Text: Zamsha
Pioneer Valley
"Persuade yourself to let go, close your eyes and let you go, burn the diary and start over......"
At the end of the last century, whose youth memories did not appear in this "Notepad"?
In 1998, the "Notebook" created by Zhou Chuanxiong, the "King of Love Songs", became popular on the streets and alleys as soon as it came out.
And singer Chen Huilin also took this opportunity to completely establish her status as "the last diva in Hong Kong".
On March 23, Chen Huilin and Zhou Chuanxiong, who have passed the age of knowing the destiny of heaven, joined hands to once again present this classic from 20 years ago to music fans.
People say that time flies and is ruthless, but in Chen Huilin, time seems to give her a special preference.
She is 52 years old, with black hair and a shawl, and is wearing a white dress, and time seems to have left no trace on her.
Twenty years later, she is still the fan's favorite "Princess Lin".
Unexpected debut, "stealing hearts" at first sight
"Who stole my heart......
At the beginning of this year, the explosion of the TV series "Flowers" brought Jacky Cheung's golden song "Stealing Hearts" back to the public eye again.
At the concert on March 23, Chen Huilin also presented a unique interpretation of "Stealing Hearts" to music fans in her own way.
Don't get me wrong, this isn't some kind of "rubbing the heat".
You know, in the last century, in the era of "fairy fights",
Chen Huilin's success in becoming popular in the showbiz is inseparable from this song "Stealing Hearts".
In 1973, Chen Huilin was born in Hong Kong.
She has always been praised by the media as the "princess of the Hong Kong circle", and her family background is naturally good.
Her father is Chan Chongwei, a well-known jewelry merchant in Hong Kong, and her mother Cao Zijia is also a wealthy lady.
Chen Huilin's growth trajectory can be described as carefree.
At the age of 18, Chen Huilin, who had always been a "good girl" in the eyes of her parents, suddenly made a rebellious move - she did not study in Japan as arranged by her father, but ran to the United States and studied at a design school in New York.
At that time, Chen Huilin had a beautiful dream of becoming a designer.
However, the trajectory of her life quietly turned around at the age of 21.
In 1994, Chan returned to Hong Kong and went to interview for a position as an advertising designer at a company run by a friend of her mother.
Chen Huilin, who was nervous about the interview, was suddenly stopped by a talent scout, for no other reason, Chen Huilin's appearance was dignified, and her eyebrows and eyes resembled Lin Qingxia.
Just take a look, and the scout knows that this girl can definitely become popular in Hong Kong.
In this way, Chen Huilin, who was originally interviewing advertising designers, entered the entertainment industry in a daze.
And her first job in the real sense is to play the heroine of Jacky Cheung's "Stealing Hearts" MV.
After "Stealing Hearts", Chen Huilin was recommended by the famous Hong Kong art director Xi Zhongwen to the famous producer Zhong Zhen,
Zhong Zhen only saw her once, and immediately decided to go out of the mountain to serve as Chen Huilin's agent.
With the assistance of a professional team, the 22-year-old Chen Huilin quickly became popular in half the Hong Kong music scene......
Becoming a new generation of "divas" in Asia
In 1995, Chen Huilin took advantage of the popularity brought by Jacky Cheung's MV performance to make her official debut, and starred in the first movie "Xianle Piaopiao", with the king Aaron Kwok being a green leaf for her.
And Chen Huilin has also been widely praised for her fresh and natural acting skills in "Xianle Piaopiao" and the movie album of the same name released at the same time.
That year, Chen Huilin was simply the hottest new star in the Hong Kong entertainment industry.
At the end of the year, she won almost all the newcomer awards and became the newcomer king of the year.
In 1997, Chen Huilin, who debuted only two years ago, was selected as one of the "Top Ten Most Popular Idols of the Year".
Although Chen Huilin's acting career was in full swing at that time,
But in the music world of "fairy fights", Chen Huilin has never been able to have a masterpiece.
In order to make Chen Huilin go further, Zhong Zhen personally asked the legendary musician "Xiaogang" Zhou Chuanxiong, who had already made a name for himself in the music industry at that time, to compose music for Chen Huilin's new album.
And Zhou Chuanxiong did not live up to Zhong Zhen's expectations, and the "Notepad" he composed for Chen Huilin became popular all over the country as soon as it was released.
At that time, almost the streets and alleys of East Asia were competing to play Chen Huilin's "Notepad".
Not to mention that the audience loves her, even Anita Mui, who has been immersed in the entertainment industry for many years, has invited this junior to be the guest singer of her own concerts many times.
In 1999 and 2000, Chen Huilin defeated Faye Wong in the two years of the "turn of the century" and won the most popular female singer of the year twice.
