The true grandson of Hong Kong's "golden king", earning VND 23 billion/year, still loves to eat rotten tofu on the roadside

As a famous billionaire of Hong Kong, he is the true "jewelry king" who owns 3 skyscrapers and more than 5,000 jewelry stores, profits 23 billion VND/year, but the businessman still has a simple lifestyle. unexpected.

For a long time, rings, statues or rings also made from precious metals have become spiritual gifts that many Chinese people love. For the ancient Chinese, they had a habit of wearing jewelry. Things like gold and precious stones are symbolic of wealth, wealth and social status.

Referring to the "jewelry king" of Hong Kong, people often think of Trinh Ngoc Thong - the third richest man in Hong Kong (China). Unlike other children, he grew up in hardship. Also build a career from the simplest things. He relied on his own talent to come up from nothing.

In business, he does not invest blindly, but always perseveres day by day to find good opportunities. This vision and courage of Trinh Ngoc Thong was first evident in turning his father-in-law's small shop into the largest jewelry chain in Hong Kong and reaching out to the world.

In February 2012, Trinh Ngoc Thong announced his retirement. The business was handed over to his son and nephew and niece. In it, it must be mentioned that his nephew, the talented "descendant" Trinh Chi Cuong.

Trinh Chi Cuong was brought up very well, he graduated from Harvard University and then went to Japan to study art. He started the business after returning to Hong Kong. Currently, Trinh Chi Cuong is also one of the top billionaires in Hong Kong.

Accordingly, he owns thousands of jewelry stores in China, these jewelry stores alone can bring in more than 7 billion yuan in profit (about 23 billion VND), in addition, he is also a owner of 3 skyscrapers located in 3 central cities of China, the rental cost of each building is not less than 3 trillion VND.

Not only that, his family owns a huge amount of assets, including not only companies listed on the stock exchange, but also a large amount of cash and many other intangible assets.

With his business prowess, Trinh Chi Cuong gradually built trust and received the support of his grandfather when he built the K11 shopping center in Hong Kong, the project soon went into operation and achieved results. positive, profitable right from the first years.

Trinh Chi Cuong gradually took over the family business, in 2016 he officially succeeded Trinh Ngoc Thong's position when he passed away. After taking over, he invested heavily in the Mainland market and achieved great success. Many people say that with his good personality and business talent, Trinh Chi Cuong will soon become one of the wealthiest people in Hong Kong.

Not only talented in business, Trinh Chi Cuong is a young man with a great personality, he has never considered himself the third generation of a rich family but always follows a lifestyle somewhat similar to Asia's richest tycoon Ly Gia Thanh, who always pursues simplicity.

It is known that despite having a huge fortune, Trinh Chi Cong still loves to eat stinky tofu on the street. Like vermicelli with shrimp paste in Vietnam, the smell of Chinese stinky tofu at first glance has made many people feel "chills". Some people may think this dish is not very popular, even many people think it is not "aesthetic" at all and do not want to eat them. But this weird, cheap thing is the super-rich man's favorite food.

Not only that, about his appearance, Trinh Chi Cuong has long hair and a thick beard, his appearance is not very neat, making him not like a businessman at all. However, his influence in the business world over the years has been great, with a single swing, there are projects of tens, hundreds of trillions.

He also did not hesitate to show his love for music and support when Chow came to Hong Kong to perform. On that concert, he himself was one of the fans chosen to sing a duet with this famous male singer. These are real, close-up moments!

More about Trinh Ngoc Thong, after having developed the largest jewelry store chain in Hong Kong, in 1950, seizing the opportunity, he entered the real estate field. By 1972, his New World corporation was listed on the stock exchange and is still a leader in real estate, hotels, infrastructure and services, and department stores.

Not stopping there, he worked with casino king Ha Hong San to start penetrating the Macau market, acquiring more than 9% of the shares of Macau Entertainment Company, and at the same time acquiring the company's electricity and water company. Macau and became one of the three richest people in Hong Kong at that time.

Trinh Ngoc Thong's departure is a great loss, many working associates could not help but be saddened to admit that: "Without his guidance and support, it is a disadvantage for us. ".

At the funeral of Mr. Trinh Ngoc Thong, a leading national political adviser praised him as a great philanthropist who has contributed much to the education sector in this special zone and established the University of Economics and Business. business. In addition, he was the one who contributed to the modernization of China and ushered in a prosperous jewelry business for many decades.

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