Chen Yunsheng, the most popular Chinese film queen of the 1940s, died on June 30 in her Hong Kong apartment at the age of 100.
On July 10, a shrine was set up at a funeral home in Hong Kong, and there was a sea of flowers at the scene, and many Hong Kong celebrities attended the ceremony, including Hui Jinheng and the two "masters" of the Huo family, Huo Zhenting (Guo Jingjing's father-in-law) and Huo Zhenhuan.
It turned out that Huo Yingdong and Chen Yunsheng had been friends for many years, and Huo Zhenting and his younger brother Huo Zhenhuan had known this elder since childhood, and the relationship between the two families was once very close, and they met for lunch every weekend.
Huo Zhenting (pictured below) told reporters, "My father (Fok Yingdong) and her (Chen Yunsheng) are very good friends, and she is still the mother of my brother (Huo Zhenhuan). ”
When Huo Zhenhuan (pictured below), the "dry son", stepped out of the spirit hall, his eyes were red, his expression was obviously very sad, he pointed out that Chen Yunsheng watched him grow up, the scene was full of photos of her, and he couldn't help but feel sad in his heart.
It is reported that in recent years, because of Chen Yunsheng's poor physical condition, the two families have seen each other less than before, and Huo Zhenting feels sad about Chen Yunsheng's death, and hopes that a generation of film queens can rest in peace.
For a generation of film queen Chen Yunsheng, may not be familiar with everyone, she has starred in nearly 40 movies such as "Mulan Congjun" and "Gone with the Wind", and was on a par with actresses such as Hu Die and Zhou Xuan.
There was a commemorative book distributed to relatives and friends who entered the ceremony, the cover used a photo of Chen Yunsheng dancing in a pink dress, and the back cover was her signed headshot, which was over 100 pages, and there were many precious photos of Chen Yunsheng.
Through this commemorative book, we also come to remember the style of a generation of filmmakers, and then elaborate on her relationship with the Huo family.
According to reports, Chen Yunsheng's stage name was changed by his master Yi Jianquan, from Li Bai's poem "Yun wants to dress and flowers want to look" .
Born in Hong Kong, Chan became popular in 1938 after moving to Shanghai, married the famous doctor Tang Yuhan in 1943, and moved to Hong Kong in the early 1950s.
The reason why Chen Yunsheng would associate with the Huo family was actually from her husband Tang Yuhan.
Tang Yuhan came from a prestigious family, studied in Belgium as a young man to study medicine, and then returned to China to practice medicine, the first doctor in China to treat cancer, and in the 1940s he became the president of a hospital in Shanghai.
Mr. and Mrs. Tang have three children, and after the family moved to Hong Kong, Tang resumed his old business in Hong Kong.
During this time, because he helped Huo Yingdong's mother Liu San heal her illness, Tang Yuhan and Huo Yingdong met and became friends.
Under the influence and help of Fok Ying Tung, Tang Yuhan gradually developed from a doctor to a real estate developer.
In 1954, Tang Yuhan and Fok Yingdong each established Fu Tang Limited in the name of their wives, namely Fok Tsh Yuen and Lu Yan Ni and Tang Tai Chen Yunsheng, and bought land to build a building in the Causeway Bay area of Hong Kong. (Mr. and Mrs. Tang Yuhan's mansion in Hong Kong)
In 1956 and 1957, "Fu Tang" spent a total of HK$3.3 million to buy land skins around Xiyun Street and Jialu Lianshan Road in Hong Kong, built five buildings and sold them in layers.
The two have cooperated many times to buy land in Causeway Bay and Tsim Sha Tsui to build and sell, and their wealth has been pouring in since then! The two families have also become friends, as Huo Zhenting said, they will gather every weekend, and adults and children will play together.
The capital earned by Huo Lao from the sale of real estate flowers in the area of Lee Yuen Hill and Jialulian Mountain Road in Causeway Bay has gradually promoted him to the ranks of billionaires. (Fok Ying Tung and son Huo Zhenhuan)
Until 1970, the relationship between the two was also very good, but when they developed Mid-Levels JiahuiYuan (the official residence of former Hong Kong Chief Executive Tung Chee-hwa) the following year, it was due to the opposition of equity interests, and there were reports that the two had no contact with each other since then.
However, according to the huo family's two "talkers" in the spirit hall, the relationship between Huo Lao and Tang Yuhan and Chen Yunsheng is not so stiff as in the legend, even if the business is separated, but the friendship is still there! (Chen Yunsheng was very lively when he was young)
Tang Yuhan and Fok Yingdong were already worth tens of millions of Hong Kong dollars when they worked together in the real estate business, and then he transferred most of his assets to the United States and overseas, and now conservatively estimates that his family wealth is more than 1 billion.
After retirement, he and his wife Chen Yunsheng have been vegetarian and diligent in calligraphy for many years, and both of them are healthy and long-lived, Chen Yunsheng, born in 1916, passed away at the age of 100, and Tang Yuhan (pictured below), born in 1913, died in 2014 at the age of 101.