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Extraordinary life
In an ordinary and poor family in Hong Kong, Anita Mui came into this world. She was destined to a lack of love at the beginning of her birth, although she had brothers and sisters at home, she never really experienced a warm family atmosphere.
In order to support her family, Anita Mui's father had to leave the country to work hard to make a living, leaving his wife and children in Hong Kong.
At a young age, Anita Mui could only snuggle in her mother's arms and grow up in an environment lacking father's love. The poor family situation undoubtedly gave her a heavy blow to her life, and she was inevitably criticized and looked down upon when she entered the society.
But Anita Mui was not robbed of her fighting spirit by the harshness of fate, but honed a tenacious and tenacious heart.
Looking up at the starry sky, Anita Mui secretly vowed that one day she would make her life dazzling, get out of the haze, and pursue her dreams from the heart. Sure enough, with her outstanding talent and firm will, this ordinary girl from a humble background finally achieved an extraordinary life and became the most dazzling pearl in the Hong Kong entertainment industry.
The cooperation died
In 2003, it was the brightest moment of Anita Mui's career. At that time, she was already a well-known diva superstar, with record diamond sales and a bumper performance career.
At this time, the famous director Zhang Yimou was eagerly looking forward to cooperating with Anita Mui and tailoring an important role for her in the movie "Ambush on All Sides".
Anita Mui, who learned of this unexpected surprise, was extremely happy in her heart. She has been diligently and unswervingly wanting to display her talent on the screen for a long time, and it is really a dream to cooperate with the top director Zhang Yimou in China.
So, Anita Mui quickly agreed, and the two began to actively coordinate the itinerary of both parties, hoping to start the film as soon as possible and work together to create a masterpiece.
Who would have thought that fate is always unpredictable. Just a few days before the start-up, Anita Mui came out with bad news one after another, and she was diagnosed with malignant cervical cancer. Hearing this heavy news, Zhang Yimou was extremely shocked and saddened in his heart, for fear of losing this excellent partner.
In the face of the heavy blow, Zhang Yimou was not discouraged, but expressed his position in a decisive tone: "We must firmly wait for Anita Mui's recovery!" In order to give the artist great spiritual support and encouragement, Zhang Yimou wrote a warm letter of condolence to express his sincere friendship.
However, fate was too cruel and ruthless, and only a few months later, Anita Mui, who was only 40 years old, passed away forever, and had no chance to work with Zhang Yimou. Zhang Yimou, who lost his best friend, decided to commemorate the great artist forever in his own way in his grief, permanently retained the character originally designed for Anita Mui in the script of "Ambush on All Sides", and wrote the words "Dedicated to the beloved Ms. Anita Mui" at the end of the film's release.
To this day, every time he recalls this past, Zhang Yimou is still extremely regretful and reluctant in his heart, and Anita Mui's death is destined to their long-cherished wish to work together in the world, and it has become a great regret in his artistic career.
Defuse criticism
The reason why the young Anita Mui is criticized is because she sang in bars in her early years to make a living. Hong Kong's conservative social environment has made the outside world have too many complicated suspicions about this "singer" with a golden hairpin.
Some people speculated whether she had ever been involved in drugs, and even maliciously nicknamed her "Sister White Powder".
In the face of all kinds of rumors circulating on the street, Anita Mui did not get angry, but chose to use her unique personal charm to win the public's recognition with practical actions.
Although she came from a humble background, she never wanted to be crushed by life's oppression, but was determined to look forward to a broader sky.
Fortunately, Anita Mui got acquainted with a noble person in her life - designer Liu Peiji. This trend pioneer, who graduated from a top art university in the United Kingdom, gave Anita Mui a new image positioning.
Liu Peiji, who has an international vision, abandoned the outdated and conservative aesthetics of the Hong Kong music scene, and created a series of stunning and unique stage looks for Anita Mui.
The most representative is that he wrapped Anita Mui in a flaming red dress and shot a silhouette-like album cover from a distant angle. After its release, the album "Red Anita Mui" instantly set a new sales record, selling 250,000 copies in a single day.
