There is an old saying called: The times make heroes. It is said that if a courageous person is lucky enough to seize the fleeting opportunity, he will be able to achieve a great cause when he takes advantage of it. Today we're going to give an example.
It is said that in the 1970s and 1978, there was a hot idol and power band in Hong Kong: Wen Na, known as Wen Na Five Tigers.

Two of the lead singers: A lead singer Tan Yonglin, B lead singer and guitar Zhong Zhentao (A B, B brother's nickname is here), do not think that the B lead singer represents a slightly inferior, AB bit is only two people standing and themselves, in fact, in the five years when Wen Na became popular, many of Wen Na's songs were sung by Zhong Zhentao,
As for who is more popular, huang Xia, a music master who held a red Wenna in one hand, and Lin Mincong, a musician who deeply cooperated with Tan Yonglin, have confirmed this statement on different occasions: Zhong Zhentao's popularity was greater than that of Tan Yonglin.
Zhong Zhentao is 1.83 meters tall, tall, sunny and handsome,
Of course, Tan Yonglin also looked handsome and handsome, and the two could be called the appearance of Wen Na at that time.
However, Zhong Zhentao is more sought after by female fans, which can be seen from zhong Zhentao's TV and TVB hosting singing programs promoted by senior executives in 1975, when Zhong Zhentao's popularity and popularity were higher than Tan Yonglin's.
In 1978, Zhong Zhentao was the first to be favored by the film company and decided to go to Taiwan to develop his career, and in the same year, the Band of Wenna peacefully disbanded.
After Arriving in Taiwan, Zhong Zhentao co-starred with Lin Fengjiao, one of Taiwan's "Second Forests" (later Jackie Chan's beloved wife), in the first film "The Story of a Small Town", which won the Best Feature Film Award at the 16th Taiwan Film Golden Horse Awards. Zhong Zhentao can be said to have successfully landed in Taiwan and has a bright future, and Tan Yonglin, who is not satisfied with Hong Kong at this time, is also eager to try after seeing Zhong Zhentao's success in Taiwan, hoping that he can also change the direction of development.
Zhong Zhentao shifted the focus of his career to Taiwan after becoming a hit in Taiwan, and the movie "Good Morning Taipei" starring Lin Fengjiao won the Best Feature Film Award at the Taiwan Film Golden Horse Awards that year. Subsequently, A B starred in Qiong Yao's two love literary films "Gathering and Scattering Two Yiyi" and "Dream Clothes" to become the spokesperson for the male protagonist of Qiong Yao's film, and for a time became the ideal lover in the hearts of thousands of young girls in Taiwan.
In 1979, Tan Yonglin was with the help of the good brother A B to shift the focus of his work from Hong Kong to Taiwan, and in the next three years, he also made nearly 20 literary and artistic films, really had the heart to plant flowers and flowers, and did not have the heart to plant willows, in 81 Years, Tan Yonglin actually won the Best Actor Award at the 18th Taiwan Film Golden Horse Awards for starring in the movie "If I Am True"!
(To be fair, the film is described by the Taiwanese side with prejudice Chinese mainland cultural revolution films, absurd plots, and there are certain zz factors that can win awards)
The astute and wise Tan Yonglin should have his own clear understanding of his acting prospects, and it was at this time that the opportunity came!
Because at this time, a small event occurred in the Hong Kong music scene: just as the song god Hui Guanjie left PolyGram, who has a dominant position in the Hong Kong music scene, to join Kang Yicheng (New Yibao).
Polaroid Records suddenly lost an emperor superstar, and urgently needed another suitable successor to fill the gap.
And the same in The Polygram Company (Tam Wing Lin signed with Wen Na in 74 years to sign poly gold's predecessor Polydot, Wen Na dissolved to renew the contract personally) although Tan Wing Lin, who focused on the development of Taiwan, has insisted on singing in the past three years and has not left the Hong Kong music circle,
Seeing that the time would come, Tam Wing Lin immediately and decisively turned the focus of his career back to the Cantonese music scene in Hong Kong! This time Tan Yonglin seized the opportunity, that year, he first won the third commercial radio Golden Melody Award with "Can't Forget You",
With "Think of the Future" in the same special competition, he won the top ten Chinese golden songs of the year, and won the top ten golden song awards of the following year with "A Goose in the Sky", and was valued and praised by the company PolyGram in one fell swoop.
In 1984 and 1985, Tan Yonglin and Lin Mincong worked together to create a series of well-known "love trilogies": "Love in the Mist", "The Root of Love", and "Love Trap". In one fell swoop, it established its status as an emperor superstar in the Cantonese music scene in Hong Kong.
Since then, Tan Yonglin's singing career has been hanging all the way to the peak.
Looking at Zhong Zhentao, he still focused his acting on Taiwan, until he returned to Hong Kong in 1983 to develop, he could no longer match Tam Wing Lin, and later suffered a financial crisis, marriage dissolution and entered a trough.
Just as the so-called situation creates heroes, Tan Yonglin is taking advantage of the vacuum period when Xu Guanjie left PolyGram to actively become a generation of superstars, of course, there are factors that he seized the opportunity to return to Hong Kong decisively, but more is his consistent efforts and outstanding musical talent.
It is worth saying that Tan Yonglin and the owner Polygon have an indissoluble relationship. He had signed under the Banner of Polygram (then called Polydor) since the days of the Band of Wenner, and for so many years the principal "ended from one". In 1999, PolyGram was acquired by Universal Records, and in 2013 Universal Records announced that it would re-hit the PolyGram banner: reorganizing the Hong Kong branch of PolyGram, and Tam Wing Lin has not left for more than 40 years is also the wisest choice for both sides.
And a generation of singers Xu Guanjie since leaving Poly Gold to join the new Yibao, its record sales began to gradually decline, he immediately adjusted the direction, with the highest salary at that time for the new Yibao film "Best Partner" series, so that the career has a new development,
However, its record sales have not been satisfactory since then, in the early 90s Xu Guanjie came up with a retreat, announced his farewell in 1992, and his farewell concerts opened 41 consecutive times, the field was full, and the old generation of singers retired.