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Chen Xiaochun Dreams of becoming a Fire-fighter

Chen Xiaochun(陈小春)talked about his childhood during an interview with reporters. He said, “I was very naughty as a child. In order to let me know the hard life, Father took me from Hong Kong to the countryside in Huiyang County, Guangdong Province. There I did different kinds of farm work, such as seeding and harvesting. And I often grazed the cattle, living a life like that in fairy tales.”

He can still remember the hard life there. It became dark at 8 p.m. He could do nothing but listen to the radio, and what he had for breakfast was only wild herbs(野菜). He learned something very important from this experience, that is, you will have a better understanding of the comfortable life only after you have had a hard life.

He told the reporters frankly, “there is no star in Hong Kong now. I am not a star, either, but a singer and actor. The image of the stars in Hong Kong has been damaged by the press. The early stars had a good relationship with the media (媒体), but nowadays such a relationship is very bad, because the press is especially interested in exposing the private life of stars.” He added that many artists are unwilling to talk about their private life. As a matter of fact, he said, the artists have no choice but to tell a lie.

【附：中文大意】

陈小春的梦想是当消防员

陈小春在一次接受记者采访时谈到了自己的童年，“小时候，我是个很调皮的孩子，爸爸把我从香港拉到广东惠阳老家农村体验生活。那时候我插秧、收割的农活都干，还常拉着水牛出去吃草。活脱脱一个标准的放牛娃，像童话一样。”

他回忆说：“晚上8点多，天就黑了，山里什么都没有，只能听收音机，早上只能吃野菜。小时候过了这种生活，长大后才发现，其实先品尝了苦才能更知道甜的味道。”

直率的小春告诉记者：“香港已经没有明星了，我也不是明星，只是一个演员一个歌手。香港明星早被媒体打垮了。大家早期认识的香港明星，都跟媒体关系很好，可现在明星和媒体的关系破裂了，因为有些媒体专门报道明星的隐私。”他说：“很多艺人谈到一些私人的事情，都不愿意讲，其实艺人讲假话都是被逼的。”

陈小春还说，他小时候的人生梦想是当一个消防员，“很英勇的，有火还要往里冲。但如今却失去了很多自由，做什么事情都要小心点，可‘小心点’是不符合我的个性的。”

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