Why didn't Teresa Teng come to the mainland until his death?

Secret communication between Teresa Teng and Xinhua News Agency Hong Kong Branch

May 8, the ninth anniversary of Teresa Teng's death. Teresa Teng has been eager to visit the mainland and hold a solo concert tour. As a leading member of the Hong Kong branch of Xinhua News Agency, the author of this article was ordered to have secret contact with her for three years. Through this article, we can see a little-known Teresa Teng.

1, started secret contact with Teresa Teng.

We go back to 1986. This spring, Ms. Peng Yanyan from the Cultural and Sports Department of Xinhua News Agency Hong Kong Branch met Teresa Teng at a friend's family gathering. Teresa Teng is very enthusiastic about this new friend. When she left, she said that she really wanted to establish regular contact with Xinhua News Agency, but she just wanted to keep it a secret.

Since the Sino-British negotiations on the Hong Kong issue began, the Xinhua Branch of Hong Kong has increasingly extensive contacts with all sectors of society. Some people, for various reasons, secretly contact Xinhua Branch. Among them are some officials of the British Hong Kong government, some famous so-called "pro-British" people, and some staff members of Taiwan Province provincial institutions in Hong Kong.

Because of Teresa Teng's special status, it is understandable that she will keep her contact with Xinhua Branch secret from the outside world. After research, the branch leaders decided that I was in charge, and kept in touch with Teresa Teng through Li Han and Peng Yanyan, ministers of culture and sports. At that time, I was a member of the Standing Committee of the Hong Kong and Macao Working Committee and deputy secretary-general of Xinhua Branch, and I was in charge of the work of the cultural and sports department. But I don't usually participate in the daily contact between the Ministry of Culture and Sports and the outside world. I am in charge this time, which is also a solemn gesture.

I first met Teresa Teng at the Asia Hotel in Happy Valley. This is a hotel in which Xinhua News Agency shares. It has two floors for special guests. At 7 o'clock that night, Teresa Teng arrived as scheduled. Her eyes are bright and her teeth are shining, which is much more beautiful than what she saw in the photo. She wears no makeup and dresses casually. With her, Miss Mai, who cut short male hair. According to reports, she is a filmmaker and once made a film about twin sisters.

A week later, Teresa Teng hosted a banquet in Qilinge Restaurant on Liyuan Avenue. This restaurant has few diners and a quiet environment. This time, Teresa Teng and Miss Mai came directly from the gym. She is refreshed, radiant and spirited, showing a youthful vitality.

From then on, we became friends. She occasionally invites you to tea. It's just that Miss Mai didn't show up much later. Maybe she is not interested in such a small gathering, or maybe Teresa Teng doesn't want her to know more about our conversation.

2. Planning and shelving of mainland performances and tours.

When I came into contact with Teresa Teng, I found that she never admitted her poor family background. She said that her father was a veteran, and when he first arrived in Taiwan Province Province, his life was quite difficult. When she was a child, she mowed the grass, grew vegetables, wore patched clothes, came back from school, and helped in the small restaurant opened by her mother.

She also made no secret of her yearning for the mainland of the motherland. She likes to watch China Travel published in Hongkong, and also bought a large-scale picture album splendid china. She said: "The motherland is too big, and there are too many famous mountains and rivers. Just looking at those photos is intoxicating. "

After this conversation, inviting her to perform in the mainland became the content of our topic.

Unexpectedly, she was very excited about performing in the mainland. She and Peng Yanyan made a "performance plan" respectively. She made it clear that she didn't want to just attend a party and sing a few songs, but to hold a solo concert. The route planned by Peng Yanyan for her is: the first stop in Beijing, the second stop in Shanghai, the third stop in Xi 'an and the fourth stop in Guangzhou. Peng Yanyan said, "In this way, everything will be settled." Teresa Teng was very happy and said that a lot of preparations were needed.

The so-called preparatory work also includes some technical problems. At that time, mainland singers rarely held solo concerts. Hong Kong and Taiwan singers should have a gorgeous stage, brilliant lighting, high-level accompaniment and high-quality sound. These were not available in the mainland at that time. Teresa Teng said she planned all this.

But according to our observation, she is actually very lonely in Hong Kong. She rarely participates in entertainment activities, rarely appears in the media, has no own company, or even a broker. Even if a company is willing to plan for her, it can't be kept secret in advance, and it may become the focus of media attention again. Therefore, her preparations have never been implemented.

