Chapter 340: The Movies of the Future Don't Just Need Spirit
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But in the face of a young man like Li Mingbao, the old chief had to say something. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 infoAfter all, people like Li Mingbao, although they are characters who appear outside the plan, still have a very important position in the country, not to mention anything else, just talking about Li Mingbao's ability to make money makes quite a lot of people in China optimistic.
In just two or three years, Li Mingbao has earned hundreds of millions of dollars. Even in the international arena, there are basically not many people who can do this. It's not more than ten years later, with the development of the Internet, a large number of high-tech talents who have become rich in a short period of time have been driven.
And the speed at which Li Mingbao makes money is basically the same as a myth for people now. If such a mythical figure is not related to himself, the old chief is too lazy to waste saliva. But the problem lies in the fact that such a young man has a good impression of the mainland, not only investing, but also bringing donations.
It is not once or twice to accept donations in China, but donations like Li Mingbao do not come with any strings attached, and they are still individual donations, the amount is not small, and Li Mingbao is definitely at the top of the list if not the first.
A Hong Kong family that has a good impression of the mainland is not small in the eyes of the mainland now. In particular, the industry run by Li Mingbao is quite small from the media, and it may even be able to influence the media in the future, and the importance will be even greater.
To tell the truth, Li Mingbao's support effect on the mainland is quite obvious, that is, he has local relations in Hong Kong, and he also has a certain social status in the United States. Therefore, after hearing Li Mingbao's remarks, the old chief had to preach, for fear that Li Mingbao would get into the money eye, and in the end lose his position because of the problem of money.
Originally, there were not many Hong Kong businessmen who were facing the mainland, and if a Hong Kong businessman with an advantage like Li Mingbao lost his current position, it would definitely be a great loss to the mainland. If you can pull a handful, you can pull a handful, and if you lose it for no reason, then it will be tangled.
Li Mingbao understood the old chief's preaching, and he understood the potential meaning of the old chief. Although he is not in politics, if he can't understand such words, and he is deceived into a bachelor in business, it is no wonder that others are ruthless.
"I understand these questions even though I have only been in the industry for a short time. The reason why I'm so dedicated to making money isn't entirely for my own personal pleasure. After all, with my current conditions, even if I don't do anything in the future, it will be enough for my life, not to mention that I am enough, even if it is our Li family, it is enough.
The main reason why I am so persistent is that the current movies are becoming more and more capitalized, and the development of the film industry in the future does not depend to a large extent on the novelty of the story content of the film, but on the visual impact of the film.
Maybe you don't know much about the film industry, but now in this industry, with the use of many new technologies, the cost of film investment is constantly rising. The current Hong Kong film industry does not know much about such things. Although the place where I first made movies was also in Hong Kong, and now I have a certain position in the Hong Kong film market.
But I have to say that after I went to Hollywood, I realized that no matter how big the Hong Kong film market is, compared to Hollywood, it is a small stubborn stone, and if there is a real need, they can kick it away.
On the Hollywood side, whether it is the scale of the industry, or the practitioners, or the latest technology of film, Hong Kong has no advantages. And the most important point is that Hollywood has capital that Hong Kong cannot resist at all.
Although I say this, it seems that the future of the Hong Kong film industry is very pessimistic, but in reality, things are even more pessimistic than the reality I have described. In order to change this phenomenon, or to find a way for the Hong Kong film industry to survive and not be wiped out, I will work hard to make money, and I plan to use Hollywood's advantages to assist the development of the Hong Kong film industry. And in such a state of mind, I can't care about other things, everything is mainly to make money. Li Mingbao said with a heavy heart.
If there was still an element of acting at the beginning, but the more Li Mingbao talked about it, the more he thought of the decline of the Hong Kong film industry in the future, and even the mainland film industry, which has become a cash machine for Hollywood, Li Mingbao would have an inexplicable sadness.
Seeing Li Mingbao's appearance, the old chief's brows furrowed even more favorably, Hong Kong's film industry, in the eyes of the current old chief, is definitely a thriving situation, the old chief also feels that Hong Kong's film industry has a place for the mainland film industry to learn from, and a large part of the reason why Li Mingbao was called over today is that the old chief wants to use Li Mingbao to improve the status quo of mainland films.
But I didn't expect Li Mingbao to give himself such an answer now, a thriving industry, was actually said by Li Mingbao to be in danger, which made the old chief puzzled.
