Wang Ying was a famous drama actor, film actor and writer in the Republic of China period, who was extremely talented and had the reputation of the modern version of Lin Daiyu. However, Wang Ying's growth path is extremely bumpy. Her mother died when she was very young, and her father, after reorganizing the family, was extremely unfriendly to her and allowed her stepsisters to bully her.
Wang Ying couldn't stand her stepmother's scolding and could only choose to resist. As a result, when her father saw that she was so disobedient, he sold her to a family surnamed Xue as a child bride. Wang Ying is a person with a strong personality, she would rather be crushed for jade than for waquan, and even forced to die twice. The Xue family was afraid that Wang Ying would make trouble, so they had to send her back to their mother's house. Don't you know that this is just out of the wolf's den and into the tiger's mouth?
Wang Ying, who returned home again, already hated this family, but she was suffering from the inability to escape. Later, the neighbors really couldn't see it, so they secretly helped her get out of the sea of suffering. Wang Ying was a person who had read several books and was very talented, so she quickly settled in Shanghai. During this period, she also met Hong Shen, Xia Yan and other literary and art workers. Through Xia Yan's introduction, Wang Ying successfully entered the Shanghai Art Drama Club and gradually grew into a hot actress in Shanghai Beach.
Lan Ping and Wang Ying's growth situation is somewhat similar, and she is also a suffering child. Later, due to chance, he accidentally entered the film company in Shanghai, and became popular because of his starring drama "Nala". At this point, she believes that her momentum with Wang Ying is already on par. It was precisely because of This sense of expansion of Lan Ping that she later had a big contradiction with Wang Ying.
It was in 1936 that the famous drama writer Xia Yan created a new national defense drama "Sai Jinhua", and it was decided early that Wang Ying would play the main role. However, when Lan Ping heard about it, she felt that she should be more suitable for this drama than Wang Ying. Therefore, she immediately found the person in charge of casting and said that if she was not allowed to play, she would not give up.
After Wang Ying knew Lan Ping's thoughts, she took the initiative to reveal to the director her idea of wanting to make the play. The director thought it was strange and quickly asked why. Only to hear Wang Ying say, "Don't you see that you are fighting for this now?" Obviously, she didn't want to go head-to-head with Lan Ping anymore. Unfortunately, the director did not grant her request, and Lan Ping further believed that Wang Ying took the initiative to steal her play.
The matter is far from over here, because with it comes the overwhelming media coverage of Shanghai Beach. Lan Ping was a good-looking person, and when she saw that the newspaper had written her extremely badly, she secretly harbored jealousy. In fact, the reason why Lan Ping wanted to strive for this opportunity to star was actually not to fully like this script, but to take advantage of the opportunity to compete with Wang Ying to further expand her popularity.
Unfortunately, Lan Ping's dream of stardom has not been able to go further. In the end, she not only lost the opportunity to star, but also became the talk of people after tea. Of course, the trauma left by this incident in Lan Ping's heart must have been very profound. Even after many, many years, she still remembers it. This can be seen from Wang Ying's later experience of being tortured and unjustly killed.