Hu Guanzhen
In the late 70s of the 20th century, among the many dazzling female stars in the Taiwanese film industry, there are three particularly eye-catching female movie stars with university degrees, who are well-known in the Taiwanese film industry with the clear spring of knowledge they hold, watering and moisturizing the flowers of film art.
These three college female stars are Hu Yinmeng, Hu Huizhong, and Hu Guanzhen. The vast audience in Taiwan affectionately calls them "Sanhu".
Among the "three hus", Hu Yinmeng is the eldest and is called "Dahu", Hu Huizhong is the second, and is called "Erhu", and Hu Guanzhen is the youngest and is called "Xiaohu".
Hu Guanzhen and Hu Huizhong
Sanhu became famous in Taiwan, not because they were all female college students, and people were curious and blew out; The second is not a false name that people publicize because of their youth and beauty. Their fame is due to their hard work and the achievements they have created.
From left: Hu Yinmeng, Zhou Danwei, Lin Qingxia, Hu Huizhong
[Hu Yinmeng and Hu Huizhong in "Three Hu"]
Known as Hu Yinmeng, a talented woman in Taiwan's film industry, she was born in Taichung, Taiwan on April 21, 1953, and ranks first among the "Three Hu". One is because she is older and ranks first; Second, because of her great talent, she is admired for her art and literature.
When Hu Yinmeng was in middle school, she attended a Christian church school. After graduating from Church High School, she was admitted to the German Department of Fu Jen University in Taiwan. After two years of study, I went to the United States for further study before graduating.
Hu Yinmeng
After arriving in the United States, she entered a university in New York to study mass communication. At the same time, he studied at the modeling school of Weaving.
In 1975, Hu Yinmeng graduated and returned to Taiwan. Because Hu Yinmeng is very beautiful, her whereabouts have long been noticed by the directors.
is also a movie star from a female college student, Hu Huizhong and Hu Yinmeng seem to be different.
Hu Huizhong
Hu Yinmeng is learning foreign languages and mass communication, and her lifestyle and habits are a little foreign. Artistically it shows more misty colors and atmospheres.
Hu Huizhong, on the other hand, studied history, and in her life and art, the spirit of realism seems to be more.
Hu Huizhong, who was born on May 4, 1958 in Taipei, was unable to afford to send her from primary school to university due to her poor family. Therefore, her reading is in the form of part-time work and study.
In 1977, when she was 19 years old, she was admitted to the history department of the night department of National Taiwan University. She insisted on working as an advertising model at an advertising agency in Taipei during the day and studying at university at night.
At that time, the fame of many actors in Taiwan depended on the promotion and cooperation of a big director, such as Lin Fengjiao and Director Li, Xu Feng and Hu Jinquan, and so on.
From left: Yip Wanyi, Wu Huizhong, Chow Yun-fat
Hu Huizhong's fame is no exception, she is a middle-aged Taiwanese director who took refuge in Xiaogan County, Hubei, and Tu Zhongxun, who unfortunately died in a car accident.
[Former candidate for the Hundred Flowers Award]
Hu Guanzhen is the youngest of the three hus, she is one year younger than Hu Huizhong, and her time in the film industry and popularity is about the same as Hu Huizhong. However, as a little sister, her name doesn't seem to be as loud as Dahu Erhu.
Hu Guanzhen at home
Hu Guanzhen was born in Taipei on June 17, 1959, with a wealthy family in Zhejiang. Her real name is Hu Jingying, and she graduated from the Department of Foreign Languages of National Taiwan University in 1980. She has loved movies since she was a child, and she has a strong long-cherished desire to be a movie star, which has always been turbulent in her heart.
When she was in her third year of study in the Department of Foreign Languages at National Taiwan University, her slender figure, dignified and smart face, and large black and shiny eyes attracted the attention of director Chen Yaoqi, and she made a cameo in the film "Chase and Run" (1978) starring Alan Tam and Chung Zhentao.
Hu Guanzhen and her mother
At that time, she never wanted to be a star. Her hobbies are: reading, philately, interior design, music, painting, driving cars, and designing her own coded computers.
She is a cheerful, independent, enterprising and goal-oriented woman. Therefore, she insisted on getting a degree before she was willing to make movies.
However, later, with the encouragement of her classmates, she played the heroine in the film "Fig" (1979) under her real name Hu Jingying.
Poster of the Hong Kong version of the movie Fig (1979).
To the surprise of the current audience, because "Fig" was filmed by a Hong Kong film company, the film was allowed to be released in the mainland that year, but after being screened in theaters, her image and performance were loved by the audience, and she became one of the candidates for the Best Actress Award at the Hundred Flowers Awards that year.
Since Hu Jingying acted in "Fig", she has changed her stage name to Hu Guanzhen.
Hu Guanzhen was selected as one of the candidates for the Best Actress Award at the Hundred Flowers Awards that year
In her third year of college, she participated in the film "The Emperor of the Buddha" (1980). After graduating from university, he became a professional film actor. Later, he used his mother's stage name Ye Ruzhou to perform in the film "The Strange Case of the Crematorium" (1980).
