——Chen Qianqian, soloist of China Coal Mine Song and Dance Troupe
Liu Yuguang
In early spring, Beijing is moistened by a silent light rain. The warm spring breeze, the warm sunshine and the faint fragrance of the spring flowers make people feel happy.
In the morning, Chen Qianqian, a soloist of the China Coal Mine Cultural and Labor Troupe and a national first-class actor, arrived as promised. I haven't seen her in a few years, she is still so beautiful, pure, still so full of passion and vitality, still so frank, and her words are always accompanied by sweet laughter. It's just that I am more relaxed and confident than in the past.
When Qianqian was a soloist in the Haizheng Song and Dance Troupe, she became the first in the number of days and times the whole troupe went to the military port and island units for three consecutive years, and was the most popular new star in the minds of the officers and men of the army. At that time, I worked as a reporter for the "People's Navy" newspaper, interviewed her many times, and published her manuscripts in dozens of newspapers and periodicals such as "People's Navy" newspaper, "Life of the People's Liberation Army", "Barracks Culture And World", and "Naval Literature and Art". At that time, I also helped her contact photographers, and photos of heroic military uniforms were on the cover of all-army and national magazines. Our comradeship was forged at that time. Later, we left the army one after another and did not see each other for several years. Many of the news after Qianqian arrived at the place was something I learned on TV and online.
As soon as we met, we naturally "opened the sea and the sky".
Infected by her sunny and optimistic mood, I deeply felt her strong sense of happiness and enterprising spirit that is rare in the entertainment industry nowadays.
"This is the life I want"
"Why haven't you appeared on stage or on TV lately?" My opening remarks are also the most concerned questions of my friends, in fact, this is the question and puzzlement of her fans.
"Learning." Qianqian blurted out.
I thought she was laughing. So young to do art, do not take advantage of the early run for fame and fortune, who still quietly "stupid learning"? Moreover, among the actors I know or know, especially some popular actors, they rush to various performance activities every day, even if they do not want to make money, they rarely stop to learn just to maintain their existing fame. The nameless Ben name, the famous to be more famous, do not dare to stop for a moment to work hard has made the body and mind tired, but also frequently in and out of various social occasions, where there is still the heart to learn, it is difficult to spare time, or some people simply think that "only high eight buckets" is very inflated, "learning" may make it feel ashamed of it, and then "a song for a lifetime" can not be sung and can not earn, still use to learn.
Of course, there are also "good students" who love to learn, such as Qianqian, whom I know well, but she has never stopped vocal training over the years, including during the filming period and the publicity period. Her bel canto skills are solid, the air is through, round and bright; in the folk song singing, the most impressive thing is the loud Tibetan folk song "Ramasanbu", which I heard her sing a few years ago, the voice is clear and outstanding, the charm is pure and natural, smooth and touching; in her popular songs, my favorite is a "baby" with a large range span, I believe that the listener can feel the power of its popular singing method, every time it touches the heartstrings, it hurts the pain of wanting to cry without tears.
Qianqian has participated in hundreds of large-scale performance activities such as CCTV Spring Festival Gala, New Year's Day Gala, Ministry of Public Security Spring Festival Gala, the opening ceremony of the "China Golden Rooster and Hundred Flowers Award Film Festival", and CCTV's "Heart to Heart Art Troupe". With the publication of her personal albums "Whimsical" and "Qianqian's 10 Daydreams", her songs such as "Baby", "Blue Face Confidant", "Swing", "Chinatown", "Happiness Every Day" and other songs are widely known and loved by young people, and have also been known and loved by young people for "Liaozhai", "Six Groups of Serious Cases", "Falling in Love with Single Eyelid Boys", "Marrying the Wrong Flower Car", "Farmer December", "The Soul of the Blue Navy", "Stock Market Love Tide", "Lamentable Parents' Hearts", "Whose Flowers Fall", "Eyebrows Open and Smile" More than 30 TV dramas sang theme songs, with solid singing strength and artistic potential in the pop music scene caused a great response, and then at the invitation of CCTV starred in China's first musical drama TV series "Fruit Girl", since then the film has continued, but she has refused one by one on the grounds of "not yet doing a good job of singing". At the same time, she also actively participated in various public welfare and charity activities, and was known as "Love Ambassador", "Water Messenger", "Smile Ambassador", "Anti-Drug Ambassador" and other titles.
