How Jay Chou Became World’s Chinese Pop Superstar Due To His Mother’s All Out Love

In order to develop Jay’s talent for music, Ye Hui Mei advocates spending the family’s entire savings to buy him a good piano.

However, Jay’s father believes that the mum was being overly serious and there was no need to spend their entire savings for that.

Finally, Ye Hui Mei still went ahead to buy the piano for Jay against his father’s wishes. This made Jay’s dad very upset.

During his third grade, Jay overheard the world famous “Swan Lake”, played beautifully on a cello and was again mesmerised by the instrument.

Once again, Ye Hui Mei bought Jay a cello behind her husband’s back.

Her husband was furious that Jay’s wife has no regards for his thoughts. As time goes by, there was lesser and lesser love in the family, only more and more bickering.

Jay did not understand why the father always has to quarrel with his mum. Eventually, he wrote a poem that read that “In my childhood, Mum gives so much love and Dad only gives so much scolding. If I have a pair of wings, I will fly away with my mum.”

When Jay was in secondary level two, his parents divorced. 14 -year-old Jay wrote: “Mom and Dad do not love each other, is this true meaning of life?” Silence, stubbornness and rebellious were already shaping up in Jay.

Jay has musical talent, but homework was bad. He did badly for his college entrance exam and did not even make it into college. His future was bleak and both the son and mother were wondering if that was the end of Jay.

Fortunately, Tamkang Secondary School music programs were enrolling around that time. Jay’s mum tried to enrol him for that, and he made in for the admission.

Because playing a good hand of piano and cello and also often active in the basketball court, Jay attracted the attention of many female students and was often the subject of discussions among the students.

However, Jay is often dead serious, rarely showing a smile.

Despite having outstanding musical achievements, his academic results were all in the red.

His teachers all felt that Jay was retarded. His English teacher was even as outspoken to tell Ye Hui Mei that Jay is mentally retarded.

Ye Hui Mei fell into deep thought and she decided to help Jay cultivate his talent in music because she hoped that at least, he can become a piano teacher in the future and earn a modest living.

Ye Hui Mei did not blame Jay. She felt that it was the family background that caused him to become such a quiet and rebellious child.

She did not believe that he is mentally handicapped either.

Sure enough, as the teacher's prediction, Jay did not make it to university. Ye Hui Mei, after making inquiries, encourage Jay to try for Taipei University Department of Music, and he was not admitted. Jay teeth exam a second time, still failed.

Mother and grandmother grandfather are worried about the future of Jay, what this child can do it in the future?

Jay had no choice but to wait to be enlisted for military service. During this period, he suffered an illness that caused his spine to be infected and harden.

Worst of all, this illness has no cure except to use medication to relieve the pain. In his elderly days, his spine could even become so stiffened that he might become paralysed.

After his spine illness improved slightly, Jay went to a restaurant to work as a dish washer. Because he always breaks plates, his monthly salary was often deducted in half to pay for the damages.

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