"Meilan Meilan I love you, you are like the enchantment of the orchid, you are like the green of the plum blossom, when I see Meilan, I think of you." This popular song in the 1980s , " Meilan Meilan I Love You " is a masterpiece by Taiwanese singer Liu Wenzheng. In the Chinese mainland, the first time I heard this song was basically sung from Wu Diqing's mouth. In early 1985, Wu Diqing's first solo album was recorded and released by China Records Shanghai Company, and the cassette "Meilan Meilan I Love You" sold more than one million copies. Wu Diqing also became famous because of this album. He is one of the earliest singers of domestic pop songs, the first generation of professional pop singers in China, and has the reputation of "China's first generation of love song prince".
Wu Diqing, a native of Wenzhou, was born in the 1960s into a family of intellectuals, and was influenced by his mother since childhood, loved music, and played the organ at the age of 3. After becoming an adult, Wu Diqing first worked in a scissor factory in Wenzhou, and later was admitted to the Wenzhou Song and Dance Troupe, from a musician to a soloist, although there was no fire at that time, there was no shortage of performance opportunities in professional groups.
In 1983, Wu Diqing was borrowed to the Zhejiang Provincial Song and Dance Troupe. In 1984, he left the provincial song and dance troupe and went south to Shenzhen to become the lead singer in the song hall that sprang up at that time, and began his career as a true professional pop singer. At that time, the song hall was full of songs, and many songs had to be prepared to cope with the singing of the song hall. Thanks to the dozens of songs he had accumulated, this made him cope with it easily. His singing was loved by shenzhen people, and he was titled "Mainland Liu Wenzheng" by Shenzhen people. That month, he earned 500 yuan, and he used this money to record 3 boxes of cassettes, one box was sent to Fan Chengwu of the Shanghai Conservatory of Music, one box was sent to Wang Kun of the Oriental Song and Dance Troupe, and one box was sent to his family in Wenzhou. Wu Diqing later learned that the box was circulating in Wenzhou, when Wenzhou was listening to his songs all over the street.
1985 was an important turning point in Wu's acting career. Teacher Fan Chengwu in Shanghai sent him a telegram inviting him to attend a large-scale performance in Shanghai. For the first time, Wu Diqing stood on such a large stage as the 10,000-person gymnasium, holding an electric guitar and singing his favorite songs. When I came on stage, the stage was dark all around, and only the spotlight was focused on myself in the center of the stage. When he plucked the strings and sang "Merlin, Merlin, I love you", the audience screamed, and then he sang the rock-style "Monica" and "Love in Late Autumn" songs in different styles, setting off the climax of the party. Due to the request of the audience, at the Shanghai Ten Thousand People Stadium, Wu Diqing, the "Red Singer of Shenzhen", sang four times in a row, and the venue was full of seats and thunderous applause. After the concert, he became a "sought-after" by major record companies. China Singing Shanghai Branch found him and recorded the first album "Meilan, Meilan I Love You" for him, and more than a dozen songs such as "Meilan, Meilan I Love You" and "Electric Toys", "She's There", "Monica" in the album after the listing, the first one became popular, and it spread all over the country.
In June 1985, Wu Diqing released his second solo album "Shenzhen Red Singer Wu Diqing Song Selection", which sold more than one million copies. In the album, more than a dozen songs such as "Ten Thousand Miles on the Road of Love", "Ali Baba", "Like the Sun", "Spring Rain" and so on, once again became popular throughout the streets and alleys, entering thousands of households, and he became one of the most popular singers in the 1980s.
In 1986, he released his third album "Wu Diqing Love Song Collection" and the fourth album "Evergreen Wu Diqing", and began the "China Tour", setting a record of more than 500 consecutive performances and full scenes. He was praised by major media as "love song Nan Batian".
In 1987, after adjusting his singing style and recording, he released his fifth solo album "87 Wu Diqing", and his acting style tended to mature, and in the same year, he went to Beijing to participate in the "Second China 100 Singers Concert".
In 1988, he was selected by the Minister of Culture to participate in the first large-scale music event of "This Year of the Dragon" in China, Hong Kong and Taiwan, and released his sixth album "Wu Diqing Yuanfei's Heart" in the same year, thus establishing his position in the Chinese music scene.
In 1989, he recorded and released his fifth album "Wu Diqing Yuanfei's Heart".
In the early 1990s, he released his eighth and ninth albums, "Wu Diqing: The Heart That Can't Be Guessed" and "Wu Diqing Like Fog Like Rain and Like Wind".
No one expected that Wu Diqing would choose to leave when his singing career was in full swing. In 1991, he participated in a large-scale concert at Ryan Stadium, resolutely bid farewell to the show business circle, leaving the infinite attachment and regret of the fans in the audience.
In 1992, Wu Diqing, who left the music scene, went to the sea to do business with the unique business acumen of Wenzhou people. He first introduced the Giordano leisure brand and opened the first clothing supermarket in Wuma Street in Downtown Wenzhou; he introduced "Xie Ruilin Jewelry" and "Yonghe Soybean Milk". He took the lead in operating middle-aged and elderly clothing, and became the "founding father" of today's Wenzhou middle-aged and elderly clothing street. Later, he also founded his own jewelry brand in Wenzhou and a research and development design center in Shenzhen. He said that when he created this brand, he actually pinned his hopes on a pursuit of music.
Once a popular singer, he has become a well-valued business elite.
At the end of 1995, Wu Diqing decided to make a comeback to the music scene, spending millions of dollars to co-produce "Overnight / Wine as a Song - Wu Diqing", which was also his tenth album, and released the single "Wine as a Song".
In 1998, his eleventh album "Fireworks March", which won the Top Ten Golden Melody Awards of the China Original Song Award and the Gold Medal of the First China Tourism Song Contest. "Take wine as a song" won the Top Ten Golden Melodies Award in the fourth quarter of the 1995 Guangzhou New Music Top Ten Golden Melodies. In 2000, he took the famous song "Meilan Meilan I Love You" to the CCTV "Same Song - Meet in the 2000th Century Concert", and brought the Wenzhou folk song "Ding Ding" to participate in the "New Folk Music" Shenzhen press conference hosted by CCTV.
In 2005, he released his twelfth album "Wu Diqing 20 Years Of Selected Collection Invincible"; in 2006, the Ministry of Culture sent him to Thailand to participate in the large-scale cultural event for the 30th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between China and Thailand, where he served as a guest performer and was awarded the "Permanent Honorary Islander of Datang Island, Thailand". In 2007, he released his first solo fever album "Wu Diqing Fever Invincible" overseas for the first time.
In 2013, he released his last album so far, Love Is The Only One. The following year, he also created a music album for his 14-year-old daughter, "Her Royal Highness the World's First Princess", but caused a lot of controversy because many of the works on the album were suspected of plagiarism.
Shanghai galloping has not erased Wu Diqing's unremitting pursuit of music, music is the only thing he loves, and it is the unchangeable agreement of his life.
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