Uma sibheka abaqophi bezithombe banamuhla, u-Ren Zhe umele umgogodla wesigcawu sangaleso sikhathi e-China. Wazinikela emisebenzini enezihloko ezimayelana namaqhawe asendulo futhi elwela ukuhlanganisa amagugu amasiko ezwe. Yile ndlela uRen Zhe athola ngayo i-niche yakhe futhi waqopha idumela lakhe emkhakheni wezobuciko.

U-Ren Zhe uthe, "Ngicabanga ukuthi ubuciko kufanele kube imboni ehlala isikhathi eside. Kodwa singakwenza kanjani ukuthi kuqhubeke isikhathi? Kudingeka kube yi-classic ngokwanele. Lo msebenzi ubizwa ngokuthi i-Far Reaching Ambition. Bengilokhu ngiqopha amaqhawe aseShayina, ngoba ngicabanga ukuthi umoya omuhle kakhulu weqhawe ukuhlale udlula owayizolo. Lo msebenzi ugcizelela amandla engqondo yeqhawe. 'Nakuba ngingasayigqokile iyunifomu yezempi, ngisawufukamele umhlaba, okungukuthi, ngizama ukuveza umoya womuntu wangaphakathi ngomzimba."

Uzalelwe eBeijing ngo-1983, uRen Zhe ukhanya njengomqophi osemncane osemusha. Ubuhle nomoya womsebenzi wakhe awuchazwanga kuphela ngokuhlanganisa isiko nesiko laseMpumalanga nenkambiso yangaleso sikhathi, kodwa futhi nangokumelelwa okuhle kakhulu kwesiko laseNtshonalanga nelaseMpumalanga.

“Uyabona ukuthi udlala ukhuni, ngoba uLaozi wake wathi, 'Umsindo omnandi kakhulu ukuthula'. Uma edlala ukhuni useyakuzwa lokho okushiwoyo. Lo msebenzi usho ukufuna umuntu okuqondayo,” usho kanje.

“Lesi yisitudiyo sami, engihlala kuso futhi ngisenza nsuku zonke. Uma usungenile, yindlu yami yombukiso,” kusho uRen. “Lo msebenzi ngowoFudu Olumnyama ngokwesiko lamaShayina. Uma ufuna ngempela ukwenza ucezu oluhle lobuciko, kufanele wenze ucwaningo lwakuqala, okuhlanganisa nokuqonda isiko laseMpumalanga. Kuphela uma usujula ohlelweni lwamasiko lapho ungakwazi ukuliveza ngokucacile.”

Esitudiyo sikaRen Zhe, singabona ukuzalwa kwemisebenzi yakhe ngamehlo ethu futhi sinomuzwa wokuthi uyiciko elizwelayo. Ukubhekana nobumba usuku lonke, wenze ukuhlanganisa okuphelele kobuciko be-classical kanye nesimanje.

“Ukuqopha kuhambisana kakhulu nobuntu bami. Ngicabanga ukuthi kungokoqobo ngokwengeziwe ukudala ngokuqondile ngobumba ngaphandle kosizo lwanoma yimaphi amathuluzi. Umphumela omuhle impumelelo yeciko. Isikhathi sakho nemizamo yakho kufinyezwa emsebenzini wakho. Ifana nedayari yezinyanga ezintathu zokuphila kwakho, ngakho-ke nginethemba lokuthi yonke into ebaziwe yenziwa ngokukhulu ukucophelela,” kusho yena.

Omunye wemibukiso kaRen Zhe unokufakwa kwesilinganiso esikhulu esakhiweni eside kunazo zonke e-Shenzhen, esibizwa nge-Genesis noma i-Chi Zi Xin, okusho ukuthi “Ingane Esenhliziyweni” ngesiShayina. Yephula imigoqo phakathi kobuciko nesiko le-pop. Ukuba nenhliziyo yobusha wukubonakaliswa akuthwalayo uma edala. “Bengizama ukuveza ubuciko ngendlela ehlukene eminyakeni yakamuva,” usho kanje.

Ngaphakathi kwe-Ice Ribbon, indawo esanda kwakhiwa ebamba imiqhudelwano ye-speed skating ku-2022 Beijing Olympic Winter Games, isithombe esibaziwe esidonsa amehlo ngokukhethekile esibizwa ngokuthi i-Fortitude noma i-Chi Ren ngesi-Chinese, sidlulisele ijubane nothando lwezemidlalo zasebusika kubabukeli.

“Engizama ukukwakha umuzwa wejubane, njengoba ubuzovezwa e-Ice Ribbon. Kamuva, ngacabanga ngejubane lokushushuluza. Imigqa engemuva kwayo inanela imigqa ye-Ice Ribbon. Kuyilungelo elikhulu ukuthi umsebenzi wami waziwe ngabantu abaningi.” Kusho uRen.

Amafilimu nochungechunge lwe-TV olumayelana nobuciko bokulwa kube nomthelela omuhle ekukhuleni kwabaculi abaningi baseShayina abazalwa ngeminyaka yawo-1980. Kunokuba sithonywe ngokweqile amasu okuqopha aseNtshonalanga, lesi sizukulwane, kuhlanganise noRen Zhe, sakhula ukuzethemba okwengeziwe ngesiko laso. Amaqhawe asendulo awakhayo agcwele incazelo, kunezimpawu ezingenalutho nje.

URen uthe, “Ngiyingxenye yesizukulwane sangemva kweminyaka yama-80s. Ngaphezu kokunyakaza kobuciko bokulwa baseShayina, ukunyakaza kwesibhakela nokulwa okuvela eNtshonalanga nakho kungavela endalweni yami. Ngakho-ke, ngethemba ukuthi lapho abantu bebona umsebenzi wami, bazozizwa benomoya wasempumalanga, kodwa ngokwendlela yokukhuluma. Ngiyethemba ukuthi imisebenzi yami izodlula emhlabeni jikelele.”

U-Ren Zhe usikhumbuza ukuthi ukuphishekela kweciko kufanele kungapheli. Imisebenzi yakhe engokomfanekiso iphawuleka kakhulu - eyowesilisa, iveza imizwa futhi ivusa umcabango. Ukubuka imisebenzi yakhe ngokuhamba kwesikhathi kusenza sicabange ngamakhulu amaningi eminyaka omlando wamaShayina.