Chapter 1 I want to make money
1979, Hong Kong Island, Causeway Bay, Lee Kee Cha Chae Restaurant.
Li Mingbao had gauze wrapped around his head, and a fixed plate was tied to his left hand, but his young face had an aura that did not match his age, and he was holding half a cup of stockings milk tea in his right hand, and he drank it without a sip.
There was also a young man sitting next to him, slightly older than Li Mingbao, but he was only in his twenties, and his face was about the same as Li Mingbao.
But it was such a young man, and now his face was full of surprise.
"Little Wu, what did you just say? Do you want to make money? You're not going to be beaten stupid, are you? It's the first time I've heard you talk about making money. Did the medical expenses scare you this time? It's okay, although there is indeed some tension in the family recently, but you don't need to worry about it, as long as you don't be so impulsive in the future, then everything will be solved.
By the way, the Dadong who instigated you has been planted with lotus, and Da Fei, who beat you over there, has also been enforced by their family rules, which can be regarded as giving you an explanation. This loss is regarded as a lesson, and it is not a big deal. ”
Although the young man said it easily, Li Mingbao knew that the truth of the facts was not so easy. Injured this time, I almost couldn't even run the tea restaurant in my house, and the severity of the matter would be understood by fools. But his fourth brother Li Minghu said so, and Li Mingbao couldn't start with this topic again, so he simply wanted to make himself appear just for money.
"I wanted to make money, but not just because of this incident. In fact, after entering the hospital this time, I felt that my thinking had changed completely. Fourth brother, don't talk yet, I'm serious this time.
I don't read much, but it doesn't mean I'm a fool, I used to be very impulsive, but after I entered the hospital, I knew that impulsiveness could not solve any problems, and it would cause losses to my own family in vain, so in order to have money to spend in the future, then I have to make money, this is my reason. Li Mingbao said with a serious face.
"That's a good reason, but how do you want to make money? Mix with us? Although it looks very chic, but in fact it can't make a lot of money, and the uncles in the family are old, and it's not good for them to use knives and guns, so our business, although no one dares to watch, but there is not much money to make. What else would you kid do besides fighting and killing?
In the bird land of Hong Kong Island, there are indeed people who can make a lot of money, but who are those people? They already have money and power, and there is no problem in earning more, and those who have knowledge rely on their own efforts and have the opportunity to get ahead. Even if you are mixed with society, how many can be bigwigs? Don't look at outsiders who say that me and your third brother are both big guys, but big guys like us don't make money!
That is, we are all our own people, otherwise, our big guy has no meaning at all. Now, do you think you can make money? Do you have a big brother in your brain? The eldest brother is also an intellectual, and he also went to the Chinese University here in Hong Kong, but he came back to make our family's tea restaurant?
In terms of hard work, do you think your kung fu is better than me and your third brother? Don't look at everyone to learn Wing Chun, but if you really get started, you are definitely not our opponent. As for your second brother's movie-making, not to mention, in the current world on Hong Kong Island, making movies is not profitable at all, and TV stations have gone bankrupt, let alone movies. And that also needs to be professional, you may not be able to do a trick, these businesses in the family, what do you think can make money? ”
Li Minghu babbled about it, and he could be regarded as having a thorough understanding of their family's current situation. If Li Mingbao was still the impulsive Li Mingbao before, then he might be very sure of his fourth brother's words.
But now, Li Mingbao doesn't know what to say. Since waking up in the hospital, Li Mingbao has felt that there are some more things in his brain, of course, these things are not anything left over from the fight, nor are they tumors, but a memory, and there is a thing that looks magical in Li Mingbao's eyes.
And it is precisely with these things that Li Mingbao feels that Hong Kong Island, which has no way to make money at all in the eyes of the fourth brother, is full of gold in his eyes, as long as he is willing to do something seriously, making a fortune is definitely not a dream.
As the old saying goes, Zhuang Zhou dreams of butterflies, butterflies dream of Zhuang Zhou, after this memory and Li Mingbao's original memory are mixed together, a miraculous chemical effect occurs. This memory from more than 30 years later makes Li Mingbao feel how beautiful the world is, but now not many people can understand this beauty, as long as he seizes the opportunity, money or something is definitely not a problem. And now the problem is that he needs to convince his fourth brother that he is not dreaming.
But if you want to convince your fourth brother, it doesn't seem to be an easy thing to do now. Take the most advantageous thing in Li Mingbao's memory, the cultural industry, if you talk about it now, it is basically equivalent to talking about chickens and ducks.
