In March of this year, a movie star who was about to be forgotten by the public quietly left the world, leaving her beloved film career and her fan friends.
She is the most beautiful "Liu Sanjie" actor Huang Wanqiu, but at the same time, less than a year after her death, her husband He Youcai, who accompanied her all her life, made a choice that made countless viewers cry.
So what did Huang Wanqiu die of in "Liu Sanjie"?What choices did her husband make?
In the autumn of 1961, the legend of Liu Sanjie, which had been circulated among Guangxi folk for a long time, inspired the creative inspiration of Su Li, the director of Changchun Film Studio.
He decided to bring the subject to the screen. In order to create a realistic three-dimensional character image,Su Li chose to personally go deep into Liu Sanjie's hometown of Guangxi to collect style.
After Su Li led the crew to Guangxi, he immediately started an 8-month collection life.
They went deep into remote villages and mines, and listened to the touching stories of Liu Sanjie told by local villagers.
Su Li incorporated these personal experiences into the script, co-writing the screenplay with Qiao Yu, a local writer in Guangxi. They repeatedly reviewed the content provided by the villagers, and completed the first draft of the script of more than 300,000 words.
At the same time, the film has also been highly valued by local leaders in Guangxi. Literary troupes around the country were notifiedThey must actively rehearse Liu Sanjie's related dramas, songs and dances, and help film creation through a variety of art forms.
Hundreds of Guangxi painters have also created the ideal image of Liu Sanjie according to Liu Sanjie's description, in which many descriptions of the characteristics of the characters have been integrated into Liu Sanjie's character interpretation.
After layers of screening,Fu Jinhua, the star actor of the Guangxi Song and Dance Troupe, finally got an important opportunity to play Liu Sanjie。For Fu Jinhua, this is a rare opportunity for her in her acting career.
But to everyone's surprise, just after the crew entered the official filming stage, the filmmakers suddenly put forward a request that was enough to change the fate of two people.
When halfway through the shooting,The Guangxi film producer suddenly raised an objection, thinking that Fu Jinhua's mouth shape in the singing scene was not good-looking enough.
Out of consideration for Liu Sanjie's image, they insisted on recasting. This blow to Fu Jinhua can be imagined. Even years laterEvery time she recalled, she still felt a lot of regret in her heart.
Director Su Li, who is in a dilemma, can only make a difficult decision to let 18-year-old Huang Wanqiu replace Fu Jinhua to interpret the key role of Liu Sanjie. For an ordinary girl who has just turned 18 years old, this is undoubtedly a huge turning point in her life.
This is the best opportunity to become famous overnight, and such an opportunity may only come once in a lifetime.
Huang Wanqiu was originally just an unknown young actor in the crew, and now she not only has to play against senior actors, but also has to complete an important leading role that she has never tried under great pressure.
Due to her lack of acting experience, Huang Wanqiu had many difficulties in interpreting this complex character. The stern director Suri was very dissatisfied with her performance and always left without saying a word.
Huang Wanqiu is very aware of the pressure on herselfBut she was born strong and did not be defeated by difficulties, but maintained an optimistic and enterprising attitude, and gradually adapted to the role through unremitting efforts.
Every time in the dead of night, Huang Wanqiu will repeatedly interpret the various emotional changes of the characters in her mind. When shooting during the day,She will carefully observe every expression and movement taught by director Suri and learn from it.
With a deeper understanding of the characters, coupled with continuous rehearsal and Xi, Huang Wanqiu finally gradually integrated with the characters, from the initial discomfort to the later stage without any traces of performance. Huang Wanqiu used her own efforts to finally win the applause she deserved.
But as Huang Wanqiu said:"The success of this film is not my credit alone, it belongs to everyone involved. ”
During the filming of this film, director Suri and the entire cast and crew also put in great efforts.
At that time, the temperature in the Lijiang River area of Guangxi was as high as 40 °C, and the actors and crew worked hard to shoot, and the environment was very difficult.
On one occasion, Suri accidentally burned his leg to save a staff member. However, in order to ensure the progress, he insisted on returning to the crew after only one day of rest to continue working.
Suri's spirit of "treating work as life" infects and inspires every crew member. understands that Huang Wanqiu, who shoulders the responsibility for this role and the entire creative teamI always make sure that I am fully committed to the shooting of each shot, and dedicate myself to the best side of this work.
After more than 40 days of hard work, with the united and cooperative efforts of the whole crew, "Liu Sanjie" was finally completed perfectly.
When this movie was released, 19-year-old Huang Wanqiu became famous with her outstanding performance and was regarded as a rising star of the national actress.
