Being a female star in South Korea is a high-risk industry, and if you are not careful, you will encounter online violence or get involved in various scandals.
Female stars who have experienced such torture have retreated from the light and committed suicide with depression.
For example, Lee Eun Joo, Jeong Do-bin, Jang Zi-yeon, Choi Shirley, and Gu Ho-la, they were all famous actresses in South Korea, but they all chose suicide in their 20s.
However, compared with them, the experience of their predecessor Jang Mei-hee is even more incredible, after all, the woman who can make the President of South Korea love and the first lady hate, her life will never have happiness to speak of.
I. The "Three Materials Queen" who became famous in one fell swoop
Born in 1958 in Seoul, South Korea, Zhang Meiji was successfully selected as the 16th actor trainee of TBC Television in South Korea at the age of 17 because of her beautiful looks.
The following year, Zhang Meiji defeated nearly a thousand candidates and was lucky enough to get the opportunity to play the female number one in the movie "The Legend of Cheng Chunxiang".
Don't underestimate this movie, the story of "Spring and Summer" in South Korea is almost a household name, and its fame is equivalent to China's "Dream of the Red Chamber".
Of course, in terms of cultural influence, "The Legend of Chunxiang" is far inferior to "Dream of the Red Chamber".
But the 18-year-old Zhang Meiji can play the female number one in "The Legend of Cheng Chunxiang", which is definitely an unattainable opportunity for newcomer actors.
Because of the success of "The Legend of Cheng Chun Xiang", Zhang Meiji quickly gained popularity in South Korea, when she not only received various film invitations, but also won the Best Actress of the Korean Blue Dragon Film Award, the Best Actress of the Korean Film Daejong Award, and the Best Actress of the Korean Baeksang Arts Award.
In the 70s and 80s in South Korea, Jang Mei-hee can be regarded as the most popular representative of the third generation of Korean actresses, and her salary for taking over the film at that time was also the highest among actresses. To use our current words, it is: the top stream of the top stream.
In addition, because most of the characters played by Jang Mei-hee are the image of pure jade women, she has also become the dream lover of countless Korean men, including South Korean President Chun Doo-hwan.
Second, the pure jade woman was raised by the president to anger the first lady
Chun Doo-hwan was the 11th to 12th president of South Korea, and his career path was inseparable from the support of his wife Lee Soon-ko's family. It is rumored that at first Lee Soon-ko unilaterally had a crush on Chun Doo-hwan, who was still a lieutenant, and then, with half reluctant and half-agreed, Chun Doo-hwan married Lee Soon-hwan.
With this background, it is easy to understand that in the future, Chun Doo-hwan will cheat, and Lee Soon-ko will mercilessly "solve" the women around her husband.
Probably in 1980, after Chun Doo-hwan forced then-South Korean President Choi Gyu-ha to step down, on August 27 of the same year, the 49-year-old Chun Doo-hwan ran as the sole presidential candidate, and soon after, without any rivals, Chun Doo-hwan was elected as the 11th president of South Korea.
At the same time, the 23-year-old Jang Mei-hee became a well-known pure beauty in South Korea.
One is the president of a country where power is supreme, and the other is a popular actress with a bright star, and it is simply too easy for something to happen between them.
Especially in South Korea, various dinners and commendation meetings are extremely keen to invite celebrities to participate, and At this time, Chun Doo-hwan, who is at the peak of his life, has been coveting Zhang Meiji for a long time, so Jang Mei-hee naturally became Jeon Doo-hwan's lover.
Originally thought that Quan Douhuan was just a momentary flower, after a long time will let Zhang Meiji go, after all, his elder daughter is 26 years old, but who knows that Quan Douhuan loves more and more high-profile, not only from time to time not to return to the home to delay state affairs, and even he will zhang Meiji always stay around, resulting in Zhang Meiji's TV series once being suspended by TV stations.
What is even more fatal is that the matter of Chun Doo-hwan and Jang Mei-hee was also known to the first lady, Li Shunzi, who has always had the title of "jealous woman" and has the support of her mother's family, so how could she possibly put up with her husband's heart?
Because Chun Doo-hwan is the president of the country, Lee Soon-ko naturally can't vent her anger on her husband, so Jang Mei-hee becomes the only target that Lee Soon-ko can punish.
Third, the big stars were persecuted and fled to the United States
It is reported that in 1981, when Zhang Meiji was filming the TV series "Road", Li Shunzi sent bodyguards to forcibly kidnap Zhang Meiji.
Subsequently, Zhang Meiji was not only brutally violated, but also caused her to be unable to have children again for the rest of her life.
This historical past is known as the "X Yang Thing". When the South Korean media asked Zhang Meiji for confirmation on this matter, Zhang Meiji initially denied it, and then refused to respond to the matter with "no comment".
Coincidentally, shortly after the news of this incident, in 1982, Zhang Meiji gave up her acting career and went to live in the United States in the name of studying abroad.
For Zhang Meiji's decision, some South Koreans believe that Zhang Meiji was forced to flee to the United States, because if she continues to stay in South Korea, her situation will only become more difficult.
Whether this speculation is true or false may never be confirmed. But seven years later, South Korean director Kim Ho-sun made a movie called "Seoul Rainbow", which many people think is alluded to the story of Chun Doo-hwan and Jang Mi-hee.
At that time, this movie also caused quite a stir in South Korea, and Kim Ho-sun also became famous.
Back to Ms. Jang, she lived in the United States for more than 20 years before returning to South Korea.
Since 2004, Zhang Meiji has returned to the entertainment industry, she began to play supporting roles in some TV series, and in 2008, Zhang Meiji also won the KBS Acting Awards Popular Actress Award.
While her career couldn't compete with what it had been before, at least her life was back to normal.
At the same time that Zhang Meiji "regained her freedom", Chun Doo-hwan encountered a series of changes in her life. He was sentenced to death by a South Korean court in 1996 on several charges, which was subsequently commuted to life in prison.
In 1997, Chun Doo-hwan was officially released in early 1998 for receiving an amnesty from President Kim Dae-jung.
In 2013, Chun Doo-hwan and his wife Lee Soon-ko were investigated by the South Korean Police Agency for illegally amassing wealth, and the final result was that Chun Doo-hwan was raided on July 16, 2013.
In 2019, Chun Doo-hwan was publicly stated by the South Korean government that he was not allowed to be buried in the national cemetery after his death.
What is even more gratifying is that in 2020, Chun Doo-hwan appeared in court again for "historical issues", and at this time, the 89-year-old Chun Doo-hwan was sentenced to 8 months in prison, suspended for two years.
At this point, the glory and disgrace of Chun Doo-hwan's life came to an end.
And now 63-year-old Zhang Meiji is still single, she has not adopted children, nor is she looking for a life partner.
In the face of love and happiness, perhaps she has long lost confidence, and in the face of her seemingly false rumors, I am afraid that no man has the courage to accompany her through the rest of her life!
For Zhang Meiji, a person's state may be the most comfortable way of life for her now.
Looking back on Zhang Meiji's life, it is both pitiful and sad, in the face of some forces, she has become a "lamb" that cannot escape, perhaps this is the price she paid for her fame.
If you don't enter the entertainment circle, if you are not a legitimate female star, Zhang Meiji should be much happier and happier in this life!