This year marks the 225th anniversary of Hong Kong's return to the motherland. In order to return Hong Kong to the embrace of the motherland, all Chinese people have made a lot of efforts.
38 years ago, there was such a Hong Kong singer who bravely took the risk to attend the Spring Festival Gala and made great sacrifices for the friendship between Hong Kong and the mainland. He firmly expressed his support for the reunification of the motherland.
Being outspoken, he was implicated and could not continue his singing career. He has lived a life of poverty and poverty since then. He is the Zhang Mingmin who sang the song "I Am the Heart of China".
What kind of life did Zhang Mingmin live after his contract was terminated by the company? How did he survive that period? What is the truth behind this incident?
Before 1984, the biggest wish of the Chinese people at that time was to bring Hong Kong home. This year the "Sino-British Joint Declaration" was signed, which meant that the previous efforts finally showed signs, and it was only a matter of time before Hong Kong returned to China.
However, things are not that simple. Hong Kong people have been resistant to returning to the mainland because of their long-term exposure to Western lifestyles.
Some criminals are taking advantage of these people's psychology to incite emotions and prevent Hong Kong's return.
Under such severe circumstances, in order to express our welcome to Hong Kong and the feeling that "both sides of the Taiwan Strait are one family", a cultural evening program is the best way.
This is the first time that a Hong Kong singer has been invited to the Spring Festival Gala. Previously, cross-strait relations were very rigid.
At this juncture, many singers are not willing to be the bridge in the middle. Once they get on the stage, they will offend Hong Kong.
Although some people are unwilling to come back, there are also a group of Hong Kong patriots who are eager to return to the embrace of the motherland. They have even united to form an organization, the Hong Kong Youth Federation, with the intention of arousing Hong Kong people's affection for the motherland. They decided to record a song to express their feelings Missing the inland, this song is "I am the Chinese Heart".
The origin of this lyric was also written by a patriotic genius. Mrs. Thatcher visited China to talk about Hong Kong issues. At that time, the conversation situation was unpredictable, and everyone was looking forward to the success of this conversation.
Hong Kong's famous lyricist Huang Zhan couldn't help but express his patriotism and wrote "Although I am wearing a dress, my heart is still Chinese" .
This sentence inspired the innocent hearts of countless patriotic Hong Kong people, and they immediately decided to compile it into a song.
There are only lyrics and music but no singers. This makes the Hong Kong Federation a little distressed. After searching for countless well-known singers, they have never heard of a singer who can sincerely express this patriotism. What they want to find is a singer. It can make people cry with excitement.
finally tried his best to choose singers from the folk. Anyone who can sing can give it a try.
Zhang Mingmin was very fond of singing at the time and had won awards in singing competitions.
The Hong Kong Federation personally invited him to sing, and Zhang Mingmin came to the recording studio and sang to the tune of the song.
He liked the melody of "I Am Chinese Heart" very much. As soon as he heard this song, he couldn't help but get excited and sang it forgetfully. After
was recorded, the tape of the song was put on the market for sale, but not many people bought it. His first song ended in failure, but paved the way for him to appear at the Spring Festival Gala.
The director of the Spring Festival Gala Huang Yihe was looking for a Hong Kong singer who could appear on the stage. He heard this song by Zhang Mingmin in a taxi and was deeply shocked. He quickly asked the driver who sang this song.
Only then did he know that Zhang Mingmin was there, and Huang Yihe immediately turned around and sent someone to find him.
finally found someone who could sing this song, but failed to get approval. This made Director Huang very angry. He felt that the song would definitely become a hit, so he immediately ignored the dissuasion of his superiors and hung up the phone and told Zhang Mingmin to let him go. He comes on stage. After the song
was broadcast, it became a song that was sung in the streets and alleys at that time. Even now, this song is often sung as a patriotic song and you never tire of listening to it.
Originally thought that he would become famous with this song, but Zhang Mingmin’s career was in trouble. No one could have imagined that he would be fired directly from the company when he returned to Hong Kong.
Zhang Mingmin knew that he was banned because he sang this song in the mainland. Not only his own company, but also other singing companies refused to accept him.
In addition to the fact that and were not popular in Mandarin at that time, the song did not explode in Taiwan as expected. Zhang Mingmin, who was in a dilemma, could only return to the electronics factory to work as a worker to make a living.
At the same time, in this year, in order to support Zhang Mingmin, Mainland China invited him to hold a solo concert in Mainland China. This was an honor for him. No Hong Kong star had ever held a solo concert in Mainland China before.
Zhang Mingmin did not charge money for this concert in order to repay the love from the mainland. She hopes that this concert will cheer for the "Love My China, Repair My Great Wall " campaign.
