One
In 1968, when Mei Yanfang was less than 5 years old, due to the difficulties of life, together with her 9-year-old sister Mei Aifang, she took the stage with her mother's Jinxia Song and Dance Troupe and became a "little singer" who was discriminated against.
At that time, Mei Yanfang was too young, almost did not know the words, and did not know what it meant to sing, and could only remember the lyrics when adults sang, and afterwards, it was better to use the childish singing voice to subsidize the family...
At that time, Hong Kong society was still relatively conservative, and the "little singer girl" who sang in the dance hall was despised, so when Mei Yanfang went to school, her classmates and parents said that she was a little immodest and asked her children to stay away from her.
Mei Yanfang was isolated in school for many years, and by 1976, at the age of 13, she simply dropped out of school after being lectured by teachers and ridiculed by her classmates many times because she always went to school during the day because she always performed at night and went to school during the day.
The mother felt that her daughter was still young, so she hired a small teacher for her, and taught at home after the performance, but after Mei Yanfang saw the adult world in the dance hall, she had no intention of learning, and she quickly fell in love with this little teacher...
This matter was detected by the mother, and immediately swept the little teacher out of the door, Mei Yanfang's first love was cut off just after sprouting, the heart was bitter, there was nowhere to vent, only to listen to the songs of Teresa Teng and Xu Xiaofeng to soothe the wounds.
4 years later, Mei Yanfang Tingting's grandmother grew to 17 years old, and suddenly found that the little brother of the police at the door of the house was very handsome, so she took the initiative to talk, and the little brother was stirred up by the spring, and soon fell in love with Mei Yanfang.
But not long after, Mei Yanfang found that every time this little brother went shopping with her, he peeked at other girls, she had seen all kinds of men in the dance hall since she was a child, with a bold personality, and raised her hand to give him a slap...
The handsome policeman could not help but beat, he covered half of his face, scolded and grinned, and ran away with a cigarette, and there was no contact since.
By 1982, the 19-year-old Mei Yanfang was even more moving, sometimes being greased by drunken guests in the song hall... At this time, her sister Mei Aifang pulled her together to participate in the "Hong Kong First Rookie Singing Competition".
Unexpectedly, the result of the game was very surprising.
Two
Originally, it was the sister Mei Aifang who pulled Mei Yanfang to participate in the competition, who expected her sister to be eliminated in the third round, and Mei Yanfang won the championship for a song "Season of the Wind", successfully signed a contract with Huaxing Records, and became a professional singer.
Seeing her sister come and go home disappointed, Mei Yanfang in turn pulled her and entered the entertainment circle together.
A few months later, Mei Yanfang was made into a pure "girl next door" by the company, and together with the Hong Kong "Little Tiger Team" composed of Lin Li, Hu Weikang and Jiang Qinglong, a platter album "Heart Debt" was formed.
Among them, the title song "Heart Debt" won the first place in the "RTHK Chinese Golden Melody Chart", and Mui Yanfang also won the "IFPI Hong Kong Record Annual Conference Newcomer Award" with this album.
But What Mei Yanfang waited for was not to burst into popularity, but to overwhelming negative public opinion, some people said that her image was not good, her temperament was vicissitudes, and it was not red for a few days, and some people pulled out her "little singer" experience in the song hall and scolded her for pretending to be pure.
Mei Yanfang just entered the entertainment circle was hit, instantly lost morale, the company boss Su Xiaoliang took a look, this is not OK, quickly find the "Hong Kong palace designer" Liu Peiji, help her design the image, repackaging.
Perhaps because of the "widowed son", 29-year-old Liu Peiji, although gui designed for the image of Zhang Guorong and Luo Wen, still cheerfully agreed to help Mei Yanfang, who was still a newcomer at the time, change her face and reshape her image.
The following year, Mei Yanfang released the record "Red Mei Yanfang", which condensed the painstaking efforts of famous musicians such as Huang Xia and Li Xiaotian, plus the new image assist designed by Liu Peiji, and won five platinum sales in one fell swoop.
Among them, "Aka's Doubts", adapted by The Song of Yamaguchi Momoe, and another song "Hand Over My Heart", were highly acclaimed and won the "Top Ten Golden Songs" in one fell swoop, and 20-year-old Mei Yanfang finally became a hit.
