On March 8, 1935, a genius movie star fell.
When the funeral was held, 12 front-line directors in the film and television industry carried her coffin, and more than 300,000 people spontaneously saw her off. Wherever the hearse passed, there were thousands of people in the alley.
In her suicide note, she found a line of words " people's words are fearful! People's words are fearful! ".
Lu Xun stood up for her and published a famous article " on the words of people are fearful " with grief, criticizing the tabloid reporters who maliciously slandered her and the "boring" indifferent person.
She is Ruan Lingyu , she was only 25 years old that year.
Poor girl, forbearance is for survival
On June 3, 1910, Ruan Lingyu, whose ancestral home is Guangdong, was born in Shanghai, with her original name Yuying and nickname Fenggen.
Fenggen grew up in a poor family. It is not an exaggeration to describe their house by using the house as a bare wall, the walls leaking air, and the roof leaking rain.
When she was very young, her father passed away because of tuberculosis and her mother were left to depend on each other.
helpless, so my mother took Xiao Fenggen to a large family named Zhang to work as a maid.
Ruan’s mother has some insights into education. She did not give up her education because of the difficulties of life and secular prejudice. On the contrary, her daughter was sent to a local private school when she was 8 years old.
A year later, the mother tried every means to ask Mr. Zhang (Zhang was the director of Shanghai Chongde Girls' School at the time) to attend the girls' school for half the price.
Before the start of school, Ruan's mother changed Fenggen's name to Ruan Yuying and told Yuying not to mention the fact that her mother was a servant.
is dependent on others, and her mother even asked Xiao Yuying to be cautious in her words and actions at home and at school.
Slowly, Xiao Yuying has developed a taciturn, serious, tolerant and weak character.
This kind of personality is destined to plant the seeds of tragedy for her subsequent life.
My daughter concentrates on studying and her mother works hard. This dull and stable life lasts for seven or eight years.
Xiao Yuying was already tall and graceful at this time, and with the "higher" education of the girls' school, she seemed to be a lady of a lady.
If such a life can be maintained until Yuying completes her studies, perhaps the fate of the mother and daughter will be completely different from that in the future.
Yuying is always Yuying. If you find a job, choose a good person, and spend your life safely, there will be no future "Lingyu".
It’s a pity that there is no if in life. Since ancient times, beauties have suffered many hardships.
Yuying, who is in her prime, met her first man in her life, Zhang family young master Zhang Damin , who is seven years older than him.
Chapter 2 Zhang Damin, a romantic and veritable young man, was a young man in Shanghai. After getting a diploma from a pheasant university abroad, he returned to China to eat, drink and have fun.
The first time he returned to China, he couldn't help but fall in love with her and pursued her fiercely.
tricks are nothing more than creating chance encounters, pretending to have the same interests, sending flowers, making love words, etc., especially the mother who often helps Yuying.
Although Yuying rejected Zhang Damin many times due to the relationship between the two master and servants, Yuying, who has been used to being humble since childhood, could not resist the situation of Young Master Zhang, and soon fell into Zhang Damin's gentle land.
However, like the plot in the movie and TV series, soon Mr. Zhang's mother learned about their relationship and obstructed them in every way.
925, Ruan's mother was suddenly driven out by the Zhang family's wife on charges of stealing 25 silver dollars . The incident of
was spread to girls' school. Yuying felt for the first time that "people's words are terrifying", and almost everyone pointed at her behind her back.
For a moment, everyone knew that she was the "maid's daughter".
"Stolen", "forget the truth when seeing profit", and other unbearable words poured into Lingyu's ears. Yuying, who could not bear the humiliation, had no choice but to drop out of school.
Yuying, who has no place to go and has no place to study, moved into a rental house with the help of Zhang Damin.
I don’t know whether Ruan’s mother imagined that Cinderella’s daughter finally found a long-term meal ticket or was it true that she was mistaken at the time and recognized Zhang Damin’s character. In short, she tacitly agreed to her daughter’s interactions with Mr. Zhang and even lived together.
The romance of first love is as moving as the farce of breaking up later is as bloody as it is.
genius actor, creating a brilliant performance
Back to Yuying, although she was only 16 years old at the time, she had not read the books of those years in vain. She knew that she could not always rely on Zhang Damin's support, so she began to look for a job in the newspaper every day.
On March 13, 1927, a recruitment appeared on " Application for ": "The Novel Couple" Actress Recruitment. As soon as she saw that she became interested, she went to audition.
It seems that God really enjoys food. She has no experience in acting and is introverted and quiet on weekdays, but when she comes to the camera, she naturally interprets the joys and sorrows of the characters.