As time passed, the Zhang Mingmin incident gradually faded out in Taiwan, and the suppression against him was not as severe as before. This allowed many record companies to sign him to perform. The record company
discovered Zhang Mingmin's patriotic image and released his albums with patriotic songs, and his life began to slowly improve.
China was qualified to host the Asian Games in 1983, but because of the economic difficulties at that time, hosting the Asian Games required 2.5 billion funds. This was a very difficult thing for the government at that time. knows Zhang Mingmin, who heard this news, started raising money for Inland in 1988.
He already owned a house and a car in Hong Kong, so he sold it without saying a word and came to Beijing with the money. However, the money was just a drop in the bucket.
He decided to rely on his singing skills to raise funds. Zhang Mingmin spent a year traveling to 24 cities. He held several concerts in each city and sang 154 concerts. He used all the money he got Hand it over.
His move was supported by many people in China, and Zhang Mingmin's fame also became popular in the mainland during this process.
He became a frequent guest at the Spring Festival Gala. In 1990, he was invited to the stage again and performed the songs "Dedicate Your Heart to Sincerity and Love" and "We Love This Mistake".
After becoming a popular singer, Zhang Mingmin decided to enter the acting circle and star in movies and TV series. Many directors welcomed him to participate in their own scripts.
My first movie was "The Swordsman". Due to the appearance, I could only play a small role in it. The whole drama only had two minutes of footage.
After seeing his performance, the senior director said to him: "Zhang Mingmin, you are destined to be unable to act."
He smiled awkwardly and said: "Indeed, I feel that I have no feeling for acting."
Although Zhang Mingmin had the idea of acting, he had to give up his dream of becoming an actor due to his own reasons.
Zhang Mingmin’s patriotic passion for understanding justice also comes from his family education. His mother knew that the relationship between Hong Kong and mainland China is sensitive, but she still did not object to him performing in the Spring Festival Gala. She also told him: "Don't worry, nothing will happen. It doesn’t matter if you come back and be locked up, I will go visit you.”
Why does Zhang Mingmin have such strong family patriotism?
It turns out that his parents are both Chinese and have been living abroad for a long time. This long time away from home made Zhang Mingmin's parents think about returning to their hometown, so they have been exposed to him since childhood that he must return to his motherland, and they often miss him. When I go to my hometown, I also play some patriotic songs to express my feelings of lovesickness.
This led to the fact that Zhang Mingmin did not grow up watching Hong Kong TV station when he was a child, but grew up listening to Mandarin songs.
He grew up listening to Mandarin songs, and has been very fond of singing ever since. He often practices in his spare time. Even when he grows up, he will study by himself after work. Although he is not as good as a professional, his spirit of hard study will also contribute to his success. Lay a solid foundation for his future career development.
Professional training is what he has always wanted to be exposed to, so after becoming famous, Zhang Mingmin was not proud of it, and specially and sincerely invited teachers such as Dai Sicong and Song Chi to teach him.
Several teachers heard that Zhang Mingmin was coming to learn singing and expressed their welcome. Who can refuse such a passionate apprentice?
He didn't stop there when he became popular with his singing. Because all the money before was spent on fundraising, Zhang Mingmin decided to go into business to make money to make his life rich.
tried to open a karaoke bar for the first time, and later established an advertising agency, a lounge and other businesses, but he was not good at business, so these stores ended in failure.
However, after several years of hard work in the business world, he gained experience in doing business. Now he is the chairman of a biotechnology company, and singing has become Zhang Mingmin's profitable side job.
Despite this, he still made his own contribution to patriotism.
In 2014, Hong Kong was filled with negative energy, which was related to Hong Kong’s education. This generation of young people had already regarded Hong Kong as an independent individual, and their feelings for the motherland were getting weaker and weaker.
Zhang Mingmin, who lives in Hong Kong, was very worried when he saw this phenomenon. He felt that he needed someone to convey patriotic ideas to these young people, so he returned to the music scene at the age of nearly 60 and released the album "My Chinese Dream" , in order to expand the influence of this song, he not only played it in Hong Kong, but also promoted it to inland areas.
When the mainland proposed "patriots governing Hong Kong", he also expressed strong support and explained his understanding of this policy to the audience, so that the people of Hong Kong can better understand this meaning and reduce the barriers and barriers between the two places. misunderstanding.
He said: "Supporting the mainland is necessary and it is a very clear path. If we do not support one China, there will be no bright path."
Zhang Mingmin, who is engaged in singing, feels that singing alone is completely insufficient and will not substantially promote cross-strait reunification.
As a result, he actively joined the political ranks and served as the Hong Kong Selection Committee and the National Youth Special Invitation Committee to contribute his strength to the reunification of the two places.
In any case, there are not many patriotic singers like Zhang Mingmin anymore. Looking back at his previous patriotic behaviors after 38 years, the audience cannot help but be moved.
