Some time ago, the news that Wang Xiaofei and Big S ended ten years of marriage shocked the entire entertainment industry, and Zhang Lan, As Wang Xiaofei's mother, was also red out of the circle.
On the day that Wang Xiaofei and the eldest official announced the divorce, Zhang Lan broadcast live for more than ten hours without incident, and when asked about her son's divorce, she responded with a serious face: "Our daughter-in-law, the eldest s is a performance artist, especially upright, excellent, kind, do not slander others." ”
However, Zhang Lan's "performance artist" comments have also made netizens have different speculations.
As we all know, Wang Xiaofei was earlier rated as "four young people in Beijing" by everyone, and is a well-known rich second generation in the circle, so Wang Xiaofei's achievements are all due to the rich generation Zhang Lan.
And many people may not know that in fact, compared with the ups and downs of Wang Xiaofei and The big S's ups and downs, Zhang Lan's story is more exciting.
She is a self-made woman who has experienced great winds and waves, has foresight and is willing to endure hardships. Many people know her strength and ability, but in fact, her success is more difficult than many people think, and she is also a real strong woman who has come out of hardship and hardship.
Zhang Lan was born in 1958 in Xiaogan City, Hubei Province, her mother divorced and remarried, and when she was a child, Zhang Lan's dream was to become a surgeon.
In 1981, Zhang Lan and Wang Zehan married and gave birth to Wang Xiaofei, when the couple worked hard at a vegetable company near Sanlitun in Beijing to support their families. Later, Wang Zehan wanted to break through, so without much hesitation, he quit his job and decided to invest, Wang Zehan's entrepreneurship was not successful, and when Wang Xiaofei was six years old, Zhang Lan and her husband Wang Zehan also divorced.
In 1988, relatives asked Zhang Lan to go abroad to visit her relatives, and Zhang Lan immediately made a decision that she would go to Canada to work and earn money. When you earn enough $20,000, you will return to China to start a business.
In order to earn enough money, Zhang Lan works four jobs a day, whether it is washing dishes in restaurants, washing people's hair, and even doing hard work that only men can do. She worked 16 hours a day to earn money.
In 1991, the 34-year-old Zhang Lan finally saved enough money to start a business, but she gave up her Canadian green card and also gave up the title of "Champion of the Chinese Beauty Contest", and she resolutely chose to return to Beijing. Because of his familiarity with catering work and confidence in the catering industry, Zhang Lan soon opened a Sichuan restaurant "Alan Restaurant".
Zhang Lan is a righteous and cheerful personality, her business is getting better and better, the façade is getting bigger and bigger, and the more it opens. Therefore, as a son, Wang Xiaofei officially embarked on the road of the second generation of wealth.
However, the blessings and misfortunes depended on each other, and Zhang Lan's younger brother, who was getting richer and richer, became a thorn in the eyes of others. At 2:00 a.m. on June 7, 1999, Zhang Lan's brother was stabbed 16 times in a row. Zhang Lan, who received the call, hurried to Chaoyang Hospital, but his brother still died, and he could not see each other for the last time even before he died.
Zhang Lan didn't want to die, who was it, and what kind of deep hatred did he have with his brother? The brother who was stabbed sixteen times in a row by the gangsters must have been very painful before he died, right? And the sister, even the last side can not catch up.
Half a year later, the murderer was arrested, and Zhang Lan learned that his brother died innocently. The killer has committed multiple homicides in the past decade or so, and the victims are all rich people. Killing her brother was actually not the original intention, he originally targeted Zhang Lan himself. It was only Zhang Lan's life that he suddenly went abroad to see Wang Xiaofei at that time, which saved himself from a disaster. But this murderer was not willing, so he turned his target to Zhang Lan's brother.
Zhang Lan, who learned everything, was even more sad, in her mind, it turned out that her brother was shielding herself from the disaster, and her brother did nothing wrong, if she had not gone abroad, then her brother would not have died. For a long time, Zhang Lan couldn't get out of this feeling of self-blame.
Later, Zhang Lan transferred all the hotels in her hand in exchange for more than six million dollars, and she was ready to re-plan her career. And this time she was reinvigorated and ambitious, ready to enter the high-end Chinese food catering, which is what she later made "Pretty Jiangnan".
Because Zhang Lan has many years of experience in the operation and management of the catering industry, has extremely rich market experience and keen judgment, "Pretty Jiangnan" under her leadership, in only a few years, it has opened up all over the major cities and become a brand in the catering industry. It can be seen that Zhang Lan's means and boldness are high.
