Chapter 217: Producer
Li Mingbao does not have the sense of mission to break Hong Kong films out of Asia and go to the world, because this does not conform to the laws of business. As long as you know a little bit about the inside story of the Hong Kong film industry, you won't have such exaggerated ideas, even if you have countless good ideas, you can ensure the local market, or take into account the East Asian market, it is already blessed by the Virgin, as for killing Hollywood, it is definitely a copy of the hell mode, and it is a matter of minutes.
A simple number of jรน alone can wipe out people's enthusiasm, and the number of registered actors in Hollywood can be compared to the number of all practitioners in the Hong Kong film industry. From this point of view, if Hong Kong films want to kill Hollywood, even if everyone here is at the level of actors, and behind the scenes they are all at the top level, it is impossible. Looking at the market capacity, it is not easier to make Hong Kong films popular all over the world than it is to let God appear in modern times.
Therefore, although Li Mingbao is integrating the Hong Kong film market, he has never thought of letting Hong Kong films occupy Hollywood, and his actions on the Hollywood side clearly show such intentions, Hollywood's affairs are Hollywood's, Hong Kong's affairs are Hong Kong's, he will not think that he is the leader of Hong Kong films, so he must let Hollywood bow his head, because it is impossible.
Therefore, Hong Kong films occupy the East Asian market, and the film companies on the Hollywood side occupy a certain share of Hollywood, which is already Li Mingbao's greatest effort, making money, why do you have to drill into a dead end? There is a simple mode but you have to play Hell mode, unless you are an extreme challenger, people in their right mind will not do that. If you have to make yourself like a saint seiya, it really doesn't fit Li Mingbao's thinking.
Li Mingbao didn't lie about the more than ten scripts, if it wasn't necessary, he would never do such a thing again. Because these scripts are all Li Mingbao's plagiarism of major companies' famous works in the next two years, such as the scripts for Mecca, which are the movies they will make a lot of money at the box office next year or the year after, and the movie scripts for Golden Harvest, the same, as for the Shaw Brothers, because there are really no blockbuster scripts in the next two years, Li Mingbao directly intercepted the blockbuster movies performed by those actors in their hands.
In a word, Li Mingbao's more than ten scripts have a lot of water, which is basically equivalent to tailor-made, although Li Mingbao can make money, but this is too much to discourage the enthusiasm of those film company script designers. This is like fishing for Hong Kong films, and Li Mingbao, who has other arrangements for Hong Kong films, will definitely not do this again if it is not necessary. After all, if you can make hundreds of millions of Hong Kong dollars, you will block the back road, so what can these guys do in the future?
The direction of the real sustainable exhibition is actually to copy Hollywood movies, first get the Hong Kong version out, and then get the American version out, just like a home ghost. At that time, whether it is to shoot by yourself or sell the copyright to other Hollywood film companies, it will be good, and it will not harm the interests of the Hong Kong film industry anyway. As for whether Hollywood's interests have been harmed, Li Mingbao doesn't care.
Anyway, the number of movies that Hollywood has to shoot every year is not a small number, and it is not a big deal to grab a few of their movies a little. With such a big market, what's the big deal about Li Mingbao's interception? On the contrary, the film industry here in Hong Kong, the glorious era is not long, and there are so many classic movies, Li Mingbao has tapped his potential early, what will happen to Hong Kong films in the future? Therefore, digging into the corners of Hollywood to supplement the Hong Kong market is Li Mingbao's good business.
Since many of the more than ten scripts were filmed at the same time, the Hong Kong entertainment industry has been very lively in the past two days, and even Mecca has a bald head, both of which are full of red faces. Although he was very unhappy that his movie sequel was actually written by Li Mingbao's guy, Li Mingbao's movie sequel is really in line with his taste, plus with Li Mingbao's face, this movie is much easier to sell, so Mecca is a little unhappy, and it will disappear, of course, if he knows that Li Mingbao's script is purely plagiarizing his future script, maybe he will not be so calm, because that is Li Mingbao robbing him of his money.
There are not many movies that Li Mingbao wants to supervise, and the most important script is "God of Gamblers" for Yongsheng, and other movies, except for the Shaw Brothers' Happy Ghost series and Baby Zhi Duoxing series, there are basically no other movies that need to be produced by Li Mingbao.
The Happy Ghost series and the Baby Zhi Duoxing series for the Shaw Brothers were originally not supervised by Li Mingbao, because since the Shaw Brothers won these two series of movies, they used their own directors and screenwriters to make these two series, but unfortunately in the series they made themselves, the box office was not so satisfactory, and then Li Mingbao came up with new scripts for these two series, so the sixth uncle had to ask Li Mingbao to continue to supervise these two series.
After all, he bought the copyright of these two series at the beginning, and the cost was not small, if because of the problems of the director and script on his side, the two series of movies not only could not make money, but also lost money, then the sixth uncle would really soar. Li Mingbao happened to send the script at this time, and then the sixth uncle naturally knew how to choose.