In 1984, the 21-year-old Mei Yanfang sang and you acted, cooperating with Miao Qiaowei in the TV series "Xiangjiang Flower Moon Night", in which she played a pair of obsessive lovers.
At that time, 26-year-old Miao Qiaowei had just broken up with Qi Meizhen, who had been in love for two years, and after playing a lover with Mei Yanfang in the play, the two actually faked the real drama and became a real couple in reality.
In the same year, the third "Rookie Competition" was held, Andy Mei Yanfang was invited to be a guest, and met Andy Lau, who served as the emcee of the competition and became popular for starring in "Deer Dingji" and "Divine Eagle Hero".
Mei Yanfang rubbed her eyes, fixed her eyes, and found that the 23-year-old Andy Lau was not the lover in her dream, but at that time she was in love with Miao Qiaowei, and she did not have anything to do with Andy Lau.
However, Mei Yanfang did not expect that after Miao Qiaowei fell in love with her for a while, she actually did a shocking thing.
Three
For some reason, Miao Qiaowei secretly went back to Qi Meizhen and persuaded Qi Meizhen to reunite with him, so he quickly found a reason and broke up with Mei Yanfang.
Mei Yanfang was dumped for no reason, did not show weakness, and soon fell in love with zou Shilong, a rich second generation of the same age as her, and took him into the entertainment industry to develop. Who knew that after Zou Shilong entered the circle, he began to covet Weng Meiling, who was in a cold war with Tang Zhenye.
Tang Zhenye knew, so he hinted at Mei Yanfang and said, "This boy is a little dishonest, you don't want to be too involved." Mei Yanfang was in love with "completely pay without reservation", scolding back: "Don't separate our feelings!" ”
The following year, Mei Yanfang launched a record "Like Water Flow Year", under the creation of Liu Peiji, her handsome short hair, wearing a suit style made people shine, and the title song "Like Water Flow Year" also won the "Top Ten Golden Songs".
Also this year, Mui Yanfang and Zhang Guorong, Maggie Cheung cooperation in the film "Fate" was released, she played the female number two Anne, at the age of 22, won the "Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress" in one fell swoop.
But who thought, Mei Yanfang in the film and television songs in full bloom, career soaring, but also encountered emotional betrayal.
Zou Shilong frequently secretly sent Qiu Bo to Weng Meiling, but the 26-year-old Weng Meiling was not moved, obsessed with the lace scandal of her ex-boyfriend Tang Zhenye, and in a fit of anger, she actually committed suicide by gassing herself at home...
After Zou Shilong knew, he carried Weng Meiling to the hospital for the first time, and Mei Yanfang realized that she was green again, so she cried at home for 3 days.
Mei Yanfang encountered the scumbag again, and suddenly found that she was still reliable for work, so she concentrated on starting a career, and while she worked hard to sing, she also accepted the grasshopper group that was eliminated by the "rookie competition" as an apprentice, and upgraded the "master".
This year, Mui Yanfang held her first solo concert in a row of 15 consecutive performances in the Red Pavilion, breaking the record for the number of Hong Kong singers singing for the first time, and Grasshopper, as her apprentice, was vigorously promoted by her and attended the concert.
This year, Mui Yanfang released the album "Bad Girl", which sold 720,000 copies, breaking the sales record of individual records in Hong Kong and winning the "IFPI Best Sales Award of the Year".
However, the title song "Bad Girl" was listed as a forbidden song by the mainland because of its bold and explicit lyrics and Mei Yanfang's feminine and wild appearance, and it was forbidden to be played on any platform...
In the same year, Mei Yanfang went to Japan with the record "Bad Girl" to do publicity, and met the popular Japanese idol Makoto Kondo, and the two had a good feeling for each other, impressed, and laid the groundwork for the next story.
Four
In 1986, the 22-year-old Makoto Kondo went to Hong Kong for a concert, and Mui Yanfang personally went to the scene to support, and then the two met at a cocktail party.
Makoto Kondo actually concealed the fact that he had a girlfriend, Akira Nakamori, and Jomei Yanfang danced and directly flirted with her sister: "Can I kiss you?" Mei Yanfang nodded shyly, and the two kissed and made love.
