Author | Movie Madam (Toutiao signed author)
In 1995, "Queen of Sweet Songs" Teresa Teng died in Thailand. There are different opinions on the cause of her death.
One of the theories pointed the finger at her French boyfriend Paul.
Some media discovered that Teresa Teng had red marks on her neck and suspected that she had been beaten by Paul before her death.
Coupled with the rumors about Paul's bad temper, willfulness, smoking and other rumors, he suddenly became the target of public criticism.
But if Paul was really so unbearable, how could Teresa Teng let him stay with her for five years?
Paul is a French photographer with no name, no money, and is 15 years younger than Teresa Teng.
With such a disparity in status and age, no one seems to be a good match.
So, how did he enter Teresa Teng's emotional world and what is the relationship between the two? Let's start with Teresa Teng's bumpy love history.
01
When she met Paul, Teresa Teng was already 37 years old.
At the age of 37, if she were an ordinary woman, she would have already gotten married and had children, and even the children would be in love.
But Teresa Teng is still alone.
As a world-class singer, she has been surrounded by many men and had several relationships, but no one accompanied her to the end.
When looking back on the love life, Teresa Teng will definitely not forget the scene when she met Malaysian wealthy businessman Lim Chin Huat when she was 18 years old.
That night, she performed at Kuala Lumpur Mayflower Restaurant, and Lin Zhenfa sat in the audience and listened to her singing attentively.
He is her fan. She will perform for 45 days, so he reserved the seats in the first three rows for 45 days in a row and invited relatives and friends to support her.
Lin Zhenfa was 5 years older than Teresa Teng. At the age of 23, he was already a young and promising entrepreneur.
One is a passionate and wealthy man, and the other is a young girl in love. The two soon fell in love.
It was rumored at that time that Teresa Teng would marry into the Lin family within three years.
Teresa Teng herself told the media: I will not marry anyone other than Lin Zhenfa.
However, in 1973, Japan's PolyGram Records extended an olive branch to Teresa Teng.
At that time, Japan was the center of pop music. Faced with the choice between love and career, she chose career first.
Just like that, the marriage of the two was pushed forward again and again.
In 1978, six years after falling in love with Teresa Teng, Lin Zhenfa suddenly died of a heart attack.
A pair of lovers are in heaven and earth in an instant.
This year, Teresa Teng was 25 years old. At an age when she wanted to get married, she lost her true love.
After Lin Zhenfa passed away, Teresa Teng fell into long-term grief and did not appear in public for nearly a year. In 1980, Teresa Teng, who was studying in the United States, met Jackie Chan, who was working hard in Hollywood.
In a foreign country, two equally wandering and equally lonely hearts naturally came together.
At that time, Jackie Chan was not yet the big brother in the film and television industry, but Teresa Teng was already the queen of songs in Japan and Southeast Asia.
Teresa Teng is gentle, noble and romantic, but Jackie Chan, who has just enjoyed fame and fortune, has the temperament of a "nouveau riche".
years later, Jackie Chan recalled this relationship and concluded it with four words: "unworthy" and "brother."
Firstly, he felt that he, a martial artist, was not compatible with the gentle and lovely Teresa Teng; secondly, his brother did not like Teresa Teng's petty bourgeoisie style.
Just like that, a relationship ended without any problems.
In 1981, 28-year-old Teresa Teng was introduced to Kuok Kong Cheng, the son of Malaysia’s “Sugar King”.
At that time, Teresa Teng longed for a stable love and even more for a happy family.
She devoted herself wholeheartedly to this relationship.
On October 28, 1981, Teresa Teng and Kongcheng Kwok held a low-key engagement party in Hong Kong.
is about to become a bride, but how can it be so easy for a celebrity to marry into a wealthy family?
Before the official wedding, the old lady of the Guo family made three requests:
First, explain the past history in writing; second, withdraw from the music scene; third, never associate with friends of the opposite sex in the entertainment industry.
To put it bluntly, Mrs. Guo just looks down on Teresa Teng’s career.
Even in the face of such insults, Teresa Teng thought about compromising.
She is willing to accept the first and third conditions, just to keep her chance to make a record.
But the Guo family still disagrees.
In desperation, the marriage fell through.
Having experienced the death of her lover, emotional pain, and divorce, Teresa Teng no longer has extravagant hopes for love and marriage.
She turned grief into strength and devoted all her energy to her career.
In 1983, Teresa Teng released the album " a touch of tranquility ", which was mainly composed of Tang poetry and Song lyrics, and it became a best-seller in Southeast Asia.
Soon after, she went to the United States to perform and stood on the stage at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas. became the first Chinese singer to sing here. The seven years after
broke up with Guo Kongcheng were the most glorious seven years for Teresa Teng's career.
She has accumulated countless wealth, but she no longer talks about love. The severity of love and injury is beyond the imagination of the outside world.
02
In 1988, after experiencing prosperity, Teresa Teng settled in Paris.
At this time, she had no desire for fame or fortune. Her biggest desire was to be an ordinary woman and have an ordinary life.
In this romantic country, Stephen Paul entered Teresa Teng's emotional world.
The people Teresa Teng dated in the past were either wealthy businessmen or celebrities, and they were all pursued by others.
But Paul is the result of Teresa Teng's active pursuit.
The reason Teresa Teng liked him at first was very simple: Paul didn't know she was a celebrity, he just treated her as an ordinary woman.
