JAKARTA – Chinese medical aesthetics tycoon Yu Wenhong is back in the discussion and viral on social media. Not because of his business, but because he is reported to have married a 25-year-old man with a dowry of 50 million yuan or about 7.3 million US dollars (about Rp. 115 billion).
Quoted from the South China Morning Post, Friday, April 24, Yu, who is now 55 years old, was born into a simple family in Dalian, Liaoning. After his father died, he worked in the beauty industry from the age of 18 to help his mother and sister.
His career started as an eyebrow tattoo technician. From there, Yu opened his own salon. In 2004, he founded the Young Merry Real International Group in Hong Kong and built a medical aesthetics business. A year later, his network of partner stores had more than 150 outlets.
Yu poses with US President Donald Trump. (Photo: baike.baidu.com – South China Morning Post)
However, Yu’s business path is not free from controversy. He and his partner once introduced the “Porcelain Doll” treatment, which is a procedure to take serum from the client’s body and inject it back into the face. The treatment is claimed to make the skin smooth and bright like porcelain.
The procedure is called dubious and lacks strong medical evidence. However, one session can be priced at 15,000 yuan or around 2,200 US dollars.
In 2022, Yu was also dragged into a tax scandal. He is said to have hidden income of 4.7 billion yuan and evaded taxes of 147 million yuan.
Yu’s love life is no less crowded. Before the latest marriage, he was reported to have married five times. At the age of 45, he had a relationship with a 25-year-old Albanian model, Rolando Lekaj. The relationship lasted a decade and they had a second child.
On the internet, Yu built an image of a strong and independent woman. She often says that women have to make their own money to be happy. She also once said that men cannot be relied on, while the money from their own work is more certain.
The latest highlight came after Yu met Liu Yuchen, or Renren, a 2001-born man who had been a model for his company. They are said to have met in the second half of 2025, both through live broadcasts and business events.
After having sex, Yu reportedly gave Renren expensive gifts, including a Rolls-Royce and a Mercedes-Benz. The two are said to have married in March 2026. Yu reportedly gave assets worth 50 million yuan or around 7.3 million US dollars (around Rp115 billion), in the form of cash, property, and luxury cars.
Renren has always responded to the relationship casually. He said he never planned to live like that, but the opportunity “just came”.
This marriage sparked a debate on Chinese social media. Some called it the reverse version of a rich man marrying a young woman. There were also those who poked fun at Yu for getting married too often.
Yu’s name is being discussed more because the story is unusual: a 30-year age difference, a dowry of around Rp115 billion, a large beauty business, the image of an independent woman, and a tax controversy that once dragged him down.
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