Mentioning the name "Chi Zhiqiang" gives people the impression that it is indeed a negative image. The 70s and 90s of the last century can be regarded as a household name, only because of the state's strict crackdown on public security in the 80s, the popular movie star Chi Zhiqiang was imprisoned, and the subsequent launch of the "Prison Song" series once again pushed him to a climax.
Chi Zhiqiang
Chi Zhiqiang, who graduated from junior high school in 1972 at the age of 14, was recruited by Changchun Film Studio, and he was known to the audience for his "Entrepreneurship" film in 1974.
With his outstanding talent and handsome appearance, he soon became a hot star at that time, and successively filmed movies such as "Small Characters", "Gu This Lost", "Hidden Shadow", "The Last Eight People" and so on, and also became a popular idol at that time alongside Tang Guoqiang, who was popular all over the country at that time.
Why go to jail
Chi Zhiqiang, who may have become famous too quickly and whose career was in full swing, was taken away by the Nanjing police when the national "Strike Hard" movement began in 1983.
The reason is that he was accused by residents of "improper male-female relations", and during the filming of "Moon to Mid-Autumn Festival" in 1982, chi Zhiqiang, who was avant-garde, invited many friends to dance together, and then had sex with a woman. It seems inconceivable now, and cohabitation between men and women is also a normal thing.
After being arrested in May 1984, Chi Zhiqiang was finally sentenced to four years in prison by the court on charges of "hooliganism", and the news caused an uproar in the national audience, and two years later he was released early for his good performance in prison.
The origin of false singing
Chi Zhiqiang, who was at a low point in his life after his release from prison, was recalled to Changchun Film Studio as an actor again, because the film company thought that Chi Zhiqiang was too serious.
Subsequently, Chi Zhiqiang's "Prison Song" series also appeared at that time, and Zhou Yaping, as a producer, found Chi Zhiqiang with the factory leaders, hoping that he could sing music with the theme of "Prison Song" to warn modern young people to abide by discipline and law.
As an actor, Chi Zhiqiang himself can't sing and doesn't want to sing, so he was dragged into the recording room, and Chi Zhiqiang, who came to the recording room, read the dialogue in "Tears in the Iron Window": The biggest tragedy in life is the loss of freedom, and the biggest pain in life is the loss of relatives and friends.
Chi Zhiqiang, who thought that recording songs was so simple, did not think much about it, and then he was asked by the studio to go to Tibet with actor Li Youbin to shoot the movie "Heavenly Drum" for several months.
When Chi Zhiqiang returned, he found that the songs he had recorded before, in addition to the recitation and reading of the songs, and the singing part was sung by another person, which made him "shocked".
Zhai Huimin
At this point, Chi Zhiqiang found the leader of the studio to ask the truth, but the answer he gave was: "Because some parts of the songs you recorded before filming were not ideal, so you let people sing on behalf of you." Chi Zhiqiang suddenly realized that he was being spent to shoot a drama, and someone was speculating behind his back to make money.
The real singer: Zhai Huimin also cried out
Zhai Huimin was originally a singer with little fame in Changchun, and was inexplicably pulled by Changying to let him sing some songs in the "Prison Song" series, and he did not know about Chi Zhiqiang at all, so the tape album with Chi Zhiqiang's cover made a profit of more than 10 million yuan as soon as it was released.
Zhai Huimin, who knew about this matter, was also very angry, and found Changying to ask for an explanation, and then Changying also apologized to Zhai Huimin and responded to the song that was synthesized through Chi Zhiqiang's reputation and lyrics monologue.
The truth behind the scenes: Zhou Yaping
Zhou Yaping, a filmmaker and music creator, was a very business-minded person, and after seeing Chi Zhiqiang's return to long film, he quickly came up with the idea that he could make a lot of money by making "prison song" theme music through Chi Zhiqiang's reputation.
Because of the interests and work driven by Chi Zhiqiang was forced to record songs with Zhai Huimin, after 1988, they reunited and released songs such as "Tears in the Iron Window" and "Sorrow and Sorrow", all of which were promoted by Chi Zhiqiang as the cover of the album, and Zhai Huimin's name appeared in the corner of the album like the size of a sesame seed.
80s scene
It has been 32 years since 1988 when I was still listening to tapes in the "Prison Song" series, and it seems that I have been deceived as a listener for 32 years.
Chi Zhiqiang's current situation
Chi Zhiqiang also ruined his acting career because of his imprisonment, and later went to the sea with his wife Chi Daiying to do business. Chi Zhiqiang, who is now 62 years old, occasionally appears in the program to do some public welfare undertakings.
Throughout Chi Zhiqiang's life, it can be said that there have been ups and downs, and if he had countless lights, if he had not been a negative example of the "public security movement" of the times, perhaps he would have gained fame and fortune like Tang Guoqiang.