Chapter Fifty-Eight: An Interview with the Old and New Rich
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Uncle Sixth started with movies, and throughout his life, he basically struggled for movies. Even if Shaw Brothers stopped production, Uncle Hou couldn't help but open a new company and continue to make movies. You must know that at that time, Uncle Sixth had already made a lot of money on wireless, and he couldn't forget the movie, which can be imagined his own love for the film industry.
Of course, Uncle Six came out of the mountain at that time, in fact, because the world of Hong Kong films at that time was just right, and Uncle Six couldn't bear such fat but couldn't eat it in his mouth, but he couldn't deny his love for movies.
The sixth uncle has a temper, and the sixth aunt has no good way to answer it, but for Li Mingbao, the sixth aunt really has an idea now: "Sixth uncle, in fact, I think it's not too late now, although Li Mingbao has made so much money with two movies, but if he wants to make so much money in the future, it may not be so easy."
Whether he goes to Jiahe or Princess Jin, Zou Wenhuai and Lei Juekun will definitely not let Li Mingbao continue to film as a sole proprietorship like now. The reason why Li Mingbao can make so much money now is undeniably because of his own efforts, but more reasons are because we ignored them before.
Speaking of directors, are there fewer directors of our Shaw Brothers? The person who can write and direct and make a movie is not only him and Li Mingbao in Hong Kong. But why didn't the others make so much money from him? Isn't it because of those directors that we control? At the beginning, when Li Mingbao was at the beginning, we Shaw Brothers and him were based on the conditions of cooperation, so that Li Mingbao could become a special case.
But a special case is a special case after all, and it is actually very simple to cancel it. After all, Li Mingbao's identity is different now, and we don't need to take care of him as much as before. That way, even if we say it, we won't have any trouble. ”
Fang Yihua's words can be regarded as talking about the sixth uncle's heart, so he quickly made a decision.
"That's it, Yihua, you ask Li Mingbao to find a time to wireless, I have something to talk to him." The sixth uncle said decisively.
In fact, Li Mingbao's sudden rise, just like Fang Yihua said, was to take advantage of their Shaw Clan's loopholes, which is not false at all. If Li Mingbao was a very famous director when he filmed his first drama at Shaw Brothers, even if the sixth uncle took care of Li Mingbao, the sixth uncle would not have said such preferential conditions.
Why can Li Mingbao become a special case of becoming a billionaire after filming two films? There is no precedent for this not only in Hong Kong, but also in the world. That is because of the loophole, and the most basic principle of this loophole lies in the fact that the sixth uncle does not pay attention to them. If you want to say that blockbuster films, Li Mingbao is not the only one in the world who can shoot them, and it is not for nothing that there are people who can shoot well abroad, and even if it is a person like Li Mingbao who is an instant hit, it is not unprecedented.
But why can't those people be as rich as Li Mingbao, but Li Mingbao can do it? It's all about care. Those foreign directors who became popular with each other, before the drama they filmed was released and became popular, they had actually been exploited countless times, from merchants to theaters, the profits in their hands had actually been cut by half, and in the end, even if the movie was popular, there was not much money in their hands.
That's because those people, like Li Mingbao, make movies and invest in them all by themselves. And Li Mingbao didn't encounter such trouble at the beginning, the matter of Xinghe Cinema was directly solved by Aunt Liu, and he was not exploited at all, so there will be so much money in his hands.
And more directors who became popular, their first film was not invested by themselves at all, before the movie came out, the investor took the lion's head first, and then the merchants and theaters exploited it again, and in the end, the money they could get was pitiful.
A variety of reasons have created the current Li Mingbao, but Li Mingbao wants to continue to eat alone, obviously it won't work, and the first one who doesn't agree is Shaw Brothers. Their current attitude towards Li Mingbao is that they want to raise Li Mingbao into a dog that makes money for the Shaw Brothers, not a wolf who swallows the Shaw Brothers in the end. When it comes to a certain level, human feelings can be ignored, and interests are the most long-lasting thing. And now that Li Mingbao has reached this level, don't blame his sixth uncle for being heavy-handed.
The meaning of the sixth uncle soon came to Li Mingbao's side. At this time, Li Mingbao was playing cards with Zhao Yazi and his second brother in their apartment. Don't blame Li Mingbao for being negative, it's really that the rumors have been very wrong recently, after finishing things for the family and investing in "The Story of Hu Yue", Li Mingbao can clearly feel the trend of wind and rain.
Originally, at this time, Li Mingbao wanted to start filming "Happy Ghost 2", after all, this movie needs to be released in the summer, although the second brother's filming is much faster now, but if the film is filmed earlier, Li Mingbao can rest assured as soon as possible.
