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Women are too sexy and have always been double-edged swords.
Men are eager but not necessarily respectful, and they are more likely to attract the rejection of other women.
The scandal between The sexy American monroe and the Kennedy presidential brothers is confusing, reduced to the plaything of the powerful, and the untimely death is regrettable.
The great beauty of the Hong Kong film circle, Li Zhi, angelic face, devil figure, known as the "Oriental Monroe", but when it was popular, it retreated in the rapids, and now sits on a net worth of 2 billion, and the harmony and happiness of the family are enviable.
Why did she willingly be the woman behind Jet Li, the Emperor of Kung Fu? Was he really hunted down and killed by the jealous gambling king's wife?
<h1>01. Yanguan Xiangjiang was ridiculed by the crowd</h1>
On the evening of August 31, 1986, the final of the "Miss Asia" pageant in Hong Kong.
In Tai Li, a girl with apricot eyes and a high nose and snowy skin is particularly outstanding, and the figure of the breast bee waist is even more eye-catching.
Lee Chi at the Miss Asia pageant
During the Q&A session, her performance divided the judges' opinions.
On the one hand, the content of her reply was very decent; on the other hand, due to poor Cantonese, the mispronouncies of "conspiracy (mau4)" as "pubic hair (mou4)" caused a lot of laughter.
Judge Ni Kuangli said that this year's most beautiful is this Miss Li, who can be called "a rare beauty in fifty years", and if he can't win the championship, he will burn the TV station.
When this great writer was young, he really did the absurd thing of chopping a wooden bridge into a fire in the winter to keep warm.
The results were revealed, and Li Zhi did indeed win the Miss Asia championship, and he did not expect to be booed at the scene.
Many Hong Kong audiences have difficulty accepting a "rustic" mainland sister winning the championship, from her figure, dress to accent, have been repeatedly mocked.
Ni Kuang later met entertainment reporter Zha Xiaoxin to greet: "Hey, beauty", and was taunted by Zha Xiaoxin: "Don't call me beauty, your aesthetic standards." ”
Hong Kong newspapers and periodicals have lashed out with headlines such as "YaJie Champion Was Originally Mainland Sister", "Yajie Beauty Pageant: Victory of Boba", and "Yajie Battle for Supremacy Battle Three Rounds Decisive Victory" and other headlines.
Li Zhi was in the third year of college in San Francisco, usa, and the stereotype of "BoDa brainless" made people only see her sexiness and ignore her wisdom.
That year, people's eyes were focused on the beautiful and compelling Li Zhi, and the first master's degree winner li Meishan selected by rival TVB was not taken care of.
The eyes of the masses were indeed shining.
<h1>02. Guangdong beauty who grew up in Shanghai</h1>
Li Zhi was born in Shanghai on December 31, 1962, to parents who were highly qualified students of the Shanghai Theater Academy.
When his parents divorced when he was 3 years old, and then they all remarried separately, Xiao Lizhi has been living with his grandmother in Shanghai.
His father, Li Yongxi, was born in Guangdong, and Li Zhi spoke Wu Nong softly, but he could not speak Cantonese.
When Li Zhi was 6 years old, her biological mother bought candy and wanted to change her to shout "Mother", but the stubborn little girl refused to open her mouth.
When he was a child, his parents were separated and his mother's love was missing, so that Li Zhi was extremely eager for love in his heart, and he was afraid of being hurt, so he could only use strength to cover up his inner vulnerability.
In 1979, when Lee Wing-seok, an actor in the mainland, first arrived in Hong Kong, he could only work as a temporary worker in the territory, with a monthly salary of 1400 Hong Kong dollars, thinking that he would never have the opportunity to act again in this life.
Lee Young-seok when he was young
Half a year later, with his fluent Cantonese and superb acting skills, he applied to the Hong Kong Repertory Theatre, and a year later he became a leading actor in the troupe, and his salary rose to 4500 Hong Kong dollars, which made him apply to take his daughter Li Zhi to Hong Kong.
19-year-old Li Zhi came to Hong Kong, graduated from high school without long belongings, and could only work as a salesman in a furniture store, with a monthly salary of 1200 Hong Kong dollars.
She saves money, buys gifts and sends money to her grandmother who stays in Shanghai, hoping to improve her life.
