Du Yuesheng, Meng Xiaodong
Obviously, I am more fascinated by Meng Xiaodong.
The extremely famous Qiandan Mei Lanfang, the male Dan's singing appearance is unmatched, there is Qiandan naturally has Kunsheng, the Winter Emperor Meng Xiaodong is the Kunsheng who can compete with Qiandan Meilanfang.
At the age of 12, he shined in the Shanghai Great World Amusement Park and dressed up as an old student. Thick singing voice. Fans praised her for her "handsome appearance, wide voice, and no female" in 1923 when she went to Beijing for further study. A few years later, she reached the same influence as she did in Shanghai. Zhang Xueliang is also a fan of her drama, and even Hu Shi said: The figure, appearance, and workmanship have no feminine spirit, which is really very good.
Mei Lanfang and Mei Lanfang, who played differently on the same stage, looked at each other and smiled backstage. Elicits many things that follow.
In 1926, a "Shilang Visiting Mother" the two finally had to play on the same stage and played the opponent, she was a yang family general who was exiled to a foreign country, he was a charming Fanbang princess, the performance was full of excitement, the audience also watched it, and this performance shined. This year, the Winter Emperor was only 19 years old. Since then, every "Shiro Visits His Mother" will invite the Winter Emperor.
In August 1926, the marriage event was brokered by the Mei Party. Mei Lang found a reason for the two rooms and gave it to the Winter Emperor, and Meng Xiaodong, who was surrounded by love, agreed to marry him. On February 25, 1927, when beijing was cold and the sky was drifting with snowflakes, Mei Meng quietly held a meeting at the home of Feng Gengguang of mei dang in Dongsijiutiao.
After the marriage of the two sweet, Meng Xiaodong no longer sang on stage, just in the courtyard rented by Mei Lanfang daily practice and study, but a few years later Meng Xiaodong hired a lawyer to fight for himself, in 1931 to divorce Mei Lanfang.
Just six months after the marriage, there was a shooting case, and Mei Lanfang was frightened, believing that it was a disaster brought by Meng Xiaodong.
The second wife, Fu Zhifang, obstructed and used the shooting case to talk about things.
In the Tianjin performance in 1928, Mei Lanfang took Fu Zhifang with him, and soon after that, the Winter Emperor, who was not on stage, chose to perform on stage again, and it cannot be said that there is no temperament in it.
In 1929, Mei Lanfang went to the United States to perform, originally said that she would take Meng Xiaodong, but finally did not fulfill her promise. One in the United States and the other in Beijing.
Mei Lanfang, who returned from the United States, because she was in two rooms at the same time, received the news of her aunt's death and wanted to pay tribute to her mother's funeral. When Meng Xiaodong heard about this, she quickly cut her long hair and rushed to mourn with the courtesy of her wife, and when she arrived at Mei Mansion, she did not even cross the threshold. Fu Zhifang was forced to die, and the humiliated Winter Emperor was extremely embarrassed. When the assistance was most needed, Mei Lanfang said lightly that you should go back first. The heart was sad, and the love between the two came to an end. No matter how Mei Lanfang later redeemed, even if the Winter Emperor poured heavy rain, he would not turn back. Because she is the Winter Emperor. Mei Meng's love ended here.
Alone, Meng Xiaodong chose to ask for help from her good sister Yao Yulan, who was already Du Yuesheng's fourth aunt at the time, and here she received great help from Du Yuesheng.
Du Yueshengqing helped the boss, mediated in the middle, directly called Mei Lanfang, the court awarded compensation to Meng Xiaodong forty thousand yuan after leaving, knowing that Mei Lanfang could not take it out, Du Yuesheng first cushioned him. No matter how much money the Green Gang boss had, Mei Lanfang did not dare not pay it back. Things developed here to look back a little sad, and Du Yuesheng later became Meng Xiaodong's second husband. Mei Lanfang is a public figure, and many gossip news put the responsibility on Meng Xiaodong, and through Du Yuesheng's guidance, Meng Xiaodong made headlines in the "Ta Kung Pao" to justify his name.
After moving to Hong Kong in 1938, Du Yuesheng also invited Meng Xiaodong to play, according to Du Yuesheng's accounting office mr. Huang Guodong recalled: When Meng went to Hong Kong, he only brought one suitcase and came back with five suitcases, and Du Lai wrote to me to ensure Meng's safety, especially the suitcase should not be searched by the Japanese gendarmes, and I successfully passed the customs with a "special pass".
After the divorce, Meng Xiaodong had higher requirements for his career, and he studied under Yu Shuyan and devoted himself to cultivation.
In 1947, Du Yuesheng held a disaster relief charity performance in Shanghai on his 60th birthday, and all the famous peking opera actors were present, and Mei Lanfang and Meng Xiaodong were also invited. Human spirit Du Yuesheng, this is a test of Meng Xiaodong's remaining feelings.