Tang Il-rong, a wealthy Taiwanese tycoon, is full of appalling extravagance and moral issues.
Tang Rirong, born in 1940, originally from Chongqing, experienced the civil war between the Kuomintang and the Communist Party, and he and his father Tang Yi fled to Taiwan. As a young man, he studied at the High School Affiliated to Taiwan Normal University, and after graduation, he was admitted to the Department of English and Chinese Literature of Soochow University. However, after graduating, he couldn't find a job, so he had to make ends meet by supplementing his children's English Xi and riding a broken second-hand motorcycle to teach Xi classes.
Poverty made him afraid to taste beef noodles, so he had to pay beef soup noodles as a part of his life. His dwelling was small, accommodating only a bed, a wardrobe window, and a desk.
However, Tang Rirong was not discouraged, he worked hard to save some money and opened a ready-to-wear factory. Later, he went to England to study, and by chance met the future Iraqi ** Saddam Hussein.
In the 80s of the last century, during the Iran-Iraq war, Tang Rirong contracted the Iraqi arms business because of his relationship with Saddam, and became rich overnight, and was known as the "King of the Middle East".
However, his fortune did not satisfy him, he returned to Taiwan, decided to hold a beauty contest, founded the Taiwan Beauty Pageant Association, and served as its president. Every year, he holds a grand beauty pageant, personally hosts it, and competes for interviews.
At the beginning, Tang Rirong held a beauty contest out of enthusiasm, and he wanted to win glory for Taiwan. However, as time went on, his mind drifted away from his original intention.
In 1988, he privately engaged in an unspoken rule with a beauty pageant beauty who used the winner as bait, and since then, he has repeated the act. He even disqualified a contestant from the championship because she rejected his unspoken rules.
However, the most shocking incident occurred in the 1996 Miss China beauty pageant. A contestant named Huang Lingying had already won the championship, but Tang Rirong disqualified her from the championship on the grounds that her information was incomplete, because she rejected his unspoken rules.
Tang Rirong monopolized the beauty pageant through capital and power, resulting in countless beauties becoming his playthings. There are as many as 18 of his **, all of whom have participated in beauty pageants.
In addition to beauties, Tang Rirong is also obsessed with top luxury cars. He bought a rare extended Rolls-Royce, and every inch of it was worth a fortune. He also has a collection of 22 top luxury cars such as Bentley, Jaguar, Mai**, Lincoln, and Mercedes-Benz.
His mansion is not far behind, with glittering ** decorations everywhere. Washbasins, tables and chairs, dining tables, and even toilets in the toilet are plated**.
Tang Rirong also collected the furs of various beasts, and he owned specimens of lions, tigers, and cheetahs, and often stepped on the lion's head to show off.
However, his lavish life and immoral behavior eventually led him to financial hardship. Gambling and borrowing money from various sources forced him to raise money to continue the pageant.
In 1995, former beauty pageant champion Kang Wen-sook took Tang Il-young to court, accusing him of unspoken behavior. Other contestants who had participated in the competition also stood up to accuse Tang Rirong. He had to stop running the beauty pageant halfway through, and was mired in lawsuits and debts.
Even more unfortunate was the deterioration of his kidney health due to overindulgence in his youth, requiring multiple transplants. However, the level of medical care is limited, and the surgical effect is not ideal.
In order to pay off his debts, he had to pay off a rare extended Rolls-Royce, which is still treasured in the villa of an antique dealer. In 1998, Tang Rirong died of kidney failure at the age of 60.
Tang Rirong's life is full of extreme luxury and moral issues, and his story is shocking and makes one reflect on the true meaning of power and wealth. Behind his luxury, there are endless contradictions and unfortunate fates.