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When it comes to Ren Xianqi again, he actually has to rely on some kind of coincidence.
The personal micro-documentary "Ren Xianqi’s Music Story" has been launched in a low-key manner. In the overwhelming information corner, it flashes faintly. What a great coincidence it takes to capture it.
Probably every "past" star has felt the ruthlessness of this time.
With music or video, they accompanied the growth of a generation, and then retreated sadly under the changes of the times, facing a silent collective oblivion alone.
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Ren Xianqi’s story is particularly close to the people because of his grassroots roots, as we have always called him – Xiao Qi.
When he was a sophomore in college, he liked music and formed his first band in his life. Because he couldn’t afford a guitar and was too embarrassed to speak to his parents, he sold himself to pay off his debts and became a wage earner at Phoenix Instruments.
During the day, he did manual labor with bare shoulders, and at night, he changed his vision as soon as he wore his clothes. He was a rock youth with long hair, riveted clothes, ding bang accessories, and an outgoing personality. He was very good at things, and he soon became the most popular campus DJ in the university area.
At that time, concerts were very popular in universities, and the business in the store was getting more and more popular. Engineers would take him as an apprentice and teach him how to turn on the lights and adjust the speakers… Here, he learned a lot of behind-the-scenes knowledge of concerts.
If he met celebrities coming to the school to perform, he would always actively pick up the guys and go to the on-site debugging. If he was lucky, he would be invited to the warm-up field by the organizers.
After a while, many people in the record company thought that this young man was good. When he was about to graduate, he successfully joined the record company of Xinge. Within a year, he released three records in a row without any trouble.
Small companies, with low budgets, could not afford to hire big coffee producers, nor did they have star seniors to help them support themselves. Therefore, they often hit a wall when promoting, and they did not have his share in singing in the program. They could only hold back in the corner and did not know what to do.
In 1990, the company took on the TV series "Unforgettable" for him, and he unexpectedly became popular when he was put on the shelves. He was also called a decent name"The new generation of eight o’clock stall students".
With fame, he could sell albums. Ren Xianqi had a beautiful plan to save the country with curves. However, the age to join the army was soon approaching.
In 1994, when he returned from the army, he faced reality and was dumbfounded. His popularity had cooled, and the company had also cooled. The boss packaged all his assets and sold them to Rolling Stone Records.
There are five sets of tables and one singer – Ren Xianqi.
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The Rolling Stones are very big, Zhou Huajian, Zhao Chuan, Wu Bai, Zhang Zhenyue, Lin Yilian… More than 200 powerful singers are shining brightly.
Ren Xianqi was very young and was often asked at that stop:"Are you here to deliver the courier?"
When he was looking forward to the release of the album, Ren Xianqi was a cheerful migrant worker, doing the tasks assigned by the company step by step, children’s programs, animal programs, archaeology programs… Wherever no one went, there was him.
In his spare time, he would run around to the musician Bug, help him buy magazines, order lunch boxes… and be a little errand assistant.
Diligent in doing things, sincere in treating people, ugly and ugly in laughter, the little bug has a good impression of him.
At that time, at the end of every year, the company would make a list of cancellations, and Ren Xianqi would be on the list without exception. They felt that this singer seemed not bad, but it seemed useless.
Ren Xianqi couldn’t make it, so he turned around and said to his good friend Zucchini, "The little bug said he has ideas for me!"
Zucchini rolled his eyes at him. "He said the same thing to me two years ago. I haven’t released a single album yet."
Ren Xianqi’s heart turned cold. Sure enough, the little bug had just kept him, but he turned around and forgot about him.
In those days, he had no money and lived in a cheap tin room on the roof with his friend Jiukong. The frustrated two often talked about their thoughts, and between the cups and the glass, there was the sound of broken dreams.
In 1996, Ren Xianqi’s contract was about to expire. Even if the contract was not terminated, he would have to slap his butt and leave. Only then did the little bug remember that he still owed this young man an album.
During the recording schedule in the United States, he brought Ren Xianqi, and the walls of the studio were covered with posters of platinum records, including Michael Jackson, Madonna, and others.
Ren Xianqi was both envious and self-abased. This was a distant dream.
