On February 15, Liu Wenzheng's agent Xia Yushun confirmed to the media that Liu Wenzheng, who had disappeared from the public eye for 32 years, had passed away in Las Vegas in November 2022 due to a heart disease. Four months have passed since now.
Many people may ask, who is Liu Wenzheng?
But if you talk about "Little Rain in March", "Orchid Grass", "Grandma's Penghu Bay", "Shining Days", "Late"... I can't help humming from time to time.
When it comes to the initial stage of the Chinese pop music scene, the phrase "men learn from Liu Wenzheng, women learn from Teresa Teng" also expresses the importance of Liu Wenzheng.
But compared to Teresa Teng, Liu Wenzheng bid farewell to the entertainment industry in 1991 after announcing his farewell to the stage in 1984. In the past 32 years,
has never had a new photo exposed, and has completely become a "missing legend" in the entertainment industry.
Because Liu Wenzheng is completely invisible, speculations and legends about him have never ceased for decades.
In 2009, the news of Liu Wenzheng's death was once reported, and even Luo Dayou and other old friends issued a missing person notice for him, but Xia Yushun quickly clarified it. 20 times, people are helpless.
After 14 years of tossing and turning, Liu Wenzheng’s sad news came out of the blue. This time it was Xia Yushun who confirmed it to the outside world, and he also thought of contacting Liu Wenzheng’s family because he couldn’t sleep in December 2022. Only then did he learn that he had passed away on November 21. Passed away quietly, at that time, he had only spent 9 days after his 70th birthday.
Today, a generation of legends has come to an end, and those mysteries still remain.
[One] Who is Liu Wenzheng?
is known as the "Super King", and now Liu Wenzheng, who is a bit unfamiliar to young fans, definitely deserves this title.
Since he was selected by Liu Jiachang at the age of 23 to enter the entertainment circle, this little boy who grew up in a shirt factory can be said to be an instant hit. First, the album "Promise" became popular, and then he acted in the movie "Inside the Door" , partner Zhang Aijia and Tian Niu two female roles, Liu Wenzheng instantly became a popular niche.
He has a clear singing voice, a handsome appearance and a touch of aristocratic temperament. Liu Wenzheng can also dance, and his dancing posture has been imitated by Fei Yuqing and others for decades.
In today's words, Liu Wenzheng was the high-quality top class back then. Two years after
made his debut, he created the new moon show "Liu Wenzheng Time", which set a record of 82% of the ratings, and it is still a legend. In the first four editions of the
Golden Bell Awards, he won three "Best Male Singer" trophies in one go, and almost every capital of his songs can spread across the streets and alleys.
He is also Qiong Yao's favorite male lead. In movies such as "Singing Birds Everywhere", "Stay in the Cloud", and "Burning Firebird", Liu Wenzheng is the absolute leading man, and even Qin Han once acted for him male number two.
Liu Wenzheng's heroines, from Lin Qingxia to Lu Xiuling, Lin Fengjiao to Zhang Aijia, are all the most eye-catching beauties back then.
What made him legendary is that he was never obsessed with these fame and wealth. In 1983, when he was at his peak, he began to travel around and faded out of the stage for more than three years. When
debuted again in 1986, Liu Wenzheng had already become the owner of a record company. He turned his focus behind the scenes and made newcomers such as Qiu Haizheng, Yi Nengjing, Fang Wenlin, Wu Qixian popular in one go.
This did not keep Liu Wenzheng in the entertainment industry. In 1991, after the contract transfer lawsuit with Wu Qixian, Liu Wenzheng ended the record company and bid farewell to the music scene.
In his words, too much time is given to the stage, outside of work, youth is actually limited.
is different from many artists who always show up occasionally after retiring. In 32 years, Liu Wenzheng has never had a photo exposed. About where he has been and what happened to him has become a news topic from time to time, but he has never seen him. The deity appeared.
Because of this, Liu Wenzheng's death has become a rumor that has appeared irregularly for decades, and his former manager Xia Yushun has repeatedly countered the rumors, but now he has confirmed the bad news to the outside world.
[2] Without Liu Wenzheng
Liu Wenzheng has been away from the music scene for 32 years, but the reason why many people were shocked by the bad news is that his works have never left.
When Liu Wenzheng's beloved apprentice Yi Nengjing participated in "Sister Lang" in 2019, Tranquility, Yuan Yonglin, and A Duo were still singing "Orchid Grass". At that time, he had been completely invisible for 28 years.
Liu Wenzheng has indeed influenced the development of the Chinese music scene, and Fei Yuqing once regarded him as an idol. When
won the Golden Bell Award for the first time, Fei Yuqing suddenly joked when facing Liu Wenzheng presenting the award, and became so nervous that he turned into an emoji.
Afterwards, Fei Yuqing imitated Liu Wenzheng’s dance in the show, and even imitated his idol’s attitude when announcing his retirement from the music scene, believing that he had already devoted a lot of time to the stage and did not want to continue to grow old in the eyes of the audience. time for yourself.
Faye Wong and Tian Zhen used to compete to imitate Teresa Teng, while Zhang Xing became the most popular male singer in the 1980s with his cover of Liu Wenzheng's "Late".
Before Zhang Huimei debuted in the Five Lanterns Competition, when she sang in the bar, the song she sang the most was "Hotline You and Me" by Liu Wenzheng. After
debuted, she also sang this song, which was included in the album "Sister Powerful" released in 1997.
Liu Wenzheng's performance and stage are impeccable. Zhang Aijia once offered to confess his love to him but was rejected. Tian Niu, who was glamorous in her youth, publicly recalled more than once that she took the initiative to show love to Liu Wenzheng, but was ignored.
