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From the beginning of his debut in the entertainment industry, Liu Wei most wanted to do was to be a singer.
In the singing competition, he also defeated Xue Zhiqian to win the championship, and also went to South Korea to train and develop, and almost became popular in Asia.
But every time Liu Wei's efforts were like almost something, he always couldn't get what he wanted.
In August 1986, Liu Wei was born in Anshan, Liaoning Province.
According to Liu Wei, his mother sings very well, and people are also particularly beautiful, that is, the sense of rhythm is a little bad, and his father is a saxophone, and the rhythm is particularly good and handsome, that is, singing is not good.
The self that was born, although it did not inherit the beauty of the two of them, inherited their good singing and good rhythm.
When he was in kindergarten, Liu Wei showed a strong talent in singing and dancing, and every kindergarten performance will have a small Liu Wei figure.
When Liu Wei went to junior high school, singing and dancing became his indispensable life, at that time, every time Liu Wei went home, the people of the whole building would know that Liu Wei had returned.
Because Liu Wei will sing every time he goes home, the neighbors' unanimous evaluation of Liu Wei is "no one arrives, the sound arrives first".
At that time, Liu Wei's mother opened a restaurant, and Liu Wei often went to his mother's hotel to help serve dishes, and would sing to guests in the gap between the plates.
Every time, my mother would criticize Liu Wei and say, "You have no problem serving dishes, but you don't sing to the guests, because it will disturb their eating."
Liu Wei felt very unhappy and replied, "I think I sing and help you attract guests."
And I'm here to serve plates, just so that you can give me 10 yuan to buy records, and part of the reason I sing is to remind you not to forget the fruits of my labor, remember to give me money to buy records. ”
Liu Wei even designed an art signature for himself when he was in junior high school, because he felt that he would become a big star when he grew up.
And the signature he designed in junior high school is really used by him today.
When Liu Wei was 16 years old, he made his first music album for himself, and this year Liu Wei received 500 yuan of pressed money.
At that time, the Anshan store opened the first recording studio, and Liu Wei immediately ran to the recording studio to ask how much it cost to record a song.
The other party replied: "Now we are opening a reward for recording a song is 50 yuan, if you record 10 songs, you can also send you two for free." ”
Liu Wei was moved as soon as he heard it, so can't my 500 yuan record 10 songs? He gave me two songs, and I was just able to put together an album.
Liu Wei immediately wrote the lyrics himself, then imitated the arrangement of some popular songs and recorded 12 songs for himself.
After spending this 500 yuan, Liu Wei did not have a penny, but the cover of the album, as well as the promotion of the album, Liu Wei did not have money to do.
At that time, Liu Wei thought to himself, anyway, this album may also let the teachers and classmates listen to it, others may not listen, the publicity does not need to be promoted, the cover I will be my own whole.
Therefore, Liu Wei took a piece of paper himself, wrote a line of "sensational Asian genius teenager Liu Wei's first cry", and then he drew a little note and a dividing line, and pasted it on the disc, which is the album cover.
In order to let others see his ability to sing and dance, Liu Wei also borrowed money to participate in many competitions.
Because his parents did not support Liu Wei's dream, Liu Wei saved money or borrowed money every time he participated in the competition.
In particular, Liu Wei participated in a singing competition for the first time, which was hosted by CCTV host Li Yong at the time, but the competition was held in Shenyang.
In order to buy a ticket to Shenyang, Liu Wei told his friends about his dream of becoming a superstar, and after listening to Liu Wei's dream, his friends chose to lend him money to let him go to Shenyang to participate in the competition.
Liu Wei, who arrived in Shenyang, did not dare to go to the hotel in order to save money, but fortunately, he opened a typhoon shelter in Shenyang at that time, which was open 24 hours a day.
You only need to spend 12 yuan to buy a drink and sit in it for a night, and Liu Wei sat in the typhoon shelter all night until he went to the competition the next day.
In this competition, Liu Wei also achieved very good results, and also won a place to continue to compete in Beijing, and even the host Li Yong said to him: "Young man, you are really talented, stick to it, you will definitely be able to."
But in the end, because of his parents' support, Liu Wei could not go to Beijing to participate in the competition.
Until 2004, Liu Wei was admitted to the Film and Television Performance Department of Shenyang Conservatory of Music with his own efforts.
Liu Wei's parents looked at it, it turned out that the child really liked this industry, and really wanted to develop singing and dancing as his lifelong career, so let's support him well.
With the support of his parents, Liu Wei participated in the second "My Type I Show" in 2005, which was the year when the talent show began to become popular in China.
That year, Xue Zhiqian also participated in the second "My Type I Show" competition with Liu Wei.
Although Xue Zhiqian in the competition is strong in singing, he is not as good as Liu Wei in terms of his comprehensive ability to sing and dance.
And Liu Wei also relied on his own comprehensiveness to successfully defeat other players to win the championship.
After winning the championship, Liu Wei signed a record company with Xue Zhiqian and others, and this year's Liu Wei can be said to have stood at the peak of his life.
Because Liu Wei's popularity was booming at that time, the company decided to send Liu Wei to South Korea for training and strive to become an Asian superstar.
