She is the "first witch in Hong Kong", "a famous lady from a loser" and "a rich killer" written by the Hong Kong media.
a "material supergirl" who has become the envy and envy of women because she is favored by men; Because of her hot and sexy body and super expenses, she has become a stunner and nightmare in the eyes of men; It was also once discredited for "bringing down two billionaires".
Now 60 years old, she turned around gorgeously, and sold 50 million in 6 hours of live broadcast.
She is the fashion celebrity Zhang Xiaohui.
Over the years, she has had too many unbearable labels and personalities, but she can smile and watch the wind and clouds and let me go, confident and dashing.
A failed marriage she experienced as a young man brought her back to nirvana.
Now it seems that the dirty water that was poured on her in those years has now precipitated into the nutrients for her rich flowers.
The confidence of the "loser girl"
Zhang Xiaohui was born with a golden key and a wealthy family, her father is a media tycoon, and her mother is from a famous family.
Since childhood, he has lived in a mansion, worn famous brands, and attended prestigious schools. At the age of 4, he and his mother began to wander around major luxury stores, and at the age of 15, he wore high-end custom clothes and studied Chanel.
At the age of 16, he settled in Canada with his parents, and after graduating from high school, he attended the University of Toronto, majoring in art history and minoring in philosophy and English literature.
After graduating from university, she was admitted to the New York Fashion Institute, where she continued to pursue a master's degree in fashion trading and museum management.
It can be said that Zhang Xiaohui, who grew up in such an environment, has sufficient financial support, and the luxury goods that others see are common for her, and fashion and taste have deeply penetrated into his bones.
Everyone knows that Zhong Zhentao's career at that time was in full swing, and he was the Prince Charming in the minds of thousands of girls, accumulating hundreds of millions of family properties with album and movie income.
But compared to Zhang Xiaohui, his native family is much inferior. His father was a well-known real estate developer and collector.
But when he was 16 years old, his father went bankrupt, the family fell into the middle, and the relationship between the husband and wife came to an end. His mother left the United States to earn a living, his father remarried, and he was fostered with relatives.
It can be said that Zhong Zhentao and Zhang Xiaohui are not right at all.
When Zhong Zhentao was proposing to Zhang Xiaohui, her father said to Zhong Zhentao: "Give up, young man, with my daughter's consumption power, I'm afraid you can't afford it!" ”
But Zhong Zhentao, who was carried away by emotion, patted his chest and assured: "I will definitely give Xiaohui happiness." ”
Years later, Zhang Xiaohui also told the media that if only she had listened to her father's advice.
Squeeze Zhong Zhentao's billionaire wealth?
Zhong Zhentao, who has always been frugal, spent more than 3 million yuan on a luxurious wedding banquet and 130,000 wedding dresses, without blinking his eyes.
After marriage, Zhong Zhentao also doted on Zhang Xiaohui to the extreme. 30,000 Hong Kong dollars per month. Buy clothes and swipe Zhong Zhentao's sub-card directly. In the face of a friend's kind reminder, Zhong Zhentao said in a high profile: "My wife is used to hurt when I marry back. ”
But Zhong Zhentao apparently underestimated his wife's spending power. Tens of thousands of dollars of new Chanel dresses, she wants one for each color. Thousands of pairs of shoes, some without even unpacking.
Everything wants the best, this is the quality of life she demands, and it will never be enough.
However, with Zhong Zhentao's career support at that time, these were drizzles.
In order to be a good helper. Faced with the hot property market in Hong Kong in the 90s, Zhang Xiaohui decided to give it a go.
Zhong Zhentao is also 100% supportive of his wife's decision. Not only gambled on his entire net worth, but even borrowed 154 million yuan, all of which were smashed into the property market.
In this way, the investment operated by Zhang Xiaohui encountered the 1997 financial crisis, lost his money, and owed a huge foreign debt of 250 million yuan.
At this time, Zhong Zhentao's career also suffered a downhill decline at this time, but the indifferent Zhang Xiaohui was still crazy to buy and buy. She has a classic saying: "You can not eat food, you can't buy clothes." ”
Zhong Zhentao once described in his autobiography: "Zhang Xiaohui is dreaming of blood shopping. ”
The contradictions between the husband and wife also followed, and the more trouble, the more and more trouble, the marriage turned red.
