Chapter 149: The Importance of the Cinema Chain
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After some politeness, Li Mingbao finally sat in the sixth uncle's office. As usual, the sixth uncle brewed the tea, and then asked for tea, which was regarded as an opening statement.
In fact, Li Mingbao is very annoyed to deal with an old fox like Uncle Six, because they are too undirect, a good word, people like Uncle Six are stunned to go around with you, and they don't mention the point for half an hour. Even if it gets to the point, it has to be tactful, and if you don't know so much about the culture, you may misinterpret the meaning of the sixth uncle.
Compared with the straightforwardness of the Yankees, like Uncle Six, it is really uncomfortable. And you can't ignore every word of Uncle Six, because although every word they say is nonsense, nonsense has meaning. If you don't think about it carefully, you may miss something, or you may suffer a hidden loss without knowing it.
When Li Mingbao talked to Uncle Sixth before, he was taken advantage of by Uncle Six, although it was only a verbal bargain, but it was somewhat unpleasant. I learned to be obedient later, but compared with the old and spicy sixth uncle, there is still a gap. Later, Li Mingbao didn't bother to start a verbal calculation with Uncle Six, listened to Uncle Six's words, kept his bottom line, and finally was able to fool him.
And now, Li Mingbao is curious about what Uncle Six is going to say next. Meeting with Uncle Sixth this time was the first time for Li Mingbao to gain the upper hand. With money as the backing, coupled with the attitude of the sixth aunt before, it is very clear that Li Mingbao has a reason, where the strength is, it is not a decoration, even if it is an old man like the sixth uncle, it will be compromised.
"Ah Leopard, you really gave us Hong Kong people a long face this time. We Hong Kong people have never taken such a big advantage in Hollywood. $300 million is not a small amount. Now none of the big families in Hong Kong can come up with such a large sum of money. Even those British capitalists will never have so much living money in their hands. ”
"Sixth uncle, don't praise me, those bigwigs in Hong Kong, they are all people with industry, unlike me, who is still a lonely person with only money. If you really want to calculate the value, what is my little money?
Cash, at this level, is actually not very useful. Really say that there is money, but Standard Chartered Bank is not rich? All my money is still with them. In this world, the most important thing is industry, with industry, money will be endless, without industry, no matter how much money there is, there will be a time to consume nothing. ”
"You should have an industry in Hong Kong, with so much money, if you don't show your talent in Hong Kong, I'm sorry. Hong Kong, the world, needs young people like you to show it. Otherwise, it will always be lifeless, and it will not do Hong Kong much good.
If you have any plans, you might as well say it, and Uncle Sixth will give you a reference. Although Uncle Six's money may not be as much as yours, when it comes to being familiar with Hong Kong, I will definitely want to pass you. I should know better than you what industries you can start in and what industries are more troublesome. The sixth uncle said slowly.
Hearing the words of the sixth uncle, Li Mingbao's eyes flashed, and he pretended to be very sincere and said: "I also know that I have a few catties and a few taels, and I will not be in other industries in Hong Kong. And I also started from this industry, and I also have a deep affection for this industry.
So after I got the money, I wondered if I could make a show in this industry. But Hong Kong is such a big place, and it is not easy to enter the industry, after all, everyone is an acquaintance, and it is not good to be too tough. I was thinking about whether Uncle Sixth could help a little bit, but I didn't expect that Uncle Sixth would take the initiative to mention it today, so I'm welcome, I hope Uncle Sixth can help me with my staff officer. ”
What the sixth uncle said was completely equivalent to sending a pillow to Li Mingbao. Why did Li Mingbao get the money back? Isn't it just to meddle in the Hong Kong film industry? Otherwise, wouldn't it be a waste to get so much money back and just put it in Standard Chartered Bank to eat interest? He doesn't really want to contribute to Standard Chartered Bank, and the relationship between them is not good enough.
Even if Standard Chartered Bank intended to let Li Mingbao take a stake in Standard Chartered after seeing Li Mingbao's money, Li Mingbao was not interested. Although Standard Chartered Bank is one of the banks in Hong Kong dollars, as long as it has a stake, it seems to be very profitable, but in fact the profits are indeed quite considerable.
But the problem is that Li Mingbao has 300 million US dollars, which looks like he is very rich, but compared with an established bank like Standard Chartered, although 300 million US dollars is a lot, if it is exchanged for their shares, it will only be a small shareholder.
If Li Mingbao had no other ideas, it would definitely be a good idea to become a minority shareholder of Standard Chartered Bank and lie in bed and eat dividends. But Li Mingbao has all kinds of ideas, and turning his living money into shares of Standard Chartered is a loss-making deal for Li Mingbao. As long as Li Mingbao is given time, he can use his current money to earn more money and develop seriously, maybe in less than ten years, he can buy Standard Chartered.