However, soon, Mei Yanfang knew the existence of Nakamori Mingcai, which was very painful, and she complained to her friend Liu Peiji: "I really love Kondo, what should I do now?" ”
Liu Peiji said: "People can only live once, you are selfish once." Mei Yanfang listened to Liu Peiji's words, immediately flew to Japan, and bought a small house to facilitate the two of them to do things that they had sex with.
As soon as Makoto Kondo saw that Mei Yanfang had returned, he said to her, "My relationship with Nakamori Akira is real, and I will soon break up, if you don't believe it, I will take you to see my mother now." ”
Mei Yanfang met Kondo's mother, and followed him even more deadly, and quickly won the song adaptation rights of Kondo's "Sunset Song", and when Kondo was not at home, she squatted on the ground to help clean the toilet and waited for Airo to come home.
At the end of the same year, Mei Yanfang launched a record with a strong style of "Demon Girl", in this album, she transformed herself into an "Arab girl" with a charming painting style under the creation of Liu Peiji.
The album "Split the Iceberg" and "Love Will" won the "Top Ten Golden Songs" and "Top Ten Chinese Golden Songs" respectively, and the 23-year-old Mei Yanfang also won the "Top Ten Golden Songs most popular female singer" award.
I have to say that Mei Yanfang is really a scumbag, 1 year later, she found that Kondo Masahiko did not break up with Nakamori Akira at all, after a struggle, she was fierce and fierce, and simply cut off this exotic love.
Soon after, Mei Yanfang and the 27-year-old bassist Shan Liwen opened a new love, but at that time everyone was young and vigorous, did not give in to each other, the two fell in love for just half a year, and hastily ended the couple relationship.
Maybe God saw that she was too pitiful to repeatedly encounter scumbags, and after Mei Yanfang recovered from being single, her career was like a god's help, and she quickly hit a "king bomb".
Five
In 1988, Mui Yanfang cooperated with Zhang Guorong to star in the film "Rouge Buckle" directed by Guan Jinpeng, which was adapted from Li Bihua's novel of the same name and was immediately well received and sensational.
The 25-year-old Mei Yanfang, with the first time as the heroine of the "like a flower", won the Golden Statue, Golden Horse, Golden Dragon and the Four Materials of the Asia-Pacific Film Festival "Queen", which became a good story.
The theme song of the film "Rouge Buckle" sung by her also won the "Academy Award for Best Film Song". At the same time, her scandal with the male advocate Guorong also spread with a nose and an eye.
In response, Zhang Guorong responded that he and Mei Yanfang are almost brother and sister relationship. After that, the two did not shy away from suspicion and played a game of kissing in many public places.
This year, Mui Yanfang released two albums of "Flaming Red Lips" and "Like Fire Tango", and opened 28 concerts in the Hong Kong Red Pavilion, she was called "the queen of change" by the media because of her exaggerated style and changeable costumes.
This year, as the only Asian female singer, Mui Yanfang was invited by South Korea to participate in the "Olympic Prelude Show" of the Seoul Olympic Games, and performed on the same stage with American female singer Jenny Jackson.
Also this year, Mui Yanfang filmed a MV for "Sad Church" in the album "Flaming Red Lips", and had a relationship with the male protagonist in the MV, 24-year-old Macau brother Liu Migao.
Liu Mi is handsome and tall, but his personality is as clingy as a kitten, always complaining that Mei Yanfang is too busy not to accompany him, and after a long time, the two quarrel and quarrel and break up.
In 1989, after the 25-year-old Makoto Kondo broke up with Mei Yanfang, he split his legs again, Matsuda Seiko, nakamori Akiko saw the news, and committed suicide by cutting his wrist at Kondo's home, but fortunately he was found in time, which saved his life.
26-year-old Mei Yanfang, after the launch of two albums "Lady" and "Summer Lovers", may feel a little sorry for Liu Migao before, and invited him to be the male protagonist of the "Summer Lovers" MV.
In the album "Summer Lovers", "Sunset Song", which was adapted from the song of Makoto Kondo, won awards such as "Top Ten Golden Songs", and later became the theme song of "Hero Nature 3". Mei Yanfang also won the "Most Popular Female Singer" again for this album.
