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On February 27, 2021, the golden green leaf of Stephen Chow's movie, Wu Mengda, died of lung cancer.
When this news was released, fans felt very sad.
At the same time, everyone is also worried:
Uncle Da left so suddenly, leaving five children and his wife Hou Shanyan, will there be an incident because of the inheritance of the inheritance.
Now that two years have passed, looking back at Hou Shanyan's choice, I know how clever Uncle Da's arrangement before his death was.
——How bumpy the career is——
Wu Mengda has played too many classic roles in his life, although most of them are supporting roles, but he still managed to become a big coffee that everyone knows and everyone knows.
But no one knows that Wu Mengda also fell into a trough and almost left the road of the entertainment industry.
In 1973, Wu Mengda was admitted to the TV artist training class in Hong Kong and became a classmate with Chow Yun-fat, Lin Lingdong and others.
Wu Mengda's results have always been good, but because of his image, he has always been able to receive some supporting roles, and Zhou Yunfa and others in the same class have long been the male protagonists.
But Wu Mengda was not disappointed, because his mind to enter the industry was not pure.
At first, he just envied the star's shine in the spotlight and felt that it was faster to make money as a star, so he embarked on this path.
He once bluntly said on the show that he was just greedy for vanity at first.
Although he has always been a trick and playing supporting roles, his superb acting skills have kept him on the script, and he is also a small success.
Until playing the role of "Hu Tiehua" in "The Legend of Chu Liuxiang", he became popular overnight.
The benefits of fame far exceeded Wu Mengda's imagination, and he began to use this role to make crazy money, taking leave to go to Taiwan to participate in various variety shows.
According to him, in just one year, he made $100,000.
But it's not a good thing that money comes too easily.
With money and fame, Wu Mengda's side also appeared more temptations.
The young Wu Mengda was so stunned that he became addicted to gambling, and he not only spent his savings, but also owed a lot of debt.
The debt collector came to the door every day, which caused a serious impact on his family, and his wife filed for divorce in a fit of anger.
At that time, Wu Mengda was very devastated and had suicidal thoughts for a while.
But every time he thinks of his two daughters, Wu Mengda can't let go.
In the end, he calmly accepted the reality, comforted his wife while going out to work to pay off debts.
It was not until the release of the movie "Heavenly Love" in which he participated that it ushered in a turning point.
With this film, Wu Mengda won the Best Supporting Actor Award at the Academy Awards that year.
At this point, all the difficulties of the past disappeared.
And Wu Mengda also made a vow that he would never gamble in the future.
In 1983, Wu Mengda received an invitation from the crew of "The Legend of the Condor Heroes", where he met the person who had the greatest influence on him in this life, Stephen Chow.
The two saw each other as soon as they saw each other, and talked happily, and since then their 15-year cooperation has begun.
"Journey to the West", "Truant Weilong", "Wu Zhuangyuan Su Beggar", "Nine Pins Sesame Official" ...
In these 15 years, the two have complemented each other and written the legendary chapter of Hong Kong entertainment comedy.
Wu Mengda and Stephen Chow have become the "best partners" in the hearts of the audience, and Wu Mengda has also become a recognized "golden supporting role" in the Hong Kong film industry.
But at this time, Wu Mengda, who was rising steadily on the road to his career, also had a high pursuit in the spiritual aspect.
——Three marriages meet true love——
Wu Mengda has three relationship experiences before and after.
Long before he became famous, he married his first wife, Mi Lili, and gave birth to twin daughters.
But the experience of gambling debts left a huge scar on this relationship.
Although the debt was paid off later, the relationship could not go back to the past.
And Wu Mengda also met newcomer actor Lu Shaoci in the crew, and the two fell in love with each other.
For what Wu Mengda did, Mi Lili chose to turn a blind eye and ignore it.
Seeing this, Wu Mengda became even more intense, and he and Lu Shaoci began to live together.
After Lu Shaoci and Wu Meng were together, they also gave birth to a daughter for him.
They had an affair with each other for five years before eventually separating.
I thought that Wu Mengda, who already had three children, should be honest, but I didn't expect him to repeat his old trick again.
In 1993, Wu Mengda, who was filming "Happy Events in the Flower Field" in Malaysia, met Hou Shanyan by chance, and he fell in love with this girl at first sight.
After a passionate pursuit, the two fell in love.
This new relationship is vigorous, and he once admitted that Hou Shanyan is a more important existence than his life.
In 1994, Mi Lili finally decided to let go, and she and Wu Mengda broke off their marriage.
Two years later, Wu Mengda married Hou Shanyan, who was pregnant at that time.
After marriage, Hou Shanyan gave birth to a son and a daughter to Wu Mengda, and her life was very loving.
For this marriage with a huge age difference, in fact, most people are not optimistic.
But Wu Mengda seems to have changed his mind this time, no longer nostalgic for the outside flower world, but truly returned to the family.
Every time the set is off, the first thing Wu Mengda does is to go home and hold the child.
