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Uncle Hu
Editor|Uncle Hu
"Only you can help me, trouble you to find a way to send me back to the embrace of the motherland."
In 2021, 59-year-old actor Zhou Jie.
At the last moment of her life, she begged her friend Liu Xiaoqing to find a way to send herself back to the embrace of the motherland no matter what, which was her ultimate wish.
With good help, Zhou Jie spent $270,000 to return to the motherland from the United States on a chartered plane, and returned home less than a month later.
Once known as the "Oriental God of Beauty", what kind of sad past does she have behind it?
First, the soul returns home
In 2017, the famous host Cao Kefan in Shanghai invited Zhou Jie to participate in the Spring Festival special column.
It's just that his invitation was rejected by Zhou Jie's family.
Because Zhou Jie had cancer at that time, he was undergoing chemotherapy in Houston, USA.
After the family's revelation, everyone knew that they had not seen the figure of the "most beautiful Yang Guifei" for so long because she was seriously ill.
Netizens couldn't help but sigh: "God is jealous." ”
Fans prayed for her, hoping that Zhou Jie would get better soon.
Perhaps feeling the love of her "family", Zhou Jie is also working hard to fight cancer, and this belief supports her to never dare to fall.
After five years in a row, Zhou Jie did not give up, but the long-term chemotherapy has made her body deteriorate greatly, and even eating and drinking water need her people's care.
Compared with these bad news, the cancer has not spread again, which is the greatest comfort for Zhou Jie and her family.
But in August 2021, Zhou Jie's condition suddenly began to deteriorate, and doctors treated her very quickly, but they still could not contain the spreading cancer cells.
In desperation, the doctor had to call Zhou Jie's family and tell them that Zhou Jie had less than two months at most, so that he could be mentally prepared.
Everyone who learned the news was as breathless as a stone pressed down.
But the facts were in front of them, and they had to face them.
As a patient, Zhou Jie of course knows her physical condition clearly, and coupled with the doctor's reaction, Zhou Jie also realizes that she has "time running out." ”
But she doesn't want to just "die in another country", and if she really dies here, then she will not be "blind". ”
So Zhou Jie wanted to return to the embrace of the motherland at the last moment of his life.
But her physical function at that time was already very poor, and if she wanted to return to the motherland by plane, then there must be special medical equipment on the plane, and she had to communicate well with domestic aviation to avoid accidents on the road.
Due to the special environment at that time, it was not easy to charter a flight back to China, at this time she thought of her best friend Liu Xiaoqing, so she managed to contact her and tell Liu Xiaoqing her heart.
Knowing that his friend's time was running out, Liu Xiaoqing agreed without saying a word: "You don't have to worry about money, I will arrange it for you."
Liu Xiaoqing promised to help, Zhou Jie was already very moved, where could she let Liu Xiaoqing pay for her again, the two could not fight, and finally Liu Xiaoqing compromised.
With the help of her friends, Zhou Jie spent $270,000 to successfully lease a plane, and the next month she finally returned to her beloved motherland.
The first thing Zhou Jie did after returning was to think of going around and taking a look at the great rivers and mountains of the motherland, but her condition had deteriorated very seriously, and even walking was a very difficult thing.
And the environment at that time was also relatively special, and her wish was destined to be unfulfilled.
Although it is a pity, Zhou Jie has returned to "home" after all, and her "wandering heart" has finally stabilized.
After 28 days of treatment in a Shanghai hospital, he finally "returned to his hometown" at the age of 59.
She dedicated her life to dance and has also made many contributions to society.
Looking back, Zhou Jie's life is full of ups and downs and sadness.
Second, set sail "again"
Zhou Jie's departure is a beginning and an end.
Born in an ordinary family, she has loved dancing since she was a child, and her dream when she grew up was to become a dance teacher.
It's just that born in that era, this idea is generally not recognized by the public.
Fortunately, Zhou Jie has a pair of parents who love her very much, so her dream can survive and develop.
In order to be able to learn to dance well, Zhou Jie often consults some senior brothers and sisters who can dance and asks them to teach themselves some dance basics.
When she was in elementary school, after doing her homework every day after school, Zhou Jie would begin to "press her legs" and "lower her waist". ”
Anyone who has practiced dance should know that this is the "painful process" they least want to go through. ”
As the saying goes, "one minute on stage and ten years off stage", how wonderful the performance on stage is, the offstage must put in corresponding efforts.
According to Zhou Jie herself, she was very obsessed with dance at the beginning.
In order to be able to train her body's flexibility to the best, at the age of 7, she pressed her legs for nearly half an hour every day, her legs were cramping, and she was still gritting her teeth and persevering, and this perseverance proved that her future achievements would not be bad.
Gradually, even her parents found that she danced very well, and occasionally mixed with a few difficult movements, which surprised her mother.
She has never received professional training, and she can dance such a beautiful dance, it seems that Zhou Jie is a person born for dance.
At this moment, parents began to value their daughter's talent, and in order to make their child have a good development in the future, they were ready to send their child to a professional dance troupe and let her study there.
Zhou Jie, who learned the news, was very excited, because this was what she dreamed of.
And facts have also proved that parents are indeed not wrong.
