In January 2014, the 107-year-old film and television tycoon "Six Uncles" Run Run Shaw passed away, leaving behind his beloved wife Fang Yihua, who accompanied him for half a century, and "Six Aunts" Fang Yihua died on November 22 at the age of 83, reuniting with her husband in heaven.
Everyone remembers that Fang Yihua is the great hero behind TVB, the strongest backing of the sixth uncle Run Run Shaw, and even the star masterpieces such as "Night of the Soul" and "The King of Destruction" are also produced by her one hand and one foot.
However, Fang Yihua, who was born in Shanghai, is actually a singer.
Born in the war years, the sixth aunt dropped out of school in junior high school, and she loved foreign language songs, not only met foreign bands as companions, but also went to Star Horse to take the stage at the age of 16. At the age of 18, she was already a singer who became popular all over Nanyang, and because of this, she met her husband Run Run Shaw, and at the age of 23, she gave up her singing career and followed Run Run Shaw to Hong Kong to work.
In 2012, Uncle Six stepped down as non-executive chairman and non-executive director of TVB, and Aunt Six also left his post, witnessing the rise and fall of the television industry.
The virtue of frugality of the six aunts has long been known to all parties, and earlier Zheng Zhongji mentioned on the show that the person he most admired was Fang Yihua, and one of the reasons was because of her frugality.
Zheng Zhongji mentioned that once to shoot an action movie, he wanted to make an appointment for a wire group to shoot a light gong scene, and asked Miss Fang to pay after filming, but Fang Yihua said that he could not pay, because he could not see the "wire" in the movie, from then on, he had to shoot a shot of exposing the wire every time for Miss Fang to see, and she really calculated money for the producer according to each wire.
This small thing seems funny, but to see Ms. Fang Yihua's frugal virtues and meticulous spirit, see the micro-knowledge, Fang Yihua can reach such a high position in the male-dominated film and television circle, relying on these subtle persistence and persistence, and this frugality undoubtedly makes the sixth uncle more assured to entrust the business to the sixth aunt to take care of.
Veteran filmmaker Xiao Ruoyuan also revealed some little-known anecdotes about the six aunts in his show.
Xiao Ruoyuan said that he had earned money before and generally did not read the bills when he went out to eat, but Miss Fang was different.
He said: "Every time I had dinner with Miss Fang, she would check the bill for at least 15 minutes before leaving, and I was impatient, and she told me that many restaurants thought she had money and tended to cheat, and not once or twice, but almost every time it happened." "It was 1981, Miss Fang went out to eat a plate of Yangzhou fried rice, and there was a restaurant that charged her HK$200.
Miss Fang travels with the company's employees, and often tells everyone not to open the hotel refrigerator, because the things inside are very expensive, and they would rather let the assistant buy it back to the hotel from outside to eat.
Xiao Ruoyuan said: "Miss Fang is very good to people, as long as you are not doing business with her, she is very good at business, and every penny will be counted with you, but as a friend, she will not calculate so much, and even be very generous." ”
Xiao Ruoyuan said that Liu Jiachang is a good friend of Fang Yihua, when Liu Jiachang asked Fang Yihua to borrow 30 million Hong Kong dollars, Fang Yihua did not even count the interest, and then Liu Jiachang was ready to repay the money, and Fang Yihua told him not to pay back.
Xiao Ruoyuan talked about the process and reasons why Fang Yihua entered Shaw's school as a producer that day, but in fact, it was because Shaw's "corruption" was serious at that time, and Fang Yihua had to reorganize the structure.
Xiao Ruoyuan revealed that at that time, Shaw's power was concentrated in the hands of Zou Wenhuai, Cai Yongchang (formerly known as Cai Dusheng), he Guanchang, a group of people controlled Shaw's propaganda and production department, he described Fang Yihua as a dangerous person, "Miss Fang is really powerful, if there is a director who shoots a scene, saying that he wants to take money to ask for a hundred running dragon sets, it is best to have a shot that really shoots 100 people, because Fang Yihua will count your number in the shot." ”
Miss Fang took over the ownership, harming the rights and interests of some people, and finally they decided to leave Shaw to establish Jiahe Film Company, and Shao was held by Fang Yihua from then on.
The sixth aunt Fang Yihua had dropped out of junior high school, was not highly educated, and often made jokes, but Xiao Ruoyuan believed that in that era, many people did not have the opportunity to go to school, and Miss Fang succeeded with her own intelligence and diligence, and should not be made fun of.
