“A laugh spreads across the sea, the tide surges across the Taiwan Strait, ups and downs follow the waves, just remember the present...” Hong Kong movies once had an extremely glorious golden age, with frequent classics and popular hits, leaving many emotions and memories. . In particular, movies about chivalry and romance have aroused countless people's yearning for the "martial arts" world.
Now that I accidentally hear the hit songs from back then, the classic images and lines still play in my mind. Many of the lyrics written by Huang Zhan, one of the "Four Great Talents of Hong Kong", and the many songs he left behind, as well as his heroic spirit and arrogance, are still missed by people.
A man of good temper
Huang Zhan has received many praises. He composed more than 2,000 works in his lifetime and made a profound contribution to Hong Kong's cultural prosperity. He also made Cantonese pop songs an unprecedented success. Together with Jin Yong, Chua Lam and Ni Kuang, he is known as one of Hong Kong's "Four Talents".
People compare him to the talented Liu Yong and sing his lyrics wherever there is water. This is to praise his talent. He is also regarded as a noble prime minister in white with great ambitions, chivalrous and courageous, which means his spirit and strength.
But once someone is enshrined on the altar, the fireworks around him are diluted, and his hobbies, temperament, and wrong things are easily forgotten.
Huang Zhan is a man with good and bad qualities. He is talented and has great ideas, but he also likes drinking and money. He abandons women and is abandoned by women. He has so many vibrant stories, and even though he died nearly twenty years ago, his image is still as vivid as ever.
Huang Zhan, whose real name is Huang Zhansen, and his English name is James. Huang Zhan was born in Guangzhou on March 16, 1941. He was the sixth of eight brothers and sisters. When he was eight years old, Huang Zhan immigrated to Hong Kong with his parents and graduated from the Chinese Department of the University of Hong Kong in 1963.
Huang Zhan is talented and literary, but he has never been a stickler for rules. When Huang Zhan was a child, his father worked as a laborer on a ferry for many years and as a coolie foreman at the dock. He struggled in the low-income life and usually spoke carelessly and cursed a lot. Huang Zhan followed his father's example, he spoke dirty words and made endless obscene jokes.
After becoming famous, he even wrote a book called "Buwen Collection" to record adult jokes. As a result, the book became a bestseller and he was nicknamed "Buwenzhan" for this reason. Huang Zhan accepted this nickname generously and did not shy away from it.
Huang Zhan is a cheerful person and very popular. When he was studying, he even fought with others for the sake of brotherhood. Although he lost this fight, Huang Zhan often used it as a source of discussion, because he fought against Bruce Lee, the next generation of kung fu superstar.
At that time, he and Bruce Lee were both students of La Salle College. Bruce Lee and Huang Zhan's brother had a conflict, and Huang Zhan came forward to fight Bruce Lee. After less than ten minutes of fighting, Huang Zhan was bruised and defeated. However, he and Bruce Lee did not know each other before they fought and became good friends.
After entering the entertainment industry, Huang Zhan not only composed music and lyrics, but also directed and filmed. He also liked Leslie Cheung very much. Every time he saw her, he couldn't wait to kiss her. He specially wrote an article for him "I really like Leslie". His love was beyond words.
A master in the world of lyrics
Huang Zhan is a master of lyrics. Although he often claims that his lyrics are legitimate, he is actually very attentive and even reads ancient books for inspiration. What he filled in were all good songs that took people back to that era as soon as the intro was played.
I can fill in and sing. Huang Zhan's songs about the rivers and lakes are always full of chivalry and turbulent pride. It is said that sometimes Huang Zhan was dissatisfied with the state of his singing, so he asked his assistant to go out and buy a bottle of liquor. After drinking until he was half drunk and half awake, he went to the recording studio to sing loudly. With the scene of swords and swords shadowing, a classic was born...
When writing "Shanghai Beach", Huang Zhan submitted lyrics many times, but the other party was not satisfied and advised him to go back and make changes.
Huang Zhan was depressed and homeless. He didn't know what to do. One time when he went to the toilet, he suddenly suffered from diarrhea. Flow, thousands of miles of waves, the river never stops..." This passed immediately, and Huang Zhan's thoughts about diarrhea were sung for a long time.
Huang Zhan also never remembers his own lyrics. At Luo Dayou's concert, he was invited to the stage to sing a song "A Laugh in the Sea". The two were in love with each other and sang with great momentum and passion.
But what’s interesting is that as soon as he started singing a line, Huang Zhan took out the lyrics sheet from his pocket and said with a smile: "I'm sorry. I don't remember the lyrics. I really won't lie to you."
Huang Zhan has made money and lost money. Unlike other celebrities, Huang Zhan has not forgotten academics in the glitzy world. In 2003, 63-year-old Huang Zhan obtained a doctorate in cultural studies from the University of Hong Kong, writing his thesis on Hong Kong pop music. He is already old. In his essay, Huang Zhan lamented: "Cantonese pop music has completely lost its previous advantages."
Love and Life
Huang Zhan has naturally been frustrated, and was He has been scolded and has done many romantic things, one of which he is very sorry for is his first love, Hua Wa. Back then, 13-year-old Hua Wa met 19-year-old Huang Zhan, and they got married after dating for seven years.
Hua Wa admired and cared for Huang Zhan very much, and the two gave birth to two sons. But when Hua Wa was pregnant with her daughter, Huang Zhan took advantage of Hua Wa's pregnant belly to fall in love with her and cheated on her with the female writer Lin Yanni.
Huang Zhan and Hua Wa divorced and became together with Lin Yanni. The two also had an extramarital affair and got married under the witness of Jin Yong. However, after maintaining a relationship for fourteen years, Lin Yanni lost her feelings for Huang Zhan and kicked him out of the house.
Huang Zhan was in agony, but Lin Yanni ended the relationship decisively and denied getting married.
Lin Yanni is also straightforward. Huang Zhan was already in destitution before his death. After his death, Hong Kong used his lyrics and music to praise him.
Lin Yanni said coldly and bluntly: "He is indeed a first-class master in the world of poetry. However, later on, times changed and the trend changed. The public abandoned him like a worn-out shoe, which made him sad and uncomfortable. He will do good again after his death. Prayers, is it too late?”
In the early 1990s, Huang Zhan’s investment failed and he was in debt worth tens of millions. At this time, he was at his most impoverished. He had already met Chen Huimin, a wealthy daughter who was twenty years younger than him, and was willing to help him. However, Huang Zhan insisted on paying off his debts before marrying him in the American casino city of Las Vegas. The two spent their last years together.
In his later years, Huang Zhan suffered from cancer, but he was still very active. During the treatment, he continued to lose his hair. He simply shaved his head, invited other friends Mai Jia, and played Tang Monk in "Westward Journey" Luo Jiaying and Luo Jiaying made a new show "Three Bald Guys" together.
While fighting the disease, Chen Huimin was always by his side to take care of him. However, the disease spread and Wong Chan passed away in the early morning of November 24, 2004 at Union Hospital, Shatin. The godfather of Hong Kong's pop music went west, taking with him a lifetime of regrets and comfort, glory and loneliness.
After Huang Zhan passed away, a memorial service was held for him at the Hong Kong Stadium. More than 20,000 people poured into the stadium to pay tribute. Although he is no longer a popular figure at the time, he is still worth remembering.
Huang Zhan claimed to be "a womanizer without courage, a lover of wine, and a lover of money but no talent." He did many things for pleasure in his life, and his deviance became a habit. Later, although he gradually came to an end. < /p>