Liu Wei went to JYP, one of the three major entertainment companies in South Korea, for training, and he was also the first Chinese artist to go to JYP for training.
At that time, JYP was preparing a new men's group 2pm, and the excellent Liu Wei was also favored by the company boss and wanted him to join the men's group together.
But because Liu Wei's brokerage contract is in China, and the owner of the Chinese company does not agree to release people, Liu Wei lost this opportunity to be popular all over Asia.
After liu wei returned to China after the end of the JYP training period, he found that everything had changed, when all kinds of new drafts had appeared, everyone had new idols, and many fans had forgotten Liu Wei.
And the company's senior management has all changed, especially the senior management of the company that liked Liu Wei before is no longer there, in the face of Liu Wei's return, the company has not arranged any new resources and new development plans for him.
At this time, Liu Wei can be said to have been hidden by the company.
Liu Wei, who had no opportunity to perform, thought of closing the contract, but if he could cancel the contract, he would have to pay the company a liquidated damages of 1 million.
At that time, Liu Wei could be said to have no savings, and his family was not a wealthy family who could not come up with this money at all.
Just when Liu Wei felt confused about the future, Liu Wei's mother said to him: "It doesn't matter, your mother will help you borrow money, find your aunt to borrow 50,000, and then find your second uncle to borrow 50,000, how can you make up enough for 1 million."
Liu Wei said to his mother while crying: "But Mom, I think I can't do it now, what should I do if I can't do it after borrowing this money?" ”
Liu Wei's mother firmly told Liu Wei: "Child, I believe that you can definitely do it, and you must have the ability to repay this money in the future and you can definitely become a big star." ”
In order to help Liu Wei pay this million liquidated damages, Liu Wei's family owed a huge amount of foreign debt, and Liu Wei's grandmother also sold her house.
Fortunately, after the termination of the contract, Liu Wei is very angry, whether the program gives money or not, he is willing to go on, as long as he can give him a stage and let him show his ability.
In 2013, the program team of "Hundred Changes Big Coffee Show" found Liu Wei and wanted to invite him to come to the interview, but after watching Liu Wei's interview, the "Hundred Changes Big Coffee Show" program group did not choose to leave Liu Wei.
Liu Wei, who returned home, felt that this time it was not okay, but he must fight for it again, so Liu Wei bought a wig and various cosmetics online, and dressed himself up as Wu Moxuan at home.
Then imitating Wu Moxuan, he recorded a singing video and sent it to the director of the "Changeable Big Coffee Show".
As soon as the director saw Liu Wei's performance, he felt as if it was a bit interesting, so he first signed two contracts with Liu Wei, and in these two programs, Liu Wei successfully let the program team sign a contract with him for a whole season by virtue of his own hard work.
And the show "Changeable Big Coffee Show" finally reminded the entertainment industry of Liu Wei, a former draft champion.
In 2016, Liu Wei participated in CCTV's "Good Songs of China" program for his idol Fan Xiaoxuan, and sang his original song "Because You Are Fan Xiaoxuan" to Fan Xiaoxuan on the program.
This song not only expresses Liu Wei's love for Fan Xiaoxuan, but also tells liu Wei's dream of becoming a singer and the hardships along the way.
Because of such a song full of stories, Liu Wei was seen by the program team of the online variety show "Mars Intelligence Bureau" that was preparing.
In April 2016, Liu Wei appeared in front of the public along with the Martian Intelligence Bureau.
As soon as "Mars Intelligence Bureau" was launched, it became a blockbuster variety show of the year, not only with a cumulative number of broadcasts exceeding 900 million, but also reading more than 1.4 billion Weibo topics.
And Liu Wei, who can sing and dance in the show and be funny, has finally turned popular again and become a very good comedian in the eyes of the audience.
In 2018 alone, Liu Wei participated in 19 variety shows.
Although he has not been able to become the singer of his dreams, as long as he can bring happiness to the audience, Liu Wei is still willing to stand on this stage.
Liu Wei, who recorded more and more variety shows, has become a well-deserved variety show ace, and many variety shows will say when inviting Liu Wei: "Come on, the laughter point of our program will all depend on you."
Liu Wei, who is getting more and more funny in the eyes of the public, also appeared with Xie Na in 2020, and the CCTV Spring Festival Gala performed the sketch "Like You Like Me".
But what Liu Wei has never forgotten in his heart is his dream of singing and dancing.
In December 2020, Liu Wei also participated in the boy group talent show "Chasing the Light Brother" jointly broadcast by Youku and Oriental Satellite TV.
However, because of the greasy overall atmosphere of the show, although the audience saw Liu Wei's ability to sing and dance, they did not recognize the identity of Liu Wei's singer, but recognized the identity of Liu Wei's comedian.
With the popularity of "Brother With Thorns and Thorns", Liu Wei also sent a Weibo message saying: "I really want to go to "Brother Who Cut Thorns", not for fame or to like the stage, or to like the feeling of dancing and singing on the stage. ”
Liu Wei said his true voice, whether he can become a singer in the end is not important to him, he just likes the feeling of singing and dancing on the stage, but he likes to bring joy to the audience in addition to being funny.
In Liu Wei's own words: "It doesn't matter whether the dream is successful or not, he just likes the process of chasing dreams."
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