Hong Kong film producer ignites debate with social skills course, makes US$280,000

Wife of well-known entertainment tycoon says ‘exclusive’ classes will help people manage their ‘careers, family, wealth, relations’

Online courses designed to improve people’s social skills offered by Hong Kong film producer Tiffany Chen have generated total sales of more than two million yuan (US$280,000) in the past week.

Chen, 68, is the wife of entertainment tycoon Charles Heung Wah-keung and is better known on the mainland of China as Madam Heung, the mother of actor Jacky Heung, who is also an online celebrity.

At the end of August, Chen launched courses titled Madam Heung Upgrading Bestie Circle on major social media platforms. The cost per course is 399 yuan (US$55), Dahe News reported.

She claims they will help people “stabilise their inner core and get rid of internal friction.”