Spring should be good, if you are still here.
In the blink of an eye, Mr. Zhang Guorong has passed 18 years ago.
On March 27, Zheng Danrui, the organizer of the "Thinking of You, Zhang Guorong" concert, invited many fans to share their precious memories of their brother.
Among them, a female fan posted a wedding photo taken with Zhang Guorong. In the photo, the other party is wearing a white dress and standing in front of the auditorium arm in arm with her.
According to reports, this is a lottery held in 1985 when Zhang Guorong launched "For Your Love", and 10 lucky fans were selected and took wedding photos with their brothers.
Female fans also said that they had already been married after taking this group of photos with their brother, "I am already married, I don't have to marry again."
It sounds exaggerated, but it is the most authentic heartfelt statement. After all, no one in the eighties or nineties, or today, can take his place.
Zhang Guorong not only amazed an entire era, but also influenced the lives of many people. The lament is that when he chose to embark on that path of path of no return, there were still people who spared no effort to "borrow" his works to earn a lot of gold and silver...
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="25" > money rolling in</h1>
When introducing himself, Zhang Guorong always liked to call himself a poor and lower-middle peasant in a low-key manner, but in the early years, he was a veritable rich second generation.
At that time, his name was Zhang Fazong. Dad Zhang Huohai is a famous "tailor king" in Hong Kong, and hollywood superstars such as famous director Hitchcock, actor Gary Grant, William Holden and other Hollywood superstars have all been his father's customers.
However, being born in a rich family, it is difficult to withstand the attack of loneliness.
Zhang Guorong once said that from his birth to the death of his parents, he only lived with his father for 5 days during the Spring Festival of a certain year, and the relationship with his mother was also very strange.
Mother and son live together for more than half a year.
Even after becoming famous, his mother would go to him and carefully ask, "Can you borrow a toilet to use?" ”
As for his brothers and sisters, he was even more unable to communicate with them, "Brother Myna is 8 years older than me, what else can I play?" No one pays attention, no one teaches. The eldest sister and I are 18 years apart, and being able to communicate is something that will happen when I grow up."
In this way, Zhang Guorong, who was only 13 years old, went to the Uk to study alone, "I have no sadness at all, no nostalgia at all."
It was not until his father suddenly suffered a stroke during his freshman year that he interrupted his studies and returned to Hong Kong. When Zhang Guorong was not willing to be arranged by his family to work in the factory and planned to open a new path, his father's foreign clothing store closed down due to the current situation.
In order to make a living, Zhang Guorong can only go around doing some small business, selling jeans and working in the law firm.
Later, by chance, he was pulled by a friend to participate in the ATV Singer Competition, unexpectedly won the runner-up, and began his magnificent life.
However, just debuted, the salary is not high, the income is basically negligible.
In 1982, he switched to Huaxing Entertainment Records, and only after releasing his first solo album "The Wind Continues to Blow" the following year did he become an idol singer.
In 1984, when Zhang Guorong was selected as the 7th Top 10 Chinese Golden Song and the 2nd Top 10 Golden Song with the song "Moncia" from the album "Leslie", it was considered to have completely established his status as a superstar in the music world.
In 1985 alone, he broke the record for the first concert of a Hong Kong singer and performed ten consecutive performances in the Red Pavilion.
At the end of 1989, Cheung Kwok Wing announced his farewell to the music scene, and opened 33 consecutive "Farewell Music Concerts" in hong Kong's Red Pavilion, followed by a number of world tour concerts in Singapore, Malaysia, the United States, Canada and other countries.
In 1996, a year after Zhang Guorong announced his comeback, he held 60 "Across 97" world tour in succession.
From 1997 to 2000, he toured Japan with 16 concerts, while setting a record for the number of concerts by a Hong Kong singer in Japan. From July 2000 to April 2001, Zhang Guorong once again held 43 "Hot Love" world tour concerts.
As of 2003, he has performed more than 300 solo concerts. If you calculate the remuneration of 1 million per song, the total income has exceeded 300 million at that time.
During this period, Zhang Guorong also released 37 albums, with cumulative sales of more than 10 million copies. If calculated according to the net income of 10 yuan per album, he has earned hundreds of millions of assets from albums alone.
You should know that Zhang Guorong is also a very good actor, he has starred in or participated in 59 movies and 19 TV series.
One of the world-famous "Farewell to the King" was nominated for the Best Actor at the 27th Cannes International Film Festival and the Best Actor Award at the 46th Cannes Film Festival in France.
His salary has risen from 1 million in the early days to 5 million to 8 million in the later period. According to this calculation, in those years, he also earned about a few hundred million yuan by acting.
Moreover, Zhang Guorong invested in many properties with the assistance of Tang Hede. The most successful one was the sale of Stanley Turtle Back Bay Villa for 68 million yuan in 1997 before the property market crash, making a net profit of 42 million.
In addition, he also has houses in Repulse Bay and Jardine Hill Jia Yuntai, which together make nearly 50 million yuan.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="25" > huge inheritance flows</h1>
On April 1, 2003, Cheung Kwok Wing fell to his death from the 24th floor of the Mandarin Hotel in Hong Kong due to his uncontrollable depression at the age of 46. A generation of legends that has since come to an end.
