Chapter 494: The Gap Between Ideals and Reality
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If there is no interest relationship, it will be a pit if you pit people, not to mention a novice like Li Mingbao, even if it is those veterans and businessmen with a history of hundreds of years, when it is time to pit people, they can still be pitted, but when they are outside, they are still moral models. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info so talking about pit people or something, for businessmen, there is no pressure at all.
This kind of thing is not about morality or immorality, but about whether the interests are good or not, and when the interests are enough, there is no problem in selling the country, just like the group of American cowboys back then, they just founded the United States because they didn't want to pay taxes to the British.
Sixth Uncle They want to pit people, and Li Mingbao also wants to pit people, after all, the profits of pit people are much higher than normal profits. There is more money to be made, why shouldn't they? But the problem is that the sixth uncle's pit method is not so suitable. You must know that whether it is Uncle Liu, Zou Wenhuai, or now Li Mingbao, the biggest source of profit in the Hong Kong film industry is the circulation port and United Cinema Line.
This is the fundamental interest, and everything else is trivial and irrelevant, and even if it seems to be a huge profit now, it is still not a big business for the whole plan. And the sixth uncle's approach is actually picking up small money and losing big money. Of course, the reason why the sixth uncle did this is not that their vision is not long-term enough, although there is a certain reason for this, but the most important thing is that this big money is to be shared by everyone, and the small money is in their own pockets.
And the sixth uncle also believes that there is really going to be a credit problem, and the first one to come out to solve it will not be them, but Li Mingbao, who called Li Mingbao a major shareholder? So even if they have to pay the price, they may also pay the price for this matter, but it will always be Li Mingbao who pays more price, not them, small investment, big gains, how to calculate money, sixth uncle, they are definitely Menqing.
"Uncle Six, I don't think it will be possible to prevent those foreign businessmen from establishing film companies in Hong Kong, or buying film companies. I know what you're thinking, but it's not feasible.
If Hong Kong is the only one in East Asia who can make a circulation port, then no matter what we do, those people can only watch, because they have no choice. But Uncle Six, you have to understand that Hong Kong is not too far behind other places, others want to catch up, it's not that simple, Hong Kong has not yet reached the level of monopoly, and the current gap is actually just that Hong Kong films occupy a certain advantage in the early stage, but such an advantage is not completely impossible for other countries and regions.
This is still before the circulation port did not appear, and now the circulation port has appeared, do you know what this means, sixth uncle? It means that the development of the entire East Asian film market will be many times faster than before, and the current advantage of Hong Kong films may not take two years to be equaled by films from other countries.
In such a situation, do you think those companies in other countries will not have a little idea? If we had made some wrong choices in Hong Kong now when the circulation port was not completely entrenched, do you think they would not have started anew? This is simply a joke, everyone knows the benefits of the circulation port, we Hong Kong is now actually walking on thin ice, if we can maintain a fair situation, occupy a great advantage in the early stage, and then spend more than ten years, let everyone understand that the circulation port in Hong Kong is the most suitable, then we Hong Kong can be regarded as half of the peace of mind, this is still the mainland side and Hong Kong side of the competition for the leading situation can be achieved.
To tell the truth, the current circulation port, for my net worth growth, the significance is not so great, I can create a new situation in the United States, as long as I change a nationality, with my current capital, I am in the United States, I am also the darling of the upper class, plus some of my allies over there, my foundation over there, it can be said that the score is no worse than that of Hong Kong, even if it is skin color, it is impossible to stop my footsteps.
The circulation port plan and the United Cinema Line, the people who make the most money are still the sixth uncle, but now you want to get some small means, who will do the most harm to you? Sixth uncle, you should think about it more, anyway, even if the circulation port plan is completely finished, I have another foundation, but when the time comes, I'm afraid that Uncle Six, you will not be so smooth in the film industry. In fact, I have never figured out one thing, is there anything wrong with the safety and security of Hong Kong, and I have to make some small accidents, is it appropriate? Speaking of which, Li Mingbao didn't want to say any more. Do you have to treat yourself as a big head, really think you are a mud kneader?
When they heard Li Mingbao's first few words, the faces of the sixth uncle and Zou Wenhuai were a little ugly, Li Mingbao said this, it was clear that he didn't want them to make money, and he didn't even want to take Li Mingbao if he had benefits, he didn't give them face, if Li Mingbao hadn't established his prestige in front of them before, then the sixth uncle might have to interrupt Li Mingbao's words and then do his own.
