On January 25, as the 2020 Spring Festival Gala is coming to an end, the classic "Unforgettable Tonight" sounded as promised. The attentive Kuaishou veterans found that this year's Spring Festival Gala not only gathered stars, but also many Kuaishou veterans appeared. Among them was the "Hong Kong Mong Kok Little Dragon Girl Long Ting" who sang "Unforgettable Tonight" with Li Guyi. Before
won the championship, the 39-year-old Long Ting was already a street singer with more than 1.45 million fans in Kuaishou and one of the most popular street singers in Hong Kong. People who liked her called her the "Hong Kong Mong Kok Little Dragon Girl".
Long Ting's manners and conversation are gentle and elegant, and her voice is sweet. She is most popular in singing classic nostalgic golden songs such as Teresa Teng and Faye Wong. But because of her "too gentle" appearance, Long Ting also encountered setbacks when she was looking for a job. Once she went to a tea restaurant to apply for a waiter job, she was politely rejected, and then she became a purchasing agent.
had a chance to let Long Ting go to Hong Kong Sai Yeung Choi Street to sing. Because she liked singing since she was a child, singing on the street became Long Ting's second job. When the singing video was posted online by netizens, Long Ting became an internet celebrity and opened an account in Kuaishou to post video works and live broadcasts.
In April 2018, Long Ting participated in the CCTV "Avenue of Stars" competition, and won the championship a year later. Long Ting successfully moved from the small screen to the big screen, from the corner of the street to the center of the big stage, allowing more people to listen To her singing.
When Long Ting was in her 20s, she also participated in a talent show competition, but unfortunately she was not even shortlisted in the audition, and was even judged "not suitable for singing" by the judges.
One of the hottest street singers in Hong Kong female
"Although the road is far by your side, I am not tired, walk with you, section after section......" A short-haired street female singer in a black dress in Central Hong Kong 10 The pier sang the song "Walking the Road of Life" by Teresa Teng. Her voice was sweet and her manners were dignified, and the crowds onlookers were ecstatic. The singer is Long Ting, one of the hottest singers on the streets of Hong Kong.
On the evening of April 23, 2017, when Long Ting appeared in "Singing on the Street" for the first time, she didn't even like this form herself. After singing for the first time, she planned to give up this "unreliable" The form of performance. That night, she sang 3 songs, one of which was "Walking the Road of Life". Long Ting was very happy that she had found another lucrative job. At that time, Long Ting worked as a shopping agent in Hong Kong, buying things, mailing things, returning goods, etc., and earning only more than 100 Hong Kong dollars. Singing is not only more income, but it is also something Long Ting prefers to do.
"When I first gave my mother money, she asked me why I had so much Hong Kong dollars of ten and twenty yuan. I said that I earned it from singing." Long Ting said that her income mainly comes from the people who listened to the songs. She sings well and people who like her will give a red envelope. When Long Ting receives the red envelope, she will shake hands and slightly nod and smile to show her gratitude. The audience giving the red envelope is also affirmation and support for Long Ting's singing.
"Everyone who likes to sing wants to be a singer, but I never think I can sing well." Long Ting said. In her 20s, she, like most people who like to sing, also participated in the talent show competition, but was unfortunately eliminated in the audition. She was also commented by the judges as "not suitable for singing". Since then, the dream of singing has gradually been hidden in Long Ting's heart.
"Change to another way of living!" Long Ting said. A few years ago, she decided to go to Hong Kong to work hard. But because of her "too gentle" appearance, Long Ting was turned down by the boss when she went to a tea restaurant to interview for a waiter job. After going out, Long Ting went straight to the opposite shopping mall and began to buy milk powder, cosmetics, etc. Although she could only earn enough rent at first, Long Ting was very satisfied, at least she could take root in Hong Kong.
"Here is the person who really listens to the songs"
In early 2017, Long Ting met Liang Zhiyuan, "Mong Kok Rowan" at a party. "Mong Kok Rowan Sing and Dance Troupe" is a performance team on Sai Yeung Choi Street. After listening to Long Ting singing, Liang Zhiyuan invited him to perform at Sai Yeung Choi Street. Liang Zhiyuan became the "Bo Le" who discovered Long Ting's singing talent, and the addition of Long Ting also made the "Mong Kok Rowan Sing and Dance Troupe" one of the most popular performance teams in Sai Yeung Choi Street.
However, the cooperation between the two parties finally ended because of the "killing the street" on Sai Yeung Choi Street. Hong Kong officials officially cancelled the pedestrian zone on this street from August 4, 2018, and street performers will never be allowed to perform any performances on this street. The locals call it "Kill Street".
In just over a year, Long Ting still relied on her impressive singing ability and was named "Hong Kong Mong Kok Little Dragon Girl" by fans who liked her. But the first time that Long Ting felt that she was really loved was two weeks after she started singing on Sai Yeung Choi Street. It was raining that day. Long Ting thought that the citizens who listened to the song would definitely leave, but to her surprise, the citizens were all He continued to listen to her singing while holding an umbrella in the rain, and Long Ting also held an umbrella, singing emotionally in the rain.
