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at a business gathering of people I don't know, I was asked such a question: "What kind of opposite sex do you like ... for example, male artists?"

"eh? ..... Jay Chou. " I thought for a second and decided to tell the truth.

of course, I heard the sound of my glasses breaking all over the floor, and the boss of the other party, who had never looked at me directly, began to stare at me seriously.

hehe ... I couldn't help laughing. Is it difficult for adults to appreciate Jay Chou? Does everyone take it for granted that Jay Chou only belongs to the 198s and 199s? When I was ten years old, I liked Cui Jian's rebellion. When I was twelve, I used to regard Michael Jackson as a god. When I was fourteen, I used to listen to Tom Chang's tapes as a lullaby every night ... At that time, I didn't really understand them, but maybe only children were listening carefully to what they sang at that time, just like Jay now ...

I often see small fans posting on the Internet: "What do you love most about Jay?" The result is often that ten people have ten kinds of answers, and more cool guys and girls answer: "I love everything about him;" Or "Do you need a reason to love someone?" As for my age, I certainly don't love someone for no reason, but when it comes to words, I feel that my own language is so scarce that it is difficult to piece together a complete one. As for Jay Chou, it seems that there are only fragments, and each fragment has different memories ...

Fragments 1. The stage of nunchakus

I often recall when I first got an impression of Jay Chou, whether I saw his cool photos or heard his first incomprehensible song. Later, when I saw his video review, I believe it was that one of the few "same songs" that he participated in. He sang "Nunchaku". Unlike others, he didn't ask for help or go to the audience to be friendly. He just danced the nunchaku in his hand and sang this strange song with all his heart (although half of the audience couldn't understand it). Although his expression was a little cold (I later learned) This impression actually doesn't matter whether you like it or hate it, but I began to have a new understanding of the word "cool"-I once equated this word with "superficial", but after watching Jay Chou's performance, I believe that some people are born with "cool", which is a kind of temperament and grace. Of course, after I began to appreciate him, I saw more of his live performances, and I was more sure of this cognition-no matter how shy and childish he is off stage, as long as he is on stage, the stage belongs to him, and everything is under his control. On the stage, he was calm, atmospheric, confident and shining ...

Fragments 2, a piece of easterly wind broke people's hearts

At that time, my little cousin forced me to sacrifice a good weekend to take her to the Pepsi superstar meeting. At that time, Jay Chou was synonymous with a "rebellious" and "alternative" bad boy in my heart. Although there were titles like "creative genius" and "little heavenly king" with him at the same time, they were far from me anyway. Looking at his disdainful look on the poster and his cousin's "bitter" pleading face, I am really contradictory: am I, a virtuous woman with good academic achievements and decent work, going to trap myself in a terrible situation full of madness, screaming and crowding? Absolutely not. Just as the melodious music sounded on the TV, my cousin immediately dried her tears and shouted "Jay Jay" and jumped on the TV, changing her face faster than any first-class star. So I also glanced at the TV to see how this boy could poison the seedlings of the motherland in this way ... To my surprise, I saw the boy who had always been a rebel spokesman in my heart leaning against the mottled ancient wall with a sad expression, and the antique songs and words sang into my heart every word. Modern people are standing in a nostalgic old house, and there is a classical soul in the western music. At this time, the arrogant teenager is standing so lonely in the dim light ... My heart seems to be hit by something in an instant. So when I heard the words Jay Chou, I stopped turning the channel, so I saw the most classic MV of "In the Name of Father", a rare prelude to the film soundtrack, a beautiful female voice backup, and a complicated falsetto transformation, which constituted this alternative domineering song. In the MV, he was noble, cold, but lonely, fragile and struggling ... After downloading these two songs and listening to them repeatedly for more than ten times, I told my cousin: OK.

So, I really put myself in an awkward position-I searched every piece of information about Jay Chou on the Internet, bought all his records, and then waited for his new album and downloaded any video and audio related to him ... When I was younger, I didn't pay more attention to any star's professional affairs. My cousin has done me a lot of harm.

I saw a program clip from a long time ago, the "High Tone Contest" hosted by Wu Zongxian, and Jay was also one of the judges. At that time, he was still dressed as a baseball cap without leaving his head. Every contestant was ridiculed by the judges, only Jay always said seriously and kindly, "I think he sings very well, better than I used to." "Broken voice ... broken voice (stuttering because of nervousness) I will also have it." Lao Wu was so angry that he scolded, "You didn't wake up, did you?"

