Runde Shaw was a loyal and honest head of the family, but he was very much an old-school businessman. From owning one small theater to running a large chain, he worked with diligence and frugality. Yet his was a character ill-suited to the fast pace of the movie industry and he never had much success in making films. Run Run Shaw was an entirely different kind of businessman.
邵 9 人是位忠厚老實的長者，但卻是老式生意人，他能從一家小戲院做到擁有一個戲院集團，自有老式生意人一套克勤克儉的工夫，然而，這種性格被認為不能促成電影的「起飛」，因此拍片成績一直不理想。