Therefore, this astronomical foreign debt is the mountain that crushed Zhong Zhentao.
The immediate cause of Zhong Zhentao's bankruptcy was the failure of the investment. It's just that the gossip magazine media likes to use the gimmick of "red face and bad water" to win attention, so that it is more topical and more in line with people's expectations.
Writer Han Songluo has a pertinent assessment of this marriage:
"Her view of love and family is very different from his, she is a person on the clouds, and her requirements for life are good looks and fun, but he is a person in the dust, growing up in turmoil. Her view of wealth is different from his, and her philosophy of life is also different from his. ”
Betraying marriage as a junior?
"Zhang Xiaohui cheated on the rich man Chen Yaomin in marriage and cheated in Zhong Zhentao's car." This was the headline news in the gossip media at the time.
Zhong Zhentao also broke the news of his wife's marital infidelity in media interviews and autobiography. Directly confirmed the fact that Zhang Xiaohui was "".
But later Zhang Xiaohui said on the show that their marriage actually existed in name only before 1996, and each played his own game by the acquiescence of both parties.
In fact, Zhong Zhentao also fought with Fan Jiang in this year, and then became his second wife.
Therefore, at that time, both of them had cheated, and only Zhang Xiaohui generously admitted it.
In 1999, the marriage, which spanned 10 years, came to an end.
Who is Chen Yaomin? This person is the guarantor of Zhang Xiaohui's bank loan, although Zhang Xiaohui is 24 years old, he is an elegant gentleman and has the mature charm of a confidant uncle.
According to Zhang Xiaohui, after there was a crack in the relationship between herself and her husband Zhong Zhentao, it was Chen Yaomin's meticulous care that made her fall into it.
In order to win the beauty home, Chen Yaomin did not hesitate to abandon his cancer-stricken wife, but it was not long before Chen Yaomin also went bankrupt.
In order to relieve his resentment, Chen Yaomin added punches and feet to Zhang Xiaohui. At one point, he was even beaten to the point of unconsciousness. The unbearable Zhang Xiaohui chose to break up.
In the first half of her life, Zhang Xiaohui relied on men, gained unlimited favor, and had no worries about food and clothing. When the love wears off, her luxury immediately becomes "original sin".
She's just a hollow vase?
Faced with a huge debt of 250 million yuan, Zhong Zhentao had no choice but to file for bankruptcy.
Rely on his girlfriend Fan Jiang to earn money to live alone. At this time, Zhang Xiaohui stood up.
At this moment, Zhang Xiaohui finally woke up, two failed relationships made her grow rapidly, she knew her situation, relying on others is better than relying on herself. She wants to control her own destiny.
When the host asked her if she had ever thought about jumping off the building, she replied: "Have a good meal, sleep well, and wake up and find a way to solve the problem." ”
Faced with a blank check from a wealthy man, she politely declined, knowing that it meant being a canary in the cage again.
She only bluntly said that she would rely on her own efforts to live the life she wanted.
The door of opportunity finally opened to her.
With years of experience in the fashion field and good writing skills, at the suggestion of her friend Yishu, the 39-year-old began to write columns for many magazines.
She shares her unique fashion concept and dressing experience in the column.
To this end, she slept only 4 hours a day and wrote until her hands trembled with Venus.
Even so, he still wears custom manuscript paper, delicate makeup, and designer body, which she calls "the romance of decline." ”
Then, when she found a business opportunity, she advanced the manuscript fee for a year in advance and opened a boutique, and her unique vision impressed all the noble ladies.
While scolding Zhang Xiaohui for not following the way of women, they flocked to her shop.
With his own efforts and strength, he recovered the cost of opening a store in just a few days, and made a net profit of 50 million Hong Kong dollars in two years.
During the opening of the store, she also did not forget to ask a lawyer to find loopholes in the loan contract, and after a year of litigation, she successfully forgave most of the debt.
After filming the movie "Peach", she immediately sold the furniture, sold the brand-name clothes that she once treasured, and flew to the United States.
Looking back on this story years later, she still says with emotion:
"This drama is my stepping stone, my only springboard to escape."
A wonderful life of dashing freedom
In 2005, Zhang moved to the United States. She said she wanted to regain that lost time.
In the first few years, Zhang Xiaohui, who had no source of income, had to keep expenses to a minimum.
