In addition, Weng Si said that Mei Lanfang did have a "Mei Party" around her. These "Mei Party" are people who admire and admire Mei Lanfang, including screenwriters, critics, journalists, senior intellectuals and, of course, bosses. These people are all drama idiots, and they are willing to revolve around Mei Lanfang because they really like Mei Lanfang's plays, so they think about Mei Lanfang's goodness.
For Mei Lanfang, it is inevitable to make suggestions. However, due to the different starting points and values of each Mei Party, their opinions are often quite different. According to Weng Sizai's research, Qi Rushan, the prototype of Qiu, and Feng Gengguang, the prototype of Feng Ziguang, have totally different attitudes towards Mei Lanfang's love life. Mei Lanfang has always been grateful to the loyal Mei Party and is willing to listen to various opinions of the Mei Party, but it is inevitable that she will feel distressed. "There is no denying that Mei Party gave Mei Lanfang a lot of help, but it also limited his actions. Mei Lanfang later separated from Qi Rushan and settled in Shanghai. In addition to being unwilling to act for the Japanese, she may also want to get rid of the environment of the Mei Party in Beijing, because Shanghai has a relatively open environment. " Weng Si will talk about it.
However, before liberation, there were so-called brokers in Liyuan to help famous actors take care of their business, but not every famous actor had such a loyal "party", so the influence of brokers on ordinary famous actors was limited. Weng Sizai's mother is a famous ticket of Mei school, so he has an indissoluble bond with Mei family. According to Weng Sizai's own understanding of the pear garden before liberation, apart from several "Party members" in Cheng, there are really so many people who are loyal to the "Party", and Mei Lanfang is the only one.
Meng Xiaodong and Mei Lanfang got married in Feng Mansion. At that time, a reporter wrote: "Mei's first wife never liked Fu Zhifang, so she decided to ask her husband to marry Meng Xiaodong as her second wife." It is said that Fu Zhifang was not satisfied with the combination of Mei and Meng, but finally chose to accept it silently.
However, a "bloody case" that happened in September (1928) really caused a social sensation. A college student named Wang Weichen (actually a man) has a crush on Meng Xiaodong. After learning that Meng Xiaodong married Mei Lanfang, he was in great pain. One day, he lost his mind and broke into Feng Mansion with a gun, clamoring for a reason with Mei Lanfang. Just as Mei Lanfang was having a party with friends, Zhang Hanju, the manager of Continental Evening News, volunteered to go out to negotiate with Wang Weichen. But as soon as they met, he was held hostage by Wang Weichen at gunpoint. Wang Weichen first argued with Mei Lanfang, and then asked Mei Lanfang to pay 50,000 yuan (6,543.8+10,000 yuan) to compensate Meng Xiaodong for his mental loss. At that time, Jame raised funds and reported to the police. By the time the Mei family raised all the money, the military police had surrounded the house. The servant threw the money to Wang Weichen. When he got the money, he found himself surrounded by military police and shot Zhang Hanju in despair. When the military police saw this scene, they shot and killed Wang Weichen. Then they cut off his head and hung it on the telephone pole outside the front door for three days. After the bloody case, rumors spread everywhere, some said that Meng Xiaodong was the young man's fiancee, and so-and-so actor was loved. At that time, there was a saying that after the shooting, the "love between Mei and Meng" was greatly affected. "Archives in the Spring and Autumn Annals" records that after all the fuss, Fu Zhifang finally had a reason: "Uncle's life is important." Soon, people stood on her side. Frightened, Mei Lanfang once took refuge in Shanghai, and her relationship with Meng Xiaodong turned pale.
The shadow of this murder still lingers. 1930, Mei Lanfang's performance in the United States caused another storm: Who followed Mei Lanfang to visit the United States and appeared in front of the world as "Mrs. Mei"? Qi Rushan's son, Qi Xiang, recalled: "Among the gifts performed in the United States, there were some small handicrafts such as ink cartridges and inkstones. The ink cartridges are engraved with images. What impressed me the most was Meng Xiaodong's ancient costume. She used to be an old student, but this painting is a woman in ancient costume, which is very beautiful. " To some people, this seems to indicate that Mei Lanfang intends to take Meng Xiaodong with him. But there is a saying that in order to accompany Mei Lanfang to visit, pregnant Fu Zhifang asked the doctor to have an abortion. Finally, in order to calm the storm, Mei Lanfang decided to go to the United States alone.
