The entertainment industry is the beautiful existence of optical fiber, and among the stars, no one can have a beautiful life, and some people are bedridden and hasty; There are also people who shoot scenes and beg, in order to pay off debts.
Why did these stars, who were once so beautiful, end up with such a tragic ending?
First place: Zhang Shaohua
Zhang Shaohua was born into a very bitter family.
There are 9 brothers and sisters in the family, and their parents are working hard to earn money to raise them.
However, when Zhang Shaohua was 3 years old, his father died of a serious illness, and his mother alone took on all the burdens of the family.
Zhang Shaohua woke up in the middle of the night, always seeing that her mother was either sewing clothes or insole, and she felt that her mother had not been able to sleep well, and her heart was uncomfortable.
Because of the family's poverty, his father died early, and it has always been his mother who has been responsible for the family's big and small affairs, Zhang Shaohua has been very sensible since he was a child, and has been helping his mother to do housework.
But just doing housework, Zhang Shaohua felt that he could not make money, so he thought of making some money to reduce the burden on his mother.
At that time, she knew that when the critic actor had a high salary, she did not know what the drama critic was, so she applied for the China Critics Theater in three or seven twenty-one places.
After successful admission, Zhang Shaohua began 6 years of Qingyi, summer training three volts, winter training three nine; The day when the fist does not leave the hand and the song does not leave the mouth.
In the days after Zhang Shaohua's performance, she got her first salary, a monthly salary of 16 yuan, but had to deduct 10 yuan and 1 yuan of living expenses, and only 5 yuan was obtained.
Although it is only 5 yuan, Zhang Shaohua's first thought is to give his mother flowers, knowing that his mother loves to eat peanuts and rice, he will buy half a kilogram of peanuts and rice for his mother to eat every time he receives a salary.
This continued until 2005, when Zhang Shaohua's mother died of illness.
Before his mother's death, Zhang Shaohua's acting career also underwent tremendous changes.
The China Critics Theater funded a film, and Zhang Shaohua was selected, which was also her first film appearance.
At that time, no one knew that Zhang Shaohua starred this time, laying the groundwork for herself on the road of film and television.
In 1993, the 47-year-old Zhang Shaohua filmed the TV series "Wuyi Xian Fan Jie", playing an old witch.
After that, Zhang Shaohua successively starred in film and television dramas such as "Huan Zhu GeGe", "The Gate of the Great Mansion", "Dragon Hall", "Iron Tooth Copper Tooth Ji Xiaolan 2", "Six Groups of Serious Cases" and other film and television dramas, and was awarded the honorary titles of "Kind Mother Professional Household", "Most Respectable Artist" and "Best Old Lady in The Performing Arts".
In fact, what is really well known to the audience is that she starred in "My Ugly Lady", in which she played a mother who treated her own children like her own children, and this role was "Ugly Lady" Wang Cuiju.
In 2008, the crew filmed the TV series "My Ugly Lady" with full pay, and needed to find an ugly "ugly lady" who looked ugly but was not ugly in heart.
At the beginning, the director included Liu Xiaoqing, Li Mingqi, Xi Meijuan and other big names in the selection list, and after careful consideration, he felt that they were not very suitable, so he chose Zhang Shaohua.
At that time, Zhang Shaohua was filming the drama "Heaven and Earth", and when she was filming, she watched the drama "My Ugly Lady" very seriously, and she especially liked it, feeling that she could still receive such a good role at her age, and gladly accepted this play.
At that time, the director also specifically asked Zhang Shaohua: Are you sure you choose "Ugly Lady"? Zhang Shaohua said: Sure, is there an actor who plays an old lady who is uglier than me? I was right.
During the filming process, Zhang Shaohua did not disappoint the director, there was a scene in the play begging at the joint, because Zhang Shaohua's acting skills were excellent, and many pedestrians thought of her as a real beggar at that time, and gave her charity and gave her money.
In August of the same year, "My Ugly Lady" was released, and it was popular all over the country.
The fire of the "ugly lady" did not make Zhang Shaohua become oblivious.
She still lives with her husband in a small 40-square-meter house, relying on a tricycle to get out.
It was such a simple old lady who did not treat her well in life.
In 19 years, she was hospitalized due to illness, and someone accidentally took a photo of her walking alone in the hospital, holding a railing, and saw that her face was pale and her whole person looked very weak.
Looking at Zhang Shaohua's pale face, it must have been worse than before.
But Zhang Shaohua still insisted on filming during his illness, supposedly to pay off his son's mortgage.
However, during Zhang Shaohua's hospitalization, his son did not come to see her once.
As for how the outside world commented on Zhang Shaohua's son, she herself explained to her son, saying that her children were filial piety and that her family was very happy. But what the situation is, outsiders have no way of knowing.
