Chapter 493: The Problem of the Old Three Film Companies
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Hearing Uncle Six's words, Li Mingbao was a little bored, what is a Hong Kong film? What is the meaning that a movie made in Hong Kong cannot be a Hong Kong film? Until now, the sixth uncle still believes in such a dogma, which is as ridiculous as those old scholars who read Bagu Wen back then said that science is not knowledge. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info
If Hollywood in the United States also thinks like Uncle Six and them, then Hollywood is still making a small fuss, even if it owns the entire North American market, their movies can still only be regarded as niche movies, how can they pose such a big threat to the world in the future?
Li Mingbao never thought of letting Hong Kong's Hong Kong films carry the flag against Hollywood, such a thing is impossible and unrealistic. But you've got to do something, right? Remarks like Uncle Six's are too narrow, doesn't Uncle Six know how many people there are in Hong Kong? And how many people are there in East Asia as a whole? If you have to hold the so-called Hong Kong films, you won't even make money, is this the so-called insistence of the sixth uncle? Li Mingbao doesn't believe that a businessman like Uncle Six will consider the question of the purity of Hong Kong films, maybe if this is said from Zou Wenhuai's mouth, there will be some credibility, but Uncle Six, then forget it, if Nima is not good in the world of Hong Kong films now, Uncle Six may not let go of TVB at all now, the movie part, I don't know where he threw it away, where will I pretend to say anything about pure Hong Kong films here, these are all farting. To put it mildly, in the eyes of the sixth uncle, Hong Kong films or something are not what he needs at all, what he needs is silver.
In this way, Li Mingbao thought of the Donglin Party in the Ming Dynasty, who could not regret holding the so-called ancestral legal system, forcing the emperor of the Ming Dynasty to jump off the building, but while wantonly making money overseas and trading with wild boar skins. Could it be that the sixth uncle thinks that he is the same as those fools in the Ming Dynasty?
"Okay, Uncle Six, what does it mean to say that Hong Kong films are not Hong Kong films, for us people? A movie that can make money is a good movie, I really didn't expect that Uncle Six, you would love Hong Kong films so much? Li Mingbao sarcastically impatiently.
Hearing Li Mingbao's sarcastic words, the sixth uncle's face was not annoyed, anyway, who can sit here now, who doesn't have a little catty? A small range of sarcasm is nothing at all, there are many people in the small circle of Hong Kong businessmen who don't deal with it, and the sixth uncle can't be angry anymore. They are all people of the same grade, and there is nothing that can not be done. As long as you don't touch your money, it's all easy to say.
The sixth uncle also knows what Li Mingbao's sarcasm means, but he doesn't care, what he really cares about is to let Li Mingbao and others promise to give them the three major film companies to be brave, and then make money, everything else is false.
"Li Sheng, what do you think of it, so that those outsiders can be forbidden to come in?" At this time, the sixth uncle opened his mouth and asked, this is to talk about the conditions, since you are not satisfied with our meat, then I will give you a piece of meat, right?
After the sixth uncle said this, even Zou Wenhuai and Lei Juekun were very serious and prepared to listen to Li Mingbao's answer. Although Lei Juekun and Zou Wenhuai do not deal with each other, when it comes to their own interests, Lei Juekun will not be stupid and oppose the sixth uncle.
In fact, the reason why Uncle Six put forward such an idea now is also forced to be helpless, his family knows his own affairs, although now Shaw Brothers movies seem to be booming, and even the company's market value has increased so many times, it is almost the same as the profit of TVB, it seems that everything is so beautiful.
But in fact, it's not the same thing, the market value of Shaw Brothers Film Company has increased, but the essence is still the same old thing. The reason why it is so popular now is just that the brand is hard enough, plus the previous fame of Shaw Brothers.
And this kind of thing, after other foreign film companies have developed, the Shaw Brothers' signboard will not be so glamorous, after all, what the Shaw Brothers lacks now is not market value or anything, but hematopoietic ability, even in the past two years, the movies made by the Shaw Brothers have such good conditions, but they have not achieved too good results, so the sixth uncle plans to sell part of the shares of the Shaw Brothers at the peak of the Shaw Brothers' market value, and then treat it as a profit. As for what will happen after that, the sixth uncle has not thought of it yet.
If there is really a crisis in the Shaw Brothers, then Uncle Sixth will never mind selling it as a whole, and then making a big profit, even if he doesn't have a film company, doesn't he still have shares in United Cinemas? In that case, he still has a status in the film industry. It's a big deal to get a small company out and develop it slowly, there are such good conditions, it's not a big deal to start a new stove, the key is that Shaw Brothers wants to sell it at a good price, and now this kind of price feels a little worse for Uncle Six, so Uncle Six plans to raise the price as much as possible.