Out of the oil pan into the fire pit. 1In August, 930, Mei Lanfang, who returned from a visit to the United States, got the news of the death of her nanny (aunt) as soon as she arrived in Tianjin. According to the rules, Mrs Mei Lanfang's room should be covered with linen, and Dai Xiao should receive guests from all directions in the filial piety hall. I don't know that Meng Xiaodong ran to Meizhai, but was stopped at the door by a servant named "Miss Meng". According to Yu Shuyan's daughter Yu Huiqing, "As far as I know, Pengmei Group is divided into two groups because of two concubines: Fu Peng Group and Meng Peng Group. When Mei's original king was alive, Meng Xiaodong hit it off with her. After Mrs. Wang's death, the former gained the upper hand in the contest between the Prayer School and the Mencius School. Meng Xiaodong didn't want to continue to be a concubine, so he divorced. "
As for the reason why Mei Meng broke up, apart from the well-known funeral storm in the United States, there is another saying that what she saw and heard in the United States had a serious impact on Mei Lanfang's polygamy thought. As for why Mei Lanfang chose Fu Zhifang, a very important reason was that Fu Zhifang had given birth to seven children for him at that time, while Meng Xiaodong had no children.
Meng Xiaodong, who lived in Hong Kong in his later years, once told people that Mei Lanfang left because she could not agree to get married at the same time. Looking back many years later, it sounds a little relaxed and humorous, but the situation in that year was not so understated. Meng Xiaodong/Kloc-married Mei Lanfang at the age of 0/9 and left the stage for four years, which has already cut off her source of livelihood. For the divorce, she asked Mei Lanfang for compensation, but this made Mei Lanfang quite embarrassed because she lost a lot of money during her stay in the United States. Under the mediation of Du, the two sides finally reached an agreement, and Mei Lanfang paid Meng Xiaodong 40,000 yuan in one lump sum. Since then, they have never contacted each other again. Regarding the amount of money at that time, apart from the above-mentioned "alimony theory", there are two versions. One is the theory of debt repayment-Mei Lanfang learned that Meng Xiaodong was in debt in Tianjin after returning from his visit to the United States. Although she broke up, she still gave her tens of thousands of dollars to pay off her debts; One is contrast-on the eve of going to America, Mei Lanfang gave Fu Zhifang and Meng Xiaodong tens of thousands of dollars respectively. When he came back from the other side of the ocean, he found that Xiaodong Meng's money had been spent, and Fu Zhifang had a lot of money besides keeping his home in good order. Mei Lanfang suddenly realized that Fu Zhifang was really suitable for his family, so she broke up with Meng Xiaodong.
1930, after breaking up with Mei Lanfang, Meng Xiaodong went on a hunger strike, fell ill, avoided living in Jingu, and even once converted to Buddhism in Jushilin, Tianjin. In the following years, she resolutely avoided meeting Mei Lanfang. 193 1 year, when the Dujia ancestral hall was completed, celebrities from the north and the south gathered, but she could not avoid it because Mei Lanfang was present. 1In September, 947, Du took advantage of his 60th birthday to post in the name of disaster relief, inviting famous Peking Opera actors from north and south to perform in Shanghai. Whether Mei Meng performs on the same stage has become the biggest concern of opera fans. The performance of China Grand Theatre is unprecedented. Originally planned for 5 days, it was later extended to 10 day, and the fare was even fired to 1000 yuan per ticket. Even so, the two sides of the theater were so crowded that Ma Li Anliang had to add a chair in the aisle to watch the play. People from all walks of life donated flower baskets as long as 1 mile, and the value of all flower baskets was as high as10.2 billion (old coins). Those who were lucky enough to watch and listen on the radio in those days had nothing to say except the comment that "this song should only exist in the sky". In fact, it is very embarrassing for Mei Lanfang and Meng Xiaodong to perform on the same stage. But in the end, under Du's careful arrangement, we avoided the embarrassing scene for all parties: 10 day, the drama was repeated for five days-Mei Lanfang sang four major axes, Meng Xiaodong sang one major axis, performed five times and repeated it again. Afterwards, according to Yao Yufu, Mei Lanfang's housekeeper, Meng Xiaodong performed two songs "Searching for the Lonely and Saving the Lonely", and Mr. Mei listened to the radio twice at home. ...
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