Originally thought that born of beauty and acting talent, entering the entertainment industry is easy, Li Zhi ran to Hong Kong New Art City Film Company to apply for an actor, did not expect that the first level of the interview was brushed down, the reason is "too earth".
When Maggie Cheung and Stephen Chow were not popular, they were both rejected for interviews at New Art City, and Wong Bai Ming, the boss of New Art City, personally fired wong Kar-wai, a screenwriter who had not written a work for half a year.
Life doesn't have to be afraid of rejection, there's no need to be superstitious about authority, and when you're radiant enough, people can no longer ignore it.
Unwilling to accept this, Li Zhi resolutely decided to study in the United States.
Unable to afford the Tuition Fee of 30 Hong Kong dollars per hour for an English teacher in Hong Kong, Lee Chi returned to Shanghai to ask a senior student of the Department of Foreign Languages to tutor English, study hard for 16 hours a day, pass the TOEFL test in 3 months, and successfully enter an American university.
During his studies in the United States, Li Zhi's life was very hard.
In addition to class, she also has to work as a nurse in a wheelchair as a nurse, still can't afford the tuition fees of the prestigious California St. Mary's College, travels to three universities, and finally enrolls in international trade at San Francisco State University.
During the summer vacation of his third year of college, Lee Chi returned to Hong Kong to participate in the Miss Asia pageant and became famous overnight.
Image source: "Cover of Popular Film and Television in May 1988"
<h1>03. Oriental Monroe, gossip</h1>
Too charming appearance, so that Li Zhi becomes the object of men's obscenity, women's public enemies, gossip and gossip.
Some women wrote to the newspaper office, saying that Li Zhi seduced her husband, there were rich people who were willing to spend tens of millions of packages to raise Li Zhi, and there were also Malaysian infatuated men who anonymously wrote articles to paint and paint and Li Zhi's one-night stand...
Gossip magazines write about it, but they never take a picture of a real hammer, providing any evidence.
At that time, Huang Baiming, the owner of New Art City, was preparing to make the movie "Seven Years of Itch" (the same name as Monroe's famous work), looking around for a heroine who turned all beings upside down.
At the wedding banquet of a journalist friend, Huang Baiming identified Li Zhi as the heroine:
"Because her appearance that night made the men in the audience bright, but also made the female companions next to the men uneasy."
She is Miss Li Zhi, who has just finished running for YaJie and was selected as the champion. ”
In this movie, Li Zhi played a beautiful female thief, in order to retrieve the stolen jewelry hidden in the male protagonist's luggage, he was seduced by all kinds of seduction, wearing a black swimsuit to surprise the water, and the film sold 11.18 million Hong Kong dollars at the box office.
Her films are all about her sexy body, and the style in the play is always a cheesy outfit of curvy gym suits, swimsuits, and deep V dresses.
Li Zhi hopes that the audience will not pay too much attention to her figure, but look at her acting skills more, but unfortunately, they are all sexy characters.
Female writer Li Bihua admired her performance in "Yoshiya Zangjiao" and wrote a script for her " Pan Jinlian's Previous Life and Present Life " , but unfortunately, Li Zhi saw that it was Pan Jinlian and pushed this role.
Stills from the movie "Yoshiya Zoji"
Waiting for Wang Zuxian to perform into a film, creating a beautiful and cold true temperament talent, so that Li Zhi regretted missing it very much.
In 1988, Li Zhi and Chow Yun Fat co-starred in "Tiger Out of more" and "Gongzi Sentimental", which grossed 27.86 million and 23.56 million respectively, rushing to the 5th and 9th places in the Hong Kong box office that year.
Animated image of the movie "Tiger Out of the Change"
She competed with the great beauty Guan Zhilin in "Dancing with The Warblers"; she suppressed Liu Jialing in "Four Thousand Gold", and danced with Hong Kong's special zhong Chuhong in "Extramarital Affair";
Attended the promotional event of the movie "Warblers Dancing"
Screenshot of the movie "Four Thousand Gold"
Acting and acting are all brainless gold worshippers, drug dealers, prostitutes, female thieves, mistresses, the wind is seductive, and the impression of sexy objects is deeply rooted in people's hearts.
In three years, Li Zhi's film remuneration soared from the initial 100,000 Hong Kong dollars to 600,000, second only to Zhong Chuhong, Mei Yanfang, Lin Qingxia and Wang Zuxian.
