Recently, the sharing of Hong Kong (China) "entertainment mogul" Tran Lam (also known as Huong Thai) about her adopted son, the actor of Huynh Hieu Minh, has attracted attention.
According to Tran Lam's assessment, Huynh Hieu Minh is a simple, honest person and always sincere with friends, not knowing how to refuse.
Tran Lam recounted the story of Huynh Hieu Minh once trusting a project introduced by friends and investing a very large amount of money, in the end losing everything, not recovering a single penny. However, the actor still did not speak ill of the other person even a single sentence.
Huynh Hieu Minh's simple and overly kind personality always makes Tran Lam worried that he is being exploited by others, and she even scolded him many times for that.
According to Chinese media, that "sillyness" is also shown in the investment journey of the actor born in 1977.
The movie "Sunshine Club" invested and starring Huynh Hieu Minh only achieved a box office revenue of about 6 million CNY when it was released in October 2025, much lower than expected.
This is not the first time he has failed in investing in cinema.
In 2023, he went through his own company to invest and support the movie "Galaxy writer" to be released in theaters, but the revenue was less than 5 million CNY, almost losing all capital.
He also participated in director Tran Tu Thanh's "Decoding" project as a co-producer, but the film only grossed more than 300 million CNY, not enough to compensate for high production costs, so it is highly likely that the investment will not generate profits.
Even before that, Huynh Hieu Minh's invested films such as "The Lost Husband", "A Story of Snow Flowers", "Ma Duc No. 2"... did not achieve good results in terms of both revenue and reputation.
In addition to cinema, Huynh Hieu Minh also expanded investment into the field of online short films.
In 2023, he invested in Binh Ngo Anh Thi short film company, holding 10% of shares. However, among the works of this company, only one film reached more than 100 million views, the rest have quite normal achievements.
He also invested in an artist management company. The most famous artists under the company are only his cousin Tran Mong and actress Quan Nhac, while others are almost unknown in the Chinese entertainment industry.
Huynh Hieu Minh used to be the legal representative of 8 businesses, but 7 businesses have dissolved, leaving only one company established in 2022. Therefore, netizens call him the "king of company dissolution".
A more specific loss occurred in 2013. Huynh Hieu Minh spent 36 million CNY to buy a real estate in Beijing (China). However, due to the old owner being in debt, the house was continuously frozen by functional agencies, making the transfer of ownership impossible.
