Qin Di drank tea while reminiscing about Ruan Lingyu in history.

Ruan Lingyu was born in poverty, and her mother worked as a domestic helper for a wealthy merchant surnamed Zhang, who was in the paint and wood business, so that she could study at Chongde Girls' High School in the magic capital.

The fourth young master of the Zhang family is named "Zhang Damin", handsome, idle after graduating from college, he has a good impression of the beautiful and moving Ruan Lingyu, and often observes words and looks attentive to please 15-year-old Ruan Lingyu, and the two soon live together.

After the Zhang family learned about it, they swept Ruan Lingyu's mother and daughter out of the house and cut off Zhang Damin's living expenses, and Zhang Damin was used to being a gentleman, never working, and often got involved in casinos, with a lot of money.

In desperation, after being introduced by Zhang Damin's eldest brother and director Zhang Huichong, in 1926, Ruan Lingyu, who was only 16 years old, began to go to the film company to take on some small roles to support her family.

In 1928, Zhang's father died, leaving an inheritance of 250,000 yuan for each of the first three sons, and only a few thousand yuan for the disobedient fourth son.

Since then, Zhang Damin has relied on Ruan Lingyu to provide for him, and he has not changed the temper of the young master, Ruan Lingyu is already a well-known star, and she can be equal to Hu Die in the film industry.

After meeting 40-year-old Tang Jishan in Hong Kong, compared with Tang Jishan, who has a successful career, is gentle and elegant, and is good at serving others, Ruan Lingyu can't stand a husband like Zhang Damin.

When Tang Jishan and Ruan Lingyu fell in love, Zhang Zhiyun once wrote a letter to Ruan Lingyu, saying: "Today's me is tomorrow's you", but Ruan Lingyu didn't care, thinking that it was just a woman's jealousy.

Under the temptation of Tang Jishan, she went through the divorce procedures with Zhang Damin, took her mother and adopted daughter, and lived in the three-story small western-style building in Qinyuan Village, Xinzha Road, the magic capital, that Tang Jishan bought for her, which is the place where she committed suicide in the future

When the divorce was agreed upon, Ruan Lingyu promised to give Zhang Damin 100 yuan per month for living expenses in the future.

But it is difficult to meet Zhang Damin's expenses, he kept asking for money, Ruan Lingyu knew that he was at a loss, and paid hundreds of yuan to Zhang Damin many times, but the money Zhang Damin asked for was rising, and asked her for 5,000 yuan at a time, Tang Jishan was deeply dissatisfied, and Ruan Lingyu refused to pay.

When Zhang Damin fell into poverty, he remembered that he had lost an inheritance of 250,000 yuan because of Ruan Lingyu, but now he was abandoned by Ruan Lingyu, and became more and more annoyed, so he went to court and sued Ruan Lingyu for "tearing up the marriage contract and stealing family property and committing adultery with others", demanding that Ruan Lingyu compensate him for the inheritance he did not get.

Ruan Lingyu tried to reconcile privately with Zhang Damin, but Tang Jishan resolutely disagreed, and went to court to countersue Zhang Damin for false reputation.

What annoys her even more is that Tang Jishan, who has met countless people, falls in love with a little star, Liang Saizhen in the "Four Sisters of the Liang Family", and often does not return home at night.

When Ruan Lingyu was arguing with him about the matter, Tang Jishan actually beat her. After the conflict, Ruan Lingyu returned late at night from filming on the set, Tang Jishan did not allow Ruan's mother to open the door, so Ruan Lingyu froze outside all night.

Ruan Lingyu, who was already very well-known, was pushed to the forefront and panicked because of the dispute between Tang and Zhang, and Tang Jishan's dedication and betrayal made her realize that she was not trusted, so she was extremely pessimistic.

On March 6, 1935, the Modu District Court issued a summons to Ruan Lingyu, requiring her to testify in court on March 9 to explain her circumstances.

At around 1 a.m. on March 8, she asked her mother to cook a bowl of noodles for her and committed suicide by mixing 30 sleeping pills.

