Comedian Bao Chung spent 300 taels of gold to buy a supercar, even the players had to respect him
Bao Chung used to be a very wealthy comedian, and after a short time performing, he was able to buy a house on the main road. Because of his wealth, Bao Chung invested in supercars, once spending 300 taels of gold to buy a car while a house on a big road only cost 280 taels.
Act and make money at the same time
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| Comedian Bao Chung spent 300 taels of gold to buy a supercar, even the players had to respect him. |
At the age of 5, Bao Chung entered the temple.He knew how to sing vọng cổ. At the age of 15, he left home to join a cải lương troupe, becoming a singer with the stage name Phương Lâm. In the early days of singing, Bảo Chung was accepted as a disciple by the famous singer Duy Khánh but was not allowed to go on stage to sing like everyone else. In return, in his free time, Duy Khánh taught Bảo Chung how to get his voice and sing with vibrato. One time Bảo Chung went to the Sông Hàn cải lương troupe, and the troupe was short of a second actor, so the manager asked Bảo Chung to audition and he was accepted into the troupe that very day.
He said: "Once I played the role of a blind knight, the character had to close his eyes to sing but the microphone kept drifting somewhere, forcing me to open my eyes to look for it. The audience burst into laughter and the actors and actresses that night cursed me out." After 3 years of working in the industry, there was a time when the troupe had 3 main actors, so the show producer advised Bao Chung to switch to comedy because he saw that he had talent.
At that time, Bao Chung found comedy easy to do, so he kept coming out with his skinny appearance.stageThe audience laughed. But when he joined the Saigon 3 troupe, Bao Chung understood what professional comedy was. "Because in this troupe there were Mr. Ba Van, He Minh, Van Chung, Kim Quang... They were big names at that time, I had no chance to sing so I just stayed backstage watching the whole time," he said.
Bao Chung continued: "Perhaps seeing that I was diligent, polite and willing to learn, many people loved me. Among the benefactors, artist Thanh Duoc adopted me as his adopted brother. Comedian Van Chung adopted me as his disciple. Then during the show, Uncle Ba Van, who was in the wings, listened to me sing for less than 5 minutes and praised me. After that, he decided to adopt me. This was a great blessing for me because not everyone has this privilege. One time, teacher Van Chung was busy running a show, and the whole group asked me to sing in his place.
At first, I didn't dare because I was afraid of being criticized for stealing the teacher's role. The whole troupe scolded me for being stubborn. Finally, I had to go on stage to perform. That time, the group possessed me or something, so when I sang, the audience laughed so much. I caught the eye of artist Thanh Dien. He gave me the role of Tran Loi in the playWings of the EagleAfter performing for 3 months, I was able to buy a car.
The rumor spread far and wide, Tran Huu Trang troupe invited Bao Chung to play the role of the hamlet chief who dared to seduce the revolutionary cadre's wife in the play.Song of Finding Mother. "I was enthusiastically admired by the audience for this role. At that time, I got 50 thousand for each performance. Show producer Duy Ngoc saw that and invited me to join his troupe to perform comedy. I got 200 thousand for each performance, and I performed at least 4 shows each night, so I could both perform and make money.
At that time, comedy was usually about making the audience laugh, but I played a medley of comedy from old music songs, so the audience really liked it. The shows became more and more popular, to the point that overseas people heard about my reputation and sent me invitations to sing," Bao Chung recalled. Being famous, Bao Chung was invited to the show.Drizzleand in just a short time he bought a house with a street frontage right in the center.
Buy a car worth a house on the street
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| Bao Chung is famous for his passion for cars. |
Talking about car playing, Bao Chung is famous in showbiz. Up to now, he has "played" with 52 cars, all of which are super cars. Once, he hugged 300 taels of gold to buy a car while at that time, houses on the street in District 5 only had 280 taels of gold. "Remembering the scene where my wife hugged the gold, cried and begged, "Honey, please buy a house.""is something I can never forget".
