Recently, Wang Xu posted a video of "good brothers together, the sense of ceremony is very important" on social platforms, which is rarely in the same frame as Liu Gang.
In the picture, Wang Xu sits on a car worth hundreds of thousands of people, wearing sunglasses, wearing chains on his hands and neck, dressed in a high-profile manner, changing the simple image of migrant workers in the past.
At this time, a man wearing a black shirt stepped forward and talked to Wang Xu in the car, and the two discussed handing over money and delivering goods with the other.
Looking at this face, I thought it was a large single transaction, but I didn't expect that when I saw the transaction content of the two people, some people were stunned.
The man in black took a black garbage bag from the car, which contained all discarded plastic bottles. It turned out that their so-called big deals were actually trading scrap!
The man in black was None other than Wang Xu's partner guitarist Liu Gang.
In this video, we can all see that they are filming paragraphs, creating topics, in order to attract the public's attention and increase the heat. But one netizen sent out a soul torture question: "Isn't this the person who drives an Audi car and hits people?" ”
What people did not expect was that Rising Sun Yanggang actually directly replied to netizens in the comment area: "You have to go to the hospital to see, see the ophthalmologist, because you are blind." As soon as this remark came out, it caused an uproar among netizens.
Some netizens said: "Any confidence comes from economic strength, talk to pay attention, don't be too floaty."
Some netizens also said: "Cultural knowledge, social skills, and life cognition determine that you can't go far." ”
Some netizens said: "Driving a good car, doing things with a high profile, there is no problem." But you can't scold netizens and self-destruct your future. ”
Wan Wan did not expect that the rising sun masculine gang actually used such a way to attract the attention of the public again.
Twelve years ago, Rising Sun Masculine accidentally became popular with the video of the cover song "In the Spring", a high-pitched voice and a simple environment, and the two people screamed with tears in their hearts and lungs, interpreting the song just right.
That year, they won the runner-up of the "Walk of Fame" finals, and were invited by Wang Feng to participate in his concert, and even appeared on the stage of the 2011 Annual Spring Festival Gala with an "overwhelming" online vote.
From the "grassroots" to the A-list star, when countless people were moved by their singing of "In the Spring", their songs with vicissitudes, unwillingness, anger, strength and indomitability, Wang Xu and Liu Gang's counterattack story also inspired the struggling young people.
However, I don't know from what time, the name of the rising sun masculine gradually faded out of people's sight.
Some time ago, Wang Xu, one of the members of "Rising Sun Masculinity", released a video of "moving bricks at the construction site", and netizens thought that he had returned to the camp of migrant workers.
In the picture, he wears a hard hat and pulls a hollow brick, the sweat-soaked marks under his armpits are very clear, and the room he lives in is also very simple, and mosquitoes will fly by from time to time. It feels as if he is back at the construction site again, and some careful netizens have found that the pants he is wearing are clean and the shoes are brand new.
Until recently, Wang Xu responded when interviewed by reporters that he did not return to the construction site, and the video that went viral on the Internet was actually a group of stills from his public welfare film "Teenager Chasing Dreams" in Chaoyang, Liaoning Province.
Everyone did not seem to be satisfied with his answer, and felt that his answer was somewhat far-fetched, after all, the discussion was about a video he posted himself, not a few simple stills. Even in the performance, everyone can still feel the desolation and loneliness of his body.
This can't help but make people sigh, the rising sun masculine "grassroots" counterattack hit red until now no one cares.
In the grassroots period, the rising sun was masculine, experienced the hardships and pains of beating workers, and endured the efforts and struggles of sticking to their dreams.
Wang Xu and Liu Gang first met in 2004, and the real acquaintance was in 2005, when they sat at the same "wine table" under the introduction of a friend.
Since then, the two of them have begun their first cooperation "Beijing, Beijing". On this day, Wang Xu and Liu Gang, at the invitation of several friends, participated in a liquor bureau, and the liquor bureau of wandering singers was different from ordinary people, and they always sang while drinking. Wang Xu remembers that day, they sang a lot of songs, the last one was "In the Spring". At that time, a friend liked to videotape, so he uploaded a video of the singing that night to the Internet.