After his debut, he has no gossip, nor any gossip. This has also become a magical existence in the entertainment industry.
It's no wonder that even a girl with personality like Zhang Qiang once revealed that she only wanted to marry Liu Wenzheng when she was a girl, which also reflects the influence of this superstar from another side.
grew up in a shirt factory run by his father. Liu Wenzheng's clothes are not out of date now. He can wear a top hat, comb his hair back, and wear a suit with a silhouette that looks elegant and uninhibited.
Singers at that time didn’t have stylists to carefully check them out. Most of Liu Wenzheng’s collocations were his own creations, and his infatuation with clothes since he was a child has shaped his aesthetics.
When Liu Wenzheng began to travel around the world after 1983, rising stars such as Leslie Cheung made silhouette suits the most fashionable trend.
In 2013, in the tour after the end of "Fast Man", Hua Chenyu, Ou Hao and others sang "Sparkling Days" at the end of the concert in Xiamen. Many listeners know this song, but they may not know the original singer Liu Wenzheng Who is it.
During Liu Wenzheng's 32 years of invisibility, although he was not in the entertainment industry, many traces are proving the strong influence of this legendary superstar in the past.
In 2008, there was news pointing out that Liu Wenzheng would come back to make a record for a rookie singer. Xia Yushun expressed helplessness about this, while Liu Wenzheng said from a distance that he would let the rumors be true. On the days when
disappeared, and the awards ceremony gave him great honors, he thanked him through the air, and didn't even record a VCR.
After all, the Liu Wen on stage is becoming the past tense, and the Liu Wen from now on belongs to him.
[3] The mystery of Liu Wenzheng
The reason why Liu Wenzheng bid farewell to the music scene has made the Chinese entertainment circle guess riddles for 32 years.
In addition to his belief that he hopes to try a different life, a friend of his once wrote a book and broke the news that Liu Wenzheng has strict requirements on his stage image, but when he was nearly 30 years old, he began to fall into a hairline crisis. Coupled with his original stature being fat, this gave him the idea of quitting.
The other side is about his friendship with Fei Xiang.
In 2012, because the painter Chen Danqing had inadvertently revealed that he had seen Liu Wenzheng and Fei Xiang together at Zhou Longzhang’s residence, the superstar retired only started a secret love life.
Zhou Longzhang also revealed in later books that Liu Wenzheng tried his best to help Fei Xiang become popular, and he also lived with Fei Xiang after he retired.
These two pieces of news are like depth charges, making this superstar who has been quietly hidden for a long time once again become the focus of the public.
Regarding the rumors, Fei Xiang only believes that he and Liu Wen are absolute friends. The friendship between the two will not change because of the rumors. In his eyes, Liu Wenzheng is a respected senior and an old friend who has always kept in touch.
Regarding more, Fei Xiang only said that both he and Liu Wenzheng have passed the emotional age, and they don't care about rumors anymore.
However, Liu Wenzheng's agent, Xia Yushun, was very dissatisfied with this. He once publicly criticized Fei Xiang for using Liu Wenzheng's hype, believing that the two had never been in contact, let alone friends, saying that Fei Xiang was just doing it for the movie.
Because of this, Liu Wenzheng and Zhou Longzhang became strangers.
At the same time, Liu Wenzheng began to "disappear" on a deeper level. Xia Yushun once revealed that the only way for him to contact Liu Wenzheng later was to learn about each other's current situation through his family.
Luo Dayou, Zhang Aijia and others hoped to contact Liu Wenzheng through various means. Luo Dayou even shouted on the TV show, if anyone saw Liu Wenzheng, please convey his miss, but he never received a call back.
The Liu Wenzheng who used to be on the stage has bid farewell completely, and Liu Wenzheng has also been frequently exposed and his image has changed drastically, becoming a middle-aged and old man with a big belly. At the same time as
, there are rumors of Liu Wenzheng's death that appear from time to time, and there are endless rumors.
But regarding the rumors, Xia Yushun repeatedly responded to the misrepresented bad news, and Liu Wenzheng's neighbor Yang Yaodong also denied that Liu Wenzheng's body is fat. In his eyes, Liu Wenzheng is still humble and low-key, always avoiding crowd life, just wanting to live in peace retired life.
Fei Xiang revealed that Liu Wenzheng has not only gained a lot in real estate investment, but also is good at financial management and has his own business acumen.
On these friends related to him, the image of Liu Wenzheng in the past 32 years has been spelled out by various voices. He has indeed managed to completely remove his life from the eyes of the public, and he has never been photographed again .
When "Kangxi Is Coming" was still on the air, Liu Wenzheng was once voted by the audience as the guest most eager to see.
's producer Zhan Renxiong at the time felt that this invitation was too difficult to fulfill.
Today, this program has long been a memory, and Liu Wenzheng also passed away quietly, but in the end it failed to materialize.
On the afternoon of February 15, after the news of Liu Wenzheng's death was exposed, a certain Oumou who claimed to be someone close to Liu Wenzheng told the media that the news was purely oolong, and even Liu Wenzheng himself felt helpless.
This made Xia Yushun angry when he was questioned again by the media, saying that he confirmed the authenticity of the information.
Although Xia Yushun believes that Liu Wenzheng, whom he cherished for most of his life, is really gone, he might as well think about it from another angle. Maybe Liu Wenzheng, who has disappeared for 32 years, really doesn't want to be troubled by rumors anymore, so he simply made an understanding of this with the public.
From then on, he lived a peaceful life in a foreign land, no longer having to worry about being called to come back, and saying goodbye to the former Liu Wenzheng forever.
Well, maybe it won't be so sad.
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