Everyone knows that Qiong Yao has money, but no one knows how rich Qiong Yao really is.
Recently, the mansion "Keyuan" purchased by Qiong Yao and her second husband is about to be demolished. The mansion is a 7-storey villa with luxuriously furnished mahogany furniture, with a market capitalization of NT$2.5 billion or nearly RMB600 million in 2013.
Although no one has seen what is inside the "Keyuan", it frequently appears in Aunt Qiong Yao's text.
There are even many Qiong Yao dramas, which are filmed in Keyuan Garden, such as "A Curtain of Dreams" and so on.
In addition to the ultra-luxurious configuration and stylish interior, the main body of the 7 floors, there is also a clear pool, a chic octagonal pavilion, dotted with a lot of greenery, like a paradise in the downtown.
Covering an area of more than 200 square meters, Keyuan Passed the "Reconstruction Plan for the Elderly" at the end of 2021 and will be open to the public for two days on the 23rd and 24th in April 2022.
That is, these two days, so that many ordinary people can see the scenery inside Qiong Yao's mansion, about Qiong Yao's huge property and many past events, also began to emerge in the hearts of the melon-eating masses.
Today, Tomato Jun will take you to understand the legendary experience of Aunt Qiongyao, and by the way, solve the questions for everyone over the years: including this "Garden" villa, how rich is Qiongyao?
I. "China's First Famous Family"
Qiong Yao was born in 1938, her real name is Chen Zhe, she was born in an extremely prominent family, this family, even by many readers as "China's first famous door and noble family" title.
Tomato Jun may wish to count the well-known big figures in the Qiong Yao family.
Qiong Yao's great grandfather Yuan Lizhun was the teacher of Puyi, the "last emperor", and together with Chen Baochen, Lu Runyu, and Johnston, he was known as puyi's four great emperors.
He was once the editor of the Hanlin Academy of the Qing Dynasty and the examiner of the examination, and was in charge of the ordering system and approval of all the students' topics in the Qing Dynasty, and had great power.
During the Republic of China period, Yuan Lizhun successively served as the supervisor of Beijing Normal University (now Peking University) and a professor at Fu Jen University.
In addition to his famous career and knowledge, Yuan Lizhun is also a master of calligraphy and painting, and his calligraphy is particularly accomplished, and the famous three words of "Xinhuamen" are from Yuan Lizhun's hand.
Qiong Yao's aunt, Yuan Xiaoyuan, the cousin of Qiong Yao's mother, was the first female diplomat and tax director, and a famous calligrapher and painter, and her paintings were worth a lot, and her calligraphy works cost 50,000 pieces per square foot.
Another aunt, Yuan Xinggui, is a famous writer who has passed down works such as "The Biography of the New Children's Hero".
In addition, Qiong Yao's third uncle Yuan Xingyun is a well-known expert in literature and history, a researcher of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, and his cousin Yuan Xingpei is the dean of the Peking University Research Institute.
Qiong Yao's maternal grandfather Yuan Liheng was one of the founders of the Bank of Communications, who served as a manager at Kaifeng Bank, participated in the founding of the Bank of Communications of the Republic of China, and served as the first president of the Bank of Communications, and was a famous financier during the Republic of China.
Yuan Liheng is also known as the father of China's banking industry.
Qiong Yao's father, Chen Zhiping, was the chief editor of the Chinese History textbook, a well-known Chinese historian and president of the Fu Jen University Alumni Association.
Qiong Yao's mother, Yuan Xingshu, was a Chinese language teacher at Taipei Municipal Jianguo Middle School and a famous painter.
Qiong Yao's grandfather, Chen Moxi, is a big man.
He was the elder of the Republic of China, who followed Mr. Zhongshan at the age of twenty, participated in the Northern Expedition, founded the True Republic Newspaper, participated in the campaign against Yuan Shikai, and personally led the Qinzhou Uprising.
Mr. Chen Moxi has been a man of great service throughout his life, and his works have been abundant, including six volumes of "Hidden Writings" and six volumes of "Poetry Cun", and after returning to his hometown, he made a living by teaching and educating people.
