Zhong Zhentao, a Hong Kong artist over 60 years old, has frequently appeared in various David TV evenings since he turned to the mainland, igniting many post-70s youth memories, and a song "One Meat and One Vegetarian" sung with Mao Xiaotong at the Mid-Autumn Festival party was brushed on the hot search.
On Thanksgiving Day, Zhong Zhentao participated in the "Hennessy Rediscover Chinese Flavor" activity, and there is a great trend of prosperity in the mainland, especially Tang Hao, who played in "Douluo Continent", is a fan of strength.
In the 1970s, Zhong Zhentao and Tan Yonglin and others formed the WenNa Band, which became a popular student of Hong Kong Radio after his debut, and after signing a contract with PolyGram Records, he repeatedly won the Gold Melody Chart, and many classic songs were popular across the Taiwan Straits and three places.
After the dissolution of the band, Zhong Zhentao turned to the film and television industry, and consolidated the status of the Hong Kong showbiz circle with one work and one personal album, but a generation of talents was folded in the hands of women, zhong Zhentao was a thousand kinds of love for Zhang Xiaohui, but he did not expect to make himself in debt.
Zhong Zhentao was born in Hong Kong in 1953, his family was very good when he was a child, but then his parents divorced after the family fell, he lived with his mother, in order to make a living at the age of 15, he sang in the bar, and slowly met a lot of peers, when the development of the Hong Kong performing arts began to accelerate, many scouts would go to bars, dance halls to dig up new people, so tall and handsome and unique voice Zhong Zhentao was taken out of the bar, and soon after with Tan Yonglin, Chen You, Peng Jianxin, Ye Zhiqiang formed the Wenna band.
In 1974, Wenna Band signed PolyGram to officially debut, Zhong Zhentao became the lead singer of the band, the first single "SUN SHINER" was very popular in Hong Kong, the second year the band transformed into original Chinese music, as well as English song adaptation, and settled on the radio station, began to be the host of "Wenna Weekly", became a TV program that Hong Kong audiences liked very much.
Until 1977, the band released a total of 7 albums, and the masterpiece "Love is Love" grabbed the Cantonese song chart and pushed them to the popular music group in Hong Kong.
However, after 1978, Chen You suddenly felt that the group's career had entered a bottleneck, while at the same time, the popularity of Zhong Zhentao and Tan Yonglin was getting more and more prosperous, the so-called long time must be combined for a long time, and finally the Wenna band was officially disbanded, but they agreed to reunite again in five years, and then they flew alone.
In 1978, he co-starred with Lin Fengjiao in Taiwan in his film debuts "A Small Town Story" and "Good Morning Taipei", which successfully won the Golden Horse Award for Best Feature Film for two consecutive years, and Zhong Zhentao also successfully became a cross-border artist who sang and acted well.
In 1983, after Zhong Zhentao returned to Hong Kong, he starred in the first movie "Seven Days of Love", which successfully entered the top three of the Hong Kong box office of the year, and he also created the theme song "A Love" for this song and was selected as one of the top ten golden songs.
Ten years after his debut, Zhong Zhentao won a place in the Hong Kong showbiz circle by his talent, and even crossed over to become the director of the comedy movie "Wife Killing Duo", and the classic song "As Long as You Live Better Than Me" is still in the front row of the KTV must-click list in major cities.
In 1991, he collaborated with Stephen Chow on the film "New Jingwumen", and became popular in Hong Kong with the role of "Dashing Brother", becoming a Hong Kong artist known and loved by audiences on both sides of the strait and three places, and his album singles were also subsequently popular across the sea in the mainland.
At that time, Zhong Zhentao was a veritable high-quality and high-yield, every album was a hit, the copyright fee alone made him earn a lot of money, plus movies, advertising, business activities, etc., his income once made Andy Lau beyond his reach, at that time Zhong Zhentao held hundreds of millions of assets, plus at that time Hong Kong artists had money to invest in property real estate, Zhong Zhentao's personal assets were nearly tens of billions.
When his career was in full swing, Zhong Zhentao met Zhang Xiaohui, who thought that he had met a fairy and identified him as the love of his life, but he did not think that this woman had almost ruined the second half of his life.
