In August 1950, when Alan Tam was born in the Health Village in North Point, Hong Kong, his father Alan Tam was overjoyed. Tan Jiangbai was originally a football player, known as "Tan Bongtou" in the world. He represented China in the Olympic Games in Germany.

There is a "big brother" in the Hong Kong music scene. After the abolition of "polygamy" in Hong Kong, he still lives a smooth life of "two wives" and is openly proud of his son from his "second wife". He is the famous singer Alan Tam.

Principal Tan Why would Mao be like this? This has to start with his life experience.

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When Alan Tam was born in the North Point Health Village in Hong Kong in August 1950, his father Tam Kong Pak was extremely happy.

Tan Jiangbai was originally a football player, known as "Tan Tongtou" in the world. He once represented China in Germany to participate in the Olympic Games. He and his first wife Zhu Weixun gave birth to two children in a row, both girls, and then he married Jenny Chen, the daughter of a wealthy businessman, in an effort to continue the family line.

At that time, "polygamy" had not been abolished in Hong Kong. Jenny Chen was very successful and soon gave birth to her son Alan Tam. Tan Jiangbai was greatly encouraged and wanted to continue his efforts to have a "football team", but unexpectedly, three more daughters followed.

From then on, Alan Tam became the only boy among 6 children in the family, and his family had high hopes.

As the only son in the family, Alan Tam was often dragged to watch football by his father when he was a child, and he met his lifelong friends Eric Tsang and Chen Baixiang .

But his childhood was not carefree. Whenever he saw his family of nine crowded into a small house of 50 square meters, he would gear up and secretly vow to succeed in the future.

In 1968, the number of dance halls and bars in Hong Kong was increasing day by day. Chen Baixiang found that singing was very profitable. He could get 400 yuan every month by singing in bars with his classmates, so he found Alan Tam, and roped in Chen Baishen, Yip Chi-keung, Peng Jianxin, and together A band was formed.

Chen Baixiang serves as the lead singer of the band, and Alan Tam serves as the second lead singer.

participated in singing competitions many times and failed every time. It didn't take long for them to lose their initial high spirits.

In 1970, they wanted to participate in the "Beach Music Festival" competition, but missed the registration deadline.

Just when they were about to leave in disgrace, they suddenly picked up a registration form called "Loosers" at the door.

Never expected that it was this picked up registration form that changed their destiny.

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After picking up the "Loosers" registration form, several people gathered together and prepared to use this as their team name to participate in the competition.

Unexpectedly, this time they actually won the championship in one fell swoop.

Alan Tam and his teammates all felt that the name "Loosers" brought them good luck, so they continued to form a band under its name.

Next, the "Loosers" band had good luck. Not only did they sign a contract with Polydor Records (the predecessor of PolyGram ), they also defeated Xu Guanjie 's Lotus Band at the Youth Music Festival, and won TVB awards. Attend a show.

At that time, Alan Tam thought that his family could finally live a good life. But the good times did not last long. Chen Baixiang felt that singing could not make a lot of money, and always wanted to "make a fortune" by betting on horses. Every time the band practiced singing, Alan Tam would teach him after he had practiced it.

Not long after, brothers Chen Baixiang and Chen Baishen could not resist the temptation of doing business and left the band. In 1971, Alan Tam also listened to his father's advice and went to university in Singapore.

The "Loosers" band was a failure just like its name.

After returning to college, Alan Tam concentrated on his studies and did not want his family to worry about him anymore. Unexpectedly, in 1973, 23-year-old Alan Tam suddenly contracted a serious illness. I had to take a break from school during my junior year and returned to Hong Kong to rest.

This made his life turn again!

After recovering from his illness, Alan Tam did not want to study anymore. He found a job as a postman in Hong Kong. Although the salary was only HK$220, he was very happy.

During the day, Alan Tam went out with two cloth bags filled with letters. In the evening, go to a nightclub to sing.

Not long after, Alan Tam quit his job as a postman and found that he loved singing more. For this reason, I changed my job as a salesman and wanted to have more time to reorganize the band.