Qiong Yao's younger brother Chen Huaigu, a famous painter, has held many solo exhibitions, and his works are about 60,000 yuan per square foot.
Qiong Yao's sister Chen Jinchun and brother-in-law Chen Zhuangfei, a former NASA scientist and co-founder of General Sciences Corp Technology Consulting, are considered to be one of the pioneers of Chinese entrepreneurship in the United States.
There is also an interesting thing, that Qiong Yao's uncle and Jin Yong's cousin are husband and wife, so Jin Yong has become Qiong Yao's cousin.
Because Xu Zhimo was Jin Yong's cousin, Xu Zhimo naturally became Qiong Yao's cousin.
And Qian Xuesen's wife Jiang Ying is also Jin Yong's cousin, so the Jiang family and the Qian family also have various relatives with Qiong Yao.
Slowly put it down, you will find that Qiong Yao's family is full of social elites and well-known people.
Therefore, the saying of "the first famous family of contemporary people" is not an empty wind.
Second, from scum to writer
Chen Zhe, also known as Qiong Yao, was born in 1938 in Chengdu, Sichuan.
Her family is very good, her family is prominent, her parents are high-level intellectuals, and she has a twin brother, and her life is very interesting.
Unfortunately, little Qiong Yao was born in a chaotic world, and soon the flames of war burned over.
Qiong Yao, who was only 6 years old, and her brother followed her mother and father and began a wandering exile. On the way, because of the disappearance of her brother, the Qiong Yao family even thought about committing suicide, because of Qiong Yao's crying, her parents gave up this idea.
Until the age of 11, Qiong Yao lived a stable life, because the ability of her father and mother could not give Qiong Yao such a solid life in Chengdu, but the family's food and clothing could at least be guaranteed.
Along the way, the journey and wandering allowed Qiong Yao to see a variety of vivid characters, experience various real things, understand the sufferings of the people and the world, and also lay the foundation for her future writing.
Qiong Yao's study is very bad, compared to her brother and sister who scored 100 points, Qiong Yao is simply a "scum", her mathematics can often only be scored 20 points, so she has been counted down by her parents countless times.
At the age of 16, Qiong Yao almost committed suicide by swallowing medicine after being reprimanded by her mother for her poor grades.
However, Qiong Yao also has her own talent, that is, memory. In this regard, Qiong Yao was talented from an early age, she had a unique perception of language, published her first novel at the age of nine, published the article "Fantasy" under the pseudonym of Lü Gui at the age of 14, and published the article "Cloud Shadow" under the pseudonym of Xinru at the age of 16.
But literary and artistic girls are often sensitive in their hearts, 16 years old, in the youth, the love dou dou just opened the third year of high school girl Qiong Yao, actually liked the Chinese language teacher who was more than 20 years old.
Because of the poor grades, other teachers always looked at Qiong Yao coldly, only this Chinese teacher cared for her, and he became a beam of light in Qiong Yao's life.
But at that time, this was already unrequited love, and after Qiong Yao's mother learned of this matter, she resolutely rushed to the school to report the teacher, and even called the police.
In the end, the teacher was dismissed from public office, and the relationship ended early in infancy.
Although the two did not meet, they often corresponded, and they agreed that Qiong Yao would write their story into a novel and publish it. So we saw the famous "Outside the Window", when Qiong Yao was just 25 years old.
Subsequently, Qiong Yao's life began to be on the right track, and with the help of her parents, she married Qingjun (real name Ma Senqing), who was also a writer, and Qingjun was a high-caliber student in foreign languages.
The two are also considered to be the right family, and they have a son after marriage. Although they are both writers, Qingjun and Qiongyao have completely different writing paths.
Qingjun focuses on serious and esoteric literature, while Qiong Yao is romantic. After marriage, the two had many disputes over their careers, Qingjun said that Qiongyao's novel was childish, and Qiongyao said that Qingjun's article was poor, and the two began to dislike each other.