She has won the "National Top Ten Golden Horn Award", "National Listeners' Favorite Singer Award", "Most Potential Singer Award" of the CCTV-MTV Music Festival, "Best Filler Word" Award, "Best Album" Award, "Most Popular Female Singer" Award, "Most Promising Female Newcomer Award" of The First Southeast HotTest Music Chart of Southeast Satellite TV and the "Top Ten Golden Melodies of the Year" and "Annual Top Ten Golden Melody Awards" of the First Southeast Satellite TV Top 100 Radio General Appraisal Chart of China Song, "Top Ten Golden Melodies of the Year", and "China Music tv List" Annual Top Ten Song Awards", "Best Newcomer Award" of China's Original Song General Appraisal List, singing "Baby", "Swing" have all won the "Top Ten Golden Melody Awards" of China's Original Song General Appraisal List, "Singing Award" of China Art Song Exhibition, etc., not counting the awards she won in the national competitions of major armies during the Haizheng period... Such a Qianqian, do not hurry to strive for greater fame with the strength of the momentum, and the study cannot be put back?
"At present, studying makes me happier, I feel that I have been singing all these years, I rarely have time to calm down and read books and think, and I often feel that my heart is very empty and empty." She smiled a little self-deprecatingly, but her eyes shone with determination: "All these years have been singing ah propaganda, sometimes I am afraid of that feeling of light fluttering, like my feet drifting off the ground, you want to put down, but there are so many people who help and expect you to be 'very hot and red' pushing you up hard - 'look up' That should be our common direction!" But you always want to come down and walk but always difficult to settle down, time and self are like renting out, can not be the real self, sometimes very anxious but helpless, after all, when you sign the company to be responsible for the entire team's payment, that is not your own career, so privately will be sad about this life and their own real needs of the gap, it seems that the distance from the real love of music and their own ideals is getting farther and farther. It's interesting that I often compare this life to a 'gladiator's battlefield' in my mind. Do I like this life? I can continue to run without fear of suffering or tiredness, but is the result of this pursuit really what I want most? Do I care about this success? What will I lose in the long run? Would I be really happy then... For a long time, in the dead of night, I kept asking myself, seeking the answer in my heart until I fell asleep..."
A bright smile appeared on her face: "Of course, the final answer is no, so I have the free space that I care about most, free learning, free dating, and free to do everything I want, because I am also convinced that inner peace is the real premise of good music." Therefore, I cherish the current days even more, in addition to the performance work in the troupe, I rarely participate in various performance publicity activities, and I prefer not to do it without good music. Qianqian's words are the same as those in a book I just read- the internationally renowned entrepreneur Howard. Biha said: When you leave an environment does not mean that you are a deserter, if there is something that conflicts with your values, you should respect your heart and look for the direction that truly belongs to you.
It should be said that it is difficult for a young and beautiful girl with all the conditions for fame to make such a decision in the face of the temptation of fame and fortune. Many friends do not understand and think it is incredible. But Qianqian was unusually calm: "This is the life I want, I hope that I will go further on this musical road, there is not enough knowledge connotation equipment, I think I will live without self-confidence and happiness." 」 ”
In this way, Chen Qianqian re-entered the classical music classroom that she was familiar with in college, in addition to continuing to study vocal music and art theory, she also truly listened to and understood the profundity of classical music. Through visiting famous teachers to learn art, study and speculate, combined with her nearly 10 years of singing practice, she has a deeper understanding of music. Qianqian loves to go to the library the most, often go to Wangfujing Bookstore and Xidan Book Building with her father, she always plunges into art books to choose books to read, when she is fascinated, she can not come out for a few hours, and she is eager to buy them home, so that the old man has to accompany him to read. Even when she was waiting for a flight at the airport on a business trip, she did not miss the joy of reading. She said that reading books is better when taking the opportunity, because when you are tired of reading, you can look at the changing sea of clouds outside the string window, the bloody sunset or the distant skyline, and you will have a deeper understanding and feeling of the words in the book.
