"He's a natural singer with a voice like gold, and the music he creates has its own characteristics, and Hong Kong lacks musicians like him."
Zhang Yusheng once made a vow to himself:
"In this life, we must vigorously do one thing, whether it is successful or not, it does not have to be famous, but it must be meaningful to most people." 」
His life, though short, is full of legends,
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The beginning of Zhang Yusheng's singing career stemmed from the dream of his younger sister Xiaoyu.
Zhang Yusheng was born in Taiwan in 1966. Her father was a Kuomintang veteran, and her mother was a Taiya girl.
Because it rained for several days in a row when he was born, his father named him "Yusheng".
There are five children in the family, Zhang Yusheng is the eldest in the family, and there are two younger brothers and two younger sisters below.
Among the five children of the Zhang family, the eldest Zhang Yusheng and the younger sister Xiaoyu love to sing. So the eldest brother and little sister have the best relationship, and the two people often talk about music and dreams together.
Her younger sister Xiaoyu loves singing and dreams of becoming a professional singer when she grows up.
The two agreed that after the little sister graduated from college, the two would form a group. The little sister stood on the stage and sang indulgently, and applauded and shouted for her offstage.
As everyone knows, all this has become a luxury.
On this day, Zhang Yusheng and the little sister talked on the phone as usual, and the little sister asked Zhang Yusheng if he wanted to go out to play together on the weekend, and Zhang Yusheng refused the little sister on the grounds that there were other arrangements for the weekend.
What Zhang Yusheng did not expect was that this phone call turned out to be the last call between the two.
During that trip, my 15-year-old sister drowned.
Even the last side of the little sister, Zhang Yusheng, did not see.
Zhang Yusheng once said that his sister's departure kicked him "from the world of children who do not know the suffering of the world of human suffering into the adult world of life, old age, illness and death." ”
It felt like I was on some mission, and a voice kept urging me.
It also completely made Zhang Yusheng burn his determination to pursue his musical dreams.
"My sister loves to sing, she sings better than I do."
The bad news of Xiaomei's death made Zhang Yusheng very sad, and he was determined to complete her musical dream for Xiaomei.
That year, Zhang Yusheng was 20 years old.
Before that, the shy Zhang Yusheng had never sung in public.
But for the sake of his sister, Zhang Yusheng went out.
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In order to realize his sister's dream of becoming a singer, Zhang Yusheng participated in the "Wooden Boat Folk Song Competition" and sang himself to the final and won the winner's award, which made Zhang Yusheng have great confidence in singing.
Zhang Yusheng did not receive professional training, and took the initiative to join the school's guitar club in his sophomore year.
In his junior year, he also founded the band Metal Boys with his classmates, and often participated in some competitions and sometimes sang in bars.
Soon, Zhang Yusheng met his nobleman.
One night, Zhang Yusheng finished singing in the bar and prepared to pack up his things and go home. A man stopped him, handed him a business card, and said: My surname is Weng, and I am also engaged in music. Not long ago I wrote a song, it feels very compatible with your tone, if you want to come to this place tomorrow to find me, let's record a sound to try.
After saying that, he turned and left.
Zhang Yusheng went to the appointment on time.
Later, Zhang Yusheng learned:
This person is Weng Xiaoliang, songwriter and producer of UFO Records.
This song is "My Future Is Not a Dream" that later became popular all over the country.
In this way, Zhang Yusheng carried the dream of two people into the song world.
Zhang Yusheng quickly became popular as soon as he debuted.
"My Future Is Not a Dream" ignited the dreams of almost everyone in that era.
"My future is not a dream, I want to take every minute seriously."
Countless people have found courage, found strength, and found hope in this song.
Every time I listen to it, I have a firm grasp of my dreams.
Zhang Yusheng's songs can always make people full of courage and can also make people full of confidence.
In 1988, Zhang Yusheng was shortlisted for the "Golden Dragon Award for Most Promising Singer".
Because of his average image and the fact that he looks younger, he is packaged as a student singer.
At this time, Weng Xiaoliang and his company decided to make an album while it was hot.
Seven months later, Zhang Yusheng released his first album in his life, "Thinking of You Every Day".
As soon as the album came out, it sold a record of 350,000 copies in two months.
This big boy with a clear voice was also quickly stopped by people.
From "My Future Is Not a Dream" to "Good Sister Night" to "Take Me to Earth", Zhang Yusheng's name is almost a household name and is well known.
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In 1989, Zhang Yusheng graduated from Chengchi University. Faced with a two-year period of military service. But the military service period did not stop Zhang Yusheng from his music.
