Chau Tinh Tri has gone through many relationships, but to this day, La Hue Quyen is still mentioned as the woman who makes him most tormented.
In a 2025 interview, when discussing the reason why Chau Tinh Tri did not get married, director Vuong Tinh once frankly said: "He must have loved La Hue Quyen very deeply".
Wang Jing's words have unveiled Zhou Xinji's love affair buried for more than 30 years.
In 1988, on the set of TVB's "Anh hung cai the", 26-year-old Chau Tinh Tri met 22-year-old La Hue Quyen. At that time, Chau Tinh Tri was still struggling at the bottom of the entertainment industry, often playing dead corpses without dialogue.
Meanwhile, La Hue Quyen is a rising star on TVB, with monthly incomes of up to six digits. The relationship where women are more successful than men is often not valued by the entertainment industry, but love has secretly blossomed between them.
They fell in love like any other normal couple. La Hue Quyen came to the film set to visit Chau Tinh Tri, and had dinner together after he finished filming the "dead body" scene. Chau Tinh Tri drove a taxi to pick them up and drop them off, she never criticized them, on the contrary, she enjoyed those simple moments.
Chau Tinh Tri's career had a major turning point in 1990. The movie "Santa Claus" grossed over 41 million HKD, breaking the Hong Kong (China) box office revenue record, making Chau Tinh Tri a top star.
Also in that year, La Hue Quyen longed for stability and mentioned marriage. But Chau Tinh Tri only replied three words: "Thang kinh a !".
Wang Zheng analyzed: "At that time, Zhou Xingzhi was at the peak of his career, no one knew how far he would go, so he had no intention of getting married.
Zhou Xingzhi once asked director Liu Zhenwei for his opinion on getting married, but Liu Zhenwei was extremely surprised and opposed his marriage when his career was on the rise. Finally, Zhou Xingzhi listened to advice.
1992 was Chau Tinh Tri's career peak, in the top 10 highest-grossing films in Hong Kong (China) that year, Chau Tinh Tri accounted for 7 films. But at the same time, the 3-year love affair with La Hue Quyen officially ended.
The reason the couple broke up is still rumored to this day. There are rumors that while filming "School of Legends 2", Zhou Xingzhi and Zhou En developed feelings for each other. There are also opinions that Zhou Xingzhi's mother is "unpleasant" to La Hue Quyen.
After the breakup, La Hue Quyen's life continuously encountered upheavals. In 1999, she had an accident while diving, having her eardrum punctured, her left ear completely lost hearing, and her right ear was only 20% left.
Upon hearing the news, Stephen Chow immediately sent a handwritten fax: "Hearing the news that you had an accident, I am extremely worried, wish you a speedy recovery!".
In 2000, the two accidentally attended the same event. After 8 years of separation, under the urging of the media, Chau Tinh Tri and La Hue Quyen took a historic photo together - also the last time they appeared together in public.
In 2008, La Hue Quyen married Singaporean stockbroker Luu Chi Man. But fate teased her, in 2010, she was diagnosed with stage 3 pancreatic cancer. On June 30, 2012, La Hue Quyen passed away from illness, aged 46.
After La Hue Quyen passed away, fans discovered her figure appearing throughout Chau Tinh Tri's works, and cinema became the way he commemorated his old love.
In "King of Comedy", the saying "I raise you" is said to be a message to La Hue Quyen.
In "Journey to the West: Foreign Love Story", the young lady confided: "My small dream is to find someone I like, get married, and have a baby". But Tran Huyen Trang replied: "Goddess!". That was Chau Tinh Tri's response years ago to La Hue Quyen when she talked about marriage.
In 2015, Chau Tinh Tri filmed "My Nhan Ngu" in Dai Bang Bay (Tham Quyen) - the burial place of La Hue Quyen's ashes. She once loved diving, and once took photos of swimmer beauties.
In the movie, Dang Sieu said to Lam Duan: "Now I have everything, but I am very lonely. No one in this world understands me, except you".
