The story of Chen Baiqiang’s beloved commemorative collection

The Purple Love of Life--Chen Baiqiang

The most annoying thing about Danny is that others say he was born with a silver spoon. He is proud and miserable that every penny he earns is his own. , the most sensitive people think of him as a young man, he is eager to act in bad clothes.

An interesting conversation with Leslie Cheung

When Leslie Cheung was famous, Danny's career was not improving. He was already very good in the eyes of others, but he felt that he was not good enough. One time, Chen and Zhang were getting together with their friends. They sang a song together. Danny always forgot the lyrics, so he said childishly: I'm not as smart as you! La! Leslie Cheung still asked him to sing along, and Danny happily said: When I was having sex in Tsim Sha Tsui..., Leslie Cheung straightened up and said: "Ghosts are having sex with you!" Danny was sad again, but Leslie Cheung coaxed him back.

Mother's painstaking efforts

When Danny was depressed during his lifetime, he often called out the names of Anita Mui, Lin Yanni and Chen Jiaying. But his personality is like his father, cold on the surface but full of warmth in his heart. Mother Chen knows best who her son's good friends are. Whenever his friend hangs up the phone to look for him, and Danny happens to be depressed and refuses to answer the phone, Mother Chen often forces her son to listen to the phone, hoping to untie his knot.

Relationship with Lin Yanni

Danny needs others to love him very much. Lin Yanni knows his temperament very well. The two said loudly on the phone: I love you, which made Lin Yanni’s boyfriend hate him. They are very jealous, but they don't understand that they care about each other, which is beyond the realm of worldly friendship.

Expected love

In real life, Danny is a lonely man. He once sighed: In my thirty-three years of life, I have never had a long-term partner. (The above text is excerpted from Hong Kong Mingzhou)

Trilogy of Life

When Danny was having a baby, he didn’t like to drink milk powder no matter how expensive it was, but he only liked to drink longevity milk powder. When he was a child, the girl in the bakery would leave an egg tart for him every day. When he grew up, he often said to his mother: When he has a wife in the future, I will definitely be good to him and buy her the most beautiful clothes and jewelry. , I want the person I love the most to feel satisfied.

(Excerpted from Oriental Daily)

What the eldest brother and sister said

Chen Baiqiang’s eldest brother Chen Bailing described his younger brother who died young as a “legendary figure”. "Not long after he debuted, he immediately became popular. He was very lucky, and he also won a lot of popularity, which is rare." He paused and said, "I dare say that many people have spent their entire lives poor. He is not even half as powerful as him, but Danny has lived a brilliant life, and he has really lived it up!”

Chan Baiqiang’s sister Xiaoyi said: “In my eyes, he is a very well-behaved, emotional and thoughtful person! He is a talented child. His talents are multi-faceted, whether it is composing, singing, painting (he is best at sketching), or even playing mahjong. "In Xiaoyi's mind, "Look around all the musicians in Hong Kong. , Danny is the number one creative person."

Chen Bailing said: Danny's biggest interest has always been swimming; in addition, when it comes to playing mahjong, it turns out that he is also an expert - "I lost the match with him. Buried on one side." Chen Bailing recalled with a smile. His sister Yi said with a smile: "When he was young, Danny won all his brother's personal money, but when he grew up, he turned to his friends to "bury his money", and everything was safe." The eldest brother revealed, "At that time, the family was in control. It is very strict and children are not allowed to play mahjong, but due to the rebellious mentality of one or two of their brothers, the Chen family often holds secret mahjong games. However, Chen Bailing attributes the reason why Danny can become a master of the bamboo forest to him. Brain "Danny has a very flexible mind and is extremely intelligent, so every time he learns something, he quickly masters it; for example, he won third place in an open competition not long after he learned the electronic keyboard; another example is that he has no teacher at all in dancing. Although he has not practiced much, he can still dance well - he may not be very easy to learn, but his talent cannot be denied. "It turns out that several brothers and sisters of the Chen family have a special hobby, which is that they like to arrive separately during holidays. Travel out of town and meet in the same place.

"We tried to meet each other in the United States and said to each other: "Well, why are you coming to play again? ”

Danny grew up from small to large, with a very beautiful appearance, coupled with a well-behaved and innocent personality. Is there any reason why he should not be loved by others? The most impressive scene for Xiaoyi was when he was in kindergarten In the performance, he played the role of a cute little angel. "Danny painted his cheeks red, and added a pair of wings on the back. He ran around on the stage. He was very lively and cute." It is probably because of the relationship that he has been pampered since he was a child, which formed his He often gets angry because he is unable to achieve the goal in his heart. "Well, the way he is angry is exactly like the NG scene at the end of his personal special "Emotional Photo", shouting: "Hey, the more I talk about it, the worse it gets... "Looks like." Whenever this happens, Xiaoyi responds with "silence" and ignores him, letting him take care of his own temper.

