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"In 1979, it was a spring, and an old man drew a circle on the south coast of China..."
In the song "The Story of Spring", thousands of ordinary people in China instantly understood where "spring" is? Which is the "old man"? A sense of reverence and pride rose in everyone's heart.
Thirteen years ago, on October 24, 2007, the Chang'e-1 lunar exploration satellite was launched, and the song "The Story of Spring" entered space.
Today we talk about how the song "The Story of Spring" was born, how the lyricist Jiang Kairu and the composer Wang Yougui wrote it into a song, and why the song was not sung by Dong Wenhua.
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Many 57-year-old men were waiting to retire and waiting to go home to hold their grandchildren, and Jiang Kairu decided to go to Shenzhen at this age.
Jiang Kairu, who joined the army in his early years and also served as a cultural teacher, experienced a lot of men, catching up with the era of reform and opening up, Jiang Kairu did not care about a little more experience, and never felt that 57 years old was an age that was about to retire.
At the beginning of 1992, Jiang Kairu saw a newspaper with a long newsletter "Oriental Wind Comes full of spring", a report of more than 10,000 words, which instantly attracted Jiang Kairu.
In the early spring, in the middle of the night, Jiang Kairu looked at the newspaper he brought home one by one, read it over and over again, and read it all night, never being so excited.
Jiang Kairu
Jiang Kairu experienced a special era, when some people raised more than 5 chickens is a small capitalist workshop, eggs can be eaten but can not be sold, selling eggs is to do business, because no one dares to do small business, now good, a report points out the direction, you can boldly make money, the idea of Chinese want to get rich is activated at once.
Jiang Kairu quickly discussed with his wife, must go to Shenzhen to see, anyway, everywhere is life, the wife knows Jiang Kairu's sharp temper, silently began to make up money, and finally made up 2,000 yuan, which was also a big sum in 1992.
Jiang Kairu bought a hard seat ticket, arrived in Shenzhen, got off the train, saw a piece of skyscrapers, Jiang Kairu was a little confused, did not he arrive in Hong Kong? I turned my head to see the two words "Shenzhen" that flashed in the night.
Jiang Kairu had a lot of thoughts, it was 1979, the streets were singing "Toast Song", Jiang Kairu once came to this place.
That year, Jiang Kairu passed through here to visit relatives in Hong Kong, and in front of him was a watery meadow, and a few old cows walked leisurely and slowly, from tiangeng to the railway station, and also through a barbed wire fence, through Luohu to Hong Kong.
Jiang Kairu stood in front of the Shenzhen Railway Station, 13 years of water and land disappeared, the old cows that had been waddling were long gone, replaced by high-rise buildings, full of vitality of the modern city.
The spring breeze blew on his face, Jiang Kairu suddenly felt the warmth from the spring wind, and for the first time he directly felt that the spring was so refreshing, making people feel spirited, and really coming to the face.
02
In the spring, there are hundreds of flowers, the spring breeze kisses everyone's face, Shenzhen is beautiful to eat, Jiang Kairu, a person who has taken a pen, can only write songs, what to do when you get to Shenzhen?
Jiang Kairu, like every foreigner who came to Shenzhen, began to look for a job, originally from a cultural stand, writing, painting is not very difficult, found an enterprise literary troupe to work, do everything, and even do miscellaneous work.
Being able to solve the problem of food and clothing is not the purpose of Jiang Kairu's coming to Shenzhen at all, and the cultural people are talking about the opportunity to create works, which is the original intention that can never be forgotten.
Jiang Kairu once visited a museum, where he saw a work map, just like the command map pasted on the wall during the war, Jiang Kairu saw that on the map, there was a circle, and the circle was written with two words "Guannei".
Jiang Kairu was deeply touched, walked around from the outside of Shenzhen City, and saw a lot of barbed wire fences, barbed wire "Guannei" and "Guanwai" are two different worlds, as if Shenzhen was really drawn a circle, the circle was hot, and the enthusiasm was high.
