When Mother Lily gave Manny Valera HOUSE & LOT | PEP
Talent manager and director Manny Valera recalls how big of a blessing Mother Lily Monteverde was to him.
They started their friendship when Manny worked as a line producer for Regal Entertainment. Mother Lily gave him numerous projects and all of them were successful.
Because of this, Mother Lily gave Direk Manny his own house and lot.
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They started their friendship when Manny worked as a line producer for Regal Entertainment. Mother Lily gave him numerous projects and all of them were successful.
Because of this, Mother Lily gave Direk Manny his own house and lot.
#MotherLilyMonteverde #RIPLilyMonteverde #RegalEntertainment
Video: Arniel Serato
Edit: Khym Manalo
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Transcript
00:00Good evening, everyone. I was scheduled to speak this Friday. Pero in advance na ako, naging non-primetime ng schedule ko.
00:15From non-primetime to...
00:18Anyway, good evening, everyone.
00:23I know I'm deeply, deeply sad sa pagtagal nating mother.
00:28Kasi, papagtagal ko sa talaga ko na siya ayaw naman.
00:32Kasi, she is really, literally, a second mother to me.
00:38I began my career in show business in the producing side.
00:46Mother gave me the break as a producer.
00:50First, as a night producer for movies.
00:55Sabi ko kay Mayor Pong Ricardo at one given time.
01:00Sabi ko, Mayor Pong, I'm Pong.
01:05Kaya ko naman maging night producer tulad mo.
01:08Kasi, gusto ko sana maging night producer.
01:11Ako sabi niya, oo, kaya kaya mo mami. Ano ka ba? Matalido ka naman.
01:16So, with his blessings of Mayor Pong, pinuruan niya ako patiently on how to do my production.
01:25At that given time, I was the manager of Maricel Soriano.
01:30Who I managed for around 18 to 20 years.
01:34Na naging isang original regal baby.
01:37That's why I was very close to Mother, really.
01:40Dahil, aside from being manager of Maricel,
01:43sya, there is that relationship also with the producer.
01:48Dahil, yun ang dapat.
01:51It has been a smooth relationship with Mother as our producer.
01:59Both Maricel and myself.
02:01And hindi ko makarimunan yung point na ganun palang Chinese
02:07na pag pinagkatiwalaan ka ng isang proyekto toloy-toloy yung pagkatiwalaan niya.
02:15I never lost that trust. Thank you, Mother.
02:19Because, if I would recall, my journey to regal television,
02:27I was trusted with one show, which is Mother's Studio Presents.
02:32And off we went regularly to faraway Paranaque
02:39to visit and deal with the Archangel Joseph
02:43who started our regal television via Mother's Studio Presents.
02:49And then after that project, that project became very successful
02:56because it became a consistent top-rater on GMA7.
03:02Then after Mother's Studio Presents, there came many others
03:06like Regal Shocker, Regal Drama Presents Aiko, 13.015, at maraming pang iba.
03:15And it ended up, nung naging lima na yung TV shows na pinahahawak sa akin ni Mother Lili.
03:23Ang sabi ko, I think it's about time that she looks for another person na katulad ko, na same level.
03:31Kasi lima na yung nahawakan ko eh.
03:34And that's a very hectic sketch for me.
03:37Dahil, in order to be on top of five TV programs na running every week, madugo yun.
03:46But Mother kept, sabi niya, no, no more running.
03:49I would not like to hire another person aside from you.
03:54Dahil, lukin mo lang yung tao yan.
03:56Bawat tao niya, mama. You supervise them.
03:59And then you take charge. You're on top of that.
04:02Because I only want to deal with you. No one else.
04:06Siyempre, given the opportunity, diba, I'm very thankful that Mother trusted me that much.
04:15Nakakataba ng puso dahil yung pagpitiwala niya, pagpitiwala niya talagang sobrang sobra.
04:25And I'm very thankful of that.
04:27Of course, because of free television, binigyan ako ni Mother ni Rina ang bahay.