The following year, 27-year-old Mei Yanfang, in the gym met Paul who was still in college, because Paul had been abroad for a long time, he did not know that Mei Yanfang in front of him was a popular star, so he talked about sister-brother love.
Don't look at Paul's young age, he will please Mei Yanfang, and call her at 10 o'clock every day... After the music producer Worm saw it, he immediately created a song for them , "Intimate Lover".
Unfortunately, this sister-brother relationship still did not last long, and the two finally parted ways because of some public opinion.
In the same year, after Mei Yanfang starred in "Hero Nature 3: Sunset Song" and "Rich Corps", the movie "Kawashima Yoshiko" cooperated with Andy Lau and Xie Xian was released, at this time, Andy Lau and Mei Yanfang spread a scandal.
Mei Yanfang originally regarded Andy Lau as the dream lover, after cooperation, she admired Andy Lau very much, Andy Lau did not like her to go to the nightclub, she never went again, and also expressed in public that she hoped that her future husband could be like him.
Six
Unfortunately, at that time, Andy Lau had been secretly in love with Zhu Liqian for 3 years, and seeing Mei Yanfang's crazy hints to him, he took the initiative to say to her: "That, I have a girlfriend." "After Mei Yanfang went to Malaysia to find out, this was the death of the heart.
Can't get this "Heavenly King", Mei Yanfang turned around, and talked about love with the actor Lin Guobin, who looked exactly like the dawn of the "Heavenly King", in order to let the 30-year-old Lin Guobin accompany herself more, she always went on hunger strike at every turn.
At the end of the year, Mei Yanfang held 30 consecutive solo concerts in Hong Kong, which was called "Mei Thirty" by the Hong Kong media. Subsequently, in order to give other female singers a chance to stand out, she publicly announced that she would withdraw from competing for all music awards.
In 1991, the 32-year-old Mei Aifang quit the circle to get married, and the 28-year-old sister Mei Yanfang, as a bridesmaid, was very envious and hoped that she could also get married as soon as possible and have a complete family.
This year, Mei Yanfang sang the theme song "It Seems to be the Late Man" for "Double Bracelet" starring Chen Derong, and won the "Academy Award for Best Film Song".
This year, she released her first Chinese album "Intimate Lover", after which she decided to temporarily leave the stage and held a series of 30 "farewell stage concerts".
This year, she collaborated with Andy Lau and Leung Ka Fai again on "The Hero of the 91st Eagle", and was nominated for the "Queen of Film" at the Tokyo International Film Festival for the role of "May" in the war literary film "He Rijun Returns".
In 1992, Mei Yanfang cooperated with the "king of comedy" Zhou Xingchi to star in the movie "Death Judge", and she interpreted the action expression of the role of "Song Lishi" in the film just right, becoming her masterpiece of comedy films.
There are not many people who are popular, just when Mei Yanfang was popular in the entertainment industry, she accidentally caused a big trouble.
Seven
Still in 1992, Mei Yanfang, Lin Guobin and friends sang at karaoke, and met Huang Langwei, the owner of a film company with a triad background, who said that it was better to come early than by chance, and took the initiative to talk to Mei Yanfang about cooperation.
Mei Yanfang refused on the grounds that she did not want to talk about work in her leisure time, Huang Langwei looked at it, Mei Yanfang in front of so many little brothers, let herself not get off the stage, raised her hand and threw Mei Yanfang two slaps, and did not let her go out...
Mei Yanfang had no choice but to quickly call Xiang Taichen Lan, and after Chen Lan arrived in time, she broke away from the tiger's mouth.
The day after the incident, Huang Langwei, who slapped Mei Yanfang, was suddenly shot and killed, and the police naturally wanted to investigate Mei Yanfang and Lin Guobin, but they came and went, and the final evidence showed that it had nothing to do with them.
Since then, the Hong Kong underworld has become involved in the entertainment industry, and Mui Yanfang has become the number one person in the jianghu hunting order for a while (for details, see Wan Xiaodao's past selection of public accounts: "Hong Kong Movies: The Day Of Being Infected by the Underworld").
There was no way, Lin Guobin had to take her abroad to avoid the wind.