In fact, when Uncle Six bought the copyright of these two series, he really put his heart into it, not only the actors are the original actors, but even the director is also the director of the original version, Li Mingbao's second brother Li Minghui and Wang Jing, these two guys, are the six uncles who have high hopes. But the movie that was made did not meet the expectations of the sixth uncle, whether it was the second part of Baby Zhiduoxing or the second part of Happy Ghost, the box office results were far worse than the first part.
Although sequels are often inferior to the first, in general, there should still be a box office guarantee. But the two sequels that Uncle Six came up with, the sequel of Baby Zhi Duoxing only has a box office of more than 1,000 and close to 20 million, although the overseas sales port also made a little money, but it is too far from the first part, and the happy ghost also encountered such trouble, almost making the sixth uncle think that he had made a loss-making deal, until Li Mingbao was a big box office hit in the United States, and the copyright was also sold at a good price, the sixth uncle understood that the movie was poor at the box office, not because of other reasons, or because there was a problem with the producer.
So this time, Uncle Six sincerely asked Li Mingbao to continue to be the producer to make these two series. What mistakes did the sixth uncle make, Li Mingbao actually knows. If you really want to talk about it, in these two series, Uncle Six not only made the mistake he knew, but even the director, in fact, he didn't choose the right one.
Li Mingbao asked his brother Li Minghui to be the director, it was to catch ducks on the shelves, Li Minghui really didn't have much talent in such a youth comedy movie, the reason why he was so popular at the beginning was because Li Mingbao was the producer, and the script was written very well, so the sixth uncle actually made a mistake when looking for a director.
And although Wang Jing is good at making comedies, most of the comedies he shoots are adults, and he doesn't have a good grasp of children's comedy movies, and he can't make people smile like that, plus Wang Jing also added some private goods to it, so even if it is in the name of the sequel of Baby Zhiduoxing, the second part of Wang Jing's filming can only be like that, you can make money, but if you want to make a lot of money, it is basically impossible, after all, the second part of Wang Jing's version is really not suitable for all ages, Although it's a child as the starring role, it's really not the kind that the whole family can watch.
Therefore, in the next month or two, Li Mingbao not only needs to supervise "God of Gamblers", but also needs to supervise "Baby Zhiduoxing 3" and "Happy Ghost 3". In the latter two movies, because of the scripts written by himself, plus from the actors to the directors, and behind the scenes of the original version, Li Mingbao wants to shoot the ideal effect, which is very simple.
But the movie "God of Gamblers", if you want to make it well, it is not so easy. If Li Mingbao shoots according to the original version of "God of Gamblers", although he can shoot a classic, it is obviously impossible to have a good market in North America. After all, most of Wang Jing's movies are very rough, although Hong Kong or East Asian audiences don't mind too much, but for European and American audiences who have been nourished by exquisite movies, some small details are enough for them to evaluate a movie.
Anyway, the original Wang Jing movie rarely receives preferential treatment in Hollywood, the smoothness of the plot is a problem, and the most important thing is that sometimes there will be obvious goofs, plus some unreasonable behind-the-scenes production, it is not so simple to make American audiences buy it.
This is why when Li Mingbao filmed "The True Color of Heroes", he emphasized some details very much, Wu Yusen couldn't satisfy the American audience, let alone Wang Jing's dead fat man, so if you want to shoot a movie that is a blockbuster in the United States, the original plot of "God of Gamblers" doesn't need to change too much, but in terms of scenes, you have to change drastically.
For example, during the final battle, Wang Jing actually found a big bag in a boat and got it done. You know, it was a duel between the God of Gamblers and the King of Gamblers, such an exciting moment, there were only a few people watching there, and the various decorations in the box were so old, those who knew understood that it was the God of Gamblers and the King of Gamblers who were facing the gambling here, and those who didn't know thought that it was two gangsters gambling on their arms inside. Such a scene, if you want to bring out the temperament of the gambling god and the gambling king, how can you do it?
Therefore, the final decisive place must be changed, and some of the previous scenes also need to be changed, and this kind of workload is definitely not small. And there are some actors who have not yet debuted at this time. Just like the heroine Zhang Min, she didn't debut until eighty-seven years, and now it's not even eighty-three years, does Li Mingbao go to find the little Lori Zhang Min to play the heroine? Isn't that? So this has to be replaced, and there are some other roles, including behind-the-scenes and the like, which have to be changed, and the script has to be changed. This is definitely not a small amount of work.
After all, the Xiang brothers have entered the industry, if Li Mingbao doesn't give them a very powerful dismount, it will not be so easy to deal with them in the future. And the powerful dismount, in this circle, what is more powerful than making a blockbuster movie? In addition, the box office share in the United States is Li Mingbao's own, and if Li Mingbao doesn't pay much attention, he will not be able to get along with his own money.
Raising the bar and perfecting the details, with the potential of this film, it is not impossible to sell well in the United States. It just so happened that "The True Color of Heroes" had a good response over there, it was also recommended by Li Mingbao, and the actor was also Zhou Run, and it was much easier for Hollywood to accept such a movie than other movies, which can be regarded as riding the heat.
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