflects the development of entertainment culture.
Maybe behind this, there are many secrets that we don't know.
Because of the love between teammates, causing the three to turn against each other?
Or is it simply because the interests are not agreed?
In fact, these reasons are possible.
The Fei'er Orchestra bravely broke the norm, and finally was drowned in the tide of capital, which was their embarrassment and helplessness.
01
At that time, Chen Jianning formed the "Fei'er Orchestra" at the same time, the company he formed was called "Infinite Extension Music Business Co., Ltd."
This company is very large, which can be said to be Chen Jianning's lifelong expectation and painstaking efforts.
When someone asks him, is it necessary for you to do this?
He would always tell other people very firmly that it was necessary because he was engaged in music.
When establishing this music group, Chen Jianning selected Zhan Wenting and Ah Qin and formed a three-member orchestra, which was named "F.I.R." and Chinese "Fei'er Orchestra".
In the same year, they signed to Warner Records, with the lead singer Being Zhan Wenting, the keyboardist being Chen Jianning, and the guitarist being Ah Qin.
First of all, let's introduce these three, Chen Jianning's qualifications and experience are of course the oldest.
When I was in college, I made a lot of musical friends and then started composing music.
Later, he participated in many music competitions, and each time he achieved very dazzling results, so he was very confident in music and was also favored by many predecessors.
Which powerful person is willing to live under the people for a long time and not meet the talent?
Chen Jianning's musical path has long been doomed.
Zhan Wenting and Ah Qin are Xiao Bai, and before Zhan Wenting became a singer, she was only a student in the English Department of Fu Jen University, and Jolin Tsai was a classmate.
However, she often participates in some singing competitions, and is considered a beautiful woman in school, and even Jolin Tsai is not at all compared to her.
Not only can he sing, but he is also beautiful.
By chance, he was seen by Chen Jianning and was determined to take this excellent girl into his pocket.
There is also Ah Qin, who is also a student of Fu Jen University, who was later discovered, and his resume is even whiter than Zhan Wenting's, and his presence in the band is not so high.
But he was definitely talented, and later he helped many of his peers in the circle write songs, such as Zhang Shaohan's "Lost Beauty".
Talented, face value, management.
In this three-piece orchestra, no one can be left behind.
They didn't think about this so much at the beginning, and maybe Chen Jianning didn't expect it to be so red.
The musical concept brought several of them together, experienced twenty years, and finally fell apart several times for various reasons.
It's a pity and a shame!
02
Two years flew by, and after honing their training, they finally released their first music album, F.I.R.
This album contains "Our Love", "Your Smile"...
Among them, "Our Love" is the most popular and is still an important symbol on the pop music charts to this day.
Not only that, the first album sold more than 900,000 copies in only 4 months of release, won an honorary certificate with 600,000 copies sold in the mainland, and became the "Best Newcomer Award" at the 16th Taiwan Golden Melody Awards.
A month later, a concert was held in Taipei.
At the time when many Taiwanese idol stars became popular, the Fei'er Orchestra also climbed to the top.
This mysterious team has become a band that cannot be despised in the Chinese pop music scene, and even popular throughout Asia, second only to Jay Chou in sales, and any band and singer in Taiwan is difficult to compare.
Once you debut, you can have such an influence, which is very rare.
But even so, the Fei'er Orchestra still did not flutter, but maintained a low-key style, never showing its face at will.
At a time when many singers and stars rely on hype to boost their fame, they just silently make music.
Being able to sink down and do a good job is the fundamental factor in their success.
At that time, many people did not worship Mayday, and the Fei'er Orchestra took a step ahead of them and seized the Chinese pop music market.
In 2005, the second album of the Fei'er Orchestra, "Millennium Of Love", was once again well received, and received 2 million pre-sale orders at the pre-sale stage.
This song is very atmospheric, and a picture of "through the millennium" is displayed in front of the eyes.
The story of the creation of "Millennium Love" is derived from the "Thorn Bird", which only sings once in its life, has been looking for the thorn tree since leaving the nest, and when it finds the right one, it will plunge its body into the thorns, and when it is about to die, it will cry blood and sing.
It is very poignant, but this is also the faith of the Fei'er Orchestra throughout its life.
They see music as pure, but their relationship is not so pure.
03
In 2006, the trio composed the song "Every Day Night Night".
Unexpectedly, Ah Qin actually crossed Chen Jianning and Zhan Wenting's eyebrows.
Originally, such a love song needs to invest a certain amount of feelings, they have cooperated and partnered for so many years, and it is inevitable that they will have a good feeling in each other's hearts.
However, this exacerbated the rift of the Fei'er Orchestra.
Since then, everyone knows the love affair between Ah Qin and Chen Jianning, and they have not dodged at all.
Singing together on stage and getting tired of being offstage, such a day is very sweet.
Feelings also develop very quickly.
On September 3, 2007, Ah Qin announced his relationship to the whole world.
