Hollywood starts with an agent

Chapter 602 Asia Entertainment
"Oh, you mean, the eldest daughter of the Samsung chairman married a bodyguard this year?"

In the hotel bedroom, Lin Zhiling lay on Aaron's chest, looking utterly astonished.

Aaron patted the girl in his arms. "Yes, it caused quite a stir in South Korea!"

Lin Zhiling kissed Aaron on the cheek. "No wonder she came to see you tonight. You're one of the major shareholders of Samsung Group?"

Aaron smiled without saying a word. Lee Boo-jin's visit tonight clearly indicated that she hoped to take on more business responsibilities within Samsung.
Although Samsung is under Lee Kun-hee's control, Aaron's position would certainly allow him to help her without any problem.

But the Shilla Hotel was just an insignificant hotel business within the Samsung Group, so why would Aaron pay attention to it?

Aaron said lazily, "Alright, it's time to rest. Next, we're going to Japan..."

Not long after, Aaron and Lin Zhiling went to Japan together, where Lin Zhiling joined Media Asia Japan Agency to develop modeling and advertising business.

At a hot spring hotel in Hakone, Aaron, Norika Fujiwara, and Lin Zhiling soaked in the hot spring together. "Japan had a nuclear accident at the end of last month!"

“Yes, an investigation is already underway,” Norika Fujiwara explained.

The criticality radiation accident at the JCO nuclear fuel preparation plant in Tokai Village, Naka District, Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan, has drawn widespread attention, primarily due to personnel failing to comply with operating procedures.

Aaron shook his head. Japan's nuclear accident really is a recurring theme.

"Alright, Lin Zhiling might be developing business in Japan in the future, so keep an eye on her!"

Aaron put his arm around the two of them and casually offered a reminder.

"Don't worry," Norika Fujiwara leaned against the man's chest and glanced at Lin Zhiling beside her, "She's beautiful and has a sexy figure, she's bound to become popular!"

"Thank you, Fujiwara-san," Lin Zhiling smiled, hugged Aaron's waist, and kissed the man. "I need to go back to Taipei first to do some preparations, and then I'll come back."

Aaron nodded. "Of course. You're only here to study and work. Your career focus shouldn't be in Japan."

Norika Fujiwara thought for a moment, "Perhaps we could develop our careers in Japan. Miss Lin has a basic understanding of Japanese, so she'll learn it quickly."

"Shooting more commercials and appearing in more magazines can also help you gain fame!"

Aaron leaned against the side, stroking the 34E and 34C breasts of the two people in his arms respectively, "You two can decide this yourselves."

While Aaron was on vacation in Japan, Wang Zhuxian returned to Hong Kong and discussed with Zhuang Cheng, the general manager of Media Asia Entertainment, about shooting a blockbuster film and entering the mainland market.

Because of its backing by Haihua Capital and its good relationship with Golden Harvest, Media Asia Entertainment has been very successful in Hong Kong in recent years.

However, the overall market in Hong Kong is sluggish, and Media Asia is not immune to the downturn. Among the actors currently signed by Media Asia, the one they are heavily promoting is Ekin Cheng, who became a sensation with the "Young and Dangerous" series.

However, this year, a sensational celebrity love triangle occurred in Hong Kong's entertainment industry, which the media dubbed the "Double Gigi Face-Off" incident, involving three stars: Ekin Cheng, Maggie Siu, and Gigi Leung.

This caused Ekin Cheng's reputation to plummet, so Media Asia signed a contract with Andy Lau for six films, worth HK$36 million.

At the same time, he also signed a contract for four movies with another superstar, Leon Lai!

In the Media Asia Films office, Chong Cheng handed Wang Zhuxian two projects. "These are two big projects being handled by Golden Harvest, both starring Aaron Kwok. They plan to heavily promote him." Wang Zhuxian flipped through them and read, "Thunder Cop and 2000 AD!"

After watching for a while, I thought, "Hey, this movie, 'Thunder Cop,' is pretty good. It was filmed in Shanghai, mainland China, and it's a co-production."

John Chong nodded. "That's right, Golden Harvest's 'Thunder Cop' has a substantial investment, at HK$6000 million."

"For the female lead, they want Norika Fujiwara, the sexy Japanese actress from Media Asia. For the supporting male and female leads, they'll mainly be looking at actors from Taipei!"

The company with the most actors in Taipei is Media Asia Films.

"6000 million is fine, 3000 million is enough for our family. Norika Fujiwara is no problem either, she's acted in Hong Kong films before."

"As for the supporting actress, Richie Jen is quite famous right now, but for that role, we'll choose Yang Gongru from our company."

"For the other actors, we should still choose some mainland stars, which will be beneficial to the box office."

Among the female celebrities under Media Asia Entertainment who have signed long-term contracts are Yang Gongru, Li Zhi, Lin Xilei, and Jia Jingwen.
The most famous one is Yang Gongru. She was born in Shanghai, and she will soon be helping ATV film the sequel TV series "My Date with a Vampire 2".

As for some new male actors, Media Asia filmed "Gen-X Cops" this year, and there were a few good newcomers in it;

Although it wasn't signed with Media Asia, which has signed several actors from the "Young and Dangerous" series, the market for film companies is currently not that important in terms of personnel!
"Sure, also, Milkyway Image is adapting the radio drama 'Needing You...' and is seeking investment. Andy Lau has been cast as the male lead."

"Media Asia has agreed to invest and co-produce it with Milkyway Image!"

Zhuang Cheng's business focus is still on film production and distribution; he doesn't care about artist management.

Wang Zhuxian laughed, "Andy Lau's movies are still guaranteed. Even though the Hong Kong film market is sluggish, he took the lead in lowering his salary."

The movie "The Conman in Vegas" released this year was a collaboration between Wong Jing and Andy Lau, and it also made Lin Xilei famous!

"Let Wong Jing help Leon Lai write a script too. We've already signed a contract, so we can't let it go to waste."

Now, Media Asia and Wong Jing's collaboration is quite close.

"Also, Universal Music wants to sign Aaron Kwok. You know his manager, Xiao Mei, so could you act as a go-between? Universal is willing to spend HK$6000 million to poach him from Warner Music!"

Originally, Universal Music Hong Kong was formerly known as Capital Artists. Aaron Kwok worked for Capital Artists in his early days, but Capital Artists was always unable to retain its talent.
After Universal acquired Cinepoly Records, things changed. People like Andy Hui, Sammi Cheng, and Miriam Yeung are currently under contract with Universal.

Universal Music has Anita Mui, the leading figure of Capital Artists, and now Sammi Cheng and Kelly Chen have also risen to prominence. Anita Mui's contract is about to expire, so there's no shortage of talent. Among male singers, what's missing is a leading figure, and Aaron Kwok has been quite good in recent years.

Zhuang Cheng nodded, "Of course, no problem. We've always had a close working relationship with Universal Music. Aaron Kwok joining Universal Music is great!"

The relationship between Media Asia Films and Universal Music has always been special, with the two sides frequently collaborating on the promotion of artists' records and films.

Of course, in addition to poaching Aaron Kwok, Universal Music was also poaching Leslie Cheung from Rock Records, a singer who had been a Capital Artists artist throughout the 1980s!

(End of this chapter)