He found brother Chen Baixiang. However, Chen Baixiang, who has made a fortune through business, has no intention of returning to the team. At this time, he was worth over ten million.

This made Alan Tam, who had to work two jobs to make a living, so angry that he wanted to break his "dog legs" every minute. But Chen Baixiang said contemptuously, "Even if I break my leg, I still have too much money to spend..."

Fortunately, another teammate Liang Baitao is reliable. Not only did he return to the band, he also brought a "strong general".

After brothers Chen Baixiang and Alan Tam left one after another, Liang Baitao became the manager of the band "Sergeant Ma-jors". At that time, Liang Baitao was deeply impressed by the band's lead singer Zhong Zhentao .

When Alan Tam proposed to reorganize the band, he immediately thought of Zhong Zhentao. At this point, 20-year-old Zhong Zhentao also joined in.

This time Alan Tam and his teammates wanted to give the band an auspicious name. After discussion, they decided to call it "Winners", which is transliterated to be winner. Since there are 5 members in the band, they are called " Winner Five " . The

band adopts the form of dual lead singers, with Alan Tam and Zhong Zhentao serving as the A and B lead singers respectively. Therefore, Zhong Zhentao also has a nickname, " Ah B".

The "Winner Five" at that time were very competitive. I start working at 8 a.m. every day, finish at 1 a.m., and then practice singing until 7 a.m. the next morning. I stay up all night for an average of 4 nights a week...

Those who work hard will eventually be favored by fate. Soon, " Winner Band ", who sang English songs and imitated The Beatles long hair, sunglasses and platform shoes, attracted the attention of the outside world.

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In 1974, Polydor signed "Winner" and released the first EP "SUN SHINER" to test the waters. Unexpectedly, it became a hit song in one fell swoop and topped the Dragon and Tiger charts that year.

The company immediately decided to let "Winner" launch the second EP "Sha-La-La". The response was even more enthusiastic, occupying the top spot on the Radio Hong Kong pop chart for 3 consecutive weeks.

After that, "Wynner" officially released its first album "Listen to The Wynners", which quickly became popular throughout Southeast Asia and became a highly sought-after band.

is loved by all the people, even Huang Zhan is eager to make a movie for them. At that time, Huang Zhan had just founded Baoding Film Company with his friends, and tailor-made the movie "Café " for "Winner". Once the movie

was released, it made a box office of more than 2 million Hong Kong dollars and ranked third among Hong Kong's top ten grossing movies in 1975.

At that time, Alan Tam was very happy. He laughed and laughed with his teammates every day, and would find people to quarrel with when nothing happened. Especially with his teammate Peng Jianxin, each one scolded and the other criticized, and he became a fixed "quarrel team".

’s career was advancing by leaps and bounds, and his relationship with his teammates was harmonious. The 24-year-old Alan Tam no longer had any worries and started to do other things.

In 1974, Alan Tam met the fan Yang Jiewei while performing in a nightclub, and it didn't take long for the two to fall in love.

Yang Jiewei is a beauty consultant for a cosmetics company. She has a unique aesthetic for stage image and performance costumes.

In order to better help Alan Tam, she quit her job. She learned choreography, choreography, and lighting scheduling, and single-handedly handled the image design for Alan Tam's concerts, movies, and commercials, and became the woman behind him.

At that time, Yang Jiewei fell into the sweetness of love and devoted herself wholeheartedly to Alan Tam. Unexpectedly, more than 20 years later, this relationship would become the biggest disaster in her life.

Alan Tam's career has risen rapidly with the support of Yang Jiewei.

In order not to affect Alan Tam's development, the two agreed to only say that Yang Jiewei was his "image consultant".

As Alan Tam's career got better and better year by year and he earned more and more, his money was handed over to Yang Jiewei to take care of. And Yang Jiewei is also a "financial expert", helping Alan Tam make a lot of money.

Just when Alan Tam was enjoying great success, the other four stars of "Winner" also had their own opportunities, especially Zhong Zhentao, who was 3 years younger than him.

In 1978, 25-year-old Zhong Zhentao was spotted by director Li Xing for his outstanding appearance, and he was invited to Taiwan to film the movie " Small Town Story". The heroine was Lin Fengjiao, who was as famous as Brigitte Lin.

