He has only one daughter, but is the "surrogate father" of 178 poor children.
In 10 years, he has participated in more than 400 charity performances and donated nearly 3 million yuan.
He is now suffering from advanced stomach cancer, but he can't even afford the medical bills.
"My name is Cong Fei, an ordinary literature and art worker in Shenzhen, and an ordinary Shenzhen volunteer. I feel happy to be able to contribute to society and help others." No matter where he goes, and no matter what stage he stands on, Cong Fei uses this same opening line. But now he had to leave his beloved stage.
June 20, 2005, is hospitalized in Shenzhen People's Hospital, Cong Fei just ended the second phase of chemotherapy, due to physical reasons, he was unable to accept the weekend newspaper reporter's interview, but the reporter contacted his close friend Liu Jiazeng, listen to his story of Cong Fei's ten-year-long journey of love.
The hard work eventually became a famous singer, suffering from a terminal illness, but no money for treatment
In Liu Jiazeng's description, the reporter learned that in 1969, Cong Fei was born in the town of Tianzhuangtai, Dawa County, Panjin City, Liaoning Province, a poor family, the family's only source of livelihood for 8 people is the father's income of 36 yuan per month.
The memory of poverty has been burned into Cong Fei's heart since he was a child: in order to study, he picked up garbage, sold popsicles, and even the family's candlestick secretly to the scrap yard to sell to pay tuition, but his efforts still did not allow him to complete his studies. Barely to the second year of junior high school, Congfei was forced to drop out of school and return home.
The stubborn Cong Fei was not willing to give up, he decided that he could achieve success in another way - with his own loud voice to realize the dream of being a singer.
After dropping out of school, Cong Fei soon from the brief loss of cheer up, he went through a lot of hard work around the teacher to learn the art, his excellent voice conditions and perseverance and tenacity of the spirit of learning to impress the tenor singer Ri Tiecheng, in his careful cultivation, Cong Fei's singing skills improved rapidly. 1989, Cong Fei enrolled in the Shenyang Conservatory of Music Department of Vocal Studies, from the famous vocal educator Bao Yanyi. Later, he was accepted by the famous singer Guo Song as a closed disciple, and formed his own unique performance style, was called by Guo Song "China's most beautiful tenor".
In 1992, Cong Fei left his hometown and traveled south to Guangzhou, where he began his dream journey.
When he first arrived in Guangzhou, Cong Fei had no family and no friends, and was once in a difficult situation. Because he could not find a job, in order to fill his stomach, he had to work with the civilian laborers, early morning and late at night, to the people moving goods, and then did the work of unclogging pipes and dishwashers. In order to save money, he lived in a bridge hole and drank tap water ......
Cong Fei, who has lived in poverty since he was a child, was not intimidated by these difficulties, and he remained persistent in pursuing his dream.
In 1993, Cong Fei passed the test in a singing competition and eventually won an award of excellence. After the competition, an art company hired him, and from then on, Cong Fei put an end to his wandering life and really started his acting career. In the years that followed, Cong Fei's singing career flourished and he soon became a popular singing actor.
If Guangzhou was the place where Cong Fei's artistic life began, then Shenzhen was the place where he really realized his dream.
In 1994, Cong Fei went to Shenzhen, in this modern city, with his excellent tenor, sketches and ventriloquism and other aspects of talent, he soon became a well-known actor loved by the audience in Shenzhen, his stage is also continued from Shenzhen to Beijing, in the Great Hall of the People, Cong Fei many times with Song Zuying, Jiang Dawei, Guan Mucun, Dai Yuqiang and other famous singers to perform together, and has been invited to perform abroad many times. He has also been invited to perform abroad. His profound artistic skills and good reputation, he has won more than 20 national and provincial art awards, and became the "Guangdong Province outstanding musicians".
Just as Cong Fei was preparing for his singing career, he was struck down by an unrelenting illness.
On May 12, 2005, at the age of 36, Cong Fei was diagnosed with advanced gastric cancer at Shenzhen People's Hospital. Friends and family were shocked, but what was even more surprising was that as a famous singer, Cong Fei, as a member of China's current high-income group, he couldn't even get the money for his own medical treatment.
Why is this?
Ten years of donations of 3 million yuan, 178 children affectionately called him "surrogate father"
The answer to this is saddening to everyone: during the past 10 years, Cong Fei has donated almost all of his income to students, orphans and disabled people in poverty, and all kinds of money and goods totaling nearly 3 million yuan.
The cause of the incident began with a charity show in 1994, which completely changed the fate of Cong Fei.
At that time, Cong Fei, who had just become famous, attended a charity show in Chengdu, Sichuan Province, for children who had dropped out of school. There were hundreds of children who had dropped out of school due to poverty in the audience, and looking at their young faces, Cong Fei couldn't help but think of his own difficult childhood. He put his 2400 yuan into the donation box on the spot, which was the largest amount of money in the room that day. The host told Cong Fei, "The 2,400 yuan you donated will enable 20 elementary school students in poor mountainous areas to complete two years of schooling!" Many of the audience on stage applauded Cong Fei's kindness.
