In 2002, Tongali "became famous" and became the first person to publish body art photos in the mainland.
At that time, people rushed to the major newsstands to buy the magazine called "Tongali Body Portrait" just to catch a glimpse of the beautiful girl on the cover.
Soon, the 10,000 copies of the magazine were sold out.
And the heroine of the story, Tongali, also caught fire and entered the public eye in such an unusual way.
At that time, her popularity was even higher than that of Lin Zhiling and Cecilia Cheung.
In that era when the Internet was just emerging, people's minds were not yet open, and Tongali's rise to fame caused great controversy.
There were few supporters, more of a wave of accusations and abuse, and many people did not forget to spit on her for "wanting to be famous and crazy" while admiring Meitu.
Tongali's doom doesn't stop there, photographer Zhang Xulong took her and the publisher to court, her father broke with him, and her husband also filed for divorce...
In short, all the bad luck went to her.
In fact, Tongali originally had a happy family, parents who loved her, and a husband who supported her career.
It's just that these can never go back.
Born into a military family, Tongali has a father who is a veteran and her mother who is a virtuous housewife, and her parents have high expectations for her since childhood, and of course, her education method is also very strict.
At a very young age, she became interested in dance, so her mother enrolled her in a dance class.
After several years of professional training, Tangali was successfully admitted to the Beijing Dance Academy with her own strength.
Due to her excellent personal ability, she successfully joined the famous "Oriental Song and Dance Troupe" and starred in many classic works.
In 1995, sophomore Tongali wanted to do some part-time jobs to enrich her college life, but she met her future husband Shen Dong.
At that time, Shen Dong, as the director, was preparing to shoot a MV for singer Su Hong, and at a glance he saw the beautiful Tangali, and couldn't help but want to get close to her.
So, straight to the point, asked Tongari: Do you want to make a movie?
Making movies and becoming an actor has always been Tongali's wish since she was a child, and she opened her mouth without thinking about it and said: "Of course, I want to be an actor in my dreams." ”
In this way, Tongali passed the audition and began her acting career.
In the process of contact with each other, the two quickly sparked love, and soon entered the marriage hall.
In the early days of marriage, because of their similar careers, they understood and tolerated each other very well.
It's just that before getting married, Tongali made a request: before the success of their careers, the two should not rush to have children, and then consider this matter after their careers are stable.
Through her husband's introduction, she stepped on the screen for the first time, playing a chivalrous woman with stunts and jealousy in the movie "Dragon and Phoenix Wisdom Fighting Pan Longfang".
After that, she successively starred in several small supporting roles in dramas such as "Kangxi Dynasty", "Huan Zhu Gege 3" and "The Legend of Relying on the Sky and Slaying the Dragon", but none of them caused any splashes.
After all, he is not from a science class, and a grassroots like Zhao Liying has a very small chance of achieving a counterattack and becoming popular.
Tongali has been excellent since childhood, standing in the spotlight, felt an unprecedented gap, which made her mentality a little strained.
Just then, an unexpected opportunity came.
In the summer of 2001, Tongali was invited by a friend to shoot a lingerie advertisement and met photographer Zhang Xulong.
At this time, Zhang Xulong was already a celebrity in the photography industry and had the reputation of "the prince of photography".
When Tangali appeared in front of him, Zhang Xulong's first reaction was that the model she was looking for today was her.
So he greeted her and tried to persuade her to shoot a photo album, saying that she would definitely be popular.
At first, she refused.
Just as Tongali was about to leave, the makeup artist on the side said, "This is a good opportunity, you will regret it when you leave." ”
At the same time, the other party did not forget to mend the knife "keep an eternal moment for your beautiful youth", thinking that he was a dancer and it was okay to take some photos, so he agreed.
Just because Tongari wants to be red too much.
In this way, she concentrated on shooting.
Shooting body portraits requires many difficult movements to reflect the beauty of the human body from different angles, which is still very challenging for Tongali who studied dance.
In the end, it took a year and a half, 800 boxes of film, and more than 8,000 photographs.
After the shooting, Zhang Xulong and his company wanted to package these photos into a collection and publish them, without sharing the account with Tongali, because the content of the previous contract was like this, and it was too late to regret.
After returning home, Tangali did not dare to discuss with her husband, so she vomited bitterness with her girlfriend.
The girlfriend thought about it and came up with an idea for her: instead of letting this company publish and distribute, it is better to publish a copy yourself, and you can also choose those photos that are slightly smaller in scale and more beautiful.
Therefore, Tongali took the initiative to find the authoritative People's Art Publishing House in China and published "Tongali Body Art Photo" in September 2002.
This photo book contains 144 artistic photographs of Tongari and one of her essays called "Beautiful Women Are Everywhere".
This is the situation at the beginning of the article, Tongali is indeed popular, and her fame even overshadows popular stars such as Lin Chiling and Cecilia Cheung.
But she was also attacked by public opinion, as well as overwhelming abuse on the Internet, and even some netizens said very viciously, calling her a "faceless bitch".
In any case, Zhang Xulong's original promise was fulfilled.
If the accusations of netizens can still make her understand, but the attitude of her family is what makes her feel the most painful.
It didn't take long for my father to find out about it.
He became furious and demanded that his daughter destroy the unsightly photos or else he would be evicted from the house.
Her husband Shen Dong originally understood and supported her, but the scale in the photo album was obviously beyond the range he could accept.
How many men can put up with their wives and strip naked in front of other men?
Shen Dong did not hesitate and filed for divorce from Tongali.
In order to save the marriage, Tongali promised that she would never shoot again, and at the same time said that she would stay at home from now on with her husband and teach her children and give her husband a child.
Faced with Tongali's plea to have a child, he scoffed.
"If I have children, he doesn't need a mother like you!"
In the end, they did not have any disputes without children, and the short marriage ended peacefully.
To add insult to injury, Zhang Xulong took Tongali and the publishing house to court because of the copyright of the photo.
In the end, it ended with her paying Zhang Xulong 100,000 yuan in compensation.
In the darkest moments of her life, Tongari washed her face with tears all day long, and she repeatedly asked herself: Am I really a "faceless" woman?
Since then, she has closed herself off, stopped filming, and gradually faded out of the public's vision.
Although Tongali is nearly half a hundred years old, she is still alone.
Someone once asked her if she regretted ending up so lonely for the sake of art?
Tongali replied with a smile: "I may have been shaken in the most painful time, but now I don't regret it, I will still choose to shoot again." ”
In fact, everyone's life path is predestined, and character determines the way of living.
It is not said which one is right or wrong, as long as you think about it, you can also accept the consequences, and the rest is not important.
Because there is no opportunity to re-choose in life, we can only keep moving forward.
Author: Mark Editor: Xiaoqi