[Cai Shiping Colofn of Love Media]Go to the radio station early and watch the live interview materials in the evening. Sitting in Director Lin Shuwei’s office, he buried his head and lost his mind. Suddenly, the company knocked on the door and said that some VIPs will arrive first. Can I come in and sit? sure The director’s room was originally a VIP room.
As soon as the visitor sat down, I immediately raised the name “Yang Yaodong”. That’s right, Yang Yaodong. Because, in the past few days, the entertainment news has reported that he returned to Taiwan to participate in a folk music concert after several years of breaking the law. But I can recognize him, walking through life is pure instinct, there is no way, he was a very popular folk singer in my youth!
He was very polite and said that he often read my comments or articles on the Internet or in the media. Yang Yaodong is only a few years older than me. To say that he was a popular folk singer of my generation is correct. When he was still a student, he emerged in folk songs, and can be considered a folk singer who has succeeded in changing from folk songs to pop songs. The well-known “Girl from the Mountains”, “Seasonal Rain” and “Saturday” in the album “Seasonal Rain” were very popular at the time, and now, there are people still singing on KTV.
In my memory, Yang Yaodong is not the kind of young man who is very clear, but he is flesh, but he has a very good sense of rhythm. When he sang “Saturday”, he sang and danced. In those days , it was very popular. Ying Ting, handsome, sunny, left a very clear impression on me.
We sat in the director’s room and chatted for more than half an hour. Li Mingyi’s scene is the show he is going to be on. He is very dedicated and arrives early. I am very lucky to chat with this folk singer who became popular when I was young for a long time.
He and Cui Ailian, the sister of the “goddess” Cui Taijing at the time, and the very beautiful Cui Ailian, their love and marriage, due to Cui Ailian’s sudden death from asthma, attracted much attention at the time.
As I looked at it, the news of Cui Ailian’s death nearly twenty years ago came to my mind. Yang Yaodong said that he fell into depression for a whole year after Cui Ailian died suddenly. He wrote a diary every day and wrote down what he wanted to say to Ailian, such as monologue and dialogue.
A year later, he knew he couldn’t enjoy it like this anymore, so he packed his bags, finished his diary, and went to the United States to join his family. That is why he has settled in Las Vegas for over 20 years. Away from Taiwan is also far from the motherland of some kind of emotional injury.
We chatted a lot, from each other’s old parents, to those who are no longer young in life, all kinds of sincerity towards ourselves. He said he plays tennis, takes care of the restaurant opened by his parents, accompanies his elderly parents, plays electric guitar, and cherishes everything he has.
I said, I run horses, I write books, I comment, and I cherish everything I have now.
Inevitably, he asked me what I thought about Taiwanese politics and the future of both sides of the Taiwan Strait. I don’t shy away either, just like my comments on air, my Facebook articles, and I tell the truth about my observations. Until, Li Mingyi’s initiative came to invite him to the live broadcast room.
I took it in and saw the old Yang Yaodong, the Yang Yaodong who sang “Saturday”, in the 1980s and 1990s, our youth years, the door closed, locked in an era that will never come back .
Luckily, we all know how to cuddle. Who has ever been young? Who has ever been beautiful?
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