Chapter 137: An actor as cheap as cabbage
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"Half a million dollars? Although you are an Asian actor, I have to admit that you have taken a big advantage, such a good actor, you can actually hire it for half a million dollars, I finally know why you use Asian actors, the conditions are too easy to meet. John was genuinely frightened.
It's not that he doesn't know that Hong Kong film actors are paid low, but he doesn't know that it will be so low, and it is not at the same level as Hollywood. And in addition to their skin color, these actors want to be good in terms of acting skills. Li Mingbao invited these actors to film, and it was really the right choice.
But after Li Mingbao heard John's words, he was also frightened. Because he didn't expect John to hear him wrong. Of course, it's not wrong, because when Li Mingbao said 500,000 before, he didn't add the word currency to the end, so John took it for granted that it was the dollar, and that was not wrong.
But Nima shoots a movie in Hong Kong, who will give dollars? Even he, Li Mingbao, will not give dollars. This beautiful misunderstanding, Li Mingbao must let him unravel it. Because at this time, Li Mingbao suddenly had a new idea, and he might be able to talk to John.
So Li Mingbao pretended to smile wryly and said: "John, it seems that I didn't make my previous words clear, and you also know that my movie was shot in Hong Kong." The currency used in Hong Kong is Hong Kong dollars, so the remuneration of actors is usually paid in Hong Kong dollars. And when I say 500,000, I mean Hong Kong dollars, not US dollars. β
Compared to Li Mingbao's familiarity with the exchange rate between the Hong Kong dollar and the US dollar, John obviously did not understand these things. After all, Hong Kong is indeed a little far away from John. In addition, when John faces Li Mingbao, he usually has an absolute advantage. Therefore, John's understanding of Hong Kong, where Li Mingbao is located, is also very limited.
Except for Hong Kong movies, John really doesn't understand the exchange rate between the Hong Kong dollar and the US dollar, but judging from Li Mingbao's appearance, the value of the Hong Kong dollar will definitely not be as great as the value of the US dollar.
There are not many currencies that are stronger than the dollar in the world. So John immediately understood that there was definitely a lot of stuff in it. If it had been a different time, John would definitely find someone to find out, but now there is Li Mingbao, a Hong Kong pass, so John didn't need to be so troublesome, and asked directly: "So what is the exchange rate between the Hong Kong dollar and the US dollar?" β
"The exchange rate of the Hong Kong dollar is very volatile right now, and you know, John Bull is at war with Argentina right now. Although this has nothing to do with our Hong Kong, after all, Hong Kong is still a concession of John Bull, so the exchange rate of the Hong Kong dollar will fluctuate with the influence of John Bull, especially when the flying fish appeared, and the Hong Kong dollar at that time was almost finished.
Fortunately, it was stable in the back, but it was not much more stable, and until now the exchange rate fluctuated greatly, but after all, it was much better. Roughly speaking, the current exchange rate of the Hong Kong dollar and the exchange rate of the US dollar are about eight to one, but it will only be more, not less. Li Mingbao pretended to be helpless and said.
Li Mingbao's helplessness, half of which can be regarded as pretending. But half of it can be regarded as true, he is really helpless. Li Mingbao knows about the Falklands naval battle, and he can even be accurate to the daily exhibition. If Li Mingbao had enough funds in his hands by relying on the Falklands naval battle, then Li Mingbao would be able to make a lot of money just by speculating in foreign exchange.
But it's a pity that Li Mingbao really didn't have any money in his hands at that time, although the movie "Home Alone" made Li Mingbao make a lot of money, but at that time, Li Mingbao's money had not yet arrived, that is, it was only now in his hands. So this money Li Mingbao can't control.
In addition to this money, Li Mingbao's previous 100 million Hong Kong dollars spent a lot on filming in the United States, and some start-up funds were left behind. Coupled with some expenses in Hong Kong, Li Mingbao does not have much living money in his hands.
So although Li Mingbao had money at that time, the money was not in his control. Li Mingbao could have come to the United States first to take out the money and then speculate, but Li Mingbao thought about it later, and it was okay because the amount of money was too large.
You must know that although Hong Kong has reached this year, it has not yet become a financial port, and although the Hong Kong government has such an idea, it has not yet been completed, or it has only begun to start the idea. In this way, Hong Kong's total financial aggregate is actually not very large.
Hundreds of millions of dollars on Wall Street in the United States can be regarded as a weighty amount of money, let alone in Hong Kong. Perhaps as soon as the funds are launched, they will be detected by the financial sector. If Li Mingbao just wants to enter Hong Kong smoothly, then there is no problem, the Hong Kong government absolutely welcomes it.
