In the 2025 Tet movie season, Tran Thanh's "The Four Guardians" leads the box office, surpassing the 6,000 screenings/day mark.
As of February 2, the film earned 165 billion VND in revenue, according to data from independent box office statistics unit Box Office Vietnam.
The film revolves around Quynh Anh's (Tieu Vy) journey to "catch" her cheating lover with the help of Aunt Bon (Le Giang), Uncle Muoi Mot (Tran Thanh), best friend Kieu (Uyen An) and Chet-xi-ca (Le Duong Bao Lam).
In addition, the film also features many famous cameos (guest actors) such as Ali Hoang Duong, Hung Huynh, Pham Anh Duy, Quan A.P...
Among them, designer Thai Cong attracted attention when playing the role of businessman Thai Phong, who is close to Karen (Ky Duyen), and also the person who contributed to the failure of the male lead's career. Playing Thai Phong's boyfriend is Huy Yves - Thai Cong's real-life partner.
Sharing about the salary for the special role, Thai Cong once revealed: "Tran Thanh's film producer paid the salary for both Thai Cong and Huy Yves, as well as all expenses related to travel and accommodation, including business class airfare from Saigon to Da Lat and luxury hotels during the filming period.In addition, the filming scenes at the projects designed by Thai Cong were also paid for by the film producer.
The only expense that Thai Cong paid for himself was transporting his Porsche Cayenne to Da Lat, to have a convenient and proactive means of transportation during the filming period in Da Lat."
In real life, Thai Cong is also a businessman known as the "king of luxury".
He is famous as an interior designer for the Vietnamese rich with the motto "serving 10% of the 1% rich people in Vietnam".
Many celebrities are willing to pay a large sum of money to invite Thai Cong to design. In 2022, the audience was surprised to learn that singer Di Bang paid Thai Cong 7.5 billion VND to make interior design.
The businessman owns the company Thai Cong Interior Design Vietnam, which specializes in selling luxury goods worth millions, with some products even costing nearly 1 billion VND.
On social networks, Thai Cong is famous for his high-class and luxurious style, often posting content about his lavish life and expensive items.
Thai Cong revealed that in the past 40 years he has traveled around the world about 200 times. Not only that, he also has a collection of Hermes bags, the most expensive one costing up to 1.5 billion VND.
Thai Cong's full name is Quach Thai Cong, born in 1972, is a German designer of Vietnamese origin. He was born into a family with a tradition of doing business.
In 1981, Thai Cong moved to Germany to settle down and became independent as a magician. Before becoming an interior designer, he studied fashion design at the University of Hamburg and worked briefly as a stylist after graduating.
In 2003, he received the Infinity Award from the ICP Council of America.
In 2007, Thai Cong opened Thai Cong GmbH & Co.KG and received many offers from famous German hotels such as The George, Marco Polo Tower and Sophienstrasse in Hamburg.
In 2012, he returned to his hometown to start a business and two years later opened a showroom in Ho Chi Minh City.
Regarding his personal life, in September 2024, he and his lover, businessman Huy Yves, registered their marriage in Germany after more than 10 years together.
