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1. Prologue: Encounters and Disillusionment in the Spotlight
In 2014, a Weibo exploded.
The goddess of gymnastics, Hu Mei, the girl who once shined on the field, is now calmly telling the end of her marriage on social media. In just a few lines, the amount of information is amazing: divorce, children, leaving the house.
Before the people who eat melons have reacted, various revelations have followed: derailment, property disputes, and child custody disputes...... was once a golden boy and girl, but now she is tearing her face and going to court.
What was once a sweet vow now seems more like a great irony.
Love and betrayal, glamorous and downcast, intertwined into an absurd farce.
Who has failed whom? How many unknown secrets are hidden in this marriage?
Time goes back to 16 years ago, 2008, the Beijing Olympic Games.
It was the most glorious moment in the history of Chinese sports, and it was also the climax of the love story of Hu Mei and Zhu Fangyu.
The grand wedding was attended by more than 600 guests, including some of the biggest names in sports and celebrities. Zhu Fangyu was affectionate and made a promise in front of everyone: This is my first marriage and the last time.
Hu Mei was moved to tears, she thought that she had found a lover who could be entrusted for life. However, under the surface of this happiness, there is an undercurrent of fate.
2. Parallel Life: Dreams and Pursuits
The story starts much earlier.
In 1995, 12-year-old Zhu Fangyu walked into the door of Guangxi Sports School and started his basketball career.
He seems to have been born for basketball: tall, flexible, and has an almost obsessive love for basketball. In the eyes of the coach, he is a rare basketball genius in a century; In the eyes of his teammates, he is the one who trains the hardest.
Sweat watered talent, and strive to achieve dreams.
In 2000, Zhu Fangyu entered the CBA and began his career. In the following ten years, he has passed all the way and added honors: 8 CBA championships, 4 finals MVP, "CBA all-time scoring champion......
Zhu Fangyu's name has become a banner of Chinese basketball.
On the other side, a girl is also writing her own wonderful in her own way.
At the 2004 Athens Olympics, 17-year-old Hu Mei appeared on the field as a member of the Chinese rhythmic gymnastics team.
In the spotlight, she is light, has a sweet smile, and her every move is full of youthful vitality. Although it only finished sixth in the team, this is already the best result of the Chinese rhythmic gymnastics team in this event.
For Hu Mei, this Olympic medal is not only an affirmation of her years of hard work, but also an important turning point in her life.
3. Love choice: From Beijing to Guangdong, retire for love
The red line of fate, at the 2004 Athens Olympics, closely linked Hu Mei and Zhu Fangyu.
One is a rising star in basketball, the other is a goddess of gymnastics, and the meeting between the two in the Olympic Village is as romantic as an idol drama.
Zhu Fangyu was deeply attracted by Hu Mei's elegant temperament, and Hu Mei also had a good impression of this tall and handsome basketball player.
After the Olympics, the two left contact information for each other and began a cross-regional relationship.
In 2006, Hu Mei made an important decision. In order to get closer to Zhu Fangyu, she gave up her studies at Beijing Sports University and transferred to Guangdong.
At that time, Zhu Fangyu was on the rise of his career, and training competitions occupied most of his time. In order to support her boyfriend's career, Hu Mei chose to pay silently, take care of his daily life, and be his strongest backing.
In 2008, shortly after the Beijing Olympics, Hu Mei and Zhu Fangyu entered the palace of marriage.
This wedding is a grand event in the sports circle. Hu Mei was wearing a white wedding dress, with a happy smile on her face.
"I will always love you and take care of you." Zhu Fangyu said to Hu Mei affectionately.
At that moment, Hu Mei believed that she had found a lover who could be entrusted for life.
After marriage, Hu Mei gave birth to two lovely sons, a family of four, and they were happy.
In the eyes of outsiders, Hu Mei and Zhu Fangyu are a match made in heaven, and their love story is even more rumored.
However, this seemingly happy marriage fell apart a few years later.
The gears of fate began to turn quietly, pushing Hu Mei and Zhu Fangyu to completely different fateful trajectories.
Fourth, the cracks are emerging: forbearance and outbreak
In 2012, a photo broke Hu Mei's peaceful life.
In the photo, Zhu Fangyu and a strange woman behave intimately in the pool, showing ambiguity.
After the photo was exposed, public opinion was in an uproar.
The labels of "scumbag" and "cheating" are overwhelmingly attacking Zhu Fangyu.
In the face of her husband's betrayal, Hu Mei's heart was like a knife. But instead of crying or exposing, she chose to be silent.