Since then, Chen Huilin's career has set sail, and she has won many awards with her outstanding acting skills.
However, what she did next caused a stir......
Never hide it, only love one person in your life
"Guys, I'm getting married. ”
One night in 2008, Chen Huilin, who was holding a solo concert at the "Red Pavilion" in Hong Kong, suddenly announced the good news that she was going to get married.
Faced with the idol's wedding news, the fans in the audience were not half shocked, but all cheered for her happy event.
In fact, Chen Huilin already had a boyfriend in love before she entered the entertainment industry.
Chen Huilin's boyfriend is called Liu Jianhao, whose family runs a garment industry and is also a wealthy businessman in Hong Kong.
The two are talented and beautiful, and they are the right match, and they both fell in love as soon as they met.
However, Chen Huilin's choice to enter the entertainment industry has put the young couple's love in crisis.
As the saying goes, the entertainment industry is a big dye vat.
In this secular vanity fair, too many people have lost themselves and are deeply caught in the whirlpool of public opinion.
In the entertainment industry where handsome men and beautiful women gather, which star has not been entangled in a few scandals?
Looking at his girlfriend who had half stepped into the entertainment industry, Liu Jianhao felt deeply uneasy.
In order to resolve her boyfriend's sorrows, Chen Huilin directly announced the fact that she already had a boyfriend as soon as she debuted.
You must know that in the entertainment industry, where hidden love and hidden marriage are prevalent, making such a choice is not enough with courage.
Among the many temptations, Chen Huilin's persistence is particularly rare.
Even Lu Yu once commented on Chen Huilin,
The existence of Chen Huilin, who is clean and almost flawless, is a model of self-restraint for all artists.
can manage a relationship, it is not enough to just clean yourself.
With the vigorous development of Chen Huilin's career, the young people who have been in love for a long time have gradually become less together and more separated.
In 1999, this relationship still lit up a red light, and because he couldn't get enough company, Liu Jianhao proposed to Chen Huilin to break up.
After the two broke up, Chen Huilin cried silently in front of the media for a while. In order to forget her boyfriend, she has always been affectionate, and she even packed and threw away all the gifts that Liu Jianhao gave her before.
However, the word fate is always wonderful.
In 2000, the former lovers went around and chose to get back together.
This time, the more mature two are more and more able to understand and understand each other. In 2008, the 16-year long-distance love run between the two finally came to an end and came to fruition.
He gave up having a daughter and devoted himself to children's charity
After getting married, Chen Huilin shifted the focus of her life from work to family.
In 2009, Chen Huilin successfully gave birth to her eldest son.
Chen Huilin, a first-time mother, looked at the little life she gave birth to, and her heart was soft.
The experience of being a mother is so amazing that after recovering from childbirth, Chen Huilin, who is full of maternal love, soon has the desire to have another daughter.
Soon, Chen Huilin found out that she was pregnant with twin daughters in her womb, and she was ecstatic to look forward to the birth of the fetus in her womb. But God did not fulfill people's wishes, and when she was five months pregnant, Chen Huilin accidentally miscarried.
The death of her daughter caused Chen Huilin to fall into a strong self-blame, and she has always been an optimist, and she even had a tendency to be depressed for a while.
Fortunately, the company of her husband made Chen Huilin gradually get out of that haze, and in 2012, Chen Huilin gave birth to another son.
After this birth, Chen Huilin finally let go of her obsession with her daughter. For her, every child is a gift from God, but her fate with her daughter is too shallow to be forced.
This time, Chen Huilin focused her energy on charity.
In fact, Chen Huilin has always been a model of an artist who is enthusiastic about public welfare.
As early as 2002, Chen Huilin, who was in full swing at that time, funded the establishment of the Chen Huilin Children's Education Foundation in her own name, and began to help build hope primary schools in some poor areas.
According to incomplete statistics, Chen Huilin has invested in the construction of more than 50 hope primary schools.
It wasn't until April last year that she launched a charity sale of second-hand shirts in Tsim Sha Tsui and used all the funds raised to help children study, that people realized that after so many years, Chan Wai Lam had never stopped her charity activities.
Perhaps for Chen Huilin, the fame gained by doing charity is far less important than the smiles of the children who are helped......
brief summary
In the 30 years since her debut, Chen Huilin has dedicated to the audience not only her popular works.
Her existence shows us a rare "pure land" in the entertainment industry, and also sets an "industry benchmark" for all artists.
This time, Chen Huilin, who has been away from the music scene for many years, made a strong comeback and launched the Season 2 world tour project.
Season 2，意为第二季。
This is the second season of the legendary diva Chen Huilin, and perhaps, the surprises she brings will also push the Chinese music scene to the next season.