Zhang Xiaohui is a famous celebrity in Hong Kong, her father is the director of the Canadian Chinese Station, she has been pampered since she was a child, a brand-name luxury, going out is always a car to deliver, as small as a card is a brand-name limited, she herself once said very calmly, a month's living expenses will be 30,000 Hong Kong dollars, and this does not include shoes and bags.
Even so, Zhong Zhentao still planted his head in, feeling that he had the ability to give this girl a princess-like life.
In 1988, Zhong Zhentao was willing to spend 3 million Hong Kong dollars to hold a century wedding for Zhang Xiaohui, the wedding dress and Princess Diana's dress were from the same designer, and even the bouquet at the wedding site was carefully selected, and the beloved woman was married home in every detail.
At that time, someone asked him how he was willing to spend so much money, but when Zhong Zhentao replied that women marrying home are used for petting.
The reason why he was so confident was because Zhong Zhentao at that time really had money and was confident that he could meet Zhang Xiaohui's material needs.
After marriage, Zhang Xiaohui gave birth to a son and a daughter for Zhong Zhentao, and the two also had a good time with Qinse and Ming, but Zhong Zhentao obviously underestimated Zhang Xiaohui's defeated strength.
Her shoes and bags must be up-to-date, even earrings are updated in real time, and each luxury brand has her own account manager, as long as she arrives at the store is VIPP treatment.
And Zhang Xiaohui will not be a little bit, hundreds of thousands of skirts as long as they don't like to throw away, seasonal things will never be worn again, the cloakroom at home has been piled up, but she is still buying and buying.
In order to be able to afford this princess, Zhong Zhentao began to learn to invest in real estate, and at the same time, as the Hong Kong showbiz circle entered the outbreak period of newcomers, Zhong Zhentao's acting career was also repeatedly frustrated, but Zhang Xiaohui's living conditions did not change in the slightest, and she was still immersed in the joy of spending money every day.
In desperation, Zhong Zhentao could only break the boat, borrow money from Yu Taixing Finance under the guarantee of Chen Yaomin, buy four sets of high-end real estate in one go, and completely plunge into the tide of speculation.
But what Zhong Zhentao didn't know was that Chen Yaomin had long had a secret affection for Zhang Xiaohui, and Zhong Zhentao was heartbroken after knowing it, and the feelings of the two fell to the freezing point and finally separated.
However, the disaster is not alone, in 1997, the Hong Kong financial crisis broke, the property bubble burst in an instant, and at the same time, there were countless people's dreams of getting rich, including Zhong Zhentao. At this time, their foreign debt has reached hundreds of millions of yuan, and the price of the property in their hands continues to fall.
By 2002, Zhong Zhentao was almost penniless, and there were still more than 200 million debts left after the five properties in his hand were auctioned, and Zhong Zhentao could only apply for bankruptcy in desperation, and at this time, Zhong Zhentao was 49 years old, the first half of his life was smooth, and he did not expect that the second half of his life fell to the bottom.
After that, Zhong Zhentao can only move to a rental house, rely on government subsidies to live, eat and drink every month to control within 3,000 Hong Kong dollars, rent can not exceed 8,000, other costs can not exceed 1,000, even shopping malls can only be visited can not be bought.
The marriage with Zhang Xiaohui naturally came to an end, and even many of the friends who had hugged him before and after him also scattered, and Zhong Zhentao really felt the cold of the world.
Not only that, the debt collection phone will not stop all day, the two children are often frightened and crying, and even the gossip weekly will come up and step on it again, saying that he is a scumbag with a heart, and fans have left him, and Zhong Zhentao does not know where to start his life again under the embattled situation.
In the hazy years, the light that illuminated his life was called Fan Jiang, she was originally a dancer, Zhong Zhentao was her idol, after learning that Zhong Zhentao was in trouble, the first time rushed to his side, cared about his life, and helped him rekindle hope.
In order to help Zhong Zhentao pay off his debts, Fan Jiang quit his job as a dancer, first found various creditors, negotiated a cheerful plan, and put forward the condition that Zhong Zhentao's basic living expenses be guaranteed, otherwise he would not be able to make money to pay off his debts.
