I really don't know how to answer this question. Not to mention the problem of domestic films, even in the film circle in Hong Kong, I don't really know much about it. To be honest, I was quite surprised to get into this industry.

In the beginning, I made a barbecue for our house. Then the barbecue made a little money, so that the life of the family was a little more comfortable. I remember it was seven or nine years ago. After that, there was no room for me to interfere in the affairs of the house, and I felt that I should find something to do.

It just so happened that my second brother was working in wireless at that time, so I followed my second brother to the set of wireless to watch how to shoot TV series, and I met a lot of friends there, and then I wrote a script about Shanghai Tang in the thirties and forties. In fact, that script is just nonsense, there is no basis, but I didn't expect that script to let wireless pass guò.

That's how I slowly got in touch with this industry. After that, I started to write novels, mainly because I heard that writing novels is very profitable, and I also like Mr. Cha's novels, plus I can sell any script for money, so I thought that if I write novels, maybe I can mix well.

After that, I got the novel to be published in Ming Pao, and sure enough, I made some money. So I continued to write, if you have money to make, you must make money, and then I will write novels while watching them make TV series. Then, I wondered if novels could be made into television, but could they be made into movies?

But there are also some problems in it, because the novels are relatively long, and it is suitable to make TV series, but it is not good to make movies, so I got a shorter script that can make movies, and then I found the sixth uncle to cooperate, but I didn't expect it to be a real success. So after that, it was out of control and got what it is now.

I have had too much luck in my success. People who have really been in this industry for a long time will definitely not be able to follow the same path as me. To put it bluntly, my affairs are not representative, and there is no second person as successful as me in Hong Kong, so if I really want to talk about this experience, I can't help it, I am still confused, where can I give any experience to others? Li Mingbao pretended to be lucky, so he had the qiē he is now.

Although Li Mingbao's words are actually nonsense, after all, although he did things very out of the box at the beginning, let outsiders see it, he lost his capital, in fact, Li Mingbao did so many things, all of them had a strong purpose.

Outsiders seem to have a hammer in the east and a mallet in the west, but Li Mingbao himself has a very complete plan, and he doesn't just start any project at will. For every project, Li Mingbao has a comprehensive consideration.

Just like the movies he made, until now, all the movies he made, or the movies he invested, all had historical success as a reference, and he had never made that kind of movie that failed at the box office, so when others saw Li Mingbao mixed up until now, people who didn't know Li Mingbao's secrets all thought that Li Mingbao's luck was too good, otherwise at the beginning of the year, the sixth uncle would not have given Li Mingbao a chance to get up at all.

Therefore, Li Mingbao's language of shirking, even in the face of the old chief, is very confident to say it, because Li Mingbao's matter, too many newspapers have analyzed, Li Mingbao's own ability is one thing, but more newspapers focus on reporting Li Mingbao's luck, otherwise, why did others like Li Mingbao do not succeed, only Li Mingbao succeeded? It's not luck, it's anything else.

After hearing Li Mingbao's words, the old chief still said with a smile: "Luck is also a kind of strength, if you really want to talk about it, people who can succeed are lucky." It's like me, if it weren't for luck, I would have gone to see Marx a long time ago, where would I still be alive now?

Since you are not familiar with the domestic film industry, then I want to ask you. Why is Hong Kong's film industry as it is now, not only satisfying Hong Kong's own market, but also entering other markets? I've heard that your Hong Kong movies are very popular in East Asia right now. Not only in South Korea, but also in places like Japan, and even in Taiwan and Southeast Asia.

With such a good market, there is always a reason for your success? Especially the movies you make, are they in demand in these places? You always have some experience in this area, if you don't mind, can you share it with me, an old man? ”

Hearing the old chief's words, Li Mingbao knew that if he didn't hand over some dry goods, today's conversation would have to be wasted.

So Li Mingbao pretended to be a little embarrassed and said: "Actually, movies are not very difficult, especially when the original purpose is to make money, it is even more difficult." Take my movies as an example, the main purpose of my movies is to make money, and as for other things, I haven't thought about anything else.

