Compiled by DIYANA PFORDTEN and C. ARUNO
HONG Kong singer Eason Chan may be a great performer, but not the best entrepreneur, as he admits he had to rely on holding concerts to cover losses from his ailing business, reported China Press.
In an interview with the online talk show BrokeBros, Chan spoke about his music career and revealed that he lost money after setting up his own company and had to rely on concert earnings to cover the losses.
Chan said he was lucky to have made a successful break into the music industry in his early years, and that his hits have made huge profits for the record labels which he had signed with over the years.
“Huaxing, Emperor, Cinepoly – none of those record labels lost money with me, and that makes me feel accomplished,” he said.
Chan started his own music production company EAS Music in 2014.
However, it was never profitable, and it continues to be in the red.
“I can always earn it back through concerts!” he said.
Fans pointed out that this was the motivation behind Chan’s prolific touring, having just completed his Fear and Dreams World Tour, which had 182 shows between Dec 9, 2022 and Aug 10, 2025.
> A couple from China could earn up to €1,000 (RM4,950) a day selling noodles by the roadside in Belgium, with customers calling it “the best Chinese food I’ve ever had”, reported China Press.
Wang, who hails from Chongqing, said she and her husband would set up their stall eight days in a month, selling wanza noodles – a Chongqing cuisine made with peas, minced pork and noodles.
She said they once made nearly €1,000 a day thanks to the word of mouth and repeat customers.
One customer even declared it the best Chinese food he had, something that touched Wang deeply.
Wang met her husband Ding, originally from Jiangsu province, in university.
Not long after they married, they moved to Belgium where they had their child.
Wang opens her stall on Tuesdays and Saturdays, selling thin and thick wanza noodles, priced at €7 and €9 respectively.
Ding, who has a PhD in agricultural science, is currently helping his wife with the stall after losing his job.
Ding said the stall was not just to bring them income, but was a way to fulfil his wife’s dreams of sharing the authentic cuisine from her hometown with the world.
“Running the stall has always been one of my wife’s biggest dreams.
“She enjoys it, and now that our child is older and we have more free time, it is finally possible,” he said.
The above articles are compiled from the vernacular newspapers (Bahasa Malaysia, Chinese and Tamil dailies). As such, stories are grouped according to the respective language/medium. Where a paragraph begins with a >, it denotes a separate news item.
