In 2004, "Two Butterflies" quickly became popular. It was not only popular on the streets, but also became everyone's mobile phone ringtone. Speaking of this song, everyone will think of the smash hit Pang Long. With "Two Butterflies", Pang Long earned 240 million yuan, which was a sky-high price at the time and also set a record.
Earn hundreds of millions of yuan with just one song
Pang Long was attending a vocational high school while working part-time to make money. Because he loves music, he decided to sing in bars. Perhaps because of his young age, he suffered a lot of cold eyes and discrimination from the audience. The death of his mother gave Pang Long a big blow. He knew that he could no longer be so decadent. Through his own efforts, he was admitted to the Shenyang Conservatory of Music.
Many singers after graduation are releasing their own albums. In order to take a gamble, Pang Longdong scraped together 500,000 to release his first album "Trilogy of Life". I thought it would have a good impact on the market, but I didn't expect that no one would pay attention to it. Pang Long was so disappointed that he thought of committing suicide to end his life. At this moment, Pang Long met Liu Xiaoqing, the noble man in his life.
Liu Xiaoqing invited him to sing "Two Butterflies", the theme song of "281 Letters", and Pang Long completed the song with the mentality of giving it a try. What he didn't expect was that this song actually made him a huge profit of 240 million.
Look down on Andy Lau
After Pang Long became popular, the company required him to sing famous works at his concerts, because this can bring in profits, but Pang Long has a pursuit of music. A musician cannot always rely on his "old capital" to make a living. He wanted to have some innovations in singing, so he had a disagreement with the company. And Pang Long took advantage of his rising popularity to take the opportunity to terminate his contract with the company. You must know that the power of life and death for artists at that time was in the hands of the agency. Even the most famous artists did not dare to give opinions casually.
Another reason is that trouble comes from the mouth. After Pang Long became famous, he was very proud and arrogant. He even dissed Andy Lau in public. You must know that at that time, Andy Lau was a "king" level figure. Few people in the industry dared to question his status. He was very high in both the music and film circles. His status and character are also excellent, and he has many fans.
After Pang Long became popular with a few songs, he began to look down on Andy Lau. One time, he and Andy Lau's concert were scheduled to coincide with each other. Someone asked Pang Long if he would be stressed. Pang Long actually said arrogantly that it was not certain who would win and who would lose. He even mocked Andy for not having attended a music school. Now Pang Long was labeled as arrogant and contemptuous, and was naturally not tolerated by the fans of the King.
Pang Long’s current situation
Pang Long also began to gradually fade out of the music scene, and is not even known to people today. Since he can't go back to the past, Pang Long is not particularly persistent. Instead, he still pursues his inner music and works peacefully as a music teacher at Zhejiang Conservatory of Music and Shenyang Conservatory of Music.
Compared with his previous miserable life, Pang Long became a tenured professor at Shenyang Conservatory of Music and introduced more talents to the music industry. It seemed to be more valuable and meaningful, and he did not suffer too much. Although the music company deprived him of the copyright of his famous songs, Pang Long has always persisted in his music dream, but he has not been noticed by others.
Many people think Pang Long is stupid, but maybe there is some truth in his choice. Nowadays, although Pang Long's songs are profound and valuable, they can no longer blow up a tornado, which is somewhat disappointing.