The song "My heart is too soft" is undoubtedly called "Brainwashing Divine Comedy" in the hearts of the post-80s and post-90s, which was really too hot in those days. To what extent is the fire?
In the era of cassette tape, this record can sell 26 million copies, becoming the only film to enter the Hollywood single album sales list.
To this day, the album "Too Soft-hearted" is still hanging on the celebrity wall of the American Gold Record Company, next to the world superstar Michael Jackson.
How did Richie Jen make a song so popular?
1966, a little boy was born in a wealthy family in Taiwan Province province. His father named him Richie Jen. "Xian" is a word generation, which means "Meet Xian Si Qi". No one thought that this boy would be the first person to hold a concert in the Great Hall of the People in the future.
When I was a child, Richie Jen was very naughty and often made trouble at home. But Richie Jen's sports cells are so developed that his father can't catch up with him if he wants to teach him a lesson.
/kloc-When he was 0/8 years old, his parents gave him the most strictly trained "Marine Corps". Richie Jen felt too bitter and decided to go to college first.
From 65438 to 0987, Richie Jen was recommended to the Physical Education Department of Chinese Culture University. In her freshman year, Richie Jen used the money she earned from her part-time job to form an ATP choir as a guitarist and lead singer.
In these three years, the orchestra has performed hundreds of campus performances. But Richie Jen was not satisfied. He took the band members around and made a name for himself.
1990, Richie Jen, a senior, signed a new song by the hottest folk record company in Taiwan Province. Soon after, he and his band members collaborated to make an album "Towards the Rainbow", and Richie Jen officially made his debut.
Encouraged, Richie Jen released three solo albums, Ask Again, Indifference and Tenderness, and Fly to Your Own Sky.
However, some albums received mediocre response. So Richie Jen transformed the film and television circle and starred in the movie "Officers and Men Catch Robbers" and the TV series "Never Forget" and "When I Wake Up". Richie Jen saw the hope of his career.
But when Richie Jen's career just started, he met with "Waterloo"-he had to perform military service, and the sufferings of the "Marine Corps" could not escape. Two years later, when Richie Jen joined the army, everything changed.
As soon as he entered the company, everything in sight made Richie Jen blindsided. The office was like a thief, and the papers were scattered all over the floor. Richie Jen learned from the floor manager that "Xinge" closed down due to poor management and the company was acquired by others.
Richie Jen, like an object, was sold to Rolling Stone Records with tables, chairs and benches. At that time, the Rolling Stones, with great musicians such as Emil Wakin Chau and Tayu Lo, simply disdained this unknown little singer.
Richie Jen's name appears on the resignation list issued by the company at the end of each year. Richie Jen was lost for some time, so he had to hang around all day to kill time.
One day, while walking in the corridor of the company, Richie Jen met Johnny Chen, one of the three producers of Rolling Stone. Bug and Richie Jen chatted for a long time, and gradually fell in love with this young man with great potential, and pushed his way through the crowd to keep him. Many years later, the bug said to Richie Jen:
"I don't know why, I like that kind of singer with good personality very much. Ricky made me feel good. At that time, we were the main strength group and had the illusion that he could not sing. "
After staying, Richie Jen wanted to show his skills again. But the bug turned around and was busy making albums for other singers. Richie Jen was frozen for three years.
In the past three years, Richie Jen has been doing odd jobs: sweeping the floor and mopping the floor, helping colleagues buy food, ordering lunch boxes, watering flowers and so on. Richie Jen was very unhappy to see his colleague succeed.
It was his girlfriend Tina who gave him encouragement in those dark days. As early as her sophomore year, Richie Jen dated T's girlfriend for four or five years.
Although Richie Jen is almost 30 years old and hasn't achieved anything, Tina hasn't abandoned him and kept giving him confidence. This strengthened Richie Jen's "music dream", and he wanted to give his girlfriend an explanation.
But his girlfriend doesn't live with him. At that time, Richie Jen's income was very low. In order to save money, he had to live in a shabby tin house in a community. Next to the tin house is Lv Kongwei, an old friend he has known for a long time. (Mr. Lai, the richest man in Xihong City)
Jiukong studied at the Air Force School first, but was forced to change careers because of his poor sense of direction. After becoming a comedian, Jiukong worked hard, pretending to be a walk-on, making dangerous moves and making short films. Richie Jen followed him, and they lived together.
Accompanied by his brother and encouraged by his girlfriend, Richie Jen's life is bittersweet.
Time flies to 1996, and Richie Jen's contract is about to expire. The company's plan said to Bug: "Qi's contract is almost full, will you do it?" If you don't do it, you may have to cancel the contract. "Until then, bug thought of Richie Jen.
Richie Jen worked hard in the company in recent years and never complained, which had a great influence on bug. Bug began to focus on Richie Jen's side and began to praise him vigorously.
Later, when chatting with Bug, Richie Jen told the love story of his good friend Jiukong, and Bug created a song called Relying on it.
After that, Richie Jen was locked in the recording studio and sang this song repeatedly, basically without interruption from morning till night, for three days at a time. In a closed environment, Richie Jen's spirit is highly concentrated, and the song "Relying on" is naturally practiced to the point of perfection.
At the age of 30, Richie Jen finally released his first solo album "Trust" in Rolling Stone Company. After the release of the album, the sales volume in Taiwan Province Province reached 6,543,800+0.6 million in one month. The company didn't make much, but it didn't lose money.
This is a good start for a newcomer.
In 65438+February of the same year, bug, who was on vacation in Las Vegas, went to the casino on a whim. At first, the bug was lucky and won all the money from a beautiful woman opposite. That beautiful woman's face is particularly ugly.
After returning to the hotel, Bug kept thinking about the girl. He relented and ran back to the gambling table. As a result, the opponent won back all the money he won, and even lost all the chips he brought.
On the way back by car, the more I think about it, the angrier I get. I have no choice. On the counter in front of the car, I wrote the words "You are always too soft-hearted". Looking at the words, I felt something. The worm created the song "My heart is too soft".
I sent it out with the mentality of "giving it a try", but no one expected that the album "Heart is too soft" was very popular, and it became the "last glory of the cassette era".
Even though it was pirated, the album sold a record of 26 million copies, so Richie Jen became the first singer in Chinese music to break through10 million. This brilliant record has not been broken so far.
After becoming the new "Rolling Stone Brothers", Richie Jen released two albums, Hurt and Love Like the Pacific Ocean, including classic songs such as The Girl Opposite, Sad Pacific Ocean and Ren Xiaoyao.
Richie Jen's heyday officially kicked off, and he occupied a dominant position in the Chinese music scene for several years.
1999, Richie Jen also sang "Look at the Girl Opposite" on the stage of the Spring Festival Evening.
From an unknown music lover to a future music superstar, Richie Jen has experienced too many difficulties and twists and turns along the way.
His influence is not as good as before, but people should remember that there is such a "heavenly king" singer in Chinese music.