Learning English is also one of the compulsory courses for Chen Qianqian in recent years. She said that she has no special purpose, but it is convenient to sing English works and travel abroad needs, especially China's current opening up has attracted a large number of foreigners to pour into China, as the world's lingua franca, mastering it is of course convenient for communication and exchange. She believes that the rapid development of the country, the development of the media makes the world information instantaneous characteristics of the times determine the necessity of learning English. She believes that it is always convenient for musicians who can speak fluent English to communicate, and if Chinese music wants to truly integrate into the world, it must be learned with an inclusive and keen heart, so as to achieve "Chinese and Western integration". Her words reminded me of a time watching TV, a famous domestic singer sang English songs on the stage, and as a result, no one in The Chinese and foreign audiences understood it, and the pronunciation really made people cry and laugh. Qianqian actually tasted the sweetness of learning English, and in the national title evaluation English examination for promoting a national first-class actor, she not only passed the test easily, but also ranked first in the whole group. She smiled brightly and said slightly mischievously: "It seems that learning will always be useful, the important thing is that the heart is full, so it is still quite suitable for me to learn this!" She nodded affirmatively. I fully agree.
"I also occasionally learn to dot painting", Qianqian muttered casually, I was really surprised: it seems that it has nothing to do with singing! She laughed and talked about her indissoluble relationship with painting when she was a child. Qianqian grew up in the ancient city of Qingzhou, Shandong, and almost every family in the small city loved calligraphy and painting. When she was a child, Qianqian's father often painted Chinese paintings to nourish her feelings, and in her childhood memories, when her father painted pandas, bamboo and landscapes that ate bamboo shoots for her, she was always full of curiosity and admiration! Under the encouragement of her father, Qianqian studied under her cousin, the famous painter Mr. Yun Menzi, in middle school, and studied seriously for a short period of time, and then had to temporarily put painting aside because she chose a music major, and many years of busy performance work had no time to take care of this, but the love of painting in her heart has been difficult to let go. She said that now she finally has a lot of time to satisfy her interests, and when she learns to be like a father, she can't describe the happiness.
"Singing and painting are like the men and women of this world, the same, complementary and different. They are all abstract, they all pay attention to the aura of breath, they all pursue rhythm and charm, and they all need to be free of distractions to reach the highest realm of art. "Qianqian seriously thought about it and said that her theory really infected me." I often wonder what the most desirable result will be when a sound song meets a silent painting, when a tangible painting meets an invisible song. Immersed in thought, she paused and said, "Almost every time I paint, I have to be accompanied by my favorite music, and the beautiful music dances in the ink-scented air, and the brush is full of spirituality." I wasted no time in asking her to paint "I keep it for future appreciation", but she said very seriously: "Oh! Disclaimer, I didn't say that I was 'painting', I just felt that through 'painting', the best friend of 'music', I could understand the deeper nature of 'music'. "It turns out that she still paints for music.
"Filial Piety Sister"
In recent years, due to frequent contact with the show business circle, I have found that there is an abnormal phenomenon in this circle, and many actors regard fame as the only criterion for success, and even do not hesitate to be unspoken rules, and do not hesitate to lose one or the other. The result of this is that in order to pursue fame and profit, a lot of time, youth, money, reputation and other tragic costs are not to say, if in the end the achievements are not successful, fame is not enough, can only be distorted mentality, regret for life, some people although famous, even popular, all at once "praised" to the heavens, and it is easy to find "north" or bad mentality to think that they are on top, lonely and self-congratulatory, nothing is in the eyes, over time they have become "lonely people". Some of the scenery above the stage, the life under the stage is a mess, the lack of normal love, the rare real friendship, the inner loneliness, the psychological and physical development can not be benign balance, the career pressure is huge, even mental disorder, go astray. The imbalance and disharmony of life affect physical and mental health, and in turn, it has a restrictive and adverse impact on the development of the cause, so in the past, how about having a temporary scenery?
