Chapter 242: Dry Goods
"Of course, the benefits are indispensable to you, don't you say that there are any new ideas? Won't I give you my full support then? "Li Mingbao wants benefits, for the sixth uncle, it is not surprising at all, so he agreed quite happily.
But for the sixth uncle's happiness, Li Mingbao did not let go: "Sixth uncle, you can't use all your business methods on me, right?" If I want to have such a so-called benefit, I will put my energy into the big quagmire of your Shaw Brothers movies, and I will really be trading at a loss.
Or maybe it's a practical benefit, what are the practical benefits that I can get out of this? If I think it's okay, then let's continue to talk about it, if I don't think it's okay, then Uncle Six, you should ask another Gao Ming, anyway, I really don't have much interest in Shaw Brothers movies. I want to film here in Hong Kong, who is not looking for it? Why get involved with Shaw Brothers? ”
If Uncle Six hadn't raised the issue of Shaw Brothers Film Company first, then maybe Li Mingbao would have used the conditions of the exchange on this, but now that Uncle Six has brought up this matter, Li Mingbao would be an idiot if he wasted the opportunity. Although Li Mingbao hasn't thought of anything else that needs the help of the sixth uncle now, after all, this opportunity has been given by the sixth uncle, and now he didn't expect that he will definitely be able to use it in the future. In this case, why should Li Mingbao take his opportunity to exchange for something that has already been obtained?
"Ah Bao, Shaw Brothers Film Company is not as useless as you said, right? It's a decades-old brand. The influence in Hong Kong is higher than that of Golden Harvest, and our Shaw Brothers Film Company has a strong background, although the recent performance is not good, it is not completely worthless. If you want to say it like you, then we might as well go bankrupt at Shaw Brothers Film Company. "For Li Mingbao to belittle his own Shaw Brothers so much, the sixth uncle is obviously not so comfortable.
But the sixth uncle was uncomfortable, but it did not change Li Mingbao's attitude, on such a critical issue, if Li Mingbao insisted on his bottom line, facing an old fox like the sixth uncle, he would definitely be sold and counted the money to the sixth uncle.
"Shaw Brothers Film Company is indeed a big signboard in Hong Kong, and I also admit that the strength of Shaw Brothers is very strong even now. But Uncle Six, don't forget, film companies are different from other industries, and the profit point of film companies is always on new movies, unless they sell their film libraries when they are liquidated, otherwise even if the film company has more heritage, it is useless. A film company that can't make a good movie is useless even if it has a strong background. Li Mingbao continued to fight the sixth uncle and said.
Li Mingbao's theory, not only Li Mingbao understands, but also understands the sixth uncle who has played movies all his life. But for the Shaw Brothers Company, which has devoted most of his life's efforts, to being criticized by Li Mingbao for this appearance, of course the sixth uncle will be dissatisfied. But what if you are dissatisfied? Li Mingbao is telling the truth, and the sixth uncle has no plans to sell this kind of thing in the film library, so the Shaw Brothers is now in a situation where there is no film to shoot, and that's why the sixth uncle remembered to ask Li Mingbao to help.
After a long while, the sixth uncle said, "Then what do you want to do?" When he said this, the sixth uncle looked quite helpless, because he knew that after he said such a thing, the initiative was completely out of his hands, and Li Mingbao could do whatever he wanted, he could only agree or refuse. And there is not much room for refusal, because Shaw Brothers films simply cannot afford his refusal.
If there is no Li Mingbao in history, then the sixth uncle will still be the same, and would rather Shaw Brothers Movies and Shaw Brothers Cinemas continue to bleed him, and also keep the plate, and in the end, after he can't keep it, he plans to liquidate this piece of business.
And now that he is involved in the role of Li Mingbao, although the sixth uncle will not continue to bleed like in history, but at this time, he can't bear to have a loss-making business in his hands. Especially when he saw that Shaw Brothers Cinemas had begun to make money, he didn't like a bloody project to continue in his hands, although this project had most of his hard work at the beginning.
After all, Uncle Sixth is not as pure as Zou Wenhuai, he also makes movies, although he likes this industry very much, but he hopes that this industry can help him make money, if he can't make money, no matter how much he likes Uncle Six, he will give it up. But Zou Wenhuai is not like this, his attitude towards movies is more pure, even if he loses money, he wants to keep the film market.
"If Shaw Brothers Films wants to come back to life, they must make great efforts to rectify it, and if Uncle Six really wants me to take over, it will even change the current system of Shaw Brothers Film Company. In such a situation, is Uncle Sixth still willing to let me do things? At this time, Li Mingbao gave the sixth uncle a preventive shot.