Looking at the children's excited smiling faces, Cong Fei felt never felt happier: "2400 yuan can change the fate of so many children, this is what a meaningful thing ah!" From that moment on, he made up his mind: to do his best to try to change the fate of more poor students. From then on, he started his journey of charity performances and adopting poor out-of-school children. He has been to Guizhou, Hunan, Sichuan, Shandong and other poor mountainous areas for more than 20 times to hold charity performances,? He has been to Guizhou, Hunan, Sichuan, Shandong and other poor mountainous areas to hold charity performances, and has also organized a series of charity performances for the poor children. The company's main goal is to provide a wide range of services to the poor people in Guizhou, Hunan, Sichuan, Shandong and other poor areas. The company's mission is to promote the development of the society and to promote the development of the society in the world. The company's mission is to provide the best possible service to the community. The company has a wide range of products and services. What is the best way to get the most out of your life? Cormorant The most important thing to remember is that you can't afford to lose your money. The first step in the process is to make sure that you have a good understanding of the situation and how to deal with the problem. Whenever you hear this call, even if it's hard and tired, Cong Fei also feel immense happiness.
Cong Fei's happiness stems from his spiritual fulfillment, while his material life is so poor that it is hard to believe.
Cong Fei's home is located in Shenzhen's Cuizhu North Road, an area of only 58 square meters, the local media counterparts to the weekend newspaper reporter described: cheap security doors on the iron has broken out of more than half a foot long big hole in the door locks are completely out of order, can only be hidden every day. The narrow kitchen is less than two square meters, and when you go to the place where the stove is installed, only one person can go in. The house does not have any valuable belongings, clothing in the closet, are some thirty-fifty dollars of cheap goods, but some of the grade is the set of white performance clothes.
Cong Fei does not have a work unit in Shenzhen, the only "position" is the head of the Shenzhen Volunteer League Art Troupe. Cong Fei from 1997 as the position, but never received a penny salary, his main income from commercial performances. According to Cong Fei's friends around him, he often receives a performance fee, immediately sent to children in poor areas, or to the disabled and orphans, they simply can not save money. Cong Fei came to Shenzhen for more than ten years, only did a passbook, or to buy a house to engage in mortgage was asked to do. In order to be a good "father", that more than a hundred children's tuition and living expenses into the largest expenditure of Cong Fei, his economic situation is therefore often stretched to the limit, and a few months even for the bank mortgage of more than two thousand dollars have become a problem.
Seeing many of his friends in the entertainment industry living in luxury apartments and driving private cars, Cong Fei's wife was very envious of him and couldn't understand his approach to funding others. She advised her husband time and time again to think more for themselves and their families, but Cong Fei attitude is resolute: "We have a room to live and eat, there is no need to compare with others houses and cars. Those children in the mountains are waiting for my money to complete their studies, how can I bear to let them down?" Liu Jiazeng to the reporter said that the two differences with the increase in the amount of Cong Fei donation is also growing, and then finally because of a sudden thing completely quarrel.
At the end of 2001, Cong Fei received a phone call from a child in a poor mountainous area to ask for money, that year, Cong Fei spent more than 100,000 for the children of the poor mountainous areas, and handed over to his wife's hands to support the family less than 20,000 yuan. Cong Fei hesitated for a long time, or open his mouth to his wife for money. Wife angrily counted down to him: "You put the hard-earned money to others, but let me and my children follow you to live in such a poor life, you are really the biggest fool under the sky!
Not long after, his wife went to court to sue for divorce, leaving his 2-year-old daughter to Cong Fei, left the house alone.
Cong Fei's blow is not the only one, many friends learned that, in the face of their son to help others and make their own lives in such a difficult situation, Cong Fei's parents can not understand. They accused Cong Fei of saying: "Doing good should be a point of view, to put their own family life first arrangements, which can be like you only for others do not want to their own?"
In the face of his wife's departure, his parents blame, Cong Fei into the pain.
"'Did I do wrong?' Cong Fei asked himself in his heart, but he quickly dismissed his doubts when he thought of the children's expectant gaze." On the phone, Liu Jiazeng's voice trembled, "He knew he had to do everything he could to bring joy and hope to the children struggling in poverty."
The life and death of the time still don't forget to donate to the school, the amazing act of charity touched Shenzhen
In the spring of 2003, due to the impact of the SARS epidemic, Cong Fei's performance opportunities are greatly reduced. Without the show, Cong Fei will have no income, the children's tuition will become a problem. In order to make the children pay tuition in time, Cong Fei had to borrow 100,000 yuan from friends and relatives, before the start of the school year as scheduled to the children to send. After the end of SARS, in order to pay back these debts as soon as possible, Cong Fei play like life around the performance, often a day on three or four shows. As a result of long hours of overload, from the spring of 2004, Cong Fei's stomach often severe pain, but also often spit blood, blood, family and friends advised him to hospitalization. But think of the high cost of medical care, he refused, only in the outpatient clinic prescribed some oral medication to maintain.