At this time, Wang Xiaofei's reputation also rose and he became one of the four young people in the capital. That year, he had not yet met the big s, and Zhang Yuqi was still a boyfriend and girlfriend.
The 2008 Beijing Olympic Games, this year is Zhang Lan's rapid development of the year, the beautiful Jiangnan is unstoppable, has become the leader of the catering industry in the minds of many people.
That year, Zhang Lan won the "2008 Chinese Female Role Model in the Workplace" award at the 2008 China Women's Workplace Women's Role Model Award Ceremony sponsored by the Propaganda Department of the All-China Women's Federation.
In 2009, she debuted on the Hurun Restaurant Rich List, ranking third, with a wealth valuation of 2.5 billion yuan.
On June 13, 2011, Zhang Lan officially appointed her son Wang Xiaofei as the CEO of Pretty Jiangnan and concurrently served as the chairman of Helin Land, which he founded. On January 18, 2012, Pretty Jiangnan Restaurant Group opened its first store in Taiwan.
At that time, Zhang Lan single-handedly created an era of his own. Zhang Lan once revealed that she only gave herself the opportunity to cry once a year, and there was pressure and did not need men to share. It is such a strong woman, she is not successful, who else can succeed?
However, Zhang Lan also made a wrong decision, which put Qi Jiangnan into crisis, and 2.5 billion family properties were left behind.
At that time, some people persuaded Zhang Lan that it was time to let Pretty Jiangnan go public, and the agenda of embarking on the international market should also be mentioned. They persuaded Zhang Lan to give up part of his equity, saying that it was to make Qianjiangnan have a greater development prospect.
Zhang Lan, who has always been ambitious, does not want the "Pretty Jiangnan" he founded to go to the international market?
So Zhang Lan agreed, she signed a VAM agreement with the capitalist, requiring Pretty Jiangnan to complete the listing at the end of 2012, and when the agreed time came, Pretty Jiangnan could not complete the listing, and the shares of Pretty Jiangnan had to be sold to the other party.
Later, Zhang Lan lost, she was no longer the chairman of Pretty Jiangnan, and this matter was full of storms and went to court at that time, but the situation was irreparable. Pretty Jiangnan was founded by Zhang Lan, and the scenery was envied by everyone for a while, but now it is all lost and falls into the hands of others.
In other words, who is not the pain of tearing the heart and lungs? Zhang Lan said: "It's like raising a child, stolen by human traffickers when he was 18 years old, and he knows that the child's whereabouts are not good." ”
Zhang Lan, who completely lost control, ushered in another trough in his life. In the five years since, Zhang Lan has faded from the public eye, and her label has changed from "strong woman" to "mother-in-law of the big s" and "Wang Xiaofei's mother".
In April 2019, Zhang Lan published an autobiography of a book called "My Nine Lives". The book reads:
My career started from scratch, and now, it's just "from there to nothing" – most of the shares have been acquired, the chairman's position has been rejected, assets have been frozen, but so what? I also have kind sons and daughters-in-law, a pair of lovely granddaughters and grandchildren, family and friends who understand and support me, partners who fight side by side with me along the way, and laughter that can never be changed, and a scrappy heart.
During the trough of Zhang Lan's career, there were rumors that the big s made money to pay off the debts of the in-laws, and the big s made money to support the family. However, Zhang Lan came from the legend that he had nine lives, and he had never spent a penny.
Zhang Lan's life has ups and downs, and the tenacity to accept defeat and the willingness to endure hardships are the magic weapons for Zhang Lan to succeed. Although she is no longer as beautiful as when she was young, she still has the courage to make a comeback, and she still wants to try to make a new achievement with her own efforts. At the beginning of 2021, Zhang Lan opened a personal short video account, and now has more than 1 million fans. Like many young people today, she sells goods live and does a good job.
When asked how to view her son's marriage, Zhang Lan ate natto casually, while responding to netizens with a relaxed expression: "Make yourself excellent, children and grandchildren have their own children and grandchildren." Wang Xiaofei is 40 years old, what do I care about him? ”
I also remember that Wang Xiaofei was asked in the program who would save zhang lan if she fell into the river at the same time as the big S, Wang Xiaofei said, first save my mother, who is to be filial piety for a lifetime.
Wang Xiaofei has relied on her mother since she was a child, and why is her mother not the person who loves him the most in the world? Wang Xiaofei divorced the big s, this year, Zhang Lan also attracted much attention, although her lawsuit has not been completely broken, but what big wind and waves for her, is nothing.