I really never expected that Stephen Chow, who had been retreating behind the scenes for many years, would appear in a variety show, and he would do a stand-up comedy variety show in the name of "The King of Comedy".
Some viewers are happy and some are worried. It is indeed worthy of everyone's expectation to have Xingye participate in a variety show, but after being mysterious for so many years, is it a bit pricey for him to come out now?
Why do you say that?
On the one hand, this is because Stephen Chow’s background has long been mysterious, and there are many stars who have been criticized for draining their popularity by recording variety shows to make quick money. On the other hand, because Stephen Chow has been criticized for "exhausting his talents" in recent years, if he comes out to record variety shows in the name of the King of Comedy, does this count as another consumption of his own works by Stephen Chow?
Xingye's agent has also revealed the company's new trends. The drama version of "The King of Comedy" has been officially announced, and the animated version of "God of Cookery" is about to be launched. iQiyi has also announced an in-depth relationship with Stephen Chow's company. partnership.
This also means that Stephen Chow is really going to start consuming himself in all aspects.
Over the years, Stephen Chow has not been able to bring something new to the audience.
"The New King of Comedy" was disappointed in both word-of-mouth and box office. "Mermaid" had box office but not word-of-mouth. After so many years, the second part has not been released yet. The rest is either to consume "Kung Fu" or to shoot the sex-changed version of "Shaolin Soccer" 》.
But for Stephen Chow, does it have to consume the feelings of the public? Is it necessary to make this little money?
has made money for so many years, isn’t it enough? In fact, after digging into Stephen Chow's assets, I discovered that he is really not as wealthy as everyone thought, and behind these feelings are all business.
When Stephen Chow was still playing a small role, he was earning a meager hourly salary of HK$20. However, ten years later, in 1993, Stephen Chow became the second highest paid film producer in Hong Kong, earning HK$12 million for one movie. .
In 1999, in Wang Jing's "The King of Kings 2000", Stephen Chow received a salary of 18 million, which converted into an hourly salary of 138,000.
In 2001, Huang Baiming also invited Stephen Chow to participate in the film with a salary of 20 million Hong Kong dollars. In exchange, it was an hourly salary of 200,000. Compared with the salary when he started as a small player, the difference was a full 10,000 times.
However, Stephen Chow still declined the high salary in order to make other films.
But Stephen Chow turned around and filmed an advertisement with Feng Xiaogang, and the advertising remuneration was as high as 10 million. Although it has not been announced how the remuneration will be distributed, everyone knows the sky-high remuneration of Stephen Chow.
In 2004, "Kung Fu" cost a total of 150 million, and Stephen Chow took 15 million. The other actors' salaries were very low, and the focus was on building a pig cage walled city and special effects.
By 2009, Stephen Chow received a salary of HK$31.2 million, ranking fifth among Chinese movie stars.
In the years when Stephen Chow was prosperous, he was certainly not just earning a salary. In 1990, Stephen Chow bought his first property, spending 4.75 million Hong Kong dollars to buy Peak View Garden. In 2007 It has tripled.
In 2004, Stephen Chow also bought land on the top of the mountain and built four villas.
The four villas on this land were sold after they were built, and the total value of each one exceeded HK$400 million. Stephen Chow also kept one for himself.
To make a point, the mansion on this land is named "Tian Bigo", and the company behind it is "Bigo Group", which is Stephen Chow's company and the company that iQiyi wants to cooperate with.
The relationship between Stephen Chow and this company is long and complicated, so I won’t go into details anymore, but it can be seen that Stephen Chow has long become a capital.
In addition to speculating in properties and starting companies to raise capital, Stephen Chow also bought a lot of shops to collect rent. In 2002, he invested 30 million to buy two shops in Mong Kok. After selling them two years later, he not only earned rent, but also earned an extra 1,300 yuan. After that, Stephen Chow also purchased shops many times.
Stephen Chow sold a shop in Tsim Sha Tsui for a net profit of more than HK$100 million after buying it for more than a year.
According to Hong Kong media statistics, Stephen Chow became the highest-paid artist in 2004 due to his film salary and property speculation. He earned 550 million from property speculation alone in four years, which is simply incredible.
Judging from the several luxury houses he lives in, they are low-key and luxurious. The simplest one is worth 200 million Hong Kong dollars. He is really rich!
But the good times did not last long. In 2009, Stephen Chow's real estate speculation was interrupted due to the financial crisis, and he directly lost more than 10 million. This year, Stephen Chow was busy going public through a backdoor listing, and spent 300 million Hong Kong dollars to successfully win the deal. Ditong International, the predecessor of Bigo Group.
In 2015, Stephen Chow's stock price plummeted, and 497 million Hong Kong dollars were wiped out in an instant.
I don’t know whether it was to get funds for filming or to make up for the company’s losses. In 2016, Stephen Chow signed a four-year gambling contract. He completed the first three years, but in the last year he unilaterally announced the termination of the agreement.
Until 2021, the New Culture Company, which is betting against Stephen Chow, is still pursuing claims, but the lawsuit has not yet come to a conclusion.
In fact, Stephen Chow has been in constant lawsuits since 2015. He first sued Huayi for debt and lost the lawsuit. Stephen Chow asked for 86.1 million box office dividends from "Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons", but he lost because the two parties did not sign and seal the agreement.
Later, ex-girlfriend Yu Wenfeng failed to recover the investment share, but in this matter Stephen Chow won the lawsuit but lost his reputation. After all, it was really embarrassing for his girlfriend of thirteen years to be brought to court.
However, in order to prove that Stephen Chow also presented evidence of gifting Yu Wenfeng 20 million.
However, when lawyer Yu Wenfeng cross-examined Stephen Chow in court, the Xingye filter was completely ruined.
Over the years, there has been news that Stephen Chow needs funds to refinance his mortgaged mansion. Huang Yishan, who has worked with Star, responded on his behalf. He said that Star has many properties and a skinny camel is bigger than a horse.
But it is not difficult to imagine that compared to the previous Star Master, he has lost his glory. "The New King of Comedy" did not stir up the cold rice, but instead received a lot of infamy.
Stephen Chow, who has kept a low profile for many years, is once again spending his money on the "King of Comedy". According to online reports, Stephen Chow and iQiyi are expected to cooperate for five years and invest no less than 1.5 billion yuan. This means that Master Xing has to work very hard in business in the past few years.
Mr. Star, who once lived a low-key life in Hong Kong, is now laying the groundwork for his "business" in the next five years and "warming up" by taking photos with various celebrities.
After the variety show is launched, can Master Xing regain his reputation, and will the works that have been remade be produced well?
hope not to disappoint the audience’s love!
