Chapter 128: The Whole City Talks
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The next day, major newspapers in Hong Kong coincidentally took the news about the movie "The True Color of Heroes" as the front page headline. Even the Ming Pao, which has always been strict, is not exempt from vulgarity. And this is not the result of Li Mingbao's use of money, but Ming Pao's voluntary report, and even Jin Daxia wrote a comment.
"Everyone knows that Li Sheng and I are old friends, and this friendship may be earlier than that with Yifu. When Li Sheng submitted to our Ming Pao newspaper, I knew that Li Sheng was a talent, and in martial arts novels, his talent was unforgettable.
Later, Li Sheng went to film without doing his job, I was still a pity at the time, but it was a pity that such a literati did what he didn't want to do. But after Li Sheng was out of control in the film industry, I only appeared, and Li Sheng can be regarded as an all-rounder.
And this time, I also went to watch the movie. I also particularly admire Li Sheng's movie, a gunfight movie, but it stiffly let the word love and righteousness be implemented throughout the whole process. This made me know that Li Sheng's ability to write stories has not regressed.
But I still have to say, Li Sheng, it's been so long, and you haven't published new articles, do you forget that you are also a literati? How can a literati who don't write articles last a long time, and they can't eat their old books! Jin Yong's evaluation, although he didn't say too much about "The True Colors of Heroes", but the appreciative tone couldn't be concealed.
And when Jin Yong was commenting, he didn't forget to advertise and ask Li Mingbao to contribute to his Ming Pao. Such a comment made Li Mingbao feel a little embarrassed. During this time, it is true that he has not contributed to Ming Pao for a long time, but he has no choice, he has been busy with movies recently, where is he still in the mood to write books?
But since Jin Yong has reported this topic to the newspaper, Li Mingbao knows that he can't hide, and when he has time, he has to write some articles and go to Ming Pao, otherwise Jin Daxia's side is really unreasonable.
But fortunately, Jin Daxia did not have an ultimatum, Li Mingbao had plenty of time to get the draft, and after this period of time, he had to go to Mingbao to take a turn. The identity of a literati is still very beneficial to Li Mingbao. Especially in Hong Kong, with this identity, many things will be easier.
Ming Pao's praise is relatively subtle, but Oriental Daily's side is equivalent to a naked sycophant. All the good words were used on this movie, and said that this movie created a precedent and other things, anyway, as long as it is a word that everyone likes, Oriental Daily has put it on it.
Originally, Oriental Daily was aimed at the public, and they wrote whatever they liked to read. In addition, the relationship between Oriental Daily and Li Mingbao, the God of Wealth, is also unclear, so they are not stingy at all.
As for Sing Tao Daily, it has long since thrown away the festival at this time. The previous report of Hei Li Mingbao was immediately replaced by all the praise now. It's not that Li Mingbao gave money, the main thing is that Li Mingbao is too dazzling now, not to mention his influence in the film industry, just saying that Li Mingbao has the liquidity in his hands can make most people close their stinky mouths.
Hong Kong is a money society, and when Li Mingbao has hundreds of millions of Hong Kong dollars, they all have to be a little careful, and now Li Mingbao's assets, although they are not clear, but relying on the dividends of movies in the United States, Li Mingbao is not the kind of person who has just reached the billionaire standard.
And the most terrifying thing is that Li Mingbao's money is all living money, not fixed assets of any industry, Li Mingbao really has no fixed assets in Hong Kong except for some houses and cars, and most of the money is cash flow.
Such a person is definitely not something they can afford to provoke in Sing Tao Daily. If you really want to let Li Mingbao vent his anger on the Sing Tao Daily because of some conflicts in the newspaper, the people below don't know if they can afford it, anyway, their boss Hu Xian must not be able to provoke it. Cash flow, everywhere you put it is a terrible thing, Hu Xian will never think that he can resist the washing of hundreds of millions of Hong Kong dollars.
Therefore, now the major newspapers do not say anything about reporting Li Mingbao's shady scenes, and blindly singing praises has become the mainstream. And these newspapers are not too exaggerated, the movie "The True Color of Heroes" is a classic. The original version of "The True Color of Heroes" made everyone remember the director Wu Yusen at once.
And now Li Mingbao's version of "The True Color of Heroes" has made the details perfect, even the most common goofs in Hong Kong movies have not appeared under Li Mingbao's cutting, no matter how you look at it, it is a perfect movie, plus the plot is prominent, even if you want not to be popular, the newspaper report is good-looking, in fact, it is normal.
Even some tabloids that have found a different way say that this movie is too extravagant, that a certain lighter under a certain shot is a limited edition, or that a bottle of wine in any scene is a top-of-the-line XO. On the surface, it is said that the movie "The True Color of Heroes" covers up the brilliance of luxury, but as long as you are not an idiot, you understand that this movie is so outstanding even in details.