It starts from one day in 1990.
That day, Teresa Teng was having dinner with her friends in a restaurant. At this time, she noticed a handsome young man with blond hair, blue eyes, waist-length hair, and exuding wildness on the table next to her.
He sat there quietly, playing with his camera.
I don’t know what attracted Teresa Teng to him, but she shyly stepped forward and asked for his contact information.
A relationship begins.
Friends are not optimistic about the relationship between Teresa Teng and Paul.
Paul is 15 years younger than Teresa Teng, he wants money but not money, he wants fame but not fame, and he comes from a different cultural background, so it is unreliable no matter how he looks at it.
However, Teresa Teng still insisted.
Teresa Teng liked this little boyfriend very much.
In order to help Paul realize his dream of being a photographer, she hired him to be her exclusive photographer.
It is said that in order to make her boyfriend happy, she spent more than 2 million yuan to buy photographic equipment for him.
Teresa Teng was already in her late teens at the time, while Paul was only in his 20s.
Teresa Teng tolerated all the willfulness of his eldest child.
Although Paul is not mature enough, he brings the happiness that Teresa Teng has always longed for.
On the day of her first photo shoot, Teresa Teng, who was accustomed to big scenes, was a little nervous.
The moment the shutter was pressed, the two people looked at each other through the lens.
Teresa Teng's eyes seemed to have passed through the lenses and entered Paul's mind. From then on, he could never forget her eyes again.
Soon, the two fell in love and lived together.
Since they fell in love, they have been together almost 24 hours a day.
Because Teresa Teng was a bit mysophobic, Paul, who bathed once a day, now washed three times a day.
The romance of the French can be clearly seen in Paul.
He kept saying "Baby, I love you" and expressed his love to Teresa Teng with a big heart on the beach at the seaside.
Even if the two of them get along day and night, he still often writes small notes to Teresa Teng, which are full of love words.
The two traveled around together, and he used his camera to record Teresa Teng's every smile, tea and meal.
After several years with Paul, Teresa Teng was finally able to shed her glamor and return to her original nature.
She squeezed into the subway with Paul, wearing cheap clothes and cheap jewelry bought from scenic spots.
She is no longer a shining star on the stage, but has become a little girl who can act coquettishly, make funny faces and complain.
No matter how the world views this relationship, one thing cannot be denied: They are very happy.
03
During the Spring Festival of 1995, Teresa Teng and Paul returned to Taiwan to celebrate the New Year when they caught a cold. After being treated at home for several months, Teresa Teng still didn't feel better.
htmlIn April, she and Paul went to Chiang Mai, Thailand to recuperate, and booked a suite in the hotel in the name of Stephen and his wife .No one would have thought that when she stepped into Thailand, her life would also enter a countdown.
During this short period of time, Teresa Teng suddenly suffered an asthma attack.
She shouted for help urgently and banged on the doors and windows, but no one responded to her.
She struggled to open the door, lost her balance and fell into the hotel corridor.
The waiter who discovered the abnormality called immediately and sent Teresa Teng to the nearest hospital, but it happened to be peak traffic hour.
The stationary vehicle took away Teresa Teng’s last hope of survival.
When Paul rushed to the hospital after hearing the news, Teresa Teng had left the world forever.
everything, it's too late.
After Teresa Teng passed away, the media made various speculations about the cause of her death, and Paul also fell into the whirlpool of public opinion.
Some people say that Teresa Teng suffered from asthma, but Paul, who usually loved smoking, did not quit smoking because of this. Therefore, he was the accelerator of Teresa Teng's death.
Teresa Teng's third brother resented him for not taking good care of his sister. He once wanted to beat him up and did not allow him to attend his sister's funeral.
Although Teresa Teng's fifth brother spoke for him and gave him the opportunity to appear at the funeral, he got himself drunk in the hotel that day and did not show up.
Teresa Teng's death made Paul fall into deep self-blame. If he had not gone out that day, would he have been able to save her in time?
Until two years later, in an interview, the host asked him about his situation in the hospital that afternoon. He felt sad. After a moment of silence, he only answered three words: I'm sorry.
After Teresa Teng's death, Paul lived alone in her villa in Hong Kong for more than a year because they had shared memories there.
He cut off his long hair, and his once bright eyes were also stained with a touch of sadness.
During those days, he would either lock himself in the house or go to the place where he used to play with Teresa Teng and stay there all day long.
Seeing him so depressed, Teresa Teng's brother advised him: "You are still young and have your own way to go..."
Later, Paul left Hong Kong and returned to France to continue his ordinary life.
Three years after Teresa Teng's death, Paul disclosed the life images he had taken of Teresa Teng.
is different from the glamorous people in daily life. Under his lens, the 40-year-old Teresa Teng is a little old and bloated, but she also has the most ordinary happiness.
He wants to tell people that Teresa Teng is a star, but she is also an ordinary woman.
After returning to France, Paul gradually faded out of people's sight and severed contact with the Deng family.
For some reason, he has not visited the grave of his former lover for many years.
According to time calculation, Paul is now in his 50s and is an old man.
When looking back on the past, I believe he will never forget: 30 years ago, he met a beautiful and lovely Chinese woman in Paris, and had an ordinary and passionate love with her.
(pictures are from the Internet and have been deleted due to copyright infringement)
About the author: @电影女, independent film critic, signed author of Toutiao. I write about movies, but also about the love and hate in the entertainment industry.
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