Text: Muxike
Editor|Situ Ye
Some time ago, 55-year-old Wendi Deng went on vacation.
The pot exploded on the Internet, because the little fresh meat boyfriend has changed again. Obviously, not long ago, he was still a 21-year-old male model.
Facts have proved that when men are ambitious at the top of the food chain and compete with each other, Wendi Deng, as a woman, rarely meets opponents.
In 1968, a little girl was born in Xuzhou, Jiangsu.
Patriarchal parents didn't even pay much attention to the child, and no one could have imagined that more than 30 years later, she would be at the top of the global Vanity Fair pyramid and become one of the most influential Chinese women in the world.
Off the beaten path
173 tall, high cheekbones, hanging eyebrows, frankly speaking, Wendi Deng's appearance is very distinctive, but not beautiful.
For girls, a beautiful appearance is an important capital in the vast majority of cases.
But here Wendi Deng, it has failed for the first time. Because, just her state has burst out far more dazzling than the top posture.
And not at one time and one place, but from beginning to end.
She's confident.
Unlike the glamour we see her now.
Wendi Deng was one of the many sisters in the family, and her biggest feeling when she was a child was poverty.
In 1985, at the age of 17, she was admitted to Guangzhou Medical College with her own efforts.
She soon discovered that she didn't like to study medicine.
Different from the Chinese's "good at dead ends", when she saw that there was no prospect, Deng Wendi immediately turned around, and after some serious thinking, she secretly made a decision. She's going abroad.
Just having an idea is untenable here in Wendi Deng, the most basic thing to go abroad is language, and she immediately began to study English hard.
When you focus your energy on yourself, God will help you.
In 1987, there was a scene at the beginning of many introductions to Wendi Deng's "legendary life". She met the Jacks in the United States by chance. At that time, her husband, Jack Cherry, worked for a Sino-foreign joint venture company.
It was Wendi Deng's luck to meet Mr. and Mrs. Jack, of course, but her excellent interpersonal skills were the fundamental reason for keeping the couple. Why?
Since Mr. and Mrs. Jack met Wendi Deng and knew that she wanted to go abroad, they sponsored her to study in the United States the next year, and the tuition fees were all borne by them. In the United States, the couple even arranged for Deng to live with their young daughter.
Obviously, Wendi Deng was treated with great courtesy, and even treated as a guest, at this time, she was still a penniless little girl.
What kind of temperament is it that makes the Jack couple, who have a much wider vision than her, so favored, and like many mysteries entangled in Wendi Deng, it is unknown.
If Wendi Deng relied on seducing Jack to the throne two years later, he became Jack's wife and obtained a green card that allowed him to survive and develop in the United States, then Jack's wife, who is also a woman, has always admired Wendi Deng very much before learning that her husband had changed his mind.
I had a good conversation with her, not only happily agreed to her request to be her language teacher, but also worked hard for Wendi Deng to apply for a student visa.
That's telling.
Although many comments mention that Jack's wife "lured the wolf into the house", but without Deng Wendi, wouldn't Li Wendi and Wang Wendi appear?
Jack was 53 when he got married, and Wendi Deng was 22 years old. When Jack couldn't wait to abandon his wife and prepare to develop a beautiful "year-old love" with Wendi Deng, only two years later, Wendi Deng left him.
Because at that time, Jack's financial resources could no longer meet her higher goals.
Wendi Deng left a message for this "benefactor" who brought her to the United States, I have always regarded you as a father, and now I am going to pursue my happiness and throw myself into the arms of another business tycoon, Wolfe.
As the world knows, Wendi Deng exchanged a first-class ticket for the opportunity to meet the world's media tycoon Murdoch in the cabin, and since then he has stepped into the sky and turned into a gorgeous and bright white swan.
But few people know that before meeting Murdoch, with the help of his new boyfriend Wolfe's strong financial resources, Wendi Deng did not squander it, but was able to study at Yale University and study business administration.
There, in her words, spend every day with the best people in the world.
Talking about current affairs and exchanging experiences, Wendi Deng, who was already extraordinary, really broadened her horizons, Wendi Deng's excellent social skills, coupled with this extraordinary experience, made her a king bomb.
Studying at Yale, she earned an MBA in one fell swoop. Now Wendi Deng's uncontrollable business development coincides with her choice at that time.
