Zhang Min and Zhang Yushan might have become Xiangtai. Why did Xiang Huasheng finally marry Duanmu Yingzi?

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文| 李小白

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Because of Xiang Zuo and Guo Biting’s marriage, the Xiang family behind Xiang Zuo Was pushed into the spotlight. Among them, the most noticed is Xiang Zuo’s father, Xiang Huaqiang. As a big man in the Hong Kong film industry, Xiang Huaqiang and his China Star Pictures have created a glorious Hong Kong movie, and achieved Zhang Min, Andy Lau, Stephen Chow, Zhou Yunfa, Cecilia Cheung et al.

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It is well known that Chen Lan, who is known as Xiang Tai, is Xiang Huaqiang's right-hand man and assisted him in his current career. However, what many people don't know is that there is another person besides Chen Lan who is very helpful to Xiang Huaqiang. He is Xiang Huasheng, the younger brother of Xiang Huaqiang. When Xiang Huaqiang turned from an actor to behind-the-scenes, he and Xiang Huasheng founded Yongsheng Pictures. The two brothers are generous and generous to women, but unlike Xiang Huaqiang who loves Chen Lan, Xiang Huasheng is much more romantic. Actresses Zhang Min and Zhang Yushan have a relationship with him.

Xiang Huasheng and Xiang Huaqiang

Before the story with Zhang Min and Zhang Yushan, Xiang Huasheng’s life was not smooth. Like his elder brother, Xiang Huasheng was left out in the cold by his father when he was a child. Later, he also acted like Xiang Huaqiang, but there was no improvement. Seeing that his life was about to be 40 years old, Xiang Huasheng became anxious. After discussing with Xiang Huaqiang, the two decided to switch from actors to behind-the-scenes, and established Yongsheng Pictures in 1987, when Xiang Huasheng was 37 years old.

Xiang Huaqiang, Xiang Huasheng, Lin Qingxia, Zhang Min

37 years old became the turning point in Xiang Huasheng’s life. He, Xiang Huaqiang and his sister-in-law Chen Lan worked hard to run Yongsheng Pictures and achieved A great success. However, although his career was successful, problems appeared in his marriage.

Xiang Huasheng and Zhang Meiling

Before the establishment of Yongsheng Pictures, she had been married to actress Zhang Meiling, but after a long time together, the character difference between the two became more obvious. The contradiction between them has increased.

When they were young, Xiang Huaqiang and Chen Lan

In such a special period, Xiang Huasheng met Zhang Min. At that time, 18-year-old Zhang Min was discovered by Chen Lan for distributing flyers on the street and successfully signed him to Yongsheng Pictures. When Xiang Huasheng saw Zhang Min, he was moved. He and Zhang Meiling chose to divorce, and began a long-term relationship with Zhang Min. At that time, Zhang Min was mostly female protagonists in the movies in Yongsheng, and the actors who played with him were big celebrities like Chow Yun-fat, Andy Lau, and Stephen Chow.

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In such a chaotic period in the Hong Kong film industry, there are often actresses being harassed by the underworld, but Zhang Min has never had such concerns, and a large part of all this The reason is because Xiang Huasheng escorted him behind the scenes. Xiang Huasheng was also willing to spend money for Zhang Min, and even spent tens of millions on buying a house for Zhang Min. It's just that this relationship eventually ended in a breakup, and Zhang Min slowly retired from the film and television industry.

Zhang Min stills

Before Zhang Min retired, Xiang Huasheng also took the initiative to change the trajectory of his life. Because of the decline of Hong Kong films in the 1990s, Xiang Huasheng decided to withdraw from Yongsheng Pictures. He left Yongsheng Pictures to his brother and sister-in-law. He focused on stocks and entered the Macau gambling industry, but it is surprising that with his own skills, Xiang Huasheng has made a lot of money in these fields.

Zhang Yushan in his youth

At the same time, Xiang Huaqiang and Chen Lan established China Star Pictures on the basis of Yongsheng Pictures in 1992, creating a golden age for Hong Kong films. In 1999, Xiang Huasheng returned to the film and television industry. He exchanged nearly 30% of China Star Pictures' controlling rights with the Yongsheng film copyright and broadband business priced at 200 million yuan. The year before this, because Huang YuminAccording to the introduction, Xiang Huasheng met actress Zhang Yushan. In 1999, Zhang Yushan was admitted to the hospital due to illness, and Xiang Huasheng personally took her to the hospital. Zhang Yushan was moved. This year, she was 24 years younger than Xiang Huasheng and had a long-term relationship with Xiang Huasheng. This relationship is continuing. After 8 years, it also ended in a breakup.

Xiang Huasheng and Zhang Yushan

What everyone did not expect is that after three years of breaking up with Zhang Yushan, the 59-year-old Xiang Huasheng unexpectedly joined the circle 22 years younger than him. Outsider Duanmu Sakurako married.

After getting married, Xiang Huasheng's life became low-key. He and Duanmu Yingzi settled in Beijing. The couple are very affectionate. It can be said that Xiang Huasheng has found the most suitable woman in his life.

Xiang Huasheng and Duanmu Yingzi

But Xiang Huasheng did not enjoy this beautiful life for long. In 2014, Xiang Huasheng was diagnosed with esophageal cancer and died at Peking Union Medical College Hospital at around 19:00 on November 20 at the age of 64. Before leaving, Xiang Huasheng couldn’t rest assured that he would end up with Mu Yingzi. He said to her: "I have no regrets. I feel nothing. The only thing I worry about you is that no one will take care of you." After Hua Sheng fell ill, she cared about him very much. As a Buddhist believer, she kept silently reciting sutras to Hua Sheng and went to Tibet to pray, hoping to recover from Hua Sheng soon. At Xiang Huasheng's funeral, the deceased Zhang Yushan burst into tears and was very sad.

For so many years, unlike other entertainment lovers after breaking up, Zhang Min and Zhang Yushan have not said bad things about Xiang Huasheng, even their ex-wife Zhang Meiling has not.

Later Xiang Huasheng’s friend Xiao Ruoyuan for many years talked about Xiang Huasheng in a show. His remarks may be the best explanation for the relationship between Xiang Huasheng and Zhang Meiling, Zhang Min, and Zhang Yushan. He (Xiang Huasheng) is really a passionate person. I have never seen a person treat women so well. Once I used to treat a script and a woman came to drink soup every day. I asked him what was going on. It turned out to be his first love. My lover, he takes care of all his ex-girlfriends and ex-wives." Xiao Ruoyuan exploded to Huasheng and spent a lot of money on women. He said: "After his divorce, he went with Zhang Min, and later Zhang Yushan, whether he has money or not, spends tens of millions. Buy a floor for Zhang Min, he is like this."