The characters in that memory can be regarded as bull forks. has pulled a car, sold discs, been a grandfather, and played real estate, such a person finally mixed into the entertainment industry, and also had a good time. If it weren't for his poor health and eventually hung up, he might be able to become the leading boss of the mainland entertainment industry. But even when he hung up, he wasn't too far from that position.
Such a memory of a cattle man has a big impact on Li Mingbao. But can he now tell his fourth brother that making movies is actually very profitable? No, because this is not convincing at all, Hong Kong Island's current best movie box office is in the millions. Don't look at the millions of Hong Kong dollars at the end of the 70s, it's not a small amount, but that's just the box office. There are actually not many real film companies that can get their hands on it. And even if it is such a small amount of money, it still needs a lot of people's shares, otherwise in the early eighties, why did Uncle Shao focus on TV and not make movies? That's because of the loss.
And now in these days, the film market is actually even worse. Can Li Mingbao tell his fourth brother that the industry that the second brother is doing now, and the director is actually very rich? That's definitely not going to happen.
As the saying goes, you don't do it well. Li Mingbao wants to quickly obtain the original accumulation, and the mixed entertainment industry is definitely the best choice. Although the characters in that memory are mixed with the mainland entertainment industry, and they are all after the nineties. But what others do is professional.
What is a profession? Others not only understand the entertainment market from the 90s to 2,000 years later, but also the entertainment market in Hong Kong in the 70s and 80s.
Even if there is something unclear about that memory, the whiteness of another artifact in Li Mingbao's brain can definitely solve any troubles. In addition, his second brother is still a director of wireless, and it is definitely the right time, place, and people to get in.
But the current Hong Kong entertainment industry is in the darkness before dawn, although it is not to say that it is completely unable to make money. But if you want to make money from this, you must have capital, and this thing, for Li Mingbao, who only has a dozen Hong Kong dollars in his pocket and doesn't even have enough money to buy cigarettes, those investments that are often tens of thousands of yuan, or even hundreds of thousands, can definitely pull Li Mingbao to hell.
And if he wants to make a living, Li Mingbao doesn't feel that he will have many advantages now, the difference between the two regions, coupled with the restrictions of the era, it is not so easy to do a brand new job.
But even so, Li Mingbao's desire to make money has not been broken.
"Fourth brother, in fact, I think it's still very easy to make money in the entertainment industry, don't say it, I didn't live in the hospital for nothing during this time, I have an idea in my head, if it is made into a movie, maybe it will become popular, so is it not easy to make money?" Li Mingbao said to Li Minghu with a sneer.
Li Minghu, who was originally drinking milk tea, immediately sprayed when he heard Li Mingbao's words.
"Just you? Still making movies? Can it still be fired? Even your second brother can't play such a package ticket, others are still insiders, and they are all sad during this time, you are an outsider, saying that if you make a movie and have an idea, you can become popular immediately? You are daydreaming, there are not 10,000 in Hong Kong, there are 8,000 doing, but who has really done it? Not one! So, Xiao Wu, your intention to make money is good, but this means is really not good, so let's do it, I still have about 200 Hong Kong dollars in my pocket, if you really want it, I'll give it to you now. Don't keep thinking about crooked ideas, it's better to be a man. Li Minghu took out the money from his pocket and said calmly to Li Mingbao.
When Li Mingbao woke up from his confused state, he found that his fourth brother had left without knowing when, and the biggest gain of his idea of making money was the more than 200 Hong Kong dollars still saved in his right hand, and even a few steel hammers.
It can be seen that his fourth brother has definitely cleaned all the money in his pocket, even the steel hammer has been dedicated, but it is conceivable that his fourth brother's pocket is definitely cleaner than anything else, and there may be half a pack of cigarettes and a lighter, as for the money, there is absolutely no money.
Looking at the money in his hand, Li Mingbao wanted to cry without tears. He didn't want these cents at all. What can you do with 200 Hong Kong dollars? Not to mention making a movie, even the cost of writing a script is not enough, and it costs a lot of money to buy things like pen and paper, let alone more advanced printers.
It seems that it is completely impossible to do familiar business for the time being. In this way, the first pot of gold can only be started from somewhere else, as for where it is, it still needs to be studied, Li Mingbao doesn't believe it, he is equivalent to a person who opens a plug-in, and he can't even earn the first pot of gold.