In 1968, a little girl with single eyelids, small eyes, thick lips, and dark skin was born in an ordinary family in Taiwan.
The parents looked at their daughter's inexhaustible appearance and gave her away without saying a word.
Although the adoptive parents also disliked the girl's appearance a little, after all, the two had been married for so many years and had not given birth to a man and a half woman, so they could only leave the girl behind.
The girl's grandfather, after hearing that his son and daughter-in-law had given away his own granddaughter, did not agree with him, and he personally ran to the home of the adopter and took the girl back.
In his grandfather's words, "no matter how ugly it is, it is also the seed of their Wu family", so he absolutely does not allow his own granddaughter to wander outside and be bullied.
At the insistence of her grandfather, the little girl finally got rid of the fate of being sent, but no one expected that this little girl who was so ugly that she was almost given away would one day turn into a beautiful white swan, which made people stunned.
And this little girl who uses her life to compose a realistic version of the story of "ugly ducklings turning white swans" is the woman in the entertainment industry who has been "loved" by the four heavenly kings and six movie emperors - Wu Qianlian.
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Wu Qianlian's childhood was hardly a decent photo, but her mother was afraid that she would have low self-esteem when she saw her own photos when she grew up.
And Wu Qianlian has also been particularly self-aware since she was a child, she knows that her appearance is worrying, so she always dresses herself up as a "boy".
A neat short hair, a loose men's wear, this is the standard of Wu Qianlian's childhood.
At the age of school, Wu Qianlian also let her wear a skirt because the school let her wear a skirt, and fought with the director of education for a long time, and finally, the school saw that her academic performance was particularly excellent, and only made an exception to let her wear the boys' uniform.
But the primary school can be accommodated without wearing a skirt, and there is no boys' uniform for her to prepare in the girls' middle school, so Wu Qianlian, who entered the middle school, finally reluctantly put on the skirt.
And Wu Qianlian, who wears a skirt, is still a "big brother" style.
The teacher does not let Qi Bangs stay, she is biased, she also carries a hairpin with her, when she meets the teacher, she will get her hair stuck, after the teacher walks over, she will put Qi Bang Hai down, and the teacher will not be able to take her at all.
In addition to fighting with the teacher, Wu Qianlian did not fight with her classmates, the most serious one also hit the other party to the collarbone fracture, in the end, the school could only call the police, and the police who came to take her away were her father.
At that time, Wu Qianlian, who was in the rebellious period, did not feel how absurd her behavior was, on the contrary, she also felt that she was very powerful, and even felt that she was the "big sister" in the movie.
Such a rebellious personality, until she entered high school, there was a slight change, into high school, she followed the trend of falling behind the trend, so Wu Qianlian often mixed in Taipei's large and small dance halls.
In her second year of high school, In order to earn tuition, Wu Qianlian ran to the night market to set up a stall, and at that time, she only wanted to make a fortune by setting up a stall, and she did not think that her appearance could be linked to a big star.
But the arrangement of fate is always so unexpected, no one can imagine that a girl who has been difficult to say anything since childhood will be favored by director Du Qifeng, and also intersect with "Heavenly King Superstar" Andy Lau.
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In 1988, under the influence of an American movie called "Famous all over the world" that she had seen before, Wu Qianlian was admitted to the art school as she wished, and she did not go to the art school to make movies for acting, but liked the free atmosphere of the art school.
In fact, to put it bluntly, it is not to delay her part-time work to earn tuition, there are four brothers and sisters in the family, and her parents' work cannot earn a lot of money, so Wu Qianlian has been self-sufficient since high school.
Now that she had just stepped into the university, she had already found a part-time job for herself, when the owner of Rolling Stone Records took a fancy to Wu Qianlian's voice and said that he would sign her with her.
And Wu Qianlian thought to herself, where to find a job is also looking for, when a signed singer may earn more, but when she signed the contract, she knew that the so-called signing is only for the company's popular singers to do accompaniment or harmony.
After understanding the truth, Wu Qianlian was very disappointed, fortunately, Elder Yue still knew that Xiang Xiang cherished Yu, and when she was most lonely, she gave her an excellent boyfriend Yu Zonghua.
Yu Zonghua is 4 years older than Wu Qianlian, and is her predecessor in the entertainment industry, and when the two chatted at a dinner table, they learned that the two were from the same art school, and the sense of intimacy came to her face.
A week later, the two did not know each other very well and could not wait to establish a relationship.
In 1990, a year after the two fell in love, Wu Qianlian also ushered in the most important turning point in her life.
That year, director Du Qifeng was ready to start filming the movie "Heavenly Love", in order to sell the film better, he also specially invited The King of Heaven superstar Andy Lau as the male lead of the film.