At that time, stock speculation, land leasing and transfer, inland as a 'flood beast', serious problems, or in the stage of just trying, and in Shenzhen has slowly become "Tang monk meat", everyone wants to eat, everyone loves to eat, hot in the sky, a good net inside the net outside.
When Jiang Kairu saw these barbed wire nets, he had a surprising feeling and was instantly inspired.
Jiang Kairu has experienced half a life of ups and downs, stayed in many places, done a lot of work, and deeply feels that it is not easy to do anything, especially as an old man, still full of hope and responsibility for life and society, and the lyrics naturally and kindly refer to Deng Xiaoping as "an old man".
Jiang Kairu once went to the bank to do business, saw many times people with black plastic bags on 100,000, 200,000 cash, once saw a young beauty, where the whole bag of money, if today is not strange, it is 1992.
Jiang Kairu suddenly felt as if everyone in Shenzhen had money, there was money everywhere, and he had never seen so much money in the north.
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Jiang Kairu was instantly full of enthusiasm for creation, the inspiration could not be stopped, the emancipation of the mind was like spring thunder, the reform and opening up was the spring wind, and Shenzhen was like the arid land, which was nourished by the "spring rain".
Jiang Kairu wrote "The Story of Spring" in one breath: "In 1979, it was a spring, and an old man drew a circle on the south coast of China..."
On March 7, 1993, it was another spring, the lyrics were finally published in the Shenzhen Special Economic Zone Daily, and Jiang Kairu took the newspaper and went to find a person - composer Wang Yougui.
Wang Yougui was 43 years old at the time, and he was also a person who had experienced a lot, but he was really not small for the age of breaking into the world, and he had come to Shenzhen for three years.
Wang Yougui, who graduated from junior high school at the age of 15, became a professional player in the county cultural and labor troupe, and was later admitted to Hunan Normal University and stayed in the school to teach. Became a university teacher.
Wang Yougui
Wang Yougui, a 40-year-old who broke into Shenzhen, like Jiang Kairu, with a spirit of adventure, is eager to step into the forefront of reform and opening up, hoping to create a famous name.
At that time, Shenzhen, a small land of bullets, attracted hundreds of thousands of people from all over the country to the sea, and Wang Yougui had just arrived
, full of human bitterness.
Talented people have courage, gold can always shine, opportunities must be for those who are prepared, just when they are embarrassed, a company found Wang Yougui to compile a literary and art evening.
Wang Yougui quickly agreed, devoted himself wholeheartedly, and finally completed it smoothly, not only got the first remuneration, but also was hired as the director of the Shenzhen Entrepreneur Art Troupe, with a monthly salary of up to 5,000 yuan, which was really a super high salary in 1992, after two years of struggle, Wang Yougui also bought a piano.
Wang Yougui's strength should not be underestimated, in addition to the "Story of Spring" is a household name, the songs "When I Grow Up I Will Become You", "I Belong to You China", "When I Miss Home" are all representative works of composer Wang Yougui.
However, when Wang Yougui got the lyrics of "The Story of Spring", looking left and right, he always felt that the language format of the lyrics was not like the rules and formats of traditional lyrics, it seemed difficult to accurately express it with music, and Wang Yougui politely rejected Jiang Kairu for the first time.
Jiang Kairu is not a person who gives up so easily, otherwise he would not have broken into Shenzhen alone at this age, and every once in a while, Jiang Kairu would send Wang Yougui a modified lyric.
04
In 1994, Guangdong Province will hold a youth songwriting competition, Jiang Kairu felt that the opportunity had come after learning about it, and found Wang Yougui again.
This time, Wang Yougui repeatedly recited the lyrics in Hunan dialect, over and over again, softly and slowly, in the process suddenly got inspiration, the two after an hour and a half of repeated revision, the first draft of "The Story of Spring" was completed, the lyrics were touching, especially showing the heartfelt support of the masses for the leader, but also showed the leader's personal charm.