But God seems to have played a big joke with Huang Wanqiu, and not long after the success of the movie, a new storm of fate hit her, making her seem so cramped and uneasy for a while.
Under the changes in the current situation, this movie was characterized as a "problem film", and Huang Wanqiu, as the heroine, bore the brunt of the impact.
As a girl who is ignorant of the world, Huang Wanqiu has endured tremendous mental pressure and has wanted to commit suicide many times。The hurricane-like pressure seemed to be about to overwhelm her.
But fortunately, God favored her, and just when she felt desperate, a Guangxi actor 6 years younger than her, He Youcai, stepped forwardEven in the face of pressure, he still accompanies and protects her.
Once, in order to protect Huang Wanqiu, his arm was broken by an iron pipe. He also tried his best to buy fruits with his meager allowance to supplement Huang Wanqiu's nutrition.
In that era, He Youcai's kindness and courage injected Huang Wanqiu with the strength to live. After experiencing the tribulation of life and death, Huang Wanqiu finally opened her heartIn 1972, he married the actor.
At the beginning of their marriage, due to their complicated backgrounds, the two did not get a new house allocation and could only live in a simple house. They work in units during the dayIn the evening, we will go back to the simple little house, which is small but full of warmth.
The husband would make dinner for his wife with his own hands, and then the two would sit face each other at the narrow dining table to share the simple meal.
After dinner, the husband will carefully massage his wife's sore shoulders, neck and legsHis gentle approach is as if he were dealing with the world's most precious treasures. His wife would also return with a warm smile and kisses, and his tiredness would be swept away.
Then children were born one after another, and they took care of the housework little by little, and lived a simple and warm life. When the child is born, the wife has to get up every day to breastfeed, and the husband will gently hug her into his arms and let her take a nap on his broad shoulder.
In order to let his wife rest more, he would often pick up the child in the middle of the night and walk back and forth in the house, softly humming folk songs to lull the child to sleep.
During the day, when the child cries, he will also let his wife go to rest, and he will pick up the child and play with it. In this way, a small family becomes more and more warm in supporting each other.
But even this unhappy life was soon shattered, and the two were sent to the countryside to undergo labor reform.
Coming to a strange environment, both of them were not Xi to it at first, but the husband always beat his spirit, tried to adapt and encouraged his wife to face it together.
The two worked in the fields during the day and returned to the mud house at night, exhausted, while the husband still took good care of his wifeand massage her sore muscles. The wife felt guilty and her husband was also implicated, and in this way, the two got along with each other and gradually Xi got used to the simple rural life.
This state of life lasted until 1978, in which the fate of Huang Wanqiu herself and her role in "Liu Sanjie" all came to the corner.
In 1978, the ban on "Liu Sanjie" was lifted, and Huang Wanqiu became a smash hit again. In order to allow his wife to return to the art scene, the husband resolutely gave up his job and took care of the family full-time.
During the day, he would tidy up his home and take the children to the crew to visit his wife. Sometimes his wife works late, and he will take the children to wait silently in the crew.
The children also gradually understood how hard their mother's work was, and they would draw and do their homework quietly without causing trouble to their mother.
With his support, Huang Wanqiu's career reached its peak. Although the two are often criticized for being "strong women and weak men", 20 years of being in the same boat through thick and thin let them know that their true feelings do not need to be measured by money.
In March 2023, Huang Wanqiu unfortunately passed away due to illness, and her husband He Youcai lost his favorite wife forever.
Over the years, Huang Wanqiu has been an important pillar in He Youcai's life and spirit. Now, He Youcai lives alone in this once bustling home.
The old ** on the wall, the vase in the living room, and the desk in the study are full of the atmosphere of Huang Wanqiu's life. Whenever it's quiet in the dead of night,He Youcai sat alone in front of the window, looking up at the starry sky, and whispered to Huang Wanqiu about his longing.
He Youcai knows that he has the responsibility to inherit his wife's spiritual legacy with practical actions, so that future generations can know this venerable woman.
Therefore,He decided to compile his wife's diaries and letters and compile them into a book for publication. He also plans to take his granddaughters back to the places he once visited with his wife and tell them the story of himself and Huang Wanqiu.
Through these efforts, He Youcai hopes that future generations can cherish Huang Wanqiu's gift - her life is simple and thrifty, hard-working and brave, full of wisdom and warmth.
For He Youcai, his beloved wife has left him forever, but the objects she used during her lifetime, and the proofs that she left on behalf of her past will always remain in the deepest part of her memory.