Some time ago, Hong Kong star Louis Koo, who has always been low-key, rarely made it to the hot search, but the reason was negative news. The reason for
was that when he attended an event at the end of June, he was suddenly asked about the 8.3 million Hong Kong dollars being demanded. He responded directly: It has been handed over to a lawyer.
This incident directly led to the emergence of a ten-year economic dispute.
It is reported that around 2013, he teamed up with Sun Entertainment Chairman Tang Caizhi to invest in a fashion distribution company and catering business. Later, he borrowed money from the other party and failed to repay the investment, causing Tang to appeal to the court to recover the debt.
In fact, this is not the first time that Louis Koo has received attention due to negative news - although before this, he has always given the public the impression of being humble, low-key, and especially likes to do charity.
However, looking at the long 30-year career in art, Louis Koo actually has a lot of negative news, and even though he is still alone at the age of 54, there are also a lot of scandals.
So, is he a "philanthropist" as people call him, or is he a hypocrite with a deep background in Hong Kong circles and a lot of dirt?
1. "Young and Dangerous" break into the entertainment industry?
What is little known is that Louis Koo is actually a "second generation star". His father, Louis Koo, was an actor in Shaw Brothers Film Company with the stage name "Gaofeng".
It was just that his development in the entertainment industry was not smooth, so he later switched to the clothing business, but his family background was not well-off in his early years.
There are also rumors in the market that selling clothes is just an ordinary occupation of Gu's father, and his true identity is a member of the society, which is the so-called hei society.
As a housewife, Louis Koo’s mother was very rough in her education. She would punch and kick him if he made any mistake, which made his childhood unhappy.
His academic performance was also poor, so he dropped out of Carmel Middle School at the age of 15 and entered the society to work hard. He worked as a dishwasher, supermarket tally clerk, security guard and other jobs.
During this period, Louis Koo was contaminated with the bad habits of society, and he also imitated others and became a young and Dangerous boy. Fighting and drinking were common.
htmlWhen he was 120 years old, he was arrested and sent to a training center for 22 months for robbing with his friends.In 1991, after Louis Koo was released from a forced labor camp, he found a job as a talent scout in a modeling company, but the job did not go well either.
Someone suddenly said to him at that time: "Your own conditions are so good, why do you need to find someone else?"
These words woke up the man in his dream.
After that, Louis Koo transformed into a model, and also participated in the filming of some music videos, such as Zhang Xinzhe's "Love Like Tide", Andy Lau's "Lover", etc.
At that time, he followed the traditional "little boy" route, wearing a pair of gold-rimmed glasses, and looked very elegant.
Soon, Louis Koo attracted the attention of other talent scouts, and entered the TVB artist training class as an auditor in 1993, and then officially joined TVB.
His first work was "Marriage Story" starring Ekin Cheng. The role was just a supporting role and he did not get any dividends.
However, Louis Koo met actress Xuan Xuan and newly debuted Huang Jiying when he starred in the comedy "Dinner with the Song Family" in the same year.
Xuan Xuan, who is the same age as him, debuted two years earlier than him, but although she has appeared in many works, her career is still in its infancy.
And Huang Jiying is only 19 years old, and she just got the chance to make her debut by running for Miss Hong Kong that year.
Because of the filming of this drama, she and Louis Koo quickly fell in love and developed into lovers. However, they were both newcomers, so the outside world did not pay too much attention.
While love was going smoothly, Louis Koo's career also quickly picked up.
In 1994, his brother Leslie Cheung was asked by Sandra Ng during an interview: "Who among the newcomers do you think you are most optimistic about and who do you think is his successor?"
He thought about it and said tactfully:
"I can only say that he is the most promising newcomer. His name is Louis Koo." , although he plays a minor role, but I think he is like a mixture of Andy Lau and Aaron Kwok."
As soon as this statement came out, the originally unknown Louis Koo instantly became a figure that all the big guys in Hong Kong paid attention to.
It is said that Leslie Cheung recommended him to play the role of "Wei Qing" in his movie "Midnight Song", but in the end he missed out due to contract issues and other issues.