After the lyrics were written, Wang Yougui devoted himself to composing music for the lyrics and signed up for the Guangdong Youth Songwriting Competition with his works, but unfortunately, the songs could not be selected.
Jiang Kairu and Wang Yougui, two people, have a very strong confidence in the song itself, feel that this song is really distinctive, with a strong sense of the times, the two people found Ye Xuquan, a member of the Standing Committee of the Guangdong Provincial Youth Federation.
Ye Xuquan is not only a good cadre, but also a warm-hearted person, and the three stinky cobblers instantly resisted Zhuge Liang, improved the songs again and again, and directly handed them over to the jury of the Guangdong Youth Songwriting Competition.
Finally, the song "The Story of Spring" was first sung by Shenzhen female singer Liu Shaowen at the final of the Guangdong Youth Songwriting Competition, which attracted attention.
Ye Xuquan
In addition to being enthusiastic and talented, Ye Xuquan's vision is more unique, with a sensitivity of the sixth sense, he feels that the song "The Story of Spring" has depth, beautiful melody, and must be able to resonate with people, advocating the shooting of MV - Chinese music television.
At that time, the song was very popular as a MV, and they found Meng Xin, the planner and producer of the "Same Song" column, as the chief creative and planner, and the famous actor Zhang Guoguo served as the general director and cameraman.
Dong Wenhua's songs "Fifteen Moons" and "Looking at the Starry Sky" are well-known, especially suitable for singing this type of lyrical song, and Dong Wenhua sings "The Story of Spring".
During the filming process, Ye Xuquan's three people did not have enough money, and there was a serious lack of funds, Ye Xuquan returned to his hometown of Dongguan to find help from classmates, and a classmate surnamed Lei immediately decided to take out 150,000 yuan to fund.
In order to save money and save money, Ye Xuquan found some primary school students at Sha Tau Kok Primary School to be extras, and also pulled the children of an employee of the Dongshen Water Supply Bureau to take photos.
Later, Zhang Chunsheng, who served as deputy secretary of the Guangdong Youth League Provincial Committee, joined and has been accompanying them to shoot, and is also responsible for lighting and props, borrowing a horn from the Shenzhen Symphony Orchestra, and the first shot of the MV is blown by Zhang Chunsheng.
05
After the completion of the filming of the MV of the song, it premiered on CCTV in October 1994, and Dong Wenhua sang "The Story of Spring", which was beautiful and lyrical, spread throughout the north and south of the river, and was widely sung.
In December, it won the gold medal in the second CCTV Music and Television Competition, which spread throughout the streets and alleys for a time, and the song became the theme song of the large-scale documentary "Deng Xiaoping", and won the "Five Ones Project Award" of the Central Propaganda Department in 1995, the "Golden Bell Award" of the highest award of Chinese music in 1996 and the "Gold Award of the Most Popular Film and Television Song in the 1990s", becoming one of the "Golden Songs" with the most national awards.
Dong Wenhua
In the world, wherever there are Chinese, there is "The Story of Spring", which has become a classic song that truly represents the voice of Chinese and records the style of an era.
Nowadays, "The Story of Spring" has been 28 years, Dong Wenhua for some reasons, has rarely appeared on stage to sing "The Story of Spring", the song is too deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, so that few people cover it, occasionally some people bravely cover it, the satisfaction will not be too high, involuntarily compared with Dong Wenhua, the singers cover it seems to be difficult to reach the height of the song itself, it has become self-deception and humiliation, and few people try.
Jiang Kairu's enthusiasm for creation is still high, and later he and composer Xiao Bai, the composer of "Meet Ninety-Eight", co-wrote the song "Into a New Era" sung by Zhang Ye, which became a classic and spread in all directions.
Sometimes I always hope that what age should be done, middle-aged people have never dared to dream of the age, but the case of Jiang Kairu and Wang Yougui tells us that dreams do not care about age, as long as you work hard, that day will not be late, are you right?
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