Chapter 560: Sixth Uncle's True Intentions

Hearing the sixth uncle's explanation, Zou Wenhuai and Lei Juekun were taken aback. It was really surprising that such words came out of the mouth of the sixth uncle. You must know that here in Hong Kong, in the film and television industry, Uncle Six is definitely the one who likes this kind of low-budget movie the most.

Even this has become the obsession of the sixth uncle, thinking that the sixth uncle finally made a loss of 100,000 yuan for a low-cost box lunch, such a thing is not a very secret thing in Hong Kong, let alone Boss Zou who is mixed in this industry, is it completely a subversion?

When will Uncle Six like to make high-quality products come out? Isn't the sixth uncle's favorite thing to do at the beginning is low cost and high return? The movie that imitated Star Wars two or three years ago was originally aggressive, trying to make a classic Hong Kong movie, but due to the cost problem, in the end, it made a four-way movie, and in the end not only did not make money, but also lost a lot, and by the way, he also caught up with a very talented director.

Although outsiders say that the director made a bad shot, in fact, Zou Wenhuai and they know very well that the failure of that movie is not that the director failed at all, but because of the harsh cost of the sixth uncle, that is, he wanted to make a lot of money, and he was reluctant to invest, but in the end, he didn't make a lot of money, and he lost a lot of money. This kind of thing is the style of the sixth uncle, is it a change of sex today?

So after hearing the words of the sixth uncle, the eyes of Zou Wenhuai and Lei Juekun looked very strange when they saw the sixth uncle, and it was clear that they didn't believe that the sixth uncle would say such high-sounding words.

And the sixth uncle, as an old fox, can naturally see the strange look in the eyes of Zou Wenhuai and Lei Juekun. People like Uncle Sixth have to blush. After all, it's not strange that such words come out of anyone's mouth, but when they come out of the mouth of his sixth uncle, it is obviously not so easy for people to believe it at once.

"Wen Huai, Lei Juekun, what do you think I'm doing? I know it's a little strange that such words come out of my mouth. But that's really what I'm thinking now, and definitely not kidding. Uncle Six said with a straight face.

But the sixth uncle's words didn't have any effect at all, and the eyes of Zou Wenhuai and Lei Juekun were still so strange.

The sixth uncle also understood that it was not so easy to reverse such a concept, so after the sixth uncle sighed, he said what he really thought: "In fact, after a few years, my concept has really changed, of course, such a change in concept is not an overnight thing. It's because of the great stimulation.

Li Sheng's success must be familiar to everyone here, and we also know his success method. I have been thinking about this question in recent years, why has our Shaw Brothers such a prosperous industry developed until now, but it has been losing money?

Could it really be that the world is bad? Fewer people watching movies? I would have comforted myself with words like this beforehand. But now, I understand that this is just a cover-up. To be honest, the current world of the Hong Kong film industry is not bad, and it can even be said that it is much better than any previous stage.

But in such a good world, our Shaw Brothers has been losing money, and even I am beginning to feel distressed when I lose money. Why is that? Obviously, it wasn't because of the world, I couldn't figure it out before, but after having Li Sheng, I understood. The film industry is constantly evolving, and whoever falls behind will be eliminated, even in Hollywood, let alone Hong Kong.

As soon as Li Sheng debuted, he began to make money, and the previous two movies, in our opinion, were not very exquisite, and his selling point was obviously just relying on new ideas. This is not much different from the movies we made before.

But then came to "The True Color of Heroes", and from this movie, I saw a new style. The success of this film, if it only relies on new thinking, obviously will not have such a big sensational effect. Looking at the cost of Li Sheng's movie, I am convinced of a truth, in the current film industry, movies that really want to make a lot of money and can also make a lot of money, only when the internal quality and external quality are very good, can there be a sensational effect and make a lot of money.

The inner quality depends on the script, or rather on the thinking. No matter how small the cost of a movie is, as long as there are bright spots in it, it is not very difficult to make money, but it is not so easy to make a lot of money, which has to rely on the support of funds.

In the movie "The True Color of Heroes", whether it is the script or the funding, these two aspects have greatly subverted our previous Hong Kong films, and the investment cost of 5 million Hong Kong dollars has been a joke for us before. But when the box office comes out, who else will laugh at us?