She studied at the Stella Adler Drama School in Los Angeles and the Los Angeles Drama School for 7 years.
During this period, she received a green card for the movie "Peach".
From playing the role of soy sauce to being an executive producer, he participated in the production of the movie "George W. Bush".
Her boyfriends are all over the world, there are arms dealers, there are writers, there are violinists...
What a talented woman should look like
Zhang Xiaohui once said, "Your head will always determine your destiny."
In her opinion, the best luxury for a woman is knowledge.
In her early years, she said that she was a vase and would only cost money.
But after the marriage change, the empty vase with the skin bag became a solid vase.
Her writing will always be as beautiful as her person.
Regarding his life insights, he said:
1. "When you find that the road can't go down or there is no way to go, maybe it will be easier to see the big surroundings when you get out of your own space, your head clearly knows what you have and what you want, and you drill into the alley in a daze, dizzy and listen to the left and right words of others, and there are many hands and feet. ”
2. "A dark cloud on the head of the frog at the bottom of the well is full of thunder and lightning does not mean that there is no rainbow on the next bank, step out of the silk cocoon to expand your horizons, and how can there be surprises without looking." ”
Her perfume looks like this:
"The morning sun is dewy, the bright bergamot and citrus are in tune, the rose buds in the ivy leaves are first blooming, the white wood base, the bright fragrance that awakens me, and the day is a beautiful start."
When she wrote about a sweater, she described it this way:
"This gradient hooded cashmere cardigan reminds me of the sunset on Malibu Beach in California, where the night falls, the light gray water is silver-plated, the sunset is pink, and the sky is shimmering with golden light."
At the age of 60, she returns magnificently
On the evening of May 22, 2023, 63-year-old Zhang Xiaohui sold goods live on a book for the first time.
The demeanor is outstanding, the fairy air is fluttering, and there is no trace of age on the face.
She tells a story like a story, and each product is told in poetic language.
6 hours of live broadcast, 600 million popularity, 38 international niche brands, sales of 50 million+. The miracle of e-commerce sales is staged.
Although the goods are niche and Mandarin is skimmed, after her elegant literary introduction, many products have become explosive.
Zhang Xiaohui said: "The top sales are selling beauty, not anxiety. ”
Some netizens commented: "I want to watch her live broadcast after watching it or not." ”
In fact, she is a loser, but she has a beloved hair dryer that has been used for 21 years; A bag she bought in 1999 that she used for 23 years.
In the eyes of outsiders, she actually has her own opinions and logic.
Zhang Xiaohui's view of marriage and love
She once confessed that the 10-year-long marriage made her feel that she had lost herself, and felt that she had slowly become a shabby sofa at home, without the original temperament of women.
Talking about her ex-husband Zhong Zhentao, she said that he is a good person, but the two do not live together.
Zhong Zhentao complained about his ex-wife in his autobiography and program shortly after the divorce. Now Zhang Xiaohui's three words are a stranger's name to him.
Faced with feelings, she said: "If you give me a good sleep, you give me good food, I can buy what I like to buy, I can go where I like to go, what's the big deal if I don't get married?" ”
She even said: "Love material is also a kind of love, and it is a kind of love that you have a good time, and you don't have to find a man." ”
epilogue
A lifetime of elegance, a lifetime of refinement, a lifetime of romance, a lifetime of beauty; Never admit your fate, never settle down, never disappoint, never regret.
This is the true portrayal of Zhang Xiaohui's life. She is still the delicate rose, and the flowering period that belongs to her will continue.
She put the course of life into a poem.
It seems to be a gold fetish, but the sensitivity and experience of fashion cultivated over decades have become the cornerstone of her life.
It seems to be soft and weak, and it is delicate, but there is a tenacity and hard work in the bones that does not admit defeat.
Life is full of ups and downs. Because she knows exactly what she wants.
No matter what kind of eyes and evaluations the outside world has, she is light and indifferent. But for everyone, there are lessons to be learned.
Her courage to defy worldly prejudices and face life's difficulties is worth learning from everyone, and her attitude to life that is flying against the wind is even more precious.
Zhang Xiaohui's values and views on marriage and love are indeed full of controversy, but as time goes by, there are fewer slanderous voices and more appreciative voices, but in her message to netizens, she said this:
"Don't explain, don't complain, do yourself well, time will tell. When the time comes, go where I need to be, and someone will understand me. ”