Maybe it was because she was taking care of her children, or maybe she still had a hint of fantasy about this marriage, Hu Mei chose to forbear.
She tried to convince herself that this was just a moment of confusion and that Zhu Fangyu would change.
However, her concession and tolerance did not bring Zhu Fangyu's repentance, but made him even worse.
In the corner that Hu Mei can't see, he still lives a life of "red flags at home do not fall, and colorful flags flutter outside".
disappointed again and again, and finally crushed Hu Mei's last insistence on this marriage.
In 2013, Hu Mei took the initiative to file for divorce.
5. The aftermath is still unsettled: the dispute over child custody and online public opinion
Divorce is never an easy task for women.
What's more, Hu Mei also has to face the issue of property division and child custody.
In order to end this marriage that made her physically and mentally exhausted as soon as possible, Hu Mei chose to "go out of the house".
She gave up all joint property in exchange for custody of her two sons.
However, things didn't go as smoothly as she had imagined.
Maybe it was "going out of the house" that made Zhu Fangyu taste the sweetness, or maybe he didn't want to "let go" Hu Mei easily at all, and a year after the divorce, he sued Hu Mei in court on the grounds that he was "busy with work and unable to take care of the children", asking for custody of his eldest son.
The loving husband and wife in the past are now facing each other in court, fighting for their children, which is embarrassing.
This custody battle finally ended with Zhu Fangyu's victory.
The court awarded custody of her eldest son to Zhu Fangyu, and Hu Mei could only live alone with her younger son.
This divorce lawsuit once again pushed Hu Mei and Zhu Fangyu to the forefront of public opinion.
Netizens accused Zhu Fangyu of being a "scumbag" and sympathized with Hu Mei's experience.
And Zhu Fangyu doesn't seem to take these negative comments to heart.
He was still active on the basketball court, and after retiring from the game, he became the general manager of the club and continued his basketball career.
It's just that the labels of "cheating" and "snatching custody" are like shadows that can't be shaken off, and they always hang over his head.
6. Separate Journeys: Different Life Trajectories
After the divorce, Hu Mei chose a low-key life.
She poured all her energy into her rhythmic gymnastics career, founding a club that bears her name and is dedicated to training a new generation of gymnasts.
In her opinion, gymnastics is not only a sport, but also an art.
She hopes to pass on her love for gymnastics to more children.
Away from the disturbances of marriage, Hu Mei's life has become simple and pure.
She gave all her love to her students and sons.
And Zhu Fangyu continues to dominate the world of basketball.
After retiring, he transformed into the general manager of the club and continued to contribute to the Chinese basketball industry.
It's just that in stark contrast to his career success, his "stain" on his love life has always been criticized.
In 2019, he was suspended for one game and fined 20,000 yuan for making inappropriate remarks.
In 2023, he will be involved in the storm of "instructing fans to make trouble", and his image will be damaged again.
7. Conclusion: From the gold medal halo to a chicken feather, it is another interpretation of life
Hu Mei and Zhu Fangyu, one is a gymnastics goddess and the other is a basketball superstar, they have both stood at the pinnacle of life, enjoying flowers and applause.
However, fate played a huge joke on them.
was once a golden boy and girl, but in the end she went to a completely different path in life.
Perhaps, this is life.
No one's life will always be smooth sailing, and no one can predict where the road will lead.
All we can do is make our own choices at every fork in the road in life, and then go on bravely.
As for the result, let time tell.
Information source:
CCTV-Zhu Fangyu officially announced his retirement from CBA Mr. Wanfen to start a new journey-2017-6-18
CCTV-Media exposed the inside story of Zhu Fangyu's divorce, his ex-wife said that she would not be friends after breaking up-2014-8-26
People's Daily Online-Zhu Fangyu regains custody of her eldest son, Weibo posted the court's verdict-2015-2-16
Hyundai Gold News - August 25, 2014 - "Zhu Fangyu's ex-wife almost left the house: she will divorce if she can't get a penny"
Sports Weekly-2008-09-10-"Zhu Fangyu Completes 4-Year Love Run, 600 People Witness the Happiness of Men's Basketball Shooters"
Peninsula Morning News, August 25, 2014 - "Zhu Fangyu's wife confirms divorce and does not imply that she has an affair because of her children's compromise"
Strait Metropolis Daily 2014-08-25-"Zhu Fangyu cheated and hugged Xiao Sannautical Miles, his ex-wife Hu Meijing went out of the house and divorced"