Tongali is one of the few people who became popular with a photo book, and she boldly showed her naked body, but was viewed by countless people with colored glasses.
At that time, the Internet was just emerging, and Tongali just hit the wind, and was searched and crusaded by netizens, and the total traffic reached an astonishing figure of 200 million.
Her husband, who had loved each other, divorced her because of this, and her beloved father also quarreled to break ties with her.
Tongali endured the pain of this thorny road, but even so, she still had to shoot a second photo book.
What is the belief that underpins her? Why on earth does she insist on taking nude photos?
The road to growth
Tongari was born into a very traditional family, her father was a soldier and her mother was a housewife.
Under her father's strict teaching, Tongali has been very well-behaved and sensible since she was a child, and she is a good girl in the eyes of her neighbors.
As she grew older, Tongari became taller and taller, and her body proportions were perfect.
At the suggestion of her teacher, Tongali was sent by her parents to learn gymnastics.
Tongali did not disappoint her parents and won a championship at a youth sports meeting in Anhui Province.
The parents are very happy, they fantasize about their daughter entering the national team and becoming a gymnast who wins glory for the country.
But what they didn't know was that Tongali accidentally watched a dance performance, and her heart had already flown there.
For the first time, she went against her parents' expectations and insisted on learning dance.
In desperation, her parents agreed to her.
Interest was the best teacher, and Tongali, who had a foundation in gymnastics, quickly established herself on the path of dance.
After that, she passed five levels and cut six generals all the way, first being selected to become the leader and C position of the provincial song and dance troupe, and then entering the famous "Oriental Song and Dance Troupe".
Tongali has left her own figure in classic works such as "Red Hat" and "Terracotta Army".
Then, not afraid of challenges, she began to focus on the profession of an actor again.
But the interlacing is like a mountain, and Tongali who used to have a smooth wind can not act at all.
At first, she could only shoot some MVs, but after her non-stop interviews, she finally got the opportunity to participate in big productions such as "Dragon and Phoenix Wisdom Fighting Pan Longfang" and "Kangxi Dynasty".
However, the acting skills are really not flattering, so that the audience can't remember her at all.
For this reason, Tongali languished for a while, until she met a man named Zhang Xulong.
The beginning of the nightmare
That day, Tongali was filming an underwear advertisement, and Zhang Xulong was full of praise for her figure after passing by and seeing it.
He directly stepped forward and asked Tangali: "Are you willing to shoot a naked photo album?" ”
At that time, Tongali only felt that this man was a rogue, but after understanding, he found that Zhang Xulong was a famous "prince of photography" in the domestic photography industry, and the women he photographed were full of charm and excellent temperament.
And Zhang Xulong also patted his chest to guarantee that once this photo album comes out, Tongali will double her value and resources will be greatly increased.
This made Tongali very excited, but it was still difficult to strip naked in front of the camera.
After thinking about it for a few days, she plucked up the courage to take the initiative to find Zhang Xuyang.
Later, when Tongali recalled this turning point in her life, she said: "At that time, I just felt that I had to leave something behind, to give my youth an unforgettable color. ”
Tongali then plunged into the shoot, but she didn't expect the process to be so complicated.
In order to achieve the best standards, 800 boxes of film alone were used, and Tongali did not lie there naked and did nothing, she needed to put on various difficult dance poses to show the beauty of the human body.
However, fortunately, the efforts were not in vain, and in 2002, "Tongali Body Art Portrait" was released by the People's Art Publishing House and became very popular.
Tongali's 144 physical photographs as a professional dancer are a feast for art-loving readers.
In less than two hours, hundreds of thousands of copies of the photo book were all sold out, and under the urging of readers, the publishing house worked overtime to catch up with the printing, and once it was released, it was sold out again.
Some of the photos also flowed online, causing a huge stir.
Tongali also became popular overnight, and just before she could fully react from this pomp and circumstance, the overwhelming scolding on the Internet instantly drowned her out.
Families are broken, loved ones are severed, and careers are broken
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While greedily staring at the photo album, they maliciously made insulting remarks online.
During that time, Tongali refused to give any interviews, did not go online or go out.
It wasn't until late 2002 that she adjusted to attend the book signing.
Most of the oppressive crowd were men, their eyes sliding through her body like a hungry python, and some of them were saying unbearable words.
This made Tongari very embarrassed and uncomfortable, and the malice of strangers could be endured, and the abandonment of relatives was the deadliest blow.
Despite her efforts to hide it from her father, he came across the news by chance.
How could a traditional father put up with his daughter doing such a self-destructive thing?
For a long time thereafter, her father did not see her or answer her calls.
Even her husband, who had agreed to her photo album, suddenly changed his attitude.
He began to be unable to tolerate the obscenities of others towards his wife, especially when he met acquaintances, who would look at him with a strange gaze that made him unbearable.
Quarrels and cold wars, Tongari tried to save the marriage, but to no avail, and eventually her husband left her.
Before Tongali could slow down, Zhang Xulong took her to court for the right to sign, and finally the court ruled that Tongali lost the case and needed to compensate Zhang Xulong 100,000 yuan.
After Tangali had scraped all her savings, she had only raised 30,000, and she asked Zhang Xulong to ease the deadline, and she would definitely pay it off within a month.
But Zhang Xulong resolutely did not accept it, and sued Tongali again, and finally the court directly confiscated Tongali's real estate and car.
Since then, Tongali and Zhang Xulong have broken off each other, and the cooperative relationship has all ended.
Seeing that Tongali has become so down, some directors came to the door hoping that Tongali would star in the Feng Yue film, and promised to give her a lot of money.
But they were all rejected by Tongali with a sentence: "This is different from taking body art photos, I will never shoot nude scenes." ”
Since then, Tongali has no family, no family affection, and no career, and under such circumstances, she once fell into self-doubt, and even thought about suicide.
Goodbye to the light
But fortunately, there are people who understand her, and those friends who have danced have said that Tongali is doing a very beautiful thing.
They constantly encouraged her and helped her through the most difficult times of her life.
He Teacher also stood up for Tongali at that time, saying: "She is a kind and good girl, not as unbearable as the Internet says. ”
After that, Tongari began to slowly cheer up, and sometimes she also thought that if she hadn't taken that photo album at that time, would she not have encountered this?
But people want to live in the moment, she silently encouraged herself: "I'm not doing wrong, I'm just doing what I like, I'm not hurting others." ”
In 2003, Tongali released her second photo album, and this time the wind of public opinion finally turned in her favor, and netizens praised her as a brave woman.
In 2004, she participated in the drama "Want to Eat Twist and Screw Yourself", although her acting skills are still not mature enough, but at least she took this step and let the audience see her efforts.
And her father finally let go of his previous suspicions with her, sitting in the audience and looking at her with satisfaction.
Tongari cried with joy, "Father is finally willing to talk to me." ”
epilogue
Now 47 years old, Tongali is still alone, but she is not alone.
She is still like the brave young girl at the beginning, dedicated to doing what she loves, busy and fulfilling.
When referring to the photo book again, Tongali smiled with relief and said:
"What was very important at that time, but now I look back and realize that it was just an inconspicuous little puddle in a long life."
However, as the first person who dared to take this step and ate crabs, the pain that Tongari endured was unimaginable.