In 2019, Chen Sally was 71 years old, and she wanted to exchange all the more than 30 million yuan she had saved in the mainland for Taiwan dollars in the past 19 years and return to Taiwan. But who knows, 140 million Taiwan dollars is gone.
Sally Chen, a Chinese actress from Taiwan. At the age of 23, with her outstanding performance in the movie "Falling Eagle Gorge", she won the Golden Horse Award for Best Supporting Actress that year, and became famous in one fell swoop and was regarded as a popular little Hua Dan new star.
However, the good times did not last long, and in the following years, several movies in which Chen Sally participated in successively did not have satisfactory box office and word of mouth. The first peak of success came to an end, and Sally Chen, whose career fell into a trough, fell into confusion for a while.
In this difficult period, a friend reminded Sally Chen that in order for an actor to mature, he needs to choose his role strategically. Supporting roles are the foundation of an actor's long-term development. This suggestion inspired Sally Chen, who decided to make a transition and move away from being limited to the protagonist position, but to actively engage with various supporting roles.
Five years later, Sally Chen challenged the more serious Empress Dowager for the first time in the martial arts drama "Book of Swords and Revenge", which unexpectedly won the recognition and love of the audience and critics.
From this turning point, Sally Chen gradually became a "professional household of the Queen Mother", and established her own characteristics and status in the drama circle. In the next ten years, she played many versions of the image of the Empress Dowager, creating lifelike classical women, which left a very deep impression on the audience.
When the acting career was back on track and even reached new heights, Sally Chen's love life was not satisfactory. Her marriages to two husbands ended in failure. At the age of 21, Sally Chen fell in love with a guitarist and got married, and the relationship lasted for 5 years before breaking down.
Later, she remarried actor Che Xuan and had a son. However, Che Xuan cheated many times, and Chen Sally could no longer bear it and took the initiative to file for divorce. The painful experience of these two marriages gave her a deep idea of the impermanence of life.
After entering middle age, Sally Chen took advantage of the opportunity to develop in the mainland and made a new leap in her career. She began to challenge a large number of roles for various middle-aged and elderly women, no longer limited to the Queen Mother.
In addition to expanding her acting path, she is also committed to presenting a wealth of life experience and life insights through these different female characters. Sally Chen quickly established herself in the mainland drama circle and became a first-line star in the market. This is undoubtedly another pinnacle of her acting career.
In 2019, 71-year-old Chen Sally decided to officially retire, preparing to repatriate more than 30 million yuan accumulated in 19 years of hard work in the mainland to Taiwan and begin to enjoy her old age. However, a Taiwanese media reported that she was deceived by an intermediary company in the process of remittance, and the money she accumulated was defrauded.
For a time, public opinion falsely rumored that Chen Sally had been deceived of all her savings, causing an uproar. This caused great embarrassment and annoyance to the old artists who were about to retire.
Soon, Sally Chen herself clarified that her salary had been directly credited to the account by the company, denying the rumors that she had been scammed. This public misunderstanding was finally calmed down, and it also made Sally Chen determined to completely stay away from the entertainment industry and prepare to spend her old age in Taiwan.
Sally Chen, who has had ups and downs in her life, like the various characters she plays, interprets the phrase "life is like a play" with her own personal experience.
She constantly experienced lows and was repeatedly reborn from nirvana. Sally Chen, who has now faded from the public's sight, will still inspire future art seekers with her never-say-die and professional dedication. Her life experience shows the world that life is bound to be full of ups and downs, but as long as she remains optimistic and resilient, she will be able to write her own wonderful chapter on stage.
