She was the first person to introduce karaoke to Hong Kong, and the BIG ECHO opened in the early years was once prosperous in Hong Kong, growing to 18 stores at its peak, with more than 1,000 employees and a monthly net profit of 20 million. Behind the strong woman is a rich life experience and a marriage and love experience with a bad ending.
Sister Apple's original name was Liu Liping. Born in Hong Kong in 1963, Liu Liping was born into a poor family. In order to earn living expenses, she took care of her father's job at the age of 9.
After graduating from middle school, Liu Liping successively worked as a salesperson in the yellow pages, opened an advertising company, and sold karaoke equipment.
A business-minded woman, she opened her first karaoke shop in Yau Tsim Mong District, Hong Kong, at the age of 27, and continued to expand after seeing a booming business, once owning 18 stores and successfully operating as a chain.
After BIG ECHO became the industry leader, Liu Liping was known as the "K Queen". At that time, there was no popular MV in Hong Kong, Liu Liping found someone to shoot by herself, she was good at making contacts, and she got to the line of Xiang Huasheng, the other party is a big man in the film and television industry, and the stars have to sell a little face.
For this reason, Liu Liping's MV invited big stars such as Zhang Min, Li Jiaxin, Andy Lau, and Tony Leung and Carina Lau to cut the ribbon in the new store.
She said to herself that there was no way she could get them.
In order to expand her popularity, Liu Liping also held a singing competition in the name of BIG ECHO, and in one fell swoop, she tapped the powerful singer Joey Yung and introduced her to Yang Shoucheng for her packaging debut.
Liu Liping had a strong interest in music, and later spent six figures to start a music school, in which her son Kentomo Nishikawa also taught. For those young people who want to enter the entertainment industry and have singing talent, Liu Liping will also serve as their manager and introducer.
But she has been in this industry for too long, and she has a natural keen perception of whether a person can be popular. "Many people think that if someone praises them, they can become popular, but in fact, the focus is to do a good job and lay a good foundation." Liu Liping said that to make music, you have to follow your heart, if you don't like it, even if you become famous, it is painful to sing every day.
In addition, newcomers should continue to add value to themselves, and if they don't want to invest time and energy in music, and don't put in the effort, then don't expect others to praise them.
Yan Mingxi, who became popular with "The Legend of Sound Dreams", and his vocal teacher Gao Chenwei were also cultivated and excavated by Liu Liping. In 2003, Liu Liping ushered in a turning point in her career, because of the impact of the SARS epidemic, the business of her karaoke shop was greatly affected, and finally had to close her doors to avoid losses.
It's not that she hasn't worked hard, but she couldn't survive 10 months, and Liu Liping had to finish all her studies. That year, Liu Liping was not confused when she entered her forties, and the children under her knees were still young, she didn't even shed a single tear, not that she didn't care, but that she knew that she couldn't stop and think about what she could do in the future. In short, you have to work no matter what, and earn money to keep the family running.
It was also in this year that she met her former lover, Madero.
Liu Liping met Madero at the age of 22, and the two dragged on for 4 years, and later separated to form their own families, Madero gave birth to a son after marriage, and Liu Liping gave birth to two daughters and a son for the Japanese Nishikawa.
When they meet again, they are divorced and find that there are still sparks together, so they decide to live together.
And they broke up that year because Liu Liping wanted to find a stable person to marry, but Medello was a big and thin road (big child) and was very playful.
Due to fate, the two met again after 28 years of separation, Liu Liping is no longer a strong woman who is busy to fly, but has changed her career to become a corporate consultant. The reason why she chose to get back together with Medero is because she has been in business for many years, has seen all kinds of complicated people and things, and feels that Medero is still such a simple and simple person. She likes the feeling that she doesn't have to think too much about being with each other, just having fun.
The two were initially just dating, but later decided to live together after careful consideration. Liu Liping specially replaced one of her houses with a new unit with a saleable area of 1,000 square feet (111 square meters). This house has four bedrooms and two living rooms, and the front mountain is facing the swimming pool (there are mountains and waters), and the career of the two is prosperous. In addition to the master room, Liu Liping also reserved two rooms for her children studying in Japan.
Lovers are always like this, it's easy to fall in love and hard to get along.
Liu Liping is a person with a habit of cleanliness, and at first she could not accept some of Medero's habits, such as not flushing the toilet when going to the toilet, and putting clothes on the back of the dining chair when she returned home.
She still has the young appearance of the other party in her mind, and she can't help but ask, "Why don't you flush the toilet if you're so beautiful".
Later, he found that Metro's habits were difficult to change, and he also compromised. Help him flush and set up a large wardrobe in the dining room to store the clothes that Madero wore once or twice.
There are also some living habits that are difficult to say who is right and who is wrong, so they can only accommodate and tolerate each other. Liu Liping likes to sleep in a completely dark atmosphere, while Madero likes to have a little light, he is 5 years older than Liu Liping, and he is also afraid of falling. The two tried to install sensor lights, but the lights were too sensitive and always lit up when they were a little loud. Later, Medello prepared a flashlight, which could not only illuminate but also avoid affecting the other half.
In the past, Madero, who had a big personality, would forget to turn off the lights and doors when he went out, but now he always remembers to close the doors and windows before leaving. Liu Liping once said that she has three children, but the most difficult one to manage is Metro, and he has to use rattan to treat him.
Madero thought that he had passed the run-in period and could grow old with Liu Liping, but unexpectedly, the woman proposed to break up in 2024. At the beginning of living together, Liu Liping has always accommodated Madero, and also hoped that he could change, but later found that human nature is difficult to change, and the little things in life can be endured, and the problem of "playfulness" is really unbearable.
Medello has many friends with a wide range of interests and hobbies, and is addicted to alcohol, while Liu Liping lives a very restrained and regular life. After the two lived together, Madero had a lot of friction with Liu Liping's son because of some living habits and personalities.
Forget it, Liu Liping's most unbearable thing is that Metro's peach blossoms are too prosperous. She did not shy away from saying that the man had many cheating records. In the early years, Liu Liping was sad and cried because of this, but she was competitive and strong, and she would work hard every time, so she repeated it for more than ten years, until she began to calm down and think: In another 20 years, will I still be in this world? Will I continue to live like this again in the next 20 years?
In recent years, the death of her mother, aunt, cousin and brother, as well as some close friends, has made her suddenly realize the impermanence of life, "If the two of us are constantly unhappy together, it is actually a waste of time, and we should do something more meaningful." ”
After thinking it through, even though Madero begged hard, Liu Liping still chose to let go. She didn't want to be in a "hellish world" before she died, full of resentment, and she knew that Medello would not change.
Liu Liping was once praised by the stars, lived a luxurious life, experienced two epidemics, no longer pursued famous brands, no longer had a desire to compare, but paid more attention to her own comfort. "I feel lucky to have a house to live in, to eat, to have friends to work with, and to be able to do the work I love." Liu Liping said.
has experienced the ups and downs of career and feelings, Liu Liping understands the value of ordinary peace and tranquility better than anyone else. At the age of 61, she said that it is more difficult to deal with feelings than business. In the future, she plans to use her connections to start a healthy food business, in short, she is not negative when she is single, but lives every day seriously.