In that case, why did he put the only activity funds he had on Standard Chartered? It's purely picking up the sesame seeds and losing the watermelon. It is very difficult for others to want a stake in Standard Chartered, but for Li Mingbao, this thing is a pit.
Standard Chartered Bank is not Li Mingbao's target, but Uncle Sixth is not. To tell the truth, for the resources controlled by the sixth uncle, Li Mingbao's eyes were so red that he was drooling. To be honest, don't look at the Hong Kong people who hold Uncle Six very high, it's like Uncle Six is really powerful when he runs it. In fact, in Li Mingbao's view, the sixth uncle is a loser who squandered resources at will, but did not make good use of them.
The resources in the hands of Uncle Six are completely enviable by others in Hong Kong. But the problem is that the sixth uncle himself has never been aware of this problem. His vision of the world has great limitations. To put it more seriously, Uncle Six's overall view is very problematic, or his eyes only see Hong Kong and turn a blind eye to other places.
If Uncle Six's vision is a little higher, the history of the Hong Kong film industry will change a lot, let's just say that the decline of the Hong Kong film industry, Uncle Six himself, more or less has to bear some responsibility.
It's not that Li Mingbao is unskilled, but Li Mingbao uses his ideas to think in the position of the sixth uncle, and he can do many things well. Take the resources in the hands of the sixth uncle as an example, he didn't take into account the problem of the industrial chain at all. The wireless in the hand is just a wireless, and the Shaw Brothers is just a Shaw Brothers, and I have never thought about what kind of landscape will appear under the combination of the two.
If you want to replace Li Mingbao to do it, the most obvious thing is to link wireless and Shaw Brothers more closely, and it is not uncommon to expand the movie resources in the hands of Uncle Six into TV. It is not impossible for a good TV series to become a movie script. The combination of the two alone, the Shaw Brothers movie will not fall into the way it is now.
And this is only the most superficial cooperation, and the most important resource in the hands of the sixth uncle, the sixth uncle should not have seen it at all. In Hong Kong, only Uncle Six has the most entertainer resources, and everyone is jealous.
But the sixth uncle just couldn't see this resource, not only did he not take care of this resource carefully, but instead treated those actors as slaves, desperately squeezed, and banned at every turn. In such a situation, how many people can be grateful to Uncle Six?
Uncle Liu's cost saving can also be said to be the result of stinginess, that is, what industry is put in his hands, there is not much exhibition, and the market value has shrunk. If Uncle Six's vision was a little bigger, he might not be able to become a media giant like Murdoch. But it's a pity that Uncle Six's own personality made him go further and further from the road of a media tycoon.
It is not so much that the sixth uncle created the Hong Kong film industry, but that the times gave the sixth uncle to create the Hong Kong film industry. If it weren't for the sixth uncle to seize the absolute opportunity and let Zou Wenhuai sit in the position of the sixth uncle, Hong Kong's entertainment industry would definitely have a bigger exhibition. If Uncle Six didn't have that opportunity, with Uncle Six's stingy personality, maybe he would become a passerby.
If Li Mingbao's evaluation was known to the sixth uncle, the sixth uncle would definitely turn his face immediately, but Li Mingbao's thoughts were just what he thought in his heart, except for him, even his eldest brother didn't know that Li Mingbao commented on the sixth uncle. So Li Mingbao can still sit here safely and brag and fart with the sixth uncle.
The more money, the greater the ability, so at this time, Li Mingbao was also thinking about how to receive the resources in the hands of the sixth uncle. Since Uncle Sixth can't do it well, let him do it, Hong Kong movies shouldn't just decline, so that future generations will only sigh.
Li Mingbao's thoughts were just spinning in his mind, but in fact, not much time had passed, and even the sixth uncle didn't notice Li Mingbao's momentary distraction. After hearing Li Mingbao's words, the sixth uncle thought about it for a while before he said.
"In the film industry, Uncle Six can be regarded as a person from the past, and the development of the film market in Hong Kong is somewhat due to my Uncle Six. For Ah Bao, you enter this industry, Uncle Six, I still approve of it.
You're an idea-goer, and you're capable. Although the Hong Kong film industry is not in a good mood now, it has actually recovered from the market, and judging from the box office of Hong Kong's films, the future exhibition of movies will be very good.
As an insider in this circle, you are no stranger to the circle, so I won't be too cumbersome. I don't know much about this industry, how it is in other places. But in Hong Kong, there is actually only one deadly thing in this industry, and that is the cinema chain. Without theaters, even if you have a good movie, it will be difficult to show it.
Although you rarely worry about this issue, for the average person, the cinema chain is definitely the most important of the priorities. Since you are going to enter this industry now and want to make your own voice, I won't talk nonsense, cinema, you have to get it in your hands.
Only with the cinema chain can you have a say in this industry. Otherwise, just like you are floating now, you can make a lot of money, but as long as there is a problem in any link, especially in the theater, then you want to make more money, which is delusional. ”