Bug is still very busy. After dealing with things quickly in the United States, he returned to Taipei in a hurry, leaving Ren Xianqi alone in the recording studio to find a feeling.
In the clouds, his first album at Rolling Stone, "Depend on", was released, selling only 160,000 copies, and his results were teetering on the edge of staying.
Ren Xianqi fell into anxiety, while the little bug leisurely plunged into the Las Vegas casino and won a lot after playing a few games. The little bug happily returned to the hotel, but inexplicably worried about the girl who lost money.
He stomped his foot and folded back, intending to lose a little to her. Unexpectedly, this time, he lost even the principal and interest. On the way home, the little bug became more and more angry, and immediately wrote "You are always too soft-hearted."
An unsatisfactory song meets an unsatisfactory singer, and Ren Xianqi falls into tears.
"You are always too soft-hearted, too soft-hearted, crying alone until dawn…"Didn’t the unlucky ghost in the song write about himself along the way?
At the end of that year, "Too Soft Heart" was released, and the company did not make much expectations. Naturally, there was no big publicity.
Sure enough, not on fire.
Ren Xianqi made up his mind to stop singing this song and simply switch careers to become a sports reporter.
This year, Ren Xianqi was 30 years old and achieved nothing.
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In early 1997, "Too Soft Heart" was introduced to the mainland and became a hit overnight.
When Faye Wong was interviewed in Taiwan, she was asked, "Are you very popular in the mainland?"
She said:"The most popular one is" The Heart is Too Soft ". I heard this song playing everywhere when I went out."
Ren Xianqi was dubious. Later, when he followed the little bug to Beijing to receive the award, he specially strolled around Sanlitun Bar Street.
In the past, most of the music played here was Western music, but during that time, from the street to the end of the street, it was all "Too Soft Heart". Ren Xianqi knew that he was really popular.
In that year, the sales of 1 million copies could be called platinum records, and "Too Soft Heart" set a record for 26 million sales.Bug once joked on a variety show that the royalties from this album could buy the Forbidden City.
The fans’ praise sent him to the clouds, and the wait-and-see among peers to "see how long he can be popular" doubled his pressure. Under the strong pull, Ren Xianqi was a little worried about gains and losses.
Once upon a time, he was able to stay in the recording studio for three days and three nights for a song, and he gradually became impatient. He no longer tried to figure out how to sing to get into the hearts of the audience, but instead thought of using the shortest possible time to settle the matter.
The little bug said to him coldly,"Xiao Qi, your heart has changed. Go and look in the mirror yourself."
Ren Xianqi, who has calmed down, suddenly finds that he has become the kind of "big star" that he used to hate the most. He is late for work and leaves early, does not work seriously, and bosses the people around him.
"In fact, artistic creation is very strange. When you only think about selling money, you lose a kind of passion and a kind of life. Fortunately, a teacher like Brother Chong looked at me, and I quickly woke up."
In the two years after that, "The End of the World," "The Girl Across the Opposite," "Sad Pacific," "I Am a Fish," "Ren Xiaoyao"… Almost every new song by Ren Xianqi was a hit. Listeners went from ninety-nine to just leaving. It is no exaggeration to say that he is an idol of the whole people.
At the end of the century, although the Chinese music scene still had the lingering warmth of the Four Heavenly Kings, their peak period had passed. When they were out of luck, Ren Xianqi carried the banner of the "Last Heavenly King" with his own strength. People bid farewell to the old century in a relaxed and pleasant tune.
In 2000, traditional records entered the digital age, and Jay Chou was born. His fortune came too fast like a tornado, creating a group of people and leaving behind a group of people.
Ren Xianqi’s era ended quietly, without even a word of farewell.
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From the development track, Ren Xianqi should be regarded as the first generation of traffic students.
At that time, to judge whether a person was popular or not, one was to see if he could act in Jin Yong dramas, and the other was to see if he could play the most popular female star.
From "Condor Heroes" to "Smiling Ao Jianghu", Ren Xianqi contributed the most complaining Yang Guo and Linghu Chong in history, and his "Star Talk and Star Wish" starring Cecilia Cheung is still a feeling Wang fried.
Corresponding to the image of the singer, Ren Xianqi played the roles of sunshine and warm men at that time. Although the box office was good, the reputation was mixed. In the end, the audience was rushing for Ren Xianqi’s signature, not the work itself.
