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what was wang zuxian like when she was 57? this scene of her life abroad is so real

a few days ago, 57-year-old veteran hong kong star joey wong was met by netizens, and her appearance in the photo was greatly changed: a small belly and a big face.

she does not have the delicate and refined look that one would expect a female star to have. some people even said that they would not recognize her if they did not say it was her.

you know, wang zuxian was a standout among the hong kong beauty circle back then. even the picky yi shu commented:

"long hair, brown eyes, skin whiter than snow. in just a few seconds, she astonished all passers-by."

but such a beauty who can be described as "legendary" ended her acting career after ending her "sad love" with singer qi qin.

since then, she has faded out of the screen.

but there have always been legends about her in the "jianghu": one moment it was said that she was secretly pregnant, the next moment it was said that she was devoted to fo.

what has wang zuxian been doing in the past 20 years since she retired from the entertainment industry? looking back now, does she regret her decision?

1. lady

in 1967, joey wong was born into a wealthy scholarly family in taipei. her great-grandfather was a revolutionary and her grandfather was a historian.

his father's generation also produced many talented people. his father, wang yaohuang, was a famous basketball player, and his mother was a housewife, but she had an extraordinary temperament.

joey wong has two older brothers. as the youngest in the family, she grew up under protection and developed a naive and romantic character.

she has a tall figure and has been very outstanding since she was a child. at the age of 12, she inherited her father's career and became a professional forward in a women's basketball team.

but because she was so beautiful, she was accidentally spotted by an advertising company three years later and shot a series of cosmetics advertisements. her healthy and pure image attracted the attention of photographer song liping.

this filming also planted a dream of acting in joey wong’s heart.

after graduating from junior high school, she was admitted to the national taiwan university of the arts to study film and drama.

two years later, recommended by song liping, she successfully joined the crew of "it will be cold by the lake this year" and played a small role.

because of this, joey wong was spotted by shaw brothers and was immediately invited to hong kong to make a movie with a high salary.

in the same year, she starred in the comedy "heaven official's blessing" and her co-star was derek yee.

it can be said that wang zuxian's acting career was very smooth. in the same year, she partnered with sam hui, whose career was at its peak, to star in the comedy "working emperor".

unexpectedly, during the filming of this movie, sam hui, who was 19 years older than her, fell in love with her and began to pursue her madly.

but the man had already married lynbeau fleming, a filipino-american, in 1971, and they had two sons.

in other words, sam hui was suspected of cheating, and there were even rumors that he gave joey wong a golden ferrari in order to pursue her.

as their scandal intensified, the two collaborated again in 1987 on "the legend of wesley", which led to more and more complaints about this relationship.

but the woman never responded to this, because her acting career and romantic story had just begun.

during this period, because her parents were old friends of the "music godfather" dai sicong, joey wong often visited dai's home, and thus got to know the male artist leon lai who came to learn from him.

leon lai is one year older than her. at that time, he had just made his debut by participating in a new singer competition and his career was just starting.

because mother wang had a very good impression of him, not only did she adopt him as her godson, she also tried to bring him together, hoping to turn him into her son-in-law.

during that period, joey wong and leon lai were always together, looking like a perfect couple.

but as leon lai's career took off and he became busier and busier, and he was rumored to have an affair with sharon chan during filming, their story came to an end.

during this period, joey wong's career also became extremely popular.

2. talented man and pretty woman

in 1987, the third year after her debut, she starred in the romance film "a chinese ghost story" and became one of hong kong's "four great dan actresses", along with maggie cheung, rosamund kwan and cherie chung.

in the film, wang zuxian, who was less than 20 years old, interpreted the role of "nie xiaoqian" vividly. as a result, she was nominated for the best actress at the hong kong film awards for this film, and her career has since made a qualitative leap.

at the peak of her career, joey wong's love life seemed to have found a place.

in the same year, she met male artist chyi chin, who was 7 years older than her, because of their collaboration in the romantic film "green grasses and blue skies".

in addition to being the younger brother of the famous female singer chyi yu, chyi chin is also a talented new generation singer. his album "wolf" released two years ago was a huge success.

but few people know that although he was talented, he was unruly in his early years. when he was in junior high school, he was sent to a reformatory for causing trouble after drinking, wasting three years of his youth.

fortunately, qi qin has a close relationship with his sister qi yu. she visits him every week and gave him the guitar she won in a singing competition to encourage him to turn over a new leaf.

in 1979, qi qin started singing and soon made his debut with an album.

while serving in the military, he met fang meifang, a singer from taipei's imperial hotel. the two began living together and gave birth to a boy named fang wei.

but the relationship ended soon after, and chyi chin's career took off after he released his second album "wolf" in 1985.

the agency saw his commercial value, so they bought the script of "green grasses all over the sky" and invited him to play the leading male role.

in order to find a suitable heroine for him, the company also let chyi chin participate in the selection of the heroine. he then decided on joey wong from many actresses including cherie chung and maggie cheung, because she was "very pure."

however, it is reported that the two were not friendly when they first met each other. at that time, the director wanted the two to develop feelings, so he sent qi qin to pick them up at the airport, and he went with a bouquet of flowers.

unexpectedly, the "goddess" saw the man with a sloppy look appear and put the wreath directly around her neck. she felt offended and said directly: "i don't like flowers."

there was no other choice, so the director could only let chyi chin hold a guitar and teach joey wong to sing the theme song of "green grasses all over the sky".

after a few interactions, the two finally struck up a romance.