No place would refuse hundreds of millions of dollars, but if Li Mingbao got the money back at that time, he would definitely not want to deposit it in the bank, but would have other actions. The Hong Kong government welcomes the dollar, but it will never welcome the dollar that comes to make trouble.
Now Li Mingbao's arms and legs are still a little thin, and compared to the Hong Kong government, the gap between them is completely unimaginable. What's more, the situation in the Hong Kong government is more complicated than other places, which not only has the forces of John Bull, but also the forces of the Big 6.
Li Mingbao wants to make money by relying on finance, which will not only offend John Bull, but also offend the military rabbit. In order to have no more income than the principal, he offended these two rogue countries, and Li Mingbao knew how to choose as long as he was not stupid.
So at the beginning, Li Mingbao just thought about it and put this idea down. There may not be many opportunities to make money for others, but for Li Mingbao, it is not too little, any investment will be more promising than this, and no pollution, no pollution, no pollution, why block all the roads for money, it is simply that if you don't die, you won't die, Li Mingbao still wants to have a bright future, how can he put himself in it for a little profit?
If you have money, you can't make money, this is where Li Mingbao is helpless, and now John is just asking about this topic, how could Li Mingbao leak it inappropriately?
Hearing Li Mingbao's words, John was really surprised: "You mean, such an excellent actor, his salary is less than $70,000 when converted into dollars?" Are you kidding? Even if an Asian actor is paid, his salary in Hollywood will not be so low. β
"That's the case, and I added this price, the previous actor's salary was actually only 300,000 Hong Kong dollars, that is, less than 40,000 US dollars. And the actors on the big 6 side have lower salaries, and an excellent actor, their current salary may not be 100 yuan. Li Mingbao said.
"It can't be, right? Definitely just kidding, how can an actor's salary be so low? One hundred RMB? How much is that? John was completely stunned.
"I don't know much about this, but I know that the value of the big 6 yuan is a bit inflated, and his purchasing power is not so strong. I used to get the exchange rate between the renminbi and the dollar, which was about 1.8 to 1, of course, this is the official exchange rate, and the exchange rate on the black market, even if it is 20 to 1, there are many people who need to change it. Li Mingbao said complainingly.
Li Mingbao's words are definitely not nonsense, Li Mingbao has understood the exchange rate of the RMB before, so he said so. You must know that when he got such exchange rate information, Li Mingbao was stunned. When did the combat power of the yuan become so strong?
But then I checked the information, and I understood how this exchange rate came about, to put it bluntly, that is, the bigwigs felt that the military rabbit was also a big country, the exchange rate was too low, and the face could not be put down, although the RMB was not so high, but it was necessary to grit your teeth and insist.
And after having the information, Li Mingbao also understood why before the 80s, the products of the big 6 were only exported to the most elementary minerals and some national cultural products, and as for the industrial products, no one wanted them to sell them half and give them away. The workmanship is not higher than others, or even worse, but the price is frighteningly high, even a fool would not buy such a product.
Fortunately, the military rabbit also felt that this was not the way, so he came up with a dual-track price and export subsidies. Without changing the value of the currency, try to make the price of the product look as cheap as possible. Anyway, for the military rabbit, the yuan is printed by itself, and foreign exchange is the thing that can really buy things.
Of course, what Li Mingbao needs to consider now is not the internal problems of the military rabbit, but the need to make John understand a truth, for Hollywood, the price of Asian actors is basically equivalent to smashing jobs. Of course, this is for the actors, and for the boss, if the actor's salary can be reduced to that Cheng dΓΉ, it is equivalent to additional income, and what Li Mingbao wants to talk to John about is this problem.
At this time, John was completely crazy by the price of cabbage quoted by Li Mingbao, and he completely forgot that now he should discuss the situation of the movie "The True Colors of Heroes" with Li Mingbao, because he is now thinking about actors as cheap as cabbage.
If such an actor replaces the actor in his hands, what kind of benefits will it bring to himself? As long as he heard the price quoted by Li Mingbao, John couldn't help but be moved. He was so good to Li Mingbao before, he didn't expect such an unexpected gain at all, for Li Mingbao, he just felt that having an influential film industry boss in East Asia might be of great benefit to their company's future business expansion.
Li Mingbao is different from other Hong Kong people he has seen, so when John thought that such a layout might be rewarding, it was regarded as an idle chess game anyway, and Li Mingbao is indeed talented, so he may be able to use it at any time. But John didn't expect this idle chess to be useful so quickly, and he had to praise his previous decision.
God, an actor with less than 200 US dollars, even an extras in the United States will not have such a low price, but now Li Mingbao actually said that the official actors over there are treated like this, such a thing is really unbelievable.