When Tang Zijia was 24 years old, his father, Tang Junnian, who was known as the "first person to develop Pudong", died of a sudden illness while traveling to Hong Kong. "I was forced to grow up almost overnight." He once joked to the media, "Later, I realized how happy it is to be a rich second generation in peace." He reduced his original weight of 110 kilograms to 65 kilograms in two years, and even wore a suit size XS.
In addition to having a father who created the chairman of the Tomson Group, Tang Zijia's mother is also the winner of the famous Golden Horse Award lifetime achievement award, Xu Feng. Not only has he starred in a series of classic movies, but also a generation of legendary "Farewell to the King" is also jointly produced by Tomson Film Business Co., Ltd. founded by Xu Feng and Beijing Film Studio. Tang Zijia once recalled, "My mother is the eldest sister in the film and television circle, and her personality is bold. In the house, big stars come and go all day long. Lin Qingxia, Maggie Cheung..."
Growing up in a favorable environment, Tang Zijia's younger brother Tang Jiacheng also has many outstanding points. Tang Jiacheng began filming with his mother at the age of 4, transferred from the United States to Shanghai to study high school at the age of 12, suffered from depression at the age of 13, had a sense of panic about going to school, entered the stock market circle at the age of 15, obsessed with watching the US stock market every night until four o'clock in the morning, and the 1 million stock speculation fund thrown to him by his mother made 400,000 yuan in half a year, which was called "small stock god" by the Hong Kong media.
Unlike many rich second generations in the mainland, Tang Zijia realized the special status of his rich second generation from an early age. He said he had been "brainwashed" to prepare for succession. In 1999, Tang Zijia joined the company as an assistant to the president at the age of 18 and began to accept the guidance of his father. At that time, he was anxious to prove that he wanted to make things bigger, and felt that no matter what he did, he would be scolded by his father, and later he realized that it was his father's hard heart.
Around 2004, the positioning of Lujiazui Tomson 100,000 yuan per square meter made it constantly refresh the record of the sky-high price of luxury houses, but only 4 sets were sold in 4 years. And at that time, the proud Tomson did not receive the media, and the house viewer had to provide more than 2 million yuan of asset proof, and even the taxi driver did not know the specific address of the property. After Tang Zijia took over, according to his own ideas, he adjusted the two major departments of sales and planning, and launched some marketing strategies that were closer to the market, and finally made Tomson Yipin out of the unsalable circle.
In addition, due to the increasing bottleneck of development in Shanghai, Tang Zijia also took the initiative to lead Tomson to explore the market in other cities. In June 2010, Tomson signed an agreement with Tianjin Financial City Development Co., Ltd. to jointly develop Tianjin Jinwan Plaza. This also became the first project of Tomson Group to expand outside Shanghai in the 18 years since it entered the mainland. In 2014, the "Tomson-Bishop Hill One" project located at Bishop Hill, a top residential area in Macau, was also unveiled to the mainland market.
Outside of work, collecting is also a big hobby of Tang Zijia. He loves the abstract artworks of post-70s and post-80s artists, and has also created a private art collection platform C+ Gallery within Tomson. In May 2017, Atelier Art Consulting Co., Ltd., invested and co-founded by Tang Zijia, was officially opened at the 798 Ullens Center for Contemporary Art in Beijing.
As an unmarried multi-gold prince, Tang Zijia's emotional state has also attracted much attention. In January 2018, Tang Zijia announced his relationship on Weibo, holding hands with Shenzhen University Flower and wen Xin, an actress who had starred in "Seventeen Years of Pain" and "Love You for Ten Thousand Years", which attracted the attention of many netizens. However, the tweet has now been deleted.