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She was admitted to the art troupe at the age of 13, and was discharged from the army at the age of 25 due to a failed marriage and went to the United States to study. After graduating, he has been running his own business in the United States, and at the age of 48, he achieved financial freedom and bought a villa in Chicago for $300,000.
At the age of 61, he retired and returned to China to enjoy his old age. What is her life experience? What difficulties have she encountered in the middle? In this issue, Ziya Children's Fun Business will take you to understand the story of Zheng Zhenyi.
Affluent living
In 1955, Zheng Zhenyi was born in a petty bourgeois family in Shanghai. Her father was a professor at the Shanghai Conservatory of Music and her mother was a doctor.
There are four children in the family, all of whom have been educated in music since childhood. And learn at least two musical instruments, violin is compulsory, and the other is optional.
Zheng Zhenyi began learning violin and piano at the age of three, and the violin was taught by her father himself, while the piano was taught by her mother at home.
's father has a gentle personality, even if Zheng Zhenyi plays the wrong note, he only coughs as a reminder, so Zheng Zhenyi doesn't feel half a minute of pressure when practicing the violin.
But when it came time to practice the piano, Zheng Zhenyi's life was not so easy, because her strict mother would accompany her throughout the whole process. As soon as she plays the wrong note, her ass will suffer as soon as the teacher leaves.
In addition, her mother would always ask Zheng Zhenyi to practice the piano every day, and entertainment activities gradually waved goodbye to her. When she saw other classmates playing outside after school, she developed a deep hatred for the piano.
But as Zheng Zhenyi grew older, she gradually understood her mother's intention to be strict with her, and she also fell in love with playing the piano in her daily practice.
When he was in a good mood, Zheng Zhengyi played and sang by himself at home, and his naturally good voice attracted his mother's attention. So her mother immediately hired her vocal and dance teachers to teach her to sing and dance, and she soon became a girl who blossomed in many aspects of art.
But Zheng Zhenyi is not perfect, her talent seems to be all used in art, and her academic performance is a mess, especially mathematics.
Zheng Zhenyi never passed math during her studies, but as long as the test teacher would definitely ask the students to take the test papers back to their parents for signing.
In order not to be scolded by her parents, Zheng Zhenyi would steal her father's seal and stamp it on the test paper every time. But soon the teacher who felt that something was wrong called her parents, and all her secrets were revealed in an instant.
From there, her mother went from forcing her to practice the piano to forcing her to do math problems. But no matter how much her mother forced her to hire a good teacher, she still didn't open up at all.
Later, Zheng Zhenyi wanted to cry when she saw a math book, and her father was afraid that she would be driven crazy, so he persuaded his wife not to force her to study math again.
Zheng Zhenyi was relieved by her father's deep understanding of righteousness, and later she began to study music at the suggestion of her mother, thinking about taking the art exam in the future.
Grief experience
Miss Zheng Zhenyi's life did not last a few years, and when she was 11 years old, due to changes in the situation, her parents were assigned to work in the countryside, and her work was reduced by at least half.
The life of a family of six began to become stretched, but even so, the parents still insisted on giving the best education to their children.
In order to live up to his parents, Zheng Zhenyi began to get up at five o'clock every day to practice the piano. Her piano skills have improved rapidly, and she has been frequently recommended to perform on stage.
When she was 13 years old, Zheng Zhenyi, who was performing on stage, was photographed by the person in charge of the General Political Song and Dance Troupe, so she was successfully recruited as a student. At the end of 1968, Zheng Zhenyi went from Shanghai to Beijing and began his military career.
Zheng Zhenyi, who had just entered the barracks, was not at all suitable for exercising every morning, and had to dress neatly for two minutes. She often wept because she was homesick, but not only did she not get a little comfort, but she was also severely reprimanded.
In addition, the long-distance running every once in a while also made Zheng Zhenyi feel powerless, and almost every time she was the last to reach the finish line.
She was often interviewed by the squad leader because of this, and her inner inferiority complex also arose. But as soon as he arrived on the stage and began to rehearse the show, Zheng Zhenyi began to shine, and he always attracted the applause of his comrades.
Although Zheng Zhenyi is the youngest in the art troupe, she has the most talents and the most brilliant one. When she was surrounded by the praise of her comrades, she began to understand the reason why her mother was strict with her. Zheng Zhenyi has been in the army for 12 years, and at the age of 25, she also met people in the army who wanted to join hands for a lifetime.
Because the relationship between the two has always been very stable, the two received a marriage certificate not long after they were together. Then Zheng Zhenyi became pregnant, and at that time she felt that she was the happiest person in the world.
But the good times didn't last long, and the two somehow became more and more conflicts, and fierce quarrels often broke out. In the end, the two who were unwilling to continue internal friction chose to divorce, and Zheng Zhenyi also lost her child due to physical weakness.
The blow of a failed marriage made Zheng Zhenyi have the idea of leaving the army, but she was a little reluctant to think that she had lived in the army for twelve years.
But soon the "catalyst" that helped her leave the army came, and during the sabbatical, she met again with a professor surnamed Huang who had studied in the United States.
From the first time Professor Huang saw Zheng Zhenyi, he admired her very much, and when he learned what happened to Zheng Zhenyi, his face was also full of distress.
When Zheng Zhenyi proposed that she wanted to study abroad, Professor Huang immediately said that he could write her a letter of recommendation. With the help of nobles, Zheng Zhenyi left the army without hesitation.
Because Zheng Zhenyi's artistic level is very high, she successfully received an admission letter from Lincoln University in the United States. The whole family was happy for her.
Happy life
Although Zheng Zhenyi's family was in difficulty at that time, the family still pooled a sum of money for her. At that time, the rule was that people who left the country could only carry 15 US dollars, and in order to make Zheng Zhenyi's life better, the second brother took Zheng Zhenyi's 10,000 yuan of military fee and bought a high-end violin for her to carry with her, so that she could sell it for money at any time.
But as soon as she saw her parents' old faces, Zheng Zhenyi couldn't bear to take the violin away, so she went to the United States with $15.
After graduating from the United States, she has remained in the United States to work, mainly teaching others to play music, and occasionally teaching vocal music.
Since experiencing a failed marriage, Zheng Jinyi has never had the idea of getting married. She has been single for many years, focusing her life entirely on work and self-improvement.
In 1998, 43-year-old Zheng Zhenyi and his second brother borrowed $80,000 to set up a music training school in the United States. At first, she was the only teacher in the whole school, but she quickly became famous because of the high quality of her teaching.
In less than half a year, she not only repaid the loan, recruited teachers, but also had a lot of savings in her pocket. 2003 was the peak of Zheng Zhenyi's career, and she had basically achieved financial freedom.
So she bought a villa in Chicago for $300,000 and took her parents to take care of her. Under her careful care, my mother lived to be 92 years old and my father to be 100 years old.
Before her mother died, she always told her to take good care of her father, so even if she was sad in her heart, she never showed it in front of her father.
When his father was unfortunately paralyzed at the age of 98, Zheng Zhenyi put down his work and took care of his father day and night. Even though she told the doctor to give her father the best medicine, he died two years later.
When her parents were there, she persuaded her to find another home, but Zheng Zhenyi, who had long been accustomed to a single life, was unwilling to be bound by marriage no matter what.
In 2016, 61-year-old Zheng Zhenyi returned to China with the idea of returning to his roots. At that time, she had money and a career, but no one was with her.
But her heart is very full, living according to her own heart every day, Zheng Zhenyi is lonely but free. What do you think of Zheng Zhenyi's story? Welcome to leave a message in the comment area to discuss and leave your own opinions.