Text: Mr. Pen Barrel
Editor: Mr. Pen Barrel
In 1991, Xi Meijuan and Zhou Yemang's marriage came to an end. 30 years later, Zhou Yemang suddenly broke the negative news of his ex-wife's "marital cheating", subverting the image of "good wife and good mother" that Xi Meijuan has always maintained.
This revelation triggered public suspicion and discussion about Xi Meijuan's past life. Is her tall mother figure just a show? What kind of grudge does she have with her ex-husband?
Xi Meijuan's growth path
In 1955, Xi Meijuan was born in Shanghai to a family of ordinary workers. His father worked in a toy factory and his mother was an ordinary worker.
Although the family of five has a hard time, the parents try their best to take care of their five children. Xi Meijuan has been the big sister of the family since she was a child, she is docile and obedient, often takes the initiative to take on housework and the responsibility of taking care of younger siblings, and her parents can go to work without worrying about family affairs.
Xi Meijuan has an independent and introverted personality, and loves to read very much. Every day after doing housework, she would ask her younger siblings to sit on the pony in the yard and read a book.
She likes to read some literary works, which also cultivates her interest in literature and art. The characters and storylines described in the book inspired Xi Meijuan's understanding of human nature.
After graduating from high school in 1973, Xi Meijuan responded to the call of the state to join the queue in the countryside. At first, she was not very comfortable with the backward rural environment and missed the bustling city life in Shanghai.
But Xi Meijuan quickly adjusted her mentality and saw cutting the queue as an opportunity to learn and exercise. She worked with everyone every day, regardless of hard work, shared everyone's worries and problems, and soon won the love of the locals.
Once, a college student returned from the city to visit relatives and told Xi Meijuan that the Shanghai Theater Academy was enrolling. Although Xi Meijuan has no acting experience, she is extremely passionate about literature and art, and immediately had the idea of applying for the exam. She thought that this was a rare opportunity and that she should bravely pursue her dreams, so she decided to go back to the poster exam.
In 1977, Xi Meijuan graduated from the major of Shanghai Opera Performance and was assigned to work in the Shanghai People's Art Theater. At first, she could only play some small roles, but she was not discouraged and continued to work hard to study her acting skills.
One day 3 years later, the theater began casting for a large-scale drama "Dead Wood in Spring", and the director noticed Xi Meijuan's serious work attitude and progressive acting skills, and decided to give her an important role as a girl with leukemia.
This is Xi Meijuan's turning point. She was well prepared and pondered the role repeatedly, hoping to win the sympathy and support of the audience through her performance.
On the day of the premiere, Xi Meijuan was fully engaged and successfully portrayed the image of a girl with a tragic fate but stubborn and resolute, which deeply moved the audience. This also won her her first acting award, the Shanghai Young Actor Award.
Since then, Xi Meijuan has continued to make achievements on the drama stage. Her passion for the performing arts is growing day by day, and she cherishes every opportunity to hone her acting skills.
In 1988, Xi Meijuan finally won the highest honor in the Chinese theater industry - the Chinese Drama Plum Blossom Award for her role as a young man in the drama "Chinese Dream".
This strengthened Xi Meijuan's love for stage performance, and she chose to continue to stay in the theater and devote her youth and passion to it. While Xi Meijuan concentrated on her stage career, her love also quietly sprouted.
In 1982, Xi Meijuan's future husband Zhou Yemang entered Shanghai Renyi to begin his career as an actor, and the two met in the troupe and eventually became dependents.
But how could she have known that this was the beginning of her nightmare.
The tragedy of Zhou Yemang's marriage with Xi Meijuan
Xi Meijuan grew up in an ordinary family, and her parents hoped that she could find a stable job and live a peaceful life. However, Xi Meijuan has a different dream, she yearns for applause and flowers on stage. In order to pursue her dream, Xi Meijuan joined the drama club in high school and began a stage career that lasted for more than ten years.
Xi Meijuan has a beautiful face, although she cannot be regarded as a top beauty, but her natural temperament and acting skills make her shine on stage.
Although she started a little jerky, she was down-to-earth and persevered in the drills, progressing from a small role to a heroine. Audiences are also increasingly evaluating her, calling her a "rookie in Chinese drama."
It was on this stage that Xi Meijuan met her future husband Zhou Yemang. Zhou Yemang, a few years younger than Xi Meijuan, is a newcomer actor who has just entered the industry.
He was not only impressed by Xi Meijuan's acting skills, but also fell in love with her at first sight. Zhou Yemang began to passionately pursue Xi Meijuan, and Xi Meijuan was also moved by his sincerity, and the two naturally entered into marriage.
After marriage, Xi Meijuan found that although Zhou Yemang looked outstanding, his acting skills were still relatively stiff. However, Xi Meijuan did not dislike him, but encouraged him even more, hoping that he could also shine on stage. The two support each other, and life is very sweet.
However, the good times did not last long. Xi Meijuan is increasingly successful in her career, while Zhou Yemang's development is relatively dull. What broke the heartbreak of the two even more was that shortly after Xi Meijuan became pregnant, they lost their child.
