25th April 2009 was the Luo Yang stop for Jay Chou’s world tour. On this day, there was a prelude, a special little prelude. At 3:30pm, 10-year old bone cancer patient Xiao Yong Liang became the world’s most happiest ‘Jay fan’. 4 hours before his concert started, Jay Chou specially took time out of his busy schedule to meet with this little boy, and personally gave him a signed ‘Capricorn’ album. Jay Chou falls from the sky; happiness always comes suddenly On the afternoon of the 24th, reporters revealed a little secret to Xiao Yong Liang: China Mobile Luoyang Branch was currently trying to help him arrange a meet-up with Jay Chou! On the evening of the 24th, Xiao Yong Liang put his concert ticket next to his pillow, and was so excited he could not fall asleep. In the early morning of the 25th, he eagerly got out of bed himself, got into his wheelchair and for a long time, wheeled himself around and around his room. He got out a brand new diary, hoping to get the chance to get Jay’s autograph. Xiao Yong Liang’s mother said: “He told me that, in his heart, he was not only excited, he was more excited than excited, it’s the kind of excited where you can’t find words to describe.” Intimate contact with Jay Chou; ‘warm heart, warming scene’ Bringing along his excitement, shyness, nervousness, anything but calm mood, this special moment was about to arrive. At 3:00pm, Luo Yang charity volunteers helped Xiao Yong Liang’s father, and brought this little boy to Jay’s hotel. Outside, some awaiting fans recognised Xiao Yong Laing: “He’s that ill child that ‘Luoyang Evening Times’ did a report on, he’s the same as us, particularly fond of Jay Chou!” From the elevators to the top-floor lounge, Xiao Yong Liang was told that Jay Chou was about to head towards the concert stadium to rehearse, currently he was doing preparations, and he would be out to meet him soon. During the wait, Xiao Yong Liang began to get nervous: “even more nervous than getting punished by teachers, so nervous I wanted to go toilet.” The time passed slowly, second by second, minute by minute. During the wait, one of Jay’s assistants came out and presented him with one of Jay’s ‘Capricorn’ albums. Inside the album, was a personal message from Jay: “Zhang Yong Liang add oil! Thank you for coming to my concert.” There was also a cute smiley face he had drawn next to the message. Jay’s assistant told Xiao Yong Liang: “Jie Lun Ge Ge (big brother) has already read the report on you, he knows that you’re in a wheelchair, and that it’s inconvenient for you to move around, so he wants to ask where your seat is. If it’s not good, Jie Lun Ge Ge will personally help you change to a better and closer seat.” At 3:30pm, Xiao Yong Liang was finally taken to Jay’s hall room. He didn’t have the chance to take it all in, and Jay had already walked out from his room. His hair was a bit fluffy, and he was wearing a Kazakhstan-style black jacket, he was just as handsome as on TV! Jay Chou waved at him saying “Hello” and walked up to him. He smiled and extended his hand to shake Xiao Yong Liang’s hand. This intimate contact immediately shocked the little boy, and his face turned bright red. Jay then knelt down beside his wheelchair, and said to him warmly: “You are Zhang Yong Liang? I signed an autograph for you, did you see?” Being so close to his idol, Xiao Yong Liang felt faint, and could only nod his head in reply. For a long time, he couldn’t spit a single word out, and under others’ reminders did he shyly say in a quiet voice: “Jie Lun Ge Ge.. hope your concert will be a success.” Jay smiled and said: “Thank you.” He saw the diary in Xiao Yong Liang’s hands, and Jay asked him again: “Do you want another autograph?” He then reached out for his diary, and a flamboyant signature moment was born! Afterwards, he pointed to the signature and explained to the little boy: “In here is both my English name ‘Jay’ and my Chinese name ‘Jie Lun’.” Good times always go by so fast, time was tight, and Jay had to leave for his rehearsal. Smiling and saying bye to Xiao Yong Liang, Jay walked towards the elevators under the accompaniment of his assistants. And at this time, Xiao Yong Liang had still not awoken from this happy moment. Unexpected surprise: Jay Chou publicly calls out his name At 9:35pm, the concert entered its second half. At this time, Jay suddenly said a few words into the microphone, and the whole stadium erupted into a tsunami-like sensation: “This time coming to Luoyang, I read about little boy Xiao Yong Liang’s story in the ‘Luoyang Evening Times’. He really likes my songs, and really wanted to come to my concert, but he was seriously ill.. I hope that he will never give up, and will hurry and get better. Now I will sing a Henan folk song, and dedicate it to Xiao Yong Liang, I wish him happiness!” This sincere message clearly echoed in every corner of the stadium. Many ‘Jay fans’ began to scream loudly, their own idol being so caring, how can they not be proud? And as for Xiao Yong Liang, his expression was somewhat confused. He could not believe what he was hearing, Jay Chou, Superstar, in such a grand occasion, would yell out his name? And even dedicate a song to him? Xiao Yong Liang’s eyes ‘locked’ onto Jay on the stage. Jay began to sing a rock version of ‘Flower Basket’: “For, for, for a flower basket, for a flower basket on the Nan Shan, Nan Shan is blooming with red peonies, and the flowers open one after the other…” As the song went on, Xiao Yong Liang’s facial expression began to change; his face turned bright red, and his eyes began to tear up. Although he was still unable to utter a word, but in this little boy’s heart, there were unbelievable waves setting off! ‘Jay fans’: end of concert but continuation of blessings At around 10:30pm, the concert ended, and the entire stage immediately went dark, and Jay’s shadow disappeared, lights went on in the audience, and people began to get up from their seats. But Xiao Yong Liang remained seated in his wheelchair, and 4 words were clearly expressed in his eyes: 意猶未盡 (something more to say). Because of Jay’s sincere message onstage, Xiao Yong Liang was remembered by many ‘Jay fans’ and many pushed through the crowd to Xiao Yong Liang said very sincerely to him: “Wish you a speedy recovery, and that when you grow up, you will be as remarkable as Jay Chou!” Xiao Yong Liang’s parents: Deep love “In that moment, being his parents, we felt so extremely touched that we wanted to cry out loud.. our child is ill, very unlucky, but he is also very lucky, receiving such special care, too deep, too hard to forget!” Jay’s father told reporters after the concert. “Some people say that we live in a society where money dominates, but our family of three really feels that there are still more good people than bad in this world! Our child got to personally meet Jay Chou, achieved his own dream, in this, there are too many surprises, too many emotions! I want to record this experience, so that he can look back on this, and when he is older, he can also be a good person at heart..” Source: jay2u Translation: Sarah @ http://asianfanatics.net
