When it comes to Hong Kong philanthropist Run Run Shaw, many people must be familiar with it. Run Run Shaw was the founder of the Hong Kong film industry and ushered in the first glorious era of Hong Kong cinema. Run Run Shaw is also a highly respected entrepreneur in China, in fact, he is not a super rich man like Li Ka-shing, he accumulated assets of about 10 billion yuan in his lifetime, but he donated 4.7 billion yuan to the mainland before his death, and after his death, his remaining assets were donated to the Shaw Charity Fund and continued to contribute to charity.
When Run Run Shaw died at the age of 107, his life can be said to be very legendary, not only surrounded by beautiful women, but also sitting on tens of billions of assets, and more importantly, enjoying a high life. After Run Run Shaw's death, someone searched for the Shaw Building on the Internet and found a total of 30,000 results. Many universities and secondary schools in China have Shaw House.
It can be said that Run Run Shaw is a very well-known rich man in China, and there is almost no controversy. But in fact, this great philanthropist has another unknown side. In terms of feelings, Run Run Shaw's original match, Huang Meizhen, is the girlfriend of his benefactor Yu Dongxuan, and Run Run Run Shaw is actually a horizontal knife to win love.
Later, Run Run Shaw empathized with Fang Yihua. In terms of family, Shaw's relationship with several children was not good, and in his later years, his son vowed not to return to Hong Kong to accept his career. So Shaw chose to sell his shares in TVB and his land in ClearWater Bay, Hong Kong.
In fact, Run Run Shaw also has one of the biggest controversies, that is, his miserliness. In Hong Kong, such people are generally referred to as Lonely Cold. In Hong Kong, there are two famous lonely bosses, one is the kidnapped Wang Dehui, and the other is Shaw's. Wang Dehui's lonely cold is really terrible, when he was kidnapped, the police successfully helped him catch the kidnappers, and in order to repay several police officers who handled the case, he actually invited the other party to eat McDonald's.
Wang Dehui is also very critical of the company's employees, and during the Mid-Autumn Festival, he invited employees to eat mooncakes, and a piece of mooncakes was actually invited to 16 people to eat together.
Of course, if you think that Wang Dehui, a lonely cold, can't find a second one in Hong Kong, it is a big mistake, because Run Run Shaw is such a person. Recently, Hong Kong's sister Wang Mingquan said something on the Hong Kong TVB Taiqing, which attracted great attention.
Wang Mingquan's status in the Hong Kong entertainment industry can be said to be very high, even if you look at China, Wang Mingquan is also a number one artist. Wang Mingquan spoke on behalf of the artists on the top of Taiqing: he said that he hoped that if the economy could be better next year and the epidemic could get better, could the boss give us all the staff a salary increase.
How low are TVB salaries? The monthly salary of actors who have just entered the industry may be only a few hundred yuan, and the salary of newcomers who have signed contracts is only six or seven thousand, and the monthly salary of many first-line actors is more than 10,000. In Hong Kong, a pork seller can also earn 20,000 yuan a month. Even a traffic star like She Shiman, the salary for shooting an episode of a TV series is only tens of thousands of yuan.
The cost of living in Hong Kong can be said to be much higher than that of the mainland, and such income can be said to be very low in Hong Kong, and even living problems are problematic. Many Hong Kong stars have chosen to go north to shoot movies, but there are still many choices to stay in Hong Kong. Today, the boss of TVB is no longer Run Run Shaw, but TVB's model of squeezing actors with basic salaries is a product of the Shaw era.
When Run Run Shaw managed TVB, he used to make a lot of trouble because of miserliness, in fact, not only in the TVB era, but also in the era of Shaw's films. After Shaw established Shaw, the salary paid to the actors was very low, and at that time, jiang David, Zheng Peipei and other first-line stars were paid according to the monthly salary, and the income was very low.
At that time, Run Run Shaw's director Yue Feng found another assistant director Xu Guo because of the need to shoot the scene, and agreed to pay 1,000 yuan. Later, Yue Feng went to find Shaw for reimbursement, and Run Run Shaw was very unhappy and deliberately asked the accounting department not to pay in full. Xu Guo was very angry after he knew it, and directly tore off the check and said: Boss Shao, you are not rich by 1,000 yuan, and I am not much poor with 1,000 yuan less.
Bruce Lee returned from the United States and wanted to return to Hong Kong to develop. Initially Shaw's company was interested in signing Bruce Lee. But Bruce Lee offered a $10,000 pay. When Shaw heard this, he was reluctant to give it, and he was only willing to pay $2,500 for the film. As a result, Bruce Lee was snatched away by the unknown Jiahe Company, and then Bruce Lee made "Big Brother Tangshan" a hit, and Jiahe also established his position in the Hong Kong film industry.
Run Shaw's reputation among Hong Kong artists is completely different from that in the mainland. In 2013, the famous Hong Kong director Liu Jialiang passed away. Liu Jialiang is a descendant of Hong Quan and one of the pioneers of Kung Fu cinema in Hong Kong, a famous director and martial arts instructor.
Lau Ka Leung can be said to be a pivotal figure in the history of Hong Kong cinema. After Liu Jialiang's death in 2013, his widow Weng Jingjing announced the establishment of the Liu Jialiang Charity Foundation at Liu Jialiang's funeral, and personally donated 1 million yuan to help Hong Kong's down-and-out film martial artists.
Subsequently, Weng Jingjing boldly asked Shaw for salary at the funeral. Weng Jingjing said that Liu Jialiang had worked for Run Run Shaw many years ago, made a lot of good movies, and helped Run Shaw make a lot of money. Liu Jialiang was a famous kung fu master before entering the industry, at that time, Shaw and Liu Jialiang had signed contracts, and Liu Jialiang could get dividends for every play. However, later, Run Run Shaw did not pay a dividend salary to Liu Jialiang.
Liu Jialiang has not said it for decades. Weng Jingjing, encouraged by her daughter, decided to take advantage of Liu Jialiang's funeral to speak out. Weng Jingjing said: She believes that Run Run Shaw is a great benevolent person, is to help her husband save, and then take it to invest, this money is not 50 million now, there is at least 5 million, I hope That Shaw can donate money to the Liu Jialiang Charity Foundation.
Weng Jingjing also revealed that Liu Jialiang and Shaw agreed that the box office would be more than 10 million to dividends, and when the box office reached 9.9 million, Run Run Shaw immediately removed the film. After Liu Jialiang's death, almost half of Hong Kong's entertainment industry came to the funeral. Jiang David, Zhen Zidan, Zeng Zhiwei, Feng Baobao, Xue Jiayan, Liang Jiaren, Wang Mingquan, Luo Jiaying, Wu Ma, Qian Jiale, Bai Biao and other stars all came to the funeral. Weng Jingjing deliberately chose to speak out at this opportunity, hoping to get the support of more people.
After Weng Jingjing finished speaking, there was a round of applause from the stage, which showed that many people supported Weng Jingjing in their hearts, and even many people have been suppressed by Run Run Shaw for many years, but they dare not speak out, after all, Run Run Run Shaw is the boss, and his status in Hong Kong is very high, if he really offends Run Run Shaw, then in Hong Kong, he does not have to want to eat the bowl of rice of the actor.
The Hong Kong entertainment industry can be said to have a very complicated relationship, such as the death of Bruce Lee, the death of Jet Li's agent, and the poisoning of Wang Jie, etc., which are still a mystery. There is also the cause of death of Bruce Lee's son, which is still a mystery.
In fact, Run Run Shaw's contribution to charity is naturally undeniable, but as a boss and father, he is not necessarily qualified.