At first, they did not like their friends to put their videos on the Internet, urging friends to delete them as soon as possible, but their friends were busy with work and did not delete them in time. No one expected that a month later, the video of their song would be unexpectedly on fire.
At that time, Wang Xu and Liu Gang were really confused, looking at the rising number of broadcasts, somewhat overwhelmed. It wasn't until the interview reporters and the program team invited and came to the door one after another that they realized that they were really going to be on fire.
Next, they went from "migrant workers" to hot "music groups", and when someone asked them about their dreams after becoming famous, they just said calmly: improve their current lives.
A cover of a song video of "In the Spring" made the rising sun masculine popular, and now it seems that their popularity is full of some surprises.
Wang Xu and Liu Gang are both "drifting north". Before they became famous, their lives were very difficult. In Beijing, he worked as a porter, worked on a construction site, waiter, security guard, etc., and traveled around for his livelihood.
In 2000, Because of a phone call from his brother, Wang Xu came to Beijing, and the 900 yuan in his pocket was all the belongings at that time. At that time, he planned to gamble with "life".
When he first arrived in Beijing, life made a joke with him, and the work of "burning boilers" introduced by his brother was owed to him for half a year.
In desperation, Wang Xu decided to "sell songs on the flyover" to maintain his life. At the beginning, Wang Xu did not have the courage to sing, only playing the piano, until he met a mother and daughter, which woke him up, and since then he has opened a 10-year road of overpass singing.
Liu Gang, who came to Beijing in 2002, is a young man with a temper, who believes that his "Beijing Dream Journey" will be successful, and he will never leave Beijing without mixing up a look.
When he first came to Beijing, Liu Gang worked as a security guard and as a waiter. Even, he once squeezed into a small house of only 5 square meters with his sister and brother-in-law, "getting out of bed is outside the door", which was a very real experience for many young people who went to Beijing to chase their dreams.
But he knew that this was not the life he wanted. Later, through the introduction of friends, he also began the road of "selling songs" under the overpass. In this way, in the nearly 10 years before becoming famous, Liu Gang has always insisted on singing and does not dare to stop. Even if there is a "drunkard" pinching his neck.
In 2003, his wife also came to Beijing, and he still insisted on "overpass selling songs" without stopping.
Wang Xu and Liu Gang, two people with musical dreams, formed the "Rising Sun Masculine". They come from the grassroots, have no background in Beijing and no funds, and they have been tossing and turning for several years and still have no improvement.
A cover of "In the Spring" in the Burrow made the group go viral overnight.
Later, Rising Sun successfully participated in the hottest talent show at that time, "Walk of Fame", and won the second place in the annual finals. He also participated in the "I want to go to the Spring Festival Gala" that year to get the Spring Festival Gala through card.
At this time, the owner of the song, the famous musician Wang Feng, was also attracted to them and invited the two of them to the Shanghai Stadium to sing "In the Spring" together. At the same time, they were also granted the copyright of "In the Spring" and let them sing on the stage of the Spring Festival Gala, giving them enough encouragement and support.
Maybe fame came too suddenly, Wang Xu and Liu Gang themselves may not be ready to explode, they have been pushed forward by the outside world and inner joy.
After becoming famous, they did not sink their minds to improve themselves and work hard to create, on the contrary, driven by interests, they began to make money, commercial performances continued, and the appearance fee was also high and high, singing a 5-minute song "In the Spring", the cost was as high as 200,000.
With this song "In the Spring", Xu Ri Yanggang continues to take on commercial performances, and the performance fee is as high as hundreds of thousands and millions, which is not the behavior of migrant worker singers at all, but a naked commercial performance.
In desperation, Wang Feng forbade Xu Riyang to sing this song in any form and demanded that this infringement be stopped!
Unexpectedly, after Rising Sun was banned from singing, many netizens aimed their spearhead at Wang Feng, saying that his pattern was too small. In the end, Wang Feng had no choice but to send a long 5,000-word article to clarify the ins and outs of this matter, and from the perspective of the masculine sun, he considered only covering other people's mature works, and their combination would not go far.
I have to say that Wang Feng's "forbidden singing long text" poured cold water on the fiery sun masculinity at that time. Although after the rising sun became popular, there were also their own original works, these works are almost not remembered by everyone, and what can be remembered is always Wang Feng's "In The Spring".