When talking to Qianqian about this, she said, "Let's not be too prejudiced against show business and actors, because just like everyone in all walks of life, we have our own things that we yearn for, there are no absolutes in everything, only suitable for you, and people only know their own spiritual world and values best." I am a person who attaches great importance to listening to his own inner voice, and it can be said that he does not have much pursuit, in short, in the choice between career and family, I most appreciate the Confucian idea of moderation and maintain the balance between life and career. Only then do I feel at ease. ”
In the face of flowers and applause, she did not get carried away, and she would not shake the belief she pursued when she saw the scenery of others. I don't remember how many years, as long as she has time, she will spend the weekend with her parents, and every time she will cook and cook her own cooking. Dad's waist is not very good, she often soaks his feet, holding his feet to carefully trim his nails. Qianqian is the eldest in line, as a good role model and idol for her sister, she cares for her two younger sisters with her sister's care and thoughtfulness everywhere. It's really touching. I can't help but think of an actor I know, when a few of our friends were facing others and saying that his rural mother was a "countryman", I never interacted with him again, and it may not be too much to call it immoral. I have always admired Qianqian's filial piety, but she does not think so, thinking that her parents are getting older and older, and they are not filial piety, and it is too late to regret it in the future. In addition, if you are a big sister, you should set an example for your sister.
When it comes to the balance of life, she has her own understanding, not to say unique, but also enough to impress me. She said that career is not the whole of life, life itself is also an art, only to develop the career and ignore the "success" of the art of life is not the true sense of success in life, or success may not be comprehensive and long-lasting. For career, life can play the role of "accelerant" and "booster". For example, with the nourishment of love and family affection, the heart will not dry up and be lonely, and it will be more confident and motivated to start a career. On the contrary, if the pursuit of career success is achieved, love and affection will be snubbed, and if the flowers of the spirit and the tree of faith are separated from the nutrients of the soil for a long time, they will slowly wither, the soul will become empty, and how can the cause obtain lasting energy without the support of the driving force? Qianqian's success pursues the harmonious unity of spirit and love and body and mind. "Do you often talk to yourself with your heart, pay more attention to the 'me' in your heart, it will make us more calm and happy." 」 She said sincerely.
From Qianqian's eyes full of happiness, I thought that anyone who approached her would be able to feel the joy and peace in her heart.
"Enjoy the music and life to the fullest, there is an inexhaustible joy there"
Before the interview began, Qianqian casually took out a miniature DVD player from her bag and put it into a CD-ROM, and the ethereal music stretched out in the small study, and my heart was also warm and quiet, full of warm feelings.
"Do you like it?" Qianqian seemed to realize that she should ask for my opinion first. I smiled and nodded, who wouldn't like such good music?
"Now I am very obsessed with this kind of music to give me the feeling, as if I can't do anything without them, a little dependent, huh." Qianqian told me that as long as I am alone in the space now, I must play my favorite music. She is accustomed to working, studying, chatting, and even eating and falling asleep accompanied by seemingly innocent music. She said that she is now more and more obsessed with and enjoying spiritual music, and will follow the music she loves wherever she goes.
As the music director of her own company, Beijing Qiansi Culture Communication Co., Ltd., Qianqian is planning a new development direction for the company in the context of the general environment. This company, which has always been respected by professional enthusiasts for producing instrumental audiophile films in the industry, has gathered the best Hi-Fi music production groups and the vast number of artistic talent resources in Chinese mainland, with funds, technology and formalization, in line with the international model of operation, specializing in high-quality Hi-Fi music planning, production and promotion, the business involves international exchanges and cooperation, copyright trade, performing arts brokerage, etc. The company is committed to the originality and international development of China's unique charm of national music culture, the pursuit of top quality, overseas release of "Cloud South (II). Canyon Hymn", "Drum King", "Bamboo Yin" and a series of audiophile records, but also the most talented musicians in the Chinese mainland joined hands with Hi-Fi boutique.
