Shang Loong Ma

Shang Loong Ma was an extremely wealthy businessman and founder of Shang Enterprises. He is former patriarch of the powerful Shang clan and father of both Shang Su Yi and Alfred Shang.

Shang originally made his fortune in China through banking. He moved to Singapore before the fall of the Qing Dynasty, and then increased his fortune even more through shipping and commodities.

Shang had multiple wives and concubines, but only had one supreme wife, Wang Lan Yin. With her, he had six children; in the book series, only Shang Su Yi, Alfred Shang are named, and another unnamed son was briefly mentioned. He arranged the marriages of all his children, choosing James Young as husband for Su Yi, and forcing her to marry him despite her initial reluctance. He also married his younger son Alfred Shang to Mabel T'sien, uniting the fortunes of the Shang clan and wealthy T'sien family.