Speaking of Andy Lau , everyone is very familiar with it. The famous model worker and evergreen tree in the entertainment industry is the "Prince Charming" and "Public Lover" in the hearts of countless people. He has acted in many movies and released many albums. As a singer, Andy Lau has won awards and broken Guinness records, which shows his high popularity.
But there was once such a singer who was better than Andy Lau at a certain period. Later, he got into controversy because of a song. Now he is a winner in life at the age of 59. He is Zheng Zhihua . Speaking of Zheng Zhihua, many young fans may not be familiar with him because he has been away from the music scene for some years; but for those born in the 60s, 70s and 80s, he is definitely a familiar singer, and many of his songs have been sung to this day.
Zheng Zhihua was born in Taipei, China, in 1961. He had two brothers and two sisters. The second brother died before he was born. When he was two years old, Zheng Zhihua suffered from polio due to a sudden high fever. He could only crawl until he was 7 years old. Later, he had surgery, and he could barely walk with the help of crutches until he was 9 years old.
Zheng Zhihua has suffered all kinds of ridicule and prejudice since he was a child, but he has also developed his stubbornness and rebellious character. He refuses to admit defeat in anything and strives to win the first place in everything. In "Sailor", he is always like Maybe only he himself can understand the lyrics of "I feel so weak like a coward." Although his body was not perfect, chasing girls, doing business and people became the three things he was good at in his youth.
After graduating from junior high school, Zheng Zhihua applied for the Taipei Polytechnic College. Because he had good calligraphy and painting skills since he was a child, Zheng Zhihua soon became a famous figure in the school. In technical college, Zheng Zhihua met his first love. However, due to physical reasons, he was strongly opposed by the girl's family. Reality shattered the young Zheng Zhihua. He wanted to commit suicide several times and left a suicide note "Epiphyllum", which was later adapted It became his most popular song "Don't Cry, My Favorite One". This song also became Zheng Zhihua's favorite, most painful song, and the song he dared not touch the most.
After graduation, Zheng Zhihua entered the advertising industry. In 1987, he was discovered by Gui Mingyu, the owner of the record company, because of the advertising song he wrote "For Happy Girls", and attracted his subordinates. In 1988, Zheng Zhihua released his first solo album "The Story of the Youngest One". The following year, he completely quit the advertising industry and entered the music scene, and successively released albums such as "Single Escape", "Fallen Angel", and "Young Times".
In 1992, Zheng Zhihua released the album "Private Songs". The song "Sailor" caused an uproar in the Chinese music scene and was very inspirational. "He said that the pain in the wind and rain is nothing. Wipe away the tears and don't be afraid. At least we still have dreams." These inspirational lyrics sing about the mood of many young people pursuing their dreams, touch the hearts of many people, and give them the confidence and courage to move forward. This song was written by Zheng Zhihua in the bathtub. He imagined that he was on a boat, and the waves were scary, but there were many sailors on the boat. He was very moved by the tenacious vitality of the sailors, so he wrote this song, which has been sung to this day. , and was also selected as a junior high school music textbook.
When Zheng Zhihua released the album "Private Song", he happened to meet Andy Lau, one of the " Four Heavenly Kings ", who released two albums " My True Style " and " Thank You for Your Love ". Andy Lau The combined sales of the two albums were 900,000, while the sales of Zheng Zhihua's "Private Song" album reached 2.3 million. From this point of view, Zheng Zhihua was more popular than Andy Lau at least in 1992. In an era when the Four Heavenly Kings were popular across half the world, it was really not easy for Zheng Zhihua to achieve such an achievement. He later became one of the most influential Chinese humanistic singers in the glorious era of the Chinese music scene.
After that, Zheng Zhihua successively released albums such as "Star Lights" , "The Crying Actor", " Game World ", etc. Many songs have become classics in the Chinese music industry, and he has also become a god in the Chinese music industry.However, a song written by Zheng Zhihua in 1993 (I won’t mention the title of the song, for fear of river crabs) caused huge controversy because the lyrics satirized the current social situation. In the following years, rumors about Zheng Zhihua because of this song were flying all over the sky. .
In January 1999, Zheng Zhihua married his girlfriend Zhang Yuya, who had been in love for many years. Later, Zhang Yuya gave birth to a daughter, and Zheng Zhihua also gradually faded out of the music scene. Zhang Yuya is 7 years younger than Zheng Zhihua. She met Zheng Zhihua when she was the creative director of an advertising company before Zheng Zhihua entered the music scene. Zhang Yuya is tolerant, considerate, and has been silently supporting Zheng Zhihua from behind. It is said that Zheng Zhihua knocked on the door The song "For Happy Girls" by the music industry is based on Zhang Yuya.
Zheng Zhihua, who left the music scene, entered the IT industry, established an IT company and became an entrepreneur. Zheng Zhihua is now 59 years old. Although he is no longer young, his family of three lives a very happy life, his company is doing well, and his wife is still taking good care of herself at the age of 52. Zheng Zhihua is really a successful winner in life.
Nowadays, Zheng Zhihua occasionally appears on stage as a guest or sings songs. Do you hope that he will return to the music scene and release an album? Do you like Zheng Zhihua’s songs? Welcome to leave a message and comment!