After Zhang Yusheng announced his retirement from the army, he began to try to transform.
In 1993, Zhang Yusheng released his fifth album "Fish Swimming All Day long", which seems to symbolize Zhang Yusheng's precipitation and aftertaste of his student career after retiring from the army.
It also includes the song he composed for his sister, "Sister Good Night".
In addition, Zhang Yusheng has many works dedicated to his sister, "Sister", "Thinking of You Every Day", and the most classic "Sea".
If only the sea could take away my sorrows
It's like taking every river away.
Since then, Zhang Yusheng has been playing a game with the record company, which hopes that Zhang Yusheng can create commercial films with economic value, but he has his own ideas.
Zhang Yusheng has an obsession with music, and his pursuit of music does not stop there.
He wanted to break free of what the company had imposed on him, and he wanted to make music with vitality on his own.
Until he met Zhang Huimei.
In 1996, Zhang Yusheng tailored the album "Sisters" for Zhang Huimei, who was still a resident singer in the bar at the time.
Unexpectedly, this actually made Zhang Huimei a hit, and "Sisters" sold 1.08 million copies, ranking first in the sales list for nine consecutive weeks.
The following year, he produced the album "Bad Boy" for Zhang Huimei again, selling 1.35 million copies, second only to record holder Jacky Cheung's "Kiss Goodbye".
It can be said that two people achieve each other.
Zhang Huimei became a diva-level pop singer, and Zhang Yusheng also became a famous gold medal producer.
Later, Zhang Huimei mentioned many times: Without Zhang Yusheng, there would be no Zhang Huimei now.
Andy Lau even predicted that if Zhang Yusheng and Zhang Huimei joined forces to attack the Hong Kong market, the pattern of the Chinese music scene would definitely be redivided. ”
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In October 1997, Zhang Yusheng released a new album "Duplicity", which won the Taiwan Golden Melody Award for Best Pop Music Singing Record.
Zhang Yusheng also assured fans that this was not his last album.
This time, he reneged on his word. Became a big liar who cheated fans for 23 years.
On October 20, 1997, something happened that no one had expected.
Zhang Yusheng was in a car accident on the way from Taipei to Tamsui, and fought with the god of death in the ward for 24 days, but he was unable to carry it down.
At the age of 31, he was far from reaching his peak, and in this way, he left forever.
Zhang Huimei received bad news and cried until she fainted.
In addition to Zhang Huimei, there was also a woman who cried until she fainted.
That is Zhang Yusheng's girlfriend who has been in love for many years - Huang Huilin, she was originally Zhang Yusheng's assistant, and the two people have been in love for a long time. But in order not to affect Zhang Yusheng's career, Huang Huilin is almost unknown to the public, and Zhang Yusheng also protects his girlfriend very well.
Knowing that Zhang Yusheng died, everyone knew that Zhang Yusheng still had a girlfriend.
The two people have almost reached the stage of talking about marriage. And agree to accompany each other for the rest of their lives.
When Huang Huilin received the doctor's critical illness notice, she was always unwilling to believe it. Until the bad news of Zhang Yusheng's death came from the ward, she was still in a trance.
Zhang Yusheng's death was undoubtedly a painful blow to everyone.
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After Zhang Yusheng's death, his parents buried him and his sister together and named him "Yusheng Garden." ”
The brothers and sisters died one after another, and the most hit was Zhang Yusheng's parents.
For parents, the most painful thing is that the white-haired person sends the black-haired person.
After Zhang Yusheng's death, his parents specially ran a homestay to commemorate their son.
The room was filled with photographs and trophies from Yu's life, as well as his records.
In 2011, Zhang Yusheng's father also died of stomach cancer.
Now only the elderly mother is left to live in the world, and she is lonely and sad in her old age.
In 2017, at the 20-year Golden Melody Awards ceremony where Zhang Yusheng died, Zhang's mother received the Golden Melody Award for Best Contribution award for her son, she said: He is the eldest son of the family, obedient from childhood, filial piety to his parents, is a good brother of younger brothers and sisters, we are very reluctant.
My mother often missed Zhang Yusheng: only when she heard his singing, she would feel as if he had not left.
Looking back at Zhang Yusheng's short 31 years, he has written 479 songs and released a number of subversive music albums, he is a pioneer of music innovation, and he is also a lone singer!
As Zhang Yusheng sang in "Never Look Back": No matter how long the road is, the darkness tempts me, the fire burns me, I must accept, never look back, the dream is ahead, bravely rush forward!