So my films, in film terms, are purely commercial films. I've produced a number of films myself, all of which are commercial. To put it bluntly, it is to make the audience willing to buy tickets to watch my movie, which is like saying cross talk in China, in order to amuse everyone.

My movies are just for people to buy tickets, and I can make money. As long as you make a movie with such a purpose, it is not very difficult to make money. Just like the movie "Home Alone" I made in the United States, the script of this movie, the central idea is warm and funny, movies with such a theme have a big box office market in the United States, others use adults to express themes like xiàn, I will use children to express xiàn, in this way, it can attract the attention of many people, with attention, there will be a box office, so that everyone is relaxed and happy, and naturally my movie will make money. ”

"What do you mean is that making a movie is making a movie, it must be pure, not preachy?" The old chief's brow furrowed.

"In a word, this is my personal opinion of the movie. In fact, ideas like mine are not mainstream in the film industry. After all, many people make movies and hope to express their thoughts through movies. This kind of film, usually speaking, in the industry, is called literary films. Li Mingbao opened his mouth to explain.

"Since a movie like yours isn't mainstream, why don't you make a literary film?" The old chief then asked.

"It's not profitable!" Li Mingbao replied helplessly: "My purpose in making movies is very clear, that is, to make money, as for anything else, I don't think about it at all." After all, it certainly doesn't make sense for a person of my age to say that he has achieved anything ideologically.

And I don't plan to do anything so strict right now. After all, people are still young, and I am a person who likes pleasure, not so pure. If I want to make a literary film, I will definitely not be able to make any good results. In that case, I simply use movies as a tool to make money. That's how I have this net worth now.

In today's world, everything has to look at money. Especially in Hong Kong, if you don't have money, you don't have status, and you have to save money on food. It's not like we've had a hard time in Hong Kong, and now that life has changed for the better, I don't like to go back even more.

Although money is not everything, it is absolutely impossible in Hong Kong without money. The same is true in the United States. If I didn't have money in the United States, I wouldn't be able to make movies, and if I couldn't make movies, I wouldn't have been able to get to know giants like Twentieth Century Fox, and if I didn't know such giants, most of my assets would have no source channels.

Without these funds, we would not have the money to come back and invest. To put it mildly, if I hadn't made money in movies, and I had relied on the income from writing books, my family would really have no face to return to the mainland. ”

Li Mingbao's words are quite practical, and the subconscious meaning is that if our Li family has no money, the treatment of returning to the mainland may not be the same as it is now, and I can still sit in front of your old man, it is simply a joke.

The old man understood Li Mingbao's words, so he sighed and said: "Money, if used well, will be of great benefit to the country and the people, and if it is not used well, it will become a disaster." Internationally, if there is no money, the waist pole cannot be stiffened, but if it is fully monetized, there will be problems. Ideological confusion will sooner or later bring down a country that relies on money. People always have to have faith. People who have no faith are miserable.

Xiao Li, you are still young and don't know what faith is, but you must remember. People who are truly successful will have a firm belief, and belief is a thing, in fact, it is faith, whether it is belief in oneself or belief in others, this is faith, and people who are not firm in belief will be easily disturbed by the outside world, and make wrong judgments, and finally suffer heavy losses.

Now that you're famous, you can't take money too seriously. Improving our own ability can lead to better and faster development, and we use money, not be slaved by money.

It's like movies, and it's been decades since they appeared. When this industry first emerged, there was nothing special about it. But why is there a difference in thinking about movies until now? It is because he has a special place and has the value of being used.

If you don't study this value in depth, you're prone to problems in this area. Whether you are responsible for your own industry or your own life, you can't simply regard the film industry as a tool to make money. Otherwise, you will easily have big problems after you get lost in money. And as long as such a problem arises and is not dealt with well, then the money you are working hard to earn now will be a flash in the pan, and in the end, you will not get anything. ”

If it were a different person, the old chief would never give such a serious lecture. Because the people who can discuss such issues with him are all people with firm positions and have their own beliefs, and the old chief's words like this will not be of much use, and he will inevitably be ridiculed and said that he likes to preach.