As for Chen Baiqiang’s personality since childhood, Chen Bailing had this comment: "Danny is already very popular for his small size, but when he was young, his thinking was "more biased" than people of the same age, and his personality was also A little lonely, but as he grew up, he became a lot calmer." Even so, we saw that there was a long period in the early years when Danny was always depressed and unhappy. What exactly caused it? Let's listen to Chen Bailing's analysis: "Bai Qiang is a very emotional person who pursues perfection. A little flaw is enough to make him resentful. In fact, for so many years, he has been pursuing what he wants to pursue, but later on, the famous He had it, and he had altruism, and gradually he no longer knew the direction of his pursuit. It was no better than the breeze in his sleeves when he first debuted. In fact, when he went to his field, he no longer needed to pursue anything. Instead, he worried all day long that one day he would fall. Come down. This kind of worry, in abstract terms, is a knot in his heart, and at the same time, it often upsets his emotions." Finally, Chen Bailing summed it up with one sentence: "I am proud to have a brother like Danny!"

Modern History of Love

Four or five years ago, Danny showed up at a restaurant in Lan Kwai Fong every night. It turned out that the drunkard didn’t want to eat, but because he had a crush on the beautiful Chinese-English female publicist in the restaurant. . Danny's friend had seen through his man's thoughts and tried to help him. However, Danny was not proactive enough and only dared to "take a closer look" and was hesitant to launch an offensive. Later, the beautiful publicist and the manager of the restaurant resigned together, dated and left Hong Kong. From then on, Danny disappeared sadly, and his friends also felt that he was lovelorn.

Danny's last girlfriend was the European beauty Brigitte. He once praised her to his friends: "She has a good figure." However, everyone has different eyes, and some of Danny's old friends thought she was too fat. : "The breasts are big enough, but there is a belly." This aesthetic expert's vision was not recognized, and she was a little unhappy about it. However, friends all know that Brigitte only belongs to the category of female companions of Danny who "go out on the street and pass the time". She is definitely not a "love lover" and is not as valued as the female publicist. This relationship ended soon after.

As for Shi Qilian, who was also rumored to be Danny's girlfriend, according to the observation of friends, they are just ordinary friends. Shi Qilian even called Danny her husband, which seemed to intentionally draw a clear line.

Three best friends

Zhong Chuhong──For Danny, Zhong Ji felt an apology: "When he was alive, why did I see so little of them?" Zhong Ji didn't She likes exposure. Once, Danny invited her to appear in his special episode, but she declined. Now she is a little upset: "Why did I refuse at that time? In another of his special episodes, there were Ah B, Sally..., Everyone kept it secret from Danny, only telling him that a mysterious guest would appear. When he saw me, he was extremely happy. "She and he met a long time ago, when Zhong Ji had endless energy, yes. A frequent visitor to the disco, she often met Danny there, sometimes on the dance floor, sometimes seeing him standing alone drinking. She remembered: "Danny likes romance, drinking champagne, and he likes the mood of being tipsy." She often chatted with him, and she gave him this impression: "He is very emotional, but has a good heart, is considerate, pays great attention to other people's feelings, and will never say anything that hurts others."

Chow Yun-fat─He believed that Danny's death was a loss to the music industry. The longest time he spent with Danny was during the filming of "Autumn Fairy Tale". "He was very happy when he was in New York and threw away all the shackles. But as soon as the plane arrived in Hong Kong, he seemed to be under invisible pressure and he was not so happy anymore. .

"When they were in New York, their common activities were eating good food and going shopping. In his free time, Danny liked to visit art galleries, museums and discos alone. Fat Jai said: "He doesn't like to reveal his inner world to others, and it's really not easy to get into his heart (Fa Jai ??can only stand outside and watch). He is an easily hurt person, and few people can understand him. Him, what he needs is a "Pana" who can communicate"

Zhong Zhentao──Danny's brother-in-law. The friendship started from the previous generation. However, Ah B really knew Danny through Winner. The first concert was held at Lee Stage. "He was a guest invited by the organizer. He played the electronic keyboard very well, and his hands and feet moved so fast." After that, Danny often appeared in the nightclub where Wenner sang. , Ah B recalled, "He likes to surprise people. Sometimes I suddenly see a young man dancing very hard on the dance floor, and at first glance, it is him; sometimes when I go to the parking lot to pick up the car, the windshield will be caught He left a note; sometimes when I get off the bus, he will jump out and scare me." Ah B said that Danny is a big kid who loves to play, but he is emotional, "He is a protected animal in the circle, and he is disgusted. , never hurts people. He likes all beautiful things, beautiful people, beautiful clothes, beautiful makeup..." (Excerpted from City Weekly in 1993)