All in all, it's a tragedy. Most people in the world blame Ruan Lingyu's suicide on her ex-husband Zhang Damin, who has been blackmailed for a long time and sued her in court, but they ignore Tang Jishan, another person in this love triangle.

Zhang Naijing saw Qin Di fall into a long silence and asked, "Hey, what are you thinking?"

Qin Di was a little angry in his heart, and blurted out: "I'm wondering if I want to clean up this tea king." ”

"What are you doing to clean him up? Visiting the Qinglou and playing tricks, there are many such men, what does it have to do with you? Besides, men love women, Jiang Taigong fishes, and those who wish to take the bait! Unless you are interested in Ruan Lingyu, why meddle?"

"What am I interested in her! It was Tang Jishan who caused trouble first and put my Qin family on the rich list!"

"Hey, are you really going to intervene?"

Qin Di took a deep breath and said to Yan Xue who was not far away: "Find someone to inform Tang Jishan and ask him to apologize to me!"

Yan Xue became a personal secretary, and there were also little secretaries Du Rong and Du Lan below.

As soon as Du Rong went to tell Du Yuesheng, the leader of the Green Gang, it would immediately reach Tang Jishan's ears.

At this time, Du Yuesheng's power is getting bigger and bigger, and he has surpassed Huang Jinrong and Zhang Xiaolin.

In the afternoon of the next day, after Tang Jishan got the news, her head was a little cloudy: "What? Let me go over and apologize? What are you kidding? I am an elite who has studied abroad, how can I be compared with a small number of flowers? Besides, I just said it casually, and it was published in the newspaper, and even Jiang Song Kongchen did not come forward, and the Qin family has no official background, so why should I find fault with me? Hmph, ignore him!"

Qin Di carefully calculated and came to a general conclusion: "Ruan Lingyu belongs to an artist, not a political figure, and her life and death do not affect the trend of history." She is different from Xu Zhimo, Xu Zhimo and Hu Shi represent the bourgeoisie, are the targets of the Left League's writings, and can be regarded as half a political figure. Ruan Lingyu is just an actress who makes movies. ”

So, he came to Baidai Company, turned out the long-term contract signed by Ruan Lingyu when she first debuted in 1926, and studied it carefully for a while.

At the beginning, he bought the company and personally wrote the company's articles of association, dividing the contracted singers into long contracts and short contracts, starting from about 10 years, stipulating that the marriage of female singers must be a hidden marriage, and once married, within ten years, they cannot be divorced and remarried, otherwise the singer's reputation will be affected, and the company must be compensated a large amount.

This "large amount" is purely an overlord clause, which is divided into three grades according to the influence of the singer, with a maximum compensation of 1 million yuan!

One million yuan is a small amount for Qin Di, but it is a sky-high price for ordinary singers! Even a movie star like Ruan Lingyu can't get it! Tang Jishan can get it, but she may not be willing to spend a huge amount of money to ransom people! As far as a businessman is concerned, is there true love? What kind of woman is worth 1 million? How many yellow flower girls can be found for the same price?

Qin Di instructed this matter, and Zhou Tianlin, the manager of Baidai Company, did not dare to slack off, so he called Ruan Lingyu over on the same day, asked her about her marital status, and gave her a stern warning for her relationship with Tang Jishan!

"Miss Ruan, according to the provisions of the agreement, if you divorce and remarry, you will compensate the company 1 million yuan!"

Ruan Lingyu cried when she heard it, she was only 16 years old when she signed the contract, where could she have thought so far?

"Mr. Zhou, this agreement is a deed of sale, it can't be counted!"

"Miss Ruan, my company has hired three barristers from the magic capital, even if you fight a lawsuit, you will lose!"

"Mr. Zhou, please let me go. I finally found true love, and I'd rather die than give up......"

"Miss Ruan, the ten-year contract you signed with the company ended at the end of 1936. As long as you wait for another three years, you can marry as many people as you like, can't you even wait for three years?"

Nguyen Lingyu committed suicide on March 8, 1935, and if it had been delayed until the end of 1936, she would not have died.

Ruan Lingyu left crying.