Chapter 162: Potential Threat

Li Mingbao made a lot of money in the movie "The True Color of Heroes", and other people also made a lot of money, so it can be said that everyone is a big winner in this three-line joint screening. But now the other big winners are obviously very unhappy, because if the theater chain is completed, it will not be possible to eat Li Mingbao's oil and water like this again, at least in Hong Kong. Invisibly, they will lose a lot of profits.

Especially now East Asia is very optimistic about Hong Kong films, and movies that can sell well in Hong Kong will also have a good income when they sell in overseas markets, on the contrary, movies that do not sell well in Hong Kong are also not so easy to sell overseas, and even if they are sold, they will suffer a loss. Therefore, in Hong Kong's cinema chain, when the outside world has not paid too much attention, Zou Wenhuai and others obviously feel his importance.

But the important is important, now Li Mingbao has made it clear that he wants to eat the theater in one go, and he will not stop until he reaches his goal, thinking about the ready-made scripts in Li Mingbao's hands, Zou Wenhuai and Lei Juekun are in a panic in their hearts, cooperation, although short-term interests will be damaged, but after the whole line is screened, they can actually take a big advantage.

After all, no matter how fast Li Mingbao makes movies, he is also a person, and they all have film companies in their hands, so this degree is not something that Li Mingbao can compare. At that time, the theater chain was established, and most of the movies screened were still other people's, and the direct relationship with Li Mingbao was not obvious.

Of course, with such a theater chain, Li Mingbao basically controls the power of life and death in the Hong Kong film industry, even if Li Mingbao does not have a film company, other people have to look at Li Mingbao's face, even if it is him Zou Wenhuai and Lei Juekun.

When the box office share of "The True Color of Heroes" was discussed, there was a silence in the small conference room, because what needs to be discussed next is related to the future distribution of interests in the Hong Kong film industry, and no one wants to open this mouth, so as not to lose the opportunity. Even Uncle Six, the old fox, is pretending to be stupid at this time, although his theater is sold, but his interests are not completely consistent with Li Mingbao, if someone adds a little blockage to Li Mingbao at this time, it will be of great benefit to Uncle Six, at least Uncle Six can prove that he has entered the theater, which is good for Li Mingbao, and Li Mingbao also has to accept the favor of his sixth uncle.

Seeing these bigwigs who are dominating in Hong Kong, now they all pick up their teacups and take a sip of tea from time to time, as if the purpose of everyone's coming today is to drink tea, which makes Li Mingbao very breathless. Today, the sixth uncle is not stingy, the tea is the best West Lake Longjing, and the cup is also a purple clay pot, but these big guys haven't drunk it, as for making this appearance?

The sixth uncle was also pretending to be stupid at this time, and in desperation, Li Mingbao had no choice but to start by himself, originally saying this matter from the mouth of an outsider, which was good for Li Mingbao, at least when someone directly objected, there was room for maneuver. But when it comes to this matter, Li Mingbao has no henchmen in his hands, and the sixth uncle is also pretending to be stupid, and it is difficult to find an outsider.

So after Li Mingbao coughed twice, he said: "Today's main thing, I guess Boss Zou and Boss Lei are very clear in your hearts. I've made it very clear, whether you agree or not, you always have to give me a word, it's not a matter to drag it like this, in case of any unforeseen accidents, it won't do any good to all of us here. ”

"What surprises can there be? Your boss Li is the biggest accident in the circle, is there anyone other than you who will beat the idea of our people? Lei Juekun said with the appearance of an old god, looking at it like that, it is obvious that he doesn't care about Li Mingbao's so-called accident at all, maybe he thinks more about having an accident in his heart, so that he can keep his golden princess.

Seeing Lei Juekun's appearance, Li Mingbao smiled: "Boss Lei, it seems that you think I am alarmist." If you want to talk about this accident, among several of us, maybe you are the most familiar with those accidents, your golden princess has never had overseas channels, and she has been busy with this matter in the past two years, and those overseas filmmakers are very familiar with you. Do you think these people will be a surprise? ”

"Them?" Hearing what Li Mingbao said, Lei Juekun was stunned for a moment, not understanding what Li Mingbao wanted to express.

Seeing Lei Juekun's incomprehensible look, Li Mingbao reluctantly explained to Lei Juekun: "Those overseas filmmakers have been very active in Hong Kong recently. If Hong Kong's film market gets better, do you think they will be tempted?

For them, I'm not afraid of anything, I'm richer than them, I can also cooperate with them, there is no too strong conflict, even if I control the theater chain, as long as I follow the rules, they do business, I hope to be able to do a good deal.

But you, Boss Lei, are different, you are not a person in this circle, the transportation industry in your home is all there, but you cross the line to make movies. Fortunately, you have also done well, Xinyicheng has made a lot of money recently, so you can also be regarded as a person in the circle, but after all, you are an outsider, and your foundation is worse than me.

