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The 31-year-old actress Karena Ng recently held a high-profile wedding with her fiancé Shi Boxiong, whom she had been in love with for several years.

It is reported that the ceremony was held in a historic manor in Tuscany, Italy. The scene was filled with pink roses and lilies, as romantic as a fairy tale.

The bride with a great figure was wearing the latest haute couture wedding dress, looking exceptionally beautiful. The diamond ring she wore was said to weigh 5 carats and cost at least one million.

But no one expected that the wedding photos would be ridiculed as soon as they were released, with many netizens mocking them: "After half a year of hype, this is it?"

He even directly mocked the "countryside homestay style" and shouted: "Where are the diamonds and jewelry?"

Some people even directly questioned whether Wu Qianyu married into a fake wealthy family, especially when they thought about the fact that when her predecessor Raymond Lam married his wife Zhang Xinyue, he held banquets in five different locations, spending a total of tens of millions of Hong Kong dollars.

In fact, when it comes to female celebrities marrying into wealthy families, Zhang Xinyue's spending of tens of millions of Hong Kong dollars is really nothing - after all, 30 years ago, when Brigitte Lin got married, it was a grand ceremony worth 20 million Hong Kong dollars.

After that, the expenses of wealthy families to marry female celebrities increased, and this was also regarded by the outside world as the biggest factor in whether they valued their wives.

Today, let’s take a look at those female celebrities who have successfully married into wealthy families. Which one has the biggest presence?

1. Xing Liyuan and Lin Qingxia: a pioneer

In 1994, 40-year-old Brigitte Lin married wealthy businessman Xing Liyuan, whom she had just been dating for half a year.

The man's net worth at the time was over HK$17 billion - 20 years earlier, he founded Esprit Far East Limited and was a self-made business genius.

As for why she was able to pursue Lin Meiren, she said in a previous interview: "Even the stars and the moon in the sky can satisfy you."

So after six months of dating, the two held their wedding in San Francisco, USA.

In order to win the beauty's smile, Xing Liyuan spent 7 million Hong Kong dollars to buy 5 million champagne roses to decorate the scene.

In order to prevent reporters from taking secret photos, they spent 25,000 US dollars to plant a tree wall.

The bride appeared in four wedding dresses of different styles, one of which was hand-sewn by Chanel's famous chef. It was unique and extremely valuable.

In addition, the diamond ring worn by Brigitte Lin is worth 5 million Hong Kong dollars, the red envelopes she received contained 600,000 US dollars, and even the red envelopes she gave to her sisters started at 99,000 yuan...

It is reported that this wedding also opened a precedent for celebrities to hold luxurious weddings. Although later generations have surpassed them with the development of the times, Brigitte Lin's wedding at that time did leave a deep impression on people.

After that, she retired from the entertainment industry, gave birth to two daughters, and lived a luxurious and ordinary life.

Although there were frequent rumors that his marriage was in trouble, he actually lived an extremely luxurious life.

It is reported that the mansion where Brigitte Lin currently lives is worth 1 billion yuan, with an area of ​​4,600 square meters, and she also employs 18 servants...

2. Xiang Zuo and Guo Biting: 1 billion

Xiang Zuo, who just turned 40 this year, is the eldest son of China Star Group Chairman Xiang Huaqiang. He entered the entertainment industry 20 years ago, with mediocre results but numerous scandals.

However, each of his relationships was eventually broken up by his mother, Xiang Taibang, until 2018, when he and his mother met actress Guo Biting while recording the variety show "The Best Time".

Finally, with the help of Xiang Tai, the two successfully became pregnant the year after they officially announced their relationship, and then got married in Italy in September of the same year.

It is reported that the wedding scene was very secretive, with only more than 30 relatives and friends present to give their blessings. Compared with other celebrities' lavish weddings, it was extremely low-key.

But insiders revealed that the entire wedding process cost as much as 1 billion yuan.

It is reported that the wedding was held on the famous local yacht Saluzi, with the rental cost as high as 3.8 million per night.

However, what makes the public most envious is the crown worn by Guo Biting. It is an antique from the last century. The starting price is 30,000 euros. It was auctioned in Milan in 2011. It is something that cannot be bought even with money.

Including other jewelry, some people revealed that all the accessories worn by the bride that day added up to more than 15 million.

