Her life was 26 years old, which should have been the most splendid years, but it suddenly came to an end, leaving only endless sighs and sorrows. As an illegitimate child, she was discriminated against from an early age, and this environment shaped her sensitive and fragile character.
Although she has achieved great success in her career and has become popular in Hong Kong and even throughout Southeast Asia, this glory has never been able to fill the emptiness in her heart. Especially the emotional entanglement with Tang Zhenye is undoubtedly worse for her. In the end, in the indifference of her lover, she chose to commit suicide by turning on the gas. When her friends noticed that she was in an abnormal mood and broke down the door in the early morning, they could only face the fact that she had been dead for a long time.
Leo Tolstoy once said: "Life is not child's play, and we have no right to give up on our own will." ”
Weng Meiling's death was not her rash game of life, but because of her fragile heart, unable to bear the burdens and trials of life.
「1」
Yung Meiling was born in Hong Kong in May 1959 to a father who was a Hong Kong Customs officer and had a family at the time, and her mother was her father's extramarital partner. Since childhood, Weng Meiling has lived in a hilltop villa in a wealthy area of Hong Kong, enjoying a privileged life and being deeply loved by her parents. However, as an illegitimate daughter, she has never been accepted by her father's family, and has encountered strange eyes and ridicule from the outside world from time to time.
Such a growth environment has shaped her character that is both lively and cheerful, but also fragile at heart. Throughout her life, she has been searching for the love she had lost as a child, longing for warmth and solace from others.
When she was seven years old, her father died, and she and her mother not only failed to inherit any inheritance, but were also evicted from the villa, and their lives changed suddenly and fell into difficulties. In order to make ends meet, the mother quickly remarried and went to United Kingdom with her new husband. Due to immigration procedures, Weng Meiling had to be separated from her mother and temporarily lived with her uncle in Hong Kong, where she was not able to go to the United Kingdom to join her mother until she was 15 years old.
In Heston, Cambridge, where the family runs a restaurant, Weng Meiling also completed her studies in the United Kingdom and earned a bachelor's degree. During this time, she accepted the pursuit of Robert, a Netherlands boy, showing her independent and individual side. In order to meet her boyfriend, she even lied to her mother that she was participating in school activities, but in fact went to her boyfriend's house and secretly got engaged in the presence of his family. However, this relationship was strongly opposed by his mother, and in the end the two regretfully broke up.
"The world has not seen the tears of the fish, and mistakenly thinks that it does not know sorrow. In fact, it is deep in the water, and tears are unknown. Weng Meiling's bumpy childhood and frustrated love quietly reshaped her inner world, made her obsessed with life and love, and also laid the groundwork for her tragic ending.
「2」
During her time in the United Kingdom, Weng Meiling gradually showed a strong interest in cultural performances. In 1980, when she was still in school, she bravely participated in the "Miss Chinese" beauty pageant in United Kingdom and successfully won the runner-up crown.
Two years later, Weng Meiling returned to Hong Kong and participated in the selection of "Miss Hong Kong", although she finally ranked eighth because of her height, but this did not stop her pace.
Subsequently, she successfully joined Hong Kong TVB, started her career as a program host, and officially stepped into the door of the Hong Kong entertainment industry.
In the wireless TV series "Thirteen Sisters", Weng Meiling was electrocuted for the first time, playing Kangxi's sister Shuanggege, although she was young, but fortunately she was carefully cared for and guided by Tang Zhenye, one of the "Wireless Five Tigers", so that she gradually mastered the essence of acting, and had a deep friendship with Tang Zhenye.
Soon, TVB prepared to start filming "The Legend of the Condor Heroes" and openly recruited the actress Huang Rong to play it. The recruitment was extremely popular, and more than 3,000 applications were received. After strict screening, five people, including Weng Meiling and Huang Xingxiu, stood out and entered the final competition stage.
After learning that Mr. Jin Yong had the final decision, Weng Meiling had a plan. On the day of the interview, she was dressed in ancient costume, holding a wicker, and landed steadily in front of Jin Yong with a clean and neat side flip, and then clasped her fists with both hands and said loudly: "Huang Rong, the daughter of the owner of Peach Blossom Island, meet Jin Daxia." This scene undoubtedly won her valuable impression points.
Jin Yong was startled at first, and then looked closely, the girl in front of him was bright and moving, and the eccentric elves revealed a bit of coquettishness, which was the perfect candidate for Huang Rong in his heart. So, he immediately decided to let Weng Meiling play Huang Rong.
After the broadcast of "The Legend of the Condor Heroes", Weng Meiling became a smash hit superstar, and her career soared, and there was an endless stream of film appointments. In 1983 and 1984, she won the "Top Ten Movie Stars of the Year" award in the Hong Kong film and television industry for two consecutive years, and her role as Huang Rong was praised as the most classic version.
For Weng Meiling, "The Legend of the Condor Heroes" is not only her famous work, but also the starting point of emotional twists and turns. "Diamond Sutra" cloud: "All the Dharma is like a dream bubble, like dew and electricity, and it should be viewed as such." "The honor and disgrace in the world are like dream bubbles, fleeting, and only by facing them with an indifferent heart can we not lose our true nature.
However, these profound truths were not fully understood by Weng Meiling at that time. In the prime of her youth, she was immersed in the splendor and joy in front of her, and she didn't care about dreams and emptiness, but only cherished the real happiness in front of her. She is both greedy for the sweetness of success and longs for a vigorous love.