As a result, Anita Mui has transformed into a "queen of all kinds of things".
In the days that followed, Anita Mui and Liu Peiji continued to try breakthrough image interpretations, such as the heroic "Like Water", the sexy and charming "Bad Girl", etc., which caused an uproar every time a new work came out.
With a new and unique personal image, Anita Mui finally completely reversed the haze of the past and resolved the doubts and criticisms of the outside world.
Relying on her outstanding all-round talent, Anita Mui is sincere and brilliant in both the fields of music and film and television. In 1984, she won the Hong Kong Film Awards for Best Supporting Actress with her debut film "Fate".
With her outstanding role as "Like a Flower" in the film "Rouge Buckle", she won heavyweight awards such as the Taiwan Golden Horse Awards, the Hong Kong Film Awards and the Asia-Pacific Film Festival for Best Actress.
As a result, Anita Mui became the first female artist in the Hong Kong film industry to win the dual titles of "Queen of Song" and "Queen of Film" in the past century.
Brilliant at its peak
Anita Mui can be called an all-round star with a talented personality in the Hong Kong entertainment industry. When it comes to music, her achievements are staggering. In 1985, Anita Mui set a record of 15 solo concerts at the Hung Hom Coliseum in Hong Kong, becoming the first Hong Kong singer to create such an impressive record at this palace-level venue.
This unprecedented record is the greatest recognition of her outstanding talent and charming personality by the audience.
A year later, in 1986, Anita Mui won the heavyweight award of "Most Popular Female Singer of the Year", which shows her soaring momentum in the music world. In 1988, Anita Mui was named "Top Ten Popular People in the Entertainment Industry", which was not only an affirmation of her excellent acting skills, but also a high praise for her musical attainments.
In addition to her stage achievements, Anita Mui is also dazzling and shining on the screen. In 1984, she starred in her first TV series "Spring River Flower Moon Night", and the role she played was three-dimensional and vivid and unique; In the same year, she starred in her first screen work "Fate" and won the Hong Kong Film Awards for Best Supporting Actress.
However, the most remembered is the movie "Rouge Buckle" starring Anita Mui in 1987. In this masterpiece, the 24-year-old Anita Mui brilliantly interprets a "flower" character who is crazy about love and bravely faces life, and has won many heavyweight actress awards such as Taiwan's Golden Horse Awards, Hong Kong Film Awards, and Best Actress at the Asia-Pacific Film Festival.
This film completely pushed Anita Mui to the top of the Hong Kong film industry, making her the most dazzling pearl of the city in the past 100 years.
Whether it is the pinnacle of the stage or the glory of the screen, Anita Mui has left countless unforgettable classic moments. These moments are destined to be forever engraved on the monument of Hong Kong's entertainment history, and become an immortal monument to the legendary artist Anita Mui.
Money troubles
Despite Anita Mui's great success in her career, her life has not been smooth sailing. The family's greed and incomprehension have brought endless annoyance and pain to the superstar.
Once Anita Mui earned a decent income, her mother and brothers coveted her wealth and demanded money from her. Although Anita Mui is humble and generous and willing to support others, she still feels extremely disappointed and hurt when she sees her relatives lack family affection like this.
Finally, after enduring a long period of mental torture, Anita Mui is determined to stop all this. She began to limit her mother's financial support, paying only basic living expenses every month; At the same time, it was publicly announced that he would no longer pay off any debts for his brother.
Despite these decisive decisions, Anita Mui's affection for her family has not disappeared. At the moment of serious illness, she still had good intentions and set aside a considerable education fund for her nephews and nieces in her will, hoping that they could change their fate and live a happy life.
However, Anita Mui's kindness was exchanged for her mother's slander and scolding. The other party accused Anita Mui in person of being ruthless and unrighteous and indifferent to her mother. What's even more sad is that after Anita Mui's death, her mother did not hesitate to sell her daughter's most beloved items for her own selfish interests.
It was these family troubles that gave Anita Mui endless pain and blows, almost crushing this top superstar; And her mother's approach also completely shattered Anita Mui's last little expectation of "home".