Chapter 580: Star-making is also divided into three, six, and nine grades
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Regarding Li Mingbao's words, Zou Wenhuai and Lei Juekun only believe half of it, and the other half has to be considered. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ļ½ļ½ļ½Uļ½Eć info So for what kind of name will be left in history, Zou Wenhuai and Lei Juekun don't care too much.
It's not because they're already downsizing fame and fortune. It's really because of their current achievements, here in Hong Kong, they can also be passed on, as long as they talk about the film industry, whether they promote this star system or not, they will still be in a very conspicuous position, so Li Mingbao's name in history is not very attractive to them.
However, Li Mingbao said that if he made a lot of money in this way, Zou Wenhuai and they were very concerned. Especially concerned about Li Mingbao's classification of these stars, what should he do. As old foxes, they naturally know that the kind of East Asian superstars that Li Mingbao said have a very high income, but that is only an ideal state, such stars, Li Mingbao himself said, it can't be too much, so what kind of effect can those low-end products achieve after that is what they really need to consider. Instead of being said by Li Mingbao, these big pictures fascinated the eyes.
They are all calm people, so naturally they can't just look good. After all, people like them usually use such words to fool others, and now Li Mingbao wants to use such words to fool them, it will definitely not work.
So Zou Wenhuai said slowly: "Li Sheng, we are timid, we can't see so much, let alone any world superstars, those things are too far away from us, what we really want now is nothing more than to let stars really help us make money." And Li Sheng, you have now brought us a set of Manchu and Han full seats, although the content is rich, but we people may not be able to afford it.
However, you said that we can more or less get involved in uniting film companies in the entire East Asian region to launch this East Asian superstar project. As for what happens after that, it depends on how things develop, so I think it's better to honestly do the essential work we have in hand now, and that's pretty much it, and as for the joint with Hollywood, it's really not something we need to worry about now. ā
Zou Wenhuai's negativity directly gave Li Mingbao a head start. To tell the truth, after his thoughts came out, Li Mingbao was also a little excited, after all, such a change, even the big guy in his previous life had never done it, one was because this matter was too involved, at that time, Chinese movies were often trembling under the obscenity of Hollywood, and it was impossible to make such achievements.
Even if you want to get a world superstar, it's a unilateral thing made up by Hollywood, with interests or something, and there is nothing about yellow people at all. So there is no interest to flow out at all, another reason is that the market has basically been carved up at that time, and if you want to do such a thing, you need to pay the price, not to mention the individual, even if the government wants to do such a thing, it is difficult to do it, the main reason is the problem of credibility, those awards in the Chinese film circle are completely hehehe. credibility is even more undisciplined than Oscar, so even if you want to do it, there is no soil.
Therefore, Li Mingbao's idea, if it is put forward now and implemented, it can be regarded as a kind of innovation and transcendence, it cannot be said that Li Mingbao can now be compared with the big guy, but that Li Mingbao's achievements in some aspects have begun to break away from the shackles of the big guy and walk out of a path of his own, so that Li Mingbao's future success cannot be completely counted on the big guy, although outsiders do not understand the difference, but for Li Mingbao himself, It's still good to be able to clearly distinguish the ability, at least this can also prove that he Li Mingbao is not completely eating his old book.
In fact, many of Li Mingbao's current practices are surpassing that big guy. Whether it is the establishment of a joint cinema chain or a circulation port, or the release of cinemas and film and television cities in the mainland, he has never made these things out during the time period when the big guy was there. Li Mingbao has actually moved towards an alternative path now, and the experience of that big guy is just a step for Li Mingbao's progress.
Originally, Li Mingbao thought that after he said such an idea, Zou Wenhuai and the others would also be excited. After all, although Zou Wenhuai has made money in Hollywood, he has not suffered less, if they can be equal to Hollywood in some aspects, then it can also prove his Zou Wenhuai's ability, which is quite good.
But Li Mingbao didn't expect that Zou Wenhuai didn't look at such a thing similar to honor at all, but the meaning of his words had Li Mingbao's lofty thoughts. This is also a blow to Li Mingbao.
Of course, Li Mingbao is not a stingy person, after substituting Zou Wenhuai's thoughts, Li Mingbao also understands Zou Wenhuai's difficulties. After all, in this year, in the circle of Hong Kong, the person with the best external development is only him, Li Mingbao. Li Mingbao can mix well no matter where he is, but this does not mean that other people can also have such ability.
