The financial assets haven't been cashed out yet, and several ultra-large-scale projects have already been arranged.

It's safe to say that for a long time to come, Su Yehao won't have to worry about having nothing to do. On the contrary, he needs to continue recruiting people to expand the size of his assistant team in order to maintain his current laid-back lifestyle.

As for Xiao Nizi and Jiang Yu, they just rented office space, and the plan to create an idol team through talent shows hasn't even started.

There's no rush.

According to the news, several idol groups have already appeared in South Korea, such as Sechs Kies and H.O.T.

Although they don't have much influence in Hong Kong, according to the preliminary findings, these boy and girl groups have already set off a considerable idol-chasing craze in South Korea.

With ready-made templates to learn from, Su Yehao isn't worried about finding handsome men and beautiful women. What he lacks most are scripts, screenwriting teams, composing teams, public relations, and agent teams. These are the soft power that supports the success of the "star-making plan."

Although the original intention of starting a film and entertainment company was just to find something for Xiao Nizi and Jiang Yu to do, since he's already doing it, he should strive to do it well.

Speaking of domineering CEOs... Su Yehao suddenly thought of another good project.

On the way back to Big Wave Bay, he said to Nangong Tian, "I remember a Japanese manga called *Boys Over Flowers*. Find someone to ask around as soon as possible to see if any company has bought the adaptation rights. I think this kind of manga is very suitable for helping us build an idol team. It has the potential to become a smash hit."

"Oh, Brother Hao, you actually read this kind of shoujo manga? What's going on? Could it be that you have an unknown girlish side hidden inside?"

After Xiao Nizi finished speaking, she made Jiang Yu next to her laugh as well. She buried her head and her shoulders twitched, gasping for breath.

Since the last time the news of traveling with beauties came out, coupled with the speculation of Master Jiang and his wife, Jiang Yu has recently adopted a "nothing to lose" attitude and no longer deliberately avoids appearing with Su Yehao and Nangong Tian.

Su Yehao smiled happily, his face thick enough, and said decisively:

"I had nothing to do when I was in school, so I flipped through a few. You guys look at handsome guys, and I look at Shancai, is that okay? Don't worry about these details. The more good scripts, the better. It will be very helpful for the company's development. I recently asked people to find out that the TV dramas nowadays are all about family matters, which doesn't look refreshing enough. Young people don't like that kind of stuff anymore, and it's no wonder Hong Kong dramas are gradually declining."

"Then what do you think should be done?" Jiang Yu asked him.

Su Yehao said calmly: "The protagonist must not be bullied, and even if they are bullied, they must retaliate. After watching it, people should feel handsome, beautiful, and refreshing enough. I will personally keep an eye on it then."

Xiao Nizi nodded:

"That's great. I'll call someone later. I just recruited a former TVB producer. She should know who to contact about this kind of thing..."

Along the way, they brainstormed and offered ideas around the development of the film and entertainment company, which can be regarded as figuring out the future direction of development first.

Cantonese songs are indeed good to listen to, and some actors' acting skills are indeed very good. However, they focus too much on strength, and their images are not attractive enough. This reduces a large advertising endorsement market, and the influence is also slightly worse. They like it, but it is difficult to make people crazy about it.

Hong Kong's Heavenly Kings and Fa Dans are indeed facing a dilemma of a lack of successors. It is a fact that they are going downhill, and there is nothing to doubt. The influence that has enveloped the Asian cultural circle, Hong Kong films are also standing still.

The Internet is gradually developing, and the barriers to communication between idol fans and stars are about to be broken. Su Yehao is not sure whether this career can develop, but it should be no problem for Xiao Nizi and Jiang Yu to make some small money.

Returned home.

After resting for a while, Su Yehao received a notification from Zhuang Wei's assistant.

She said that Christie's auction house had contacted her and would transport Van Gogh's *Wheatfield Under Thunderclouds* to Hong Kong tomorrow.

Su Yehao asked her to communicate with Bank of China's President Peng and the law firm in advance. Then, he came to the newly built European-style small castle in the yard, preparing to ask people to contact a security company to add some equipment, such as bulletproof display cases and infrared monitoring, built according to museum standards.