"Here is the one who really listens to the song." Liang Zhiyuan said to Long Ting after the performance. In addition to making money to make a living, Long Ting felt for the first time the happiness and beauty her singing can bring to others. Most of the fans who like Long Ting are middle-aged people over 40 years old, which gradually changed the repertoire of her songs. Every time
sings, when it comes to the warm golden songs of the 1980s and 1990s, it is most liked by fans. Slowly, Long Ting began to sing the songs of Teresa Teng, and then to the classic songs of Faye Wong and others. In terms of singing, although Long Ting is not from a major, she has never learned to sing since she was a child, but she feels that fans like to listen to these kinds of songs, and she is “not tired” to sing. Even if it is a bitter love song, Long Ting does not sing to make people feel uncomfortable or want to cry. She wants people to "hear comfortably".
When Long Ting began to receive videos of her performance from her relatives and friends, Long Ting realized that there were fans who were very supportive of her. On the Internet, there were also many fans who could not listen to her singing.
On September 30, 2017, Long Ting began to publish video works on the Kuaishou platform and broadcast live. After the daily live performance, Long Ting will also broadcast live on the spot to interact with netizens. In the beginning, as the number of fans continued to grow, Long Ting simply hoped that netizens who liked her could become the source of purchases from her, but in fact, the people who followed "just wanted to hear me sing." In more than two years, Long Ting has more than 1.45 million fans.
"There were about 2,000 onlookers watching that day. After the singing, the photo was taken for 40 to 50 minutes." Long Ting said. July 30, 2018, was the last night she sang before "Kill Street" on Sai Yeung Choi Street, and it was also the one with the largest number of onlookers since the beginning of the singing.
Four months later, Long Ting gave the first concert in her life called "You are in my heart" at the Kowloon Bay International Exhibition and Trade Center in Hong Kong. On September 28 last year, at the same location, Long Ting held a second concert called "An Hao" and released the song "An Hao" with the same name.
From the small screen to the big stage
There are also too many rumors about Long Ting’s true identity on the Internet, from “university teacher” to “charitable person”, “part of the income from the performance will be used for charity” and so on. Ting denied this one by one.
But in her free time, Long Ting will take the stereo to the nursing home and sing to the elderly there. Later, as long as a nursing home invites her to sing, she will go.
After "killing the street" on Xiyang Choi Street, Long Ting also followed the "Mong Kok Rowan Sing and Dance Troupe" to sing twice in the restaurant, but she felt that singing in the restaurant, "the road will become narrower and narrower." Therefore, Long Ting quit the "Mong Kok Rowan Song and Dance Troupe".
"Come to Hong Kong Central Pier 10 to listen to me singing at 7:30 tonight!" After two months, Long Ting released a street performance preview on Kuaishou. That night, many fans went to the scene to listen to the song. "Many fans thought that after'Kill the Street', they would never hear me singing again." Long Ting, who took to the street to sing again, remained popular.
"Every time I go to Beijing to participate in a competition, I think it is the last time." Long Ting said. Starting from April 2018, Long Ting participated in the CCTV "Avenue of Stars" competition. After successively winning weekly championships, monthly championships and the sixth annual championship, Long Ting successfully advanced to the annual finals and won the annual championship .
In the early morning of January 12 this year, Long Ting arrived in Beijing from Hong Kong and checked into a hotel on the West Fourth Ring after getting off the plane. This is after she won the 2019 CCTV "Avenue of Stars" annual championship, she came to Beijing again to participate in the rehearsal of the Spring Festival Gala. Long Ting and Li Guyi sang the song "Unforgettable Tonight" on the stage of the Spring Festival Gala in the Year of the Rat.
Long Ting never thought that one day she would be able to sing from the small screen onto the big screen. For the competition, Long Ting also specially asked teachers in Hong Kong to teach her to sing Cantonese opera and learn lion dance.
is still doing purchasing in my spare time
"They said that I was right, I should be on the big stage." Long Ting said, winning 20After CCTV's "Avenue of Stars" annual championship in 19 years, Long Ting returned to Hong Kong Central Pier 10 to sing again. Fans were even more sure that the support for Long Ting was right. In addition to fans, the happiest person is Long Ting's parents. The two followed their daughter's Kuaishou account very early, and they often played Long Ting's songs at home. Long Ting's father also likes to sing, but he has never learned to sing. Sometimes after watching her daughter's video, she would pick out the places her daughter did not sing well for guidance. Long Ting felt that it was "really useful."
After Long Ting won the 2019 annual championship of "Avenue of Stars", commercial performances and recorded programs began to increase. He often traveled between the mainland and Hong Kong, but as long as he returned to Hong Kong, Long Ting would still take to the streets to sing.
“Singing is all night, and I still do daigou in the daytime.” Long Ting said that compared with singing, daigou earns less money, but no matter how small, it is also an income.
"I can't stand on the big stage without previous experience." Long Ting said. Whether it's singing on the street or posting videos and live broadcasts on Kuaishou, if she doesn't walk every step of the way, she will not be able to get more recognition on the big screen.
Long Ting occasionally remembered that when she was a child, she was sitting on the back seat of her father's bicycle and singing, just like Maggie Cheung sitting on the back seat of Liming's bicycle in the 1996 Hong Kong movie "Sweet Honey". Responsible editor of
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