Chapter 140: I Want Thirty Percent
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If Hong Kong movies can really occupy Hollywood, then Li Mingbao will never say these words to John today. Because it's purely looking for a draw, on the premise that the strength is not as strong as others, but he just took out his killer feature for everyone to observe carefully, except for idiots, as long as people who are a little more normal, they will not do this.
Li Mingbao saw it clearly and thought more clearly. He will not be like Uncle Six, who was hit by Hollywood, so he didn't come directly, and he didn't show his head in Hong Kong. will not be like Zou Wenhuai, after taking a small advantage in Hollywood, he will think about how to make the actors in his hands into Hollywood superstars.
Both of them are very biased. After all, Hollywood relies on North America, and most of the people who occupy the right to speak in North America are white, whether it is the negativity of Uncle Six or the radicalism of Zou Wenhuai, they have little influence on this huge market.
As far as Zou Wenhuai's idea is concerned, if he makes his own people a superstar in Hollywood, then he will earn a lot of profits in the future. But it is already difficult for a Chinese to open up such a world, and people here in Hollywood are not stupid, using their own resources to cultivate talents for others, when those people are all blind?
Besides, even if Chen Long is cultivated, a Hollywood first-line star, the real scenery is a few years, with the difficulty of the Chinese encountering the ceiling in the United States, Zou Wenhuai even succeeded at the expense of blood, at that time, maybe Chen Long has been in Hollywood for more than ten years, with more than ten years of the most precious time, in exchange for a few years of scenery, this deal, no matter how you look at it, is a loss. If Li Mingbao was replaced, he would never have done this.
In short, it is impossible for Hollywood to let people of color occupy the status of first-line stars, with such unspoken rules, Li Mingbao naturally doesn't care too much about whether his own stars can occupy Hollywood, because this is a proposition.
And after John heard Li Mingbao's words, he also understood that the Hollywood film market is actually not the same thing as the product market. As long as you don't look at the trademark, who knows where you got it? But movies are different, whether the star is white or not, others will know when they see it, unless they have plastic surgery like Jackson.
It's not that John doesn't understand this truth, but he was frightened by the cost advantage reported by Li Mingbao for a while. If those Chinese stars also smash the scene like the Japanese, it will be a big question who will be in charge of Hollywood in the future.
Knowing that his worries were just empty buildings, John's mood was much better, and he also understood why Li Mingbao was so generous to blow up his own costs, because only in this way could he understand that as long as the two sides cooperated, there would be many opportunities.
"It's true that my predictions won't work out, that Hollywood won't let people of color dominate, and I'm a little bit unfounded. But I have to say, Lee, your conditions are very impressive to me. Damn, the cost of such a film is less than a million dollars, and in Hollywood, there is absolutely no way to have such a thing. John said with a sigh of relief.
"Of course it's impossible to be born, Hollywood's laws are very sound, which I understood when I was filming "Home Alone", so many trade unions completely eliminate the possibility of exploiting loopholes, compared to Hollywood, Hong Kong is a paradise.
You must know that Hong Kong films not only have a very low investment cost, but also shoot quickly. The average time to shoot a movie over there is not more than half a month. Even my excellent film, under the meticulous running-in, took less than two months.
Hollywood will never be able to do this. Because the actors will abide by the work hours on time, and the backstage will also adhere to the principles. But over there in Hong Kong, as long as there are no big problems with people, then this movie can be filmed all the time, overtime is simply too normal for people over there, and overtime pay is not used much, even if it is overtime pay, it is very cheap. John, don't you think you've got a big gold mine? Li Mingbao pretended to exaggerate and said.
"Heaven, absolutely heaven, completely unimaginable, a movie that can be made in half a month, can it still be called a movie? I probably understand why those Hong Kong movies in the past had no market in Hollywood, even Li Xiaolong's movies are not mainstream, because they are too sloppy.
Could it be that your Hong Kong directors treat filming as fast food? I watched a kung fu movie made in Hong Kong a long time ago, and I thought it was strange why it should be a valley scene, and why there is such an obvious set in the back.