A year later, the Hong Kong showbiz circle is rumored that Mei Yanfang has raised Lin Guobin, the two have a plan to spend a lifetime together, Lin Guobin is a seven-foot boy, can't stand these gossip, and ended the two's 3-year relationship.
After being hunted down, Mui Yanfang, together with Jackie Chan and others, established the Hong Kong Entertainers Association, and also organized artists from both sides of the strait and three places to speak out about the unfair events in the Hong Kong performing arts industry in addition to focusing on public welfare.
Two years later, the 31-year-old Mei Yanfang released the album "It's Like This", in which "Where Does Love Return" won the "Best Song of the Year" and "Best Composer", and she also became the first singer to sell more than 10 million copies of the album.
In 1995, Mei Yanfang started her first concert tour in the mainland, because she temporarily sang the forbidden song "Bad Girl", which was "banned" by the mainland, resulting in the cancellation of all other mainland concerts.
In the same year, the 23-year-old Zhao Wenzhuo entered the film and television circle after graduating from sports school, and he met the male protagonist Guorong in the play when filming the movie "Full of Han".
Zhang Guorong saw that he was alone, took good care of him, and took him to Attend Zhong Zhentao's family gathering, at which, through Zhang Guorong's introduction, Zhao Wenzhuo met 32-year-old Mei Yanfang.
Mei Yanfang has a straightforward and bold personality, and Zhao Wenzhuo, who was born in the northeast, can talk very well, and it did not take long for the two to determine the sister-brother relationship.
However, under the pressure of public opinion of strong women and weak men, the two fell in love for less than a year and broke up.
In 1997, 34-year-old Mei Yanfang, together with Li Ming and Wu Qianlian, starred in the movie "Half Life" directed by Xu Anhua, and with the role of "Gu Manlu", she won the Golden Statue and Golden Bauhinia Award for "Best Supporting Actress".
This year, she launched another Cantonese album "Mirror Flower Water Moon" and Chinese album "Woman Flower".
Among them, "Woman Flower" and "Love You Thousands of Times in a Lifetime" were extremely popular and are still widely sung today.
In 1998, the 33-year-old Mui Yanfang, following well-known artists such as Xu Xiaofeng and Teresa Teng, won the "Golden Needle Award", the highest award in the Hong Kong music scene, becoming the youngest singer in the past "Golden Needle Award" winners.
In the same year, she tried a new field for the first time, launching the Chinese style song "Bright Moonlight Before the Bed", and thus appeared on the stage of the CCTV Spring Festival Gala for the first time.
Just when she thought that on the Spring Festival Gala, the mainland concert would be lifted, but what awaited her was a thunderbolt on a sunny day.
Eight
In 1999, Mei Aifang, the sister who suffered from cervical cancer, was aggravated, and the doctor suspected that this was related to family genetics, and suggested that Mei Yanfang also go to check. Unexpectedly, a check found that she really had a tumor in her uterus!
However, the doctor said that her illness was very mild, and as long as the uterus was removed, it was basically no big problem. But Mei Yanfang is bent on getting married and having children and being a real woman, so she resolutely does not pick the uterus and takes conservative treatment.
In 1999, at the age of 30, Tao Zhe released the album "I'm OK", which sold more than 500,000 copies.
The 36-year-old Mei Yanfang began to slow down the pace of her career, devoting herself to the exchange and cooperation of the performing arts undertakings between the two sides of the strait and the three places and promoting the younger generations, and after collecting Grasshoppers, Tan Yaowen, Xu Zhi'an and other apprentices, she also adopted He Yunshi as a closed disciple.
In addition, she takes good care of the newcomers, such as Aaron Kwok, Su Yongkang, Chen Xiaochun, Nicholas Tse, as well as the winner of the 14th Rookie Competition, Eason Chan, who has received her guidance or care.
At the end of the year, Tao Zhe held his first concert in Hong Kong, and the 36-year-old Mui Yanfang had an admiration for him, but at that time, Tao Zhe had a legitimate girlfriend.
It was not until later, when Tao Zhe broke up with his girlfriend, that Mei Yanfang talked to him about a sister-brother relationship with him that was 6 years apart.
In 2000, her 41-year-old sister Mei Aifang died of cervical cancer, and Mei Yanfang was very sad, but she continued to choose conservative treatment.