Someone compared me to Cuong Dollar in playing cars. I think we are both passionate about cars, but the way we play is very different. Cuong makes a profit when he sells his cars, but I always lose money when I play cars. A week after I bought my new car, the owner called me in an advertisement: "Mr. Chung, I just imported this car, it's the best in the world. If you had this car, no one in the world could compare to you.. Hearing that, I felt like I was going to die. I was performing from Da Nang to Saigon, and as soon as I stepped out of the airport, I saw a car waiting to take me home. In this situation, I had to sell my old car at a loss to buy a new one," Bao Chung said.
Because of my passion for carscomedianThere are also many memories with cars that just mentioning them makes his eyes light up. "Once I saw a car with license plate 0123 parked in front of the restaurant where I was having breakfast. I liked it so much that I asked the owner directly:I love it so much, is there any way you can sell it to me?The boss laughed and then scolded:Come on grandpa, I just bought this car for my wife and you're talking about bad luck..
But three days later, I heard that his wife complained that the car was too small, unable to carry the children and their belongings, so she decided to sell it, so I bought it immediately. That time, I just climbed in and started the engine, hearing the car growl, I refused to get out of the car because I was so happy. When I got home that night, I couldn't sleep, I was so excited to show off the car to my friends in the morning. One time, I parked the car right in front of the Pedagogical University, opened the car's doors like an eagle spreading its wings, the students gathered around to admire the car, some even shouted:Oh my god what a cool car!. Honestly, just hearing that made me swoon.
Bao Chung said he remembered most the first convertible he used for a performance, which was fined by the police for sawing off the roof. I whispered to him:This car is my only one.. Then I pressed the button, two doors popped up, he gaped and shook his head:What kind of artist drives such an amazing car?, the comedian recalled. Bao Chung said that every time he returns to the US, his family is very scared because Bao Chung has a good "record", so every time he wants to change his car, the banks are very happy. "In the US, people don't dare to play with cars like in Vietnam because I change my car every year, so the Americans respect me a lot."
Although he is a respectable car driver, Bao Chung is very afraid of motorbikes because of a memorable accident. Once, he bought a motorbike for 18 thousand USD (about 400 million VND), at night he got dressed and rode it to the 126 stage to perform with the mentality that he had a name. "Unexpectedly, the motorbike flipped over, luckily many people ran to help the motorbike up, otherwise he would have broken his leg. The next morning, I immediately sold the motorbike even though after a day I had lost 4 thousand USD (about 100 million VND)", Bao Chung said.
Another time, while driving to breakfast, just as he arrived at the restaurant, a car suddenly crashed into Bao Chung's car, causing him to feel as if his chest was being ripped apart from the pain. From then on, Bao Chung's family forbade him from riding a motorbike because it was too dangerous.
Overcoming family shock
There was a time when Bao Chung's family was in turmoil, making him so sad that he didn't want to do anything. At that time, Bao Chung spent all his show's salary, a tael of gold, to go drinking all day. Seeing that, Ms. Dung, Director of Rang Dong, analyzed, begged, threatened... and finally "entice" him by saying: "I'll give Bao Chung a new car, in return, sign a 3-year contract with me!". Feeling motivated, Bao Chung worked hard to film in the morning and perform at night, so he had no time to go drinking and be sad. Bao Chung's life was fortunate to change thanks to Ms. Dung. When asked if comedy has changed much nowadays, he thoughtfully said: "Comedy is different in each era, now it has to be updated constantly. The script must have a realistic social nature, too far away from it is ruined. In the past, a script "successful" for 5 years, now it only takes 15 minutes for the play to end because as soon as I perform on top, the audience below livestreams to watch and the surprise is gone."
Comedian Bao Chung also considers carefully each time he appears and does not sing a song for fun because he believes that when he goes on stage, the audience must laugh. "My forte is comedy, so I'm afraid the audience will say: 'Mr. Bao Chung is out of date, he sings a lot but no one laughs'. To be an artist, you have to know how to maintain your reputation," he said.