Chapter 482: Andy Lau
When it comes to the Hong Kong entertainment industry, there are a few people who can't avoid it.
Needless to say, those bigwigs in the entertainment industry, Xicheng is not interested and there is no need to deliberately make friends, because he has no plans to develop in the Chinese entertainment circle in the short term, but there are some artists who are with him, and he is interested in getting to know them.
For example, Lin Qingxia, who has created an undefeated classic in the East, a generation of jade girl Zhou Huimin, Fa Ge who does not need to be described with adjectives at all, and the Four Heavenly Kings, the king of comedy Stephen Chow, and so on.
The one you see today is among them.
Andy Lau, one of the Four Heavenly Kings, is the person who is affectionately called Andy by the public.
There are countless versions of the Four Heavenly Queens, but titles such as the Four Heavenly Kings and the Wireless Five Tiger Generals are undisputed.
As a singer, he is the most awarded male singer in the Guinness Book of World Records; As an actor, he is one of Hong Kong's "Wireless Five Tigers", has participated in more than 150 films, won the Best Actor Award at three Hong Kong Film Awards, and the Best Actor Award at two Taiwan Golden Horse Awards.
He has appeared on the stage of CCTV Spring Festival Gala many times, is well-known in the global Chinese community, and is known as the "evergreen" of the Chinese entertainment industry.
Xicheng's original casual expression disappeared suddenly, he took two steps forward, and before he could walk in, he stretched out his hand to Andy Lau, "Hello senior, I'm Li Xicheng from South Korea." ”
When he introduced himself, he had always been a simple Hee-sung, and he didn't bother to say anything else.
This time, he not only politely said his coming, but also introduced himself by name and surname, and his posture was very low, as if he felt that he was not qualified enough to let the person in front of him know.
To be honest, Andy Lau was indeed a little caught off guard.
Today, Lin Sheng and Lin Jianyue invited him to have dinner together, and he couldn't refuse. Just come over and socialize.
Also present was Lin Jianyue's brother Lin Jianming.
To be honest, Andy is quite disapproving of people like Lin Jianming, who are old and messing around with flowers and grass.
After chatting for a while, he gradually understood that Lin Jianming was actually going to recommend actors to his younger brother.
Most of the people who are good friends with people like Lin Jianming are vase female stars, and there are few people who are really serious about their careers, so he and Lin Jianyue are a little perfunctory, and they only concentrate on tasting tea.
See the people waiting. He suddenly realized that it was South Korea's Hee Sung.
Xicheng naturally knows that he sings well, often produces some good songs, and has watched some TV series with Zhu Liqian, but his impression is relatively weak, after all, he is not a character in his circle.
However, his girlfriend Zhu Liqian is very obsessed with this exotic boy, thinking that he is all aristocratic in his gestures, even if he plays a person at the bottom of society.
That's when I heard that. Andy laughed at the time, and the smile was extremely cold.
Playing a person at the bottom of society also has an aristocratic temperament, which is definitely not a compliment, for an actor. This is precisely the expression of immature acting.
is just a typical Korean beautiful man, this is his most fundamental impression of Hee-sung.
However, he never expected this man to greet him so formally.
Maybe the fans are more enthusiastic, but the fans are fans after all. Artists are known for their value.
Artists from different countries, their hands finally held together.
"Hello, Hee Sung. I didn't expect that the person waiting was you, fortunately, fortunately, "Reach out and don't hit the smiling person, Andy Lau's temper is already good, and he won't put on any face at this time."
"I didn't expect to meet my seniors, I'm so lucky today," Xicheng said with a smile on his face after letting go of Andy Lau's hand.
"Don't call your predecessors," Lin Jianming shook hands with Xicheng and said, "Just call him Brother Hua, if you don't follow me to call Hua Tsai, he must not mind." ”
Andy Lau smiled and nodded, "Yes, if you meet here today, you are friends, so you don't have to be so polite." ”
"Then you're welcome, Brother Hua, please take care of me in the future," Xicheng changed his words very happily, being able to know Andy Lau really made him feel a long-lost surprise with a cold temperament.
"Let me introduce you to you, this is Lin Jianyue Yueshao, the boss of Media Asia, a super boss in the Hong Kong entertainment industry," Lin Jianming patted the shoulder of a person next to him and introduced Xicheng.
"Big brother, don't scold me," the fat man, who was about half a hundred years old, had a bitter face, took away his brother's hand, stretched out his hand to Xicheng and said: "I'm Lin Jianyue, Xicheng is, really a talent." ”
"Hello Lin Sheng," Xicheng shook hands politely, his expression was respectful, but not as sincere as just now.
What an arrogant boy, Lin Jianyue almost laughed.
It's not that Xicheng doesn't know the identity of Lin Jianyue, in fact, as long as he is a little bit involved in the entertainment industry, he will not be unfamiliar with Lin Jianyue.
He studied at the University of Oregon in the United States and returned to Hong Kong after graduating in 1987 to assist his father, Pak Yan Lam, and became the Vice Chairman of the Lai Sun Group.
Lin Jianyue was young and vigorous, and many times he made huge investments and eventually lost money, which almost destroyed the family business.
In July 2004, Lam reached an agreement with creditors CITIC Ka Wah, Citibank and Morgan Stanley to restructure $2.1 billion in debt.
In the same year, East Asia Records Co., Ltd. was established, and its artists include Andy Lau, Sammi Cheng, Ren Xianqi, He Yunshi, Xu Zhian, Edison Chen and so on.
Lin Jianyue also established a joint venture with Li Ming to set up a record label AMUSIC, and once established an entertainment company CMD with Edison Chen.