Subsequently, in the "Tenth Planet World Tour", Ah Qin proposed to Zhan Wenting, and the scene was a sensation!
At that time, everyone was optimistic about this relationship and hoped that they could come together.
And Zhan Wenting was also very surprised, when facing Ah Qin, who was kneeling on one knee, she said the three words "I do", officially opening the love-hate relationship between the two.
However, since then, I have not heard the marriage news of the two, and more news of when and where the concert will be held.
Careers became the only bridge between them.
However, it was also at this time that many problems arose.
Their third album, Flying Tribes, was of very low quality and sold nothing short of the previous two.
And the reason for this result must be the reason for the relationship.
You know, between three people, if two of them come together, then the other person is in an awkward situation.
Chen Jianning is a smart man, he knows that this is not a long-term solution, so he founded the "Riverbank Unlimited Music Club".
Although it won many awards for a while, it even became the top 30 golden melodies of the year and the most popular orchestra of the year in China's TOP charts.
But their road to loneliness has already begun.
04
Just when the "Fei'er Orchestra" fell silent, another news came: Ah Qin and Zhan Wenting had broken up.
The reason is that the personalities of the two are not harmonious.
At the listening party for the new album, the two confessed the matter.
Ah Qin said:
"There are many reasons, but the process and details are not stated."
Zhan Wenting, the "Fei'er" on the side, did not say a word, but her eyes were always red, and she looked very sad.
Even Chen Jianning did not know about this matter.
He used to worry that the band would have problems because the two were in love, such as when they broke up, maybe the two would also break up.
Chen Jianning was right, and the thing he was most worried about did happen.
In 2014, Ah Qin hooked up with Li Wenjing, a female model 14 years younger than himself, and the two were affectionate and sweeter than their first love.
Sure enough, the girl is good, and can make a man go back to the beginning.
At that time, when looking at Ah Qin, a happy smile always appeared on his face, while Li Wenjing, who had a big belly on the side, looked at him indulgently.
A few months later, Li Wenjing gave birth to a daughter, and Ah Qin was promoted to father.
However, they were not married at that time, and it was always not so glorious to get pregnant before marriage, but then Ah Qin announced that she was engaged to Li Wenjing.
At the end of the year, they hurriedly re-arranged the wedding in Taipei.
As a result, at this time, Chen Jianning and Ah Qin discussed that they wanted to change to Huayan Records, but Zhan Wenting did not agree at all, so the three of them came to the point of breaking up.
Suddenly, one day, Fei'er Zhan Wenting suddenly learned that she had been kicked out of the group, and she was furious!
In anger, he posted a public statement that he had been removed from the administrator's credentials.
Chen Jianning and Ah Qin have a new plan, and this new plan does not include Fei'er...
There are also reports that the head of the regiment, Chen Jianning, has embezzled 20 million signing fees!
The outside world has pointed the spearhead at Chen Jianning and Ah Qin, many people think that Ah Qin is too unkind, no matter how to say that the human world has also talked to you about love.
But in the face of practical interests, all feelings are not easy to make.
05
Ah Qin saw that the outside public opinion was so big, so he issued a text to clarify himself, saying that everything was a misunderstanding, and Fei'er was dismissed from the administrator himself, and even in order not to be misunderstood, he also quit the management group.
But even though Ah Qin withdrew, he still stepped onto a bigger stage with Chen Jianning, and Zhan Wenting, who was originally by his side, was replaced by Han Rui.
Her English name is Lydia, and like the famous song "Lydia", she may have thought that she could continue to compose the myth of FIR without changing the name of the group.
However, the myth is not written, but it becomes more and more tragic.
Although Han Rui is also a girl with considerable musical talent, she has a lot less experience than Zhan Wenting, two are mature musicians, and the lead singer is still a fledgling little girl.
Such a combination is somewhat embarrassing.
However, Chen Jianning still poured out all his resources and wanted to bring Han Rui up.
Who would have thought that the business on music has not improved a little, but has had many accidents.
In 2018, Fei'er Zhan Wenting announced that she officially joined Yashen Music.
At this point, the Fei'er Orchestra announced its dissolution!
After Zhan Wenting signed a new company, she has been very low-key, and there is no excessive news, except that sometimes some recent situations will be exposed on the Internet.
For example, the news of being with cartoonist Lu Ming, but the two broke up within a few months of being together.
Since then, Zhan Wenting has been difficult to devote herself to feelings again, but has been alone.
She also often goes to commercial performances.
There is some obvious contrast with the previous scenery, and it is also related to the injury of her voice.
Later, she participated in many programs as an independent singer, such as "The Masked Singer Will Guess Guess", which was highly acclaimed.
She started to have a lot of supporters.
Those people are fans who once liked the "Fei'er Orchestra", and now the Fei'er Orchestra has changed its face, and Fei'er is still the original Fei'er.
