How rich are the real-life Tang Monk and his disciples from 'Journey to the West 1986'?

More than 30 years ago, the movieJourney to the Westaired and immediately became a beloved drama. Not only was it a hit in China, the drama also became a phenomenon throughout Asia and made audiences eagerly await it.

To date, the filmJourney to the West 1986The film has been shown over and over again about 3,000 times but has always received the welcome and support of the audience. The success of the film also helped the cast become stars in one step, with many changes in their lives and careers.

"Tang Monk" Chi Trong Thuy

Among the cast of Journey to the West 1986, Tang Seng Chi Zhong Rui is considered to have the most massive fortune. His wife - billionaire Tran Le Hoa is one of the three richest real estate billionaires in China with assets of up to 5.8 billion USD.

"Tang Monk" Tri Trong Thuy and billionaire wife Tran Le Hoa.

Mrs. Tran Le Hoa was originally a daughter of the Manchu family - the last feudal dynasty of China in the 1940s. Chi Trong Thuy's wife traded in antique furniture, and she also opened a factory specializing in manufacturing furniture, creating designs that imitated the antiques she had seen in the palaces in Beijing. In addition, Mrs. Tran Le Hoa still maintained the business of modern furniture to ensure revenue and profit for the company.

In addition, artist Tri Trong Thuy said that he and his wife currently own many luxury hotels both domestically and internationally: "My husband and I own many large hotels in Beijing. We also have luxury hotels all over the world, such as in New Zealand, or Melbourne - Australia...

We have just opened a new Park Hyatt hotel in Sanya. When mentioning Park Hyatt, many people will know that this is one of the world's leading hotel brands. We also invited Park Hyatt to manage our group's domestic and international hotels."

Tri Trong Thuy is the director of the Museum.Chinese Rosewood - the world's first and largest repository of antique wooden furniture.

In addition, Chi Trong Thuy and her husband also built a museum to preserve and conserve Chinese culture and art. She and her husband invested 200 million yuan (about more than 660 billion VND) to build the Chinese Rosewood Museum - the world's first and largest place to preserve and conserve antique wooden furniture.

This museum is built on an area of ​​25,000 m²with an exhibition area of ​​more than 9,500 m², preserving more than 1,000 works of art crafted and sculpted from rosewood such as models of the Forbidden City, Phi Van tower, Long Tuyen pagoda...

Marrying a rich wife, Tri Trong Thuy drives a luxury car and has a private plane.

The villa of Tri Trong Thuy's family is built right behind the museum. In the near future, the artist couple is preparing to open another cultural museum in Beijing.

Married since 1990, the two have remained deeply in love for each other for nearly 30 years. After marrying Mrs. Tran Le Hoa, Tri Trong Thuy almost left the screen to focus on managing the family business.

Talking about the family's huge fortune, Mrs. Tran Le Hoa said that she wrote a will to leave it all to her husband. However, Tri Trong Thuy said that he himself does not need to use too much money so he will leave the property to future generations.

"Pigsy" Ma Dehua

People in the Chinese entertainment industry have a saying: "Above is Tang Monk, below is Ma De Hua - both of them became rich in one step thanks to the support of their relatives"to talk about the rich lives of two actors.

After the classic role, the actor also participated in a number of films such asThe Story of the Old Man, Wu Cheng'en and Journey to the West (2007),In 2011, he starred in the comedy film CFake President, Greedy (2016),...but failed to make any breakthrough on screen.

Ma Duc Hoa and his wife when they were young.

In 1972, Ma Dehua met Hou Yumin. After a period of dating, the two got married and had a son, Ma Yang. Ma Yang (born in 1973) studied abroad in Singapore and returned to open a cultural media company. His career has grown and he owns assets worth hundreds of millions of yuan.

Although private in his personal life, Ma Duc Hoa is very proud to have a successful and talented son.

Being a private person, Ma Duc Hoa lives a simple life and rarely shares about his private life. However, every time he mentions his son, he cannot help but feel proud. Ma Duc Hoa once admitted that he had only been a C-list actor all his life, and without his wife and son, he would never be where he is today.

"Monkey King" Liu Xiao Ling Tong

Taking on the role of Sun Wukong, the Great Sage Equaling Heaven, Liu Xiao Ling Tong received much love from the audience. Successfully portraying the role of Sun Wukong, who is intelligent, quick-witted but mischievous and arrogant, Liu Xiao Ling Tong became a famous star overnight. However, because he could not escape the role of Sun Wukong, Liu Xiao Ling Tong's career path encountered many difficulties.

Too successful with the role of Ton Ngo Khong, Luc Tieu Linh Dong was stereotyped in character and struggled in his career.

However, the success of the role of Sun Wukong also brought him a lot of economic profit. For more than 3 decades, Liu Xiao Ling Tong has benefited a lot from the image of the monkey king.

The actor has participated in countless commercials, published books, and personally produced a film about Sun Wukong. Many years ago, he also entrusted his management company to register the copyright of the image of “Skysheng”.

But with this role, Liu Xiao Ling Tong became the representative face for many products for children.

Up to now, Liu Xiao Ling Tong has been the representative face of many prestigious products such as candy, mineral water, chilled lotus heart tea, jelly, hydrogen water, lotus seed tea, children's clothes and shoes...

In addition, he also opened the Liu Xiao Ling Tong Experimental Culture Company. The company is the sole legal representative for Liu Xiao Ling Tong's image in all fields such as participating in the production of feature films, television, publishing, printing, cultural exchange, commercial representation, products related to children...

He also received many invitations to lecture from universities at home and abroad.

Owning the exclusive rights to Sun Wukong's image helped Liu Xiao Ling Tong receive many invitations to give lectures and talks at universities in and outside the country. He was also invited by many schools to be an honorary professor.

In 2013, the Liu Xiao Ling Tong Art Institute in Shanghai officially opened with an area of ​​3,000 square meters.²This is where many valuable images of Liu Xiao Ling Tong during his artistic career are displayed, along with many documents about him.Journey to the West.

danviet.vn