As soon as Zhong Zhentao left, Alan Tam and his teammates also started solo careers.

However, they negotiated that the band would only separate temporarily and not disband. They also agreed to get together every five years and release a commemorative album. True to their word, in the decades that followed, they never forgot their promise.

The "Winner Five" just went their separate ways. Zhong Zhentao went to act in movies, Peng Jianxin opened a tea restaurant, Chen You opened a bar, and Alan Tam entered TVB and started another life that he had never imagined...

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In 1978, after the 28-year-old Alan Tam signed with TVB, good luck followed one after another.

first starred in the fashion drama " Rainbow " with the participation of popular stars such as Wang Mingquan, Zheng Yuling, Xie Xian, Zheng Shaoqiu, and later got the opportunity to co-host "BANGBANG The Sound" with Zheng Yuling.

The following year, he released his first solo album "Toy Stars" in Hong Kong, and won the "Golden Record Award" for the album.

At this time, Zhong Zhentao was spotted by Qiong Yao for his role in "Small Town Story", and two scripts were specially written for him, "Gathering and Parting Two Yiyi" and "Clothes of Dreams". Once the two dramas were aired, they attracted the attention of thousands of girls, and Zhong Zhentao became famous.

When Alan Tam saw the rapid development of his former teammate Zhong Zhentao, he couldn't restrain his inner impulse, turned down the TVB contract, and went to Taiwan to film the movie " Forgettable Grass ".

And the person who cooperated with him was also Lin Fengjiao. At this time, Lin Fengjiao had won the "16th Taiwan Golden Horse Award for Best Actress" for her collaboration with Zhong Zhentao in "Small Town Story".

Alan Tam was very happy to be able to cooperate with Lin Fengjiao, but after filming started, he couldn't laugh anymore. Because in Mandarin and in Mandarin were so bad, the director couldn't understand what he was saying at all. He was so angry that he cursed on the set and asked him to stop working for a week until he had memorized it before filming.

As a result, Alan Tam still couldn't speak his lines well and could only count "one, two, three..." and relied on post-dubbing to complete the movie.

During the three years from 1979 to 1981, Alan Tam made more than 20 movies in Taiwan, which laid the foundation for him to win the "Golden Horse Award for Best Actor" in the future.

In 1981, Alan Tam released the album "Can't Forget You", which achieved four platinum sales results and firmly established himself as the first-line singer in the Hong Kong music scene.

In the same year, the 18th Golden Horse Awards came as scheduled.The 31-year-old Alan Tam thought he was just here to "run along", so when the host read "Best Actor Winner Alan Tam", he was in the audience, chatting animatedly with the people around him.

It was only after being reminded by others that Alan Tam walked onto the stage with a blank mind.

Since he did not prepare an award speech at all, he just said stupidly: "If I were a (real) gold medal... would I still win the Golden Horse Award?" His heart was still beating wildly until he stepped off the stage. .

The next day, in major media, Alan Tam's non-standard Mandarin on the podium attracted more attention than when he won the "Golden Horse Award for Best Actor" !

But this is nothing to Alan Tam. At this time, whether it is singing or acting, his future is bright.

The success in his career also made Alan Tam look back and see Yang Jiewei, the woman who had silently devoted herself to him in the past seven years. In the same year, the two got married secretly in Las Vegas.

Yang Jiewei finally got the long-awaited status. Although it was not known to outsiders, it was enough for her.

Even if it was a "hidden marriage", she was still the legitimate "Mrs. Tan", but this beauty was shattered by a 19-year-old girl ten years later.

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After marrying Yang Jiewei, 31-year-old Alan Tam returned to Hong Kong from Taiwan and refocused his career on singing. He quickly became the hottest "King of Singers" in the music industry.

In January 1982, Alan Tam held 6 concerts in Atlantic City, USA. In the same year, he also released two Cantonese albums "Lover, Goddess" and "Alan Tam Hardcover".

