Star story

Jay Chou grew up in a single-parent family in Taipei, Taiwan Province Province. His mother is a middle school teacher, and his father divorced his mother when he was young. Because of this, my mother pinned all her hopes on him.

When Jay Chou was 3 years old, her mother saw that he was very talented in music, so she did not hesitate to take out all her family savings and bought him a piano. As a result, childhood Jay Chou was deprived of the right to play. But every time he practices the piano, he always plays absently when he hears the frolicking sound of his companions outside the window. So his mother stood behind him with a stick and watched him practice the piano.

Mother's "stick education" made Jay Chou play the piano well, but it also made him quiet, withdrawn and poor in academic performance.

On June 1996, after graduating from high school, Jay Chou couldn't find a job for a while and had to apply for a job as a waiter in a restaurant. His daily job is to send the dishes cooked by the chef to the restaurant and then pass them on to the guests by the waitress. The work seems simple, but it is not easy to do. Because there are many guests, it is easy to pass the wrong dishes. Once something goes wrong, the waiter will not only be angry with the customer, but also the boss will deduct the salary.

Despite many troubles at work, Jay Chou's interest in music has increased. Every time he gets paid, he goes to the music supermarket and spends almost all his money on buying tapes. Usually he likes to listen to music with a jukebox when he is free.

Once, Jay Chou, who was in a good mood, was listening to music while walking with a plate in his hand. No, he accidentally bumped into a waitress, and a plate of hot food spilled all over the waitress. The restaurant manager severely criticized Jay Chou and unceremoniously fined Jay Chou NT$ 2,000.

Jay Chou, who was inarticulate, didn't say a word, and tears flowed straight into his stomach. You know, his salary was only NT$ 4,000 a month! Now, the manager deducted half at once. How can he afford a tape?

Shortly after this incident, the owner of the restaurant equipped a piano in the restaurant to improve the taste of the restaurant and wanted to play music while the guests were eating. Several pianists who could be invited were fired because they were not to the boss's taste.

One day after work, Jay Chou, whose fingers itch, took advantage of his boss's absence to play a song he had just composed on the brand-new piano, which surprised the employees: this big boy who never likes to talk can play the piano!

Soon, it reached the boss's ear. The boss immediately called Jay Chou and asked him to play his own music as a pianist in the hall. A few days later, he informed the local TV station that the waiters there could not only play the piano, but also write songs. In this way, the boss kills two birds with one stone by using the hype of the TV station, which not only improves the popularity of the restaurant, but also saves a lot of money for hiring a pianist.

From then on, Jay Chou didn't have to be a waiter, but sat in front of the piano every day and composed his own music. But after a long time, there were guests who wanted songs. In this way, he had to play music according to the mood of the guests.

Once, a guest in a restaurant wanted Jay Chou to play a light music for his birthday. Just then, another boss who had drunk too much threw out a pile of money and said he wanted to hear something exciting. Seeing this scene, birthday guests are not to be outdone. They took out a big pile of money from their bags and threw it in front of Jay Chou, saying, "Who's afraid of who? I want to listen to the night in the moonlight! " The two sides were at loggerheads, and neither of them would give in, and almost fought. Jay Chou had a brainwave. He said, "You are all guests here. I can't take money. Now, I will play a piece of music. Guess, whoever guesses correctly will sing along with my accompaniment. " Seeing that it was a good idea, the two men readily agreed.

In this way, the clever Jay Chou first played a light music for the birthday guests to guess, and then played a strange symphony for the drunken guests to guess. After a few songs, both sides are very satisfied. Instead of fighting, they sang to each other. In this way, the atmosphere of the restaurant suddenly eased down. The boss was very happy and immediately gave Jay Chou a salary increase of NT$ 7,000 per month.

1September, 1997, cousin Jay Chou signed up for an entertainment program of a local TV station-Super-fierce Newcomer King. At that time, the host Wu Zongxian was also the boss of Alpha Music Company in Taiwan Province. He arranged for Jay Chou to accompany him on the piano and allowed him to take a singer to sing.

On the day of the performance, Jay Chou dressed in casual clothes, wearing a cap with a low brim, dressed as a cool look. No, at the beginning of the performance, the music he accompanied made his singer sing badly. Suddenly, there was booing outside ... Jay Chou screwed up. At this moment, Wu Zongxian, who happened to be standing next to the judges, looked at the music score and was surprised. This seemingly careless and even bohemian young man writes songs, not only making the score very complicated, but also copying it neatly. Out of curiosity, after the show, he invited Jay Chou to resign and write songs in his own music company.

Although Jay Chou didn't understand why he was criticized by the host for his failure, he readily agreed when he heard that he could write songs full-time.

When she first joined the music company, Jay Chou worked as a music production assistant. This job can be said to do all kinds of chores, among which helping colleagues buy lunch boxes is his daily "reserved program" He knows that he is new here, and he has to run more errands for his colleagues if he wants to make a living in a music company, so he has been very diligent.

Once, the company made a record for a famous singer in Hong Kong. Due to the large number of people in the recording studio, and scattered, Jay Chou can't count how many people want to eat box lunch. In order not to leave anyone behind, he ran back and forth four or five times from noon 12 that day. In the end, he couldn't even drink saliva himself, and no one helped him in the recording studio.