It was Johnnie To who broke this dilemma.
In 2003, at the celebration banquet of the movie "Extinct Good Man", Johnnie To looked at "good old man" Ren Xianqi with a sense of alcohol, and suddenly said without thinking:"You should play a bank robber, I see an evil spirit in your eyes, and playing a bad guy will make people shudder."
Ren Xianqi was stunned.
The following year, Ren Xianqi appeared in the film "The Big Event" directed by Johnnie To, turning from Sunshine Boy to the powerful robber leader.
This play made Ren Xianqi very enjoyable, not only did he tear off the label of bad play, but also embarked on the road of no return for the villain.
In 2016, Johnnie To’s film "The Tree Attracts the Wind" received unanimous praise, and Ren Xianqi was also nominated for the Best Actor at the Academy Awards for his role as the King of Thieves Ye Guohuan. In the end, he lost to Lin Jiadong, just one step away from the best actor.
Ren Xianqi secretly competed and must leave his name in the history of Chinese films.
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The last time Ren Xianqi was out of the circle, he was ridiculously fat.
As the ugly photos were fermented on the Internet, the rhetoric of "Ren Xianqi is fat and greasy, middle-aged degenerate" was overwhelming. After clarification, everyone knew that he was gaining weight for the movie "Horse Running".
This movie was tailor-made for him by Niu Chengze, and he hoped to win the best actor for Xiao Qi through this movie.
So Ren Xianqi’s fight for this movie can be said to have risked his life.Six meals a day, less than half a year, he went from 74 kilograms to 100 kilograms, his body index was completely disordered, and he was once called a lunatic by the doctor.
He could have used special effects to make up, but Ren Xianqi decisively refused. "If you haven’t been fat, you don’t know how a fat man feels. His outlook on life and the pressure he faces can’t be made up.
However, this movie, which was originally expected to "turn around", was interrupted by director Niu Chengze’s sexual assault scandal, and the crew was disbanded overnight, leaving Ren Xianqi white and fat.
After the storm, Ren Xianqi disappeared from the public eye. When he reappeared, he had turned back into the familiar shapely Xiao Qi.
After everyone was amazed, Ren Xianqi smiled and said that he was likely to gain weight again, because he couldn’t bear to waste the efforts of everyone in the crew, so he bought the copyright of "Horse Running" out of his own pocket, became the film director, and insisted on running the film to the finish line.
Objectively speaking, this movie has basically missed the hit after being hit hard. Ren Xianqi’s operation of taking over the hero is obviously thankless, but he always believes that this is a good work and should have a decent home.
I still remember working in a music store when I was young. The master was always very strict with him. Ren Xianqi often complained. The master said:"Because of your great ability, you can take care of many people and influence many people, and some people can’t even take care of themselves, so the master has to pay special attention to you."
The young Keith paused and said, "Oh."
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In this era, feelings can be exchanged for a lot of money, but Ren Xianqi is obviously not interested.
After so many years of silence, he has received many invitations for reality shows, and he can easily get exposure and money, but he would rather go to Hoh Xil to film documentaries, ride a motorcycle to retrace the Silk Road, and experience the magic of the ancient tea-horse road with his footsteps. He will also visit children in the mountains of Gansu to help solve the local water problem.
People always judge the value of a star by whether it is popular or not. This is the imagination that the public lacks. In addition to traffic, life still has unlimited land for reclamation.
When he has nothing to do, Ren Xianqi always likes to take a walk by the beach. When the sea breeze blows, "Grandma’s Penghu Bay" will ring from the bottom of his heart. This is the big melody he has heard since he was a child, happy and bright.
Occasionally, when the mood comes, I hold the guitar and sing a song, but the once carefree lyrics have been tainted with a bit of sadness after years of washing.
The ghost horse, like Ren Xianqi, can’t help but sigh:"I feel like I’m about to become an old captain…"
Since 1996, 25 years have passed in a hurry, and the memories of a generation’s youth have become broken rubble.
We may not know how much emotion someone who lived through that era can salvage from Ren Xianqi’s old songs.
The only thing that was certain was that in the dead of night, he picked up "The Heart is Too Soft" again. The tears in that moment were better than countless words.
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