With the reprint of "Outside the Window" by major magazines, Qiong Yao's reputation is getting bigger and bigger, but Qingjun has not seen any improvement, and he can't erase his face as a macho macho, so he simply gives up writing and finds a factory to work.
After the crisis of this relationship, Qiong Yao's "Outside the Window" was favored by the "Crown" magazine, and the person in power of "Crown" at that time was Ping Xintao.
After that, Qiong Yao often submitted the manuscript to the "Crown", and the two then exchanged feelings for each other, to the point of meeting.
Although Ping Xintao has married and had children, he does not shy away from his feelings with Qiong Yao, and at the same time, Qiong Yao's writing has begun to mature, and "Crown" has earned a lot of money with Qiong Yao's romance novels, and Ping Xintao has also gained both love and career, which can be called "win-win".
Qiong Yao did not know that Ping Xintao had a family at first, and after knowing it, she wanted to quit many times, but every time Ping Xintao always threatened her life.
After many years, Ping Xintao divorced the original partner, and three years later gave Qiong Yao a marriage certificate, and also bought today's "Keyuan" for her.
After that, Qiong Yao was responsible for the creation, "Crown" was responsible for the copyright distribution of the book, the husband and wife worked together to earn a lot of wealth, in 2017, Ping Xintao suffered a stroke and dementia, and died shortly after.
For Qiong Yao, who is now 84 years old, she does not know how she views this relationship. But at this stage of life, I think everything has been seen.
Third, billions of dollars
Qiong Yao has never revealed her wealth, but from the speculation of her popular works, film and television adaptations and copyrights over the years, it is not difficult for us to know Qiong Yao's family background.
In fact, as early as 1965, when Qiong Yao was 27 years old, her works had already begun to be adapted into film and television works.
The "Wanjun Cousin" and "Dumb Girl's Deep Love" filmed by China Film in that year were the first time that Qiong Yao's works were remade into movies.
In 1967, Shaw remade three more films of Qiong Yao, and Qiong Yao found that his novel adaptation was profitable, so in the late 1970s, he established a joint venture with Ping Xintao, Sheng Zhuru and others to set up a superstar film company to shoot films based on his own works.
At that time, the superstar film industry won countless stars because of the Qiong Yao movie, known as the first generation of "Qiong Girl", such as Lin Qingxia, Lin Fengjiao, of course, there are male protagonists, such as Deng Guangrong, Qin Han and so on.
In the late 1980s, Qiong Yao turned to the television circle and filmed a series of "Qiong Yao dramas", and the Qiong Yao romance dramas that were popular across the taiwan strait and three places also swept across Southeast Asia like a tornado.
At this time, the second generation of "Qiong Girl" was also popular, Liu Xuehua, Xiao Qiang, Lin Xinru, Chen Derong, etc. were all fired up in this time period with Qiong Yao drama, and the male protagonists who caught fire at the same time also had Lin Ruiyang and Ma Jingtao, who we know well.
In the mid-to-late 1990s, the "Qiongyao-style" popular comedy began a new round of star-making trends, and the post-90s enlightenment dramas such as "Love Deep rain" and "A Curtain of Dreams" are his representative works.
Among them, Zhang Jiani, Qin Lan, Li Sheng, and Hailu are known as the "new generation of Qiong Girls".
Being able to single-handedly win so many superstars, Aunt Qiong Yao will certainly not earn less.
According to statistics, from the beginning of creation to the present, Qiong Yao has a total of 22 short works, 72 prose and novel works, plus picture books and online texts, and more than 100 works.
According to Phoenix Weekly, in the 1990s, Huacheng Publishing House obtained the mainland copyright of "The Complete Works of Qiong Yao" and paid more than 3 million yuan in royalties.
And this is just one of Qiong Yao's more than 70 best-selling novels.
Before 2007's "A Curtain of Dreams", Qiong Yao Opera's videotape rights and radio and television broadcast rights exceeded 200 million yuan in mainland China alone.