Wu Zongxian saw it in his eyes and thought: This young man is practical and not afraid of hardship, but he is always too busy to write songs ... So he equipped Jay Chou with an office and named it Alpha Music Studio to let him concentrate on writing songs.

Since then, this small place has become a platform for Jay Chou to fly her dreams. Although his salary is only 5000 yuan, he is full of unprecedented interest in music. Even outside the recording studio, he can feel the joy of music. Therefore, he works like a duck to water.

Because Jay Chou has laid a solid foundation in music since he was a child, he soon created a large number of songs. But what Wu Zongxian can't understand is that his lyrics are always strange, and almost no one in the music circle likes them. So he always put Jay Chou's manuscript aside in disappointment.

On one occasion, Jay Chou sent his masterpiece to Wu Zongxian for review. This time, Wu Zongxian saw him proud and wanted to cheer him up. After getting the manuscript, he didn't even look at it, so he crumpled up the song and threw it into the trash can next to him.

See here, without further ado, Jay Chou turned and left the boss's office. He couldn't help crying. ......

But this indomitable young man knows that giving up means firing himself. So, he continued to write, and the next day, the third day ... he wrote at the speed of one song a day. For seven days in a row, when Wu Zongxian went to work at eight o'clock every morning, he always saw Jay Chou's works on time. Finally, he was deeply moved by the young man's talent and diligence and promised to find a singer to sing his songs.

1February, 998, Jay Chou wrote another song called Tears Know. This time, Wu Zongxian decided to recommend this song to the singer Andy Lau at that time. I don't want to. When the lyrics reached Andy Lau, he just glanced at them, then shook his head again and again and said, "How can tears know? What should tears know? " In this way, Andy Lau, who didn't appreciate these lyrics, immediately refused to sing this song.

Later, Jay Chou wrote a song "Nunchaku" for May, who was popular in Chinese music at that time. He thinks May is avant-garde and should accept his songs more easily. However, unexpectedly, his carefully written nunchakus were rejected by May without hesitation.

After repeated failures, Jay Chou, who has been eager to achieve something in song creation, was lost. He even wondered how far he could go on the road of music. ......

Music producer Wu Zongxian saw Jay Chou's unique understanding of music. So he decided to give this talented young man another chance-let him sing his own song on stage.

1one day in February 1999, Wu Zongxian called Jay Chou to his office and said very solemnly, "Allen, you still have 10 days. If you can write 50 songs and I can pick out 10, then I will help you make a record. "

Jay Chou was too excited to speak when he heard that his boss was going to help him make a record. He just "hmm" and went out with his head down.

Back in the Alpha Music Room, Jay Chou was very excited, but he didn't rush to write songs, but ran to the street and bought a big box of instant noodles. He thought that even if he tried his best, he would make a final struggle. Because he knew that the boss might give him the chance. Next, Jay Chou stayed in the music room and began to write. During that time, he almost wrote one song after another, and every time he finished writing one, he was as happy as having a baby. And whenever he is tired, he will take a nap in a corner of the room and wake up to write another song.

When Jay Chou's mother saw her son not coming home for several days, she rushed to the company to visit him. It pains her to see her son working all night and eating instant noodles every day. So, she took her son to a restaurant near the company and ordered a table full of dishes until she watched her son eat them all. After that, Jay Chou plunged into the Alpha Music Room again. ......

In this way, in just 10 days, Jay Chou really produced 50 songs, and each capital was beautifully written and composed. Faced with this amazing creative speed, Wu Zongxian has nothing to say. Then, he chose 10 from the songs written by Jay Chou, and prepared to make a record release.

After more than half a year's careful production, Jay Chou's first album "Jay Chou" was completed. He was really relieved. Because the music he has been pursuing for nearly 20 years has finally come to fruition, and he performed it himself, which is really unexpected. Although he doesn't know whether his record will sell well in the market, he is still excited about it. After all, this is his first album, which he earned with blood and sweat!

At the beginning of 200 1, unexpectedly, this young man who can't speak two words a day is a blockbuster. As soon as his first album was released, it was snapped up by fans. In the Taiwan Province Pop Music Award, Jay won the Taiwan Province Pop Music Golden Melody Award for Best Pop Music Album, Best Producer and Best Composer.

200 1, 1 In February, Jay Chou's second album "Fan Texi" was born, which once again swept the whole Chinese music scene. At the beginning of 2002, Jay Chou won the award of "Most Popular Male Singer" in 20001year in the selection process of the 8th Global Chinese Music List.

It seems that the Chinese pop music scene was almost ruled by Jay Chou's voice overnight. His pure musical style, unruly appearance and his "unwarranted" scandal have all become the focus of the younger generation of fans. After each of his concerts, even a teenage girl will touch the piano chair he just sat on like a pilgrimage ... This young man, who debuted less than a year ago, has become a super heavyweight king in Taiwan Province Province and even the whole Chinese music scene.

From a waiter to a household name, Jay Chou said in an exclusive interview with Time magazine: "The dream of a star is not out of reach. In fact, anyone can do it as long as you are willing to work hard. I am where I am today because I don't admit defeat. " Yes, a person who doesn't want to be a coward has to climb up step by step like a snail. If you keep pursuing, what else is there in the world? ......

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