Phoenix Legend Ceng Yi: Having been the backbone of Ling Hua for 23 years, you can't imagine his kindness and intelligence.

In 2003, Ling Hua and Ceng Yi signed Peacock Records. At that time, both of them thought there was nothing to worry about.

Unexpectedly, the "Phoenix Legend" group formed after they joined the company did not become as popular as expected, and because of prior engagement, they could not pick up Shang Yan casually. Ceng Yi and Ling Hua are in economic difficulties. They were once down and out and lived by borrowing money.

Ling Hua is a girl, and her connections are not as good as Ceng Yi's, so she mostly goes to Ceng Yi to borrow money.

After each loan, Ceng Yi will give Ling Hua half, no matter how much it costs.

Fifty-fifty split, this is a good rule set by Ceng Yi and Ling Hua many years ago.

When they first sang in a bar, Ceng Yi was the music director, and Ceng Yi was in charge of all the planning, dancing and creating the atmosphere. To put it simply, Ling Hua worked for Ceng Yi, but when she split the money at the end of the month, Ling Hua got the same salary as Ceng Yi.

Later, Phoenix Legend became popular, and everyone began to ridicule Ceng Yi as a "dispensable" existence. Gong Linna joked: "Ceng Yi is like an appendix, as long as you don't get sick, just keep it."

In the face of these "teasing", Ceng Yi didn't take it to heart. He also laughed at himself: "People often say our songs, but what does this have to do with me? I only have a few words? "

Phoenix Legend was founded 23 years ago, during which it experienced ups and downs and was questioned a lot, but now it is more and more liked by everyone.

However, everyone saw Ling Hua's love and justice, but they often ignored Ceng Yi's intelligence and kindness.

Ceng Yi first met Ling Hua in the "Golden Age" ballroom where he worked.

At that time, Ceng Yi was recommended as the music planning director of the ballroom with his extraordinary musical talent and planning ability.

Grassland girls in Inner Mongolia can sing and dance, and so can Ling Hua. She can sing and dance since primary school, but when she comes of age, she will go south to Shenzhen alone to pursue her musical dream.

After coming to Shenzhen, the first thing Ling Hua did was to find a job that could give full play to her talents, and then she saw the advertisement in Golden Age.

It was Ceng Yi who interviewed her.

At that time, Ceng Yi was dressed very fashionably and dressed like a nightclub fan.

Both Ling Hua and the applicant have a feeling: "This person is so ugly and dressed strangely."

Ceng Yi asked the candidates to give full play to their talents. After a performance, Ling Hua, who is good at dancing, was left behind and became a dancer in the ballroom.

Once when everyone went to KTV to celebrate their colleagues' birthdays, Ling Hua sang her voice, which directly startled Ceng Yi who was eating fruit bowls. After being a musician for such a long time, he is keenly aware that Ling Hua is a creative material.

Back home, Ceng Yi asked Ling Hua to join his own "crazy" group.

At that time, Ceng Yi's partner was a girl named Zhang Jie. After Ling Hua joined, the atmosphere among the groups was very subtle.

Slowly, Jason also knew that he was really not as good as Ling Hua, who could sing and dance, so he quit the group automatically.

The "crazy" team was disbanded. After discussion between Ceng Yi and Ling Hua, they gave the organization a new name, and the "Cool Fire" organization was born.

Ceng Yi is in charge of "cool" and Ling Hua is in charge of "fire".

The combination has also changed from the original single lead singer to the male and female double lead singers.

After the performance of the new group, it was very popular. Not only did they sing very well, but Ceng Yi's various stage arrangements and performance planning made the audience feel refreshed. Soon after, "Cool Fire" became the pillar of the ballroom, and many audiences came here.

After the combination became popular, Ling Hua was both happy and a little uneasy.

Happily, she knows that this group has made a lot of money. What is disturbing is that she doesn't know how much she can get.

Ling Hua knows very well that she can only sing. Ceng Yi made all the stage effects and all kinds of planning and arrangements. To put it bluntly, she works in Ceng Yi.