Jay will naturally not be so nervous now, but his friendliness to people has not changed. Gossip has been passed around, but there are no artists who really have a bad relationship with Jay. On the contrary, his iron buddies who knew each other before their debut are still honor and disgrace.

When Kong Qingxiang, the out-of-tune prince, became popular in other ways, countless people came out to mock him, thinking that he had disgraced the Chinese. The reporter threw this question to Jay, of course, hoping that he could also make a surprising statement. As a result, Jay said seriously, "He has worked hard and loves music very much ... So many people should be proud of this Chinese. Although this is ironic, it should be proud. " Very sincere answer, so that reporters can not make a big fuss.

There was another program that asked Jay what he hated most, and there were many options. Everyone guessed it was paparazzi, because they interfered with his life like that. Jay said indifferently: "Although sometimes it feels bad, everyone is working hard, and they are also very hard. I understand them ..." Even when the film "Initial D" started, he said half-heartedly: "I thank the paparazzi in Taiwan Province, because they chase me every day, so that I can drive faster and faster ..." After the filming, he said: "You can't drive." When dealing with reporters, he won't turn his back. His only way is to shoot them backwards. When reporters shoot him, he uses his mobile phone to shoot others backwards. Once, he even persuaded the filming team of Tao Zi who was interviewing him to shoot the car that followed him, but while snickering at Jay, he stared at the staff: "Don't forget to put a mosaic on the license plate to avoid others seeing it." Careful at this point, speechless.

As for artists' love activities, it seems that Jay has never been absent. On the website of his brokerage company, you can often see what good deeds Jay has done recently. Jay's mother will also donate the money he earned to people in need. Jay has visited his seriously ill fans many times, and the song "Grandpa's Tea" is even for his fans ... and these have never been widely publicized.

Fragments 4. Friend

Jay's loyalty is obvious to all. Nan Quan Mama's four members are all his working partners and friends. He tried hard to persuade them to come to the front desk, produce for them, write songs for them and help them publicize. Seeing the news of that issue, Jay wore Mao Mao's clothes and ran over and over in the sun on the asphalt road on a hot day, originally to help the Nan Quan Mama people shoot the MV. After the filming, he said, "I hope that when you see this MV, you can recall the past and get together with old friends again." On the other hand, Jay presented their directorial debut. Jay in the trivia lens, wearing black-rimmed glasses, unkempt and commanding everyone before and after running, is actually another kind of concentration and seriousness that is extremely strange. Four "moms" said that they didn't expect to release their own albums. Jay, on the other hand, when his album was coming out, Gary, the exclusive sound engineer, went to promote it, so he had to find another sound engineer. The reporter asked, "Do you regret pushing them out?" Jay laughed, "How can you delay others for a lifetime because of yourself, and then find a way?"

"Happy Birthday to Me" was originally a song from Jay's Ye Huimei album. Because Wen Lan liked it, Jay removed it from the album and gave it to him without saying anything. Jay wanted everyone around him to have a chance to become famous, so he pulled all the makeup artists, hair stylists and dancers into the camera. In his own interview, he pulled them into the MV, so we saw that the masked man in Ninja was the famous hair stylist DICK, the coach in Class Two, Year Three was the makeup artist Du Ge, and the opponent was the hair stylist DICK, while in Stranded, Du Ge and Jie. Jay proudly and mysteriously said to the reporter's camera, "Seriously, these friends of mine have great acting skills. Some actors should learn from them."

Jay's best friend, Liu Genghong, has never really made a big splash, but Jay is bent on his success. He used the words written by Yan Hong twice in the album, and also pulled him into his own MV twice. He is the leading role in The Last Battle and The Battle of Trapped Animals, so more people know him. Yan Hong used to belong to the disbanded sbdw group, whose members were all Jay's friends, but now it's almost forgotten. That time Jay worked as a substitute DJ and specially played their songs. Then Jay said to all the audience, "Their songs are very good ... if they are willing to get together again and make a record, I will definitely write many songs for them ..." His voice became lower and lower, as if lost in memories, and I almost cried here ...

