Chapter 159: The Snake Swallows the Elephant
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Since Li Mingbao and Uncle Shao Liu talked about things, the Hong Kong film industry has a feeling that the storm is coming, which may not have much direct connection in the hearts of the people at the bottom, but at the top, there is a feeling of depression. Especially those companies that have not mastered the cinema chain, they are gasping for breath under the cinema chain, and now they hear the rumors, saying that it is Li Mingbao, a guy who has made a lot of money in the film industry, and is frequently contacting Boss Lei and Boss Zou, although I don't know what they are going to do, but Li Mingbao is so active, he will not be excited because he wants to share the money, right?
A little back. Jing's film and television figures all know that Li Mingbao has saved a lot of money in Standard Chartered Bank, hundreds of millions of dollars, enough for Li Mingbao to set off waves in any circle. In the face of so much money, the box office of "The True Color of Heroes" is really not enough.
Therefore, Li Mingbao frequently dispatched, definitely not because he wanted to pay dividends. It's something else. At this time, Li Mingbao's purchase of Shaw Brothers Cinemas has not yet been disclosed by the newspaper, there is a tacit understanding between Li Mingbao and Uncle Six, if this matter is not exposed before the new cinema line is negotiated, there is absolutely no benefit to the integration of cinemas, who knows what kind of changes will appear at that time, things that increase trouble, Li Mingbao and Uncle Six don't like it.
Li Mingbao and Boss Zou are now in the honeymoon period, and the script left to Chen Long before, although it is not as profitable as "The True Color of Heroes", it can be regarded as opening up the Japanese market, coupled with the local box office, Boss Zou definitely did not make less money. Especially when Li Mingbao's script is just a meaning, Boss Zou makes most of the profits.
So when facing Li Mingbao, Boss Zou was grateful, and the tone of his speech was naturally as polite as he was. But when Li Mingbao said his thoughts, Boss Zou naturally knew how big Li Mingbao's ambitions were. swallowed the entire Hong Kong cinema chain, such an appetite, even Uncle Six never had, but now Li Mingbao has the strength and ability to do this thing, how can he not surprise Boss Zou?
But thinking about the large sum of dollars that Li Mingbao deposited in Standard Chartered Bank, Boss Zou also understands that Li Mingbao really has a heart, and anyone in this circle has no way to take Li Mingbao, he Zou Wenhuai is not capable, and Boss Lei is not capable. Even if he and Boss Lei combined, they don't have this ability.
If Uncle Six cooperates with them, maybe Li Mingbao's idea will not succeed, but the problem is that now Uncle Six has sold Shaw Brothers Cinemas to Li Mingbao, which proves that Li Mingbao was the first to do it, in fact, Uncle Six. Even the sixth uncle can't stop it, how can they, who are weaker, be able to stop it?
So even if he is afraid of Li Mingbao's ambitions, Zou Wenhuai can't come up with any good way, and if this thing is really done, it will be a great thing for the Hong Kong film industry, especially for companies like them Golden Harvest and Golden Princess who make movies to make money, it is definitely a good thing. So although there was all kinds of reluctance in his heart, Zou Wenhuai could only pinch his nose and admit it.
The situation on Boss Lei's side is similar to Zou Wenhuai's, and even he is even more powerless than Zou Wenhuai. Who called him a halfway monk? Although a golden princess has been integrated, the people who can speak in it are not only him, Boss Lei, but also other movie theaters that just hang their own movie theaters under the Golden Princess, and the owners of those movie theaters are all people who value interests, as long as someone bids higher than Boss Lei, those people will never mind hugging other people's thighs.
Of course, Zou Wenhuai and Lei Juekun didn't think about poking this matter out and causing some trouble to Li Mingbao, but after thinking about it, they pressed this thought to the bottom of their hearts. At least now, no one in Hong Kong likes to go against Li Mingbao, whether it is an insider or an outsider.
Because the large sum of dollars that Li Mingbao is holding in his hand is definitely a sword of Damocles hanging over everyone's heads. It's not that other people don't have so much money, but there are still some wealthy families in Hong Kong these days, and some of them have assets of more than one billion dollars. But most of these families' assets are fixed. There are hundreds of millions of Hong Kong dollars in activity funds, and they are all families who can't be more arrogant.
A person like Li Mingbao who keeps his money in the zĂ i bank is definitely a freak among freaks. Not to mention that there is no Hong Kong, and there is no Southeast Asia, maybe those really rich families can come up with so much money at once, but even if those families want to enter the film industry, they will definitely not have any ideas about the Hong Kong film industry, but directly set their sights on Hollywood.
Only Li Mingbao, a madman, will deposit his money in the standard chartered to eat interest. When Li Mingbao deposited the money in Standard Chartered Bank, some Hong Kong people laughed. But they will definitely only laugh in a small circle, and dare not make a fuss about it. No one likes to have such a huge cash flow on them.
