In the spring of 2003, everything recovered.
The streets of Hong Kong are filled with large patches of bauhinia flowers, and the air is wet and sticky.
In the lobby of the Regent Hotel, Zha Xiaoxin, a well-known entertainment journalist, met Zhang Guorong, followed by Mr. Tang.
As a journalist, this is the private time of the star, and it is inconvenient to go over to say hello.
But Zhang Guorong went directly to Zha Xiaoxin.
"Little Miss Xin."
"Hello, how's it been lately?" What are you busy with? ”
"It's the same old way."
After some greetings, Zhang Guorong specially gave Zha Xiaoxin a warm hug.
Two weeks later, on April 1, the news came that Zhang Guorong had fallen from the building.
At Zhang Guorong's funeral, Zha Xiaoxin did not appear, but only sent a wreath.
She scolded angrily:
"Heaven has given such a good voice, so beautiful. Liked by countless people, how can it not be thought of to go to the end of the road. ”
"I couldn't accept it, so I didn't go."
It was not until later that I learned that Zhang Guorong had been depressed for a long time, but no one in the environment at that time realized that it was depression.
Many people believe that Zha Xiaoxin is the "godmother" of Hong Kong's entertainment industry.
She called herself the "paparazzi" first person.
For more than 30 years, she has witnessed the rise and fall of the entire entertainment industry.
"The beginning and end of Fengzhi love", "Interview with brother Zhang Guorong", "Zhang Xiaohui's third-party incident", "Liu Luanxiong's original match", "Xiaolongnü incident"...
Many hot scoops always came out of her mouth.
The outside world has always wondered why these Uranus superstars are willing to tell her about private affairs.
How can this woman be so capable of such a big job?
Zha Xiaoxin's original name was Lai Xiaoming, and her parents fled to Hong Kong during the Japanese invasion of China.
When she was born, her family was relatively poor, her father drove a van, and her mother was a typical housewife.
Zha Xiaoxin has been more sensible since childhood, and began to cook her own rice and take care of her sister at the age of 7.
Without being taught, she learned to cook in a kerosene stove, cook rice in crock pots, and put two peppers without a dish.
When she was 10 years old, she began to go to the street to buy vegetables, and came back to make three dishes and one soup, and even the most skilled plum vegetables would be made.
She always remembers that for every penny she got pocket money, she saved up, bought a few newspapers a week, read the news of entertainment stars, and envied those beautiful clothes.
Zha Xiaoxin's mother is from Hunan, and a sister who fled to Hong Kong and lives in the New Territories is called "Tiao Jing Ling".
At that time, "Tiaojingling" was very remote and poor, but there were many celebrities:
Zhou Runfa, Hui Yinghong, Wen Bixia, Chen Yulian, etc.
Sometimes, her mother took her and her sister over there on the weekend for a vacation, and the adults were busy playing mahjong while the children jumped rope and played hide-and-seek.
That will be Zha Xiaoxin does not know, she will enter the industry as an entertainment reporter in the future, the first person to interview is Zhou Runfa.
When he was in middle school, Zha Xiaoxin's family was much better, and his father started a transportation company, and the income became more and more abundant.
But she still couldn't contain her desire to go out and run.
During the summer vacation of high school, she saw a newspaper recruiting salesmen and ran to apply.
After admission, he was arranged to sell pots door-to-door, a set of 10 sold for 8,000 yuan.
The instructor first gave the training, listed several people sold three sets a day, got a high commission, and said that everyone's blood was boiling.
The sales pitch began, forming a surrounded "washing building", with one building divided into 2 groups, each responsible for 30 households.
Zha Xiaoxin had the courage to knock on the door, and then learned to follow people to pull home,
After running for two months, although not a single small pot was sold, Zha Xiaoxin learned to talk to strangers and understood the difference between brainwashing and encouragement.
In high school, Zha Xiaoxin had a very good athletic performance, liked to play basketball, took the initiative to act as the administrator of the team, and wrote various rules.
In physical education class, there was a hurdle, the teacher asked her to run the "five-step hurdles", which was more difficult than others, and once the foot was unbalanced, and she fell down fiercely, scratching her sweatpants and knees, and suddenly bleeding.