And soon, he met the role of Yang Guo in the costume drama "The Legend of the Condor Heroes".
2. Your debut is the peak, and scandals are everywhere?
Even if there are Andy Lau and Leslie Cheung in the front, there are Huang Xiaoming and Chen Xiao in the back.
But we have to admit that the 1995 Louis Koo version of "Yang Guo" is still the childhood male god in many people's hearts.
's work quickly became popular all over the country after it was broadcast, and he was also stamped as "The Condor Hero" by many fans of the original work.
Inevitably, because of this role, Louis Koo became a TVB first-line actor, and even became one of the "New Five Tiger Candidates" after Huang Rihua, Tony Leung Chiu-wai, Tang Zhenyip, Miu Qiaowei and others.
But when his career was at its peak, it was suddenly revealed that he had been in jail for 22 months, and his popularity among the public suddenly fell to the bottom.
Although he has appeared in works such as "Heaven and Earth Man" and "Full Moon Scimitar" one after another, he has always been questioned.
It is said that Louis Koo was even depressed at that time and even thought about jumping off a building. The most difficult stage was when his girlfriend Huang Jiying never left him.
At that time, the woman had already gained attention for her role as Su Xiaomei in "Hedong Lion Roar", and later became a host, and her career was on the rise.
However, she has always encouraged and supported her boyfriend, and the two were secretly flirting with each other, which also caused their relationship to be exposed by the Hong Kong media.
And Huang Jiying has become the only girlfriend Louis Koo has acknowledged since his debut.
During this period, the man listened to the advice of the fortune teller and changed his previous image of a fair-faced young boy. He tanned his skin to a tan, and his career really improved later on.
In 1998, he collaborated with Huang Jiying again and starred in the film "Yin Yang Road 3".
originally thought that the relationship between the two would become stronger, but unexpectedly, as soon as Louis Koo turned around, a "love triangle" was reported with Xuan Xuan and Sammi Cheng at the same time.
Because this year, the three of them collaborated on the TV series "Pet Love".
On the other hand, his real girlfriend Huang Jiying focused on washing her hands and making soup, and even gradually faded out of the screen.
The man's career has been on the rise, and he has appeared in "Fire Ambition", "Genesis", "Criminal Investigation Files" and other works one after another. As a result, he and Xuan Xuan formed an on-screen CP and gained a number of CP fans.
Not only that, the time-travel drama "Looking for Qin" that the two teamed up with later became an instant hit, which also brought the careers of both parties to another peak.
What’s even more bizarre is that because of this drama, Louis Koo was also rumored to be having an affair with another heroine, Kwok Sin-ni.
It was reported that the woman suddenly disappeared for 16 hours during filming, causing the crew to rush around in a panic. When they were about to call the police, they were stopped by Louis Koo.
Therefore, it was rumored that Guo Xianni spent these 16 hours in his room.
However, Louis Koo never responded to this, even though there were successive scandals with various actresses such as Christine Yang, Zhang Yushan, Cai Shaofen, and Li Shanshan.
Perhaps it was because of this wave of stories that Huang Jiying finally couldn't stand it anymore, so she cut off her seven-year relationship in 2001.
However, during this period, in addition to countless scandals, Louis Koo was also suspected of "domestic violence." Hong Kong media broke the news more than once that he had done something to Huang Jiying during his passionate love.
Moreover, the man was also suspected of unsuccessfully pursuing Weng Hong and swearing at her for 20 minutes, causing the woman to break her guard.
It was also in 1998. The two collaborated on the costume drama "Emperor Qianlong", playing the male and female protagonists respectively. It was a combination of handsome men and beautiful women, which was pleasing to the eye.
Unexpectedly, at the press conference of the drama, Weng Hong suddenly burst into tears and complained about the experience of being insulted by Louis Koo for 20 minutes.
Rumor has it that the cause of the incident was the man's rejection of his advances.
After the news fermented, Louis Koo came forward to admit that he had indeed cursed someone, but denied the above reasons that were not good for him. He only said that "because the woman was late and the filming was delayed, he got angry."