The Cantonese album " Belated Spring " released in the second year was also very popular. The album's title song "Belated Spring" won the Top Ten Golden Melody Award and the Top Ten Chinese Golden Melody Award.

This year, the "Winner Five" scattered all over the country did not forget their past agreements and held a "10th Anniversary" concert at the Hung Hom Coliseum in Hong Kong.

In 1984, Alan Tam released 3 more albums and held 6 concerts in Hung Hom, Hong Kong, breaking the record for the first time a Hong Kong singer held a concert in Hung Hom , and won the "Golden Melody Award for Most Popular Male Singer" ".

In 1985, Alan Tam, who was already 35 years old, although he did not wait for his son, his new album " Love Trap " received rave reviews. It's called the "Love Trilogy".

In July of the same year, Alan Tam held 20 "Alan Tam Super Platinum Concerts" at the Hong Kong Coliseum. Because the concerts are all held during the summer vacation, Alan Tam is like playing with the students, and is affectionately called "Principal Tan" by his fans.

During his days in the music industry, Alan Tam was at the peak of his powers. He needed to find new fun and excitement. At this time, Seiko football general Yin Zhifeng found him and invited him to form the " Hong Kong Star Football Team " .

As a teenager, Alan Tam could never forget the days of sweating on the football field, so he agreed to Yin Zhifeng.

His childhood golf friends Zeng Zhiwei and Chen Baixiang also joined one after another. Even popular actresses such as Wang Mingquan, Zhou Huimin, Michelle Mi Xue and other popular actresses volunteered to join the cheerleading team. The cheerleader at that time was Anita Mui..

While Alan Tam is playing football with his "goers", he has not forgotten to do charity and has been helping people in need.

They have held nearly 100 charity games and charity concerts in the Mainland, raising funds reaching 50 to 60 million.

During the days of the "Hong Kong Star Football Team", Alan Tam and his old friends Eric Tsang and Danny Chan seemed to have returned to their teenage years, playing football and chatting together, and they were very happy.

Even in the middle of the night, a phone call from Principal Tan can make Chen Baixiang rush over immediately...

Therefore, when the " Tan Zhang Zhenghe " broke out, it is not difficult to understand that Chen Baixiang behaved like that. .

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Alan Tam and Leslie Cheung became popular in the streets almost simultaneously, and the two became the "targets" of two record companies.

They wantonly constructed and exaggerated the discord between the two people, triggering a "fierce battle" between fans of both sides...

As Alan Tam's good brother, Chen Baixiang directly went on the stage to start scolding, even though he had enjoyed working with Leslie Cheung before.

But what Chen Baixiang doesn't know is that secretly, the relationship between Alan Tam and Leslie Cheung is not so tense.

Leslie Cheung still said in 1993: "He and I are just like enemies in terms of songs, and there is no problem at all in private."

The operation of the record company made Tan and Zhang exhausted physically and mentally.

In 1988, the 38-year-old Alan Tam could not bear the rumors of "buying awards". At the "Golden Melody Awards" award ceremony, he directly announced his withdrawal from the competition for all competitive music awards and sang " Silent Gratitude " as his song. Finish.

In the second year, Leslie Cheung also followed suit and announced the closure of wheat.

This "Tan-Zhang competition" has finally come to an end, but in the end, no one is the winner, neither the record company nor the fans.

Alan Tam, whose inner peace returned, began to think about the problem of "having no successor" besides singing.

He and Yang Jiewei have been married for almost ten years, but they have never had children. The old father urged him again, so Alan Tam made a small calculation behind Yang Jiewei's back.

In 1991, 41-year-old Alan Tam met 19-year-old Zhu Yongting during a performance. Although Zhu Yongting was a fan of Leslie Cheung at that time, the two of them became more and more speculative as they chatted.

Soon, Alan Tam fell into Zhu Yongting's gentle hometown. Without telling his wife Lin Jiewei, he began to hide the beauty in the golden house for four years.

Alan Tam thought he could always enjoy the "blessings of all people" like this, but he didn't expect that Zhu Yongting would reveal a piece of news he had dreamed of four years later, which made him happy even after being scolded for many years.