Finally, this "performance plan" was dragged down and failed to be realized.

Teresa Teng's performance plan was postponed. We asked her if she would like to travel to the mainland. She asked how to enter the mainland. We suggest that she go through the customs with a pseudonym and a home visit permit from China Travel Agency, and then be accompanied by Peng Yanyan. Teresa Teng got excited again and discussed the "travel plan" with Peng Yanyan. She suggested that it is best to travel in winter, because she wants to see the snow. She really wants to climb the Great Wall when it snows heavily and see the scenery outside it.

However, her poetic plan finally failed to come true. Later, she told us that the "separate paper visa" method was unsafe, and several of her friends who had been to the mainland were censored by intelligence agencies after returning to Taiwan Province Province. She said that the emotional management system in Taiwan Province Province is very powerful and pervasive, so you should take precautions.

After the assassination of Jiangnan, a writer living in the United States, the intelligence units in Taiwan Province Province became notorious and were condemned at home and abroad.

But it still has a deterrent effect on our compatriots in Taiwan Province Province. Teresa Teng dated us, often changing places, wearing sunglasses and a trench coat as soon as he went out, not only to guard against media discovery, but also to guard against Kuomintang agents.

I want to settle in Suzhou.

After contacting Teresa Teng for a period of time, Xinhua Branch decided that Qiao Zonghuai, vice president, would come forward and hold a formal banquet for her at Stanley Hotel. This used to be the residence of Chen Qingsong, the boss of Jianing Group. After Jianing went bankrupt, Xinhua News Agency bought it as a hotel.

Jin Yong later said that he also came to see it. If Xinhua doesn't buy it, he may buy it.

A few days later, Teresa Teng invited us to dinner and suddenly mentioned buying a house. She said that Xinhua News Agency has many relations in all aspects. Can you help her find a house?

According to Teresa Teng's request, we found her a house in Deep Water Bay through a friend, which is now Mei Jia Road 18, Stanley, and she was very satisfied. After Stanley bought a house, she invited us to dinner and talked. Suddenly, she said, "Living in Taiwan Province Province is boring, and so is living in Hongkong. If you want to buy a house in the mainland, you will live if you are bored. Can you help me? "

This is even more surprising! Then she added, "Among the cities in China, I like Suzhou best. I really want to buy a house there." She heard from Peng Yanyan that I had worked in Jiangsu for a long time and asked me for help. I thought she was talking casually, so I answered casually.

Unexpectedly, after a while, she suddenly called me and asked me if I had any news of buying a house in Suzhou. This puts me in a dilemma. I happened to be going back to Jiangsu for my holiday, so I stopped by Suzhou. Director Zhu of the Municipal Organs Administration Bureau showed me a place, which is a two-story garden house with a big yard, but the building is very old and close to dangerous buildings. Director Zhu said that after buying it, it can be redesigned and built, and the buyer asked for 60 thousand yuan. I drew a sketch and brought it back to Hong Kong. At first, Teresa Teng didn't believe that 60,000 yuan could buy a house in the hospital, and then he asked whether to remit the money now. I quickly said that this matter would not be decided until she came to Suzhou in person. There may be some formalities to be done, so we can't hurry now.

1in the spring of 1988, a Suzhou delegation went to Hong Kong to hold a food exhibition on the fourth floor of Yuhua Domestic Products Company.

I asked Peng Yanyan to make a phone call and asked Teresa Teng if she wanted to see it. Teresa Teng agreed. The next day, we accompanied her to Yuhua, and the waiter brought several plates of Suzhou cakes. Teresa Teng looked happy and ate a lot. When he left, Yu Hua's boss gave everyone a catty of tea and a cake. I gave my share to Teresa Teng, and she accepted it rudely. When she reached the elevator, she suddenly turned around and went to several pastry chefs to shake hands and thank them. I noticed this detail, which shows Teresa Teng's courtesy and self-cultivation, and also shows her respect for ordinary working people.

That night, Teresa Teng called and said that she wanted to invite Suzhou guests to dinner and asked me to make an appointment for her. Because other work is busy, I asked Peng Yanyan to help me arrange it. This time, Teresa Teng held a banquet in Tianxianglou, using expensive vegetables. She was very enthusiastic about the guests and announced: "I'm going to buy a house in Suzhou now and live there in the future." Drinking Longjing tea and eating your cakes every day would be great! "

The reform and opening up in the Mainland has brought new hope to Teresa Teng. She weaved many dreams for herself almost out of order: stopping at the Great Wall, resting in the water town, looking up at the bright moon in her hometown, listening to the sounds of nature in the west, and of course, reappearing in the applause of hundreds of millions of fans and casting brilliance. Her dream is not too illusory, but it may be the most correct choice at that time. Just because there is an invisible net hanging over her, she can't break through.