She didn't say a word, stopped the bleeding and began training again. A few months later, she won the championship.
Zha Xiaoxin's tenacity and strength in her bones laid a solid foundation for her to continue to change in the next 30 years.
After graduating from secondary school, Zha Xiaoxin was admitted to Hong Kong Baptist University, majoring in English translation.
At that time, she was not skilled Chinese, and she had thought of becoming a lawyer.
One day after graduating from college, I went out to dinner with my friends. Some people say that she thinks very lively and jumps, and suggests being an entertainment journalist.
It just so happened that she was introduced to the owner of Hong Kong Weekly and asked her to write entertainment news in the past.
It was 1980, and Andy Lau had just entered the industry.
"I joined the industry at the same time as Andy Lau." Years later, Zha Xiaoxin always said so.
In order to find resources, she waited in the restaurant of the TV station every day, and just happened to meet Andy Lau coming down to buy food.
"Can I do interviews, can I keep the phone?"
At that time, Andy Lau was still very young and silently wrote down the home phone.
Xu Wenqiang, played by Zhou Runfa in "Shanghai Beach", is popular all over the country, personable, and has a personality of good and evil, which has attracted countless people.
Zha Xiaoxin went to the set to find Zhou Runfa, and Brother Fa was so busy that he could only simply accept an interview between filming.
When he changed his clothes, he called Zha Xiaoxin in, "Come here, come in and talk." ”
After the clothes were changed, the interview was almost over.
Back at the newspaper office, Zha Xiaoxin racked his brains to write an article, 2500 words, with 25 circles in it. Those words can't be written, that's all.
The editor-in-chief took one look at it and threw the manuscript at her, what kind of manuscript is this, you were still a college student (there were not many college students doing entertainment journalists at that time).
After the boss saw it, he took the manuscript and left, half an hour later, and rewrote a new one.
Only then did Zha Xiaoxin understand that it was not easy to write a good manuscript.
Since then, she has carried an English dictionary every day and compared it to the Chinese. Turn out the Chinese books at home and friends' homes, read them, and when you see good sentences, you will copy them.
Read the published article several times, take notes on it, and reflect on which questions were not asked.
Zha Xiaoxin's seriousness makes friends and classmates around him feel very strange, an entertainment reporter, why fight so hard.
Someone said to her:
"Can you find a real job?"
"If there's something wrong with my job, you pay taxes, and I pay taxes."
She is a person who does not accept defeat, and the more she does not approve, the better she must be.
Every day, I carry brick-heavy phone calls, go to the set for interviews, rush to various press conferences, step on three-inch high heels, paint delicate makeup on my face, and even change nail polish frequently.
Proper dress and line, coupled with appropriate language charm, made Zha Xiaoxin quickly gain recognition in the entertainment industry.
At that time, Hong Kong artists did not have agents, and all kinds of things were contacted by themselves.
In order to prepare the costume when interviewing Andy Lau, she called the phone to the house, and Andy Lau's father picked it up:
"Daddy Liu, is Andy Lau here?"
The two chatted like friends, and Father Liu looked at the size of Andy Lau's clothes and reported it to Zha Xiaoxin on the phone.
Disco is popular in Hong Kong, and many artists like to play inside.
Every night at 8 o'clock, Zha Xiaoxin always dressed up beautifully, chatted with people, and interviewed while drinking.
(Zha Xiaoxin, Zeng Huaqian, Zheng Yuling, etc.)
Zha Xiaoxin drank very well, others were drunk, but she was not drunk, and she could remember what others said.
When she woke up the next day, she called the person who broke the news the most last night:
"What you said last night, I'm going to report on?"
"Don't."
"You get drunk every day, can you promise not to tell other reporters?" I can't write you badly, and there will be no guarantee in the hands of others. ”
"Then you write."
In some ways, in the early days of entering the industry, Zha Xiaoxin became friends with many artists by drinking.
Coupled with the sensitivity and delicacy of a woman, and empathy, she has achieved a considerable sense of trust.
In the summer of 1985, Cheung gave his first solo concert at the Hung Hom Sports Centre in Hong Kong.
At that time, Zha Xiaoxin had just been promoted to editor-in-chief of the weekly.