Even because of some comments in this newspaper, there are some alternative moviegoers in Hong Kong, who go to the movies, not for the plot of the movie, but to see what the luxury goods that they have never had the opportunity to see before are like.
Even Pan Disheng, who had just emerged at this time, was attracted by Li Mingbao's approach, and wanted to meet Li Mingbao and tell his views on luxury goods. It's a pity that the current identities of him and Li Mingbao are too far apart, and it is not easy to meet Li Mingbao.
But judging from this matter, Pan Disheng has a new understanding of his conception of a famous brand, which makes him realize that movies may be a good way to promote famous brands. In this way, Pan Disheng began to consciously contact people in the film industry, paving the way for future ideas.
Since the movie tickets for the first few days are all pre-sold, the movie "The True Color of Heroes" does not have any same-day box office, as well as three-day box office and one-week box office statistics. But according to the percentage of attendance, the box office of the movie "The True Color of Heroes" can be regarded as breaking many records for Hong Kong films.
What's more, those who had seen the movie once wanted to watch it again, and the attendance rate was at least 70 percent. This surprised Shao Daheng, who originally thought that the advance ticket was over. So he immediately invited Zeng Zhiwei back and continued to be the host of the live broadcast of on-site ticket sales.
Of course, this time the ticket sales did not sell all the tickets as at the beginning, but only 50% of the tickets were sold. There is such a regulation because Li Mingbao understands that not everyone likes to book tickets by phone, although it is indeed very convenient to do so, but some people like to go to the scene to queue up to buy tickets, for this kind of people, telephone booking is a chicken rib.
To sell all the tickets to the telephone will undoubtedly hit the enthusiasm of those queuing up to book tickets, so half of the tickets are booked by phone and half of the tickets are booked on the spot, which becomes a good solution.
Judging from the hot situation of the movie "The True Color of Heroes", there is no difficulty in breaking Li Mingbao's previous box office record. But how much the final box office can reach, even Li Mingbao himself can't say.
Originally, the box office of this movie was more than 30 million. But now this movie, before it was released, had a box office income of 20 million. If the box office of this movie is only more than 30 million box office, it will undoubtedly prove that this movie is a failure.
But the problem is that this movie has a good evaluation both at the box office and word of mouth, coupled with the killer feature of the full line of screenings, the box office of more than 30 million is really not enough to watch, and the box office of 40 million is not a difficult thing. But after the box office of 40 million, there are still 10 million, even if Li Mingbao has a foresight, he can't understand.
Li Mingbao simply knew that his movie was a real success, and with the popularity of this movie, it would definitely be released in Hong Kong for a month, and this was the home release. And a month later, it will be the turn of the secondary theater to play slowly, compared to other movies on heroes in half a month, "The True Color of Heroes" is unique, so that his box office can slowly fly in the sky for a while.
Thanks to the popularity of "The True Colors of Heroes" in Hong Kong, those foreign film companies, especially those in Southeast Asia, immediately saw the business opportunities of this film, so when the movie "The True Colors of Heroes" was not painted in Hong Kong, those film companies waved checks, found Li Mingbao, and asked for the agency of "The True Colors of Heroes" in a certain place.
For these people who want to act as agents, Li Mingbao is also a good hospitality, but Li Mingbao did not immediately give any promises, after all, these guys are not familiar with themselves, who knows when they will be pitted by these guys.
So although Li Mingbao was entertained with delicious food and drink, when he really gave the right, Li Mingbao was very cautious and had to drag it first. But dragging it is not a matter, others have come all the way here, which has already shown sincerity, if Li Mingbao does not give an explanation, it will offend people.
So for the sake of not losing his own interests, compared to his lack of experience, it must be a good idea to find the sixth uncle, and if you don't know it, don't the sixth uncle still understand? On the sixth uncle's side, as long as he gives up his interests, the sixth uncle will definitely give Li Mingbao a satisfactory explanation.
As for saying that the sixth uncle and these people partnered to pit Li Mingbao, it is even more impossible, the sixth uncle wants to make a lot of money, and Li Mingbao's ability is obviously not just a movie that can be consumed. For the sake of future interests, Uncle Sixth will also do this beautifully.
In fact, when Li Mingbao found Uncle Six and wanted Uncle Six to help take care of overseas film dealers, Uncle Six immediately agreed. Although this job seems to be a chore, but in fact, it is a good way to grasp the lifeline, the sixth uncle acting as an agent for Li Mingbao's movie, the actual benefits may not be much, but the gain in connections is not comparable to one or two movies.