The old singer Zhong Zhentao 's name has rarely appeared in the public eye.
Recently participated in "Our Songs". His new tag is "National Dad" because he played the father of Wang Junkai in the online drama " Super Young Password ".
Although he has shown himself as a "national dad" in recent years, Zhong Zhentao's first identity on which he became famous was actually a singer.
In "Our Song", Zhong Zhentao and Feng Timo became a pair of fixed partners.
Fresh singer pairs role model singers, online rookies vs. SIPG Hall, this combination is beyond the expectations of many people.
said that Zhong Zhentao is a singer in the hall. Maybe many people will be dissatisfied, but he deserves it.
Hong Kong music scene hall honor Golden Needle Award . He and Alan Tam both hold two, one is personal, and the other is Winner collective.
In fact, Zhong Zhentao's achievements are no less than the "Tan Zhang Meichen" that is often mentioned by later generations.
In the music field, in the 1970s, when Zhong Zhentao led the "Winner Band", he dominated the Hong Kong Radio Pop Chart for three consecutive weeks as soon as his second single was released. His album "If You Are the Destined" was a big seller, and his sales reached platinum numbers.
In the interview after Zhong Zhentao said: "At that time, everything was right and everything was very good to sell."
In the field of film and television, Zhong Zhentao's film debut partnered with the movie star Lin Fengjiao in Qiong Yao's movie "Er Qin Erlin". The starring " Small Town Story " won the award.
He also became the dream lover in the minds of Hong Kong and Taiwan girls. Zhong Zhentao was only twenty-six years old at this time, and he had a good harvest in both music, film and television. If we are so young and promising, it would not be an exaggeration to describe it as "the sky is purple and beautiful".
However, when future generations take stock of the Hong Kong music scene, Zhong Zhentao is a character that is often overlooked.
His popularity among young people is far less than that of Principal Tan, brother, Chen Baiqiang and others during the same period. His passers-by even need to work hard to sort out his past achievements in the forum to awaken everyone's sleeping memories.
Zhong Zhentao and Alan Tam are old friends who have been together for decades.
In the 2017 "I Want to Sing with You", Alan Tam contacted Zhong Zhentao on the spot. Principal Tan complained that Zhong Zhentao "only knows how to eat freely". Zhong Zhentao revealed that the principal was "very stingy and couldn't bear to send a card on Christmas."
They were in the same combination, but eventually entered a completely different direction.
996, Alan Tam won the Hong Kong Music Golden Needle Award and sat on the throne of the music scene early. Twenty years later, in 2016, Zhong Zhentao also won this award. However, compared with the recognition of music contributions, this is more like a kind of remembrance of past glory.
Now in "Our Song", Alan Tam partnered with the popular "music poet" Li Jian, but Zhong Zhentao partnered with internet celebrity Feng Timo, becoming the eye-catching traffic responsibility of the show. Behind this is the program team's different positioning of the two, and it is also a reflection of the huge difference in the status of the two in the public's eyes.
When Alan Tam sang "What to See for Life", Zhang Xinzhe said: "I didn't expect him to come." Zhong Zhentao just smiled faintly.
973, the Winner band officially formed an army, with Zhong Zhentao and Alan Tam being the lead singers. The band also has three members: , Peng Jianxin, , Ye Zhiqiang, and Chen You. Winner signed with Polygon Records and released several Chinese and English albums such as "Sunshine Lover". After the band trend of
, with the support of a number of Hong Kong music masters, Wen Na successfully completed the transformation from cover English songs to original works, and tried to develop too much.
They have done the TV show "Winner Weekly" and have also made the movies "Happy " and "Winner and the Godfather".
Up to now, "Winner Weekly Diary" can be called a welfare group variety show. However, the box office of the movie is average, and after Winner focused on music, he rarely entered the film industry.
During the Winner period, Zhong Zhentao's popularity overshadowed Alan Tam.
978, Winner's contract with the record company expired, and for the needs of personal development, the band announced its disbandment. The members each went solo and headed towards different development paths.
Hong Kong and Taiwan film industry was booming at that time, and the early career choices of Zhong Zhentao and Alan Tam were similar. Alan Tam participated in the 85-episode TV series "Tianhong" and went to Taiwan to shoot more than 20 movies in one go, but all of them were not very famous.