She wanted to make a field magazine for her brother (a special publication in the public field, and brochures sold for gifts such as meet-and-greets). ）
Originally, such an opportunity could not be reached by the magazine to which Zha Xiaoxin belonged.
But Zhang Guorong decided to shoot here.
On the day of the shooting, Zhang Guorong prepared 20 sets of exquisite costumes, all ironed neatly, and Zha Xiaoxin and the photographer went to his brother's house.
During the shooting, perfectionist Zhang Guorong ran around many times and posed in various poses in order to achieve the best results.
On the side, Zha Xiaoxin drank pork liver goji berry soup and said something about his thoughts from time to time.
After the shooting, Zhang Guorong personally drove Zha Xiaoxin home, and then went to work.
People who are familiar with his brother know that he is particularly grateful and delicate and sensitive.
And Zha Xiaoxin, who can listen, know how to speak, and can gain his trust, is very normal.
After that, Zha Xiaoxin founded a weekly magazine on his own, and the cover of the inaugural issue invited Zhang Guorong to shoot, and he also agreed very happily.
He also borrowed Wang Mingquan's bungalow to shoot, and the shape was an unruly "Fu Shi".
In 1989, Zhang Guorong opened a farewell concert because he was tired of being compared.
When Zhang Guorong was red, Tan Yonglin was very hot in Hong Kong, and later more and more people liked his brother.
Fans on both sides fought fiercely.
In 1987 and 1986, at the Hong Kong Jinge Golden Melody Awards, because of the media's momentum, the awards had not yet begun, and fans could not help but make a big fuss.
In the end, I had to give awards in advance to calm the emotions of fans. Cheung Kwok Wing won the Golden Melody Award, while Tam Wing Lin won the Most Popular Male Singer Award.
At the end of the award, the two fans frantically scolded each other at the scene, and even fought hard, and some of them were injured.
Moreover, Zhang Guorong also received threats of underground coins and sulfuric acid information, and the car was also scratched.
These things undoubtedly caused great trouble to my brother.
The day Zhang Guorong announced the sealing of wheat, he invited Zha Xiaoxin to the scene.
It was rejected by Zha Xiaoxin.
He invited her to a feast of celebration.
"I'm not going to go because I'm not in favor of him retiring."
A few years later, Zha Xiaoxin went to Vancouver to play, met Zhang Guorong again, and talked about making "Farewell to the Overlord".
At that time, my brother was still a little worried, worried that the outside world would rebel against him.
Zha Xiaoxin said: "You just sealed the wheat, but you didn't say that you wouldn't shoot a drama, it was a waste to retire at such a young age." ”
After that, the brother created an eternal legendary classic Cheng Butterfly.
One day in 2003, Zha Xiaoxin and Zhang Guorong met at the Peninsula Hotel, and her brother pulled her aside worriedly and said:
"Alas, something happened to her again."
"Who?"
"It's Ame, this time you are going to help her, she was very drunk two nights ago, and even photographed her drunkenness for the paparazzi, I am afraid that she will run out."
"Don't worry, it's all right, I've already talked about it on the show in the morning."
Zhang Guorong's feelings for Mei Yanfang and his brother and sister, and his extraordinary trust in Zha Xiaoxin, can be seen.
Initially, the year when my brother became popular because of the song "Monica", he went out to travel and brought a very chic mirror to Zha Xiaoxin.
Deliberately chosen for her on a meaningful holiday.
It was the 6th anniversary party of the weekly magazine edited by Zha Xiaoxin, and her brother in a straight suit was very happy to send her a gift.
This mirror, she has always kept properly.
Perhaps, the relationship with Zhang Guorong has won Zha Xiaoxin a good feeling in the entertainment industry, which has a certain relationship.
Although he often eats and parties with many artists in private, Zha Xiaoxin believes that
"I wouldn't say I was a friend, I wouldn't climb them. It should be said that we are working partners, and it is very troublesome to have a personal relationship. ”
In fact, in various activities, Zha Xiaoxin always entered as a media friend first.
Talk to people first, greet the latest situation like a friend, and after a few words of concern, most people will open the conversation box.
If the news is interesting, Zha Xiaoxin will change the mode: "Identity transfer, now I ask questions as a columnist." ”
During the interview, Zha Xiaoxin often can't fully achieve the state of media people, and will always take the care of friends and make suggestions.
