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The story behind Jay Chou’s counterattack from an ordinary person to a superstar

In 1983, when Jay Chou was only four years old, he showed his talent for piano. As soon as her mother saw it, she immediately decided to spend all the family savings to buy Jay Chou a piano and also enrolled in a training class. It was this decision that laid a good foundation for Jay Chou to embark on the road of music in the future.

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In 1997, 18-year-old Jay Chou signed up for a variety show at the time. Among them, the host is his future "immediate boss" Wu Zongxian. In order to achieve a good performance, Jay Chou wrote a song specially for this purpose. When singing, he was even more devoted. However, the result was not ideal. The judges unanimously disliked his unclear speech and failed in the first round. Knocked him out. Although the performance was messed up, his musical talent was noticed by Wu Zongxian. He became interested in talent and left Jay Chou in the company as an assistant without hesitation. This decision made Jay Chou truly enter the world. On the music stage.

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At that time, Jay Chou was not depressed by the judges' comments. Instead, a bold idea came to his mind: since singing is not recognized by others, then write songs for others. . Thinking of this, he just did it. The first song he wrote was "Tears Know" for Andy Lau. However, Andy Lau rejected it because the song was weird. On the other hand, Jay Chou became more and more courageous and then wrote it for Zhang Huimei. A song called "Nunchaku", but Zhang Huimei complained about it as "weird" after hearing it. The successive blows also made Jay Chou lose confidence. After half a year, no singer could accept the songs written by Jay Chou, which also made Wu Zongxian anxious.

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Facts have proved that Jay Chou’s songs can only be sung by Jay Chou himself, and Jay Chou’s era can only be opened by himself. In early 2000, Jay Chou found Wu Zongxian and expressed his wish When the album was released, Wu Zongxian asked Jay Chou to write fifty songs and select ten of them to help him release. After Jay Chou got the answer, he rushed home immediately, locked himself in his room and started writing songs desperately. It only took ten days. I wrote fifty songs and submitted them to the company. After listening to the music director of the company at the time, Yang Junrong, he felt that this was a "good idea" and immediately called Wu Zongxian and issued a "military order" to him on the phone. Twenty million can definitely make Jay Chou a success.

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In November 2000, Jay Chou's first album "Jay", which incorporated Chinese and Western music elements, was released. It set off the Chinese music scene as soon as it was released. The unique song Feng captured a large number of fans in an instant and entered the Chinese music scene like a dark horse, defeating traditional musicians. At that time, many celebrities were shocked beyond measure, including Gao Xiaosong, Li Zongsheng and other big names.

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In May 2001, Jay Chou won the Chinese Pop Music Golden Melody Award with "Jay". From 2000 to 2012, Jay Chou even won one album a year. The speed of the album showed people his strong musical talent. During that period, Jay Chou swept almost all music awards, and he was truly "relentless in winning awards." In this way, a musical era unique to Jay Chou quietly arrived.