But by the end of the month, Ceng Yi gave Ling Hua half of his income, which made Ling Hua overjoyed.

The careless Ling Hua also directly questioned Ceng Yi: "This is unfair to you!"

Ceng Yi said: "My principle is to split the account 50/50!"

And this 50-50 rule has never changed in the next 20 years.

Of course, Zeng Yi has a strict time limit. On one occasion, Ling Hua didn't say hello to Ceng Yi because she was half an hour late for work. Zeng Yi detained Ling Hua 500 yuan.

At that time, 500 yuan was not a small sum, but Ling Hua's salary for several days.

More than 20 years later, Ling Hua is still obsessed with this matter and severely criticized Ceng Yi on TV programs.

Yico Zeng smiled without a word. He knew that Fiona Fang could not be achieved without rules, and that it would take a long time to distinguish between public and private.

In 2003, He Muyang, a music composer, overheard Ling Hua's high-pitched and clear voice and was immediately attracted. As it happens, he has a song called People Who Miss You, which is very suitable for Ling Hua.

After finding Ling Hua, Ling Hua couldn't make up his mind, so he consulted Ceng Yi.

Ceng Yi thinks that the melody of this song is too lyrical and the rhythm is too slow to be suitable.

Then Ling Hua turned down He Muyang, and He Muyang finally found a suitable singer. He didn't want to give up, so he added rap elements to the original song to speed up the rhythm, and renamed Above the Moon as Ling Hua and Ceng Yi again.

After the change, both of them were very satisfied. After the release of this song, it quickly spread all over the country. The most popular ringtone at that time was Above the Moon.

The chairman of Peacock Records came to the door with a masterpiece, wanted to sign Ling Hua, and promised to make Ling Hua a "female version of Dao Lang".

Ling Hua only signed his name and said nothing. She can't leave Ceng Yi.

First, because Ceng Yi has outstanding talents in all aspects and has cooperated for such a long time, Ceng Yi has become the backbone of Ling Hua.

Second, Ceng Yi is very kind to Ling Hua, and the money he earns is shared equally with Ling Hua. He is affectionate and righteous, and Ling Hua is not a man to kick down the ladder.

The chairman of Peacock Records doesn't want to give up Ling Hua. After some consideration, he reluctantly signed Ceng Yi.

At the signing dinner, after three rounds of drinking, the boss said intentionally or unintentionally, "Ling Hua is signing a contract, and you are being signed."

With the record company, the two changed the name of "Cool Fire Group" to "Phoenix Legend", and the division of labor also changed a lot. The lead singer became Ling Hua, and Ceng Yi was in charge of "Hum, Hum, Ha, Hey".

However, after signing the contract, they didn't become as popular as expected, and they had an appointment and couldn't meet Shang Yan, so their lives were very tense. Sometimes I have to borrow money from my relatives and friends.

Ceng Yi has a wide network of contacts, and there are more ways to borrow money than Linghua. Every time he borrows money, he gives Ling Hua half. This moved Ling Hua very much. During this time, the two men established a profound friendship.

June 5438+October 2004 10, the first "Avenue of Stars" was held, and Phoenix Legend finally got a chance. They signed up for the competition together.

Phoenix Legend finally won the runner-up of the first Avenue of Stars by virtue of its strength and popularity, and became a small group.

Ceng Yi felt that this fame was temporary, and in order to gain recognition, he had to keep appearing and singing.

In the following years, Ceng Yi and Ling Hua not only participated in various singing competitions, but also held concerts in universities and enterprises.

Even if the appearance fee is low, they will attend as long as they can show their faces.

After one performance after another, Phoenix Legend has a good audience base.

In 2006, CCTV Spring Festival Evening invited them to perform "Above the Moon".

However, when the program was censored, it was reported that Above the Moon was suspected of copying foreign songs.

Although Above the Moon does not constitute plagiarism after professional appraisal, Phoenix Legend still missed the Spring Festival Evening of that year.

During that time, "Phoenix Legend" also fell into the whirlpool of public opinion, and various taunts such as "pollution" and "plagiarism" swarmed in, but the two were not knocked down by rumors and still insisted on performing everywhere.

