On August 1, 2002, a group of young men and women with exquisite makeup and rich clothes walked into Zhang Shengji's restaurant near Anzhen Bridge on North Third Ring Middle Road in Chaoyang District, Beijing. The attendant looked at them and then politely ushered them into room 12 on the second floor, near the fire escape. A group of people chatted while eating, and the scene was very lively.
After a while, a woman in an orange sleeveless cheongsam answered a phone call, because the noise in the box was too noisy, she said hello to the person next to her, and walked out of the door. The others continued to chat, but the woman who went out to make a phone call never returned.
Forty minutes later, someone began to worry about whether the girl who was going out on the phone was in trouble, so they called the waiter and asked her to help find someone, and then they continued to talk about the topic that had just been unfinished.
At this time, the whistle of the ambulance sounded on the side of the road, and it got closer and closer, and finally stopped downstairs. The group of people who were eating in the box didn't know that their friends were in this ambulance, what was going on?
I've dreamed of being a host since I was a kid
Shen Xuhua was born on December 20, 1969, to a Kochi family in Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province, to university professors. Shen Xuhua was born in such a scholarly doorway, influenced by her parents, she has loved to read books since she was a child.
At a very young age, she began to memorize poetry and read, and from childhood to adulthood, she was the object of praise from her neighbors, and she was called "someone else's child" by her relatives.
Because Shen Xuhua is well-behaved and sensible, her parents often take her to the place of work, and when her parents go to class, she sits alone in her parents' office seat with a book to read.
Teachers in other subjects also liked Shen Xuhua, seeing that she liked reading so much at a young age, and often jokingly told her that when she grew up, she could be admitted to this university and be a student of her parents.
Shen Xuhua's father is a Chinese teacher, and his mother is a history teacher, both of which are very good majors, but Shen Xuhua told them solemnly, "I want to become a host when I grow up."
At that time, there were very few entertainment activities, only during the New Year and National Day, the streets would organize literary and artistic performances, and the young Shen Xuhua was also carried by her parents to see it several times, but she did not expect to set up an ideal of life.
Later, Shen Xuhua's parents saved money to buy a black-and-white TV set, which made the young Shen Xuhua very happy, so she often sat on a small bench and stared at the TV.
In the beginning, she liked to watch cartoons and other programs like other children her age.
Later, Shen Xuhua inadvertently transferred to a news channel, and there was a host who appeared on the screen to broadcast the recent hot news. Shen Xuhua saw that this host was sitting in a correct posture and his voice was crisp and pleasant, and he did not want to watch the cartoon again.
Every day when she turned on the TV, she would tune in to the news channel to watch the news, and although she did not understand the content of the news, it did not affect her appreciation of the host's words and deeds.
After watching more, Shen Xuhua began to imitate the sitting posture and speaking style of the host in the news program. Over time, Shen Xuhua's Mandarin no longer had a local accent in Jiangsu and Zhejiang, and became more and more standard.
Her every move has also become more and more upright, and every time she sits on the small bench, her back is straight, and these changes make Shen Xuhua's parents happy.
After the reform and opening up, the local economy began to recover, and Shen Xuhua at this time was already 11 years old and was about to enter junior high school.
She comes home from school every afternoon, and after writing her homework, she still sits in front of the TV to watch news programs, and now she can understand the content of the news, so when imitating the host to report the news, she adds a little bit of her own characteristics and unique feelings, so that the listener can't help but listen carefully to the content of her broadcast.
Shen Xuhua's parents saw that their daughter still had such a strong interest in hosting, so they signed her up for a tutoring class and hired a professional teacher to cultivate their children's hosting ability.
After a period of professional training, Shen Xuhua's hosting ability and on-the-spot adaptability have become stronger and stronger. In order to get better exercise in practice, no matter what activities the school holds, Shen Xuhua will sign up as a host.
Teenage Shen Xuhua has a pair of natural smiling apricot eyes, a delicate little nose, a natural smiling lip, and her face is full of collagen, at a glance, she thinks that this little girl is particularly lively and cute.