The international version of "Playboy" even offered tens of millions of dollars plus dividends to invite her to take a nude photo, but Li Zhi scoffed and resolutely refused.
Liu Jialing, who also has a mainland background, and Xu Jinheng, a rich man, have been in love for three years and broke up, which solidifies the impression of Hong Kong people on the mainland sister worshiping gold, and such a charming Li Zhi wants to come to be even more popular.
The gossip magazine Entertainment Weekly even used "Li Zhi earns more than three million, and he socializes with fifteen men a day" as the cover article headline to attract readers.
Very different lee chi reporting
Outside of movies, Li Zhisheng is quiet, speaks softly and softly, likes to stay at home to listen to music and watch movies when he is not filming, and never goes to nightclubs or plays mahjong.
Entertainment journalists who knew her well also said that this was true, and as long as she did not shoot or attend events, she was usually found by calling Li Zhi's home.
Those windy and sexy movie images are the audience's imagination of Li Zhi, not the real her.
In the Qing Tan program "Tonight No Defense", in the face of Huang Xia's ridicule, "What if the person you like is married?" Guan Zhilin said unashamedly: "Try not to let his wife know";
Lee Chi replied:
"Try not to, I like the only one, you can like other people who do not have wives and children!" 」
Caught off guard, a married man is walking into her life.
<h1>04. Behind the gambling king and Jackie Chan, the long-term love that has been criticized</h1>
Behind the beauty, there is always no shortage of suitors.
The scandal between Li Zhi and gambling kings Ho Hung Sun and Jackie Chan was most widely reported by the media.
Ho and Asia Television Chairman Qiu Degen are friends and business partners.
At the AWARDS and charity events of the TV station, the gambling king is a regular guest, and he often shows his dance skills on the spot, and many female stars such as Xiao Fangfang dance with him.
In 1991, ATV established the Miss Asia charity organization "RenQing Meisu", with Li Zhi as the founding president and gambling king as the honorary president.
In the charity party, the gambling king Hao threw 300,000 yuan to dance with Li Zhi as a charity.
In 1991, the charity event Li Zhi and the gambler danced together
The dancing posture of the rich and sexy beauty was radiant, and this scene was filmed, triggering people's infinite reverie.
The gambling king already had four wives at that time, would Li Meiren throw himself into his arms and become the fifth wife?
In 1992, Li Zhi participated in jackie Chan's movie "Double Dragon Society", and his beautiful and sexy shape and Jackie Chan's intimate actions in the play made people think of it.
Li Zhi 'Double Dragon Society' ANIMATED
Stills from Li Zhi and Maggie Cheung's "Double Dragon Society"
Jackie Chan also added fuel to the reporter's fire and said:
"I'm so blessed. So many female stars are in love with me, and it is probably The next one is probably The turn of Li Zhi. ”
Jackie Chan and Li Zhi attended the film promotion event
What he didn't know was that Li Zhi had already quietly fallen in love with another kung fu superstar, Jet Li.
As early as 1989, Li Zhi and Jet Li met in the United States, co-starring in "The Dragon in the End of the World", and Zhou Xingchi, who was not yet popular, played a supporting role.
Group photo of the protagonists of "The Dragon at the End of the World"
At that time, Li Zhi was a brilliant beauty pageant champion and a popular female star, and his value was already millions.
After Jet Li acted in "Shaolin Temple", he moved to the United States with his wife Huang Qiuyan to open martial arts training classes for a living, and was invited by Hong Kong filmmakers to make another film.
When he took over the filming of "Shaolin Temple", because he was still a martial arts athlete in the system, his film remuneration was only 1 yuan / day, shooting 10 months of 700 yuan, and later three films only rose to 2 yuan / day, 3 yuan / day.
From 1982 to 1988, in addition to a fixed salary and a meager salary, savings were not much, and houses in the suburbs of the United States were also bought with loans.
Whether it is height, wealth or marital status, Jet Li is not the ideal object of Li Zhi.
Jet Li, on the other hand, fell under the charm of Li Zhi and ignored his married status.
Jet Li and Huang Qiuyan for a group photo
Li Zhi's beauty made his blood boil, and his understanding and resonance surprised him even more:
"She knows what I'm thinking better than my mom, and what's going on inside me better than my siblings."