One of the things happened to director Chu Yuan, when his "Seventy-Two Tenants" box office was high, and then he went to Miss Fang and said that he wanted to shoot "Zhu men complain", and Miss Fang responded: "Director, you can shoot anything, but why is it Zhu Men, not Huang Men and Li Men? ”
"Another time happened to director Li Hanxiang, everyone talked about Xu Zhimo's later wife Lu Xiaoman, Miss Fang asked who was Lu Xiaoman, and everyone present was very surprised that Miss Fang did not know her."
Another time was Xiao Ruoyuan's personal experience, Miss Fang walked into his office and asked him very seriously whether the Qing Dynasty was first or the Song Dynasty.
Fang Yihua was born in Shanghai in 1934, his original name was Li Menglan, and his mother Fang Wenlu was a contemporary dance star. Fong yihua took her mother's surname since childhood and moved to Hong Kong, where she sang in nightclubs since she was a child due to her family's poverty.
In 1952, Fong Yi Wah went to Singapore to take the stage, the 45-year-old Shaw went to the nightclub upstairs of the Shaw Theater to listen to songs, and it happened that Fang Zheng sang "Flower Moon Season", and Run was deeply attracted to Fang Yihua, who was only 18 years old, so he became acquainted.
Later, the sixth uncle invited Fang Yihua to shoot a play and guest performed in the Shaw film "Little Lark", and his feelings gradually grew, so he invited him to join the Shaw Company. At that time, Fang Yihua's singing career was in full swing, but she still quit the singing world at all costs.
When he met Run Run Shaw, the other party was already a husband with a wife, and Fang Yihua had always regarded Run Run Run Shaw as the "boss", and the two cooperated seamlessly and owed a single name.
In 1987, Run Run Shaw's wife, Huang Meizhen, died in the United States at the age of 85. After Huang Meizhen died of illness, others always thought that it was sooner or later that Run Shaw and Fang Yihua got married, but Shaw always laughed and said "no plan" every time. Fang Yihua did not complain a word, and continued to wait as a "red face and knowing".
On May 6, 1997, the opportunity arose. The 90-year-old Shaw officially married 62-year-old Fang Yihua in Las Vegas, usa, and after more than 40 years of love, he finally achieved positive results.
At that time, Fang Yihua repeatedly stressed that marrying Run Run Shaw was not for money, and after marriage, she also liked to be called "Miss Fang" more than "six aunts".
After marrying Fang Yihua, the two were in love with each other at the same time, the sixth uncle had no shortage of red faces around him, and more times he shot with the actress "ten fingers", but Fang Yihua was calm and generous to deal with.
In April 2000, Run Run Shaw was photographed by reporters with TVB female artist Cao Zhong "ten fingers clasped", but Fang Yihua only laughed and pointed out that Run Run Shaw could have "friends".
In June 2001, Run Run Shaw was photographed by reporters wearing glasses with luo Yongxian, a sister who lost the election, and Fang Yihua responded generously: "This kind of thing is worth the fuss? It is normal for Uncle Six to go out shopping with friends! ”
Fong has a low-key love for Run Run Shaw and occasional surprises.
Because of the sixth in the family, Shaw, known as the "sixth uncle", has always loved to sit in and out of rolls-Royces. In 1978, Fang Yihua sold the No. 6 license plate for HK$330,000 to Uncle Six. Rolls-Royce with license plate 6 became Shaw's personal mark, and many people knew at a glance that "Uncle Six" was coming.
And the six aunts under the name of a number of luxury cars, the license plate is invariably have the number "3", it is known that the reason behind it is precisely because of the sixth uncle, because 3 is exactly half of the 6, taking its meaning "the other half of the sixth uncle", very romantic.
For many years, Fang Yihua has been Uncle Six's work partner, helping to manage the TV kingdom, and his mansion in Clearwater Bay has also been carefully decorated and designed, and attaches great importance to private space.
According to early reports, there were 15 restrooms in Fong Yi Wah Mansion, which were provided for her and her family, servants, drivers, and guests.
At the time, Fang Yihua said: "Because the bathroom is a very private place." It would be very inconvenient if two rooms shared a washroom, and if someone went in, the other would have to wait. ”
From this detail, it can be seen that Fang Yihua is not a blind saver, she likes to spend money on the blade.
After his death in 2014, Run Run Shaw's estate exceeded HK$20 billion, of which nearly $10 billion in assets in Hong Kong are estimated to be held by family trusts. It is known that Fang Yihua had become the manager of this 10 billion fund before Run Run Shaw's death.
With a net worth of more than HK$3.8 billion, It is reported that Fong has already made estate arrangements and set up a personal charity fund following run run by Shaw, which is managed by his sister.
Fang Yihua and Run Run Shaw, a husband and wife, worked hard to earn money before they died, did not waste a penny, and donated all the money after their deaths to give back to the society.