Sometimes there is a lot of money to a certain extent, even if it is placed there, it can have a great deterrent effect, and Li Mingbao is the beneficiary of such an effect. So even Zou Wenhuai and Lei Juekun didn't dare to poke this matter out, and they only had a group of their own people to discuss.
Li Mingbao's current situation can be regarded as having no tigers in the mountains, and the monkey is the king. Although the New Wave films have a certain market, they have not yet occupied the mainstream, and under the impact of Li Mingbao's films, those directors who have their own ideas are also forced by their own film companies to make Li Mingbao's follow-up films. Even if you don't have a director from a company, it's not easy to get sponsorship for your own films.
So Hong Kong movies in these years seem to have signs of prosperity, but the overall market is not very large. Independent films, not many, follow the trend, occupy the mainstream. Although there are already people outside Hong Kong who have taken a fancy to Hong Kong movies, they are more interested in Li Mingbao's movies.
Under the pressure of Li Mingbao's films, even the overseas market of Xinyicheng is very bleak. The really rich boss, under the influence of Li Mingbao, the golden doll, is not disdainful of other Hong Kong movies, but his interest is not as great as in history.
Without interest, there is no funding. Even if you have funds, the mentality of leak detection is very heavy, and you are reluctant to spend a lot of money. So in this green and yellow years, Li Mingbao's resistance to acquiring all the cinema chains in Hong Kong is definitely the lowest. If in two years, the big market in Hong Kong is better, and Hong Kong's films have formed their own mature style, then Li Mingbao's threat of 300 million US dollars is nothing at all, as long as someone unites, Li Mingbao's threat can be offset immediately. But now, Li Mingbao's money is a great threat in anyone's heart.
In the case that the general trend has been achieved, Li Mingbao is not afraid that Princess Jin and Jiahe will not agree at all, because everyone will still make money after agreeing. If you don't agree, Boss Zou and Boss Lei will only have to watch.
Not to mention anything else, Li Mingbao's ability to make movies alone can make these two bigwigs restless. Li Mingbao makes movies by himself very slowly, two movies a year, basically this is the case, but it does not mean that Li Mingbao cannot increase production. As long as Li Mingbao is creative and has funds, it is definitely not difficult to make a dozen or twenty movies a year.
If it was before, Jiahe and Princess Jin could still card Li Mingbao. But now, Li Mingbao is not stuck in their movies, and their movies are all good, and their movies are purely looking for death. You must know that Li Mingbao is not without roots in Hong Kong at this time. At least on the issue of the merger of theaters, Uncle Six is on Li Mingbao's position.
Why did Shaw Brothers become unprofitable and keep losing money? Isn't it because Shaw Brothers' movies don't sell well? When it comes to other infrastructure, even Golden Harvest can't compare with Shaw Brothers. Shaw Brothers actors account for more than 80% of the current Hong Kong market.
What's more, Shaw Brothers also has a training class, in which there is a steady stream of actors coming out, there is no shortage of actors, and the director Shaw Brothers also has a lot, not to mention creativity, with Li Mingbao here, what creativity is not? On the issue of funds, it can make Jiahe and Princess Jin die of shame.
The $300 million should be used to make movies, and if you invest 1 million in a movie, you can make at least 2,400 films with so much money. Not to mention 2,400 movies, even if 240 movies are taken out to fight with the Golden Princess Golden Harvest, these two companies can go bankrupt directly.
Especially after Li Mingbao came up with the scripts of more than ten movies, whether it was Boss Zou or Boss Lei, they all knew that Li Mingbao's idea of using movies to squeeze the market was definitely not a joke.
On the one hand, everyone can get great benefits after the United Cinema Line, and on the other hand, after the United Cinema Line chooses to resist, Li Mingbao directly uses the movie to kill Golden Harvest and Princess Jin. Carrot stick policy, Li Mingbao played more smoothly than anyone else.
In just two weeks, Princess Jin's Boss Lei couldn't bear it. He entered the film industry to make money, where can he gamble with a rich man like Li Mingbao? If he really has this ability, it is better to put his energy on Kowloon real estate before, maybe the way out is broader.
Now that he has been forced into a corner by Li Mingbao like this, he has to agree if he agrees, and he has to agree if he doesn't agree to be convinced. Think about the prospects of this industry, and then think about your own purse, it seems that it is not too uncomfortable to cooperate in the establishment of a joint cinema chain. At least it's really going to merge, and with the ability of New Art City, it doesn't seem too difficult to make money. is that the right to speak is controlled by Li Mingbao, which is somewhat unpleasant.
Boss Lei came to his senses, and the remaining Jiahe naturally only had to sit on wax. Although Boss Zou was unwilling to give up the theater like this, in front of Li Mingbao, a wealthy man, he really couldn't put on a show. Seeing that Boss Lei, who was barely an ally, was kneeling, Boss Zou was unwilling, so he could only agree.