But after Li Mingbao talked more and more, the faces of the sixth uncle and Zou Wenhuai began to change constantly. To be honest, Hong Kong's local movies have a lot of troubles, although they seem to be thriving now, but as Li Mingbao said, the gap between Hong Kong movies and movies from other places is not so big that there is no way to catch up. As long as film companies around the world can make money, they will be able to quickly catch up with the progress of Hong Kong films, and at that time, the only advantage of Hong Kong's circulation port will be quickly wiped out, and at that time, everyone's movies will be fought for quality, to be honest, the film industry is actually similar to the technology industry, winner takes all, as long as you fall behind, then you will not only make less money, but also have fewer resources.
The most typical example is Shaw Brothers, in just a few years, it has turned such a big Shaw Brothers from a profit to continuous bleeding, if it weren't for the appearance of a Li Mingbao, Shaw Brothers may not be able to hold on now, let alone sell a lot of money, it is not easy to sell for a small amount of money. Although it is now temporarily free of such troubles, it does not mean that the problem is completely solved, after all, the main thing of the film company is the movie, if the movie has not been good, then Shaw Brothers will have to hang up sooner or later.
It is because of this situation that the sixth uncle will make up his mind to sell the Shaw Brothers, or sell part of it. But when the sixth uncle made this plan, he only thought about Shaw's own problems, and did not think about more things. Now that Li Mingbao said the problem, the sixth uncle immediately understood that even if the Shaw Brothers wanted to sell, it might not be so easy.
The reason why Shaw Brothers is so prosperous now is entirely because of the circulation port, and if there is a problem in the circulation port, his Shaw Brothers will also have various problems. Especially the problem of credibility, as long as it arises, others will delay it for another year or two, then it will not be so easy for Shaw Brothers to sell at a loss. This is definitely not a conjecture, because the current market value of Shaw Brothers is too high, even if others want to buy, it is not something that can be done in three or five months, but if there is an accident in the credibility of the circulation port, then it will not take two or three years to collapse, and the reaction caused by the time is a series, and the circulation port is hanging, then the moisture of the Shaw Brothers will be squeezed out quickly, and the Shaw Brothers who squeeze out the moisture is just a loss-making enterprise for those businessmen outside, even if others want to get it. Then it won't give a high price, so Uncle Six's plan, although it looks fascinating, but in fact, it doesn't work at all, those things are completely flowers in the water, you can't see and touch them.
And Lei Juekun, who was originally in a more urgent mood than the sixth uncle, was also in a cold sweat at this time. His plan, although it is similar to Uncle Six, but his plan is more pinned on the circulation port and the United Cinema Line, only if these two things are not hung up, his wish can be realized, if these two things hang up, then he falls down, it must be worse than Uncle Six, originally he also thought that Li Mingbao was meddling in things, but now he feels that Li Mingbao can see more clearly than him, and things that look beautiful are actually not so easy to achieve.
As for Zou Wenhuai, he was also chilled by Li Mingbao's inference, compared to Sixth Uncle and Lei Juekun, his main business is movies, so the changes in the Hong Kong film market have the greatest impact on him. If it is because of this proposal, Hong Kong films will lose their first opportunity, not only will the circulation of Hong Kong be hanged, but his Golden Harvest will also be greatly damaged, especially Li Mingbao said that those foreign businessmen in the film industry, Hong Kong's advantage can be maintained for a year or two at most, which is really bad news for Zou Wenhuai. Golden Harvest has to fight alone with other film companies, the pressure is so great, there is no circulation port in front of them, and their way out for Golden Harvest is quite difficult.
The sixth uncle who was broken his dream, all of them had wonderful expressions, and after a long while, Lei Juekun said: "It's still Li Sheng who stands tall and sees far, if it weren't for Li Sheng's words, we people might still be immersed in glory, Li Sheng's words can be regarded as completely waking us up." In the past, Hong Kong films may still be a solitary environment, but now Hong Kong films are more dependent on the circulation port and the United Cinema Line, if the circulation port plan is affected by the selfish interests of our people, then even our Hong Kong films, in East Asia, will become quite difficult, coupled with the efforts of others, the future of Hong Kong films will not be so wonderful.
No matter what interests are in it, I think the banner of the circulation port must not fall, not only does not protect it now, but it is the behavior of digging the foot of the wall, which is absolutely to be eliminated, we only let the circulation port maintain absolute fairness, then our Hong Kong movies will have a way to live, otherwise, no one will watch Hong Kong movies in the future. After all, our Hong Kong film market is so big, and it is simply unrealistic to rely on Hong Kong audiences to maintain such a huge film industry. ”
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