(Johor Bahru, July 20) When news spread that Dr Kervis — founder and chairman of Xing Yu Group (Zocco Group) and chairman of the International Chinese Foundation — had gone 3 for 3 on his World Cup predictions through legal channels, the first response from people around him was simple: “You’re so lucky.”
His response was even simpler: “It’s not luck. It’s courage.”
The Man Who Built A Career On Moving Forward With Fear
Dr Kervis is not someone who believes in luck. He believes in preparation, observation, and above all — the courage to commit to a decision when everything still feels uncertain.
He calls it his life principle: move forward with fear.
“Fear doesn’t go away,” he has said publicly on multiple occasions. “The question is whether you let it stop you or whether you walk through it anyway.”
This is the same principle that carried him from a small internet forum called BlueSky06 in 2004, through nearly thirty different industries, through a serious car accident that required eight screws to rebuild his spine, through years of betrayal and financial setbacks — and all the way to the global launch of VYBE app in 2026, a platform he describes as the future of AI-powered entertainment for the Chinese-speaking world.
Three World Cup wins in a row? For someone who has been making high-stakes judgment calls for twenty years, that is just another Tuesday.
Legal, Considered, And Fully Accountable
Dr Kervis is clear about one thing: his World Cup predictions were made entirely through legal channels.
“There is a difference between gambling and judgment,” he explains. “Gambling is pressing a button without understanding what you’re doing. Judgment is studying the situation, forming a view, committing to it, and accepting the result — whatever it is.”
This distinction matters to him deeply — not just as a legal point, but as a reflection of how he approaches everything in life. Every business decision he has made over the past twenty years has followed the same framework: understand the landscape, form an honest assessment, act with conviction, and take full responsibility for the outcome.
It is the same framework he applied to the World Cup. And it worked.
What He Did With The Win Matters More Than The Win Itself
When asked what he planned to do with his winnings, Dr Kervis’s answer reflected something deeper than financial calculation.
He thought immediately of those who need help — a reflex that speaks to the values he has carried throughout his entrepreneurial journey. As chairman of the International Chinese Foundation, he has long believed that money earned from the market should find its way back to those who need it most.
“The biggest win was never the money,” he said. “The biggest win is what you do with it.”
From The World Cup To The Next Level
Today, Dr Kervis is channelling that same disciplined judgment into building what he calls the ASEAN AI entertainment ecosystem — with VYBE app at its centre.
VYBE is an AI-powered short drama and creator platform that operates on five pillars: Create, Connect, Growth, Earn, and Legacy. It is already available on the App Store, with over 200 short dramas already on the platform, and represents the latest expression of a twenty-year mission to connect people with opportunity.
“I don’t gamble with my business,” Dr Kervis said. “I make judgments. And I move forward — even when I’m afraid.”
Three World Cup wins in a row. Twenty years of entrepreneurship. One life philosophy.
Move forward with fear.
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