(Author's note: Correction of "Record" in the previous article is actually " Excerpt")

Relationship with Chen Jiaying

She met him in 1982 when she supervised his first concert. In 1985, Danny was rumored to have passed away. He was in a bad mood and didn't want to see anyone. He would often talk to Katie on the phone for several hours in the middle of the night and talk to her about his concerns. Later, Chen Jiaying stepped forward to refute the rumors for him, "He thought I She is loyal and has a steady heart." In 1986, she officially became his manager. Chen Jiaying said: "He and I are not like an ordinary manager and an artist. We are like close relatives, a sister-brother relationship, or even a mother-son relationship. He described us as like a stray cat and dog." At work, they often quarreled. My face is red and my ears are hot, but when I turn my head, the sky is blue. "Danny likes meetings very much. He always carries a briefcase and pretends to be an administrator." When mentioning old things, Katie smiled tenderly and pityingly: "He is very cute, very cute, and extremely sensitive." She often receives In the cards he writes, the upper part always says: To the best and best friend; the lower part draws a funny doll and reads: Enter Azai. She kept these cards as a private collection.

Travelers should also be beautiful

Everyone knows that he loves beauty. When Chen Jiaying finished her day's work, she sometimes didn't bother to go home to freshen up, and rushed to eat with Danny unkempt. "A few times, he "tricked" me when I came home: "What are you like? Go back and change clothes and put on makeup first. "He not only pays attention to his own appearance, but also pays attention to the appearance of those who are traveling with him." He is not a person who actively pursues money, and can even be said to be a bit lazy. She had to do everything possible to coax him: "Be good, if you don't eat, I will eat." , I still have to live on your commission." Once, the TV station interviewed them separately. The question was: Is Chen Jiaying's commission excessive? Danny replied: "That's great." Katie replied: "It's not even enough to buy the right pair of shoes." The two looked at the edited clip and laughed at each other: "We, mother and son, have never been so opposite." Danny gave it to others His impression has always been melancholic and unsmiling. Katie said that he can actually be very crazy when playing. "One time when he was on a river cruise, he was in a good mood and told a lot of jokes. It was really funny." Chen Jiaying said: "He thought he was very funny, but in fact those jokes were not. It’s not funny, just because I see him happy, I’m happy.” When filming “Autumn Fairytale” in New York, I had an early morning shift. Danny was not used to getting up early, so Katie tried her best to coax him out of bed. One day, he said he wanted to eat fried beef. In order to make him happy, Chen Jiaying had to look for it everywhere. "I'm not used to the traffic conditions in the United States. I was almost hit by a car." When she held the hot fried beef, When Ushikawa returned to the hotel, Danny was moved and immediately got up obediently.

Don’t want to publicize your good deeds

One Christmas, Danny told Katie in advance: "Look for an orphanage in Hong Kong that no one is paying attention to." ” As a result, Katie found out that there was an orphanage in a very remote place in the New Territories. The mother and son drove to visit and had to walk a while after getting off the car. Danny donated a sum of money to the orphanage, but stated that no one should know about it.

"He was a very kind-hearted man," she said. On New Year's Eve two years before his accident, mother and son went to a dance. When the countdown started, he was still greeting his friends at another table. Before the countdown was about to end, he finally pushed his way back to Katie, held her arm and said, "I'm scared. I'm afraid I won't be able to countdown with you." ” Katie told me: “He attaches great importance to these things and is afraid that we will not be able to welcome the New Year together. This is his naive side.” He is willing to share his inner world with her, including love affairs, but he has never mentioned what he loves most. Who, what Katie can feel is: "Among his friends, the ones he loves the most are Anita Mui, the four sisters He Chaoqiong and Lin Yanni." As for He Chaoqiong, who was rumored to have had a relationship with Danny, Chen Jiaying just said: "Ping Si So. Of course he likes her."

(The previous article and this article are excerpted from Hong Kong Ming Pao)

Excerpts from the essay

"What do you want in life"

That night, there was a cool breeze. It was late at night, and I was alone, watching the "Pak-Qiang Chan Music Special" on the TV. The first guest to appear was Paul Chung. Seeing the two of them talking and laughing, how could I not feel emotion in my heart!

