In the 1990s, my father asked relatives in the city to buy a "big" tape recorder.
After the tape recorder was taken home, my father went to town and bought a cassette tape after careful selection.
The cassette contained more than a dozen of the most popular songs of the time. There are two songs that my father and I love the most.
The two songs have two "nine" characters in their names, namely "The Wine of September 9" and "Nine Nine Daughter Red".
My father's love for these two songs reached the point of "love and love", even if he went to the field to do farm work, he would hum a few words from time to time.
It wasn't until I grew up that I learned that the singers of these two songs were Chen Shaohua.
Chen Shaohua is a somewhat jianghu character, how did he become red, why did he suddenly disappear after a few years of red?
01
Chen Shaohua was born in 1974 in Xinchang, Zhejiang Province, to a Kunqu opera actor.
Growing up in an artistic family, he has loved to sing since he was a child, and he sings with special taste and is deeply loved by his friends.
By the time Chen Shaohua reached adulthood, children as old as him had a heart from Rong. Influenced by the environment and the times, Chen Shaohua threw himself into the army with the breath of youth and became a soldier.
Brave and aggressive, he found a place in the army, learned Sanda, and became a Sanda champion. At that time, with a body of kung fu, he would never have imagined that he would one day "abandon martial arts" and become a popular singer.
A few years later, Chen Shaohua returned to the local area. In order to make his life a leap forward, he was full of hopes and rushed from Zhejiang to Shenzhen to rely on his brother who developed well there.
Chen Shaohua felt the development of the special zone, like a countryman who did not follow the trend. At the same time, he also really felt the arrogance of a rich man in his brother.
At that moment, catching up with the tide of development in Shenzhen, he suddenly felt that he had a martial art in his spare time.
Fortunately, he still likes to sing, and every time he starts singing, he can render the people around him.
His singing touched his brother.
In order to let Chen Shaohua's singing voice wander in the music industry, his brother gave him 200,000 yuan.
Subsequently, Chen Shaohua arrived in Guangzhou with enthusiasm, opening a bar while looking for a way out.
Usually, his main energy is to take care of the bar business, from morning to night when he is physically and mentally exhausted, he will call a few friends, eat and drink, sing and pastime.
Unexpectedly, as soon as he began to sing, he was stunned.
While his friends applauded him, they suggested that he could produce a song of his own.
Provoked by his friends, Chen Shaohua was proud. He felt that he was no worse than the singers on TV, so he made up his mind to sing.
02
Chen Shaohua visited everywhere about the song, and finally found the music producer Zhu Derong.
After Chen Shaohua explained his intentions, Zhu Derong tailored a song for him.
At that time, love songs were popular, such as "The Sound of the Waves Is Still The Same", "The Love of the Tracker", "The Heart Will Go With Love" and a series of mainland love songs, which were loved by the public.
Zhu Derong feels that in the current environment of love songs "flying in the sky", Chen Shaohua is a newcomer, and it is difficult to have room for development. It is better to take the side of the sword and create a homesick song.
After the two communicated, they invited Chen Shu to fill in the words.
In this way, a song that sings the homesickness of the wanderer, "The Wine of september 9", was born in this way.
This song was produced, and Zhu Derong asked Chen Shaohua for 180,000 yuan in one bite.
Ordinary newcomers, when they encounter this kind of lion with a big mouth, will hesitate. After all, in the early 90s, 180,000 was not a small number. And to create a MV, it is not necessary to use so much at all.
But Chen Shaohua loved music too much and didn't think too much about it at all. People want it, and he gives it as he pleases. Moreover, Chen Shaohua did not think that he would become popular by this song.
Unexpectedly, in the years when spiritual food was relatively scarce at that time, this song with the theme of "using wine to dispel homesickness" stimulated people's empathy as soon as it came out, and it did not take long to spread all over the country.
Zhu Derong also achieved himself while achieving Chen Shaohua. Before this song, he was unknown. After this song, his fame soared, and he also accepted an exclusive interview with a CCTV program.
To what extent was Chen Shaohua angry at that time? Many people went to video stores to buy tapes and brought their songs by name. Nowadays, many people over the age of 30 should have heard this song.
This year, Chen Shaohua was only 20 years old.
After this song became popular, it brought out a large wave of songs of the same type, such as "Wandering Song" in 1997, "Wangxiang" in 1999, etc., all of which continued the style of the song "The Wine of September 9".
Chen Shaohua also hit the iron while it was hot, and after tasting the sweetness of the first song, he immediately launched the second song "Nine Nine Daughter Red".
In this song, which is still very nostalgic, the songwriter boldly added love song elements, with Chen Shaohua's melancholy and expressive singing, which was praised as soon as it came out.
Chen Shaohua also jumped to a higher level in his career with this song and steadily stepped into the ranks of first-line singers.
In 1997, he also appeared on the CCTV Spring Festival Gala, and sang his songs on this biggest stage.