It's not that I'm boasting, although I don't have anything now, but I have money, and if I am in a hurry, I can smash it with money. But Boss Lei, you are different, you are barely able to get a golden princess, and you are not the only one who can speak.

If those overseas filmmakers really see the big benefits, it is difficult to guarantee that they have no other ideas. After all, it costs a lot of money to buy a film, but if they make the film themselves, there is one less procedure, and the cost advantage is obvious.

They didn't dare to fight my idea, and the outsiders on Boss Zou's side couldn't speak, and Jiahe also had its own mode of operation. On the contrary, it is Boss Lei, you should be regarded as the most dangerous one. How did the golden princess come about, those overseas filmmakers can also copy it, as long as you have money, it is easy to turn people back. At that time, Boss Lei, you may be empty.

And I heard that the two brothers Xiang Huaqiang in New Ngee An also want to enter this industry recently, one is because of interest, and the other is that who in Hong Kong doesn't know that making movies is very profitable? As long as it is a money-making business, they will generally not refuse. ”

Hearing Li Mingbao say this, Boss Lei's cold sweat broke out, not only Boss Lei, but Zou Wenhuai and Uncle Shao Liu frowned when they heard Li Mingbao's words. They really didn't know what Li Mingbao said, so when Li Mingbao threw out these two news, they also felt sudden.

Although the sixth uncle has retired from the dominant position after this incident, but for the desire to control the film industry, the sixth uncle can't let go of it for a while, after hearing Li Mingbao's news, the sixth uncle frowned and asked: "Li Sheng, what is the basis for what you said?" ”

The sixth uncle's words can be regarded as saying the hearts of Boss Lei and Zou Wenhuai, and they are also afraid that this is Li Mingbao bluffing, so when the sixth uncle asked, they also cheered up and wanted Li Mingbao to tell his basis.

I didn't think about hiding it from the people in front of me, so as soon as the sixth uncle spoke, Li Mingbao said: "This matter, if it was just chasing the wind and shadows, I wouldn't have brought it here to talk about it, since I said it, I naturally have my reasons."

On the side of overseas filmmakers, Uncle Sixth also knows that after the filming of "The True Color of Heroes", many overseas filmmakers are in contact with me. But at that time, I asked Uncle Sixth to deal with it, and later asked Zou Daheng to help with Japanese and Korean filmmakers. But these studios were in contact with me at the beginning, after all, and there were some things I didn't talk to you about at that time.

Now that you're asking about it, I'm going to get straight to the point. In fact, those studios not only talked to me about the sale of the movie "The True Color of Heroes", but also talked about the issue of cooperation.

I believe that a few of you should be able to guess this, after all, my movie is very good, so it is normal to cooperate. But maybe you didn't expect that they didn't just talk about cooperating with movies, but wanted to cooperate with me to start a company and make their own movies, and when the time came, it was not them, but you. ”

Hearing Li Mingbao's words, although the sixth uncle was surprised, he didn't feel strange. Because it is not difficult to open a film company in Hong Kong, Hong Kong does not have any restrictions in this regard, just like Li Mingbao opened a film company in Hollywood, as long as you pay taxes on time, the government will not treat you badly.

But just because a film company is easy to open doesn't mean that a movie can be easy to make. Making movies is a systematic job, which not only requires funds, but also creativity, like Li Mingbao's blockbuster films, creativity is very important. If you want to shoot a movie with creativity, you don't have to do it right away, you also need to be in front of the stage and behind the scenes, and the most important thing is to have a theater.

Of course, for those overseas film companies, cinemas or anything is not a problem, they do not have a cinema in Hong Kong, but it does not mean that they do not have a cinema overseas. So as long as the movie is made, it will not be a problem to release it.

Seeing the faces of the sixth uncle, Li Mingbao couldn't help but break another news: "You also know that they are people who have film companies and their own theaters. Therefore, although they need Hong Kong's cinema chains, they don't absolutely need them, what they absolutely need, that is, actors, and the actors, looking at their tone at the beginning, obviously want to dig the corners of the wall, and how big the loss of digging the foot of the wall is to everyone, everyone should understand in their hearts. Speaking of which, does Boss Lei still think I'm alarmist? ”

Hearing Li Mingbao's words, Uncle Six and Boss Zou, who were already frowning, frowned even tighter, and Boss Lei even changed his bitter gourd face. Among these people, although it is now the best period for the new art city to show, his foundation is shallow, but it is not the prosperity of the new art city that can change the status quo.

So if something really goes wrong, he's the first to suffer. Under the pressure of funds, it is definitely not difficult for the golden princess to disband. If Xinyicheng is poached and leaves an empty shell for Boss Lei, he will immediately vomit blood.