The heroine of the movie is a pure and kind girl who has not been polluted by the worldly environment, so Du Qifeng boldly decided to find a new actor to pick the beam.
Therefore, a group of beautiful newcomer actors rushed to send photos to the crew, and no one wanted to miss the opportunity to cooperate with Andy Lau.
And Wu Qianlian, who is rolling stones, happened to be captured by the staff to take a photo, Wu Qianlian looked at her "ugly photo" and did not care, but director Du Qifeng took a look at Wu Qianlian with single eyelids and small eyes.
In Wu Qianlian's words, it is because of a large number of photos, only she looks the most "ugly", so it attracted the attention of the director.
In this way, Wu Qianlian was fortunate to become the heroine of "Heavenly Love", and it is precisely because of this film that Andy Lau was ignored by Wu Qianlian.
At that time, Andy Lau was already a heavenly king-level figure, but after Wu Qianlian saw Andy Lau, there was no surprise or scream, so Andy Lau ran to Wu Qianlian and asked:
Do you know who I am?
And Wu Qianlian calmly replied to Andy Lau:
Sorry, you're not my idol.
Andy Lau's face was green at the time, but after a movie was made, Andy Lau unconsciously fell in love with the woman who ignored her.
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After the film was finished, Wu Qianlian won the nomination for "Best New Actor at the 10th Hong Kong Film Awards" with this drama, and she and Andy Lau also became the best screen couple in the eyes of the audience.
Even director Du Qifeng willingly became her agent, and there are countless CP fans, hoping to see Andy Lau and Wu Qianlian together, but at that time, Wu Qianlian was not only not interested in the King of Heaven, but also had no desire for acting.
Therefore, no matter how crazy the director who asked her to shoot the scene was, he could not stop Wu Qianlian's determination to sit in the classroom and continue to study.
In 1993, after graduating from university, Wu Qianlian, under the arrangement of her agent Du Qifeng, immediately partnered with Aaron Kwok to shoot "Heavenly Love 2 Days and Long Days", and then director Ang Lee came to Wu Qianlian to shoot the movie "Diet Men and Women".
In 1994, Wu Qianlian released her first solo album "The Prodigal Son of the World Is Not Alone", with this album, Wu Qianlian also won the Top Ten Chinese Golden Song "Most Promising Newcomer Gold Award".
In addition, Wu Qianlian also cooperated with Jacky Cheung and Liang Jiahui, two heavenly kings, to shoot "New Marginal Man".
In 1995, Wu Qianlian partnered with Liang Chaowei to shoot a horror film "Waiting for You to Come Back", in which Wu Qianlian played two roles, and her acting skills were also greatly improved.
In 1996, Wu Qianlian shot two films in succession, "Midnight Song" and "Peace Hotel", and the male protagonists of the partner also became Zhang Guorong and Zhou Runfa.
Soon after, Andy Lau, who had been ignored by her, finally waited for the opportunity to shoot "Heavenly Love 3 Beacon Lady" with Wu Qianlian.
At this time, Wu Qianlian is no longer the annoying little girl at the beginning, after years of polishing, she has become a bright and beautiful white swan, a woman who has been praised by the kings of the world, and a woman who has made Andy Lau think about it for many years.
Andy Lau once openly stated on an interview program that he liked Wu Qianlian, liked her personality, and felt very comfortable with her.
Later, at a concert of Andy Lau, Wu Qianlian was specially invited to be his special guest, and it turned out that Andy Lau had already carefully prepared a surprise of "marriage proposal".
At the concert site, Andy Lau knelt down on one knee in front of thousands of fans to propose to Wu Qianlian, and the fans on the stage excitedly shouted to cheer for the King of Heaven, but Wu Qianlian bowed her head and smiled:
We're just good friends.
A good friend euphemistically rejected Andy Lau's marriage proposal, and the reason why Wu Qianlian rejected Andy Lau's marriage proposal was precisely because she already had Yu Zonghua by her side.
Afterwards, some people said that this "marriage proposal" was just to improve the atmosphere of the concert, and specially performed the play, but many fans and friends still hurt Andy Lau's obsession.
A well-arranged marriage proposal touched thousands of fans present, but it could not move Wu Qianlian.
Perhaps not only Andy Lau, many people like Wu Qianlian's temperament of not eating human fireworks, but in order for Yu Zonghua to reject Andy Lau's Wu Qianlian, in the end, he failed to keep the love between her and Yu Zonghua.
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In 1997, Wu Qianlian made a movie called "Horror Chicken", which did not involve any ghosts and gods, but Wu Qianlian's eyes skimmed across the screen made the audience creepy and her scalp tingle.
