Actress Barbie Hsu maintained her popularity despite stopping acting, her assets exceeded one billion NT dollars (more than 30 million USD) before her death.
On Next Apple on February 4, a source said that the star owns two expensive properties in Xinyi District in Taipei City, with the total value of the two houses being over 500 million NTD (about 15 million USD).
After getting married in 2011, Hy Vien hardly acted in movies but still had many advertising contracts. In 2022, she signed a contract to represent a cosmetics brand for a three-year term.
Hy Vien has advertised many cosmetic brands. Photo: Next Apple
According to UDN , the star invests confidently, has never lost money, and lives comfortably thanks to passive income, earning 80 million NTD (2.4 million USD) one year.
At the end of her life, Barbie Hsu was involved in a dispute with her ex-husband, businessman Wang Xiaofei, over alimony after divorce. Xiaofei once caused a stir when he revealed a list of living expenses paid to his ex-wife, including electricity bills of more than 90,000 NTD (71 million VND).
On Next Apple , Ms. Hoang Xuan Mai, mother of Từ Hy Viên, revealed that according to the divorce agreement, Uong Tieu Phi paid for living expenses, house loan, and driver’s salary. Meanwhile, since giving birth, Từ Hy Viên has paid two nannies and a housekeeper, more than 150,000 NTD (120 million VND) per month.
Hy Vien in “Summer Bubble”. Video: Bilibili
The star and Wang Xiaofei got married in 2011, had two children (11 and nine years old), divorced in 2021 and have both remarried. Hy Vien’s current husband is Korean music artist DJ Koo.
After her death , the issue of inheritance of assets has been of concern to many people. A friend of Hy Vien revealed that DJ Koo “did not care about his wife’s assets”.
Her husband brought her ashes back to Taiwan on February 5 and placed them at his home. The family did not hold a memorial service. On the evening of February 5, Wang Xiaofei drove to his ex-wife’s home to pay his condolences.
Born in 1976 in Taiwan, she joined the entertainment industry in the 1990s. In 2001, the actress became famous in several Asian countries through her role as Sam Thai in Meteor Garden . The success of the work made Barbie Hsu a sought-after Chinese star. After that, she made a splash with Please Don’t Hang Up, Sword Dance, Summer Bubble . In the 2000s, Barbie Hsu advertised for many fashion and beauty brands. Ettoday commented that although not too tall (about 1.62 m), Barbie Hsu still stood out among the stars, and was once among the most sought-after female stars in the Chinese entertainment industry.