The then director Bu Wancang , he decided to be the heroine on the spot and hired her as an actress in the star company.
From then on, Yuying gave herself the stage name: Ruan Lingyu .
The new name also contains a new beginning.
"The Famous Couple" received a very good response as soon as it was released. After
, she made her mark in four consecutive films, namely "Beijing Yang Guifei", "Blood and Tears Monument", "Luoyang Bridge", and " Baiyun Tower ".
I thought Ruan Lingyu's acting career could develop in this way. However, several films were produced at a low cost, and most of the characters were the image of a degenerate woman at the bottom, which did not have much impact on Ruan Lingyu.
Later, because of offending the boss, Ruan Lingyu was once hidden and had no scenes to film.
It was not until 1929 that Ruan Lingyu's acting career took a turn for the better.
At that time, many film and television companies were being merged and became United Pictures. The shareholders and directors lineup were unprecedentedly strong, and Ruan Lingyu was also invited to join.
Although they are silent movies, Ruan Lingyu won tears and applause from countless audiences with her sincere expressions and rich body movements.
In "The Dream of the Old Capital" (adapted from the French novel " Camellia Female "), Ruan Lingyu interprets the charm and affection of a singer to make people grit their teeth;
In " Love and Occupation ", she can easily interpret the image characteristics of three different age groups of young people, middle-aged people and elderly people, which is amazing;
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In " Wild Grass and Flowers ", in order to more fully interpret the role of the mother who escaped from the snow, Ruan Lingyu really wore a thin cheongsam and crawled directly in the snow to experience the biting coldness personally. As a result, the effect of the film hits people's hearts and touches countless audiences...
However, in that era of war, I really couldn't help myself.
1932, " January 28th Shanghai War of Resistance " broke out. Ruan Lingyu went to Hong Kong with her senior executives to avoid the war. Ruan Lingyu pressed the pause button again, and this stop lasted for half a year.
Perhaps influenced by the new Hong Kong culture, Ruan Lingyu returned to Shanghai after half a year. She changed her previous personality of obedience and recommended herself to find the director to take the role of the new female image in "HTM6 Three Modern Women ", and released the bold saying "If the movie is not successful, I will compensate", and she is determined to win.
So, at the beginning, he did not intend to use Ruan Lingyu's director team, but in the end he decided to let Lingyu take the lead in the female role.
Ruan Lingyu got what she wanted. The film was released in early 1933 and received a strong response.After
, the joint company struck while the iron was hot, allowing Ruan Lingyu to star in films such as " Goddess " (later the film became Ruan Lingyu's representative work) "New Women", and all achieved varying degrees of success.
In the play, she can be fair, charming, frivolous, and civil, or dignified, playful, sunny, and cold... She said that acting is like a madman, regardless of it.
Ruan Lingyu has won unanimous recognition in the industry with her mature acting skills and amazing professionalism.
5-year-old Ruan Lingyu has become more and more popular. After 9 years of her career, she has filmed as many as 29 classic films. Her career has soared and has become a well-deserved top movie star and is well-known to everyone.
It’s a pity that the success of her career failed to make up for her failure in love.
Meet a scumbag twice, and the peak ended in a hurry
Ruan Lingyu's emotional line is simply a two-level reversal with her career line.
Zhang Damin, who seemed gentle and kind, revealed his true nature shortly after living together. He is ignorant and romantic, and is addicted to gambling as his life, and commits domestic violence from time to time. The most disgusting thing is that he regards Ruan Lingyu as a money tree, and does not love her or let go.
In today's words, it is a typical fighter among scumbags.
I want to say that the only thing Zhang Damin insists on doing in his life is to hurt Ruan Lingyu.
Once, Ruan Lingyu returned to Shanghai after filming "The Dream of the Ancient Capital" in Peking. She found that Zhang Damin not only lost all her family property, but also bet all the 10,000 yuan she had saved with great effort.
even owed huge gambling debts, forcing Ruan Lingyu to repay them. When Ruan Lingyu refused, he began to commit domestic violence again.
Ruan Lingyu swallowed sleeping pills for the first time when she was hit hard. That year, she was only 18 years old.
Later, fortunately, he was treated in time, and Ruan Lingyu attempted suicide by .
A person does not love you, even if you give your life, it will be futile.
Obviously, Zhang Damin did not feel guilty or repent because of Ruan Lingyu's behavior.
He still continued to eat, drink, gamble as usual.
Although Ruan Lingyu has proposed to break up many times, she can't resist the threat of Zhang Damin, the rogue:
"You lived with me at the age of 16. If you dare to break up with me, I will tell the reporters about the details of the master-servant affair, and it depends on what you do!"
is too afraid that his reputation will be destroyed by Ruan Lingyu, and can only choose to endure and submit again and again.
