At a small eatery in Beijing (China), recently netizens accidentally caught Tri Trong Thuy - a 73-year-old actor who was famous for his role as Tang Sanzang in "Journey to the West 1986".
He wore a white baseball cap, a casual dark-colored shirt, and bowed his head to watch his phone. His face was fuller than before, even with a double chin, tanned skin, looking extremely healthy.
On the table was a plate of shredded potatoes stir-fried with vinegar and stir-fried chicken with soy sauce. Before leaving, he also broke the remaining grilled cake to give to a three-legged cat in front of the door to eat.
No one thought that this man looked no different from a normal retired old man, just four months ago he had just sent his wife with assets of up to 47 billion CNY to his final resting place.
On April 5, 2026, billionaire Tran Le Hoa passed away in Beijing, at the age of 85. On April 9, in the eastern lobby of the Bat Bao Son Funeral Home, Tri Trong Thuy wore black clothes, stood at the front of the family, his eyes were red, his body became much thinner, and he needed someone to support him.
Luc Tieu Linh Dong, Ma Duc Hoa, Bach Nham Tung, Chu Quan, Thuy Quan Ich also successively came to bid farewell in the rain.
According to media reports, Ms. Tran Le Hoa seemed to have made a satisfactory arrangement for her husband before he passed away.
Public opinion once speculated about a fierce "property dispute". Tri Trong Thuy and Tran Le Hoa do not have children together, so as legal husband and wife, he can legally claim a significant inheritance.
However, public information later showed that the name Tri Trong Thuy had disappeared from the list of shareholders of Phu Hoa International Group.
According to many sources, Tri Trong Thuy has proactively signed legal documents to give up all shares in Phu Hoa Group. He also did not receive a part of hundreds of billions of RMB of real estate assets, but left them all to Tran Le Hoa's 3 children with her previous husband.
The only thing he took over was the management rights of the Chinese Zitong Wood Museum in Beijing. The museum was invested by Chen Lihua with 200 million RMB in 1999, with an area of about 25,000 m2.
But in essence, this museum is a "black hole burning money" only for display and not for sale. Operating costs each year amount to more than 30 million CNY. This is a public-use private museum, which regularly has to subsidize losses, while more than 3,000 zither artifacts in the museum have been permanently awarded to the State and are prohibited from sale.
In other words, what Tri Trong Thuy took over was a "loss-making" museum.
In fact, since 2017, when Tran Le Hoa mentioned arranging inheritance assets, Tri Trong Thuy personally wrote a statement: "I originally married her person, not money".
His attitude towards money has been very clear since after getting married, he gradually withdrew from the entertainment industry and devoted himself wholeheartedly to supporting his wife's music career.
Currently, Tri Trong Thuy's life is relatively simple. Every morning, he comes to the museum to clean the display cabinet and arrange documents. Occasionally, he also introduces visitors to some knowledge about zither wood.
Tri Trong Thuy dresses quite simply, his eating habits are not fussy, overall looking no different from a normal retired old man.
Someone once asked him if he felt regret or not. He just smiled and said that there is too much money, not spending it all sometimes brings trouble.