I can be said to be of the same generation as them. There was a brief period of time when I went to nightclubs. That was thirteen or fourteen years ago. I met him at the "Cat Street" of the Hilton Hotel or the "Disco Disco" in Lan Kwai Fong. However, every time I see Chen Baiqiang, he is alone, and seems to be full of worries and unhappy. What impressed me most was meeting him once on Cat Street. I still remember that he was wearing a short jacket with yellow and white stripes. That night, he also showed up alone, but he kept calling at the counter all night, as if he couldn't find anyone. Finally, he left unhappily.

At that time, I didn’t like Chen Baiqiang. At that time, young people had a young mentality and little experience. They only looked at things based on appearances and subjective feelings, and did not know how to consider others. I just feel that Chen Baiqiang is so happy. His family is rich, he has a successful career, he is favored by thousands of people, and he is outstanding. How can he not teach boys of similar age to be envious and jealous!

So, at that time, I wanted to support Leslie Cheung who was overwhelmed by Chen Baiqiang in every aspect.

Until a few years later, Leslie Cheung became very popular, and I no longer had to look at the two of them with the mentality of "hoeing the strong and supporting the weak". As people grow up, their thoughts become more mature, and they are able to analyze things with an objective attitude, I realized that Chen Baiqiang’s songs are actually very good. Some of his good songs have also penetrated deeply into my heart. . Who of us in that era could not hum the tunes of songs such as "Tears Flow in My Heart", "Ripples", "Remember My Love", etc.! So, in 1991, I became a guest at his concert. That was one of my favorite concerts I've ever seen. I still remember, under the flickering light bulbs, gently singing along with Chen Baiqiang singing "Thank You" and "Take Care of Tonight".

Of course, the most important thing is that I can understand that behind Chen Baiqiang's "happiness and good luck" in the eyes of others, there are still reasons for depression.

Is life necessarily like this? What do you want in life? Is what cannot be pursued or obtained necessarily the best? Unhappiness often means not knowing how to cherish what you already have. In order to pursue something unobtained and lose something already owned, how can we calculate the gains and losses?

After the special episode was played, I turned off the TV and lay on the bed, unable to fall asleep for a long time. The question of life and death has been lingering in my mind.

Chen Baiqiang is in his prime, but he has completed his life journey. What did he gain in his short life? And we, the generation who are still working in the living camp, what do we want?

Danny, may you rest in peace.

(The full text is excerpted from a weekly newspaper's "Editor's Essay: Li Shuyuan")

Memories

Musician Xu Riqin, who has frequently collaborated with Chen Baiqiang, has been In addition to producing records for Chen Baiqiang, he has also participated in almost all of his concerts.

Many people say that Chen Baiqiang is emotional and pessimistic. Xu Riqin said, "It is inevitable for people to be depressed sometimes, but basically Danny is still a cheerful person, but his performance is relatively low-key. I don't think there are any low points in his career, and he He is very indifferent to the fame and fortune in this industry. At the beginning of the year, when he mentioned to me that after the end of the year's farewell concert, he would do his best to promote business, he acted very cheerful and relaxed, and he did not seem to be reluctant or unwilling at work. Danny is a demanding and demanding person. It is very painful to work with him. He has no chance to be lazy. If he can't get a good result after singing and singing during recording, he will stop and wait for another day to record again. He will not grind to death. "And they won't just accept the goods casually." In private, the two of them sometimes went to the "wet" together, but Chen Baiqiang rarely talked to him about romantic matters, and drinking heavily was a matter of course. "After two people have a meal, they often finish a bottle of red wine, but most of the time I drink a small amount and he drinks the majority. I am drunk, but he is fine." Anita was Chen Baiqiang's classmate in middle school. She described " During his school days, Danny was actually not a very happy person. His self-confidence and inferiority complex were both too strong. He was very concerned about other people's opinions. Whenever he was given a report card, he would ask other students how their grades were. Once he knew that his grades were not as good as his own. People will ask "Why?" He constantly asks himself to surpass others, but when things are not the case, he will seem to be worried and unhappy."

"He doesn't have many friends, and he doesn't like to talk. As for family affairs, I showed that I loved music very much when I was studying. Sometimes I would compose some songs and play them for everyone to enjoy. When I was unhappy, I would go drinking with one or two classmates to relieve my boredom."

(Excerpt from One Weekly)

I remember that Danny entered the music scene by winning a pop song composition competition. The song "Tears For You" made him famous, and later "With You" and "Sunflower" established his status as an idol singer-songwriter in the 1980s. The first time I really came into contact with Danny was when I worked with him on "Breakthrough Selection". Because the response was very positive, I started to produce for Danny later on. The first project was "Cherish tonight," and from that moment on, our relationship, both public and private, began! At that time, Danny's music career was also reaching a high level.