After this incident, The Rising Sun Masculine did not wake up, still immersed in the fanaticism after fame, on the one hand, Wang Feng forbade them to sing "In the Spring", on the other hand, he still had no works that he could get his hands on, almost at the same time, negative news also followed.
It is easy to share suffering, but it is difficult to share happiness. After having a name and money, the contradictions between Wang Xu and Liu Gang have also increased.
First of all, the two had a dispute over the use of the broker. Liu Gang found his cousin, Wang Xu called out his close friend, a combination of two agents, I have to say that they do have ideas.
At the same time, the two people's plans for the future have also diverged, Wang Xu hopes to start his own company steadily, and Liu Gang only wants to sing.
Although the two announced to the outside world that they would not disband the group, the intersection of the two people has become less and less, and the "rising sun masculinity" at this time has long been separated, and has long forgotten the original intention of the dream, and gradually separated from the public.
In 2012, Liu Gang was exposed to the old man in the community, frantically honking the horn to urge the old man walking in front of him, and finally even took out an iron rod to try to beat people. That's not all, he was later exposed not only to obscure the license plate, but also to blatantly run a red light.
The popularity plummeted, and Wang Xu of the same combination was naturally affected. The "rising sun masculinity" that did not have many works gradually disappeared, and the combination that once inspired many people faded out of people's sight.
Nowadays, seeing the video released by Wang Xu, people can't help but sigh.
The rising sun has just gone from grassroots to popularity, from unlimited scenery to no one cares, and the two have no other masterpieces except "In Spring".
After they became famous, the unlimited circle of money behavior became a sigh after experiencing Wang Feng's ban on singing, which was difficult to maintain for a long time.
Now it seems that the rising sun is masculine and popular, everyone likes them, more because their identity is "migrant worker", non-professional singers can sing such a level of song is really amazing, singing is only a plus; but when the "simplicity" on their body disappears, people have a higher standard for the professionalism of their singing.
After becoming famous, they did not clarify their own positioning, in the period of grassroots singers, there is nothing wrong with singing other people's mature works, and the singing skills can also be understood. However, since you have stepped into the ranks of real singers, you should better understand the awareness of copyright and creation, and strive to improve your singing ability.
"Grassroots stars" are the products of the times, and they have just hitched a ride on the express train of the times. On this fast track, you need to let yourself grow faster and faster, and you can't be overwhelmed by the status that seems to belong to you.
The two years of popularity have brought a different path to their lives. Now it is like this, calling itself a singer but not having a real masterpiece.
On the contrary, the "Phoenix Legend", which became famous in the same period as the rising sun masculine, has one masterpiece after another, and one variety show after another, but its popularity and reputation are very good.
In KTV, when we don't know what song to sing, the phoenix legend can immediately connect the three generations of the old, middle and young.
"I am like a fish in your lotus pond, just to wait with you for the white moonlight, swimming through the four seasons of lotus flowers are still fragrant, waiting for you to be in the middle of the water", as long as the prelude comes out, men, women and children can hum two sentences. "The vast end of the world is my love, and the flowers at the foot of the green mountains are blooming", and the atmosphere of the whole venue was mobilized.
Their "Over the Moon" conquered all the major squares of the country; And "Under the Sea" conquered the back waves of the new era.
From the background music of the street barbershop to the disco soundtrack of the square dance aunt, to the new explosive manufacturing machine of the B station today. The phoenix legend, the favorite of middle-aged and elderly people, has become the new joy of Generation Z.
From the strength of the Phoenix Legend, it can be seen that they have a clear position on themselves, and their growth is obvious to all.
In the Chinese music scene, the phoenix legend is an evergreen tree that has always gained a place.
Why has this combination been on fire for so many years? Works are the last word.
Can't take the platform as their own ability, can only enjoy a moment of revelry, after all, can not last.
In this world, there is no shortage of people like "rising sun masculinity", what is missing is how to see themselves clearly, know themselves, change themselves, and improve themselves in the real society.
We believe that the greatest fairness in this world is that when a person's wealth is greater than their own perception, this society will have a hundred ways to harvest you until your cognition and wealth match.