Oh my God, that's just a monkey, I can't imagine why there is a market for such a movie in Hong Kong. If it's in Hollywood, even if it's a movie, it's not so sloppy, at least the house won't be a random set. "The more John and Li Mingbao chatted, the more they understood why those previous Hong Kong movies were so bad that they couldn't even move people's hearts.
In such a short period of time, it is not unusual to make a movie and do something weird.
Hearing John's words, Li Mingbao blushed rarely. The poison of the sixth uncle is really deep enough, and giants like John can't forget the so-called martial arts films he made. Bad impressions are actually cultivated at the beginning.
Uncle Six's concept of saving costs has influenced too many Hollywood filmmakers. Just build a shelf is a cave, and that kind of thing is only thought to be good by the simple Hong Kong people in the past. The most important thing is that until now, the movies shot by Uncle Six, such cost-saving operations, have not stopped.
No wonder the movies made by Uncle Six are becoming more and more unbearable, fooling ghosts, there may still be a market twenty years ago, but nothing has changed in twenty years, who will like it? Only Uncle Six would think that his movies were just bad luck, otherwise they would have been popular.
"I don't have a good solution to this problem, because this method of making movies is a Hong Kong tycoon, and this tycoon is still the leading boss of the Hong Kong industry, and he wants to make that stubborn old man change his mind, just like asking John to quit golf." Li Mingbao shrugged his shoulders and said helplessly.
"You mean Tycoon Shao? Indeed, it was a stubborn old man we had met, we had seen it a long time ago, and it seemed that he had brought those weird movies to Hollywood, and it was as ridiculous as a monkey. John nodded in agreement.
"John, you should actually be happy, because it is not Shao Daheng who is dealing with you now, but me Li Mingbao. Therefore, those problems in Uncle Six's movies are absolutely impossible to live in my movies. You can see that none of the films I've made are as sloppy as those films.
And after I have the current dollar, although it is impossible to change Hollywood, for Hong Kong, this money is not a small amount. I believe that when this money arrives in Hong Kong, it will bring great changes to the Hong Kong film industry. Lay a firm foundation for our future cooperation. Li Mingbao said.
"I believe in this, I know that you are a very thoughtful, very ambitious young man, and rich young people usually do something eye-catching, so I have time to wait patiently until that time, of course, don't let me wait too long, after all, such a big event, the sooner it unfolds, the more we can get full benefits." John encouraged.
"We don't need to talk about these things now, let's talk about the movie "True Colors of Heroes" in North America. Since John, you also think this movie is good, then this movie will be left to Twentieth Century Fox to do the global tour. Of course, the main locations are outside of East Asia. Because here in East Asia, I should control more channels than John, you control. Li Mingbao said.
"Global travel? It depends, just North America, and I can guarantee that the quality of the movie is good after all. But the world, over there, Europe, I can't guarantee that they will like it, after all, this movie was shot in Hong Kong, and the people there will not do it if they don't see the benefits, and only if they get a good box office in North America, the people over there will be tempted. The interview said cautiously.
Just the North American tour is not very difficult for Twentieth Century Fox, because they have a well-established travel channel in North America. The European side is different, although there is also a branch of the Twentieth Century Fox Company, but it is not a local snake, and if there is no hope of profit in North America, the people there will definitely not let go. How could the old fox John lightly agree to Li Mingbao's global trip?
Hearing John's words, Li Mingbao knew that his careful thinking had not been hidden from John, but he didn't mind and said: "Okay, I believe that this movie is indeed very good, as long as it is done, people in Europe will always see it." I'm just giving you 20th Century Fox the right to exercise the rights outside of Asia first, and I don't care what happens after that.
It doesn't matter if you can do it, or if you can't. Of course, as an old friend, I decided to take a step back from this profit sharing, and only three achievements are enough. Such a discount, as a testimony of our friendship, should be a good gift, right? ”
"Li, I have to say, you are very cunning, you can say something like this. You must know that your Hong Kong films, under normal circumstances, can get 20% is already very good.
Of course, since you said that as a testimony to our friendship, three achievements will be three. We will leave the rest of the terms to the people below to handle, and I believe they can handle it well. John said helplessly.