Not only is she good-looking, but her voice is also very crisp, so the school often lets her host various activities. With the increasing number of hosting, Shen Xuhua's fame is also growing.
Later, some precocious male classmates began to secretly write love letters to Shen Xuhua to express their admiration, and some were bold, and they would confess to Shen Xuhua behind the backs of teachers and parents.
But Shen Xuhua has never accepted the love of these boys, because she knows that the most important thing now is to learn.
In July 1987, Shen Xuhua was admitted to Zhejiang University of Media and Communication with excellent results, majoring in broadcasting and hosting arts. Shen Xuhua's parents are very happy that their daughter chose her favorite major, and also warned her daughter to learn professional knowledge well.
After entering the university, Shen Xuhua continued to study seriously, she originally had the talent of broadcast hosting, plus she also received special hosting training, which made Shen Xuhua rank at the top of the professional examination every time.
Gradually, Shen Xuhua was no longer satisfied with the knowledge in the textbook, she wanted to have a greater improvement, so she began to seek help from her teacher.
With the help of the teacher, Shen Xuhua read additional professional books while actively participating in the hosting activities inside and outside the school, and soon, Shen Xuhua, who had not yet graduated, made a name for himself in the broadcast hosting circle.
When he was about to graduate from college, Zhejiang Yuhang Television Station came to Zhejiang Media College to recruit announcers, and Shen Xuhua actively filled in the application materials and successfully passed the initial examination.
During the on-site interview, the interviewer deliberately made a lot of temporary problems to test the professional ability of the interviewer. Many interviewers were overwhelmed by these unexpected situations, but Shen Xuhua cleverly resolved all the problems with his super professional skills and rich hosting experience.
All the interviewers were amazed by the girl's ability to react on the spot, and her good looks were very much in line with the image of the show, so she successfully became an announcer at Yuhang TV station in Zhejiang Province.
Although Shen Xuhua has wanted to become a host since she was a child, she also understands the principle of "eating one bite after another", and she can only transfer from the position of announcer to the position of host only by constantly improving herself.
To this end, she continues to improve her hosting ability while doing her job well. In just two years, Shen Xuhua has become a first-class announcer of the Hangzhou Radio and Television Bureau in Zhejiang Province through his own efforts.
Push a wrong door and lose a life
In the early spring of 1993, Shen Xuhua signed up for the "Rongshida" TV host competition organized by CCTV, and she successfully broke into the top 50 of the competition with her solid hosting skills.
After that, she was favored by the program group of CCTV's only elderly program "Sunset Red" and became a host of CCTV.
Shen Xuhua has a kind smile and a very infectious language, and the program she hosted, "Sunset Red", left a deep impression on the hearts of the elderly.
Many elderly people will stay in front of the TV every morning to watch her shows, and she has gained a large number of elderly fans. Since then, Shen Xuhua's career has reached a peak.
At the same time as his career was smooth sailing, Shen Xuhua also met love. Her husband, Yu Jianhua, a middle-level manager of a central enterprise, fell in love at first sight at the Forbidden City and quickly entered the palace of marriage.
Yu Jianhua has a gentle personality, is very considerate to Shen Xuhua, can tolerate her small nature, and the feelings of the husband and wife are very harmonious.
A year later, the two ushered in the crystallization of love, because Shen Xuhua is busy at work, many times It is Yu Jianhua who takes care of the children, but he never complains, and sometimes he will hold the child to the TV station to pick up Shen Xuhua who works overtime.
On August 1, 2002, Shen Xuhua and colleagues from the same program group went to the Zhang Shengji restaurant near Anzhen Bridge for a party.
Because the room was booked in advance, the group was quickly introduced by the attendant into the box, which was on the second floor near the fire escape.
A group of people ate and chatted in the box, so it was not lively. When several people were having fun chatting, Shen Xuhua's phone rang. Shen Xuhua glanced at the mobile phone and found that it was a strange call, so she hung up the phone and continued to chat with her colleagues.