But then, netizens continued to dig deeper and found that this wedding was of great commercial value, because the rumored 1 billion ceremony contained too many commercial elements:

For example, the watches and diamond rings worn by the newlyweds, the wedding dresses and evening gowns they wear, and even the skin care products they apply and the souvenirs they give to friends are all provided by sponsors, with a total amount of more than 100 million yuan.

Moreover, this wedding also caused a theft. According to foreign media reports, a female model arrived at the local area by private jet and was picked up by a yacht a few hours later. She found that dozens of pieces of jewelry she was carrying were inexplicably missing, with a total value of more than 15 million yuan.

Later, the matter was dropped as the popularity of the wedding died down, and the outside world did not know whether the female model recovered the jewelry.

3. Li Ka Shing and Cathy Cathy: 700 million

Compared to the 1 billion gold coins that Xiang Zuo spent on marrying Guo Biting, the wedding of "billionaire wife" Xu Ziqi was truly extravagant.

As the son of the founder of Hong Kong Henderson Land Development Co., Ltd., her husband Li Ka Shing is worth more than US$36.2 billion, or about HK$283.1 billion, which makes everyone astonished.

As early as 2006, he married actress Cathy Xu, who was 9 years younger than him.

The woman knew the other party as early as when she was 17 years old, but the two did not establish a romantic relationship until five years later. During this period, there were several rumors of their breakup.

At the end of 2005, they held a grand wedding in Los Angeles, USA, which cost 700 million yuan in total and was the most luxurious one.

It is said that the gift money given by the man's family on that day was 100 million Hong Kong dollars, and a private jet worth 374 million was used on the scene.

The jewelry that Xu Ziqi wore that day was worth 20 million yuan in total, and her wedding dress alone cost 1.15 million yuan...

Adding the wedding venue, guest reception, etc., the total cost is over 10 million, which can be said to be extremely extravagant.

Father-in-law Li Ka-shing also presented his daughter-in-law with a gold brick weighing 163.33 pounds, which means "a long and healthy life".

After marrying into the Li family in a high-profile manner, Xu Ziqi quickly retired from the entertainment industry and began her journey of having children. She gave birth to two daughters and two sons, making up the Chinese character "good".

Rumor has it that every time she gave birth to a child, she would receive a bonus of 1 billion yuan, as well as luxury houses and cars.

It was not until she gave birth to her fourth child in 2019 that Xu Ziqi officially announced that she would "stop having children", saying that she had successfully completed the task while also firmly sitting on the throne of "rich wife".

4. Lok Yu Man and Coco Lee: Shining Stars

Superstar Coco Lee, who sadly passed away last year due to depression, left a deep impression on people with her sexy personality, but in fact she was extremely traditional and treated marriage sincerely and passionately.

In 2011, when she was 36 years old, she held a wedding banquet at the Scarlett Johansson Hotel in Hong Kong, which cost 150 million yuan and left a deep impression on the outside world.

How luxurious is this wedding?

It is said that the cost of the two-day wedding banquet was as high as 20 million US dollars.

On the wedding day, Coco Lee wore a mermaid wedding dress worth a million dollars, and her veil was 3.5 meters long, inlaid with pearls and crystals, and was extremely sparkling.

It is reported that this wedding dress was made by senior craftsmen and took 6 months to make, and is extremely precious.

Coco Lee's ring is from Cartier and the shoes on her feet are also inlaid with diamonds.

In addition, the flowers, plants and even napkins needed for the wedding decoration were airlifted from Paris, and the venue chosen was Shaw Studios, which had never been open to the public before.

What's even more rare is that Coco Lee invited half of her entertainment friends from Hong Kong, Europe and the United States to attend the ceremony, and was so generous that she did not accept any gifts or gifts. Instead, they could receive a bag of luxury goods worth 200,000 yuan as souvenirs.

Compared with the luxury of several previous female stars, her wedding features the shining stars:

Oprah, Beyonce, Jennifer Lopez...

It is reported that the reason why this wedding was so luxurious was because Coco Lee's mother was not satisfied with the man's divorce and child-rearing situation.

Rumor has it that her husband, Robert Lok, who was then the president of Li & Fung, directly stated that he would transfer half of the assets of his nine companies to his wife, which was said to be worth at least 3 billion yuan, so he finally got the beauty.

