In the 1920s and 1930s, a hundred flowers blossomed in the Chinese film industry.
Ruan Lingyu is beautiful and beautiful, Hu Di is delicate and gentle, and Zhou Xuan's golden voice is even more stunning.
However, among the many actresses, there is a person who looks ordinary and can compete with them.
Her image was lively and cheerful, and at that time, she set off a new wave of screen wind in the film industry and was favored by the audience.
This ordinary and dazzling person is the wild Elvis Renmei, known as the Four Heavenly Kings, and she tells us with her strength that the greatest charm of women is not only good-looking.
In the Fisherman's Song, he became famous at a young age
In 1917, at the age of 13, Wang Renmei entered the Meimei School founded by the godfather of popularity, Lai Kam-fai.
Although she is young, she has a tenacity and seriousness that is different from ordinary people in learning, and such a person will often be favored by the god of destiny.
Once, principal Lai Kam Fai took them on a tour of Nanyang.
Before taking the stage, the protagonist Li Minghui's voice suddenly went dumb, and Li Jinhui was in a hurry, and just when he was overwhelmed, Wang Renmei suddenly stood up and said:
"I voiced in the back, and Dawn Hui played in the front. That way the show won't have a problem. ”
Looking at this little girl, Principal Li Jinhui was half-convinced, but at the moment there was no other choice but to make Wang Renmei beautiful.
Unexpectedly, the voice of this little girl was actually difficult to distinguish between true and false with the protagonist, and after the performance, there was a warm applause on the viewing platform for a long time.
Later, Li Jinhui asked Wang Renmei how she could remember the lines, and she said: "When I usually practice, I secretly memorized their lyrics. ”
Since then, Wang Renmei has emerged in the girls' school and opened the road of acting.
In 1934, Wang Renmei starred in the movie "Fishing Light Song".
In order to play the kitten in the movie, she and the crew spent several months in the pirate-infested fishing town of Ishiura.
There is an action in the film that requires Wang Renmei to shake the bridge, which is not easy for a layman.
She practiced for a long time, either the boat did not go, or the handle fell off, but she still did not give up, and when she shook it to the end, her palm shook out bright red blood bubbles, and her arms were also swollen.
A month passed, and Wang Renmei not only learned to shake the bridge, but also shook it no different from the locals, like a fisherman girl.
At the end of the filming, Wang Renmei has long become one with the kitten, when she sang "Fishing Light Song" like a cry, she remembered the monstrous waves on the sea, and thought of the poor and difficult life of the fishermen, remembered the encounter of the kitten, and could not help but burst into tears...
A good actor, to enter, but also to enter the bone, Wang Renmei has done it.
The film was successfully released, and it was screened in China for 84 consecutive days, and the venue was full and the results were impressive. It became the most popular film of the time. Not only that, but it became the first film in China to win an international award.
And Wang Renmei, who plays the protagonist kitten, with this movie, has become a star of great attention overnight.
This year, she was only 20 years old.
Becoming famous at a young age is not so much the favor of fate as it is its own efforts.
There is a saying: "Great works are actually the competition of great hearts." ”
Any role that is perfected in the environment is undoubtedly not the self-expression of the actor.
A person's skills can be imitated, or even surpassed, but serious, tenacious, and down-to-earth personality charm cannot be copied.
And the thickest foundation of life is the charm of not being easily invaded by time.
Ten years of love, one and two wide
After becoming famous, Wang Renmei ushered in applause and flowers, and with it, love.
Among the many suitors, she fell in love with the popular "Shadow Emperor" Golden Flame, and Golden Flame also fell in love with this free and casual girl at first sight.
After two years together, the two were happily married.
At the beginning, the marriage between the two, Qinse and Ming, honey oil, but the days passed, and the deep love and honey at first sight faded into a trivial life.
Wang Renmei likes to be called Miss Wang by others, and Jin Yan likes to call her Mrs. Jin, although it is a difference in title, it is the beginning of the estrangement between the two.
The longer you spend together, the more gaps there are.
In life, Golden Flame is a macho man, and his will is based everywhere.
At that time, the outbreak of war, the two acting careers plummeted, in order to supplement the family, Wang Renmei went to a friend's house to help make medicines, she even taught herself English typing, competent for the work of English typist.
It's just that all this, in Jin Yan's eyes, is just a shameful act, and he feels that Wang Renmei's appearance to work will damage his man's self-esteem.
Wang Renmei, on the other hand, is an independent woman, and she is not willing to be a kitten idle at home.
My heart is toward the mountain, the king's heart is toward the water, the three views of the two have been different, and the 8-year separation life has made their love look even more mysterious.
All of this has made this hot relationship cool down sharply, and this marriage is shaky.
Eventually, in 1945, Golden Flame filed for divorce.
10 years of pillow people, once changed away from people, anyone sighed.