I heard that Jay can be loyal to this extent. When a friend wants to go to dinner and is unwilling to give up, Jay will drag others on and say that he will accompany me to dinner; A friend wanted to go to the movies and was afraid of spending too much money, so Jay "ordered" others to accompany him. What's more, for the buddy who doesn't have a car, he told people, "Find one of my cars and drive it" or "I'll just buy one and drive it for you". Jianghu rumor, the credibility is unknown, but it is very similar to his style.

Fragments 5. Nationalism

Jay likes Bruce Lee and Jet Li because they represent the righteousness and pride of the Chinese nation. His songs also reflect many things, such as the chivalrous righteousness in nunchakus, the national integrity in Dragon Boxing, the struggle for national equality and peace in Double Knives, the development of Chinese culture in General, and the aftertaste and joke about history in Dancing in the Spring and Autumn Period ... Jay said, "I hope more foreigners can pay attention to our things." Jay said, "I hope I can stand on the podium in the west one day and tell everyone that I am Jay Chou and I am from China" ... These words are as exciting as the heroic stories I read as a child.

Fragments 6. Sense of responsibility

The elder asked inexplicably, My God, what is that Jay Chou singing? Children nowadays don't understand! Those who belittle him say: Jay Chou's songs are groaning and meaningless! ......

I once saw a little fan write a poem, and only remembered the general content. The name seems to be "What Jay Chou taught us":

After listening to Terrace, we learned about environmental protection;

After listening to Grandma, we learned to care for the elderly.

After listening to Coward, we know that taking drugs is not good.

After listening to Double Knives, we know that China people should live up to their expectations and respect themselves.

After listening to In the Name of Father, we know that we will regret doing something wrong, so don't do it wrong.

After listening to answer straight, we began to appreciate the beauty of ancient poetry.

After listening to Class Two, Grade Three, I no longer mind that I didn't do well in the exam this time. I will continue to work hard next time.

After listening to Dancing in Spring and Autumn, I suddenly became interested in the history of China, and my grades suddenly improved.

...

Not to mention the call for human nature in Orcs; The desire for peace in The Last Battle and The Wounds of Stopping the War ...

Jay is not extreme, angry or shouting. He just expresses his understanding of the world and his concern for mankind in his own unique way. He doesn't criticize the shortcomings of the times, and he doesn't blame the heavens and the earth. He talks flatly about his ideals and aspirations and hopes to be recognized. If someone insists that such songs have no practical significance, what kind of songs do?

Jay Chou said, "Parents may not like my songs, but I really hope you can listen to them so that you can know what your children are thinking. Moreover, in this way, you will understand that my songs will not teach bad children. " Do "adults" understand this?

Fragment 7: Others in Jay Chou

have written so much, but it still seems that they can't spell a complete Jay Chou. He shows so many faces that he is completely different in the eyes of different people.

he is strong. His illness has tortured him for many years, and reporters can now see at a glance whether he has an attack from his walking posture. Jay said, "It's just the same disease as a cold and fever. Everyone may get sick ..."

He is shy. When praised, he will humbly say "Don't talk like that", and when hugged by fans, he will blush. When he meets many people, he will lower his head as low as possible, or cover his eyes with sunglasses, hair or hat. He also has a little vanity. If he is praised, he will be as happy as a child. If he doesn't win the prize, he will write his loss into the song.

he is confident. The style of the album was criticized, and he decided that he would stick to it. "I hope that from my beginning, there will be such an atmosphere in the music world that singers can stick to themselves and don't care what others say." "There is nothing I want ahead, so I won't change it now." Facts have proved that he is right. Jay Chou, who changed his style, is no longer the Jay Chou who rewrote the music scene, so he will remain the same until he can't accept it himself.

he is careful and reserved. When filming "Grandma" MV, he protected his grandmother's left and right. As soon as he finished, he put on a coat for fear that grandma would catch cold. On the "Total Entertainment" program, the host of the prank hit a girl with an inflatable stick, and Jay blocked her with his arm. Although the camera only lasted for one second, everyone saw it. Jay signed autographs for fans in the hotel room, and the female fans cried at the door because they couldn't see him, so Jay asked her to go in, take a photo with her and sign her. He focused on colds and braved the rain to sign autographs for thousands of fans.