But in fact, it was later revealed by netizens that Le Yumin was not as rich as imagined, and might even be just a "senior worker".

In other words, the person who paid for the "wedding of the century" that was talked about so much back then might have been Coco Lee.

Now that the person is gone, it is said that the man is still trying to fight for the inheritance, which makes people sigh.

5. Xu Jinheng and Li Jiaxin: 100 million

In 2008, the 38-year-old "most beautiful Hong Kong sister" Li Jiaxin successfully "landed" and married Xu Jinheng, the son of Xu Shixun, a major shareholder of China State Construction Engineering Corporation.

Although the man was also known as the "female star sniper" in his early years and was once the son-in-law of gambling king Stanley Ho, he is deeply in love with Michelle Reis - he doesn't care about her label of "Gossip Queen" at all.

The two began dating in 2006 and had been rumored to be getting married nine times before. It was not until the tenth news came out that the woman's dream finally came true.

Although this wedding had many twists and turns, it was still very respectful.

Although Michelle Reis had always emphasized that "the wedding should be held in a low-key manner", Julian Hui also spent more than 100 million Hong Kong dollars.

This huge expense comes from clothing, jewelry, venue, styling, return gifts and other aspects.

The largest expenditure was on three banquets, which amounted to nearly HK$80 million.

In addition, the bride's diamond ring is worth tens of millions, the Valentino evening dress she wore cost 5 million, and the veil was Bonita Cheng, which also cost more than 300,000...

What was special about their wedding banquet was the venue. It was not a high-end hotel, but the 700 million yuan villa of their father-in-law Xu Shixun at No. 10 Tai Long Wan Road, Shek O.

Moreover, not too many people were invited to the wedding banquet, and only a small number of relatives and friends participated in the process, because Michelle Reis "is most afraid of socializing."

After this, Li Meiren decisively retired from the entertainment industry and gave birth to a boy three years later.

At that time, Xu Jinheng was very happy about this and immediately distributed red envelopes worth one thousand yuan to the media. The seals of the red envelopes were written with "JM", which is the abbreviation of Michele and Julian, the English names of Li Jiaxin and Xu Jinheng.

In recent years, the couple has gradually kept a low profile, but there has indeed been no gossip about Xu Jinheng, which shows that Michelle Reis is good at controlling her husband.

6. Huo Qigang and Guo Jingjing: celebrities gathered

Guo Jingjing, who is currently a referee at the Olympics, also had a wedding worth 30 million yuan - the cost seemed a little less than the above ones, but it was not inferior in face at all.

This is because the wedding gathered countless celebrities - it is reported that more than 1,800 distinguished guests took turns to attend, which was simply the most grand wedding.

In 2012, after eight years of love, Ho Kit-yung finally got married.

Although they have always been known for their low profile, the Huo family held three weddings in Hong Kong, Nansha and Hebei in order to convey to the outside world how much they value their daughter-in-law Guo Jingjing.

In particular, the banquet in Hong Kong took nearly 8 hours and had a total of 360 tables. The guests included three-time Chief Executive of Hong Kong, the richest man Li Ka-shing, the prince and princess of Jordan and other celebrities.

Guo Jingjing changed into 12 dresses, each of which was worth over one million yuan. The pair of high heels on her feet alone cost more than 7 million yuan.

But what is less known is that before the wedding, Guo Jingjing's parents did not change their style of doing things just because they "climbed up to the powerful":

They did not let the Huo family arrange their round-trip trip, but instead took their own flight to Hong Kong, sitting in economy class, and appeared very low-key throughout the journey.

When they arrived at the wedding, seeing that there were too many celebrities at the main table, Guo's father and mother took the initiative to suggest sitting at the second table, saying they were "uncomfortable" and explained this to their in-laws.

This low-key and simple attitude once again touched Huo Zhenting and his family. At the wedding, this powerful tycoon said to Guo Jingjing in public: "Thank you for marrying into our Huo family!"

The woman accepted all of this and even angrily criticized the outside world for saying that she was "marrying above her station":

"I'm not aiming high. There are many wealthy families in this world, but only a few champions."

Today, the "Queen" is still domineering, even causing her husband, Huo Qigang, to "lose" his real name, and has become a "little husband" in the eyes of the outside world.