In November 1966, Wang Hongwen established the "General Office of Industry" in Shanghai. Since then, he has successively launched the Anting incident, the "Liberation Daily" incident and the Kangping Road incident in Shanghai, persecuting a large number of outstanding revolutionary cadres. In January 1967, Wang Hongwen also planned the "January Storm" in Shanghai, and served as deputy director of the Revolutionary Committee after the establishment of the Shanghai Revolutionary Committee, becoming one of the senior local cadres.
In 1972, Wang Hongwen was transferred to Beijing and became a member of the infamous "Gang of Four". On October 6, 1976, leaders such as Hua Guofeng attacked and smashed the "Gang of Four". Wang Hongwen was also quarantined and investigated and detained. In fact, before being quarantined and investigated, Wang Hongwen seemed to have expected his destiny and asked his secretary to send his son back to Shanghai and let his son live with his wife.
Wang Hongwen's wife is named Cui Gendi, and she is also a worker at Shanghai Guomian Factory No. 17. She is considered a colleague of Wang Hongwen. Before Wang Hongwen met Cui Gendi, he met another girl from a cadre family. Although this girl liked Wang Hongwen very much, her parents disliked Wang Hongwen from a peasant family and this marriage was left unresolved.
After that, Wang Hongwen and Cui Gendi came together through introductions. Cui Gendi is from Shanghai, and her parents are both ordinary workers. Cui Gendi has no education and does not go to school after graduating from elementary school. Later, during the construction of Shanghai, she entered Shanghai Guomang No. 17 through recruitment and became colleagues with Wang Hongwen. Although he is not very educated, Cui Gendi is very beautiful, which may be one of the reasons why Wang Hongwen married her.
After marrying Wang Hongwen, Cui Gendi gave birth to three children, two sons and one daughter. She has been working in the National Cotton Factory No. 17 and is an ordinary worker. Even after her husband is in a high position, Cui Gendi's life has basically not changed much, and she is at home to take care of her husband and children. Cui Gendi is also different from other high-ranking wives. She basically doesn’t walk around with the wives of Zhang Chunqiao, Yao Wenyuan and others, but just stays at home to take care of the children.
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In 1972, Wang Hongwen was transferred to Beijing. At that time, he left in a hurry and only brought his secretary. Cui Gendi continued to stay in Shanghai to take care of her children. Later, Wang Hongwen took his son to live in Beijing after he was in a high position in Beijing. Cui Gendi continued to stay in Shanghai. In October 1976, before being arrested, Wang Hongwen might have expected his fate. He asked the secretary to withdraw 500 yuan from the management office and asked the secretary to take his son back to Shanghai, asking his son to follow Cui Gendi, and at the same time filed for a divorce from Cui Gendi.
After the secretary conveyed Wang Hongwen's words to Cui Gendi, Cui Gendi was very calm. She said, "I understand his kindness. As long as I give me the child, I agree to the divorce." After that, Wang Hongwen was arrested and quarantined. Cui Gendi continued to live in Shanghai with her children. Although she was affected to a certain extent, she still lived the life of an ordinary person as a whole.
1981, during the review of the "two cases", Wang Hongwen was sentenced to life imprisonment. After being sentenced, he entered Qincheng Prison to serve his sentence. What Wang Hongwen unexpectedly was that on October 1st every year, Cui Gendi would take her children to Qincheng Prison to visit him. This day is the wedding anniversary of Cui Gendi and Wang Hongwen. Cui Gendi attaches great importance to it and specially chooses to visit her husband on this day.
When Wang Hongwen was serving his sentence, Cui Gendi visited him every year on his wedding anniversary. Relevant leaders also persuaded Cui Gendi, but Cui Gendi always said: "He is a miserable and is still young, so I'll wait for him." In 1992, Wang Hongwen died of illness, and Cui Gendi entrusts this relationship to Wang Hongwen's hometown. Since then, Cui Gendi often goes to Wang Hongwen's hometown to live. Sometimes she lives for several months, but she has no requirements for life, so she can eat whatever the Wang family eats.
Cui Gendi's three children stayed in Shanghai to work when they grew up, and all three of them worked in business. Her daughter Wang Yaping has the highest achievements and has a wealthy life. It is worth mentioning that Cui Gendi did not bury Wang Hongwen's ashes, but placed them at home. When someone asked her the reason, she said that it would be better not to bury her than to bury her.