The accident became a turning point in the marriage. Zhou Yemang began to complain about the sky, and his relationship with Xi Meijuan became more and more rigid. In the end, Zhou Yemang chose to study abroad, and the two lived apart for many years.
After Zhou Yemang returned to China, the two tried to revive their marriage, and Xi Meijuan became pregnant again. However, just after she gave birth to this child, Zhou Yemang filed for divorce.
At this point, Xi Meijuan alone took on the heavy responsibility of raising her children. She devoted all her efforts to her acting career, shined in the drama "Chinese Dream", and won many acting awards.
And Zhou Yemang also had a small achievement after going abroad, but he failed to catch up with Xi Meijuan. Their marriage ended in failure, but Xi Meijuan still won career success with her own efforts.
Xi Meijuan: From a young girl to an old and strong acting school
Xi Meijuan's married life was not satisfactory, Zhou Yemanghua was lucky, and soon she empathized and fell in love, so she was hit by a huge blow and was immersed in sadness all day.
For the future of her newborn daughter, Xi Meijuan struggled to regroup. She returned to the film and television industry with her daughter who had just turned the moon and began a new chapter in her acting career.
At first, Xi Meijuan tried to find parents or in-laws to take care of the children, but they were refused. The parents were unable to help due to old age and infirmity, and the parents-in-law were unwilling to help this granddaughter with her mother's surname. No way, Xi Meijuan can only raise her children alone, and at the same time make a living in the entertainment industry.
At the age of 35, Xi Meijuan successfully transformed with the movie "Fake Female True Love", trying to play a middle-aged mother image for the first time, and received wide acclaim because of her excellent acting skills.
It also opened the door for her to become a mature actress. Since then, Xi Meijuan has begun to appear frequently on the screen, interpreting the role of mother one by one in her own way. With the accumulation of works, she has gradually become a well-known "national mother".
In 1991, Xi Meijuan and Lu Liang co-starred in the drama "Left-behind Lady", pushing the small theater performance to a new peak. Xi Meijuan abandoned traditional acting routines and entered the role in a very natural way.
She interacts closely with the audience, conveys inner emotions through facial expressions, and opens up a new path of "micro-image performance". This highly successful drama also laid a good performance foundation for Xi Meijuan to switch to the film industry in the future.
As she grew older, Xi Meijuan was no longer the role of Hua Dan in the past. But her rich life experience has made her acting skills more and more sophisticated.
In many works, she can portray the role of mother as warm and vibrant. At the same time, she also won one award after another, which became the audience's affirmation of her acting skills.
After entering old age, Xi Meijuan is still active on the screen. She no longer has the arrogance and arrogance of the past, and just wants to play every role well.
In the crew, Xi Meijuan is extremely dedicated to her work and often forgets to eat and rest. This dedication eventually paid off, and Xi Meijuan won the queen crown again, proving that her acting skills are still outstanding.
For more than 30 years, Xi Meijuan has used her tenacious willpower and solid acting skills to write a positive and never give up female spiritual imprint. Perhaps it is this positive and enterprising quality that has made her who she is today.
But just when she became popular, a news came into front of the audience.
was angrily reprimanded by Zhou Yemang for cheating
When Xi Meijuan and Zhou Yemang divorced, the outside world began to discuss the reasons for their divorce. What is even more puzzling is that Zhou Yemang remarried with another actress Wang Zhixia soon after his divorce.
Faced with the news of her husband's remarriage, Xi Meijuan did not say anything, but silently raised her children alone. When the outside world saw Xi Meijuan's calm and indifferent attitude, they were full of sympathy for her, thinking that she was abandoned by her husband and was a poor single mother.
Over the years, Xi Meijuan has also kept a low profile, rarely mentioning this marriage, so that her image as a good wife continues to be recognized by the public.
However, in April of this year, a shocking news suddenly broke online. It turned out that Zhou Yemang sent out a long article on a social platform, revealing that the real reason for the divorce of the two that year was because Xi Meijuan cheated during the marriage, and the son born was probably not his own species!
The explosive remarks immediately caused an uproar online. Zhou Yemang, who has been defaulted to "scumbags" for many years, is now anti-general, directly overturning the outside world's impression of Xi Meijuan for many years. For a time, group ridicule and abuse against Xi Meijuan followed, and her virtuous wife character collapsed in an instant.
In the face of such a fierce public opinion attack, Xi Meijuan chose silence. For Zhou Yemang's accusations, as well as various speculations from the outside world, Xi Meijuan, 68, no longer seems to care. She just quietly continues her acting career and lives the life she wants.
In order to clear the stigma of the past many years, Zhou Yemang seems to be actively collecting evidence, seeking legal channels, and striving to let the truth be revealed to the world. The truth of this scandal of cheating in marriage is still unknown. But it has become a major scandal in today's entertainment industry.
No matter what the reason for the divorce was back then, what we saw was a calm and calm Xi Meijuan, who was following her heart and living a wonderful life.
Xi Meijuan's life path is still very long, and she will continue to work hard to bring more surprises to everyone. Emotional estrangement is due to many reasons, the past has passed, and both parties should cherish the present and face the future.