Jet Li then returned to Hong Kong to make a movie, and his wife, Huang Qiuyan, lived in the United States with her two daughters, and they became more and more distant from each other.
In 1991, Jet Li took over the filming of Tsui Ke's film "Wong Fei Hung", which was a box office hit, laying the foundation for the status of Hong Kong kung fu superstar.
His marriage to his wife, Huang Qiuyan, also came to an end, and a guilty Jet Li came out of the house.
When exactly Li Zhi and Jet Li came together, only the two parties knew the truth.
For this reason, Li Zhi bears the insult of Xiao San, and like when the stage was booed, she still suffered silently and never explained.
05. Thin affection and affection, poverty and billionaires
In order to pursue Li Zhi, Jet Li once waited with flowers on her usual road, waiting for seven hours, but she did not expect that she had already returned home from the other road.
This kind of fiery emotion, he had never felt in Huang Qiuyan, the wife of Qingmei Zhuma:
"After meeting Li Zhi, I realized that my love for her can make me give all my fame, status, and even life, and I have a feeling of being open-minded."
After the divorce, Huang Qiuyan, with the fame of Jet Li's ex-wife, returned to Hong Kong to make two martial arts movies, which did not arouse sparks in the slightest.
Huang Qiuyan movie "Tianshan Jade Female Sword" poster
Unable to repay the loan, the residence in the United States was repossessed by the bank, and Huang Qiuyan could only live in the basement of a friend's house and work as a beautician for ten years.
Reluctant to let her two daughters suffer with her in the United States, she sent the child back to Beijing to be raised by Jet Li's mother, who bore all the maintenance.
This changed-hearted husband, but in Li Zhi's body, he has always been deeply in love.
Jet Li only had a two-year four-film contract with Jiahe at that time, and actually only received 3 million yuan for two films.
In the face of the competition of billionaire suitors around Li Zhi, Jet Li can only confess that I do not have billions of family property, but what I can give you is all I have!
In 1992, Lee Chi gradually faded out of the Hong Kong film and television circle, wearing professional suits and concentrating on doing business in the mainland, only a few days a month in Hong Kong.
In 1993, Jet Li began to make real money, and the salary for a single film rose to 16 million Hong Kong dollars, second only to Jackie Chan.
He founded his own film company, Zhengdong Pictures, with an annual remuneration plus dividend of more than 100 million yuan.
In 1996, it was rumored that Lizhi's investment in real estate failed, and the capital chain was on the verge of breaking, Jet Li signed a contract with Yongsheng Pictures and paid 36 million yuan in advance to save the emergency.
Jet Li and Guan Zhilin have cooperated and become acquainted with each other many times, talking and laughing on the set, holding the beauty when filming movie posters, and the jealous Li Zhi is going to leave Hong Kong after putting away his luggage, please persuade Li Zhi to change his mind to Tai Chen Lan.
Since then, Jet Li has taken photos with female celebrities in public, and there is no longer any intimate action.
Jet Li and Guan Zhilin have cooperated many times
In 1998, Jet Li moved to Hollywood and became an international kung fu superstar with a salary of 15 million US dollars.
On September 19, 1999, Jet Li married Li Zhi in the United States, and the Hong Kong media sarcastically sent a sentence that "love and righteousness are not as good as chest four or two."
In 2006, Jet Li announced that he would put all his property in the name of his beloved wife Li Zhi, which is now worth 2 billion yuan.
From the outsider's point of view, Huang Qiuyan witnessed the growth and struggle of the kung fu boy, and Li Zhi sat and enjoyed the glory and wealth of the kung fu emperor.
Jet Li said, I am not a wishful fool, I and Li Zhi are supporting each other.
<h1>06. Turn to the mall, hand in hand for a lifetime</h1>
Why Li Zhi faded out of the film world was written very vigorously by the gossip media of Hong Kong and Taiwan:
Because of hooking up with the gambling king Ho Hung Sun, he was chased and killed by the gambling king's wife to bribe the underworld and was forced to quit the Hong Kong entertainment circle.
The gossip reporter has the ability to squat at the door of the gambling king's house every day, photographing his whereabouts of staying for a few days in the residence of the four wives in a week, but he can no longer take out a group photo of Li Zhi and the gambling king.