But neither of these films made her famous, the main reason is that the acting path is wrong, she has never learned kung fu, how can she get ahead in martial arts films?
A still from the movie "The Strange Case of the Crematorium" (1980), Hu Guan
After that, she used her former stage name Hu Guanzhen to star in "Chasing the West and Running and Jumping" (1980), "Professional Murderer" (1981), "Happy Heroes" (1981) and other films, and her acting skills have improved greatly, becoming a rookie after Lin Qingxia and Lin Fengjiao.
He was also crowned by the media as one of the famous "Three Hus" in the Taiwanese film industry with Hu Yinmeng and Hu Huizhong.
A still from the movie "Happy Heroes" (1981), Hu Guanzhen
Hu Guanzhen signed a two-year contract with "Yongsheng Film Company" just after graduating from college in 1981 and became a contract actor of the company. Although she has not been in the film for a long time, she has performed a lot of works.
For example, "Up Train" (1981), "If I Were Real" (1981), "The Moon in the Window" (1981), "The Graduating Class" (1982), "100% Full" (1982), "A Fire in Winter" (1982) and so on.
A still from the movie "The Moon in the Window" (1981), Hu Guanzhen
[The image of a female teacher wins affirmation]
Judging from the role played by Hu Guanzhen, she is neither like the drama of the big Hu Hu Yin dreaming of a girl, nor the form of a girl with a thousand faces as mixed as Erhu Hu Huizhong.
She belongs to a young female star who has not really formed her own type of acting and established her own style, but is in a state of development.
Hu Guanzhen's promotional photo
One of the more successful roles she created is probably the image of a female teacher in Song Cunshou (1930-2008)'s "Teacher Skaya" (1982), which means "goodbye".
Hu Guanzhen plays a female student who lives in Taipei City and has just graduated from school.
The film "Teacher Skaye Answer" (1982) Taiwan DVD version sleeve
Because he lamented the cultural backwardness of the mountain area inhabited by the Gaoshan compatriots, he was determined to change the face of the place, and he was determined to become a teacher in the settlement of the Gaoshan compatriots. Later, I finally got my wish.
However, after she arrived at the settlement of the Gaoshan compatriots, things were not as simple as she had imagined, and the contradictions between the school teachers were complicated, and these contradictions were intertwined with social contradictions, all of which dazzled and dizzy the fledgling female student.
Stills from the movie "Teacher Skaye Answer" (1982), Hu Guanzhen on the left and Su Mingming on the right
After honing and observing in the realities of life, she finally recognized the good and the bad, the evil and the righteous, and received a vivid education. So the idea of wanting to retreat and return to the city with my luggage was dispelled and settled down.
Her will was further boosted by the victory of her work and struggle, so she married there, put down roots, and resolved to stay and work in the Gaoshan people's settlement forever and contribute to the development there.
Stills from the movie "Teacher Skaye Answer" (1982), Hu Guanzhen
The female teacher played by Hu Guanzhen is simple in feelings, active in thought, and a growing character. Hu Guanzhen played the inner contradictions and struggles of this character and the embarrassing situation of not being able to adapt to the environment from the outside very realistically.
The change in the thinking of this female teacher is also more natural and convincing. This is a relatively advanced and respectable image. The success of this image has won Hu Guanzhen a lot of honor and affirmation.
[Arrive in Hong Kong to shoot large-scale movies]
Hu Guanzhen also became a hot actress in Taiwan for starring in the mainland's "scarred" films "If I'm Real" and "Bitter Love" (1982).
Adapted from the play of the same name by mainland writer Sha Yexin (1939-2018), "If I Am Real" is a black comedy with laughter and tears.
A still from the movie "If I'm Real" (1981), Hu Guanzhen
tells the story of the decentralized youth played by Alan Tam, who was regarded as the son of a high-ranking cadre by local cadres, which then led to a series of funny incidents. It's just that the sharp irony is followed by a sad and tragic end.
Alan Tam won the Best Actor at the 18th Taiwan Golden Horse Awards in 1981 for his performance in this film.
Promotional photo of the movie "If I'm Real" (1981), Wu Guanzhen and Alan Tam
Then she played a girl who had polio in the student film "Graduating Class".
She put a character in a wheelchair who relies entirely on facial expressions to express her psychological state, and she performed it well and was well received.
Promotional photo of the movie "Ask the Sun" (1982), Hu Guanzhen on the far left, Yang Huishan on the left in the first row, and Lu Xiuling on the second right
In addition, she also participated in the literary film "Ask the Sun" (1982), comedy films such as "Ghost Overlord Soldier" (1983), "1938 Surprise" (1983) and so on.
With her unique sense of humor, she plays the role naturally, playfully, lively, funny, and very exciting. In her 4 years in the film, she has made more than 20 films.
The cover of Hu Guanzhen's music tape "Psalms Forever".
