Zhang Liangying digger Xi Jiachuan: her family is not well-off and should bless her to pursue a good life.

< strong > original title: out-of-print Youth of Yuanzhe Band and Zhang Liangying < / strong >

< strong > our reporter / Huang Wei < / strong >

one night in 2002, in Chengdu & ldquo; ladder & rdquo; Bar, Ben met Zhang Ying, who was not yet 18 years old for the first time.

Ben is the keyboard player of Yuanzu Band. Earlier, guitarist Zhang Ding quit and lead singer Xi Jiachuan pulled him to inspect his newly discovered girl.

that night, Zhang Ying sang Mariah Carey's song, singing with accompaniment tape, whether it was "Hero" or "Without You". Ben was not sure. Ldquo; doesn't say it's amazing, but I've never seen Mariah Carey's song live to that extent. & rdquo; he told China Newsweek.

the two sides hit it off, and the new band changed from lead singer + keyboard + guitar to double lead singer + keyboard. A band has two strong lead singers, which is unique.

one night, Xi Jiachuan and Zhang Ying sang in & ldquo; one-way street & rdquo; bar, then transferred to & ldquo; half dozen & rdquo;. Before, Zhang Ying sang "Without You".

years later, Xi Jiachuan remembers that when a taxi passed the Chengdu-ldquo; Future & rdquo; Flyover, he had a sudden premonition. He told China Newsweek: & ldquo; I told her that one day we would Bye-bye. One day, you will be a superstar. She cried. & rdquo;

in a word.

in 2005, Zhang Ying took part in the ldquo; Super Girl & rdquo; Singer Competition under the real name of Zhang Liangying, and became famous and drifted away.

< strong > form a band < / strong >

before being completely changed by music, Xi Jiachuan's six years of high school were dark. The homework was not good, his parents were disgraceful, and the teacher gave him up and let him sleep in the last row of the classroom. In 1997, he was only admitted to the preparatory course of Sichuan normal University. it was only a year later that he passed the internal examination and became an undergraduate in the Chinese Department.

on the college campus, his musical energy began to burst out freely and formed with a group of rock music enthusiasts & ldquo; & rdquo;, as the lead singer.

in 1999, a strange classmate from the Institute of Adult Education, wearing a cheap suit with no trademark removed, came to him and said: & Mr. ldquo;, let me give you a big concert! & by soliciting sponsorship from a small shop around the school, the awesome man actually got thousands of yuan, rented lighting and audio equipment, and ran an unprecedented school performance for them. This makes Xi Jiachuan really feel that anything is possible.

Yuanzhe band later formed a regular partner: Xi Jiachuan as lead singer, Zhang Ding, level 96, as guitar player, and Ben, who was already working in physics department at that time, as keyboard player.

in June 2001, the three went to Shanghai to participate in the live performance of the Philips College Football League Finals, sang "beyond oneself" composed by Xi Jiachuan, and won the title of best band on campus. That year, Xi Jiachuan also participated in the & ldquo; Unification Iced Black Tea & rdquo; National College Student Singers Competition and won the championship of the Southwest Division.

after campus activities, they began to perform at night. At that time, they ran two or three games a night, and each of them could earn one or two hundred yuan per game. In a month, there were always tens of thousands of yuan, and the income was considerable.

after the night shift, musicians often drink, eat midnight snacks and play mahjong in small groups until dawn. They go in and out of taxis, the equipment needs to be updated frequently, and the money comes and goes quickly. Xi Jiachuan, a typical moonlight clan, often borrows money from Ben at the end of the month.

Ben has a full-time job as a teacher. All the money earned in the evening show is saved by his mother, which is an anomaly in the circle. Everyone laughs that he is & ldquo; saves net money & rdquo;.

in the second half of 2002, Xi Jiachuan graduated from University and was assigned to the Sichuan Forestry investigation and Planning Institute where his father worked as an administrative job. He worked during the day and ran the field at night.

after a performance, Zhang Ding solemnly announced: & ldquo; I don't want to hang out with you anymore. I always do commercial performances like this and sing other people's songs, which is boring. & rdquo;

& the disadvantages of ldquo; running outweigh the advantages. The industry looks glamorous, but it is easy to get lost, waste youth and kill will. Years after rdquo;, Ben told China Newsweek.

after Zhang Ding quit, the band was short of one person, and Xi Jiachuan thought of Zhang Liangying she had seen at the & ldquo; ladder & rdquo; Bar.

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< strong > Zhang Liangying joined < / strong >

because her father died and her mother was laid off, 15-year-old Zhang Liangying began to sing in a bar to earn money to support her family before she graduated from junior high school. At that time, she had been promoted to a vocational high school. Everyone is used to calling her Zhang Ying.

years later, Xi Jiachuan told China Newsweek that Zhang Liangying and another musician he once worked with, Liu Zhou, now one of China's top producers, had one thing in common: there was an arrogance in her eyes that would never admit defeat.

Xi Jiachuan believes that Zhang Liangying has a good sense of melody and tone layer structure, which may be related to the fact that her uncle is a keyboard player, such as ldquo; Boy Gong & rdquo;. However, at that time, the circle was not sure of Zhang Liangying's singing skills, because she always liked to challenge difficult English songs, and the slightest lack of intonation and processing ability would be exposed.

Xi Jiachuan decided that this was a piece of uncut jade and began to focus his energy on her, helping her plan for the future and training with her. He hopes that Zhang Liangying can become a creative master like Tori Amos or Alicia Keys, playing and singing by herself.

in Ben's opinion, Zhang Liangying at that time was a little doll, so young,so simple. She is very talented and diligent, to Xi Jiachuan, always & ldquo; children listen to the eldest brother & rdquo;, even though this eldest brother has some methods & ldquo; is simple and rough & rdquo;.

Ben often drives this small band around the stage in his own Otto car, sometimes taking them home. He remembers that Zhang Liangying's home is an old-fashioned red brick building in Chima Bridge at the north gate of Chengdu. She once mentioned that she would not be able to take a hot bath if she went back late, but she said it in a flat tone, but it made the listeners very sad.

in getting along day and night, Xi Jiachuan soon got together with Zhang Liangying.

more than half a year later, Ben decided to quit. In this regard, Xi Jiachuan is still strange-ldquo; half a dozen & rdquo; beer pub poaching.

at the turn of the century, & ldquo; half dozen & rdquo; is the best performing arts bar in Chengdu. Its music director Zhou Yadong graduated from the Central Conservatory of Music. Around him, he gathered the best musicians in Chengdu at that time. Xi Jiachuan remembers that as soon as Zhou Yadong saw Zhang Liangying, he exclaimed: & ldquo; hey! I'm telling you, this is the singer I'm looking for! But she can't get dressed, so you have to dress her up. & rdquo;

Zhou Yadong invited Yuanzhe band to perform at the scene. Xi Jiachuan and Zhang Liangying did not accept it because they felt that exposure to different environments could better maintain the state of the performance and make more money.

but Ben is tempted. He wants to join these excellent musicians and learn more. After several years of residence in ldquo; half dozen and rdquo;, his repertoire has expanded from hundreds to thousands.