In 1998, which should be wu Qianlian's worst mood, she changed her past style, and her partner Ren Xianqi filmed another "Divine Eagle Hero", which allowed her to establish the image of "second-eyed beauty" for many years and directly destroyed it.
The audience ridiculed her image of a little dragon girl dressed in black and full of small pigtails, which was completely worthy of the name of "the ugliest little dragon girl", and even Mr. Jin Yong said that Wu Qianlian's version of the little dragon girl was probably from Africa.
For a time, Wu Qianlian became the nightmare of countless Jin Yong fans, even if this drama won the ratings championship at that time, it failed to save Wu Qianlian, who was deeply trapped in the whirlpool of public opinion.
But just when Wu Qianlian was trapped in the shadow of the "little dragon girl" and could not get out, her boyfriend of 12 years, Yu Zonghua, also proposed to break up.
Some people say that the two broke up because Yu Zonghua wanted to get married too much, but Wu Qianlian was serious about her career at that time, so she did not give Yu Zonghua a reply for a long time, which led to the futility of 12 years of feelings.
However, some people say that because Yu Zonghua has a tendency to domestic violence, so the two have been together for 12 years, Wu Qianlian has always been reluctant to mention the word marriage.
But no matter what the reason for the breakup, Wu Qianlian's side no longer has Yu Zonghua, which is true.
After recovering from singleness, in order to save her image as soon as possible, Wu Qianlian partnered with Li Ming and Mei Yanfang to shoot a "Half Life", with which Wu Qianlian won the "Best Actress" award of the Fourth Hong Kong Film Critics Association.
This time, she finally relied on the role of "Gu Manzhen" to successfully get rid of the shadow of "the ugliest little dragon girl".
In 1999, in order to open up her popularity in the mainland as soon as possible, Wu Qianlian cooperated with Feng Xiaogang for the first time and partnered Ge You to shoot the movie "Endless".
In 2000, after Wu Qianlian and Li Yapeng finished filming the TV series "Beijing-Hong Kong Love Line", she temporarily retired from the show business circle, and she wanted to give her heart a vacation, so she carried a backpack alone and became a free backpacker.
In 2002, Wu Qianlian suddenly received an invitation, it turned out that her ex-boyfriend Yu Zonghua was going to get married, but the bride was no longer the Wu Qianlian he had said he was going to marry.
Looking at the invitation in his hand, the past momentarily came to mind, and it turned out that love also had a shelf life.
And Wu Qianlian, who has always been reluctant to talk to and complain, silently chose to accept her and Yu Zonghua's long-overdue love, she did not blame anyone, she would only repeatedly blame herself for not being good enough, and failed to let the feelings of these 12 years continue.
In 2005, Wu Qianlian, who was almost forgotten by the audience, finally made a comeback again for the role of "Ruan Lingyu", because of this role, she was also given the title of "Wu Qianlian-style Ruan Lingyu" by the audience.
Since then, Wu Qianlian has transformed into a "Buddhist actress", introverted and unsociable, and she rarely appears on the screen.
Until 2007, under the introduction of friends, she met her current husband, and the two soon married in Las Vegas in a low-key manner, no grand wedding, no beautiful wedding dress, no grand wedding banquet.
She married herself off in her own hand-made cheongsam, and her husband was a man who liked to travel like her, which is perhaps one of the reasons why Wu Qianlian decided to marry him so quickly.
After marriage, Wu Qianlian made the audience unable to find a trace, until 2013, she suddenly appeared and filmed a "Romantic Hero of the Tang Dynasty", and completely entered the state of "hidden".
For her husband, Wu Qianlian left very little information to the audience, and some people said that he was an elite in the pharmaceutical industry and lived in Shanghai for a long time.
In fact, no matter who Wu Qianlian's husband is, it cannot affect everyone's liking for Wu Qianlian, even if she is now a wife and mother.
A few years ago, some netizens photographed the precious picture of Wu Qianlian and her husband and children eating ramen noodles together in a small restaurant, and after many years, the former "second-eyed beauty" has become a "virtuous wife and good mother".
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Throughout Wu Qianlian's low-key love history, a woman who was put on the tip of her heart by andy Lau, the "Heavenly King", failed to keep a Yu Zonghua.
Some people say that Wu Qianlian is a clear stream in the entertainment industry, a woman who has cooperated with the four heavenly kings and the six film emperors, but she has always maintained her original intention of wanting to be a "hermit".
She likes to be quiet, likes to be low-key, likes to live plainly, and "people are as light as a chrysanthemum" seems to be the most suitable sentence to evaluate her.
Maybe pure love should be like this, not coveting material enjoyment, not obsessed with the glitz of vanity, not seeking to be vigorous, but only seeking to walk safely and steadily with the person who loves each other for the rest of their lives.
【Text: Yaxin】
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