But the problem is that Li Mingbao wants to start filming a movie, but there is a problem on the Shaw Brothers' side, many things that originally didn't need to be greeted by Li Mingbao at all, and now even if Li Mingbao calls, things are not easy to do. Of course, the attitude of the clerk over there is also quite good, that is, to tell Li Mingbao some information, for example, Zhong Chuhong has been very busy in the past two days, and Chen Yulian is busy producing TV series.
If this is the truth, then Li Mingbao can only blame himself for being unlucky, but Li Mingbao does not have Zhong Chuhong's phone number, so he will not ask himself. Zhong Chuhong and the others are busy, but they are not so busy that they don't have time at all, and besides, Li Mingbao has already said hello to this matter, and the Shaw family doesn't know it. It's one thing to know that it's one thing, but the fact is another thing, if the Shaw family says that there is a problem, then there is definitely a problem, and this has nothing to do with whether Zhong Chuhong and the others are really busy.
There are problems with the actors, and there are problems behind the scenes, although those people have taken Li Mingbao's money before, but on this matter, they are very resolute, and they all say that they have something. Once or twice, it can be said that there are accidents, and a few more times, Li Mingbao himself can also feel some invisible pressure, condensed on the top of his head.
The actor's thing is actually very easy to do, Zhong Chuhong and Li Mingbao have a good relationship, if Li Mingbao hadn't let Zhong Chuhong and them enter the Shaw Brothers, then Zhong Chuhong and they may not be Shaw Brothers actors now, so as long as Li Mingbao says hello, Zhong Chuhong and they can come out to film even if they breach the contract.
But doing so is completely unnecessary for Li Mingbao. Because he knows that the problem is not below, if the matter is not solved, even if Zhong Chuhong and the others come out to film, when the movie comes out, there will be no place to show it.
understands that the key to the problem lies in the high-level of wireless, that is, the six aunts and six uncles, even if Li Mingbao is helpless, he can only face reality. And Li Mingbao also knows that such a silent resistance will not take too long, and the sixth uncle will find a showdown with himself sooner or later.
After all, the two sides have not torn their faces on the surface, and the newspaper is reporting on the sixth uncle's kindness to Li Mingbao, if the two sides directly tear their faces without face-to-face negotiations, then the sixth uncle will not be the sixth uncle.
Since he couldn't do anything for the time being, Li Mingbao stayed in the apartment honestly, and it happened that the work in the second brother's hands was also busy in the past two days, so Li Mingbao invited the second brother to come to the apartment to play, and played cards for recreation by the way.
Seeing that Li Mingbao was going to interview the sixth uncle, Li Minghui said with some worry: "Little Wu, this matter is not simple, or I will go with you, anyway, I am also your brother, I can't let you carry any pressure alone." ”
Zhao Yazi was on the side, and she also looked at Li Mingbao very worriedly. For the sixth uncle, Zhao Yazi instinctively felt the pressure, even now Li Mingbao is also rich, but there are still many levels of difference between him and the sixth uncle.
Seeing the expressions of the two, Li Mingbao said with a smile: "Brother, Sister Zi, in fact, you don't need to worry so much, I have been at home for a few days, in fact, I have been waiting for this call, and now that the call is coming, it can be regarded as a relief to me, let's talk, it's not a big deal, Uncle Sixth doesn't eat people, don't worry so much." Besides, I have a good relationship with Uncle Six, so I won't fall out because of some trivial things, I believe there will be a good result this time. ”
Li Mingbao said that he didn't care, but whether it was Li Mingbao himself, the second brother and Sister Zi, they all understood that this time Li Mingbao and the sixth uncle were not as easy as Li Mingbao said, if it was really relaxed, Li Mingbao would not be bored to the point of playing cards at home in the past two days.
After a few months, Li Mingbao came to the sixth uncle's office again, and this time, without the leadership of Wang Tianlin, it was directly opened by the sixth aunt.
Seeing Li Mingbao coming, the sixth uncle did not sit on his big chair like last time, not moving, but greeted Li Mingbao very warmly and sat down in front of the small coffee table in the corner of the office.
"Li Sheng is here, come, sit, I recently got a little good tea, and I can't help but want to ask Li Sheng to share it with you. You don't blame me for being so abrupt. The sixth uncle said heartily.
Hearing the words of the sixth uncle, Li Mingbao hurriedly said: "Sixth uncle, you are tormenting the juniors, you can just call me Ah Leopard, Li Sheng is called this, I can't afford it." ”
After the sixth uncle heard Li Mingbao's words, he said with some meaning: "Li Sheng, you still deserve it, Xiangjiang has been able to earn hundreds of millions of family properties in less than a year for so many years, and Li Shengyou is alone." You deserve such a title.
Sixth uncle, even if I rely on the old and sell the old, the rules still have to be told. In this place of Xiangjiang, nothing is important, but the rules are something that everyone must abide by, and if there are no rules, there will be no square circle, and the society will be chaotic. Come, Mr. Li, please have tea. ”