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In 1931, a woman's mother betrothed her. But she was extremely disgusted with this arranged marriage, and immediately said: "I want to marry you, I won't marry anyway!" The reason for her refusal is not only to oppose the arranged marriage, but also because the other party actually already has a wife, and she wants to be a concubine when she marries.
However, after seeing the man in person, she changed her mind and agreed to the marriage.
So, who is this woman, why did she agree to be a concubine after meeting each other, and what happened to this marriage?
This woman is Ye Qiuxin, a movie star during the Republic of China, Ye Qiuxin has starred in many movies, and was once well-known in the Chinese film industry, with the title of "model beauty". At that time, Ye Qiuxin, Hu Die, Ruan Lingyu and others were known as the "Eight Stars", and they became the object of much attention, and it can be said that the scenery has reached the extreme.
In 1913, Ye Qiuxin was born into a wealthy family in Hankou and studied at Hankou Shengluo Yi Girls' High School, which is now Wuhan No. 20 Middle School. When he was in school, Ye Qiuxin showed a strong interest in movies, was a well-known fan of the whole school, and often improvised himself. In 1931, the Wuhan Film Company in Hankou noticed her and invited her to star in the movie "Shichahai", and Ye Qiuxin readily agreed. This movie was a great success, and Ye Qiuxin also became an instant hit.
Ye Qiuxin's quiet and delicate qualities in the movie conquered a large number of audiences, and one of these audiences had a very special identity, he was Wan Yiwu, who graduated from Baoding Military Academy, and was stationed in Wuhan as the commander of the infantry brigade of the National Revolutionary Army at that time.
Wan Yiwu was deeply attracted by Ye Qiuxin's image and made up his mind to marry her. He thought that such an actress was far away in the sky, but when he heard that Ye Qiuxin was in Wuhan, he couldn't wait to come to the door to propose.
At that time, most of the Kuomintang officers were not honest, and Wan Yiwu had accumulated a lot of wealth while leading troops to fight over the years, and he shocked the Ye family as soon as he made a move. Wan Yiwu came to Ye's house in a car and directly ordered four soldiers to carry things to Ye's house, which was regarded as a dowry. Seeing the four soldiers carrying boxes of gifts home, the Ye family opened their mouths wide - although they are rich, they can only be regarded as a small rich family, not a big rich man, how have they ever seen such a battle?
Seeing that the Ye family had been shocked by their generosity, Wan Yiwu took the opportunity to ask to marry Ye Qiuxin. It was difficult for the Ye family to dare to offend this brigade commander, and no one dared to say a word of refusal. And Ye Qiuxin's mother saw that this man was so generous, and thought that her daughter was already eighteen years old, and it was time to get married, so she agreed.
But when Wan Yiwu came to the door to propose, Ye Qiuxin was not at home. After returning home, she learned from her mother that she had been married to Wan Yiwu, and she was angry and resolutely disagreed with the marriage. Ye Qiuxin was relatively independent, and originally wanted to study and Xi for a few more years, and didn't want to get married so early. Mother persuaded again and again, Ye Qiu said angrily: "I want to marry you, I won't marry anyway!"
There are two main reasons why Ye Qiuxin refused to marry Wan Yiwu.
The first is that Ye Qiuxin had never met Wan Yiwu before, and he had no emotional foundation with him, but he was promised by his mother to this strange man, so he was naturally unwilling. She hopes to pursue love on her own and cannot accept this arranged marriage.
The second is that Ye Qiuxin heard that Wan Yiwu already has a wife and a few concubines at this time, and he can definitely only be a concubine when he comes to the door. She didn't want to be a concubine, and she didn't want to intrigue with a few women in the deep-walled compound.
The Republic of China period was a special era of alternation of the old and the new, and parents still had the right to decide in marriage. Even a thinker like Lu Xun had to accept an arranged marriage. However, the Ye family was relatively open-minded, and Ye Qiuxin's mother said to her: "Don't you think that you haven't met Wan Yiwu and have no feelings at all?