I had to sigh again, she knew too well what she wanted.
"Top Fishing Girl"
After graduating from Yale, to my surprise, Wendi Deng did not find a job.
And she did not continue to stay in the United States to develop, and decided to return to Hong Kong first.
At this moment, she did something that everyone did not expect, and enough to make her name in history, and exchanged her entire net worth for a first-class ticket back to Hong Kong.
Murdoch and Wendi Deng
At that time, Rupert Merkdo, the founder of the News Corp. empire, who was nearly 70 years old, was on the same plane.
Some people say that Deng Wendi's scheming is too deep, and he must have known that he would meet the big guy by chance, but in fact, Deng Wendi at that time just felt that if he wanted to meet better people, he had to create his own opportunities.
Everybody agrees, but no one really has to.
Who would throw away the money they have in their pocket for the sake of unwarranted fantasies? just to get a first class.
But Wendi Deng will.
Opportunities are reserved for those who are prepared, but Wendi Deng is different, she even has the opportunity to spend money to "exchange" it.
Murdoch, a graduate of Worcester College, Oxford, is a media tycoon like no other.
Born on a farm in Australia in 1931, he inherited several small newspapers run by his father in 1952, and with his keen business sense of the news media industry, he gradually built a huge global media empire - News Corporation, and became the world's top media tycoon.
Television, movies, newspapers, books, all the media you can think of, are all included in his business map.
is such a legendary figure, seeing this girl in her early 30s in front of her, it is probably difficult to realize that her later legend is no less than herself.
Although, he is still the former hero of the story.
Wendi Deng really didn't miss any opportunity to contact with upper-class people, not to mention that this opportunity was so rare.
She immediately took the opportunity to talk to Murdoch, and with a few words, with her extraordinary insight and free conversation, the world news tycoon actually gave her an internship at the headquarters of News Corporation, which many people could not ask for.
Opportunities fell from the "sky", but Wendi Deng was not carried away by joy.
Later, Murdoch's assistant recalled that Wendi Deng worked very hard during his internship.
It is said that she often rushes into the offices of top management as soon as she has an idea to discuss feasibility, and her energetic appearance and unique thinking often make Murdoch new.
Murdoch often needs to travel around the world to expand the business circle, and when he visited Beijing, he suddenly remembered Wendi Deng, who was hearty and generous. So he temporarily replaced the accompanying interpreter around him, and Deng Wendi served as the assistant.
Deng introduced China's attractions and culture like a treasure, and Murdoch gradually attracted the woman who was 37 years younger than him, and his heart in his 60s once again beat for love.
"Trying to get away with it"
So he began to pursue Wendi Deng, but Wendi Deng actually refused.
Deng Wendi's rank is really not a petty fight, the invitation of the world's richest people, ordinary people are afraid that they will tremble even if they agree, and they have to pinch their faces and ask if they are dreaming.
But Wendi Deng is well versed in the laws of the love field and is easy to keep quiet.
Interestingly, at a high-level banquet at News Corp. in 1997, Wendi Deng, who was not qualified to participate at all, managed to enter and wipe Murdoch's pants under the pretext of spilling alcohol.
It can only be said that Sister Deng's thoughts are written on her face, but Sister Deng doesn't say it.
At that time, Merktor and his current wife, Anna, had been married for 30 years.
Mercado, who is polite to the outside world, faced his wife who has been with him for more than 30 years, and it is rumored that he left a settlement of 1.7 billion to buy out this decision to leave.
And the grief-stricken and unwilling Anna also left a divorce agreement, and Wendi Deng has no right to divide the group's property, unless she and Merkeldo have children to inherit.
She knew that Murdoch, who was nearly 70 years old, was suffering from an illness that would make it difficult to have any more children. Unexpectedly, Wendi Deng was willing to endure the pain and went for IVF surgery.
17 days after the divorce agreement came into effect, Wendi Deng was married by Murdoch, which attracted worldwide attention.
Just greedy for Merk's money? A resounding slap in the face
The British "Daily Mail" said that in order to become Wendi Deng's man, you need to be powerful, rich, and at least ten years older than her.
Don't say it, this slightly sarcastic ridicule hits the nail on the head.