In the early days of Danny, I thought he was a very active, cheerful and motivated young man with great ideals. On the one hand, due to the admiration for Western culture at that time, Danny's unique temperament and taste that were at the forefront of the times were loved by young people at that time, and sparked a craze, becoming a popular figure in the 1980s. The songs written by Danny are not only surprisingly beautiful in melody, but also contain incomprehensible emotions. Everyone is moved after listening to them! Danny kept pursuing perfection, until one day, he felt that what he had been looking forward to and pursuing turned out to be out of reach, and his thoughts went to another level. Therefore, Danny's personality changed significantly in the later period, and he became very isolated. For myself, "the fate of hope" may be Danny's innermost thoughts. I also tried to encourage Danny in many ways, and also used many of Danny's friends to enlighten and support him, hoping to make Danny understand that many people care about him.

Perhaps I am just jealous of the talent. From a public perspective, I think Danny's departure is a great loss to the music industry. From a friend's perspective, it also makes me very sad. How many nights, thinking back on the days we spent together, can’t help but feel sad! I think no matter how many years pass, Danny will never be forgotten in our hearts.

In any case, it is an undeniable fact that Danny left us. I evoked the "Pink Chan Purple Memories" project in the hope of doing something more for Danny, hoping to make Danny's classic masterpiece ring again, again sublimation.

(Author: Huang Baigao)

Some things, some things

Danny felt that he had been treated unfairly and was hurt by some rumors. A wish, I hope everyone will understand him. One day, with red eyes, he confided to his mother, "If one day he encounters misfortune, we can publish a biography of him that will record everything about him and reveal his inner world, so as to vindicate all the rumors about him."

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Danny’s favorite foods include kiwi fruit, boiled chicken, and Xingzhou fried rice. I like to write letters on letter paper with Mickey and Minnie cartoons on them. In addition to Vannie Houston and Ronald Reagan, he also likes Michael Jackson and Stephen Chow.

Danny's mother opened a "Sunflower Hair Salon" in Happy Valley, Hong Kong. A big sign outside the store says "SUN FLOWER HAIR SALON" and a "Sunflower Hair Salon" sign hangs next to it. A giant black and white photo of Danny Bat hangs on the corner of the store, and the towel used to wipe customers' hair is purple.

Danny has always had a close relationship with his father, Chen Pengfei. He has said that the person he respects the most is his father, so accompanying his father to tea and lunch at "Lu Yu" in Central is considered a highlight for him. Danny is dating Weng Jingjing, and Weng describes him as "He is a gentleman. The most intimate relationship with him over the years is just holding hands and kissing faces. The relationship is pure and flawless. The feeling of being with Danny is light, faint and resentful." , like fog and flowers, never quarrel, but it feels like there are more cloudy days and less sunny days, and it seems like it often drizzles, and I have been stuck in this realm for a long time and can't escape." It is said that Danny's "Ripples" and "Tonight are more. "Cherish" was written for Weng Jingjing.

During Danny's coma, many of his friends had dreamed that he was so bored and happy to play around. Even some masters in the monastery had dreamed of him.

Danny once accidentally fell on the street. After returning home, he became childish and pulled out the front teeth of a decorated dotted dog in order to vent his anger.

Some people think that singer Chen Xiaodong is like the big boy in the sun like Chen Baiqiang back then. He is kind, handsome, mixed with a touch of vigor and femininity. Girls are like ants, and men are not too resistant. However, if we have to compare, Chen Baiqiang has a natural temperament and spontaneous talent, while Chen Xiaodong is a carefully crafted idol, with his soul and flesh hidden in the record company's folder.

(Author's note: The above text is edited based on reports from newspapers, magazines, etc. If there are any errors or omissions, please correct me.)

All the above information comes from: Inseparable, Chen Baiqiang.com .

Album tracks:

CD01

01. Beloved

02. My Story

03. Misty and Rainy

04. Love grows old

05. Silence is better than sound

06. Infatuated Good Night

07. Get Together

08. The Man in the Dream

09. Lost with You

10. Winter Love

11. Frozen Heart

12. Talking in sleep

13. Greatest Love Of All

CD02

1. Staring

2. Infatuated eyes Hidden

3. Staying with you for thousands of years

4. Unsung songs

5. Wrong love

6. Even gods immigrate

7. Beyond time and space

8. Loneliness

9. There is nothing wrong with love

10. Don't Cry For Me

11. Yesterday, today and tomorrow

12. From now on

13. Long hope