After Liu Luanxiong's original divorce with Baoqin, he found that he had breast cancer, and during his treatment, he lived alone in a very luxurious house.
One day, Cha Xiaoxin passed by, ordered a bouquet of flowers, and wrote a card to send someone in.
Not long after, Baoqin's phone call came, and Zha Xiaoxin took the opportunity to propose an interview.
In this interview, Baoqin said that during the period of non-divorce, Li Jiaxin, as a third party, often called three times in the middle of the night and scolded when he opened his mouth, which was extremely ugly.
Baoqin did not say a word, listened to a few words, and gave the phone to Liu Luanxiong.
"Why don't you hang up the phone so you don't get excited?"
Baoqin replied, "I want to hear what she says, and see if she will be creative." ”
(Liu Luanxiong and Baoqin)
After the article was published, the whole hong Kong was in an uproar.
Since then, Baoqin has taken Zha Xiaoxin as a friend and invited her to her luxurious residence many times to play.
I know that Zha Xiaoxin likes jewelry, and she also takes out a lot of treasures for her to admire.
Once, when the maid of Zha Xiaoxin's family was leaving his job, and no one took care of the 3-year-old child, Baoqin immediately sent one of his own servants over.
Zha Xiaoxin also knew how to abide by the rules of the game, and during that time he hardly interacted with Li Jiaxin.
In 1994, Liang Chaowei won the Golden Horse Award for the first time, and Liu Jialing prepared to open a celebratory part for the Mandarin Hotel.
The phone called Zha Xiaoxin, and she could hardly believe it.
"Is it a press conference?"
"No, it's not. I didn't invite a single reporter, I didn't treat you as a reporter, you come and play well. ”
The party was very lively, there were Mei Yanfang, Jacky Cheung and his wife, and Liu Jialing's secrecy was also very good.
The picture of the two walking in from under the flowers was frozen in film by Zha Xiaoxin.
Later, Liang Chaowei left for two hours, specially bought a ring, and proposed to Liu Jialing.
Liu Jialing smiled brightly.
These photographs are recorded.
Looking at the photos the next day, Liu Jialing wanted.
But Zha Xiaoxin refused: "Originally, I should not only send you a set, but also give you the negatives, but because I promised that I would not let this series of photos be published, I could not give it to you." ”
Later, at another party, Luo Meiwei met Zha Xiaoxin again and said to her, "You are really a good person." ”
At that time, in the Hong Kong entertainment industry, there were many people who did not talk about credit and spoke out of the way.
However, Zha Xiaoxin has always been very principled at this point, and the things to be reported will definitely be reported, regardless of whether the parties agree or not, but they will not use blackened words.
Therefore, the matter of Fengzhi's divorce, after Zha Xiaoxin broke the news, caused Xie Xian's dissatisfaction.
In Zha Xiaoxin's view, I don't report it, and others won't let it go, so it's better for me to say it.
Frank, true, able to take care of the whole face, know how to care about the artist through interviews, can see that Zha Xiaoxin is such a person.
There are too many right and wrong in the entertainment industry, it is difficult to distinguish between true and false, and Zha Xiaoxin also has a time to roll over.
The report that Zhang Xiaohui and Zhong Zhentao divorced once made her rush to the cusp of the storm.
At that time, Zhang Xiaohui was photographed dating her lover, and she hurriedly called over, wanting Zha Xiaoxin to contact the weekly magazine and whether she could stop it.
Who knew that Zha Xiaoxin was directly angry: "Did you only deal with the media today?" Don't be childish! ”
After asking about the situation, she gave Zhang Xiaohui a trick:
"You called Zhong Zhentao and said that you went to dinner with their family and took a picture of them, maybe they would cut off his wife and children, and you two would be left to speculate."
The matter was finally exposed, and Zhang Xiaohui said to Zha Xiaoxin again, I want a divorce, you write it.
"Don't get divorced, I'll arrange for you to talk."
At that meeting, Zhang Xiaohui came 5 hours late and officially broke with Zhong Zhentao.
Soon, Zhang Xiaohui's lover's wife also called and talked about her cancer.