When the "January 28 Incident" broke out, Ruan Lingyu and Zhang Damin fled to Hong Kong together.
Also at this time, Ruan Lingyu met the second important man in life, Tang Jishan .
Tang Jishan was the largest tea merchant in Southeast Asia at that time. She was called the "tea king". She fell in love with Ruan Lingyu at first sight in a business occasion.
Although he knew Zhang Damin's existence, this opponent was too weak in his eyes and he didn't take Zhang Damin seriously at all.
Tang Jishan continued to show kindness to Ruan Lingyu, launched a series of pursuit offensives, took what she liked, and made a fortune.
Ruan Lingyu is not unaware that Tang Jishan is also famous for her love, and she did not agree to Tang Jishan's pursuit at the beginning.
A month later, the war in Shanghai subsided, and Zhang Damin felt that Hong Kong was more open, free, and more fun, and was unwilling to leave.
So Ruan Lingyu returned to Shanghai alone to continue her acting career.
Tang Jishan, a veteran in love, took advantage of the situation and kept showing her diligence. Every day, I visit the set, pick up Ruan Lingyu to and from get off work, make dates, and give gifts...
Here at Tang Jishan, Ruan Lingyu felt the long-lost tenderness and meticulous consideration.
s0 Slowly, Ruan Lingyu opened her heart and accepted this new relationship.Although she knew that this relationship might not necessarily grow old together, she still refused.
In March 1933, Ruan Ling moved to Qinyuan Estate, Xinzha Road, Shanghai, a luxury house that Tang Jishan bought for him, and started a new life.
But no one expected that this seemingly gentle Mr. Tang was an accomplice who pushed Ruan Lingyu toward death step by step.
Zhang Damin, who returned from Hong Kong, found that the original house was empty and he immediately realized that he was about to lose a money tree, which was something he could never agree to.
so he proposed that Ruan Lingyu must compensate her for a breakup fee of 300 yuan per month. Ruan Lingyu, who once again chose to surrender, finally agreed to pay 100 yuan per month for two years.
However, Zhang Damin, who was insatiable, agreed on the surface, but in private, he threatened Ruan Lingyu from time to time to ask for more money.
Tang Jishan, who was unbearable, ignored Ruan Lingyu's opposition and reputation, and in anger, he sued Zhang Damin first.
, and together with the reporter, he arranged the secret matters of Ruan Lingyu in the boudoir over the years. With the reporter's added fuel to the fire, an "ugly article" that made something out of nothing was vividly revealed on the paper.
overnight, Ruan Lingyu became the target of public criticism, and all kinds of unbearable words appeared in the news newspapers.
The streets and alleys were filled with dirty words about Ruan Lingyu.
These people are like premeditated murderers who "conspired" to push Ruan Lingyu into the abyss bit by bit.
What made Ruan Lingyu even more desperate was that Tang Jishan, who once thought she was a life-saving straw, also had a new love at this time. She was no longer as tender as water, and would even add fists and feet when it was not going well.
Perhaps it was Ruan Lingyu, who was instilled with too many feudal traditional ideas by her mother since childhood. In the face of the injustice of fate, she just compromised and gave in but didn't know how to resist.
Even if the new ideas she interpreted in "New Women" women finally wake up and call for help, in reality she is still the "weak and helpless" little girl.
The malicious slander of the media, Zhang Damin's ghost, Tang Jishan's indifference, and neighbors' fingers, Ruan Lingyu could no longer bear all this.
Finally, after the last celebration banquet, Ruan Lingyu left two suicide notes, accusing Zhang Damin and Tang Jishan of their sins and ruthlessness, and making the last shout of "People's words are fearful". Then, with the eight-treasure porridge cooked by her mother, she swallowed three bottles of sleeping pills, and bid farewell to the world to prove her innocence.
Many people will say that Ruan Lingyu’s experience is to mourn his misfortune and torture him for not fighting.
Ruan Lingyu also knows how to resist. Every movie she participates in silently reminds her to awaken and resist. If she didn't know, how could she play every role so vividly.
She is acting, and even more so she is acting herself.
However, she longs for being loved too much. She has lacked fatherly love since childhood and lacks sense of security. Even if she knows that she will be crushed to pieces, she will pounce on her without hesitation whenever she sees a glimmer of light.
She is too kind. Even though both men are sucking her blood and eating her flesh, she never wants to fight back with tough means.
In that era, she had too many things to do. Ruan Lingyu, who returned to reality from the play, was still empty-handed and had no powerful "weapons", so how could she resist?
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Author: Yu Jian
Editor: Li Chichai
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