Ye Qiu thought about it for a while, and felt that there was no harm in meeting him, and it was a big deal to refuse when the time came, so he agreed. The next day, a car came to her door, and a handsome and dashing officer got out of the car, this person was tall, and his demeanor exuded a heroic spirit, which instantly won Ye Qiuxin's favor.
This person is Wan Yiwu, I saw him stretch out his hand and invite Ye Qiuxin to get in the car and go for a ride in the city with him. Ye Qiu's heart was also fluttering for a while, and he agreed without thinking about it. Then the two went around the city for a day, and when Ye Qiuxin returned home that night, she told her mother that she felt that Wan Yiwu was a person to rely on and agreed to the marriage.
So, Wan Yiwu soon held a grand wedding and married Ye Qiuxin back home. On that day, the Wan Mansion was lit up and down, and Ye Qiuxin's arrival was greeted with an extremely luxurious ceremony, and Ye Qiuxin became Wan Yiwu's fifth aunt's wife.
But the final result proved that Ye Qiuxin and his family still thought about this marriage too simply. After the initial sweetness, the relationship between Ye Qiuxin and Wan Yiwu soon fell into crisis.
Ye Qiuxin has a lively personality and likes to go out to participate in various activities, and from time to time he goes to the theater and song hall, which makes Wan Yiwu very dissatisfied, he thinks that since Ye Qiuxin has become his own woman, he should not always appear in various public places. And the environment of Wan Yiwu's home also made Ye Qiuxin feel unbearable, his wife and four aunts were intriguing all day long, and Ye Qiuxin was also involved, which made her tired, and she couldn't live this kind of life of being jealous all day long.
So this seemingly happy marriage lasted only one year before it ended, and later Wan Yiwu was sent to the special class of the Army University to study and Xi, became a division commander during the Anti-Japanese War, and participated in the second and third battles of Changsha and Changde. And Ye Qiuxin left the sad place of Hankou and came to Shanghai to start his acting career.
After Ye Qiuxin arrived in Shanghai, he received the support of the famous director and screenwriter Shao Zuiweng and participated in many famous movies. She has cooperated with Hu Die and Ma Shanfen in "Twin Mandarins in the Sea of Evil", and later starred in movies such as "The Fire of Youth", "Spring Festival Song", and "Beads". In the 1934 "Good Friend" movie magazine's movie star selection, Ye Qiuxin was selected as one of the "Eight Stars", alongside Hu Die, Ruan Lingyu and others.
Xu Lai, one of the eight stars at that time, had a peugeot appearance and met the aesthetic standards of most people, so he was called a "standard beauty". But everyone thinks that Ye Qiuxin is more beautiful than Xu Lai, so they call her a "model beauty".
After the outbreak of the all-out Anti-Japanese War, Ye Qiuxin's film company was destroyed in the war, and she could only live in various places and perform with the mobile troupe. In the process, she met Peking Opera actor Zhang Mingsheng, and the two got married and had a son.
But this marriage did not last long, and the two divorced again a few years later. After Ye Qiuxin became a star, she became addicted to cigarettes, and she had to smoke opium from time to time, which caused great damage to her appearance, and the cost of opium smoking made it difficult for the family to bear. And Zhang Mingsheng later fell in love with a Peking Opera Hua Dan, and finally left Wuhan with his son, leaving Ye Qiuxin alone.
Since then, Ye Qiuxin's fate has been tragic, and his appearance has become more and more haggard. On the eve of liberation, Ye Qiuxin disappeared in Wuhan, some people said she was dead, some people said she fled abroad, but there was no evidence. It wasn't until the 80s when Wuhan was sorting out local history that several "old Wuhan" such as Wan Chengzhong and Wan Shengding rediscovered Ye Qiuxin's whereabouts.
It turned out that Ye Qiuxin was no longer able to perform, so he could only make a living as a porter. Eventually, she became a worker at the Caidian Wire Drawing Factory and died in obscurity in 1984. And almost no one in her neighborhoods knows that this haggard-looking old lady was once a popular movie star in China, which is really emotional!
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