When she got her news again, in March 2021, the media reported that Zhang Shaohua died of illness at the age of 75.
Zhang Shaohua's life is very simple, and he is also dedicated to his work.
Her death makes everyone feel sad and makes the entertainment industry feel sorry.
Second place Wu Mengda
Wu Mengda, nicknamed "Uncle Da", is a gold medal supporting role in Hong Kong films.
The actors he has worked with cover almost the entire Hong Kong film and television circle, such as Stephen Chow, Chow Yun Fat, Lu Liangwei, Leung Chao Wai, Zhang Weijian, etc.
The combination of Wu Mengda and Zhou Xingchi is praised by fans as a golden combination.
Movies such as "Nine Pin Sesame Officer", "Wu Zhuangyuan Su Qi'er" and "Shaolin Football" have witnessed the golden years of Hong Kong cinema.
So was his life smooth sailing?
Born in Xiamen in 1953, Wu Mengda moved from the mainland to Hong Kong with his parents and sister at the age of 7, and although his life was hard but content.
In the years that followed, the parents gave birth to two younger brothers, and the family of six crammed into a dilapidated cottage.
The hard life made Wu Mengda deeply aware of the importance of money.
In 1973, at the age of 20, Wu Mengda was successfully admitted to the TVB artist training class.
Coincidentally, Lin Lingdong, Ren Dahua, Zhou Runfa, etc. were all his classmates.
Wu Mengda's career as an actor is not low, and after he graduated at the age of 23, he signed a full contract with TVB and always received some roles.
In 1976, at the age of 23, Wu Mengda married Miley and had twin daughters the following year.
Wu Mengda, who is full of flowers, does not realize his responsibility as a husband and father, and he is dashing around.
Wu Mengda, who became famous early, was infected with many vices because of his arrogance and conceit, and was beckoned to Taiwan all day by a group of fox friends who coveted his money to gamble money and drink.
Over time, after three days of fishing in the crew and two days of drying nets, Wu Mengda, who did not concentrate on his work, offended the TVB executives and was completely hidden.
At the same time, Wu Mengda owed a gambling debt of up to 300,000 yuan and had to declare bankruptcy.
Desperate, Wu Mengda approached TVB to ask for another chance.
Since then, he has begun a long career of debt repayment.
Fortunately, in the process of filming and repaying debts, Wu Mengda's acting skills have improved by leaps and bounds.
Although they are all shown in supporting roles, various roles such as goons and peddlers are all played by him.
In 1989, the 36-year-old Wu Mengda met Zhou Xingchi, who was 11 years younger than him, and truly began an 11-year-long career as a partner.
Zhou Xingchi is introverted and shy, not good at words, Wu Mengda is extroverted and enthusiastic, and good at communication.
The complementary personalities of the two laid the foundation for Hong Kong's famous screen comedy group.
From "Gamble Saint" to "Truant Weilong", "Deer DingJi", "Nine Pin Sesame Officer" and other movies are almost all popular, and every department makes money.
When people think of "nonsense", the first thing that comes to mind is Zhou Xingchi and Wu Mengda, who is gag around him.
However, their collaboration came to an abrupt end in the 2001 film Shaolin Soccer.
After the release of Shaolin Soccer in 2001, this was wu Mengda and Stephen Chow's last collaboration.
After this "Kung Fu", Zhou Xingchi used a new team to cooperate with his own performance, and he never saw Wu Mengda in Chou Xingchi's movie again.
In an interview, Wu Mengda revealed that Zhou Xingchi had called him to invite him to play "The Mermaid", but Wu Mengda refused because of heart reasons.
With the reduction of cooperation with Stephen Chow, the popularity has gradually decreased.
In desperation, Wu Mengda had to look around for drama, and it is said that he even sold some of his real estate and cashed out tens of millions to fill the economic gap.
In 2014, Wu Mengda's bacterial infection led to heart failure and he almost died.
Ever since Wu Mengda walked away and was closed by the ghost door, his body has been in a poor state.
However, Wu Mengda has been married four times and has four daughters and a son, which means that Wu Mengda needs to bear the economic expenses of 4 families, and the monthly living expenses alone are as high as one million yuan.
In order to fulfill his responsibilities and obligations, Wu Mengda still did not dare to retire in his old age, and he was busy everywhere for money.
In 2017, Wu Mengda also participated in the filming of "The Wandering Earth", but at that time, there was also a small condition due to physical reasons.
Because the film needs to wear 70 pounds of clothing, Wu Mengda has difficulty breathing and needs oxygen on the set every day.
Not only that, Wu Mengda also needs to hang Weiya for difficult filming in "The Wandering Earth".
