Ngoc Son is afraid of living alone in a 1,000-tael gold villa.
When asked: "What are you most worried about?", Ngoc Son cried, afraid that his mother would die early, and he would live alone without a wife, children, or family in a 1,000-tael gold villa.
ProgrammeKnock on the doorEpisode 24 aired on HTV7, Quoc Thuan and Ngoc Lan visited the houseNgoc SonLocated on a prime land in District 1, Ho Chi Minh City. Like many people who have visited this special villa, the MC couple could not help but admire and enjoy the gold-plated "8 sincere things of Ngoc Son" sign right at the entrance. Ngoc Son currently lives with his mother, Mrs. Pham Thi Kim Loan (77 years old), in this house.
Mother is away, Ngoc Son lives in darkness because he doesn't have 8 million to pay the electricity bill.
Ms. Loan said she met, fell in love with and married her late husband while she was still a teacher in Do Son. Therefore, she gave birth to a son and named him Ngoc Son. Since childhood, Ngoc Son had an artistic talent, often playing the guitar and singing traditional and modern music for his mother to listen to.
"Back then, I was very fond of cockfighting. I knew that a cock specialized for fighting had to be trained in martial arts. Me too, before entering the Institute of Music Research, I had trained since I was young. In middle school and high school, I often sang at weddings. When I entered the theater school, everyone praised:Where is this guy? He sings so well., but it is a constant training from childhood", Ngoc Son said.
Mrs. Loan proudly said that whenever Ngoc Son has free time, he cooks for his mother and gives all the money he makes to his mother. Ngoc Son lets his mother have the house and keep all the assets because he wants her to be happy. During the pandemic, Ngoc Son mostly stays at home to work out, writes music in the studio and spends most of his time cooking and eating with his mother.
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Respecting her son's wishes, Ngoc Son's mother was still heartbroken. |
Quoc Thuan asked:If Ngoc Son wants his uncle to be happier, he must have a daughter-in-law?, the male singer of "Father's Love" immediately responded: "Whoever wants to marry me, raise your hand! I don't have any standards for my dream wife, I just follow my heart. No matter who that person is, what they do, or what their position is in society, I respect them and they deserve to be respected. I'm still waiting for fate, but who wants to marry me now?".
Ngoc Lan analyzed that maybe because of Ngoc Son's career and assets, the women around him feel self-conscious and do not dare to approach him. In particular, Ngoc Son is famous for being filial, which may make his future wife afraid that she will not be as thoughtful. Ngoc Son agreed: "That's why I'm single now, it's so miserable!".
After that, the four of them divided up the work, Ngoc Son and Ngoc Lan went to the kitchen to prepare dinner while Quoc Thuan and Mrs. Kim Loan stayed behind to chat. Ngoc Son said that he gave all his salary from his performances to his mother, and asked her for anything he needed to spend. One time, Mrs. Loan was far away, and because of the tropical depression causing heavy rain, she could not return in time. Ngoc Son needed 8 million VND to pay the electricity bill but did not have it. As a result, after 3 days, the electricity to his villa was cut off, and he had to "live in the dark".
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Ngoc Son is filial to his mother. |
Ngoc Son is afraid of loneliness
In the living room, Quoc Thuan listened to the emotional confession of Ngoc Son's mother: "My family has 4 children, but Ngoc Son is most like his mother, from the way he eats, lives, and speaks. Each sibling has a different personality, but they don't get angry easily and still meet happily together. The whole family is worried about Ngoc Son because he doesn't have children."
Ngoc Son worked very hard, spending all day and night recording and writing music. It was Mrs. Loan who gave her son advice on topics about his father, homeland, country... In the past, when Ngoc Son performed, she sat in the audience listening to what people said so she could give her son advice. She also revealed that Ngoc Son had a wish to become a monk and decided to donate his body to medical science.
"Son explained a lot but I was so sad. I felt so sorry for him. I know donating his body is a noble act but he has no wife or children. His parents died, he got old and sick with no one to take care of him, and when he died he donated his body to medicine. Just thinking about it makes me cry," she said with tears in her eyes.
During the meal, Ngoc Son said that although he and his mother lived in the same house, they still often sent each other loving messages and occasionally visited his mother's room. In response to Quoc Thuan's sudden question:What are you most worried about?Ngoc Son immediately replied: "I'm afraid my mother will die early."
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Ngoc Son cried. |
The male artist stopped his meal and cried: "Recently, my mother was afraid that if she suddenly died, what would happen to my assets, so she planned to transfer all the papers to me. I immediately said:I don't need. Until now, I am most worried about my mother's early death. I don't want my mother to worry about anything because she is the only one. My mother gave me the papers, but I didn't look at them. I don't need anything. This 1,000 billion VND house is a small matter. I just need my mother to live well with me."
Ngoc Son's love for his mother made Ngoc Lan realize her own shortcomings. She said that sometimes because she was busy, she did not pay enough attention to her mother. That is also the message that the program conveys.Knock on the doorwant to convey to the audience.
After the show, VietNamNet contacted Ngoc Son about the information about the villa worth 1,000 billion VND. The representative said he was so emotional that he made a mistake. The correct information is that the villaMillenniumworth about 1,000 taels of gold when it was first built, the current value is estimated at several hundred billion VND, not up to 1,000 billion.