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In the movie "Tang Bohu Points Autumn Fragrance", Tang Bohu disguised himself as a slave and entered Washington for Qiu Xiang.
In reality, our great talent Jin Yong has also played this trick.
In order to get close to his "dream lover", the female star Xia Meng, in 1957, the 33-year-old Jin Yong, alias "Lin Huan", ran to the Great Wall Film Company to become a screenwriter.
Who is Xia Meng?
She came from a famous family, debuted at the age of 18, was the head of the Great Wall Film Company Hua Dan, in the 1950s and 1960s, her film works were not only popular in Hong Kong and the mainland, but also in Southeast Asia.
Jin Yong is not the only man who has never forgotten Xia Meng, there is also Xia Meng's first love boyfriend director Cen Fan, the two broke up because of their different development directions, one stayed in Hong Kong, the other returned to the mainland.
Xia Meng later married the merchant Lin Baocheng, but Cen Fan never married a wife.
Let's take a look at the story of this "absolute beauty".
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Xia Meng was born in Shanghai on February 16, 1933, with his ancestral home in Suzhou.
She was born into a famous family, surnamed Yang, and her original name was Yang Maomao, which was later changed to Yang Meng when she was in middle school. Her father was a student in The West, graduated from St. John's University, her mother was a well-known lady in Shanghai when she was young, and Xia Meng had a younger sister and a younger brother.
Xia Meng's grandfather, Yang Shuding, was a prestigious businessman in Shanghai at the time, and his father was a clerk working in a bank, so in that war-torn era, they did not have to worry about food and clothing, and there were servants at home to take care of them.
Xia Meng and her sister were raised by their mother as celebrities from an early age, and after graduating from primary school, they completed the preparatory school at Santa Maria Girls' School, and then entered the noble school Shanghai Zhongxi Girls' Middle School Boarding School, where the three Song sisters graduated.
Yang Shuding loves Peking Opera, and his children and grandchildren also love Peking Opera very much. Xia Meng can be said to have grown up listening to Peking Opera, when grandpa bought a radio and often played Peking Opera at home.
In addition, Grandpa often invited various Peking Opera celebrities to the home for dinner, whenever this time, Xia Meng and her sister Yang Jie watched the Peking Opera masters guide their uncles and aunts to sing, and over time, they also learned some.
Xia Meng has been a beauty since childhood, and has a talent for literature and art, and is an active member of the literary and art group in school. Because she was tall, her teachers in middle school also let her play a lot of male characters.
In 1947, Xia Meng moved to Hong Kong with her family.
However, at this time, her state of mind has changed a lot, and she is no longer the carefree big lady she used to be.
It all goes to her parents, who are busy with work all day and have a different relationship with their mother.
The couple's Cold War affected the harmonious atmosphere of the whole family, coupled with their new arrival in Hong Kong, they were not familiar with life, their speech was not clear, and Xia Meng became less talkative, and she turned her attention to reading and studying.
Because of their excellent grades, Xia Meng and her sister were both admitted to the Peidao and Marino Convent Schools at the same time, and both chose the latter in the end.
Xia Meng's choice was correct, and here she regained her literary and artistic hobbies, and her talent was soon discovered by the school, and the principal designated her to star in the English stage play "Joan of Arc" on Christmas Eve.
For Xia Meng, performing in english is a very difficult challenge, because she is worried that she is not competent, she ran to the principal to resign, but the principal thinks that this role is none other than her.
On the day of the official performance on the stage, Xia Meng contributed a perfect performance and won warm applause from the audience.
At this time, Xia Meng was firm in his heart and wanted to chase the dream.
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Half a year after that stage performance, on a summer night, in order to avoid her father, Xia Meng asked her sister Yang Jie to accompany her out for a walk, and the two walked all the way to the door of the Great Wall Film Company.
Behind the gate is where Xia Meng's heart is.
She had been here many times, but never had ever been in.
On that day, Xia Meng had the courage to go inside and find out, but was stopped by the security guards.
Just when they thought they would be defeated, a girl stopped Xia Meng. This girl is the daughter of Yuan Yang'an, the owner of the Great Wall Movie, named Yuan Jingmian, and her stage name is Mao Mei.