Therefore, Uncle Sixth actually doesn't care so much about the purity or impurity of Hong Kong films, and taking these things out is just to play the sad card, and then you can get what you want without paying any actual benefits. Li Mingbao also knew that he didn't care, so he directly started sarcastic. And knowing that Li Mingbao could not make a move for the so-called pathos card, the sixth uncle immediately changed his posture, so he directly talked about interests.
And Zou Wenhuai and Lei Juekun, they also have to look at Li Mingbao's attitude, in fact, for Jiahe, the sixth uncle raised the price like this, for them, there are some benefits, but not much, after all, even if Jiahe's market value is large, Zou Wenhuai does not sell, the market value is only the market value, not the actual benefits. Maybe the old guys behind Zou Wenhuai will make a move, but Zou Wenhuai himself will definitely not make a move, but this time he stands in the position of the sixth uncle, because he also has some vanity, if the market value of Jiahe is really much higher, then even if Jiahe goes out, the confidence will be much stronger, anyway, there are benefits, Zou Wenhuai naturally has to fight for it.
As for Lei Juekun, it was actually simpler than the sixth uncle thought, because he was now ready to sell Xinyi City. It's not that Lei Juekun is tired of the film industry and is ready to quit the industry, but he can see it clearly now than Uncle Six and Zou Wenhuai, that is, for them in Hong Kong, the reason why the three major film companies will become the three major film companies is not because of how many famous movies their film companies have produced, although this is also one thing, but the reason why the three major film companies in the past were so majestic was actually because of the theaters, if there were no theaters, The big three studios are not very different from those other film companies.
In such a situation, as long as Lei Juekun still has the shares of United Cinemas and the title of director of the circulation port, the film company is actually not so important to him. Therefore, the brand of the three major film companies of Xinyicheng is not so important to Lei Juekun, but for those foreign film companies, the brand of Xinyicheng really has the same high value as the three major film companies.
If it had been before, even if Lei Juekun knew where the core interests of Xinyicheng were, he would not have been able to sell Xinyicheng, after all, Xinyicheng was the first company he founded when he entered the film industry, which was of great significance. But now, Lei Juekun felt that if he lost the brand of Xinyi City, it would be more relaxed.
Because he has now also discovered that the other shareholders of the film industry in Xinyicheng are not so passable in thinking, in short, they are xenophobic. It stands to reason that the signboard of the new art city is so big now, and it is not a difficult thing to absorb foreign talents in the film industry, increasing the strength of the company is also making the new art city appreciate in disguise, but Mecca Shi Tian They don't have such an idea, outsiders want to enter the new art city, it is not an ordinary difficulty, and even if they enter the new art city, it is not so easy for them to get ahead.
Those guys didn't think about greater development at all, and they didn't let go of the current power, so that the future achievements of Xinyicheng became quite limited, although there are still three major film companies supporting it, but just like the sixth uncle thought, Lei Juekun is also thinking about how long such a brand can last? With these shareholders vying for power and profit, Lei Juekun is not so optimistic about the future of Xinyicheng, in this case, Lei Juekun made up his mind to sell him at a good price when Xinyicheng is still glamorous, and then start anew and make a film company.
And the newly created film company will completely obey his command Lei Juekun, instead of being like the current Xinyicheng. As I said before, Lei Juekun is a person with a strong desire to control, and when Li Mingbao debuted, he suffered losses in this regard. In the past, Lei Juekun still needed to tolerate them in Mecca, because there are no more film talents here in Hong Kong except for them.
But now, with the circulation port, more outside film industry talents have come to Hong Kong, Lei Juekun has room to choose, in this case, Lei Juekun will naturally no longer endure Mecca's small actions, and sell it directly, not only can get a large amount of money, make his cash flow abundant, but also be able to really make a film company established according to his own ideas. Lei Juekun naturally can't resist such a temptation, so among the three major film companies, he is the most resolute in his idea of selling his company.
As long as Li Mingbao really puts forward the conditions, even if he will pay the price, Lei Juekun is willing, because this is the only way to pay for the benefits of the present and obtain more long-term benefits in the future. Therefore, Lei Juekun's degree of concern is higher than that of the sixth uncle who has been coming out.
But how could Li Mingbao allow such a thing to be detrimental to the interests of the United Cinema Chain and the circulation port? If those foreign businessmen think that Hong Kong has created a circulation port just to make money, will the credibility of the circulation port be lost at that time? Sixth Uncle They can have no discipline in this matter, that is because Sixth Uncle They also have a major shareholder of Li Mingbao on top of them, if something happens to the circulation port, the first person to find trouble is not them, but Li Mingbao. When the sky fell, there was a tall man on top, and the sixth uncle naturally didn't care whether things were done in the end or not.
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