Wang Renmei said to her friend Li Lili: "The golden flame has left me, and in addition to my loss, my whole soul is like a stone that fell into the sea, and it is difficult to return." ”
Even though she was in pain, she still respected Jin Yan's choice.
After receiving the divorce letter, Wang Renmei did not complain about Jin Yan's thin feelings, nor did she run to the Golden Flame unit like a shrew to ask for an explanation.
This situation should be a long-term keep, if you have no heart, I will rest.
She calmly signed it, ending the 10-year marriage.
Is it that Wang Renmei doesn't love either? Obviously not, in her later years she wrote in her memoir "My Fame and Misfortune": "When I was young, the time with Golden Flame was the happiest time in my life. ”
However, when the number of a relationship has been exhausted, what can be done is to distinguish between two wide and happy.
Zhou Guoping once said: "Life must have uncompetitive wisdom", and this wisdom is especially important in the face of a broken relationship.
Wang Renmei understands better than anyone that the matter has come to this point, and no matter how much entanglement there is, it will only make himself deeply trapped in the quagmire of life, and it is difficult to extricate himself, and only by cutting through the chaos with a quick knife can he generate new strength.
This requires a transparent soul, but also courage.
Repeatedly hit, facing difficulties
Eight years of war and turmoil have made Wang Renmei lose her family and lose her film laurels, but it has given her a new understanding of life.
After living in Hong Kong for 5 years, she returned to Shanghai and returned to her acting career.
She was invited to play a 17-year-old girl Rui Yu in Barkin's "Home", and her superb acting skills were once again affirmed by people, and her career began to pick up.
It was also during this period that Wang Renmei ushered in her second marriage with Ye Qianyu.
Just as the day was quietly moving upwards, a bad luck suddenly struck.
In the literary and art circles at that time, the movement was surging and some people slandered Wang Renmei's style of beauty and had an affair with people.
This is like a thunderbolt on a sunny day for Wang Renmei, who is clean and self-righteous and attaches importance to reputation.
His body was destroyed, his soul was abused, and Wang Renmei's mental illness recurred, and he was almost sent to an insane asylum.
Fortunately, the insane Wang Renmei finally recovered with her willpower and the help of her family.
Lu Yao wrote in "Ordinary World":
Every minute a new life is joyfully born into this world, while also sending others to the grave;
There is no cloud here, and the sun is shining; there may be a sudden storm and a landslide.
Not a day goes by that the world is at peace.
In Wang Renmei's later years, no day was peaceful.
In 1968, the rectification movement was still in place, and her husband, Ye Qianyu, was not spared and was imprisoned.
This level is seven years. In these long and difficult years, Wang Renmei dragged her sick body, not only to maintain her livelihood, but also to cry out for Ye Qianyu.
She is like a flat leaf boat, wrapped in the turbulent torrent of fate, and there is a danger of subversion at any time.
There is no edge in the dark night, only a tenacious and brave heart can pass through the thorny reality and usher in the dawn of the dawn.
She wrote in her memoir, My Fame and Misfortune:
As long as the spiral of life hangs upwards, it is not afraid of twists and turns, because this is just a twist and turn in the rise, a mistake in the progress.
Deeds speak louder than words, and the tenacity and endurance she showed in the ups and downs and twists and turns are enough to witness this sentence.
A few years later, on a sunny summer day, Wang Renmei came to Wangfujing Primary School in Beijing in a wheelchair to donate money, and she happily watched "Fishing Light Song" with her children.
As the sun sets, the fishing boats sing late.
The girl in the fishing light song is already full of hair, and the twilight is still light. However, through those vicissitudes of time, her eyes are still clear and warm.
Someone said:
There are two kinds of naked eyes: one is the simplicity of the unworldly things, and the other is the clarity of the wind and rain.
Obviously, Wang Renmei belongs to the latter.
In the winter of 1986, Wang Renmei unfortunately fell, and this fall was forever separated.
Admittedly, the name has now become an eternal memory of the world, leaving people with not only her unattainable artistic achievements, but also her personality charm.
Mr. Lin Yutang once expressed his view of femininity in this way: beauty, not charm.
Just a few words, but it is a true portrayal of Wang Renmei's life.
She is a famous person, although her appearance is plain, she has become a hot movie star in the Republic of China, relying on the word "serious".
In the face of a broken marriage relationship, not entangled, not complaining, and breaking up with dignity, this sobriety is really rare.
When the prosperity of the second half of life ended, it was repeatedly hit by the hand of fate, but it went up against the current, this tenacity was admirable.
In this world, the beauty of those purple and red can always bring surprises to people.
But what really impresses people is the personality charm that exudes a fragrance.
Even if the zero is crushed into mud and dust, there is still incense.
Author | Pastoral heart, my heart is warm, and my steps do not stop.
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