The Fair Ladies 白领丽人
Chinese title (trad.):
白領麗人
Chinese title (simpl.):
白领丽人
Russian title:
Настоящие леди
Release year:
1967
Country:
Hong Kong
Genre:
drama
Language:
mandarin
Hong Kong release date:
Description:
Jiang Yu-Hua [Hsia Meng], a typist at a large foreign trading firm, was beautiful and clever. Luo Zhan-Mei [Ping Fan], the sales manager, pursued her with all his might, but Jiang had already fallen in love with Du Wei-Qun [Fu Chi], a newspaper reporter, and paid Luo no heed. Du's family was poor, and Jiang's mother [Lan Qing] was deeply displeased that her daughter, in choosing a partner, cared nothing for money or status. Her classmate Li Zhen [Hon Ying], scrimping and saving, raised travel and tuition money for her fiance Lin Wei-Cong [Weng Wu], hoping he would soon return from abroad, rise to fame and fortune, and let her settle down comfortably as a housewife, free from the drudgery of a typist's work. Show more The secretary Tao Li-Sha [Leung San], having suffered a broken heart and a family upheaval, in a moment of weakness accepted financial help from Manager Liu [Jiang Ming] and became his secret mistress, after which she could never recover her spirits and grew utterly dispirited. Because the three women viewed life differently, each met a different fate and destiny.
Encouraged and supported by Du, Jiang took up writing in her spare time, and their love grew day by day. Tao unexpectedly met her old lover again, the overseas Chinese merchant Lu Shao-Tang, and hope for life was rekindled in her; she resolved to break off her abnormal relationship with Liu and marry Lu. And Li Zhen received the joyful news that Lin Wei-Cong would return during the Christmas holidays, and happily prepared for the wedding. The holiday was joyous, and Li Zhen awaited her fiance with excitement. But Lin, for the sake of money and status, had already married a middle-aged widow from a wealthy family. The cruel reality plunged Li Zhen into an abyss of suffering. When word of Tao's impending marriage reached Liu, he viciously set about wrecking it: he hinted to Lu about his relationship with Tao and brought commercial pressure to bear. The selfish and cowardly Lu retreated, betrayed his vow of love, and Tao was once again disappointed in love, while Liu coerced her into continuing their improper relationship. Under this succession of blows, Tao began to contemplate death.
From the misfortunes of Li and Tao, Jiang came to see deeply the ugliness of a money-centered world ruled by men, and she believed that women must be strong and struggle against their circumstances if they are to have a way out. Just then Du Wei-Qun, while covering a great fire in the squatter area, lost his right hand saving a child. Jiang, filled with admiration for Du's noble spirit of self-sacrifice, resolutely declared that she would marry him, which provoked fierce opposition from her mother. For the sake of Jiang's lifelong happiness, Du quietly withdrew, hoping she would forget him and find a brilliant husband. Then Luo, seizing her moment of difficulty, joined forces with Jiang's mother and launched a fierce assault on her... Truly, difficulties piled upon difficulties! But Jiang believed that life is like an ocean that never sinks: whatever storms may come, one must overcome them. She steadied herself and prepared to meet all the severe trials ahead.
Li Zhen, unable to bear the blow, sank into despair and gave up on herself. Liu, seeing her weakness, sent Luo to lure her in. Li, unaware of the trap, nearly repeated Tao's fate. Just then came the news that Tao had killed herself in despair, and her suicide note exposed the hideous faces of Liu and Luo, who toyed with women. Faced with the bloody truth, Li awoke at last. Yet Luo still would not leave her alone: dangling a promotion to secretary as bait, he sought to satisfy his desire to toy with her. At this, Jiang could bear it no longer and stepped forward to expose the schemes of Liu and Luo. Enraged, Liu and Luo dismissed Jiang on the spot. Only then did Li grasp the evils of this society and understand the meaning of Jiang's words: women must be strong and struggle against their circumstances if they are to have a way to live.
The storm gradually passed. Through Jiang's efforts, she finally completed a novel depicting how working women struggle against their circumstances, but she still could not forget Du and searched for him everywhere. Seeing that her love was firm as gold, Du married her. As for Jiang, Li, and Tao, it was because Jiang held fast to the right path in life that she at last won the greatest happiness.
Encouraged and supported by Du, Jiang took up writing in her spare time, and their love grew day by day. Tao unexpectedly met her old lover again, the overseas Chinese merchant Lu Shao-Tang, and hope for life was rekindled in her; she resolved to break off her abnormal relationship with Liu and marry Lu. And Li Zhen received the joyful news that Lin Wei-Cong would return during the Christmas holidays, and happily prepared for the wedding. The holiday was joyous, and Li Zhen awaited her fiance with excitement. But Lin, for the sake of money and status, had already married a middle-aged widow from a wealthy family. The cruel reality plunged Li Zhen into an abyss of suffering. When word of Tao's impending marriage reached Liu, he viciously set about wrecking it: he hinted to Lu about his relationship with Tao and brought commercial pressure to bear. The selfish and cowardly Lu retreated, betrayed his vow of love, and Tao was once again disappointed in love, while Liu coerced her into continuing their improper relationship. Under this succession of blows, Tao began to contemplate death.
From the misfortunes of Li and Tao, Jiang came to see deeply the ugliness of a money-centered world ruled by men, and she believed that women must be strong and struggle against their circumstances if they are to have a way out. Just then Du Wei-Qun, while covering a great fire in the squatter area, lost his right hand saving a child. Jiang, filled with admiration for Du's noble spirit of self-sacrifice, resolutely declared that she would marry him, which provoked fierce opposition from her mother. For the sake of Jiang's lifelong happiness, Du quietly withdrew, hoping she would forget him and find a brilliant husband. Then Luo, seizing her moment of difficulty, joined forces with Jiang's mother and launched a fierce assault on her... Truly, difficulties piled upon difficulties! But Jiang believed that life is like an ocean that never sinks: whatever storms may come, one must overcome them. She steadied herself and prepared to meet all the severe trials ahead.
Li Zhen, unable to bear the blow, sank into despair and gave up on herself. Liu, seeing her weakness, sent Luo to lure her in. Li, unaware of the trap, nearly repeated Tao's fate. Just then came the news that Tao had killed herself in despair, and her suicide note exposed the hideous faces of Liu and Luo, who toyed with women. Faced with the bloody truth, Li awoke at last. Yet Luo still would not leave her alone: dangling a promotion to secretary as bait, he sought to satisfy his desire to toy with her. At this, Jiang could bear it no longer and stepped forward to expose the schemes of Liu and Luo. Enraged, Liu and Luo dismissed Jiang on the spot. Only then did Li grasp the evils of this society and understand the meaning of Jiang's words: women must be strong and struggle against their circumstances if they are to have a way to live.
The storm gradually passed. Through Jiang's efforts, she finally completed a novel depicting how working women struggle against their circumstances, but she still could not forget Du and searched for him everywhere. Seeing that her love was firm as gold, Du married her. As for Jiang, Li, and Tao, it was because Jiang held fast to the right path in life that she at last won the greatest happiness.
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