Mao Mei also studied at the Maryknoll Convent School, and Xia Meng did not know her, but she had great admiration for her sister Xia Meng, because Xia Meng was a prominent figure in the school drama troupe.
Mao Mei asked Xia Meng if she wanted to go inside and have a look?
With the help of Mao Mei, Xia Meng was finally able to step into the door of the Great Wall Film Company, and what she did not expect was that this chance encounter with Mao Mei would change her life.
That day, Xia Meng not only witnessed the scene of the film shooting, but also met Mao Mei's father, Yuan Yang'an.
Yuan Yang'an was also attracted by Xia Meng, who was one meter and seven meters tall and had a beautiful appearance. At that time, he was preparing to sign some new actors, and shortly after that meeting, Mao Mei found Xia Meng in the school, and asked Xia Meng to meet at the Great Wall Film Company.
This time, Yuan Yang'an handed Xia Meng the English translation of the film "The World of Lying", and he said that he wanted to ask Xia Meng to voice it.
Xia Meng was a little disappointed, she thought she was going to be an actor, she didn't expect to just come to dub, but Xia Meng still read a dialogue very seriously.
After leaving the Great Wall Film Company this time, Xia Meng has been waiting for the news of Yuan Yang'an, but she has not moved, and with the passage of time, the hope has become more and more dim, and she has some anxiety and sorrow for this, and has begun to lose sleep.
To her surprise, she did not expect to receive news from the Great Wall Film Company again, but let her go to the audition.
Under the introduction of Yuan Yang'an, Xia Meng met the well-known director Li Pingqian.
He is preparing for the new film "Forbidden Marriage", and Xia Meng, who got the audition script, was both surprised and nervous, happy that this was what she had always dreamed of, and panicked that she did not know how to act.
After the confused audition, the next day, Xia Meng came to the Great Wall Film Company again, saw the clip of her audition in the screening room, she couldn't believe that the person on the screen was her, she felt that she looked so strange.
Two days later, Great Wall Film Company signed an admission contract with Xia Meng.
At the suggestion of Yuan Yang'an, Xia Meng and her sister Yang Jie came up with the stage name Xia Meng, inspired by Shakespeare's "A Midsummer Night's Dream", but there is another theory, saying that Yuan Yang'an started it.
At that time, no one expected that Xia Meng would soon become a household name in Southeast Asia.
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On July 15, 1951, the movie "Forbidden Marriage" was scheduled to premiere in Singapore, and the box office reputation was double-harvested. On August 20, the film was screened in Hong Kong, and the audience responded strongly, and it was officially released in major theaters the next day.
Xia Meng, who played the heroine in the film, was also called a blockbuster by the media.
The 18-year-old Xia Meng became one of the most concerned female stars of that year, and the Great Wall Film hit the iron while it was hot, and gave Xia Meng a lot of recommendations in its magazines to praise the newcomer.
The movie "Forbidden Marriage" not only changed Xia Meng's life, but also brought her a beautiful love. Xia Meng's first love boyfriend Cen Fan played her gossip boyfriend in this film, and the two really talked about love outside the play.
Cen Fan's origin is similar to Xia Meng's, and he was also born in Shanghai.
Because he likes screenwriting, at the age of 16, he tried to create the first film script and introduced himself to the director Zhu Shilin, leaving a deep impression on the famous director.
In 1946, Zhu Shilin was invited to Hong Kong to develop, and he asked Cen Fan if he would like to work as an assistant to him and go to Hong Kong together.
In this way, Cen Fan followed Zhu Shilin to Hong Kong, where he studied filmmaking.
After making a cameo appearance in the movie "Forbidden Marriage", Cen Fan launched a pursuit of Xia Meng, who was impressed by Cen Fan's talent, and the two soon fell in love.
However, the pair eventually separated due to their respective development problems.
At that time, Cen Fan did not intend to stay in Hong Kong, he always cared about the mainland and decided to return to the mainland to develop. At first, Xia Meng also promised Cen Fan to go back to the mainland with him, but Xia Meng was unable to accompany him because of the delay in obtaining a visa.
