Andy Lau's status in the Chinese world is unparalleled. He is a true superstar. Over the years, he has made outstanding achievements in singing, film and television from the original idol star to today's powerful star. In Zhou Hao's previous life
At that time, Andy Lau concealed the turmoil of his marriage, and Zhou Hao also felt that it was excusable. Although he made mistakes, he could not hide his flaws.
At this time, Andy Lau is much younger than Zhou Hao in his previous life. After all, he is only in his thirties now.
In the independent private room, there were only two people, Zhou Hao and Andy Lau, sitting face to face on both sides of the dining table.
Andy Lau carefully looked at the handsome young man in front of him, and he was curious about his identity. Because he had a filming schedule today, but he suddenly received an invitation, and the person who invited him was actually Xiang Huaqiang's younger brother, Xiang Huaqiang.
Huasheng. Sun Ngee Ann in Hong Kong
Of course, Andy Lau knew about the power, especially Xin Ngee Ann's control over the entertainment industry. Unless you are an insider, you can't really see it. So Andy Lau immediately turned down today's schedule and hurriedly came here with Xiang Huasheng, and saw this
The boy named "Zhou Hao".
When he first saw himself, Zhou Hao's eyes showed a bit of surprise, admiration, and a hint of admiration, just like those of his fans and movie fans. But soon, he calmed down, and there was only a little bit of admiration in his eyes.
Appreciating yourself is like looking at an ordinary person.
"Thank you very much, Mr. Liu, for taking time out of your busy schedule to come see me." Zhou Hao smiled at Andy Lau.
Zhou Hao does not call Andy Lau "Hua Zi" like Hong Kong people do, which makes Andy feel that his relationship with him is not like a fan or an idol, or a friend or a friend, but rather like a business partner.
Since Xiang Huasheng personally brought him here to meet this Zhou Hao, Andy Lau thought that this Zhou Hao must be no ordinary person, so he smiled and said: "Mr. Zhou, you are young and promising. It is my honor to meet you.
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But Zhou Hao shook his head and smiled, "I think Mr. Liu, you didn't know me at all before this, how did you know that I am young and promising?"
Andy Lau didn't expect Zhou Hao to speak so bluntly. He was stunned for a moment and said with a somewhat embarrassed smile: "Mr. Zhou, you are speaking too plainly."
"I just want to have a happy and honest talk with you, Mr. Liu." Zhou Hao smiled and said: "Mr. Liu, I know that you have not signed a contract with any agency now, and you are considered a free man to a certain extent.
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Andy Lau immediately frowned when he heard this, because Zhou Hao said this, which meant that he intended to recruit him to his company.
However, Andy Lau became independent because he was fed up with the exploitation of his agency. A few years ago, he established his own company "Tianmu" just to be free from restraints, but "Tianmu" ended miserably in the end.
Seeing Andy Lau frowning, Zhou Hao was not impatient and still said with a smile: "I know Mr. Liu, you don't like to be restrained, but you should understand that it will be difficult for you to make a difference if you rely on yourself alone.
You need a strong company to support you. Moreover, after joining my company, I can guarantee that no one in the underworld in Hong Kong will dare to threaten you to make bad movies again."
Andy Lau looked at Zhou Hao with a somewhat surprised look. If he could say this, it meant that Zhou Hao had the power to compete with the entire Hong Kong underworld. This inevitably made Andy Lau curious.
And Zhou Hao said to him: "Moreover, Mr. Liu, I know you are very concerned about the Best Actor Award at the Hong Kong Film Awards. You have made so many movies but none of them can help you realize your dream of becoming an actor. Mr. Liu,
I can help you."
"How can you help me?" Andy Lau saw the very confident smile on Zhou Hao's face, and suddenly his heart skipped a beat, "You probably want to bribe the judges. This is not possible. In this case, I would rather not get this award.
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"Of course not." Zhou Hao said with a smile: "There's no point in doing this kind of thing. I want you to sit on the position of the best actor upright. I have tailor-made a movie for you, you can do it now
Read the script." After that, he took out a script and handed it to Andy Lau.
Andy Lau took it and looked through it, ""Dark War"?"
This is exactly the movie "Dark War" in which Andy Lau won the Academy Award for Best Actor in his previous life. However, "Dark War" was only released in 1999, but Zhou Hao wrote it in advance according to his own memory.
, of course, Zhou Hao is not a professional in writing scripts, so this script is just a first draft and needs professionals to polish it.
After briefly reading the story, Andy Lau also showed joy on his face, because he could see that the script was very exciting and every character was very exciting. He asked Zhou Hao: "What do you want the jewel thief and the thief to do?"
Which one do I play?"
Zhou Hao smiled, "Which one do you want to play?"
