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Early life & family
Wang Lei was born as Hong Chin Chiew on 4 May 1961. His father was a woodworker and his mother was a housewife. Wang Lei was the fifth of six children, all of whom grew up in poverty. He dropped out of school at Primary 5 and took up odd-jobs to contribute to his family income, earning on average $900 a month.Some of these jobs included soda deliveries and wet market sales. He has not pursued further education since then. Wang Lei married his wife, Florence Cheng, when they were 23 years old....
Gambling addiction
It was at the age of 11 that Wang Lei purchased his first lottery ticket. He went on to win the third prize of $1,500. After that, the 18-year-old was egged on by a friend to dabble in horse betting, because he had claimed to have insider information. In meWATCH TV series Move On, Wang Lei said, Fuelled by the desire to escape poverty, he went on to regularly place horse race bets and cruises where he could gamble, but his debts began to snowball.It came to a point where he didn’t have enough...
Getai singer
In 1998, Wang Lei entered a Hokkien singing competition organised by Marsiling Community Club and was awarded second place. One of the judges, Xie Jinshi, introduced him to the getai scene, marking his debut into entertainment. Getai singers performed song and dance during Chinese festivals like the Hungry Ghost Festival. Hong Chin Chiew earned his stage name, “Wang Lei”, due to his impression of Chen Lei, a famous Taiwanese Hokkien singer.He was earning $5,000 from performing at 150 shows a...
Online fish hawker
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Wang Lei was unable to perform at physical getai shows and thus raked in “zero income for 75 days”. One of his friends in the seafood industry expressed his concerns about disruptions in sales due to the pandemic. He asked if Wang Lei could help him boost business during his livestreams.At this time, Wang Lei was only chatting with a small audience, so he was sceptical about the effectiveness of the idea. Nonetheless, he still agreed to lend assistance to his fri...
Royal Dragon Restaurant
On 28 August 2020, Wang Lei opened a Cantonese seafood restaurant, Royal Dragon Restaurant (御龙阁) at Havelock Road. The 10,000 square feet establishment hosts 20 tables and eight private rooms.He also offered a 20% discount to Bukit Merah residents in 2021.
Wang Lei has been cast in several movies directed by Jack Neo. He has also been appointed as Asia Momentum Media Entertainment’s first ambassador.
In 2020, Wang Lei released a music video for his fish hawking business, titled “卖鱼歌 (“Song of Fish Selling”)”.
Replacement of marriage certificate
Wang Lei lost his marriage certificate on a bus in 1984. Thereafter, due to his gambling addiction, he also pawned his wedding for $50. MP Low Yen Ling was present at a 2018 getai awards ceremony when Wang Lei shared about the loss of his marriage certificate.She helped the couple to obtain a new marriage certificate and presented it to them on 12 January 2019. The couple also received new wedding rings from their daughter.
Investigation by SFA for hygiene violation during fishmongering livestream
During one of Wang Lei’s livestreams as “Fish Selling Bro”, he received a complaint for not handling fish without gloves.He was brought in for questioning by the Singapore Food Agency for four hours. Wang Lei took to Facebook in a complaint post, retorting how he was questioned for “not using gloves in his own home”.
Copyright claims for “Fish Selling Bro” trademark
Wang Lei’s newfound success in the seafood industry as “Fish Selling Bro” was marked by his logo. Designed by a Malaysian netizen, James, in April 2020, the logo includes Wang Lei’s moniker, “Fish Selling Bro”. In July 2020, he had hopes of launching “Fish Selling Bro” products such as pillows and coffee and thus applied to trademark his logo. However, a Chinese businessman had already filed for the same trademark in China, meaning that Wang Lei could not expand his business there.Later in Ju...
Jun 11, 2020 · Wang had to find other ways to make a living. Luckily for him, he had met a fisherman friend who asked him if he was willing to try and sell fish through his own Facebook Live sessions.
May 30, 2023 · Yesterday (May 29), local getai singer and host Wang Lei announced in a Facebook post that veteran Taiwanese host Jacky Wu would host a livestream with him at Bedok Central later that evening.
Feb 24, 2022 · Wang Lei (王雷) (Singaporean Entertainer) Metadata This file contains additional information, probably added from the digital camera or scanner used to create or digitize it.
