Zheng Xiuwen was finally sealed.
At the age of 51, she finally won Best Actress at the 41st Hong Kong Film Awards.
The atmosphere of the whole scene was too exciting, after all, not only herself, she had been waiting for this day for a long time.
23 years ago, she was nominated for the Golden Bell Award for Best Actress for the first time with "Lonely Men and Widows", but she missed the laurels.
So far, he has been nominated at least 10 times and has been running for 23 years.
The guest who presented her with the award was Andy Lau, the screen CP who had cooperated with her many times, and Andy Lau was also very excited to see his old partner win this award.
The excitement was beyond words, and he only said: "Zheng Xiuwen, there is nothing to tell you, I want to tell you, I love you." ”
Then the two hugged excitedly, and when Zheng Xiuwen received the trophy from Andy Lau, the whole person was already in tears before he spoke.
Because she waited for this day, she really waited too long.
Zheng Xiuwen said: "This award seems out of reach for me, but every time it is only one step away.
I want to tell people who have dreams all over the world that the road to pursuing dreams is difficult, but I hope you remember this picture, dreams are reserved for those who persist and do not give up. ”
From her screams and tears, you can see her joy at this moment, because the success of this moment is really hard for her.
In this process, she has experienced too much, from singer to actor transformation, depression and illness, her husband cheating, silence to find no such person, healing and comeback again....
Hong Kong movies are gradually declining, but the courage and dare of Hong Kong actresses to break through and shimmer with light.
01
Zero pay starred without makeup
Finally, after winning the 10th nomination
"The Hong Kong Film Awards owe Cheng Xiuwen a film queen".
This is not only what fans think, but also many directors, as well as her partners.
To Qifeng once said: "The Academy Awards are not given to Sammi, I have been angry for 10 years. Andy Lau Not to mention, Zheng Xiuwen from singer to actor, the most cooperative is Andy Lau.
In 2000, 28-year-old Cheng Xiuwen and Andy Lau collaborated on their first film "Lonely Men and Widows", which became a hit and won the box office championship in Hong Kong.
Zheng Xiuwen was also lucky to be nominated for the Academy Awards, but unfortunately lost to Maggie Cheung's "In the Mood for Love".
Two years later, with the three works of "Zhong Wuyan", "Slim Men and Women" and "Cohabitation Close Friends", she was nominated for Best Actress at the Hong Kong Film Awards three times.
It's a pity that this time, she lost to Zhang Aijia's "Heaven and Earth".
Zhou Xun in "If Love" in 2006, Yang Qianwei in "Chunjiao and Zhiming" in 2013, Zhang Ziyi in "A Generation of Grandmasters", and Zhou Dongyu in "Young You".
Every time, she was so close to the laurels, but every time she missed it.
Fate is like a joke with her, which is why everyone feels bad for her from the bottom of their hearts.
But I didn't expect that after many years, when Zheng Xiuwen returned to the screen again.
In order to support the director's first film of this type, she chose to star in zero pay.
And it was this work that finally made her, she played a mother who lost her son for a while, a wife in a difficult life in "Flowing Water and Flowers".
She starred in such a simple and melancholy woman with pure makeup, which finally allowed her to complete her biggest regret.
02
Zheng Xiuwen, who has been invisible for half his life
How red was it?
In 1999, Hong Kong media did an investigation, and from the final investigation report, it was shown that in Hong Kong at that time, in terms of popularity, Cheng Xiuwen was the only female singer of Faye Wong and Anita Mui.
At that time, a song "Eyebrow Flying Dance" was popular all over the streets, and she can still hear her classic song on KTV.
Her appearance at the concert will always amaze the four seats.
Now when I see Zheng Xiuwen, I will think that she is thin, and she is a little thin.
In fact, at first, Zheng Xiuwen was not such a thin physique, and even, she had some baby fat.
But because she once shared the stage with Zhou Huimin, and later she watched the effect of the two on the video, she became more and more inferior.
Because she was already not confident in her body type, this feeling became stronger after the contrast.
In order to present her best on stage, she began to lose weight.
In order to lose weight, she worked hard, she ran for two hours a day, and then followed the coach to do nearly six or seven hours of physical exercise.
There is a popular saying: people who can control their weight are not ordinary people.
In fact, Zheng Xiuwen is not fat at all, but for Zheng Xiuwen herself, she pursues perfection, so she is physically dissatisfied, she can't accept it, then there is only change.
After working hard to lose weight, her first solo concert appeared on the stage in her most satisfying state.
And her insistence on exercising is not just to cope with the concert, but she regards it as something she needs to do all her life.
After this, she was known as "Miss 8km" because she insisted on running 8km every day.
This is also why, later, when she is in a bad state and depressed, she will quit the stage.
Because she does not allow herself to be seen so vulnerable, she is depressed to overeating, and faces various emotional difficulties, which she solves and digests through exercise.
Until she came back again, she was the once sparkling Zheng Xiuwen again.