06
And Chen Jianning and Ah Qin were not willing to be lonely like this, so they took Han Rui with them, and the three of them participated in "The Voice of Heavenly Gifts" in the name of "Fei'er".
Originally, I thought that I could brush a wave of heat by feelings, but who had thought of it was ridiculed by everyone.
Ding Taisheng said that Han Rui was quite poor, and Tao Zhe hit the nail on the head, saying that the lead singer in a group should not be replaced at will.
The three of them looked extremely embarrassed on stage.
As Zhan Wenting's former lover, Ah Qin took the initiative to stand up and respond to this matter, saying:
"I swear to God, we definitely didn't drive her (Zhan Wenting) away, we were friends (or female P friends) for more than twenty years, how could I not know what she was thinking.
I am here to invite her back again, my former teammate, once a partner, once a lover, as long as you are willing to come back, this place will always be your home. ”
This enigmatic speech does not make people feel moved, but on the contrary, it makes people feel a little hypocritical.
Even if there is no trace of entanglement, then they will not get to this point.
Since there is already such a big contradiction, how can it be returned, and how can the original rift be filled?
Even if Zhan Wenting is willing, many of her fans are not willing.
If there is really remorse, then why should we know today in the first place?
If you don't do it and cherish it, then in the end you will only destroy the bright future.
Besides, those loneliness and misunderstandings that Zhan Wenting endured alone, who can soothe her?
Even if she didn't hate anyone, the hurt was always there.
After all, what they have experienced along the way, everyone is in the eyes, Chen Jianning and Ah Qin can not escape, even if it is the criticism of them, they can only bear it.
07
In 2016, a lyricist, Xie Youhui, shared a photo of her daughter.
Then everyone dug up to know that her lover was Chen Jianning, and although the two had always been very low-key, their feelings were also quite stable.
Now that he has been upgraded to a grandfather again, Chen Jianning seems to be more mature than before.
After becoming a father, Chen Jianning put more time into the family, and his career gradually became sluggish.
Ah Qin also experienced a painful thing in 2016, that is, his wife Li Wenjing miscarried.
He spent a long time with his wife, and under his careful care, Li Wenjing became pregnant again a few months after the child.
In 2017, Ah Qin's second daughter was born.
That past was gradually erased by Ah Qin, and few people would mention his past when he and Zhan Wenting were together.
In addition to the show and participation in activities, today's Fei'er Orchestra has completely lost its original scenery, especially listening to the comments of the instructors on the stage, which is really embarrassing.
The Chinese music scene has continued to develop over the course of several decades, and many musicians have emerged.
For example, the "Mayday" that later surpassed "Fei'er" was a long-lasting heat, and now, Mayday is already a mythical existence.
They are not only the youth of all post-90s generations, but also the typical Chinese orchestra.
Just like the wave, "Mayday" is the one pushed higher by the wave, and the "Flying Orchestra" is the one who is drowned by the wave.
As for who represents the Chinese music scene, it doesn't really matter.
Today's listeners, all they hear is commercial music, such as "Flower Heart" and "True Heart Hero" of that year, who else will listen?
08
It has been almost twenty years since the establishment of the Fei'er Orchestra.
It's a very long process, and if it can come to the end, it's a miracle, but this miracle still ends up empty.
This is a passionate dream, but now it is parting ways because of practical interests.
This is somewhat regrettable.
However, this is also the helplessness of many people, because when a group becomes larger and larger, it is faced with continuous commercialization and being controlled by capital.
Once controlled by capital, then it will fall into the embarrassing situation of "people can't help themselves".
The capital behind the entertainment industry has always been the extreme of terror, everything is going to commercialization, cultivating a deformed rice circle culture, so that more and more young people fall into it, and then crazy profits.
The "Fei'er Orchestra" has become a compromiser of reality, which may be the trend of reality, and they have no way to escape.
But no matter what, everyone hopes to see Chen Jianning and Ah Qin and the new lead singer Han Rui, who can readjust their mentality and create more excellent music for the audience.
Looking at the development path of the "Fei'er Orchestra", there is another very important reason, that is, Ah Qin should not have come together with Zhan Wenting in the first place.
This is also reflected in the combination of "Nine Moon Miracle", "Nine Moon Miracle" was previously just a simple partner, and later became a husband and wife, and after the marriage was broken, not only could not be a husband and wife, but even the partner could not be done.
And another group, "Phoenix Legend", they have their own lives, the stage is a partner singing together, after stepping off the stage, they will go back to their respective homes and find their own babies, which is to avoid many things in life from being brought into work.
Therefore, once you go to the partner of the lover, it is difficult to partner together again.
end
Time will not turn back, and the "Fei'er Orchestra" may soon "disappear" in the music world.
Wait until that day, they hear the phrase again, "Through the pain of a thousand years, just for a result, the silhouette you left behind guides me, and there is no loneliness in the night..."
You may cry a lot.
This is not only the youth of others, but also their own youth.