However, after that, he could have shown his brilliance in the music world, but he unexpectedly disappeared.
Where did he go and what did he go through?
03
The group of singers who caught fire in the 90s and later developed in the music world, even if they are not as bad as Na Ying and Tian Zhen, should not be worse. But after Chen Shaohua sang the fire, within a few years of kung fu was forgotten. There may be many people who know the names of his two songs, but do not know who the person who sang them was.
All this is related to an experience of Chen Shaohua.
It was a bitter experience that he could not erase from memory in his lifetime.
In 1998, after a performance, Chen Shaohua was asked for an autograph by the accompanist.
The saying "people are not red is not much" is true, and his fall is also related to this.
At that time, the popular Chen Shaohua was a bit fluttery.
He stood on the top of the music scene and looked at the fans who adored him. Someone wants to sign, he is happy to sign one, when he is unhappy, no one will give face, even if it is his accompaniment dance.
His arrogance made the rejected dancers intolerable.
When Chen Shaohua returned to the room to rest, the accompaniment dancer brought a group of people.
When they saw Chen Shaohua, they didn't say much, and they directly attacked him and slashed at him with round hands.
Chen Shaohua had practiced well, avoiding the key points and fighting with the comers, but in the end he could not dodge a knife and was cut in the jaw.
Chen Shaohua's blood was bleeding unceasingly, and the gang didn't look good at first, and they scattered in a panic.
After that, Chen Shaohua was taken to the hospital, where the doctor told him that his face was badly injured and that disfigurement was certain.
This is undoubtedly a fatal blow for a singer who often participates in performances.
Since then, he has been traveling from place to place to save his face. Even after several repairs, a scar about 8 centimeters long remained on his face forever.
The scar, like a dark sadness, reminded him at all times.
It wasn't until many years later that the man who cut him was caught. After experiencing many ups and downs, his mood was mature, and he could no longer recall his hatred for the dancer. He even dropped the indictment of the murderer.
After that, he adjusted himself and made a comeback with new songs. But in the ever-changing music scene, there is no place for him to live.
At that time, most of the people were listening to the songs of Jay Chou, Wang Lihong and Lin Junjie. There are also singers in the mainland, such as Daolang, Yuquan, Mizuki Nianhua, Sun Nan, and Sha Baoliang. Chen Shaohua's era has long ceased to exist.
At the same time, his new song "Don't Say My Tears You Don't Matter" also went to court over copyright issues. Its comeback road is extremely uneven.
Depressed in the singing world, Chen Shaohua was excited and went astray.
For a time, there was a lot of negative news about him.
Since then, Chen Shaohua has gradually faded out of people's vision.
His songs are occasionally sung, but everything about him is almost forgotten.
04
Chen Shaohua, who retired from the circle, began to fight in the business circle with the encouragement of his wife.
In fact, there are not a few artists who have transitioned from entertainment circles to business circles.
At that time, Chen Xiaoxu, who was difficult to play because of his role in "Lin Daiyu"; Zhou Jie, who was tired of the entertainment circle and cheating on himself with the fire of "Huan Zhu Gege"; chen Guanxi, who had to quit the circle after encountering the photo door storm, all had similar experiences.
Chen Shaohua is more business-minded, has become a business owner, and his brand has sprung up and is exported to all over the world.
At this time, Chen Shaohua still did not put down the music, he insisted on his musical dream, and released some singles from time to time.
When a generation reminisces about green onions, Chen Shaohua and his songs will occasionally be mentioned.
Once, when he was interviewed by the media and asked by a reporter if he would return to the music scene, Chen Shaohua said that he had never left the music scene, so why talk about going back?
Perhaps, only those who inject music into their souls will have such attachment.
In recent years, Chen Shaohua has participated in commercial performances everywhere as a singer from time to time.
At that moment, he was no longer glorious. But even if the stage is too simple, he calmly sings and sings his classic songs.
Not even many spectators in the audience could call out his name. But the audience immersed in his singing voice still heard his vicissitudes. There are stories about him.
He also registered his own account on the live broadcast platform, and accumulated more than 100,000 fans with the popularity of the past.
In those videos, in addition to his interaction with his son, you can also faintly see the shadow of his active in the music world.
Just behind the filter, the thinning brain gate of his hair, and the fine wrinkles on his face, easily betrayed his age.
At that time, when he floated lightly, the marks left on his face were faintly recognizable.
That scar will eventually fade with the passage of time and be forgotten. Perhaps, along with the forgotten, there is also his glory in the music world.
epilogue:
Looking at Chen Shaohua's star path, the beginning is the peak. The world is uncertain, it is easy to be red, and it is easy to fall off the altar without paying attention, and it is easy to fall down when you are defeated. However, if you want to return to the altar after falling, it is as difficult as ascending to the heavens.
It can be seen that only when the star is low-key and not floating, can he go all the way and become popular all the way.