The following year, 38-year-old Mui Yanfang was elected as the fifth president of the Hong Kong Performing Artists Association and the first female president, becoming a veritable "big sister" in the Hong Kong performing arts industry.
In the same year, she played the faint and lustful Qi Xuanwang in the movie "Zhong Wuyan", and won the "Most Outstanding Actress Award" of the Ming Pao Weekly Acting Power Award for this film.
In 2002, as the president of the Hong Kong Performing Artists Association, Mui Yanfang organized Hong Kong entertainers to protest on the streets for the "Incident of Secretly Photographing the Body of Pauline Chan" and the "Incident of Liu Jialing's Nude Photos", denouncing unscrupulous media.
In the same year, she cooperated with Jacky Cheung to play the housewife Chen Wenjing in "Men Forty" directed by Xu Anhua, and won the "Queen of The Film" of the Changchun Film Festival with this role.
This year, in order to commemorate the 20th anniversary of entering the industry, Mei Yanfang released the album "with" and held a world tour, which happened to be unsealed in the mainland, and she was allowed to sing in Shanghai.
In 2003, when SARS was raging, Mui Yanfang hid the news of her cancer from the outside world, contacted people from all walks of life, and organized celebrities in the entertainment industry to launch the "Thrive Action" and "1:99 Charity Concert".
In the end, the charity banquet raised 23 million yuan, and the 40-year-old Mui Yanfang also won the "Anti-SARS Outstanding Award" jointly awarded by Radio Television Hong Kong and Ming Pao.
Unexpectedly, at this moment, a bad news fell from the sky.
Nine
On April 1, 2003, the 47-year-old Zhang Guorong committed suicide by jumping off a building due to depression, and the entire Chinese community was shocked, and Mei Yanfang, as Zhang Guorong's best friend, was even more devastated and heartache was too painful to breathe.
After that, Mei Yanfang's condition suddenly deteriorated, and in order not to drag Tao Zhe, she quickly cut through the mess and quickly broke up with Tao Zhe.
Two months later, Mei Yanfang began chemotherapy, she held a press conference, announced to the outside world for the first time that she had cancer, and said: "I have uterine cancer, but it is benign, I believe it will be cured." ”
The fans on the scene cried bitterly and refused to leave for a long time, at this time, Mei Yanfang's mother called and asked Mei Yanfang, who was in a low period of physical and mental health, to ask for a sum of money.
In November of the same year, Mei Yanfang appeared on the stage of the Red Pavilion again and held the last "Mei Yanfang Classic Golden Song Concert" in her life.
Wearing a wedding dress designed by her friend Liu Peiji, she said: "I have had several opportunities to wear a wedding dress, but I missed it... Now I'm marrying myself to music, to you guys. ”
In order to prevent cervical bleeding, she wore diapers, forced the spirit to sing "Walk Alone on My Way" and "Daughter of The Song", singing and singing, suddenly tears rolled in, she said: "In fact, to marry someone, you have to marry Andy Lau ..."
In public, Andy Lau under the stage finally couldn't help it, rushed to the stage, hugged Mei Yanfang tightly in his arms, Rao was a seven-foot boy, and couldn't help but cry like rain...
Later, Andy Lau cared about her as a friend, declared himself to be Mei Yanfang's guardian, asked for warmth every day, and was busy until midnight to remind her to take medicine, Mei Yanfang was very moved, and sighed at the same time:
"Andy Lau, it's better than a real husband!" This — friend — is a lifetime! ”
At 2:50 on December 30, 2003, Mui Yanfang died at the age of 40 at the Hong Kong Sanatorium and Hospital. During the funeral, the major media in Hong Kong published obituary stories under the title of "Farewell, Hong Kong's Daughter".
Soon after, 42-year-old Andy Lau also held a concert, and he sang a song "Afterlife" on the spot. The lyrics were written by himself:
"Pain, pain, grief, heartache, hate to lose you... You and I also know how to cherish it, so we have to wait in the next life and then embark on the beginning of each other's stories..."
At the end of the singing, Andy Lau knelt down and cried bitterly, and the fans in the audience were greatly moved, and they all shed tears.
Miss Mei Yanfang, the lower right corner nodded a thumbs up, thank you.
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