As I said before, Li Mingbao wants a high brokerage company, and the biggest shake for Uncle Six is actually the problem of the system, Uncle Six has always implemented a large-scale studio system in Hong Kong, and the advantage of this system is that everything will be firmly controlled in his own hands, and there is no room for people below to escape. So no matter how much the actors of the Shaw Brothers say that Uncle Six is domineering, Uncle Six can ignore it, because he knows that others are under such a system, and there is no room for escape.
If the Shaw Brothers are the same as Jiahe, then even if the sixth uncle is stingy, he will give some benefits to the people below, but unfortunately the Shaw Brothers are not Jiahe, so the people below only have to complain, and if they really want to do something, they need a lot of courage.
Although he knew that the matter of Shaw Brothers Film Company was going to make Li Mingbao come up with an idea, he would definitely have to pay a price, but the sixth uncle did not expect that the price he needed to pay would be so big, and he would even have to change the system. You must know that Uncle Sixth has made a lot of ideas in his life, but the system of Shaw Brothers Film Company is definitely one of his most proud strokes.
And now in order to bring the Shaw Brothers Film Company back to life, Li Mingbao actually put forward such a condition, two years earlier, Li Mingbao dared to put forward such a condition, and the sixth uncle would pinch Li Mingbao to death at once.
But now, after hearing Li Mingbao's words, the sixth uncle was of course very angry, but more of a trace of helplessness. Who told him to stretch his neck now and let Li Mingbao go under the knife, Li Mingbao put forward such a condition, and he was not completely unacceptable.
"If you want to change the existing system of Shaw Brothers films, it is not impossible. But you always have to tell me how you do things first, right? If you don't come up with any means, you can't say that you want to get such conditions, right? The sixth uncle looked at Li Mingbao's face and said lightly.
"Shaw Brothers Film Company is at this point, and if it wants to gain new vitality, it is not completely impossible. After all, film companies, as long as they can make good movies, they will naturally be able to occupy the market again.
Although I have a lot of ideas and scripts in my hands, I definitely don't give all my scripts to Shaw Brothers, so that other people will have opinions. In addition to the direct income such as movies, there is actually another way to go.
Maybe Uncle Sixth also saw the advertisements I got when I was filming "God of Gamblers", right? That's also a way to get money. But the film company's money is not limited to this road. A company like Shaw Brothers Films actually has a lot of potential that can be tapped.
The first is the actors, the actor resources of Shaw Brothers, if you really want to talk about it, it is the largest resource in Hong Kong now, and other companies cannot have as many actors and stars as Shaw Brothers, these people alone can actually be used to calculate money.
Although Shaw Brothers does not produce any movies now, it cannot be said that only movies can be advertised, even if those actors take over separate commercials, it is okay. In many foreign countries, celebrities are used for advertising, but Shaw Brothers didn't do this before, which is a complete waste.
And not only can you advertise, but you can also do other things, and move people first, so that you can also revitalize a batch of funds, and even not only actors, but also other behind-the-scenes personnel, you can also have something to do, after all, Shaw Brothers still has the strength to shoot, even if you don't make movies for the time being, you can shoot other things. As long as you don't put people there, in fact, Shaw Brothers Film Company won't lose much money. Li Mingbao said part of his thoughts, since he wants to win the trust of the sixth uncle, he must release a little dry goods, otherwise, why does the sixth uncle believe that you Li Mingbao has the ability to solve troubles, empty words and other things, the sixth uncle has heard enough.
Sure enough, after hearing Li Mingbao's words, Uncle Six had a feeling of sudden enlightenment, Li Mingbao said these measures, Uncle Six didn't think about it, and he himself did a lot, just like advertising or something, he had thought of such an idea before, and Li Mingbao said that the other behind-the-scenes personnel of the Shaw Brothers, in fact, Uncle Six also used all the personnel who could be used in the filming of wireless TV series.
But doing that is just a subconscious act of not wasting it, it doesn't mean that the sixth uncle really has any specific plans, and now Li Mingbao is talking about these things, it is obvious that there is a specific plan. Compared with his mere superficial application, Li Mingbao must have a more effective way of operating.
"Ah Leopard, you have told your thoughts, aren't you afraid that I will leave Ah Leopard and you do it alone? Although you haven't said anything too specific now, you can be regarded as having a direction, and I believe that the talents in our wireless will definitely be able to follow your direction and open up their own new channels. "To be honest, the sixth uncle is not scaring Li Mingbao when he says this, there was a moment before when he really wanted to leave Li Mingbao alone.
After all, he asked Li Mingbao to come up with an idea, in order to change the predicament of the Shaw Brothers, and now that Li Mingbao has told the method, he can't help but be unmoved by the sixth uncle. In this way, not only does Li Mingbao not have to share the benefits, but he can also deal with the matter without changing the existing system of the Shaw Brothers.
There are cheap and don't take advantage of the bastard, and the sixth uncle often implements this policy. As for whether to trap Li Mingbao, after weighing the pros and cons, he definitely won't care about Li Mingbao's feelings.
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