Looking at Wendi Deng's marriage trajectory in his early years, it seems that he is indeed an "old man".
Therefore, for a long time after marriage, the outside world's evaluation of Deng Wendi was limited to "a woman who is greedy for money".
It wasn't until 2011 that an unexpected thing happened.
Mercado and Wendi Deng attended a British parliament together, during which a man suddenly picked up a plate and pounced on Mercado. Before anyone could react, Wendi Deng quickly slashed the man and saved Murdoch from the attack.
The people at the scene were stunned.
It can be seen that Wendi Deng has courage and courage.
"Flying Guardian" appeared on the covers of major Western media in an instant, and the impression of Deng Wendi was completely reversed.
In 2001 and 2003, Wendi Deng gave birth to two lovely daughters.
However, Wendi Deng is only Mercado's third wife, and it is clear that the two did not make it to the end.
In 2013, this 14-year marriage came to an end.
It is rumored that it was because Wendi Deng cheated on former British Prime Minister Tony Blair.
She mistakenly sent the ambiguous email to the company's employee with the same name. The employee did not dare to take matters into his own hands and handed over the mail to Mercado.
You must know that Blair was still the object of his political alliance for News Corp. at that time, and he was also the godfather of his daughter, and he had a close relationship with Wendi Deng.
Blair (left) and the two in the same frame
No man could stand the green meadow on his head, and he immediately recalled the unusual relationship between the two.
His consistent resolute and firm style of action made him immediately submit the divorce agreement to the court.
This low-level mistake is actually a bit suspicious, because it turns out that Wendi Deng is not only well-connected, but also has strong business acumen.
Not to mention that Merkdo's news business is all over the world, Wendi Deng is not a master who retreats behind the scenes, and often participates in helping to expand the Chinese market;
Wendi Deng's title of outstanding graduate of Yale is not for nothing, she has independently participated in many start-up technology company investments, and later proved to be very successful.
It's a strange thing that a high-level intellectual woman in a prominent business district would send the wrong email.
At the age of 45, he returned to being single and tore his face with his ex-husband? Wendi Deng did not do this.
It stands to reason that the divorced Wendi Deng should be like a lost dog.
On the surface, it seems that this is indeed the case, sharing Murdoch's two apartments and 10 million cash, compared with Murdoch's other ex-wives, even less than one percent of them.
However, seven years later, Disney annexed Murdoch's Fox for a whopping $12 billion acquisition fee.
According to the trust fund set up by Murdoch, this part of the property is divided equally between the four children born to Murdoch's two ex-wives and Wendi Deng's two daughters.
In other words, each child gets 2 billion.
Because her daughter is still young, 4 billion US dollars will be temporarily kept by Wendi Deng, equivalent to 26.8 billion yuan.
Gorgeous turn
After the divorce, Wendi Deng seems to be freer.
During her time as Murdoch's wife, she made a large number of friends with various political celebrities, Hollywood stars, business tycoons, and celebrities...
The "White Ribbon" public welfare activity of caring for pregnant women was affirmed by leaders from all walks of life.
With her charming social demeanor and fluent spoken Chinese and English, Wendi Deng has unwittingly become a representative of women in the world and a peculiar business card of Chinese diplomacy.
She likes to take her daughter to learn Chinese martial arts, and her home is plastered with Chinese characters large and small.
From a rural girl to a wandering top of the world pyramid, while achieving her goals, she has never forgotten to promote Chinese culture.
made his own independent investment and produced the Chinese film "Snowflake Secret Fan", but won several world-class awards for his low-cost production.
became the wife of the world's richest man, but she was not touted and stunned.
It has never stopped, achieving gorgeous turns again and again.
Now she is like an investment giant in the technology industry.
epilogue
Everyone thought that marriage would be the end of her, but it turned out to be the beginning.
Or in other words, taking advantage of love is just a means, not her goal.
What do you think?
Reference: Baidu Encyclopedia
"Wendi Deng, the Guardian of the Fierce Woman: Borrowing a Son to Marry a Wealthy Family, and Her Daughter Earns 26 Billion Adult Winners"
"Wendi Deng's Emotional Evolution History: From a Top Rich, 21-year-Old Male Model to a "Bald Uncle", Why Do You Live Younger and Younger After Divorce?