Zhou Jie's outstanding dancing talent was excavated by the teachers in the group, and her dance skills are growing at a speed visible to the naked eye, and her mouth is still very sweet, and she respects the elders, the male is called uncle, and the female is called aunt.
The teachers love this "little sycophant" very much, and they teach her even more, with her well-behaved looks, sweet mouth, and most importantly, dance talent, Zhou Jie mixed in the dance troupe called a "like a fish in water." ”
The teachers cherish this "good seedling" very much, and want to train her well, so that Zhou Jie can stay in the group to work in the future.
Dance teacher has always been Zhou Jie's dream, of course, she agrees very much, but the good times did not last long, and a major change occurred in Zhou Jie's family at that time.
This change caused the group to no longer dare to take in Zhou Jie, and the teachers felt very sorry for this dance genius, but they were also helpless due to the big environment.
In this way, Zhou Jie's "dance dream" was shattered.
3. Give back to the society
In order not to let her daughter's future be ruined, her parents endured the pain and carried her to her aunt's house, so that Zhou Jie's dance dream could continue.
Although she "sent people under the fence", her aunt never let Zhou Jie suffer a little, it turned out that her parents treated her, and her aunt treated her.
In this way, Zhou Jie's mentality quickly adjusted and continued to chase her dreams.
She added the dance skills she learned in the troupe to exercise, day after day, year after year, Zhou Jie's hard work finally paid off.
At the age of 12, Zhou Jie was admitted to the Shanghai Opera House, because of her excellent dancing talent and sweet face, she got the opportunity to play "Female No. 1" half a year later.
But after all, Zhou Jie was only 12 years old at that time, and she was also on such a big stage for the first time, so she couldn't help but be a little nervous.
Her performance was good, but there were still many flaws, and after the performance, Zhou Jie took the initiative to find a teacher, wanting to precipitate for a few years and then perform on stage, she felt that she could not take on this heavy responsibility now.
So after that, Zhou Jie trained harder, constantly learning from the elders and teachers, and pondering the style on the stage.
After three years of precipitation and accumulation, Zhou Jie has faded his original immaturity, and his stage style has become much calmer, and he has starred in large-scale national stage plays such as "Banping Mountain", "Fengming Qishan", "Little Knife Club" and other large-scale national stage plays, and gradually made his own fame.
Especially when starring in "Banping Mountain", due to a mistake in action, Zhou Jie's left rib hit the ground, and two ribs were broken on the spot.
But the little Zhou Jie showed amazing perseverance, and in order not to affect the overall performance, she gritted her teeth and persevered.
After returning to the backstage after the performance, Zhou Jie's face was already covered with sweat, and she fainted directly with a pale face, and the teacher hurriedly sent her to the hospital after learning about it, and her perseverance moved everyone.
In the 80s of last century, drama actors, dancers and others began to develop towards the film and television industry, and Zhou Jie was no exception.
When she first stepped into the entertainment industry, there was no audition, but just danced a short dance in the director's editing car, and Li Hanxiang decided to give her the role of "Concubine Li" in "Burning the Old Summer Palace".
Practicing dance for many years, Zhou Jie has a beautiful posture, coupled with a beautiful face, which makes many audiences fall in love with it.
After becoming famous, Zhou Jie wanted to make some efforts for her hometown, and just at this time, the leader of her hometown found her and said: "Many fruits and vegetables in our hometown cannot be transported, and they rot a lot every year, because there is no bridge." ”
Zhou Jie also realized at this time that every time she went home she took a boat, which was very inconvenient, so in those two years, she put down everything and sponsored building bridges for her hometown, and after her running around, she finally had hope for building bridges.
Later, although there were twists and turns, the bridge was always built, adding a lot of convenience to the hometown.
Zhou Jie's practice of giving back to the society has also won her countless praise, and since then various film and television and commercial performance invitations have continued, and in 1990, she also won the "China TV Golden Eagle Award" Best Actress and Feitian Award.
Regarding her experience along the way, Zhou Jie believes: "Art is wonderful, although the experience is more difficult, but it also brings me value and achievement, so that I understand life and love, which is an incomparably precious thing." ”
In addition to her successful career, Zhou Jie began to develop in the United States.
Some might say, why is she so successful and does not stay in the country? After watching her actions, maybe you have some understanding.
She founded a dance school in the United States in order to let more people know and understand the charm and essence of Chinese national dance.
The Chinese who are far away in the United States do not have a deep understanding of China's history and culture, and what she does is to hope that more Chinese who go abroad will feel the charm of the culture of the motherland.
At the last moment of her life, Zhou Jie still thought about the motherland.
epilogue
Founding an art school is Zhou Jie's dream.
She is willing to pass on all her experiences and feelings to every student who loves art.
For many years, she has been promoting Chinese dance culture and wants the world to feel the charm of the motherland.
She is proud of her country and proud of her Chinese identity.
Running for many years, calling home from all over the world, as a "wanderer", at the last moment of his life, Zhou Jie's soul returned to his hometown.
The soul is comforted.
Zhou Jie once said: "For me, the step of the beauty of life is that we use inheritance and education to cultivate students' love and yearning for art, and the future of the motherland will continue in these flowers!" ”