In January 2005, Cong Fei participated in six charity shows for the tsunami victims in Southeast Asia. Liu Jiazeng recalled that at that time, Cong Fei's condition was already very serious, even the food was difficult to swallow. However, he insisted on attending the six performances and donated 1.5 million yuan for the treatment of his illness. When Cong Fei endured great pain and insisted on finishing the last show, he began to vomit blood and was in a coma for a long time.
When his family sent him to the hospital, the doctor said he needed to be admitted immediately or his life would be in danger. Because there is no health insurance, Cong Fei treatment can only be all out of pocket, which is not any savings for Cong Fei, undoubtedly a difficult to bear the expenses. Hospitalized for 3 days, he looked at the medical fee schedule, scared wide-eyed: "3 days to spend more than 1,800 yuan, and then live on, what do we pay medical bills ah?" He forced his family to go through the discharge procedures.
On April 22, in Shenzhen, the local media appeal, has been constantly spitting blood, blood in the stool of Cong Fei in the Shenzhen People's Hospital, the hospital agreed to take in the case of his treatment money for his treatment. 12 May, the doctor of his stomach ulcer surface biopsy test, found to have been cancerous and belong to the late stage of stomach cancer.
Knowing the news that "Dad" is sick, the children in the remote mountainous areas wrote a heartfelt letter of condolence, they only know that "Dad" stomach hemorrhage, but do not know that the death has been quietly approaching their benefactor. In a letter to Cong Fei, Luo Yanyan, a girl in her second year of high school in Zhijin County, Guizhou Province, wrote: "Dad, I'm very grateful to you for the infinite love you've always shown me. You have not only greatly helped me materially, but also given me so much encouragement spiritually. In my heart, you have long become my real father, and I will never forget you in my whole life. Learned that you are sick, stomach bleeding, my heart is particularly sad, I really hate can not let me to endure the torture of the disease on your behalf ...... "Zhijin County, there is an ethnic minority orphan called Yan language gently, the summer of 2000, Cong Fei first saw this 8-year-old thin girl, immediately decided to take charge of her All tuition and living expenses. This year's Spring Festival, Cong Fei will never leave the cottage of the little Yanyu received in Shenzhen for the New Year. In the 12-year-old girl's heart, Cong Fei's father is not only full of love for her, or a father who is always full of strength. Suddenly heard the news that Cong Fei sick hospitalized, she was sad: "Dad never sick, now how sick hospitalized? He is tired and sick from raising us." She wrote to her dad again and again, saying that she was praying for his early recovery in her dreams.
Another college student called Cong Fei to apologize, saying, "I am a college student who received your financial support four years ago. I used to think that you are a singer, a performance fee can get one or two million dollars, so from time to time to make some additional requests, spend up did not feel any uneasy. I now realize that in order to subsidize more than a hundred students to study, you bear so much pressure, even sick can not afford to spend money to cure, which is I did not think of in any case, I feel guilty for my own ignorance ......"
Looking at the children a letter of sincere feelings, listening to the The children a voice of concern greetings, Cong Fei said he all the effort is worth it.
Even in life and death, Cong Fei still did not forget his responsibility, he told a few friends said: "You must think of more ways to let these children continue to study ah ......" May 17, he left the money donated to him for treatment After three courses of chemotherapy, he took out 20,000 yuan to take to the poor mountainous areas of Zijin County, Guizhou. He struggled to Guizhou's "sons and daughters" recorded a paragraph: "Children: Dad can not come to see you in person, but Dad misses you, and I hope you can study well, and in the future to become a useful person to society ... ..."
Cong Fei's amazing act of righteousness so that countless Shenzhen people moved, according to Liu Jiazeng, in the Cong Fei hospitalization period, many people have come to visit. "There is an old lady to see Cong Fei, before leaving hard to leave a few hundred dollars, ask her what her last name where she refused to say." Liu Jiazeng exclaimed.
The reporter learned that in order to save Cong Fei, the hospital set up a special treatment team, consisting of gastroenterology, gastrointestinal surgery, pathology, oncology, traditional Chinese medicine, and other departments of the authority of experts. Relevant parties also acted quickly to solve many practical problems for Cong Fei. Shenzhen Bureau of Labor and Social Security and the Municipal Committee of the Youth League *** with the efforts of only three days to do for Cong Fei transferred to Shenzhen transfer order and settlement in Shenzhen approval procedures. Hospitals and health bureau leaders and labor and social security bureau leaders have repeatedly expressed the intention to Cong Fei's treatment to open a "green medical channel", at all costs, full treatment.
Liu Jiazeng said in an interview with a reporter at the weekend newspaper, the current Cong Fei's condition is quite stable, the following soon to be the third stage of chemotherapy. Liu Jiazeng said: "Now in addition to Cong Fei's condition, the other we do not care. All of us friends hope that he can tide over the difficulties."
Source: Weekend Newspaper