Chapter 657: Tycoon (Finale)
It can be said that this can be regarded as an atmosphere that Li Mingbao inadvertently brought out. If there is no such kind of one-shot movie in the future, of course there is, just like Infernal Affairs made in Hong Kong, which remade a Infernal Affairs in the United States, and achieved a bumper box office award. But this is only a few examples after all, most of the movies are directly used in later generations, Asian movies are directly put in Europe and the United States, and European and American movies are also directly put in Asia. But now after such a change, maybe in the future, movies, especially those big-budget movies, those film companies want to make money, and they will also think about making two shots.
Of course, this is on small-budget movies, like that kind of big-cost movies, it is not easy to do this, but it is more or less a new way of thinking, anyway, there is money to be made, and everyone does not suffer, but Li Mingbao feels that if such a movie really forms an atmosphere, maybe Hollywood will have an advantage in the future on the movies with large investments, who calls them well-capitalized? But in terms of small and medium-cost movies, Asian movies will have a certain advantage, after all, Asians' ability to make up stories is much better than that of Europeans and Americans, especially Asian stories are too rich, just make a little bit out, it is a huge theme.
Two years is not a long time, but it is not a short time. Especially for people like Li Mingbao, who have a short entrepreneurial time and huge benefits, two years is definitely not a small amount. Two years of precipitation directly allowed Li Mingbao to achieve a fairly stable position in the previous plans. Whether it is the control of the United Cinema Line, or the control of the circulation port, or the continuation of the celebrity star system, with the reputation of the past two years, in the entire Asia, other film industry bosses have recognized Li Mingbao's fairness and justice, so that Li Mingbao has become a person who can really call the shots in the entire Asian film industry from a person who was originally famous in Hong Kong.
Don't underestimate this change, you must know that in Asia before, there was no such character at all, maybe this guy is quite popular in Japan, but out of Japan, there are quite few filmmakers in other regions who can know this person. It may have some influence, but compared to influence in Japan, it is simply two concepts.
And now Li Mingbao is a person, whether he is in Hong Kong, or in Japan, or in South Korea, or Singapore. As long as he is a person in the film industry, his influence is roughly the same, maybe his influence in Hong Kong is slightly greater, but it is definitely not much more influential than other places, and what he says in Hong Kong is also effective in other places. There is no one with such an identity in the Asian film industry before.
And now, due to a variety of joint methods, such characters are gradually revealed, as the main planner, Li Mingbao can be regarded as setting a precedent, and then with the continuous prosperity of Asian films, people like Li Mingbao who are influential throughout Asia will definitely continue to appear. But their status is definitely lower than that of the first person like Li Mingbao.
And just after Li Mingbao almost got his own company, there was also good news from the mainland. Li Mingbao's film and television city has finally been completed and can be officially put into use. Of course, this completion is only the completion of the first phase of the project, not the entire project, if you want the entire project to be completed, even if it is fast, it will take at least five years, after all, a project like the film and television city can be solved not only with funds and land personnel. Replicating historic buildings requires a lot of professional ability. And the project on the mainland, even if you add Chinese researchers from the mainland, Taiwan, Hong Kong, and other regions, are really not happy in these meticulous tasks.
Even this first phase of the project, if it weren't for Li Mingbao's big face and the addition of more personnel, it might take more than a year to complete it. But fortunately, during the time when Li Mingbao was tidying up his company, his reputation outside also continued to rise, resulting in the two sides beginning to cooperate with each other on this project even if there were contradictions between the mainland and Taiwan in the future. Of course, Li Mingbao's face is on the one hand, and on the other hand, it is also the idea that there is indeed a relaxation of relations between the mainland and Taiwan, and it is just taking advantage of Li Mingbao's cooperation that has nothing to do with politics and only relates to culture, so that the understanding between the two sides can be further deepened.
The completion of the first phase of the project is naturally indispensable for celebration. And this time, for the sake of his own company's business, Li Mingbao naturally can't be stingy. There is not much to say about the invitation of film industry personnel in East Asia, with Li Mingbao's current influence in the film industry in East Asia, few people will not give Li Mingbao this face.
And the most important thing is the invitation from Hollywood, if there is a different person, it may be difficult to invite people from East Asia to come, but there is still some hope of completion, but if you want to invite people from East Asia and Hollywood at the same time, you can't do it at all.