Li Mingbao's heart is on an equal footing with Hollywood, which does not mean that Zou Wenhuai's heart is also like this. To put it mildly, Zou Wenhuai can get good results in Hollywood, in fact, there is only one Li Xiaolong.
But even if it is given to Zou Wenhuai greatly... The honorary Li Xiaolong, the actual situation in Hollywood is not as good as it seems on the surface. Li Xiaolong's real status in Hollywood was actually between a second-rate actor and a third-rate actor.
And because Li Xiaolong's movies and his skin, in the American market, are not mainstream actors, but niche actors. As for the situation of niche actors in the United States, insiders like Li Mingbao also know, although they will gain some die-hard fans and some people's favor, but in the mainstream media, such actors have no status. is like a professional actor who makes ghost movies, even if his movies have a very high box office, but in the mainstream film circle, his status is just like that.
The so-called mainstream of the United States, in the eyes of outsiders, is something that cannot be seen or touched, but such things do exist, and it is not that you say that there is no such thing. And those stars in Hollywood, as long as they are above the second tier and reach the first line of stars, their movies, the most famous, will always be Hollywood or American mainstream movies, as long as you have not starred in such a movie, then no matter how good your acting skills are, even if you won the Oscar because of your non-mainstream movies, then in the eyes of the media and the public, you can only be regarded as an alternative, and there is a big gap between you and the really famous first-line actors, or top actors.
And if you don't want to be an alternative, then you have to make a mainstream movie that is reasonable, even if it is not so good at the box office, so that you can wash away the shadow of the non-mainstream in you. This is the real Hollywood, this is the actor who really conforms to the mainstream American society, if you have never made such a movie, then it is a pity that you may hang the identity of an alternative actor for the rest of your life.
And if you don't make a mainstream movie within two or three years, then even if you regret it in the future and keep making mainstream movies, then your image will not change much, this is the real Hollywood.
And what about Li Xiaolong? It's a pity that the movies he broke into the American market are kung fu movies, and the movies he shot in the United States basically have no other films except kung fu movies. Coupled with his untimely death, even if he wanted to change, he didn't have such a chance. Therefore, Li Xiaolong's real influence in the United States, especially the mainstream influence, is actually quite limited. Although the people in Hong Kong hold Li Xiaolong very high, the people above really understand what Li Xiaolong's influence in the United States is. Zou Wenhuai, as Li Xiaolong's boss, is naturally clear about this.
It is because of this that he understands how big the gap is with Hollywood. And now Li Mingbao wants to say that in the future, in terms of stardom, he will be on an equal footing with Hollywood, such a bold ambition, if it had been changed thirty or forty years ago, he might have been able to wake up Zou Wenhuai's blood, but now, Zou Wenhuai didn't think that such a thing would happen at all, with such subjective assumptions, Zou Wenhuai naturally didn't have so much interest in Li Mingbao's words.
Zou Wenhuai's thoughts are not something that Li Mingbao can change for a while, and such a thing cannot be succeeded just by saying it. The most important thing is that Li Mingbao still needs to make real achievements, with real achievements in hand, others can't deny it even if they want to, instead of chirping crookedly and Zou Wenhuai to talk about these things now, it is better to talk honestly about how to make stars.
"Boss Zou's words, I understand very well, and I don't want to argue with Boss Zou on this issue now. There are still many things we need to do now, rather than talking more about these future things, it is better to honestly make the facts, and after a certain level, then the road after that will naturally be revealed, so that everyone will work hard in this direction without me saying anything.
On the issue of how to make stars, my consideration is to divide these stars into three, six, nine and so on, what kind of stars they have, what kind of treatment they can get, and the promotion and demotion issues must be grasped in place and strictly controlled. A third-rate star must not let him get a second-rate star value, and a second-rate star, no matter how bad he is, he can't make them be worth about the same as a third-rate star.
In short, the division of this level must be fair and reasonable, or in other words, it must be strict. I can't say which company wants to pick up a certain star. Obviously, the value of this star is only a third-rate star, but they want to treat it with the treatment of a second-rate star, which is something we will never allow to happen. The specifications should be rigorous, and whoever makes a mistake in this matter will be punished whether it is the company that packaged it or the star who was packaged. Li Mingbao said very seriously.
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