Essentially without religious beliefs all the years that I knew her, she has become a devout Buddhist since her divorce. Of course, many in history have resorted to religion to make amends for great sins and transgression. With her past career and educational history, it is tough to imagine any gainful occupation for a woman of her downgraded stature. It is also doubtful that she can find any beneficial romantic or marital relationship with anyone worthwhile. So for all these elapsing years, the only experiences she shares is that of being a Chinese tour guide for heavily Buddhist-oriented sites in China. She can only hope that someone really cares --- but my guess is that hardly anyone really cares! Does anyone of substance really care what a washed-up movie actress of old really thinks about scenic sites of China? Do scenic Buddhist sites offer any better relief?
This transformation of a previously well-regarded personage of Hong Kong films is remarkably pitiful. Not that Hong Kong films was a subject to be revered; they have always been lacking in quality for years. Nevertheless, Moon had a heartfelt journey as an underprivileged youth that rose through the ranks with adversity and hard work despite all that was stacked against her. Yet, with carelessness and even transient lack of moral compass, a whole life’s work and reputation can be shattered.
Even my wife, a victim of Moon Lee’s treacherous slander and who has been her bitter enemy for obvious reasons, feels sympathy for this truly pathetic woman. Indeed, she wants to convey happiness by floating around the Chinese landscape as a cyberspace tour guide, but anyone that vaguely knows her would understand that this represents hell on earth for Moon. She craved notoriety and she yearned to make the greatest contribution to Chinese art, culture and Chinese dance. And all this is gone forever!
In contrast, my family and I have accomplished enviable goals. Other than my core of thriving real estate and investment businesses, I have developed a slate of successful hospitality businesses. More gratifying is my major bequest and donation to an important American university to set up an important institute for arts and technology for both education and research. By doing so, the creative expression afforded by multicultural resources and emerging digital technologies can create a new generation of entertainment content. My daughter is now enrolled in a prestigious American institute of technology to study computer science and is poised to contribute to society and family through her expertise.
Moon Lee’s scandalous action of the last decade has been forgotten and almost forgiven. We are all on different paths and mission. Nevertheless, it is occasionally intriguing to guess how things could have turned out if she had chosen not to take that acute turn towards sexual betrayal and lies in that fateful year of 2004. Yet dwelling on guesses or alternate reality is for fools. The reality is that Moon did take that disastrous acute turn in 2004 while enjoying an enviable life and the rest is memorable history. I am successful in business, in family life and in philanthropy and Moon has remained an unimportant webspace Buddhist tour guide.