the confirmation of their relationship was also very dramatic, just like a romance novel. the man asked wang zuxian to sing with him one day, but he was late.

she was so angry that she was about to leave, but she saw the drunk qi qin appear, and he took her into his arms and whispered, "kiss me."

joey wong fell in love with him instantly and they established a romantic relationship afterwards.

but the relationship was not smooth at first. the first person to jump out and oppose it was her mother, because the man had been in a reformatory when he was a child and was not worthy of her daughter.

on the other hand, the career focus of the two young people is in taiwan and hong kong respectively, so it is a long-distance relationship, which is not easy.

but they were in love at that time and didn't care.

after becoming a first-line actress, joey wong received many acting offers, including "the fairy in a painting", "hotel transylvania", "france and love", etc. she was so busy that she had no time to rest. however, she still found time to travel back and forth between taiwan and hong kong just to be with her boyfriend.

qi qin also has many thoughts about their unclear love and short reunion.

so one day in 1987, after suffering the pain of separation, he wrote the famous song "probably in winter" in just 15 minutes.

3. fade out gracefully

although their love was passionate, they were too young after all. it is said that when they were together, they often had frictions over trivial matters and were inevitably separated and reunited.

as a beauty, joey wong also faced many temptations, including the pursuit of wealthy businessmen.

in 1990, she released works such as "a chinese ghost story ii: the road to the human world", and her career entered a stage of steady development.

in the same year, at a dinner party, joey wong met peter lam, who was 10 years older than her.

the man is the second son of famous entrepreneur lin baixin. his family business is spread all over the world, involving clothing, real estate, hotels, media, entertainment and other aspects.

at that time, peter lam was married to taiwanese actress xie lingling, who was a former child star, and had five children. however, the man was a womanizer and had ambiguous relationships with many female stars, earning him the nickname "female star sniper."

after meeting joey wong, he also fell in love at first sight and immediately began to pursue her passionately, sending her flowers, cars, and luxury houses.

in this passionate pursuit, the woman chose to give up her unstable relationship with qi qin.

in 1993, she fell into the arms of peter lam.

this move directly caused the complete collapse of the "jade girl" persona that wang zuxian had created in the few years since her debut, and she became a "mistress" that everyone hated overnight.

lin's mother also hated this relationship, because she knew how difficult it was for her daughter-in-law xie lingling, so she publicly scolded her in the newspaper: "i will just think of it as my son spending 30 million to hire a ji!"

after this statement was made, joey wong’s reputation was further ruined.

in response to this, the once affectionate peter lam also chose to stay away from her, which made her feel disheartened.

so in 1995, the two officially broke up.

in the same year, xie lingling also severed ties with peter lam and received hundreds of millions in breakup fees.

afterwards, joey wong faded out of the entertainment industry for the first time and moved to canada to avoid the limelight.

when qi qin learned about what his ex had gone through, he could no longer sit still, so he called her the following year to try to get her back together, and the two got back together.

in order to help his girlfriend save her lost face, he even asked her to appear at his concert. the two of them appeared hand in hand in a high-profile manner, looking extremely affectionate.

later, joey wong appeared in the mv of the man’s song "cliff", and the scene of her running barefoot was also very classic.

in 1997, the woman returned to filming and released the music album "isolated from the world" the following year. her career is expected to get back on track.

since then, the stories of several people seem to have had satisfactory endings.

but no one expected that her story with chyi chin would come to an abrupt end at the sweetest stage, becoming a "hardship" in the hearts of many people.

in 1999, 32-year-old joey wong announced for the first time that she was going to marry her lover of many years, chyi chin. after they got back together, the man cut his hair short, implying "starting a new life."

the two of them even bought a wedding house and were just waiting to get married.

it was not until 2000 that the man’s ex-girlfriend fang meifang sued him for “malicious abandonment”.

in fact, wang zuxian had known about chyi chin's illegitimate child for a long time, and she said she didn't care.

but as a public figure, it is understandable that she fell into depression when her boyfriend's past was suddenly dug up again.

in particular, chyi chin was also caught in the whirlpool at that time. it was said that in order to avoid depression, he spent all day playing golf, and thus neglected communication with joey wong.

the former lovers developed a rift again and their relationship broke down again.

in 2001, the two sides broke up peacefully. in an interview, joey wong said bluntly: there is no word "marriage" in my dictionary.

since then, she once again chose to "escape", moving to canada and completely drawing a line with the entertainment industry and her ex-boyfriend.

in the following 20 years, joey wong lived a secluded life with her mother. she also started to practice camming, content to enjoy the days without the spotlight.

her daily living expenses are all covered by real estate investments made with the money she earned from filming in her early years. it was also revealed that her net worth is over 6 billion, making her a truly wealthy woman.

in her love life, joey wong keeps her word:

not only is the word "marriage" not in the dictionary, even the word "love" seems to have been omitted.

in terms of emotional sustenance, it is said that she has always loved children and gave all her motherly love to her nephews.

in 2016, wang's father passed away and wang zuxian returned to taiwan. when asked about her love life by the media, she replied calmly: from now on, my love life will be blank.

but over the years, she has always existed vividly in the hearts of movie fans. occasionally, when she is photographed with recent photos, she will still be praised: she is worthy of being nie xiaoqian!

indeed, wang zuxian's life seems to be similar to that of "nie xiaoqian":

they have all broken free from various cages, transformed themselves, and only wish to leave a beautiful back to the world.