04:33Without asking.
04:35Tanong lang yan sa akin,
04:37Manny, may bahay ka na ba?
04:40Sabot ko, Mother, wala ako.
04:43Bumili ka na bahay.
04:45Ako ang bahala.
04:46Mother, wala akong enough savings.
04:49No, no, no.
04:50Ako ang bahala.
04:52Bumili ka na kung gusto mong bahay.
04:54At ako magbabahal.
04:56So, siyempre, binili kong bahay, yung pinakamura na para-affordable.
05:03I didn't want to take advantage of the generosity of Mother Lady.
05:08Pero, ang binili ko, yung isang simple townhouse.
05:13Hindi ko binili corner na townhouse.
05:16Kasi, siyempre, masang high-end.
05:18At baka, empty.
05:20Eh, hindi ko ma-buy.
05:22Well, I know naman, Mother Lady will pay for it.
05:25So, alam ko, hindi mo nalang may mata.
05:27So, uh, I bought it.
05:31She paid for it.
05:32And, in the end, I own it.
05:35O, diba?
05:36Sana nakita ng producer na, without asking her,
05:40na talagang out of her, out of the blues,
05:43biglang naisip niya, may bahay ka na ba?
05:46So, that's how much she cared for her people.
05:50And I truly appreciate that.
05:54There have been times na nagkakaroon sila ng gap.
05:59Siyempre, me and Maricela Soriano, the one I managed before.
06:04Kasi, siyempre, it's not a solid journey.
06:10Meron ups and downs of the relationship,
06:13given the fact that they are more or less very passionate people.
06:19Mother is passionate.
06:21And so, with Maricela, very passionate.
06:24So, I was just always on the middle,
06:26trying to make a way to pacify things
06:30and make the relationship better and to be more productive
06:36so that Regal Films, kasi, one is the aside,
06:40Regal Films naman made Maricela.
06:44And with all the many box offices of Maricela,
06:48naging isa siyang treasured Regal Baby ni Mother Lili.
06:54One thing more, before I forget,
06:57is I would like to thank Roselle Monteverde
07:03because, medyo mga pangaligot si kwento ko,
07:06the last memory of me with Mother Lili is thanks to Roselle.
07:12She invited me to a early dinner in Lonior Alleys with Mother.
07:19And I was very thankful kasi, for the longest time,
07:22I wanted to have dinner with her.
07:25Thank you to Kusama,
07:26because they crowned Lil' Sexy Mama Lili as the Mother of the Year
07:30because they visited Mother Lili in Green Hills.
07:33Tapos, hindi ako kasama.
07:35And then, right after that, Roselle invited me.
07:40So, readily, with her invitation,
07:44tulid-tulid angat ako sa Gloria Manis.
07:48And sabi nga Roselle,
07:50O, Mani, si Mother hindi nalawala ba sa bahay yan?
07:53Pero, eto, dawa ba siya ng bahay?
07:56Kasi, na-miss na rin niya ang Gloria Manis food na paborito niya.
08:00And then, she was there.
08:02She was sitting and, you know, made an effort to eat.
08:07Kasi, di ba, medyo kahilang na siyang dumutok or tumakin.
08:11And, I saw the, you know, how much Roselle cared for her mother.
08:18So, I got very touched.
08:21It is, I will never forget that moment.
08:24Simply because Mother kept saying,
08:26I miss you, Mani.
08:29I miss you, Mani.
08:31Paulit-ulit.
08:34Those were her lines.
08:37Only, those were her only lines at the funeral.
08:40I miss you, Mani.
08:42Of course, I would say, I would reply back,
08:45I miss you, Mani, too, Mother. I love you.
08:48So, thank you, Roselle, for giving me that moment.
08:53Because, I will forever treasure that.
08:57And, it's a very good closure that whatever I am to create,
09:02is very much because of Mother.
09:05I love you, Mother. Thank you.
09:13Thank you, Direk Mani.
09:27© transcript Emily Beynon