「3」
During the filming of "The Legend of the Condor Heroes", Weng Meiling was accidentally injured in the eye by a martial arts actor and was subsequently hospitalized. Tang Zhenye always waited by her bedside, giving meticulous care and attention.
During this time, the relationship between the two heated up rapidly, and by the time Weng Meiling recovered and was discharged from the hospital, they had made their relationship public and became a sweet couple. Weng Meiling, who is immersed in love, is overflowing with happiness, and frequently shows their affection on TV shows. However, some friends in the circle advised her to keep a low profile as a popular star, but she didn't take it to heart.
Weng Meiling fell in love with her deeply, and began to suffer from gains and losses. Childhood experiences make her crave wholehearted love more than the average person, and any slight snub will cause her to take extreme actions to attract attention.
As Tang Zhenye frequently went out to film due to work, there were scandals with other actresses from time to time, which made Weng Meiling feel very unhappy, and there were frequent disputes between the two, and there were even two suicide attempts by Weng Meiling in anger.
On May 12, 1985, which coincided with the weekend, Weng Meiling and Tang Zhenye went out to meet with friends and did not get in touch all day. Late the next night, Weng Meiling called Tang Zhenye, but the phone was not answered, and she left a final message: "If you don't call back, you will never hear my voice." ”
After a long wait, the phone never rang. In the early morning of May 14, in despair, Weng Meiling made the last phone call in her life to her friend Zou Shilong, confiding in her bitterness and hopelessness about life.
After receiving the call, Zou Shilong was so anxious that he immediately drove to Weng Meiling's residence, but no matter how he knocked on the door, the door never opened. After lingering downstairs for a while, he had no choice but to leave first.
At about seven o'clock the next morning, Zou Shilong came downstairs to Weng Meiling again, and in a hurry, he entered the house from the balcony, and a strong smell of gas came to his nose. I saw Weng Meiling wearing a red nightdress, sitting quietly on the sofa, and she had lost her vital signs.
"Since ancient times, beauties have had many lives, and the spring flowers have fallen behind closed doors." This poem seems to add a bit of sorrow to her death.
Weng Meiling, the woman who publicly said that her suicide was extremely stupid, failed to escape the shackles of emotion after all. Her life, like a splendid flower, suddenly withered at its peak and disappeared with the wind. Sometimes, we all know the truth, but when the emotional storm hits, we often lose our way in the whirlpool and forget the original intention.
「4」
Weng Meiling's death caused huge waves in Hong Kong society, and it is widely believed that she chose to end her life due to emotional frustration, so the indignation invariably pointed at Tong Zhenye.
On the day of the funeral, nearly 100,000 people in Hong Kong spontaneously took to the streets to see her hearse slowly drift away, and many mourners wept like rain.
Tony Leung, Andy Lau, Huang Rihua, Miao Qiaowei and other close friends personally saw off Weng Meiling's coffin, among which Huang Rihua was grief-stricken several times and found it difficult to hold himself.
And when Tang Zhenye, who had a haggard face, appeared at the funeral scene, the crowd instantly stirred, and angry voices rang out, shouting to "severely punish" him.
In the face of all this, Tang Zhenye did not defend himself, nor did he show the slightest grief, but with the support of Jackie Chan, he picked up the comb with a sluggish expression and slowly sorted out Weng Meiling's remains.
After combing, he silently broke the comb into two, half of which was gently placed on Weng Meiling's pillow, and the other half was cherished in his pocket.
This move, according to Hong Kong custom, is to make a final farewell to Weng Meiling as a gift of marrying a husband and wife.
Years later, Tang Zhenye clarified in a TV interview that he did not realize the deeper meaning of his actions at the time, however, this behavior still touched the heartstrings of Ah Weng fans.
Weng Meiling's death made Tang Zhenye bear the infamy of "thin love man", his career suffered a heavy blow, and he finally had to leave the TV station. Weng Meiling has become an indelible memory in his life.
Li Bai once had a poem: "I knew that it was so stumbling, how could I not know each other at the beginning." ”
If she had known that her love with Tang Zhenye would be so bitter, would Weng Meiling have chosen this path so unswervingly?
「5」
Regarding Weng Meiling's death, there are human factors, not all due to emotional entanglements, and it is also possible that her career will be frustrated.
"The Legend of the Condor Heroes" undoubtedly marked the pinnacle of Weng Meiling's career, but the subsequent works received a mediocre response and failed to continue the glory. Whether it is the frustration of love or the ups and downs of career, they are all trials that must be passed in the journey of life, but for Weng Meiling, these have become life obstacles that are difficult to overcome.
This is deeply related to the unhappiness of her childhood. As an illegitimate daughter, she can neither choose nor change, and since she was a child, she has endured the white eyes and ridicule around her, gradually shaping her sensitive, suspicious and fragile character. On the outside, it looks sunny and cheerful, but on the inside, it is actually scarred.
On the other hand, Cai Shaofen and Sun Li also grew up in a single-parent family and have bitter childhood memories, but with their unremitting efforts, they successfully achieved self-redemption, and now they have a successful career and a happy family.
Alfred, a famous Austria psychologist, once said: "The lucky man is healed by childhood all his life; The unfortunate will spend their lives curing their childhood. ”
The road of life is full of thorns and loneliness, no matter how much pain and bitterness you experienced yesterday.
Only by moving forward firmly and continuing to move towards hope can we break free from the shackles of fate today and welcome the first rays of dawn!
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