But before that, Yang Jiewei’s mother couldn’t sit still.

In 1993, Yang Jiewei's father passed away. Mother Yang felt sorry for her daughter's hidden marriage for many years, so she found Alan Tam and asked him to publish an obituary for his father-in-law in the newspaper in the name of her son-in-law.

Alan Tam knew that he was guilty, so he did as Mother Yang said. This moved Yang Jiewei very much. She accompanied Alan Tam step by step from a little singer to a superstar in the music industry, knowing that it was not easy for him to become famous.

Therefore, when the outside public opinion poured in towards Alan Tam, Yang Jiewei stepped forward without hesitation. She publicly stated: "I insist on doing this and it has nothing to do with Alan Tam."

After nearly two decades of relationships, Yang Jiewei has become accustomed to giving. But she forgot that blindly giving will only make people forget to cherish it.

In 1995, the news that 23-year-old Zhu Yongting was pregnant suddenly appeared in Yang Jiewei's life, like a bolt from the blue.

As the initiator of this "threesome", Alan Tam is happy that he has a successor, but at the same time hesitant about how to balance the relationship between the two women.

He knew that if it was not handled properly, it would be a huge family turmoil, which would also affect his status in the entertainment industry. In order to appease Yang Jiewei's "main palace" position, Alan Tam used his trump card...

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In the few years after she first learned of Zhu Yongting's existence, Yang Jiewei often had loud quarrels with Alan Tam, which made the family no longer peaceful. But Alan Tam never fought back. He felt guilty for this woman who had gone through hard times together.

In order to let Yang Jiewei know that she is the only legitimate wife, Alan Tam handed over all financial power.

Although Yang Jiewei felt depressed, she also knew that she could not change the facts.

In 1996, 25-year-old Zhu Yongting gave birth to a son for 42-year-old Alan Tam, named Tam Xiaofeng, which officially established her status as "the mother of Alan Tam's only son".

However, Alan Tam only calls Zhu Yongting a confidant to the outside world. Tan Xiaofeng did not recognize his ancestor until 2006, because Alan Tam wanted to fulfill his father Tan Jiangbai's last wish.

Alan Tam himself broke the news on the radio:

"The media has always wanted to know about my family affairs. I do have a son named Tan Xiaofeng, a wife named Yang Jiewei, and a confidant named Zhu Yongting. They have grievances, and I also feel hard, everyone. Don't follow me."

Perhaps, calling Zhu Yongting a confidant is another form of compensation from Alan Tam for Yang Jiewei.

However, Yang Jiewei no longer cared about it. As she devoted herself to studying Buddhism, she gradually saw the relationship between the three people and acquiesced in the existence of Zhu Yongting and Tan Xiaofeng.

When there was a huge turmoil in the family, Alan Tam did not forget to pursue a career. In the year when his son was born, he once again won the " Golden Needle Award " for his outstanding contribution to the Hong Kong music scene, becoming the only singer to win the award twice in the Hong Kong music scene.

I am great, and as my son, Tan Xiaofeng is also very impressive. When he grew up, he not only inherited Alan Tam's musical talent, but also had excellent academic performance.

In 2011, 15-year-old Tan Xiaofeng obtained the "Top Ten Excellent Scholar" in Hong Kong and then went to the UK to study. Two years later, he was admitted to the world's top university Oxford University with excellent results.

Alan Tam is very proud of this son. Whenever his friends mention him, he can't hold back the smile on his face.

Perhaps, for Alan Tam, he has achieved too many achievements in his life, but the only "work of inheritance" is still his son.

Mother is more valuable than son, and Zhu Yongting's status in the Tan family is also rising day by day. At first, she only owned the property she lived in, but later she acquired three Happy Valley properties with a market value of about HK$40 million.

Although there is still a huge gap in financial resources compared to Yang Jiewei, who has assets of 1 billion, she wins because she has a son by her side.

However, in this period of life of "two wives and one son", Yang Jiewei and Zhu Yongting were both losers. One lost her husband and the other lost her status.

Alan Tam is the winner. He worked too hard, but in this life, he had a wife and children, fame and fortune.

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