When you say this, you are a bit of a way to increase the morale of others and destroy your own prestige. The Hong Kong film industry, in my opinion, is still very dynamic, and even in a place as developed as Japan, isn't there a lot of your Hong Kong movies released now? Under such circumstances, you actually said that the future of Hong Kong films is in jeopardy, and the sense of distress is a little too serious? ”
"It's not serious, it's not serious at all. Speaking of industry or something, maybe the concept is very vague, then I will tell the old chief you something basic. In terms of personnel alone, the gap between Hong Kong and Hollywood is as obvious as that between adults and children. Hollywood alone has more actors than the entire Hong Kong film industry, and even includes the Hong Kong television industry.
If it was just because of Hong Kong's industrial structure, I wouldn't say anything. After all, the market capacity is limited, and there is no way to make up for the congenital conditions. But the problem is that Hollywood can basically be said to have absorbed the essence of the entire European and American films, and thus collided with countless sparks. It's not about the box office, it's just about the pace of development of the industry.
No one can deny that Hollywood has a unique advantage in the entire industry, but this unique advantage is used by Hollywood to the extreme, just like driving a sports car. Originally, with such a big gap, even if the film industry in other regions could not compare with the advantages, it could not take the initiative to open the gap.
But it is a pity that there are such signs in Hong Kong now. Don't look at the areas that Hong Kong's movies can radiate now, there has been a long improvement compared to before, but the road has gone crooked, even if there is a moment of glory, it is not uncommon to collapse suddenly. I don't want Hong Kong films to be able to fight back when they really face Hollywood, so I want to pull Hong Kong films on the right track, and if I want to do this, the most important thing is to ensure the funds, in this case, I naturally won't have much interest in literary films. The reason why ideas have the ability to spread is because there is soil for the existence of ideas, and if there is no soil left, no matter how advanced the ideas are, there is no way to survive. Li Mingbao said.
"You said that Hong Kong's path is crooked, can you be more specific?" At this time, the old chief's tone also became serious. If he still had the idea of letting Li Mingbao lead the Hong Kong film industry to contribute to the mainland film industry, then the question he is most concerned about now is where Hollywood is strong.
If this problem is not solved, his previous ideas will be completely meaningless. After all, the position occupied by the mainland is different from that of Hong Kong, and the collapse of Hong Kong's market, that is, the fall of the market of a small island, does not involve much of a dimension. But if mainland films collapse in a daze, it will not only be a problem of the market, but also a problem of public opinion and propaganda, and there will be no comparison between monetary losses and political losses.
"Before me, the investment in making films in Hong Kong was compressed as much as it could. Among them, there is the problem of worrying about the rate of return, and there is also the reason why the sixth uncle saves money in making movies. As long as the movie can make money, they won't care too much about some details.
The consequences of this have also been seen by everyone, and in the mid-to-late 70s, there were basically few films that could make money in Hong Kong, especially those that could make money from Shaw Brothers. It can be said that Shaw Brothers was killed by his own bad movie. Other companies may be better than Shaw Brothers, but in fact, they are not much better, whether it is Zou Wenhuai or Lei Juekun, they all want to get the maximum benefit with the minimum cost.
Although everyone enters this industry to make money. But making money like them is completely blocking their own back road. So after I appeared, several movies were box office hits in a row, and they were all aware of this problem. Now it's slowly changing, and it's much better than before.
And the reward for doing so is that the current Hong Kong films, even the Japanese market, can occupy a part of the profits. It can be said that the rewards are huge. But just doing so is far from enough for the rapid development of the film industry, which is now passively set off by Hollywood.
Because of Hollywood's advancement, he has enough time to formulate rules, and guide the development path of the film industry for more than ten years, or even longer, and even use the rules they formulate as standards, so that although there is no harm for the time being, but in the future, we will plant a lot of heels on this, and what will be lost at that time is the entire industry.
Although I haven't been in Hollywood for a long time, I can see more or less what the direction of development is set by Hollywood. And I myself was trying to make my own movies using the rules set by Hollywood, and then I saw the effect of the film, and I understood that if the Hong Kong film industry couldn't keep up, let alone the market problems, then the local industry personnel in Hong Kong might not even be able to keep their jobs, let alone want to make money through the market. ”。.。