On 8 December 2004, Patrick Lam announced that all the shares of Lai Sun International, Lai Sun Development, Lai Fung Holdings and Crocodile Shirts would be placed in Wisdoman, a family fund company.
On December 14, it was announced that Wisdoman would be given to Lin Jianyue and his mother Yu Baozhu, half of each of them.
In addition to controlling the Lai Sun family of listed companies with a total value of about 3 billion yuan, such as Lai Sun International, Crocodile Shirts, Lai Sun Development, Lai Fung Holdings, and eSun, Lam also received all the 7 billion assets privately held by his father, including a large number of properties and securities in Hong Kong and the Mainland, while his eldest son Lin Jianming, daughter Lin Mingzhu and adopted son Lin Jiankang can only obtain unlisted rental properties and securities investment assets.
On February 18, 2005, Lin Baixin passed away, and Lin Jianyue received an inheritance of more than 10 billion.
I heard that Lin Jianyue has a connection with the underworld, but I don't know if it's true or not, but when Media Asia was listed in Singapore, it was indeed obstructed, because Lin Baixin was suspected of money laundering in Taiwan seven years ago. Although it was later explained that the family behind him only held a small percentage of the shares, and Lin Jianyue also withdrew from the board of directors for the company's smooth listing, the inextricable connections during this period still make people think about it.
This person is completely a giant crocodile in the Hong Kong entertainment industry, Zeng Zhiwei once partnered with others to boycott him, and tried to invite Li Zekai to fight against him.
If the Hong Kong entertainment industry is a copy of the game, this person is bound to be one of the final bosses.
However, such a prominent person, Xicheng really didn't take it to heart.
Nothing to ask for, nature to fear.
In fact, his indifference by mistake was the reaction that Lin Jianyue appreciated the most.
Then Hee Sung introduced Han Jiaren to them.
Han Jiaren is not weak in popularity in South Korea and even in Asia. But in front of this kind of big guy, there is only the assumption of whether he can recruit or, and it is absolutely impossible to be a true friend.
However, they looked at Xicheng with strange eyes, and even had a sense of identification with people in the same way.
The Lin brothers are all bigwigs in the entertainment industry, and they are all romantic, and they take it for granted that Xicheng's female companion has an ambiguous relationship with him.
Han Jiaren could see from their expressions that she was embarrassed. Pretty face crimson, but she really can't explain anything.
The five people sat down for tea, and the waiters began to serve refreshments, such as squid and seafood triangle spring rolls, pre-fried butterfly shrimp, puff pastry lotus paste buns, honeycomb taro horns, boat porridge and so on. It doesn't matter if it's high-end or not, it's all up.
"You haven't been to Hong Kong many times, and you must rarely enjoy the food on this mountaintop, so you might as well try them all. Let me, the host, be thoughtful," Lin Jianming laughed, although he was old. But there is still a different kind of aristocratic flavor.
Lin Jianyue was secretly frightened, what kind of friendship did this kid have with his brother.
"I'm a little curious, I don't know what kind of business Fushang is doing in South Korea?" With his current status, he has long been out of the habit of beating around the bush, and directly asked the question in his heart.
"Dad works in the Supervision Department, the family makes funds, and invests in some industries," Xicheng did not deliberately conceal it, he did not do dark things in front of celebrities, and it was better to be calm than to be found out.
"Oh, what kind of fund is it, I have a Wisdoman in my hand, then we can be considered together," Lin Jianyue raised his eyebrows, and Xicheng's answer was completely unexpected to him.
However, as a wealthy man worth tens of billions, there are really not many people who can be taken into his eyes.
"Namsan Fund," Hee-sung lowered his eyes, he never showed off, but he definitely didn't like to be looked down upon.
"What, monkey spirit namsan?" Lin Jianyue didn't have that calmness at all, he even leaned forward with his hands on the table.
Li Qingzhe is very shrewd and cautious, and he is called a yellow-skinned monkey in Europe and the United States, so his peers in Hong Kong call him a monkey spirit, which is not a derogatory scolding.
Han Jiaren's face was dazed, in fact, she couldn't understand what these people were saying, she could only see that Boss Lin, who was introduced as one of the giants in Hong Kong, changed his face.
She doesn't know anything, it doesn't mean that the Lin brothers are also lonely, of course they know the approximate scale of Namsan and the more famous several large-scale investments, it can be said unequivocally that Namsan is bound to be a behemoth.
Lin Jianming didn't know that Xicheng still had such an identity, thinking about the scene when the two of them were asking for an inkstone, he couldn't help but smile bitterly.
If people didn't want to let him go at the beginning, he really didn't have much hope for Zhou Quan.
"It's the family's industry, and it has nothing to do with me," Xicheng said lightly: "I'm in the stage of self-reliance now, and I have to eat on my own, and they don't stumble on me and have fun." ”
Everyone was stunned, and Hee-sung explained it, and they understood what self-reliance meant.
The Lin brothers and Andy Lau couldn't help but look up to Xicheng again.
They couldn't help but think about what they were doing at this little guy's age, just a stupid student sitting in the classroom.
Even Andy Lau was 20 years old, that is, in 1981, when he was admitted to the 10th TVB Artist Training Class, although he had a song that he kept singing when he was seventeen.
"Let my grandfather be talented," although the age may not be much younger than Li Qingzhe, but the Lin brothers invisibly lowered their own generation by one generation, just from the point of letting their grandson support himself, the Lin brothers agreed that this is more than the prestige of the monkey spirit in the investment world. (To be continued......)