While stepping up her studies, Chen Qianqian also constantly discusses with some excellent musicians, conducts musical collisions and creative attempts, and actively seeks out musical masterpieces. Her "ambition" is great – she is committed to making Chinese music go global and exert its due strength. Speaking of this, her bright eyes flashed with excitement: "The development of the times is getting faster and faster, the rhythm of people's lives has become more tense and impetuous in the trend of development and great changes, the negative polar factors in the noisy and complex living environment often sneak up on our fragile nerves and tired hearts, from Baroque, classical music, romanticism to all kinds of modern music genres, people try to find an ideal music space that can truly accept them. In this kingdom of freedom, our hearts can become quiet and obedient, and under the guidance of the musical spirits, we can find our inner true nature. ”
She said, "Music is a very magical and luxurious thing, there are thousands of functions, and I only want to achieve one purpose, maybe only one type of music can do, that is, a pursuit of pure simplicity, tranquility, perfect harmony." Let the stress, exhaustion and anxiety in real life return to the original initial state of relaxation, calmness, and balance, and I am willing to work hard for this..."
Chen Qianqian is very fond of the so-called bel canto, popular and folk song singing, and feels that the charm of the three has its own advantages, she said, as long as it is full of spirituality and achieves relatively skilled singing skills, she can sing a good work with infectious power. Western singing is elegant and beautiful, and the singing voice with thick and pure beauty needs to be combined with the polishing of time in addition to relying on certain talents. "If music is likened to a towering tree, classical music is like a well-developed and intricate root system, simple and thick, ancient and mysterious, relative to the vitality of popular music. If our musicians want to understand the future of the development of music, accurately find the pulse of music and the positioning of the times, only pay attention to the strong branches and lush leaves is certainly far from enough, classical music is like a beautiful pearl, the luster may not be dazzling enough, there is no glimpse, but always let people look more and more love to see, time to feel precious. In fact, don't look at me singing more popular works, but I have always regretted that the charming classical music has only been favored by a few people, although she still needs some time to wait for the ecstasy of China's vast philharmonic community, I think this era is coming. ”
"Pop music, with a strong affinity and broad entertainment, the public likes it. It is just that the gold content of music is insufficient, and it is inevitable that some works can only be popular for a while, and it is difficult to pass them on from generation to generation. There are also many unique folk songs, the singing voice is uninhibited, the structure of the work is even more refreshing, but the limitations of culture and geography will make them leave the local to the world in the process of some "water and soil dissatisfaction", I mean the concept of really going out, because in terms of national music that reflects national customs and traditional cultural life, leaving her native air soil, her charm is naturally weakened. I have enjoyed and experienced many indigenous music in Australia, Africa and other countries around the world, and their difficulty in becoming the mainstream of the international music stage also confirms this. For contemporary international music trends, the possibility of national music directly circulating in the international music scene is not very likely, and it is difficult to truly integrate into the international music environment even if it goes to the world in a short period of time. I often wonder, how to achieve an organic combination of the three? For example, the Western 'elegance', the popular 'pro' and the folk song 'special' together, so that Chinese music truly goes abroad and goes to the world, so as to achieve the real 'music without borders'. If you want to fascinate the world with China's own original music, I think integration is the only way. ”
"In the current world music scene, European and American music still dominates. The development of a country's culture and art always advances with the development of politics and economy, and the degree to which a country's artistic connotation is understood, accepted and integrated into the world also changes with the change of its international status. In addition to the remarkable artistic achievements of some well-known Chinese and International Artists of Chinese descent who are active around the world and have made remarkable artistic achievements with their exquisite technical performances, the prosperity of this space with great potential is due to the rapid improvement of China's influence in the international community and may be turned into reality step by step..."
This is an interview with no outline and no purpose, more accurately, it is our old friend's five-year side of the small talk, listening to Qianqian's true insight into music, remembering that when she first met many years ago, she was still an award-winning rookie who had just been admitted to the National Vocal Music Competition of the Haizheng Song and Dance Troupe, and the little girl had come to this day year after year, step by step, and still maintained a peaceful state of mind about the world, what remained unchanged was the love and purity of art, and more was those who were like a little starlight -- for music, life, The mature perspective and thought of values, Qianqian is really not easy.
As her friend, I believe that many people will sincerely urge and encourage her to "record more new songs and promote publicity" as I do, after all, her current situation in all aspects is so good that she can go further in terms of fame. However, now I think we are all more worried, she has her life goal, because of clarity and boldness, this goal makes her self-motivated, full and happy, we just need to put our hearts down and bless her.