At the peak of the 3 "Huan Zhu Ge Ge", the copyright fee alone was up to 100 million yuan.
Don't forget, "Huan Zhu Ge Ge" is also very popular in Southeast Asia, plus the Thai version of the Vietnamese version, etc., overseas copyright revenue has long exceeded 100 million yuan.
That is to say, the benefits brought to Qiong Yao by the IP of "Returning the Pearl" alone will exceed 500 million yuan.
In addition to "Huan Zhu", there are many Qiong Yao dramas that are popular all over the country, adding up to a calculation, the film and television copyright of this piece, Qiong Yao's income is more than 1 billion yuan.
In addition to these, Qiong Yao and her husband also run a huge business empire, and their common enterprise Crown Culture Group, with a valuation of more than $100 million and revenue of more than 10 billion New Taiwan dollars.
Although the outside world does not know the distribution of property after the death of Qiong Yao's husband, it is generally believed that Qiong Yao received 600 million yuan, Keyuan Villa and Crown Pictures under Crown Culture.
If the valuation of Keyuan Villa is about 600 million, then Qiong Yao's property will have an additional 1.2 billion.
The valuation and revenue of Crown Pictures are not yet counted. This film and television company has a variety of businesses, the most important of which is to create a whole industry chain of profits around Qiong Yao's works.
The part of the creation is the responsibility of Qiong Yao, and the subsequent publishing, distribution, film and television adaptation, artist signing, shooting and production, derivatives, IP creation, etc., are all taken care of by Qiong Yao's family.
For example, the general manager of the company is Qiong Yao's daughter-in-law He Xiaoqiong, and the general producer is his son Chen Zhongwei. The income brought by this industrial chain to Qiong Yao every year is also calculated in the amount of 100 million yuan.
After her husband's death, Qiong Yao took back the copyright of 65 of her own works from Crown Culture, which was run by Ping Xintao's children. These works will be Qiong Yao's chicken that can produce golden eggs in the future.
After winning the plagiarism dispute, Qiong Yao waved a big hand and used all the compensation of 5 million yuan as a fund to fund and cultivate young students with original spirit, which shows that in Qiong Yao's eyes, 5 million yuan is not money at all, which also proves from the side that Qiong Yao's wealth is huge.
We add up the various benefits mentioned above: the copyright fee of the initial book + the copyright of the video tape + the right to broadcast radio and television + the right to adapt the film and television work + the right to distribute overseas + the derivative IP + cash + the company + real estate + shares...
Aunt Qiong Yao's conservative wealth should have exceeded 2.5 billion yuan.
Of course, this is not counted, in the recent auction of the renovation of Keyuan, everyone found that qiongyao's villa, there are many precious cultural relics and paintings and antiques.
There are a lot of things related to film and television, and Qiong Yao also directly marked the label of "auction".
For example, the writing manuscript of "Plum Blossom Three Alleys".
The mask in Ghost Husband.
And a lot of precious peripherals...
Of course, for Qiong Yao, these are also drizzle-like small money.
Qiong Yao and Ping Xintao, it is difficult to say who has achieved whom. Without Qiong Yao's works, Crown Culture may still be a small company today, so many people say that Ping Xintao ate Qiong Yao's "soft rice".
But without the adaptation of the crown, Qiong Yao may not have gained such a big reputation, and the two complement each other.
Qiong Yao, who is now 84 years old, has long lost the sharpness of that year, and she is in good spirits, wearing a red Chinese dress, taking a photo with her two granddaughters.
Maybe her family is her only obstacle.
In March 2020, Qiong Yao posted a letter to withdraw from the net forever, saying that she would pursue the last paradise of life. This may also be the advice she leaves to her readers.
No matter how much property there is, life does not bring death.
What we remember is the childhood time that Qiong Yao brought us. A person can create a huge amount of wealth with a pen, and Qiong Yao is also a miracle of a new era.
May there be more such miracles in the world, and I hope that Qiong Yao will be happy, healthy and healthy in her old age.
(Rotten Tomatoes Editorial Board: Ichiichi)