Despite this, fans still expressed that their filters for him were broken.
But at that time, some people thought that Weng Hong, who was just starting out, was hyping things up. However, she resigned from "The Story of Qin" not long after, which made the matter even more confusing.
3.Philanthropist or hypocrite?
Not only that, in 2001, Louis Koo was also suspected of beating up an amateur in a nightclub, which made the front pages of newspapers and magazines for a while.
It is reported that the amateur just bumped into Louis Koo and his group while passing by, and was violently insulted and even beaten.
In the end, the matter fell into disuse as the popularity dropped, and he did not come forward to respond.
It was rumored that after this, Louis Koo was inspired by a numerologist to try to transform and began to make a name for himself in the film industry.
Especially in 2002, his starring role in the costume movie "Hedong Lion's Roar" made him successfully break out of the industry.
During this period, he also formed a new screen CP with Sammi Cheng, and they successively collaborated on works such as "A Hundred Years of Love" and "Falling in Love with Your Bed", all of which achieved good results.
However, due to his frequent roles, the results of his works are uneven, which once earned him the reputation of "taking on bad movies just to make money".
But in fact, his life was extremely frugal in those years:
he did not live in a luxury house, did not own a luxury car, and even his mobile phone was an old flip-top model.
So, where did all the money he made go?
In 2004, Louis Koo's father was interviewed and actually said that his son "changed girls every night", which seemed to give a reasonable reason for the direction of his assets.
However, his acting career is still brilliant, and he has starred in "Baby Project", "The Disciple" and "The Iron Triangle" one after another. He has collaborated with either Jackie Chan, Andy Lau, Liu Qingyun and Daniel Wu. He has always been a top star.
In 2010, because of the recording of "Quick Book", when Louis Koo was mentioned by He Jiong about the charity work he had been doing, he bluntly said: "I have done this and never said it."
The program team directly invited Several students who benefited appeared on the scene, making this part even more tear-jerking.
For a time, the story about Louis Koo's silent charity deeds spread all over the country - it turned out that after the Wenchuan earthquake in 2008, he began to build schools in his own name. A few years later, Er Dongsheng exposed the list of donations to build schools.
After that, he seemed to become a breath of fresh air in the entertainment industry and a "philanthropist" respected by everyone.
But few people know that in private, his lively love life is still going on:
It is rumored that in 2011, through the connection of his good friend Sandra Ng, Louis Koo met "Taiwan Puppet Drama Goddess" Chen Qiaoen, and the two quickly sparked off. .
But this secret relationship only lasted for more than two years before it fell apart due to Michelle Chen's suspected involvement.
However, the latter could not stay for long. Louis Koo and Guo Caijie, who had collaborated with "Run to the Sky", were ambiguous. CP fans even called the two "black and white couples".
Faced with so many rumored girlfriends, he has never acknowledged any of them, but he and Xuan Xuan, who he met in Weishi, maintained a status of "above friends, but not yet satisfied lovers".
The woman even publicly stated that she had borrowed his wife from him, and many years later it was rumored that they had "hidden their marriage for a long time."
However, until now, when he is over 50, he has said personally: "I'm not married yet!"
In recent years, although Louis Koo's career is not as brilliant as it was at its peak, he has maintained the frequency of several works every year, such as last year's " "Anti-Drug 3", this year's "Looking for Qin", etc. It was not until now that
was rumored to be a "bad guy" that it caused an uproar again.
In particular, there are many chain reactions to this matter:
According to netizens who broke the news, Louis Koo has a close relationship with Xi Mihua, the former helmsman of Sun Entertainment. The previous charities are suspected to be fake, and some even cost only 200,000. Naming fee.
Not only that, he was also suspected of endorsing Sanwu products, and the operation mode of this product was also suspected of being rumored. Fans came forward to question it, saying that everything was the fault of the management team.
Now Louis Koo's response to this is only: "find a lawyer" and nothing else.
Looking at his 30 years of acting career that can be described as legendary, it can be said that there are highs and lows and countless scandals, but is he a philanthropist or a hypocrite?
may just wait for time to reveal the answers one by one.
