Zhang Ailing is a pioneer woman in the Republic of China period, an infatuated woman who dares to love and dare to hate. Zhang Ailing once fell in love with the prodigal son Hu Lancheng, Hu Lancheng became a woman, there were eight women who had relationships in his life, his wife Yufeng, female teachers, nurses, Japanese women, popular singers, etc. all had a relationship with Hu Lancheng, when he understood Hu Lancheng's personality, Zhang Ailing decided to divorce the prodigal son, but Hu Lancheng was not Zhang Ailing's only husband.
Talented woman Zhang Ailing
In 1955, Zhang Ailing went to the United States, when she was 36 years old. Why did Zhang Ailing go to the United States? Mainly Zhang Ailing's development in Hong Kong is not good, Zhang Ailing's works are mostly relatively shallow, Zhang Ailing, who has been developing in Hong Kong, has encountered her own writing bottleneck, she seems to be "past".
In order to develop herself better and explore a new creative path, 36-year-old Zhang Ailing decided to go to the United States to find a new continent. After arriving in the United States, Zhang Ailing wrote several English novels, but only one was published. Americans can't accept the Chinese writer's style, and Zhang Ailing in the United States is almost zero income.
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When she was at her poorest, Zhang Ailing could not even afford to pay her rent, and in order to make a living, she had to return her apartment and move into the free "author's home". The Author's House is a welfare institution for literary and artistic workers, which is dedicated to providing free rooms and low-cost food for some authors, helping many people to continue on the road of creation.
Zhang Ailing met the American Laiya in the author's home, Laiya is a third-rate writer, and Laiya was 65 years old when the two first met. He also stayed in the author's home because his works were not popular and lacked financial resources, but compared to Zhang Ailing, Lai Ya still had some savings.
Zhang Ailing and LaiYa
LaiYa is a warm-hearted person, who has given Zhang Ailing a lot of relationships and love in life, and often gives Zhang Ailing a lot of food and some money. Zhang Ailing also relied on Laiya's help to establish a foothold in the United States, and the relationship between the two slowly became closer and closer.
Zhang Ailing and Lai Ya lived a peaceful life, they regarded the author's home as a small home, writing works together during the day and living together at night to encourage each other. But the happy days are short after all, and the time that each author can live in the author's house is limited, and when Raya's check-in time comes, the de facto couple must be separated.
Not long after Lai Ya left, Zhang Ailing found that she was unexpectedly pregnant, and the child was of course Lai Ya's. Zhang Ailing told Laiya about her recent situation by writing a letter and told Laiya that she was pregnant. LaiYa hurried to Zhang Ailing's residence and asked Zhang Ailing to give birth to the child, but Zhang Ailing refused.
Zhang Ailing secretly went to the abortion operation of Laiya, because in Zhang Ailing's view, she had no intention of being a mother, and she longed for a free life. Later, Laiya learned the truth, he still wanted to marry Zhang Ailing, and finally the two entered the palace of marriage, living a harmonious life until Laiya's death in 1967.
After the two got married, Zhang Ailing's career also improved again, and with the help of Laiya, she began to write scripts, but life always teased people. After Laiya's death in 1967, Zhang Ailing's personality gradually became isolated, and she moved to Los Angeles in 1972 to live a secluded life until her death in 1995. It can be said that her old age was miserable and lonely.