Recently, "Asian Pop King" Jay Chou posted on social media, "Brother is coming out." Then it sparked a hot search in the entertainment industry because his new album "'s greatest work " will premiere at 12:00 on July 6. As of 9:00 a.m. on July 6, the number of reservations for the new album has been More than 5.9 million visits to .
This shows how popular the new album is. It has been 22 years since Jay Chou debuted, and he still dominates the charts of popular male singers for many years.
He cannot achieve what he does today without the people who helped him.
Today we will talk about the "noble people" who helped him.
Ye Huimei
When Jay Chou was 3 years old, his mother Ye Huimei discovered that he would calm down as long as he heard music. She thought he might have some talent in this area, so she spent all her family savings and bought a piano.
After that, Jay Chou began to learn to play the piano. For this reason, his mother even took a stick and sat next to him to urge him to practice. Therefore, Jay Chou rarely played in his childhood and basically spent most of his time by the piano. . At the same time, it also laid a solid foundation for his subsequent music career.
Later, according to his own recollection: "If I say that I have a solid foundation in music, I have to thank that stick." In order to thank his mother, in 2003, Jay Chou named his fourth album after his mother "Ye Huimei".
In the album " is still fantasy " released on September 5, 2006, there is a song called " listen to mother " which also expresses gratitude to mother. The lyrics in it are true to each other, such as "Mom Her hard work is not allowed to be seen by you, and the warm recipe is in her heart. She holds her hand as often as she can when she has time, and sleepwalks together while holding her hand..." It is enough to show Jay Chou's deep affection for his mother.
Nicolas Wu
In September 1997, Jay Chou's school girl participated in the singing talent show "Super Rookie King" and also signed up for him. At that time, Jay Chou could only write songs but not sing, so he was responsible for accompanying his schoolmates on the piano. The host of this show is Wu Zongxian, who is also the boss of Alfa Music Company.
On the day of the performance, Jay Chou wore casual clothes and a peaked cap, looking cool. When it came time to perform on stage, it was probably his first time participating in such a competition, so he was a little nervous, but okay, and overall he performed well. Not bad, I got a runner-up. But not many people noticed him at the time. Jay Chou didn't care about this. After playing the piano, he accidentally left the music sheet at the scene without taking it back.
Unfortunately, the host Wu Zongxian saw it. He thought the song was very well written. After asking about it, he found out that it was written by a person named Jay Chou. So after the show was completed, Wu Zongxian invited Jay Chou to work as a music production assistant at Alfa Music Company, and he was allowed to write songs in his free time.
Jay Chou was still working in a restaurant at the time. When he heard someone invited him to work in a regular music company, he readily agreed to go. But this job is not as easy as imagined. He is said to be an assistant, but in fact he has to do all the dirty work, such as helping his colleagues buy lunch boxes. Because he knows that he is a newcomer, he has to help the elderly with errands, so he always He is very diligent. Although the salary is not high, I still enjoy it.
During this period, Jay Chou composed a song called "Tears Know". After watching it, Wu Zongxian felt that it was okay, so he recommended him to Andy Lau, one of the four kings of Hong Kong. , but after watching it, Andy felt that It was weird, so he asked, "Does Tears know? How could Tears know? Does Tears know that he is going to cry?" He immediately refused to sing the song.
later wrote a song called "Nunchaku" for Zhang Huimei, who was popular in the Chinese music scene at the time. He felt that Zhang Huimei was more avant-garde at the time and should be able to accept the song he wrote. Unexpectedly, she was ignored by Zhang Huimei. I refused without hesitation.
worked as a music production assistant for about a year. In the second year, Wu Zongxian and Jay Chou signed another singer contract. Let him write songs full-time. From here on, Jay Chou devoted himself wholeheartedly to song creation.
years later, Wu Zongxian recalled in an interview: "At that time, he was the only one who saw Jay Chou's talent in that program."
Fang Wenshan
There was another person in the "Super Rookie King" show who was also signed by Wu Zongxian at that time, the lyricist Fang Wenshan. But the relationship between Fang Wenshan and Jay Chou was not good at the beginning.
Once the boss Wu Zongxian took out a song written by Jay Chou and played it to Fang Wenshan and asked him what he thought? Fang Wenshan said: "It's just so so." After Jay Chou heard this, he felt that this person didn't understand music. After that, the two of them disliked each other.
Once, Jay Chou was asked to compose several songs in a short period of time. Due to the rush of time, he had no time to write the lyrics. When he was worried about this aspect, he saw a pile of returned songs on Fang Wenshan's table. I had the original lyrics, so I thought about whether I could use his rejected lyrics to make a second creation.
So he called Fang Wenshan, but before Jay Chou could say a few words, Fang Wenshan yelled at him. Jay Chou was also very angry at the time, thinking that it was the returned lyrics anyway, so just use them. Later I learned that Fang Wenshan had just finished arguing with his girlfriend.
But after all, we are all adults, and the anger went away quickly. Afterwards, the two calmed down and had in-depth exchanges, and finally settled their differences. From then on, the two became good friends and collaborated on the first For this song " niangzi ", Fang Wenshan was nominated for the Best Lyricist Award at the 12th Golden Melody Awards for "Niangzi". After that, he and Jay Chou collaborated on nearly 90 songs one after another.
Fang Wenshan also has another characteristic. He particularly likes Chinese classical culture. In many of the songs he wrote for Jay Chou, he used many images from ancient poems.
For example, in "East Wind Breaks", he wrote "After you leave, the wine warms the memory and misses thinness", internalizing Li Qingzhao's "know or not, it should be green, fat, red and thin". For another example, in "Blue and White Porcelain", the sentence "The sky is blue and waiting for the misty rain" was inspired by Song Huizong"After the rain, the sky is blue and the clouds break the virginity, this color is the future".