In response to the slander and rumors of the gossip weekly, Fan Jiang issued a high-profile statement that he would hire the best lawyers to pursue legal responsibility for the rumor-mongers, and would definitely let the other party suffer the heaviest punishment.
Under her strong counterattack, all kinds of rumors disappeared, and Zhong Zhentao's life slowly returned to normal, at least without the harassment of debt collectors, he began to do business with Fan Jiang to make money and pay off debts.
Fan Jiang's business acumen is very clever, she opened a STAR in Sanlitun, Beijing, selling all the stars second-hand, tens of thousands of pieces of jewelry, millions of limited bags, couture dresses, cooperative shoes, etc., these things are all she bought from Zhong Zhentao's former friends one by one.
However, most of these are the only orphan products in the world, which are very popular in Sanlitun, and of course, there are rich fans who buy them back as souvenirs, and they can easily earn a million a month after opening the store.
In 2006, Zhong Zhentao paid off all his debts and went bankrupt, of which about 100 million yuan came from STAR.
After paying off the debt, Zhong Zhentao also regained his strength, not to mention that at this time, he and Fan Jiang's daughter were two years old, and the 53-year-old Zhong Zhentao set sail again.
After opening concerts, releasing albums, and filming, Zhong Zhentao began to return to the audience's sight, playing Gongsun Zhi in Huang Xiaoming's version of "Divine Eagle Hero", playing Yuichi Tachibana in "Head Text D", and playing the face of all sentient beings in "Love Epilepsy".
Although these roles are not important and there are not many scenes, Zhong Zhentao has completed them very seriously, no longer pursuing fame and fortune, and slowly becoming Buddhist, and his life is getting better and better.
In 2010, Fan Jiang added another daughter to him, and until this time, Zhentao still owed her a wedding. Finally, in 2014, the 61-year-old Zhong Zhentao married Fan Jiang, who was over 50 years old, and the wedding was simple but romantic, and the love affair that accompanied him for 17 years was actually more important than any form of wedding.
After that, Zhong Zhentao's career focus shifted to the mainland, he took his daughter to the CCTV June 1 Children's Day Gala, as well as the evening party of Hunan Satellite TV's Small Chinese New Year's Eve, participated in many film and television dramas, and in 2020, he also participated in the recording of CCTV's "Chinese Dream • Ode to the Motherland" - 2020 National Day Special Program" and "Our Song Season 2", CCTV New Year's Eve Party, etc. Zhong Zhentao, who was 68 years old when he participated in "Douluo Continent" in 2021, once again circled fans with strength.
After the career was stable, Zhong Zhentao also left his home in Shanghai, last year Chen Xiaochun, Ying Caier, She Shiman, Tan Yonglin and other friends ran to his family's mansion to party, after the photo was released, it caused a hot discussion on the Internet, in addition to the discussion about the private status of the big stars, more is the sigh of Zhong Zhentao's return to the life of the rich, to know that he was once a "bearer" with a huge debt of 250 million, and now he can buy a small villa in Shanghai, and his economic strength can not be underestimated.
During the epidemic, Hong Kong's film and television industry has been hit hard, and it is limited by epidemic prevention requirements, many artists' work in the mainland has been affected, rather than running back and forth in trouble, it is better to simply move to the mainland, which will not affect the work and meet the epidemic prevention requirements. Zhong Zhentao's small bungalow in Shanghai is very exquisitely decorated, very Nordic style, the solid color wall is wired with gold edge, the house is hung with brilliant crystal lamps, and many famous paintings are hung.
The kitchen can squeeze down more than a dozen people in one breath, and there is a compartment for playing cards and drinking tea, and it can be seen from the photos released that these friends should often go to Zhong Zhentao's house for small gatherings, Tan Yonglin has even drunk to the point of blushing, and everyone is very happy.
Nowadays, in Zhong Zhentao's face, there is no trace of the debt of the past, those years of devastation can already pass lightly for him, and Zhong Zhentao, who has made a comeback at the age of fifty, now has a happy family and a smooth career.