In 2007, CCTV renamed "Phoenix Legend" again, and they finally got on the stage of the 2008 Spring Festival Evening and sang "Above the Moon" for the national audience.

Phoenix Legend became a popular group.

At that time, both of them were still single, and the scandal spread all over the internet.

Ceng Yi's parents believe this. They were very satisfied with Ling Hua and told their son to be nice to the girl.

Ling Hua's father called and asked Ling Hua to be more careful and find the other half.

Ling Hua's current husband, when pursuing her at that time, first tested Ceng Yi: "I'm going to pursue Ling Hua!" Say that finish also secretly observe Ceng Yi expression, to judge whether two people are boyfriend and girlfriend.

But Ceng Yi and Ling Hua made their relationship clear.

Ling Hua has repeatedly said in public that it is impossible for her and Ceng Yi.

Their personalities are very different, they can complement each other in their work, and it is impossible to live together.

On one occasion, Ling Hua went to Yico Zeng's house for dinner. Her hometown is Ceng Yi, Hunan, and she can cook several dishes. Ling Hua took two bites and was too hot to swallow.

Ceng Yi "revealed" in the program that he had never had feelings for Ling Hua, and said that he didn't like dressing up in private and had a big temper. Ling Hua talked about Ceng Yi being stingy and often asked her to pay the bill in different ways.

In a word, they can be good friends and partners, but Ceng Yi and Ling Huadu have never considered living together.

The relationship between two people is not so much a friend as a relative.

When Ling Hua got married, Ceng Yi saw her partner in a wedding dress, and her eyes were red at the moment.

For him, after so many years of work and performance, the people around Ling Hua have always been themselves. It's hard to accept that Ling Hua suddenly changed the people around him.

This feeling is not that men and women can't get what they want, but that my brother is sad when he sees his sister get married.

Interestingly, the night before Ceng Yi's wedding, Ling Hua and her old partner drank together and recalled their past experiences along the way. They are too emotional and drunk. Ceng Yi had no choice but to call Ling Hua's husband and ask him to take Ling Hua.

One cried at the wedding, and the other was drunk before marriage.

This kind of mutual affection, if they hadn't heard of gossip for many years, would really be easily mistaken for love between men and women.

But Phoenix Legend has been established for 23 years, and their relationship has always been like family, and their families are very happy. Slowly, there were fewer rumors and everyone recognized their relationship.

Today, the two are still the most tacit partners on the stage.

Ceng Yi is the pillar of Ling Hua. Ling Hua always feels insecure without Ceng Yi at the performance.

Once they received a large-scale activity, Ceng Yi was delayed for more than ten minutes, so Ling Hua had to bite the bullet and perform on stage alone. She has many years of stage performance experience, and she was so nervous that she almost forgot her words.

After Ceng Yi arrived in a hurry, Ling Hua's heart was relieved, and then the two performed the next performance perfectly on the same stage.

Everyone teases Ceng Yi that it is easy to make money. Occasionally, she can get half of the money by saying a few words in a song. She also said that Ling Hua was too easygoing.

In fact, Ceng Yi's singing is not bad. He is more like the cornerstone of the combination. It is very rare to set off Ling Hua as a green leaf.

Many years ago, Ceng Yi formulated the rule of 50-50 split.

At that time, Ceng Yi had every reason to get more money, but he knew very well that money was a touchstone in front of the combination, and only by sharing the accounts fairly could the combination last for a long time.

Even when people are down and out and need to borrow money to live, Ceng Yi will give Ling Hua half. Not everyone can do this kindness and shrewdness.

Ling Hua is also affectionate and righteous. She gave Ceng Yi a hand when she signed the contract. After she became popular, her popularity was much higher than that of Ceng Yi, but she was not blinded by the immediate interests, and the rule of 50-50 split has continued to this day.

Two people are lucky to meet. It's no accident that Phoenix Legend has been popular for 23 years.

Ceng Yi is smart and kind, with delicate feelings and awe-inspiring loyalty. Both of them are rare "awake" in the world.

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