And Hollywood, in addition to John, people from other giant companies more or less also sent people over to attend the ceremony, although the location is in the mainland, but this year's Hollywood, because of Li Mingbao's relationship, the understanding of the mainland, is not as in history at all, and the situation of mutual communication between the two sides is much better than in history, so those real cattle in Hollywood also understand that the mainland side is not as terrifying as the outside world advertises. And Murdoch, a newspaper tycoon who has a close relationship with Li Mingbao, went there in person, and the newspapers under his command also maintained a high degree of attention to such matters. As for the North American TV station, it was also reported, after all, Li Mingbao is still quite famous in North America.
And his fame does not come from movies, but from TV programs, Li Mingbao cheated and made countless classic TV shows, not to mention North America, even if it is Europe, there are many people who know Li Mingbao, although Li Mingbao has rarely stood in front of the stage in the past two years, but he can't bear too many programs in Li Mingbao's hands, just the understanding of subtitles, so that Li Mingbao has a lot of influence in Europe and the United States, this is still the influence in front of the public, and in the professional field, Li Mingbao's fame is definitely famous, there are countless people who want to cooperate with Li Mingbao, and there are also countless people who curse Li Mingbao for hitting the street directly in the next show. As a result, although Li Mingbao has rarely appeared directly in the past two years, more and more people know about him. Although my brother is not in the rivers and lakes, there are legends of my brother everywhere in the rivers and lakes, which is definitely the truest portrayal of Li Mingbao.
When the completion and opening ceremony were held at the same time, Li Mingbao stood on the rostrum, facing the vast number of industry people below, first said an opening speech with a smile, and then said: "To have such a spectacular film and television city in the mainland is what I have always looked forward to. After all, a person's energy is limited, so I can only choose one direction for what I love. And this film and television city is undoubtedly the direction I chose. Although this film and television city is mainly for film and television services, I have to say that it is also a miracle in the history of architecture, and in this miracle, it will contain all kinds of classic buildings in China for 5,000 years. So his significance is not just for the movie, but also for the inheritance of civilization.
Of course, I'm not a very noble person, so I want to make more profit while satisfying my personal interests and industry needs. The film and television city is a profit point, but at the same time as the construction of this film and television city, I also prepared another meaningful gift, that is, the classic palace architecture of the Chinese dynasties. And these buildings can really be put into use, which can be regarded as alternative real estate. Today I will advertise for these properties, at the same time as the completion of the second phase of the film and television city, these palace buildings, we will take them out for auction, people who understand the meaning of Huaxia Wangfu, I will not say much, people who do not understand the meaning of this, can take the initiative to understand for a long time in the future. With regard to advertising, that's it for now, and we move on to getting back to the topic. ”
Li Mingbao's words instantly made the people present boil. The meaning of the palace type of building, and it can be directly auctioned, which represents is quite exaggerated, even if it is a visitor from Europe and the United States, many people are stunned.
Two years later, the second phase of the film and television city was completed as scheduled, and in the increasingly prosperous film and television city, Li Mingbao personally presided over the auction of the palace. A total of ninety-nine palaces of different dynasties, different themes, and different built-ins, after three days of auction, not a single one was auctioned off. And the funds from the auction were not only shocked by Li Mingbao, but also by the top leaders of the mainland. Originally, Li Mingbao thought that such a building would be auctioned off for a maximum of two or three billion yuan in this year, after all, the money in this year is still very valuable.
But no one could have imagined how many local tyrants were drawn out of this auction for the whole world. After the auction was completed, the cheapest palace was sold for 1 billion yuan, and the most expensive Tang Dynasty palace was auctioned for a sky-high price of 3.5 billion yuan by the Japanese who bought and bought it in this year. Fortunately, at the very beginning, Li Mingbao got a palace with a fixed plan, and only spent 300 million yuan to buy a Han Dynasty-style palace, which can be regarded as the real fulfillment of his dream.
Two thousand and one years, the interior of the palace of the film and television city. Li Mingbao was lying on an antique rosewood rocking chair with a big grin, listening to his own Jiang Zhiqiang's report, when Jiang Zhiqiang said that the sixth uncle was complaining that Li Mingbao, a Xiangjiang tycoon, had not fought for Hong Kong's interests in the mainland in the past two years.
Li Mingbao opened his mouth and said: "How else do they want to fight for interests? The mainland has done its best in these matters, so it can only make money for Hong Kong people and suffer for mainlanders? Does Hong Kong have the confidence to do such a domineering thing? There are also six uncles, they say that I am a Hong Kong tycoon and must be responsible for the interests of Hong Kong, so I want to ask them, am I just a Hong Kong tycoon? Now on a global scale, where am I not a tycoon? If I am responsible for those places, then I will not become the Secretary-General of the United Nations? Xiangjiang Tycoon, this is just my beginning, I only have one name now, and that is Tycoon, a tycoon anywhere! ”