And although Hou Shanyan is young, she is very considerate. No matter what time Wu Mengda arrives home at night, there are delicious meals waiting for him.
Because Wu Mengda is old and not in good health, Hou Shanyan sometimes goes to the set to take care of him.
In the face of doubts from the outside world, Hou Shanyan proved with her strength that she would accompany Wu Mengda for a long time.
——Do not abandon serious illness——
Many netizens wondered why Wu Mengda's wonderful emotional experience has not left a bad reputation?
In fact, everyone only saw Wu Mengda's injury to the first two terms, and did not see his compensation and love for them at all.
Wu Mengda is a very responsible person, he has 4 daughters and 1 son, although he has been separated from Mi Lili and Lu Shaoci, but the sense of responsibility tells him that he cannot throw all the burden on the other party.
He bought a property and gave it to his two predecessors, and gave them each 800,000 Hong Kong dollars a month as child support.
In addition, he has to support his new family and parents, so, although he is fifty years old, he is still active on the set, just to earn more money to support his family.
But the high-intensity work has caused some problems in his body.
In 2014, when Wu Mengda was filming "The Legend of the Divine Doctor" in Shijiazhuang, he felt dizzy and unwell, and the director hurriedly let him rest first, but Wu Mengda was no problem with director Gauss himself.
He thought to himself, the scene props have already been arranged, and he can't let the other staff work for nothing because of himself.
Wu Mengda endured physical discomfort and asked to continue, but in the middle of filming, he suddenly fainted.
Fortunately, the director was prepared and sent Uncle Da to the hospital in time, but fortunately he was sent to the hospital in time and rescued back.
During the hospitalization, the doctor said that Wu Mengda was infected with a virus and the condition was very dangerous, and it was best to inform the family.
Wu Mengda had no choice but to tell his wife, and his wife Hou Shanyan hurriedly came, but when he arrived, Wu Mengda entered the emergency room again due to an illness.
Hou Shanyan looked at her husband in the ICU whose life and death were uncertain, and her tears couldn't stop flowing.
Wandering outside the ghost gate twice, Wu Mengda thought that he was really not far from death.
It was the worries and longing for his wife and children that dragged him back from the brink of death.
Under the careful care of his wife, Wu Mengda soon recovered, and after this incident, he also spared his life even more.
Thinking that Hou Shanyan secretly cried at night because she was worried about his body, Wu Mengda decided to quit smoking and alcohol, take good care of her body, and enjoy life with her wife.
Hou Shanyan was very happy to see that the busy Wu Mengda was finally liberated from work and began to enjoy his later life.
But Wu Mengda couldn't put down all the work at all, he still had five children on his back to bear, and in order to earn money, he went out to film again.
But Wu Mengda's body has long been unaffordable, and in 2020, Wu Mengda was diagnosed with liver cancer.
Although he was accompanied by his wife for timely surgery, he needed a long period of chemotherapy.
At this time, the doctor pointed out that Wu Mengda's heart problem was serious, and it was possible to recover fifty percent with timely surgery, and if it dragged on, the situation would only get worse.
In the end, Wu Mengda and Hou Shanyan decided to undergo surgery in January 21.
I thought that even if it was only fifty percent, as long as I rested more after the operation and maintained it well, I could still live a smooth life.
But what he didn't expect was that at the time of the preoperative examination, Wu Mengda's liver cancer cells had spread to the whole body, and now it is in the advanced stage of cancer.
At this time, Wu Mengda's body could not withstand the torment at all, and various parts of his body had problems, all of which needed emergency treatment.
In February 2021, Wu Mengda finally lost to the disease and left this world.
On the occasion of his death, looking at the children in front of the bed and his wife who has been with him for many years, he couldn't help but leave tears.
He told his son to take care of his mother. He also made a will, dividing the property into two halves, half for his five children, and half for his wife Hou Shanyan.
The children have grown up, and the last thing he can let go of is his wife Hou Shanyan, who can no longer accompany her after his death, leaving money, at least to ensure that she can have food and clothing in her old age.
——Inheritance Responsibility——
After Wu Mengda's death, Hou Shanyan endured the pain and handled his aftermath.
At Wu Mengda's memorial service, half of the Hong Kong entertainment industry came to see him off on his last ride.
After the funeral, Hou Shanyan got this huge inheritance, but she did not spend days drinking and squandering everywhere, but continued to live an ordinary life.
Hou Shanyan took Wu Mengda's mother and continued to take care of her as if she were her own mother.
Even inherited Wu Mengda's responsibility for the five children, although Wu Mengda passed away, Hou Shanyan still treated them all as her own children.
Not only taking care of a son and a daughter around her, she also cares about the lives of her other three daughters and often visits the three of them.
Wu Mengda and Hou Shanyan's life, although they met a little later, but the mutual trust between them and the mutual envy of each other really make us envious.
When encountering difficulties, being able to support each other and work together may be the meaning of husband and wife.