In Hong Kong's local box office market alone, Li Sheng relied on this movie to earn back the cost, and the results of selling in the port after that were also quite gratifying. And the income in the United States makes us all red-eyed. What does Li Mingbao rely on to succeed? In my opinion, there are only two factors for his success in movies, one is thinking, and the other is money.

He is willing to spend money to make movies, and then movies can give him rich returns. Relying on these two points, he is very prosperous both in Hong Kong and in the United States. In such a situation, can I still not understand the truth in this?

So even though Li Sheng's and my film concepts are completely opposite cross-sections, I can only admit that Li Sheng's means are higher. It is definitely not a fluke that he can have such a net worth as he is now.

If there were only us in Hong Kong before, then even if it was a mess, it wouldn't be a big deal. But the problem is that the film power in Hong Kong is not so simple now, and the influx of external forces is a huge threat to us.

In this case, if I don't know how to be flexible, then in the future, I will only honestly rely on the United Cinema Chain to collect money, and if I want to gain benefits in the movie, it will be quite difficult. This is not just me, but also Wen Huai and you Lei Juekun.

In the past, our three major cinema chains were indeed able to call for wind and rain, but now, it may not be like this, under such an impact, I am afraid that only Li Sheng can face this qiē calmly, because he has enough background to make others unable to beat his idea, and the most important thing is that Li Sheng himself has no film company until now, he can maintain the status quo himself, with his ability, if he wants to eat meat in the film industry, it is actually very simple. But we may not be so comfortable, and under fair competition, our days will be sad. That's why I said I wanted to use Li Sheng's film and television city.

If you say it well, it's called help, and if you don't say it well, it's actually to wait until we are suppressed, and ask Li Sheng to pull us. As long as Li Sheng's film and television city is really done, then Li Sheng's status in this industry is quite transcendent. When the time comes, there will definitely be a time when we will ask for him.

To be honest, now my feelings for Li Sheng are very complicated, on the one hand, I want Li Sheng to open the film company, so as to help us resist the threat from the outside world, but on the other hand, I am afraid that Li Sheng will set up a film company, if Li Sheng swallows us first, and then deals with those outsiders, then our film company will be completely finished.

In short, the current situation in the Hong Kong film industry is too complicated. We also have to work together, so that Hong Kong can't completely become a place for outsiders, so what else will our Hong Kong film industry develop? What money do we people still make? Even if we can make a lot of money by relying on the United Cinema Line at that time, it will be much easier than our resistance, but that is not the result we need. ”

The sixth uncle was able to say this, obviously wanting to completely pull Zou Wenhuai and Lei Juekun together. To be honest, although Uncle Six had feelings for the film industry before, in terms of interests, Uncle Six could give up these feelings very lightly. After all, in his opinion, there are only so many interests in Hong Kong's film industry, and compared with TVB, it is too far behind.

But now that Li Mingbao has come out of this circulation port, the interests in the film industry and the overall scale are much larger than before, even if it is the interests of TVB, they are not as good as the interests above. This is why Uncle Six has begun to pay attention to the film industry in the past two years, not for anything else, because of the current gold content of this industry, even if it can't exceed the income of wireless, if he can really eat such income, he can also make a lot of profits. No one wants to be able to earn their own money, but let others earn it. This is the foundation of Uncle Six's change.

To put it bluntly, Uncle Six's most fundamental attitude towards any industry always comes from interests. But the current situation in the film industry is quite bad, to say that Zou Wenhuai has been taking this road, his strength is the best one. And Lei Juekun also has a lot of talents in his hands, and he can take advantage of them somewhat. But on the sixth uncle's side, the situation is the worst. There are a lot of old people, and there are even more who can't keep up with the times, and in terms of newcomers, the foundation of the sixth uncle is the weakest. So if there is really a conflict, the first one to bear the brunt is his sixth uncle, who called the sixth uncle in this industry, the best bully?

There are a lot of talents in the actor and behind-the-scenes Uncle, but the key director who can make movies, Uncle Six's side is really lacking. In such a situation, in order to ensure his own interests, the sixth uncle naturally wants to pull foreign aid, the first link of this foreign aid is Zou Wenhuai and Lei Juekun, and the second link is Li Mingbao.