On September 11, Chinese media reported on a little-known story of Truong Ve Kien. The incident originated from a social media topic about idols who helped fans overcome difficult periods in life.
A viewer of Truong Ve Kien tells about a friend who once went through a period of fighting illness. Within a year, this person went through treatment, surgery, and recovery before his condition suddenly worsened and he passed away.
According to the story, when he learned that fans were sick, Truong Ve Kien often inquired and encouraged them. This person once wanted to hear some old songs that the actor and singer had not performed for many years.
Truong Ve Kien was then said to have re-sung more than 10 songs in a raw form, successively recorded and sent to fans. When this person's health declined and he could not directly watch him perform, Truong Ve Kien also recorded the performance to send to patients.
The companionship continued after the fan passed away. According to shares quoted by Chinese media, Truong Ve Kien introduced a priest to support the family in preparing for the farewell ceremony, and at the same time cared about the situation of his loved ones. The male artist then directly participated in the ceremony of carrying the coffin and seeing off the deceased to the cremation site.
Another detail that made the story widely shared was that when Truong Ve Kien performed the song "Healthy Body", he reached out to the sky as if dedicating the song to the deceased.
The story received many comments because before that, the male artist had hardly mentioned it widely. The sharer also recounted that Truong Ve Kien had secretly supported the money for the father of another fan who needed surgery.
At the age of 61, Truong Ve Kien has more than 4 decades of artistic activity. For Asian audiences, he is a familiar face through a series of works such as "Journey to the West", "Youth Hero Phuong The Ngoc", "Tieu Bao and Kang Hy", "Youth Truong Tam Phong"...
Before becoming famous, Truong Ve Kien's life went through many upheavals. In 1997, the Asian financial crisis made his real estate investment difficult. The actor once publicly recounted that he was facing the risk of bankruptcy because he no longer had enough money to pay off loans.
At that time, Andy Lau signed a contract with Dicky Cheung and gave him a check to solve financial difficulties. Dicky Cheung repeatedly reminded himself of Andy Lau's words: "If you can learn, you must teach others, if you can earn, you must know how to give".
Many years later, the story of Truong Ve Kien accompanying a seriously ill fan made the above saying once again mentioned by the audience.
Instead of just sending inquiries from afar, the male artist was told to spend time recording songs that patients wanted to hear, recording the performance when they were no longer strong enough to come and finally appeared at the farewell ceremony.
For fans in the story, the distance between a star on screen and the audience has therefore been narrowed in the most difficult days of life.