The two could only exchange letters, but after a while Cen Fan's letters were broken. Later, Xia Meng learned that someone had intercepted Cen Fan's letter to her in order to let her stay in Hong Kong, and as for who did it, there was no way to find out.
When Xia Meng and Cen Fan met again, Cen Fan was still single, but Xia Meng was already someone else's wife. Cen Fan could never forget Xia Meng, because of Xia Meng, he had never married a wife in his life.
On September 30, 1954, the 22-year-old Xia Meng married businessman Lin Baocheng.
Lin Baocheng was an iron fan of Xia Meng, who was already a big star in Southeast Asia, and after "Forbidden Marriage" became popular, she successively filmed works such as "Nyonya", "Door", "A Family Spring", "Evil Sea Flower" and so on.
After seeing Xia Meng at a friend's party, Lin Baocheng could no longer forget the beautiful Qianying. Later, when he heard his friend say that he was going to the Great Wall Movie to see people filming, Lin Baocheng begged his friend to take him.
Unexpectedly, it was the movie "Sister Song" starring Xia Meng who went to visit the class that day, Xia Meng at the scene did not have the shelf of stars at all, and the easy-going and friendly attitude surprised Lin Baocheng, which also prompted him to make up his mind to pursue Xia Meng.
Lin Baocheng has a cheerful personality and can always make Xia Meng happy, and the two entered the palace of marriage after a year of interaction.
Although Xia Meng is married, there is still one person who is thinking about Xia Meng, and he is the great talent Jin Yong.
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In 1957, the 33-year-old Jin Yong joined the Great Wall Film Company as a screenwriter under the pseudonym "Lin Huan" through a relationship.
It is no secret that Xia Meng is Jin Yong's "dream lover", everyone around Jin Yong knows it, and he even told his friends that Tang Bohu did not hesitate to sell himself into slavery for Qiu Xiang, and I was far worse than him.
After entering the company, Jin Yong tailored the script "Eye Beauty" and "Absolute Beauty" for Xia Meng.
In 1959, Jin Yong not only served as a screenwriter, but also personally directed the movie "Wang Tiger Robs Relatives".
These works are starring Xia Meng, and the films are very successful.
After filming "Wang Tiger Robs Relatives", Jin Yong ended his cooperation with the Great Wall Film Company, but he has always kept in touch with Xia Meng, and after founding Ming Pao, Jin Yong also specially opened a column for Xia Meng, "Xia Meng's Travels".
It is said that when Jin Yong created the characters of Huang Rong, Xiaolongnü and Wang Yuyan, he had the shadow of Xia Meng in it, especially the temperament of Xiaolongnü and Wang Yuyan, who did not eat human fireworks, which was the unique temperament of Xia Meng.
It also shows the important position of Xia Meng in Jin Yong's heart.
In 1966, at the age of 33, Xia Meng announced that she had quit the entertainment industry, and she did what she said, although many companies later invited her, but she did not make a comeback to shoot.
However, she invested in the film "Run to the Fury Sea" and supervised the film "Like a Year of Flowing Water".
In the first few years of her absence, Xia Meng moved to Canada with her husband Lin Baocheng and her three children, and she became a full-time housewife, taking good care of her three children at home.
But in 1969, Xia Meng decided to return to Hong Kong to live.
After returning to Hong Kong, she refused the invitations of major film companies, chose to do business, and opened a garment factory with Han Ying, an actress of Phoenix Film Company, but she did not expect that the scale was getting bigger and bigger, and even her husband praised her for doing a good job.
At the age of 18, he participated in his first work, retired at the age of 33, and shot more than forty movies in 15 years.
The image of Xia Meng on the screen is sweet and gentle, and she is from a famous family under the screen, elegant and intellectual.
She is very dedicated to her work and has done her homework every time she shoots.
Outside of work, she is very low-key, no messy gossip, no impetuousness. She and her husband Lin Baocheng have been in love for a lifetime, and they have grown old with white heads and achieved a good story.
Such a star is really rarely sober in the big dye vat of the entertainment industry.
Who doesn't love it?
Reference: Biography of Xia Meng
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