The only time li zhi, who could not bear the insult, fought back was when he published a public statement in 1997 that he would offer a reward of 100 million yuan to find anyone who could confirm her scandal with the rich man, and also provided a copy of the loan of Zhongnan Bank to prove his innocence.
In the early 1990s, beautiful female stars appeared in an endless stream.
Guan Zhilin of the acting family is beautiful and matchless, the most beautiful Miss Hong Kong Li Jiaxin turned out to be born, and the more powerful Leaf Frieze of Bi Lizhi became famous.
Guan Zhilin, Li Jiaxin
It was the most brilliant era of Hong Kong cinema, and it was also the darkest era.
Liu Jialing was kidnapped by the underworld to take nude photos, Mei Yanfang fled Hong Kong because of the underworld dispute, Jet Li's agent was shot and killed, and Andy Lau's agent was forced to pick up the film by gunpointing his head...
Billionaires lure money to make stunning female celebrities fall.
Li Jiaxin leaned on the married real estate finance tycoon Liu Luanxiong, Guan Zhilin came to the top, and Wang Zuxian on the married rich second generation Lin Jianyue, all of whom received tens of millions of real estate gifts.
The new Hong Kong sister champion Yuen Wing Yee was raised for one year by real estate tycoon Lo Siu Fai for HK$500,000/month.
Where did Li Zhi's confidence fade out of the film world?
Interview with Li Zhi of Oriental Newland Magazine
In 1987, Lee Chi, who won the 1.2 million Hong Kong dollars worth of the Miss Asia winner, sold 400,000 of his properties, plus 100,000 yuan for starring in the movie "The Seven Year Itch", and returned to the mainland with his father to do textile business.
Between transfers, double your net income and gain millions of assets.
In 1992, she had registered 6 companies to buy real estate in Repulse Bay, Hong Kong, and invested 10 million US dollars in Yantai, Shandong Province, to develop the Haiyun Villa real estate project.
As soon as the first two phases of Haiyun Villa were launched on the market, they were sold out, and a self-employed owner in the mainland subscribed to dozens of sets.
It is rumored that there are rich people behind Li Zhi to support funds and teach business skills, which is very profitable.
Li Zhi told reporters that her funds came from bank loans, and people still have half-beliefs.
Lee Chi business reporting
In the darkest moment when his agent was shot, Jet Li angrily formed his own film and television company, and the economically confident Li Zhi supported him to start a bold business:
"If you fail at all, I'll raise you for the rest of your life."
Li Zhi, who won the small battle in the shopping mall, invested in land plots in Shanghai and Shandong in one breath, but he did not expect to encounter the government's regulation of the real estate market in 1995 and tighten the monetary root, which made Jet Li's hero save the United States to survive the difficulties.
After 10 years of acquaintance, two people who have experienced ups and downs have finally entered marriage.
At the wedding, Li Zhi, who wears a crown and a white cheongsam, is no longer as delicate as he was then, and is willing to be the woman behind him.
Jet Li and Li Zhi wedding
Jet Li's later 2 billion net worth came from the appreciation of Lizhi investment real estate.
In 2015, Jet Li and Li Zhi jointly invested in Far East Holdings, a Hong Kong listed company, with a share price of 0.1 yuan, a sharp discount of nearly 97% over the market price, becoming the major shareholder of 72% of the holdings.
If the Exchange approves and agrees, the most conservative estimate is that Jet Li's net worth will soar to 30 billion, but it is unfortunately rejected.
In 2019, Jet Li and Li Zhi's eldest daughter Jane and Qiu Shuzhen's eldest daughter Shen Yue were invited to attend the paris top celebrity dance.
Qiu Shuzhen and her daughter made a stunning appearance, li zhi still did not appear, and Jet Li held her daughter in.
Jet Li said that Mrs. Li Zhi put all her energy into the family and her two daughters, and she hoped that people would forget her.
In addition to wealth, she has the most precious thing in life, living wonderfully and living freely.
After fading from The Vanity Fair in Hong Kong, where the oil was boiling from the fire, she broke the spell of "since ancient times, her face is red and her life is thin", she has the happiness she wants, why should she ignore the right and wrong of other people.
In the turmoil of fate, beauty, tenacity and wisdom are her best weapons.
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