In contrast, Zhong Zhentao won the awards in two Taiwanese movies "Story of the Small Town" and "Good Morning Taipei". The art films that were filmed later also received a lot of praise.
Now, the separation between the two appeared in 1981.
Alan Tam returns to Hong Kong's singing career. A Cantonese album "I Can't Forget You" has a trend of adapting Japanese songs in Hong Kong. In the golden age of Hong Kong music, many songs came from Japan and were re-entered in Chinese. Principal Tan took all the sweetness in this wave of bonuses.
In just three years, Alan Tam won the album's four platinum sales, the top ten Chinese Golden Melody Awards in Hong Kong, the top ten golden songs of the Golden Melody Awards of the Hong Kong Commercial Radio.
His concerts were full of events, and they worked with them all as hot characters as Teresa Teng , and quickly became a top singer in the Hong Kong music scene. The silent film career before
also brought rewards to Alan Tam. With his role as educated youth Li Xiaozhang in "If I Are Real", Alan Tam won the best actor in one fell swoop.
At this time, Zhong Zhentao was still shooting literary and artistic movies alone in Taiwan.
The entertainment industry is changing rapidly. I missed the best opportunity to fill the gaps, and the effect of returning is no longer satisfactory.
Zhong Zhentao returned to the Hong Kong music scene, insisting on the route of paying equal attention to movies and music, and not devoted all his energy to music. It was not until 1986 that he held his second solo concert.
Although there have been constant golden songs since then, "As long as you live better than me" and other songs have been sung by people, Alan Tam has always been better than him in the limelight. Compared to when he was in the Winner band, the two began to reverse their status.
I am afraid that Principal Tan himself would never have thought that "I Can't Forget You" would become a banner work.
Lin Mincong's original intention of writing songs for the principal was to think that "Jin Zhentao is more popular than Alan Tam, and I want to pull them evenly." Who would have thought that " Love in the Fog" and " Love in the Late Autumn " were really popular, and the "Tan and Zhang dispute" was in full swing, but Zhong Zhentao became a spectator who couldn't get in.
As the saying goes, "The times create heroes", in the tide of the times, it is crucial to seize opportunities.
Sometimes, it is not all about the direction of destiny that determines the direction of destiny. A key choice may have irreversible consequences. What is right and what is wrong? The parties involved are often "in this mountain" and can only be left to future generations to comment.
However, the separation between Alan Tam and Zhong Zhentao is not entirely accidental. The two's attitudes towards careers can be said to be very different.
Alan Tam works very hard in his career. He plans meticulously and takes steady steps. Since 1981, he has released three albums almost every year, and he has performed concerts continuously. The hard work of his work can be imagined.
is in the rising period of his career. He even married secretly to avoid affecting his development and retaining his fans and fans. It was not until his father-in-law died in 1993, and the obituary was called "son-in-law Alan Tam". His wife at that time, Yang Jiewei, was revealed to the world.
Zhong Zhentao's status is completely different. In "Lu Yu Youyou Journey", he frankly stated that he became famous when he was completely unprepared. "I didn't really cherish how to arrange my career at first, because my career was followed by me."
His goal is not to make his career bigger, but to do what he really likes.
When he wanted to make an art film, he took root in Taiwan. The two movies "Gathering and Distance" and "Dream Clothes", have only a few hundred people rated on Douban so far, and the degree of unpopularity can be imagined.
When he met true love, he fell in love openly.
When filming "Story of Small Town", starring Zhong Zhentao met Teresa Teng, who sang the theme song, and became friends. Later, when Zhong Zhentao participated in an interview program, he revealed that the two had developed a relationship at that time, but unfortunately they ended up in failure.
The bad news of Teresa Teng's death in 1995 spread throughout the Chinese entertainment industry. At that time, Zhong Zhentao was recording a TV program. After the on-site staff handed him a small note, Zhong Zhentao, who was originally chatting and laughing, was shocked and shocked.