Andy Lau hesitated for a moment and then said: "I want to play the thief because this role is more challenging."
Zhou Hao nodded, "As for that one, I will ask Liu Qingyun to star."
"Qingyun?" Andy Lau said in surprise: "But he is now a member of 'Galaxy Image'. Boss Du is afraid that he will not let him go." The Boss Du he is talking about is Johnnie To, because the "Galaxy Image" film production company is none other than Johnnie To.
Created in the previous year.
But Zhou Hao's smile remained unchanged, "Not to mention Liu Qingyun, even Johnnie To has agreed to be the director of my drama."
"What?" Andy Lau was also very shocked when he heard this, because he had worked with Johnnie To a lot and knew Johnnie To's temperament. Although the script of "Dark War" is very good, Johnnie To would not necessarily be willing to condescend to agree to Zhou Hao.
I heard Zhou Hao laugh and say: "Because the entire 'Galaxy Image' was acquired by me the day before yesterday, but it has not been made public yet."
"What!" Andy Lau stood up in shock and looked at Zhou Hao in disbelief.
Because Johnnie To created "Galaxy Image" with passion and regarded it as his own brainchild, he even recruited Wei Jiahui and You Dazhi to form an "iron triangle" with the ambition to build a film and television kingdom in Hong Kong. How could it be suddenly acquired by Zhou Hao?
Where is it?
It turns out that although "Galaxy Image" was founded by Johnnie To, there was actually a very strong underworld figure behind him, and that was the Xiang family of Xin Ngee Ann. Xiang Huaqiang was the ultimate owner behind "Galaxy Image". At that time, Zhou Hao decided
After wanting to acquire "Galaxy Image", he did not go to Johnnie To, but directly went to Xiang Huaqiang.
When Xiang Huaqiang learned that Zhou Hao wanted to acquire "Galaxy Image", he decided to give "Galaxy Image" to Zhou Hao for free without saying a word. Because compared to trying to please Zhou Hao, "Galaxy Image" was too much for Xiang Huaqiang.
It’s trivial. After all, although Xin Ngee On has a lot of business in the Hong Kong entertainment industry, it’s nothing more than
It only accounts for a small part of their "business". Xiang Huaqiang originally regards his film companies as money laundering tools. Not to mention "Galaxy Image", if Zhou Hao opens his mouth, even Xiang Huaqiang has put the most effort into it.
"Yongsheng Film Company", he could also give it to Zhou Hao without frowning.
Of course, Zhou Hao didn't ask for it in vain. He gave Xiang Huaqiang 50 million Hong Kong dollars and officially brought "Galaxy Image" under his banner. In addition, Zhou Hao also bought Xiang Huaqiang's brand for 20 million Hong Kong dollars.
A record production company.
With such clever tricks, Zhou Hao's "Polaris" framework in the three aspects of music, film and television has been initially established. And this is only in Hong Kong. The construction of the domestic structure of "Polaris" is also in progress.
However, it is the same as Zhou Hao's acquisition strategy in Hong Kong. Zhou Hao does not want to go through the trouble of rebuilding it brick by brick, but directly takes the existing resources as the "jigsaw puzzle" of the "North Star".
"Hengdian Film and Television City" is an example. "Polaris" owns 40% of its shares, which means it owns the largest filming base in China. In the future, movies and TV series produced by itself will not need to rent other people's places.
At this time, in addition to acquiring Asia Television, Galaxy Video and record companies in Hong Kong, "Polaris" was also conducting acquisition negotiations in China for the "Huayi Brothers Media Group" that had just been established in 1994.
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Today's "Huayi Brothers Media Group" is still in the early stages of its establishment. Its achievements and reputation are far less than those of Zhou Hao's previous life. Moreover, it has not yet been listed on the market, so it would be much easier to acquire it.
At this time, Andy Lau on the opposite side had slowly calmed down, but the look he looked at Zhou Hao no longer contained contempt, but a faint fear. He was able to put away "Galaxy Image" without saying a word.
The person who won the prize cannot be an ordinary person. Andy Lau asked tentatively: "Mr. Zhou, may I ask, what is the name of your company?"
Zhou Hao picked up the "Sprite" in front of him and took a sip, then smiled and said: "My company, Mr. Liu, you should have heard of it, it's called 'Polaris Media Film and Television Company'."
"Is your company that 'Polaris'? That 'Polaris' that acquired Asia Television some time ago?"
"That's right." Zhou Hao nodded with a smile.
Andy Lau was amazed, "I really didn't expect that you are the boss behind the 'Polaris' that has caused so much trouble in the entertainment industry. Do you know, the media is already speculating whether 'Polaris' is secretly manipulated by top rich men like Li Ka-shing or Lee Shau Kee"
They came out and said that these real estate tycoons also intend to get involved in the media industry."