There are not many good things in the collection now, but as long as he continues to make money, he feels that his collection should slowly increase. It's always right to renovate in advance.

In the future, when guests come to his house, he can lead them around, admire the artworks he has collected, and the level of sophistication will immediately go up.

On the small hill dug into a lake, the castle with white granite walls and a natural-colored glazed tile roof is being renovated. When the designer received this new request from Su Yehao, the "Party A," his head buzzed instantly.

However, when he learned that it would be used to collect a Van Gogh painting, this dissatisfaction instantly dissipated.

After all, it's Van Gogh. No amount of caution is too much when dealing with paintings worth tens of millions of dollars...

Walked around the yard.

Returning home to the living room, Xiao Nizi happily said to him, "We're finally lucky once. The adaptation rights for this manga haven't been sold yet. We can buy it!"

Su Yehao asked in surprise, "Did you find it so quickly? How long have I been out? Is the news reliable?"

"Of course it's reliable. This manga is represented by Hong Kong's Jade Dynasty Comics Company. They must know the news. I remember you also wanted to adapt a manga, what was it called?"

"Fung Wan?"

Xiao Nizi immediately said, "Yes, yes, yes. I'll ask someone to ask about this one too. As for Master Huang's *A Step into the Past*, it might be a little difficult to buy. TVB has already started writing the script and is preparing to find someone to start filming."

"...If there's really no way, forget it. It would be nice to get the adaptation rights for *Fung Wan*."

Su Yehao said as he lay on the sofa.

Today, he traveled from the United States to Lin'an, and then from Lin'an back to Hong Kong. At this moment, he felt sleepy.

So he asked the nanny to quickly make some food, intending to go to sleep after eating.

While he was eating, Dick Whittemore, the art investigator he hired in the United States, also called, telling him that Van Gogh's painting was about to be delivered, and also asking if Su Yehao had any other needs.

The internal space of the lakeside small castle is quite large, so Su Yehao casually asked the other party to look for Chinese porcelain and calligraphy, which must be rare, high-quality items. Ordinary stuff was out of the question...

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The next morning.

At a little after nine o'clock, he called Grandpa Tang and went to Christie's auction house in Hong Kong to sign the contract to buy Van Gogh's *Wheatfield Under Thunderclouds*.

There were reporters from Christie's on the scene, as well as strangers who had heard the news and came to join in the fun.

A full forty million U.S. dollars, exchanged for a 59.5x70 cm oil painting. The media were obviously more excited than Su Yehao, and asked him to hold the frame and take a few photos.

Su Yehao's maternal grandfather has been playing with antique collections for half his life, and the purchase price of all his collections combined is not as expensive as this painting. The prices were cheap in the early years, and they have appreciated a lot by now.

When the ceremony ended and he took the painting home,

His maternal grandfather complained:

"I saw the news in the newspaper. The news said that you also spent two million U.S. dollars to buy two large stainless steel dog sculptures. Wouldn't people laugh at you if it spreads? This Van Gogh painting is okay, but don't buy other things if you don't know how. Give the money to me, and I'll be your art broker."

"...Okay, last night I asked an American art investigator to help me find some domestic treasures outside. If there's any news, I'll have him contact you directly."

After Su Yehao finished speaking, he smiled and said, "My mom called me last time and said you wanted to travel to the island I bought. Did you go later?"

"I went. I saw a lot of building materials being transported to the island, preparing for renovation."

Grandpa Tang shook his head: "I didn't pick a good time. The wind and waves were a bit big on the days I went. Fortunately, it wasn't on our side. There doesn't seem to be a typhoon in the Indian Ocean."

Hearing this sentence, Su Yehao was suddenly stunned.

Because he unexpectedly remembered that although there are no typhoons in the Indian Ocean, there will be a super tsunami in a few years.

His memory of this tsunami is rather vague. He was very young at that time, and he only remembered that many people died, and some villages disappeared directly.

Thinking of this, he realized that he seemed to have done something wrong. He shouldn't have suggested that Xiao Nizi renovate the island so early, especially spending a lot of money to build water houses. Perhaps in a few years, when the waves come, the water houses will be gone...