In 2019, she held her own solo concert in Hong Kong, but the outrageous concert tickets were unimaginable, and a ticket of 980 Hong Kong dollars was finally speculated to 98,000 Hong Kong dollars.
Although it is outrageous, it also shows that she is really liked.
Of course, the ticket price is so high, Zheng Xiuwen will not be complacent because of this, feeling as if he is very powerful, because this is a scalper disrupting the market, which will make fans who really want to see her concert not get this opportunity.
So she specially posted a Weibo boycott of scalpers.
She said that fans should have the right to buy tickets at regular prices, so that everyone should not buy scalpers, so that scalpers' tickets cannot be sold, even if they can only sing to empty stools in the end, she will sing the best.
Such Zheng Xiuwen is impossible not to dislike.
03
Facing the "cheating door"
She calmly chose to forgive
In 2019, Hong Kong media exposed a video in which a man and a woman took a taxi together, behaving very intimately, and the two touched and kissed.
They were left alone in the car for 16 minutes.
As soon as this video broke, public opinion was in an uproar.
Because the man is Zheng Xiuwen's husband Xu Zhi'an, they have been in love for more than ten years, and the two have always been known as a model couple in the entertainment industry after marriage.
That night, he had dinner with Huang Xinying and some other friends, I don't know if the two had already had an affair, or if they were a little confused that night under the influence of alcohol.
After the meal, the two left by taxi with their friends, but strangely, Xu Zhi'an let his friend get off the bus halfway, so there was the scene of "dancing" in the video.
Afterwards, in order to calm public opinion, Xu Zhian held a press conference.
He burst into tears
explained the misunderstanding caused by drinking too much alcohol and confusion that night, and expressed deep repentance to his wife Zheng Xiuwen.
However, the result was obvious, and Zheng Xiuwen forgave him.
In the face of her husband's cheating, the wife chose to forgive, Zheng Xiuwen is not a precedent, but she can really completely let go of mustard
, but it's really hard.
The video was later transferred to the media by the taxi driver after Xu Zhian and the taxi driver game, and the "Anxin" two were so impatient that night, everything that should have happened happened.
And people like Zheng Xiuwen who pursue perfection, she chose to forgive, in fact, the days behind her need to survive by herself are more difficult than we imagined.
In order to heal her emotional injuries, she sweated in the gym almost every day.
For a while, she was almost so thin that some people lost their phases because of excessive fitness, which made people very worried about her and hoped that she would get out of her emotional pain.
Finally, after walking through the trough and being injured, she still ushered in her highlight moment.
Because she still has her best friends who will heal her.
04
Time pays off
A dream come true in 23 years
2005 was Zheng Xiuwen's water reversal year.
The movie "Long Hate Song" filmed is not good at both the box office and word of mouth.
In addition, the relationship was frustrated at that time, and her boyfriend Xu Zhi'an, who had been in love with her for 13 years, proposed to break up, and the pressure from all parties made her suffer from depression.
Every morning she opened her eyes and looked at the chandelier, feeling desperate, feeling like she was going to die.
And in these difficult days, there is a man who will always come out to enlighten her.
Even if he is also very busy, he will take the time to take the initiative to invite her to afternoon tea, chat with her, and let her out of the haze.
And this person is Andy Lau.
They have worked together on at least 10 works, seven or eight of which are played couples, so they are screen couples, worthy of the name.
In 2006, Andy Lau participated in the Academy Awards ceremony, when Cheng Xiuwen was nominated for Best Actress for "Long Hate Song".
The host asked Andy Lau a question: "In your mind, is there a best actress?" ”
Andy Lau's answer this time is still very concise, with only three words: "Zheng Xiuwen"
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In fact, Andy Lau is usually a person with a very high emotional intelligence, and there is not only one actress with whom he has a good relationship.
But when asked such a question that would offend people, he did not perfunctory and snort, but gave a clear answer, with a hint of his own preference.
Although in the end, Zheng Xiuwen still missed the queen laurels.
But Andy Lau said: Just to see her sitting here happily watching, this award ceremony is enough.
The reason he said this is simple, that is, to comfort the unsuccessful Zheng Xiuwen in front of the people of the whole country: You are happy, more important than anything else, including the queen.
There is a saying on the bad street, everyone only cares whether you fly high or not, and the people who really love you will care whether you fly tired or not.
And Andy Lau is such a person, as a friend, he cares more about her happiness.
So, at the 2023 Academy Awards ceremony, Andy Lau personally delivered this belated trophy to the hands of his best friend.
He still said very simply, and the phrase "I love you" covers everything.
But behind the camera, when he looked at Zheng Xiuwen with joy and screamed, his happiness could not be concealed.
Write at the end
In this life, we may have some moments of joy and tears.
Some insist that you need to look through a time machine to see the results.
Some lovers may not be able to accompany themselves to the end.
And some friends, when you need them, are always there.
When you fail, he tells you to be happy, and when you succeed, he is happier than you.
We don't have to over-read such friendships, we must believe that some sincerity and honesty do exist.
Finally, congratulations again to Zheng Xiuwen, 51 years old, finally consummated.
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