Standing on the stage, he couldn't calm down for a long time, and said:
Today I knew this was a video program, but today we were unfortunately receiving a message that a good friend we were very familiar with had left us, so I took this opportunity to give this song to our good friend, Teresa Teng - I love you infatuatedly.
Zhong Zhentao could not control himself because of his sadness and choked up several times on the scene. Although he insisted on finishing the song, he could no longer speak with the microphone. Yang Caini and Zhang Yu in the audience were also infected by his emotions and looked sad.
htmlIn the 180s, Zhong Zhentao met his "true love" in this life, which was also a "bad fate". At a friend's party in Canada, he fell in love with Zhang Xiaohui at first sight and has been out of control since then. The following year, the two held a grand century wedding at the Hong Kong church. They spent 130,000 yuan on wedding dress alone, which made others envious. They are also regarded as a pair of fairy couples.
It should be the representatives of the show of love back then. Zhong Zhentao loves Zhang Xiaohui endlessly, and Zhang Xiaohui is obsessed with gorgeous jewelry and spends money like soil.
Chapter Xiaohui has a famous saying: "You can avoid eating food, and you can't buy a shirt." Paparazzi took photos of her outfit and would become a fashion storm sweeping the streets of Hong Kong the next day. Zhong Zhentao gives her a lot of money every month and buys it with her.
The turning point in life took place in the late 1990s. Under the Hong Kong financial crisis, the two failed to invest, their marriage broke down, and Zhong Zhentao also declared bankruptcy.
In nearly twenty years, few new albums have been released and few new activities have been participated in. The lack of planning, a life of ease and the changes of the times have caused him, who has been relatively smooth sailing.
In these silent years, Zhong Zhentao met Fan Jiang . In 2014, he and Fan Jiang got married in Bali in a low-key manner. The two paid off their debts together, and the turbulent life became calm.
In recent years, Zhong Zhentao has gradually resumed his activities in the public eye.
In 2016, he and TFBoys co-starred in the online drama "Super Boys Password"; in 2020, he served as a resident guest in "Our Song". However, time seemed to be an eraser, and during these silence twenty years, it erased all his impressions in the minds of young people.
When people mention Alan Tam, both young and old know that this is a giant in the music industry and a superstar. And when people mention Zhong Zhentao, many people will already show confused eyes.
The two lead singers of Winner in the past have actually come to such a completely different situation. There is a question on Zhihu: "Is Alan Tam overrated?" This question is of course no. In addition, in contrast, Zhong Zhentao is also the one underestimated.
But looking back on Zhong Zhentao's life, there is no need to feel sorry for him.
After all, whether it is popular or not is just a public evaluation of artists. Fame and fortune are ultimately the external objects of the box . Looking beyond this system, Zhong Zhentao's acting career is remarkable. He has moved so many audiences on the screen and sang the song into the hearts of so many people.
To this day, in the NetEase Cloud comments of "Let Everything Follow the Wind", there are still new listeners quietly writing their emotional stories.
Life is short, but art is eternal. It flows in the long river of time and has a weight that exceeds anyone's life. Thinking about this, it is not so important whether you reach the peak of your career.
After all, Zhong Zhentao is a complete and vivid person, not, or at least not just an artist.
No matter how turbulent life is, Zhong Zhentao always has a group of friends who support him, which is enough to prove his personality and character.
When the rumors were made online that Zhong Zhentao beat women and cheated women of money, Fan Jiang stood up angrily and said, "This is the biggest humiliation that Ah B has suffered in more than 30 years of debut." Alan Tam, who lives upstairs, couldn't help but stand up for Ah B when he saw such inaccurate reports.
I have a lover and three or five friends in my life, which is enough. Zhong Zhentao has long reached this state.
From the popular "Winner Band" in Hong Kong and Taiwan to the low-key and excessive Hong Kong music legacy, it sounds a bit regrettable, but this is all Zhong Zhentao's own choice.
Personality determines destiny. Zhong Zhentao's personal qualities of late maturity, casualness and pursuing romance made him make decisions at several key nodes in his life. It is natural that he is responsible for it in the end. Moreover, if there are so many dimensions to evaluate a person, the so-called "success" is just one of them. Sometimes, a person's charm is reflected in those days when he is not smooth and hungry.