Therefore, the lyrics written by Fang Wenshan have a profound influence on the songs sung by Jay Chou.
Liu Genghong
Liu Genghong was also an artist under Wu Zongxian's company at the time. He also formed the Taiwanese male chorus group "咻比Duhua" with Wu Zongxian and others, and also served as the host of variety shows.
is already well-known in Taiwan. After seeing Jay Chou, he also admired his talent, so he spared no effort to help Jay Chou in his career. At that time, Jay Chou had little money, so Liu Genghong let him live in his recording studio. He also gave him food and clothing, took him everywhere to play, and introduced his friends to Jay Chou.
At that time, Jay Chou finally got an opportunity to perform for the owner of the record company. Being favored by the owner of the record company meant that he would have the opportunity to release records. Maybe because Jay Chou was a little nervous at the time, there was no reaction from the audience after singing once. . Later I asked him to sing it for the first time.
Jay Chou didn't understand at the time why he had to sing the same song twice. Later he found out that because the voice he sang the first time was too low, Liu Genghong went to ask the staff to give him another chance, so he had a second time. Although they were not selected this time, the friendship between the two has only grown stronger since then.
Because Liu Genghong's home is relatively close to the company, Jay Chou and his colleague Wen Lan often go to his house to "take a hot bath" together. During this period, a "bathing incident" occurred that has been repeatedly relived by netizens. Liu Genghong also said on the show that he had lived and died with him.
That time Jay Chou took a bath at Liu Genghong's house for a long time. At that time, Liu Genghong and Wen Lan suddenly found themselves dizzy in the living room, so Liu Genghong immediately called for help. After the call, he found that his limbs were weak and his limbs were weak , and then called Jay Chou with all his strength, asking him to go out and find someone for help.
Fortunately, the rescue was timely. Afterwards, it was found out that it was gas poisoning. The two of them were frightened when they thought about it. From then on, Jay Chou never took a bath for more than two minutes, and whenever he and Liu Genghong arrived in a strange place, the first thing they did was to open the window. ventilation.
Later, Jay Chou invited all his relatives and friends inside and outside the industry for his wedding, but he did not invite Wu Zongxian. At that time, the media questioned the two people's "master-disciple rebellion". Wu Zongxian also said in the media interview: "I owe you something, you are Do you want to make me look bad?" At this time, good brother Liu Genghong came out to smooth things over and said that a private meeting had been arranged.
Yang Junrong
In fact, Yang Junrong is Jay Chou's real "bo Le". Someone here must have doubts, isn't "Bole" Wu Zongxian? In fact, Wu Zongxian was the one who introduced him to the world. After all, "the master leads the way, and cultivation depends on oneself."
Wu Zongxian is too busy after all. He not only has to sing and produce records, but also hosts several variety shows. Now many people only know him as a host. In fact, that is because the shows he hosts overshadow his singing. During this period, I also helped Jay Chou recommend songs he wrote to big-name singers, but the effect was not very good.
Due to his busy work, Wu Zongxian invited Yang Junrong to assist him in managing Alpha Music Company. Yang Junrong saw Jay Chou working hard on writing songs every day.
So one day Yang Junrong asked Jay Chou, in fact, you can produce your own album. Jay Chou replied, yes, the boss promised to help me release a record if I wrote 10 songs. Yang Junrong said how many songs have you written now, and Jay Chou said he had already written one. Yang Junrong said, let it go and have a look. That song is called " lovely woman ".
Yang Junrong recalled this scene at the time and said that he still remembers it now because it was a moment that changed the history of Chinese music. Yang Junrong was shocked after listening to it. This person could actually write music, lyrics, sing, produce, and harmonize all by himself.
Yang Junrong immediately called Wu Zongxian and asked him to "manage" Jay Chou full-time. Later, with Wu Zongxian's support, Yang Junrong obtained NT$20 million to support Jay Chou.
After more than half a year of careful production, on November 6, 2000, he released his first album "Jay", Chinese name: jaylen. That day happened to be the birthday of "Bole" Yang Junrong. This album Once on the market, it was quickly sold out by fans.
During the Taiwan Golden Melody Awards pop music selection process that year, "Jay" won three awards in the Taiwan Golden Melody Awards Pop Music Golden Melody Awards for Best Pop Vocal Album, Best Producer and Best Composer. Of course, the fact that this album became so popular was also inseparable from Yang Junrong's hard work behind the scenes. At that time, he spent 8 million to buy advertisements on many TV stations and played the MV from this album crazily. Since then, Jay Chou officially started his road to fame.
Seeing that the first album was so popular, Jay Chou quickly released his second album "Fantasy" in December 2001, which once again took the entire Chinese music world by storm.
In early 2002, during the selection process of the 8th Global Chinese Music Chart , Jay Chou won the 2001 "Most Popular Male Singer" award. Later, he won the Best Album Producer Award, Best Pop Music Album Award at the 13th Taiwan Golden Melody Awards, and the "Top Ten Selling Mandarin Records" at the Hong Kong Record Sales Awards.
In 2001, Wu Zongxian transferred Alpha Music Company to the Holiday Group due to operating losses. At that time, Yang Junrong and Wu Qingjun, deputy general manager of music, were joint general managers of Alpha Music Company.
In January 2007, Yang Junrong, who was severely shunned by power, chose to leave his job. At that time, Jay Chou, who was already famous in Asia, resolutely chose to leave with "Bole".
On July 19, 2007, Jewel Music Co., Ltd., founded by Jay Chou, Fang Wenshan and Yang Junrong, was officially launched.
Therefore, Jay Chou is as successful as he is today, and it is inseparable from the "noble people" who stand behind him and work silently.