In 1983, it was the time when Lin Qingxia went to Hong Kong to develop, and at this time, Hu Guanzhen, who was very popular in Taiwan, also joined Hong Kong Shaw Brothers Pictures.
When she was filming the costume martial arts film "Jin Yiwei" (1984) and the romantic drama "The New Legend of Ainu" (1984) in Hong Kong, she was forced to transform into a porn star, and was misunderstood as a dew point.
This made her very unhappy, so she went to New York in the United States to get acquainted with Xu Minhui, a young Hong Kong businessman who deals in textiles.
Stills from the movie "Jin Yiwei" (1984), Hu Guanzhen
"The New Biography of Ainu" is a costume film directed by Chu Yuan (1933-2022), the heroine "Ainu" played by Hu Guanzhen was originally an orphan girl, who was trafficked to Aunt Chun (played by Yu An'an), and she involuntarily fell into the dust.
Stills from the movie "The New Biography of Ainu (1984)", Hu Guanzhen
In fact, in this movie, Hu Guanzhen is pretty, her charm is unforgettable, and the shooting scale is the most daring of her since the film, especially between her and Ling Yun played by Wan Ziliang, and the scenes between her and Aunt Chun are very interesting.
Stills from the movie "The New Legend of Ainu (1984)", Hu Guanzhen and Yu Anan (right)
【Comfortable in the business world】
Although Hu Guanzhen's development momentum in the film industry is very good, she does not miss life under the spotlight, and Hu Guanzhen and Xu Minhui got married in Taipei in October 1984. At the same time, she changed her real name to Hu Jingying.
Two years later, she settled in Miami, USA, with her husband. Unwilling to live the hedonistic life of a young grandmother playing cards for recreation, she enrolled at Florida State University to pursue a master's degree in computer science and business management.
Hu Guanzhen and Zhang Guozhu
She has a paranoid fanaticism about computers, and once sat in front of a computer for 9 hours and pondered computer code. She has to build new projects for her career in her life's journey.
In 1987, when she returned to Taiwan to visit relatives, she was invited by Taiwan TV to host the "Joyful and Colorful" program for Teacher's Day, and talked about her experience in the United States in the program "Night Talk". Her filming of TV series is purely of the nature of "playing tickets", and she has no intention of making a comeback as a professional actor.
After giving birth to two children in the United States, Hu Jingying returned to Hong Kong with her husband Xu Minhui to settle down, and at the same time has an accountant license in the United States and Hong Kong, and has operated an accountant business in Hong Kong.
In 2000, 41-year-old Hu Jingying returned to Taiwan and began to run entertainment websites, and made extraordinary moves.
In 2003, Hu Jingying became the general manager of Weilai TV, and it took only one year to turn the TV station into a profit.
In 2009, Tsai Yanming, chairman of Taiwan-funded Want Want Group, made the first high-level personnel change after taking a stake in Hong Kong's Asia Television Network, and was named Taiwan's veteran media personality Hu Jingying as the CEO of Asia Television.
Reports at the time alleged that because Hu Jingying's husband Xu Minhui had served as a senior executive director during Lin Boxin's tenure at ATV, and he was familiar with ATV's current major shareholder, Cha Mou Sheng, Hu Jingying became the first choice for Cha Mou Seng and Cai Yanming to jointly take charge of ATV.
At that time, Hu Jingying could be regarded as being ordered in danger. Because ATV had been losing money for many years at that time, the situation could be called "stormy", and nearly one-third of its employees were laid off.
Hu Jingying naturally riveted his strength to change the status quo of ATV, but only a little more than a year later, with Wang Zheng's shareholding in ATV, there was a disagreement between the two due to discord, and Hu Jingying had to be forced to resign.
After leaving ATV, Hu Jingying relied on her financial advantages to work as a consultant for a number of companies.
Then she went to the Golden Gale Music and Culture Group as the president, the Golden Gale was also the largest record company in Hong Kong, formerly known as Zhengdong Records, and later acted as an agent for the business of EMI Baidai, which once had Zhang Huimei, Zheng Zhongji, Miriam Yeung, Zhou Bichang and other singers.
Hu Jingying (third from right) at the celebration banquet of Luo Zhixiang (fourth from left).
In 2014, the Golden Gale was acquired by the international record giant Warners, which is nothing more than a change of runway for professional managers. In May of that year, Hu Jingying became the CFO and spokesperson of Acer, a well-known Taiwanese IT brand.
Hu Jingying, who has worked hard in the business world for many years, is now a veteran of shopping malls, and sometimes invests in some TV series.
Hu Guanzhen sent flowers to Wang Tong, the director she had worked with, to congratulate him on the opening of the retrospective exhibition
Sanhu is still single on Hu Yinmeng, but Hu Huizhong is still busy on the drama stage, and the 65-year-old Hu Jingying is not only like a fish in water in the business world, but has already had a double harvest in relationship and career, and is the happiest one in Sanhu.
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