4. The legend of Teresa Teng songs.

Later, for some reasons, our contact with Teresa Teng gradually became less and less. But her beautiful image can't disappear in my mind for a long time.

I remember that Teresa Teng's songs were introduced to the mainland in the late Cultural Revolution. At that time, most families didn't have tape recorders, so they didn't have the conditions to listen to music tapes. Teresa Teng's songs are all passed down by word of mouth and spread quickly, especially songs like "Alishan", which many people will hum. Once found, it is forbidden to spread. At that time, it was said that Teresa Teng's song was "Huang Ge" and "Decadent Voice"; It is also said that Teresa Teng participated in the activities of the Kuomintang's "Labor Army", which is anti-* *. This ban has not been lifted since the downfall of the Gang of Four.

At 1984, the situation changed. People from the mainland to Hong Kong are scrambling to buy Teresa Teng tapes, which shows that the customs has lifted the ban. As a result, Teresa Teng's songs spread like wildfire on the mainland.

This is only about a singer, but people seem to give it a deep meaning and regard it as a symbol of more open society and more inclusive culture in the mainland. This has caused various legends in Hong Kong. According to one legend, a middle school student wrote directly to Deng Xiaoping asking why Teresa Teng's songs were banned. Comrade Xiaoping approved a sentence in his letter: "I also like listening to Teresa Teng's songs." There is also a legend that when Deng Xiaoping met with Teresa Teng, a member of the Hong Kong Legislative Council, he said, "There is a Teresa Teng in Hong Kong and a Teresa Teng in Taiwan Province Province. We are all family." These legends can't be confirmed, but there must be collateral elements. I saw conversation record when Deng Lianru and others met him in Deng Xiaoping, and didn't mention Teresa Teng. At that time, it was what overseas Chinese called the "Deng Xiaoping Renaissance". Comrade Deng Xiaoping enjoys high prestige among overseas Chinese. In people's eyes, only an open-minded Deng Xiaoping can "clear Teresa Teng's name" and lift the ban on Teresa Teng's songs.

Although all kinds of legends are unconfirmed, "lifting the ban" is an unmistakable fact.

5. Teresa Teng and Xiao Hong

1993, I was surprised to see her photo in the newspaper. Only a few years apart, she has become bloated and old beyond recognition. After reading this photo, I concluded that she would not appear on the mainland stage because she is a very self-respecting woman.

1On May 28th, 995, Teresa Teng walked the last journey of his life and was buried in the provincial Jinbaoshan cemetery. Today, six years later, I suddenly remembered a past event related to her.

Sixty-two years ago, a talented woman from the north of China moved to Hong Kong through the flames of war in War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression. She lived in Hong Kong for three years and died suddenly. She is the female writer Xiao Hong. She died and was buried in Repulse Bay Cemetery. 1988 In the winter, on a gloomy afternoon, a friend of Ta Kung Pao took me to see Xiao Hong's tomb. On the way back, I pieced together a small word and wrote it on a small piece of paper. That night, Teresa Teng invited us to dinner and happened to talk about Xiao Hong. She said, "I know Xiao Hong and have read her books." I asked if it was a matter of life and death. She said it was "Memories of Mr. Lu Xun". She praised Xiao Hong for her good writing and said, "I didn't know Lu Xun in the past. I only read Lu Xun's works after reading Xiao Hong's articles. " I was suddenly surprised, and then I felt guilty that I had underestimated her in the past. So I gave her my little words. After reading them, she folded them carefully and put them in her handbag.

Today, I suddenly found that this poem mourning Xiao Hong can also be used to mourn Teresa Teng. The special transcript is as follows: Tasha's trip (the trip to Xiao Hong's tomb) traveled all over the world, and the rivers and lakes were proud, and it was rare to have a high style. Long stay in the world, lonely and empty buried to see who hangs. The sea is covered with blue clothes, the mountains are covered with green coats, and the grass is buried here. The soul in the north and the soul in the south are coquettish, and the debts are gone.