But Wu Mengda did not stop shooting because of physical discomfort, but insisted on finishing the shooting, and when the work was finished, Wu Mengda was in tears.
He lamented that this was the most painful play in the 48 years of his career.
At the beginning of 2021, his physical condition took a sharp turn for the worse, and he was rumored to be in danger several times.
Everyone was worried about Wu Mengda's physical condition and was looking forward to his early recovery, but Uncle Da still hadn't escaped the palm of the disease.
On February 27, Uncle Da stopped breathing and walked peacefully.
- Zheng Zeshi
In the 1960s, the slum of Wan Chai in Hong Kong.
A fat boy is helping his father work.
He is Zheng Zeshi.
When Zheng Zeshi was young, his mother was seriously ill in bed and could not earn money to work.
Not only that, there are 6 children in the family, large and small, and Zheng Zeshi is the eldest.
Faced with the huge financial burden of his family, Zheng Zeshi chose to drop out of school and go out to work to earn money.
Thirteen or fourteen-year-old Zheng Zeshi was not sure what he could do.
But none of these were his dreams.
In the third grade of primary school, the teacher assigned the essay topic "My Volunteer", and the children wrote about the police, firefighters, teachers, doctors, lawyers...
Zheng Zeshi's test paper was written with five prominent words: "I want to be a star."
Although he had already earned 2,000 yuan at the time, he could save a little money to move out of the roof and build a cardboard house.
However, he chose his dream and ran to take the film and television training class.
In 1972, director Zhang Che opened a longbow film and television training class, and he was successfully admitted.
However, Zhang Che did not find a suitable scene to shoot at that time.
Zheng Zeshi had to go back to play jewelry again.
In 1976, TVB held an acting competition on the sound treasure set.
Zheng Zeshi ran to participate again, and this time unexpectedly won the championship.
In front of him is the job of a dream actor and a contract with a monthly salary of 400 yuan.
And in reality, 2,000 yuan per month is more than ordinary people, which can support the income of a family.
If you were him, how would you choose?
There is no doubt that Zheng Zeshi chose the former.
He starred in the first feature-length drama "Frenzy", starring Zhou Runfa, Deborah, and Wang Jing's old bean Wang Tianlin.
Whenever it came time to eat, Zhou Runfa asked him: "Fat man, eat!" ”
The two also have a tacit understanding, if the meal exceeds ten yuan, Zhou Runfa will pay the bill, not more than ten yuan, Zheng Zeshi buy.
Only seven or eight years after entering the industry, Zheng Zeshi became a director.
In 1984, his self-directed and self-starring "Unmarried Old Bean" was nominated for the Academy Award.
In 1985, Zheng Zeshi ushered in the peak of his acting career.
This year, he wrote his own script and directed the film "Why Me".
Since then, "fat cat" has become synonymous with Zheng Zeshi, and has fully entered the peak period of Zhang Shaogang's mouth that "only knows fat cats and does not know Zheng Zeshi".
In 1993, Hong Kong movies turned from prosperity to decline, and many Hong Kong superstars went bankrupt.
At the same time, Zheng Zeshi also suffered a heavy blow.
Their company's "The Legend of the Hero After the Disaster of 49" lost nearly 10 million Hong Kong dollars.
More unfortunately, the partners even swept away nearly 200 million funds on the books.
At the time, it was an astronomical amount, enough for Zheng Zeshi to lose his essence and return to the pre-liberation period overnight.
Zheng Zeshi took full advantage of the wealth and still owes 17 million.
The family had to move back to the slums and live in poverty.
What is even more tragic is that the artists under Zheng Zeshi's company have also taken the opportunity to terminate their contracts and demand that all the remuneration be paid, which makes Zheng Zeshi worse.
In order to pay off the debt, Zheng Zeshi took over any movie, including wind and moon films, and even small roles with only a few words, even if there were only a few thousand pieces of remuneration.
In order to save money, he squatted in the crew to eat box lunches, eat instant noodles, and save every penny of money to pay off debts.
In the end, it took him a long 10 years to finally pay off all the arrears in 2004.
Zheng Zeshi, who has just breathed a sigh of relief, has suffered from diabetes because of too much work.
Today's physical condition is not as good as before, the weight has lost 30 pounds in one year, and even the "signature three chins" have disappeared.
At the same time, Zheng Zeshi's wife also contracted a serious illness and the medical expenses were high.
In order to earn medical expenses, Zheng Zeshi, who is nearly ancient, is still continuing to shoot dramas and make money.
He had never done anything bad in his life, but bad luck had never spared him, and the circumstances of his life were stifling.
Final Conclusion:
Behind the seemingly star scenery, there will be the same suffering from diseases, the same pain of filial piety of children, and the same miserable life. Instead of envying the life of others, it is better to be down-to-earth and live your life steadily.