Unexpectedly, this strange phone called again, and Shen Xuhua was afraid that the other party had an urgent matter, so he picked up the mobile phone and answered the phone.
At that time, other colleagues were chatting, the environment in the box was very noisy, Shen Xuhua could not hear the words on the other side, so she held the mobile phone and walked out of the box.
She asked what she meant by the other end of the phone as she pushed open the fire passage door next to her and walked in. At that time, the passage was very dark, and Shen Xuhua was focusing on the phone, not paying attention to the ground situation, so she did not hesitate to step into the passage.
The building was undergoing renovations, and they were going to build a small platform outside the fire escape, so they could see the scenery below, so they demolished all the stairs inside, but the small platform had not been repaired.
Open this door, the outside is suspended, there is no place to stay, but there is no danger sign near the fire door, and there is no guardrail and protective measures installed outside. Therefore, Shen Xuhua, who was completely unaware, stepped on the air and fell from the second floor to the first floor.
In order to make the space look brighter and more magnificent, the height between the floors is four meters.
Shen Xuhua fell from a height of four meters without preparation, and the severe pain made her faint before she could make any cry for help.
The place where Shen Xuhua fell was relatively remote, and there was no light, no one found her at all, and her colleagues thought that Shen Xuhua was still outside on the phone and did not come out to find her.
It was not until forty minutes later, when a porter transporting decoration materials arrived at the fire outlet on the first floor, that he found Shen Xuhua lying in a pool of blood.
The worker saw that Shen Xuhua's body was covered in blood, and there was blood slowly spilling out of her body, he did not dare to delay a little, and immediately put down the material in his hand and dialed 120 and 110.
Soon after, the police and ambulance arrived one after another, and the ambulance urgently sent Shen Xuhua to Beijing Anzhen Hospital for rescue, while the police blocked the scene and gradually investigated the case.
Because Shen Xuhua's injury was too serious, and the delay was relatively long, although the doctor tried his best, he still couldn't pull her out of the ghost door.
After 19 days, after many emergency surgeries, Shen Xuhua finally passed away due to diffuse cerebral hemorrhage.
The husband sued and the restaurant was fined
Shortly after Shen Xuhua's death, her husband, Yu Jianhua, took Zhang Shengji's restaurant and the builder Beijing Jingzhe Hotel to court, hoping that they would be punished accordingly.
Zhang Shengji Restaurant believes that the location where Shen Xuhua fell is no longer within the company's business premises, so the restaurant is not responsible. Their attitude was very arbitrary, repeatedly disregarding the facts and forcing sophistry, but fortunately the court was not blinded by their arguments.
After a detailed review, on November 3, 2003, the Chaoyang Court of Beijing Municipality ordered Zhang Shengji Restaurant and Jingzhe Hotel to compensate Yu Jianhua for 387639 million yuan.
Although they were fined more than 300,000 yuan, this still could not be exchanged for Shen Xuhua's young life, nor could they comfort the husband who had lost his wife and the child who had lost his mother at a young age.
On August 15, 2021, some netizens shared a video on the foreign video platform Liveleak.
The protagonist of this video is this netizen from the United Kingdom and a good-looking Chinese man, the two of them are good friends, just graduated from MIT, and are about to return to their country.
In order to bring their university life to a successful end, they specially filmed this video as a souvenir.
The British netizen revealed that the Chinese man in the video is from Beijing, and his mother is a very good host, but he fell from the second floor in an accident and lost his life.
He studied architecture at MIT, and his biggest dream is to return to China and renovate all the buildings that would pose a threat to human life so that the tragedy that appeared on his mother would not be repeated.
The British netizen also revealed that his friend's father is a very long-term lover, and he has not remarried after his wife's death for many years, and he has single-mindedly guarded his son to live.
Later, some netizens recognized that this Chinese man was the son of Shen Xuhua and Yu Jianhua, who was 25 years old and had just obtained a master's degree in architecture from MIT, and netizens lamented the young and promising young man and Yu Jianhua's deep affection.
I hope that Shen Xuhua's son can realize his dream and let her mother's tragedy not repeat itself.
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