Unknowingly, it has been the 21st anniversary of Leslie Cheung leaving us. On April 1st every year, countless movie fans and friends during his lifetime remember Leslie Cheung in various ways.
This man has passed away, and Leslie Cheung’s departure has left people with endless melancholy.
However, are you curious about what happened to my brother on April 1, 21 years ago, when he jumped from the Mandarin Hotel in Hong Kong?
Since filming his last movie "Alien Space" in 2002, the famous movie star Leslie Cheung seems to have rarely appeared in the public eye.
The Hong Kong media, which has always been a good thing, wrote a lot of gossip about Leslie Cheung. For example, his relationship with his lover Tang Hede changed, resulting in a bad mood; another example is that Leslie Cheung's private life is quite chaotic, etc.
From 2002 to April 2003, Leslie Cheung's psychological problems became more and more serious. This is an indisputable fact. In November 2002, Leslie Cheung also tried to commit suicide, but failed.
Since then, Leslie Cheung seems to have intentionally cut off contact with the outside world, except for keeping in touch with his lover Xiao Tang, agent Chen Shufen and other close people.
At that time, a group of new people emerged in the Hong Kong entertainment industry. The younger generation of friends seemed to prefer Nicholas Tse, who was shining brightly. The whereabouts of Leslie Cheung during that period was not well known to the outside world.
However, he had expected that Leslie Cheung, who had made fewer and fewer public appearances, would actually choose to commit suicide by jumping off a building on April Fool's Day in 2003.
At about 10:00 in the morning on April 1, 2003, Leslie Cheung called interior designer Mo Huabing and asked the latter to go to a restaurant for lunch.
Mo Huabing is the designer of Leslie Cheung's apartment. The two have a close friendship. After receiving his brother's call, he immediately rushed to the appointed restaurant.
Arriving at the restaurant, Mo Huabing found Leslie Cheung wearing a mask and already waiting there. As soon as he sat down, Leslie Cheung said to him: "There is someone coughing next door, why don't you wear a mask?"
Mo Huabing prevaricated. Then Leslie Cheung ordered a piece of pasta and seemed to have a good appetite. The two chatted in the restaurant for more than three hours.
But Mo Huabing recalled afterwards that Leslie Cheung's hands kept shaking and he seemed to be very worried.
Before parting, Leslie Cheung told Mo Huabing that he felt very tired from getting up early that morning, so he drove aimlessly in the car. He even thought about hitting something while driving and that would be the end of it.
Mo Huabing immediately changed the subject and told Leslie Cheung not to think too much. Leslie Cheung asked for Mo Huabing's ID number again, copied it down, and the two said goodbye to each other.
As soon as he walked out of the restaurant, Mo Huabing seemed to sense that Leslie Cheung was in a low mood, so he turned back and proactively suggested that he accompany him to the United States to see a doctor.
Leslie Cheung smiled and waved his hand: "It's useless to go to the United States for . Some people told me to go to Sichuan to breathe spiritual energy. But now is the peak period of SARS, and you can't go to anywhere."
After saying that, Leslie Cheung turned around and left in a very depressed mood. . Soon after
and Mok Huabing separated, agent Chen Shufen called Leslie Cheung. Unfortunately, the person who answered was not Leslie Cheung himself, but the message box. In the mailbox, Chen Shufen asked Leslie Cheung to call her back as soon as possible.
A few minutes later, Chen Shufen's phone rang. Chen Shufen did not expect Leslie Cheung to call her so quickly.
The two had a brief chat on the phone. When they learned that Leslie Cheung was out shopping, Chen Shufen reminded him that he had made an appointment with Xiao Tang to play ball at 7:00 pm. Now he doesn't have much time to go shopping.
Leslie Cheung suddenly fell silent after hearing this. After a minute or two, he said something that confused Chen Shufen: " I want to take this opportunity to take a good look at Hong Kong ."
Chen Shufen immediately realized that something was wrong. , hurriedly asked Leslie Cheung’s specific location, and Leslie Cheung readily said that he happened to be at the Mandarin Oriental Hotel. Chen Shufen quickly hung up the phone and took a taxi to the front lobby of the hotel.
She looked around and didn't see Leslie Cheung, so she called Leslie Cheung again.On the phone, Leslie Cheung said clearly: " I was outside the hotel just now. Please wait for me for a while. I will be back soon."
After a few simple words, Leslie Cheung hung up the line. His voice was so calm. , Chen Shufen then waited patiently in the hotel reception room.
40 minutes later, Chen Shufen's cell phone finally rang, and she hurriedly picked it up. Leslie Cheung's crisp and slightly melancholy words came from the other side: " You will wait at the door of the hotel in 5 minutes. I will be at the main entrance, and then I will come." . "
Just finished hanging up the phone, Chen Shufen simply tidied up and stood up immediately. When she was about to reach the main entrance of the hotel, she inadvertently glanced in the direction of the clock. It was 6:41 pm on April 1, 2003.
Suddenly, a loud "bang" sound exploded in his ears. Chen Shufen and many people in the hotel lobby looked in the direction of the sound. A black figure fell to the ground, and there was a mess all around.
Chen Shufen hurriedly called the waiter over and said that there was a traffic accident that hit someone.
What she didn't expect was that this was not a traffic accident, but that Leslie Cheung had already jumped from the hotel.
Chen Shufen picked up her cell phone and called Leslie Cheung again, but this time the call was never connected...
It can be seen that her brother lived so peacefully on the last day of his life. He did not cause trouble to anyone. I also rejected everyone’s well-intentioned reminders.
During those years, Leslie Cheung had suffered from acid reflux, which affected his throat and vocal cords. My friend Brigitte Lin said that while watching a movie with Leslie Cheung, she noticed that the other person's hands were shaking.
Anita Mui, who was also seriously ill, learned that Leslie Cheung was in bad mood and tried every means to contact him, but she was never able to find him.
's lover Tang Hede said that he had asked Leslie Cheung to go see a doctor together more than once. However, tragedy still inevitably happens.
It has been 21 years since Leslie Cheung passed away, and his memory has continued for 21 years. Every year around March, a pain of missing Leslie Cheung begins to brew, until it breaks out on April Fool's Day.
Everyone still doesn’t know, what was my brother thinking about at the last moment of his life? Will he miss the happy times he spent with his lover Xiao Tang? Will he miss this world again? And those fans who have been following him?
But my brother is so ruthless and decisive...
Reference:
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[2] Huang Liling. So close, so far - Missing Leslie Cheung[j]. Tomorrow's Fashion, 2010(04):183-192+182.