According to reports, his estate at the time was estimated at nearly 400 million.
Some people can't help but wonder, is this too different from the money he earns?
Not surprisingly.
When the financial crisis swept through Hong Kong in 1998, Zhang Guorong's 8 million savings were lost due to the bank's collapse.
Secondly, Zhang Guorong is a very righteous person.
Liang Chaowei once mentioned that during the filming of "Spring Break", in order to help him find the emotions of the characters, the other party would often invite himself to eat and drink after the show.
He also takes good care of the people behind the scenes. When filming, Zhang Guorong will often invite other people to dinner. During the filming of "Farewell to the King", it was the summer, and he took all the fruits and drinks of the crew out of his own pocket. Even when there is no role for him, Zhang Guorong will take watermelon to the set to see everyone.
Even director Wu Yusen has blown himself up, when his early life was depressed, it was Zhang Guorong who helped himself from time to time to get through the difficulties.
Huang Baiming also said that Zhang Guorong would arrange doctors for the sick staff and help everyone as much as he could.
What is even more praiseworthy is that he also directly donated all the proceeds from his tribute to the album "Salute" to support the younger generations in the entertainment industry.
In addition, Zhang Guorong, who is charitable and charitable, is also particularly keen on charity.
During the 1997 concert, Cheung donated HK$1 million to the Cancer Fund. In May of the following year, he donated another $100,000 to the Children's Cancer Fund.
In 1999, Wireless held a fundraising party for the Taiwan earthquake "Sending Warmth to Taiwan", and Zhang Guorong impromptu donated 250,000 Hong Kong dollars to the victims.
With such a low-key personality as his, there are still many donations that have not been reported by reporters. In this way, it is reasonable that only 400 million are left.
After his departure, most media reported that his inheritance may be inherited by his brother and sister Zhang Luping. But Tang Revealed, three days after Mr. Cheung's suicide, he made a will before his suicide attempt in 2002, saying he would leave him most of his estate of more than HK$300 million.
After Zhang Guo was rescued, he did not deliberately mention the matter of the will. When asked by the media whether the will was preserved, Tang Hede's response was ambiguous.
It is reported that Tang Hede eventually inherited 50% of the other party's inheritance, that is, close to 200 million, Zhang Guorong's six siblings shared 20 million yuan equally, and the remaining 40 million yuan was left to two nieces.
The rest were given to charities, as well as servants and drivers who had served Zhang Guorong for many years.
Originally, according to Hong Kong's estate tax law, Tang Hede, the main beneficiary of the estate, was required to pay more than HK$40 million in estate tax.
Fortunately, as a financial elite, Tang Hede has a strong sense of insurance, and Zhang Guorong is also affected by the fact that he attaches great importance to insurance and financial management, so he has long been insured with $2 million in life insurance and accident insurance.
He then invested $2 million in accident insurance, and in 2002 he took out $1 million in life insurance for a total of $5 million, with a policy value just enough to cover his estate tax.
After Tang Hede inherited the inheritance, he did not squander it, but continued to invest steadily in various real estate industries, and raised his net worth to 300 million.
The handling of Zhang Guorong's legacy is very safe, except for the album "Everything Goes with the Wind".
During his lifetime, he co-managed Sheng International Music Productions with record producer Leung Wing Chung, and the company has always owned the rights to Cheung Kwok Wing's songs, including the rights to seven new songs on the new disc "Everything Goes with the Wind" that Universal Records launched earlier.
However, Zhang Guorong was already ill during the creation of these songs, and there was a faint coughing sound during the singing process, so he has always pursued perfection and has not released this album for a long time.
Who thought, the mercenary businessmen, but after the death of Zhang Guorong, hastily released this album.
Therefore, Zhang Guorong's eldest sister Zhang Luping and Tang Hede filed a complaint against the album's producer Liang Rongjun in court.
As a result, the other party was not satisfied with the injunction issued by the court, and appealed to Tang Hede's intervention as a third party to undermine the spirit of his original corporate agreement with Zhang Guorong.
After several months of litigation, the court finally ruled in favor of Liang Rongjun.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="25" > conclusion</h1>
Fans understand Zhang Guorong's meticulous musical spirit and Tang Hede's good intentions, but most people are still eager for the release of the album. Because for them, it is always good to never see their brother again, and it is always good to sing more songs and remember.
After the release of the album, even if the price was hyped up, it was still sold out of stock. And all this is expected by the record company and Liang Rongjun...
Author: IE
Editor-in-charge: Zeria
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="25" > previous selections</h1>
Xie Tingfeng wore a cotton jacket, Yang Ying Yang Zi shivered coldly, Zhu Zhu was pregnant, and this red carpet actress was easy to fight
He Jiong was forced to suppress He Jiong and let Guo Degang do the matching, but how did he disappear later?
The "Master Milk Killer" Wu Qihua's affair history, and the 9 women behind him