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Love to grow old together is the biggest long-cherished wish in life. However, for Shen Dianxia, a Hong Kong palace-level artist, this wish could not be realized. She gave up love for the sake of her career, but she also exhausted her career because of love; She sacrificed herself for love, but in exchange for a sad road.
Until she died at the age of 87, she still regretted this marriage. However, in her life, perhaps the most regrettable thing is not love, but the "big carrot" who abandoned his wife and children back then-Zheng Shaoqiu.
The road to love is long, and giving is exchanged for betrayal
Speaking of Shen Dianxia, many people know that she was once a first-line host of Hong Kong TVB, and became famous by hosting the variety show "Happy Tonight", a comedian rookie. With a slightly chubby figure and a witty image, her lively and cheerful, humorous hosting style added a lot of bright colors to the entertainment programs of the wireless station that year.
It was in the process of hosting "Happy Tonight" that Shen Dianxia met her future husband, Zheng Shaoqiu, a meritorious boss in the Hong Kong film industry. At that time, Zheng Shaoqiu was already famous, but the real peak of his career was still to come. The discerning Shen Dianxia took a fancy to Zheng Shaoqiu, who was known as a heroic and martial artist, and coveted his extremely high development potential.
So, Shen Dianxia spared no effort to work hard for her husband like a virtuous helper. She not only spent a lot of money to hire the best script for Zheng Shaoqiu, but also used her connections to find high-quality roles for him, and even personally gained weight for him, in order to create the best screen image.
The hard work paid off, and with the strong support of Shen Dianxia, Zheng Shaoqiu finally became an instant hit, and successively created two popular classic roles of "Qiu Guan" and "Dongfang Xiao Li Tanhua" in the two dramas "Book and Sword Enmity" and "The New Biography of Chu Liuxiang", and became a household name.
Who knew that when this career was in full swing, Zheng Shaoqiu actually did something that made countless viewers cry: he wanted to divorce Shen Dianxia!
Yes, you read that right. Just when Zheng Shaoqiu's career was booming, he divorced his legal wife Shen Dianxia. It is said that when Zheng Shaoqiu was filming in Taiwan, he had an improper relationship with an actress.
This "little three" is Guan Jinghua, the second wife who later married Zheng Shaoqiu. At that time, Shen Dianxia was over forty years old and was pregnant with Zheng Shaoqiu's child.
Every family has a scripture that is difficult to read, and many viewers feel speechless and chilled by what Zheng Shaoqiu did back then. After all, that is Zheng Shaoqiu's successful mentor and nobleman! The achievements of an artist are often indispensable to the cultivation and support of those around him. However, just when Shen Dianxia had paid a lot, Zheng Shaoqiu was ruthless and gave up.
This is undoubtedly worse for a pregnant woman. thought that at the beginning, in order to take care of her husband's career, Shen Dianxia traveled thousands of miles to film with Zheng Shaoqiu to Taiwan; In order to create the best image for her husband, she did not hesitate to hire the most expensive tutor to tutor her acting skills; In order to keep her husband, she decided to get pregnant and have a child at an advanced age... In the end, all she got was a divorce paper.
In this regard, countless viewers denounced Zheng Shaoqiu as a "negative man" and "flowery carrot", thinking that he was too ruthless and unrighteous.
Unbearable to hurt for the love of mother and daughter
After returning to Hong Kong, Shen Dianxia shouldered the burden of raising her daughter alone as always. Although Zheng Shaoqiu left, she still wanted to do her best to give her daughter a complete home. It's a pity that her family is surrounded by walls, and she lives a poor life.
You know, it's not easy to carry a family alone. What's more, Shen Dianxia had given up her career development in order to take care of Zheng Shaoqiu. Previously, she became one of the most popular hosts in Hong Kong with her cheerful and witty hosting style, and was loved by the audience. She could have made a good living with the income from hosting work, but in order to promote her husband's career.
She selflessly gave herself up and became a full-time housewife. And when the marriage broke down, she was destitute and had no money to spare, so she had to work alone to earn money to support her family.
Despite living in poverty, Shen Dianxia still insisted on providing a good environment for her daughter to grow up. No matter how poor she is, she never hesitates to invest in her children, signing up for various interest classes for her daughter, hoping to give her the best education. Many years later, her daughter Zheng Xinyi grew up and was finally fortunate to witness her mother's hardships and dedication as a mother.
Sadly, in the end, Shen Dianxia's health deteriorated due to obesity complicated by diabetes and other diseases. During this period, she also showed a burning figure for a while, but the recurrence of old diseases is difficult to cure. Until 2008, the former smash hit host passed away at the age of 87, and he still regretted the divorce that year before his death.
What is embarrassing is that even in the end, Zheng Shaoqiu and his second wife Guan Jinghua did not go to mourn, and their cold attitude made the outside world reprimand. In the years that followed, at least there was never news that Zheng Shaoqiu helped Shen Dianxia and his daughter Zheng Xinyi. In the eyes of many people, he has long been reduced to a dispensable "passer-by".
Happiness Zheng Jing's family was praised
Perhaps it was a way for God to punish Zheng Shaoqiu, who is now 76 years old and lives a low-key and impoverished life. However, compared with him, his second wife Guan Jinghua and two daughters are much more prosperous.
As early as 2000, when Guan Jinghua was still a well-known actor active in the film and television industry, she publicly stated that she was very satisfied with her existing life, and she was very affectionate with her husband Zheng Shaoqiu, and her daughter was also very well-behaved and obedient. She also generously admitted that it was her greatest luck to be married to Zheng Shaoqiu.
It is not difficult to see that in the marriage of Guan Jinghua and Zheng Shaoqiu, this husband has completely changed his mind and is no longer the "scumbag" who ignored Shen Dianxia back then. On the contrary, he did his best to maintain the marriage and give his wife and daughter enough love and care.
While Guan Jinghua praised her husband to the outside world, Shen Dianxia spent the last few years of her life on the sickbed. Despite the ruthlessness of fate, she has been trying to survive all her life, even if Zheng Shaoqiu has left her at the beginning, she still insists on living and working with an optimistic and positive attitude.
Until the end, she never received any comfort and compensation from Zheng Shaoqiu. In contrast, Guan Jinghua's life was all taken care of under her husband's wings. Even though Zheng Shaoqiu's career is no longer prosperous, he is still doing his best to honor his wife and daughter.
This undoubtedly made many viewers feel regretful, and they sighed for Shen Dianxia's injustice. If Zheng Shaoqiu's actions back then were chilling, then his differential treatment of his two wives now is even more distressing.
epilogue
Whether a person can live happily and healthily to the end of his life often depends on whether there is a caring person around him. For Shen Dianxia, even though she had gambled desperately for love and career, in the end, she only got the loneliness of dying.
Life is unpredictable, and everyone will experience setbacks and betrayals at some point in their lives. Perhaps Shen Dianxia also thought that her deep affection would be able to keep her beloved. And she has given too much, just to wait for a warm and loving end.
It's a pity that life is often so cruel. Just when you think you have been happy, fate will smash you into the abyss. Shen Dianxia's life may be exactly like this. But no matter what, she has lived in her own way, even if in the end there is only regret left.
In this cruel society, how many people can be like Shen Dianxia, even in the last days, never abandon and spend it alone. Life will eventually leave, and love is destined to have an end. But perhaps the most important thing for a person to live for a lifetime is to be worthy of his original intention and promise.
The story between Shen Dianxia and Zheng Shaoqiu may be the most helpless footnote in the world.