The interview was finally published, and after Zhang Xiaohui knew about it, she was very dissatisfied with Zha Xiaoxin and announced that she would break off her friendship.
And Zha Xiaoxin, who is not easy to mess with, publicly said in the column that he has been estranged from Zhang Xiaohui.
(Zha Xiaoxin and Zhong Zhentao Zhang Xiaohui's family)
In addition to being not easy to provoke, Zha Xiaoxin also carries a "fierce" energy.
When she was an editor of "Sudden Week", she wanted to get the most exciting news.
I learned that Liu Jialing and Liang Chaowei had been dragged together and knew the address of the new love nest purchased.
In order to gather real evidence, she started the "paparazzi" working mode.
Before the activity began, she drew a map for her subordinates, marked each exit, the signal lights at the surrounding intersections, where the shooting would hit the grass and snakes, and which place should be filmed.
You shoot here, he shoots over there, how to go after shooting, encounter problems to hide in a small shop, the boss is who is who.
The way in and out are arranged. Because there was a "triad" at that time, the slightest carelessness would cause trouble.
Relying on this "paparazzi" way of working, the photo of Liang Chaowei and Liu Jialing living together was successfully made into the cover of the weekly magazine.
But neither of them was willing to go public at the time, and they were very dissatisfied with Zha Xiaoxin's approach and did not contact her for several years.
In Zha Xiaoxin's view, one party is unwilling to disclose such a thing as feelings, but the other party may not really want to, and if it is forced to expose, sometimes it is liberated.
Therefore, Liu Jialing would later take the initiative to invite her to Liang Chaowei's celebration party.
Like a friend, but can be separated from the identity of a friend, carry clear, positive attitude, Zha Xiaoxin is best at this point.
For more than 30 years, Zha Xiaoxin has been dealing with many artists in the entertainment industry, not only did not offend all parties, but also gained quite a lot of good feelings.
Good communication skills, high emotional intelligence for people, these alone do not really summarize this "queen of the entertainment industry".
External factors aside, she is still a very hard worker.
Since she started as a journalist, she got up at 6 a.m. every morning, ran, and went to the office after breakfast to write.
In order to get resources and practice communication skills, she stipulated to herself that she should talk to at least 2 celebrities every day. After one round, after being rejected, start with another round.
"At the beginning, it may just be said that today's pat scene hurts, care about it. Later, after talking more, the star took the initiative to talk to you about some things, and the relationship was closer, and it was easy to get a lot of exclusives. ”
With such exclusive resources, she wrote more and more headlines, and became editor-in-chief at the age of 26.
(Zha Xiaoxin with Cai Lan and Zhang Zhilin)
Later, she switched to being a radio host, broadcasting three hours of live broadcasts a day and writing several columns.
During the live broadcast, there are often artists who can't come, and Zha Xiaoxin, who is speaking, has to pick up her spirits, while speaking, while writing down the phone number of another person, so that the assistant can contact.
After a live broadcast, it felt like running 100 meters in 9.9 seconds, and the whole person was tired and collapsed.
More importantly, she is still an identity, that is, a mother.
When his son was born in 1994, Zha Xiaoxin was at a low ebb, the weekly magazine he founded failed, and the entertainment website went out of business for only one year.
Therefore, Zha Xiaoxin began to write full-time, from 8 o'clock to 9 o'clock in the evening.
My son took over from school in the afternoon and took him to his office to play with him while writing a manuscript.
Wait for the babysitter to pick up the child, and then she will continue.
Go home in the evening, follow the task sheet given to your son, check one by one, and write down important things.
She also had the confusion of professional women, spending too little time with children.
But Zha Xiaoxin insisted that personal efforts are "quality", not "quantity". Every important day of the child, she will accompany the child's exams, she will go to see the environment in advance.
For a while, my son proposed that he wanted to enter the entertainment industry.
Zha Xiaoxin did not obstruct, but just asked: "Can you sing?" Can dance? To be a star is to have a star's life. ”
For Zha Xiaoxin, half of her life has been in the entertainment industry, and she has gained the trust of many people, and the scenery is unlimited.
She also seems to be the one who has a star's life.
Of course, it is inseparable from a woman's insistence on herself and her dedication to her career.
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Author: Liang Xiaoxiao