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Text Chapter 87: Go home low-key

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    When "Home Alone" became the weekly and monthly box office champion in North America with an unstoppable trend, Li Mingbao and two people had already left the United States by plane.  ¡° For the time being, Jiang Zhiqiang is taking care of things in the United States, so nothing can go wrong, and 20th Century Fox is also vigorously promoting this movie.  Although it had won 3,500 screens before, after seeing such crazy box office, 20th Century Fox couldn't help it anymore and wanted more box office and more screens.  People¡¯s hearts are never satisfied, whether it¡¯s 20th Century Fox or other newspapers that make a living from this news.  Li Mingbao was initially interested in contacting those in the North American newspaper industry, because he had been dug out, and he wanted to avoid others giving him a bad evaluation because they could not interview him.  But after more and more people from the press came, Li Mingbao could no longer accept this enthusiasm.  When he was in Hong Kong, he was not very willing to appear in newspapers and television.  And here in the United States, he also doesn't like it. It's too high-profile, which is not a good thing for Li Mingbao and his new company.  So after seeing January of 1982 coming, Li Mingbao handed over the Hollywood affairs to Jiang Zhiqiang. Even before the box office revenue of "Home Alone" was received, he took people back  When he arrived in Hong Kong, the contract had been stipulated for a long time anyway. It was impossible for a company like Twentieth Century Fox to deduct his share fee. Even though the share fee seemed to be a lot and very exciting, as long as they did not want to cause more trouble,  If there is no trouble, we will definitely act in accordance with the contract.  When Li Mingbao and his party returned to Hong Kong, the festive atmosphere here began to become more intense.  Although there are many people celebrating Christmas in Hong Kong, there are even more people celebrating the Spring Festival. Even though the British have been here for so many years, they have not erased this tradition in their blood.  "Li Mingbao returned home. I had told people at home on the phone before, so everyone was not too surprised that Li Mingbao suddenly came back.  I arrived in Hong Kong at three o'clock in the afternoon, and in the evening I gave Li Mingbao a reception banquet at home.  Li Mingbao went to the United States for almost half a year this time. Although Li Mingbao always said on the phone that he was living well there, when he didn't see him in person, people in his family would always have worries of one kind or another.  Now that Li Mingbao has come back, everyone has indeed seen that Li Mingbao has no physical problems. Instead, he has become more mature and more powerful than when he was in Hong Kong after practicing alone in the United States for more than half a year.  Li Mingbao¡¯s return home caused Li Ji¡¯s tea restaurant to close early.  The family held a banquet in the villa they bought last year.  Before the banquet started, Li Mingbao delivered some of the gifts he brought back from the United States to each family member one by one.  Brother and dad got some books and cigars.  Li Guangxin was a heavy smoker, and although he was not a very good cigar smoker, he accepted Li Mingbao's intentions with a smile.  What is given to other people in the family and children are some toys.  Women like mothers were busy distributing all the gifts for two or three hours, just cosmetics and the like.  "You see you bought so many things. People who know about it understand that you go to the United States for work, but people who don't know about it think you are traveling there and have been away for more than half a year. I don't know how you did it.  You stayed there so long, I don¡¯t know how much I worry about you when you come back to see your parents." Yang Qing took the gift from Li Mingbao and kept talking while looking at the style.  "Am I back? As for what outsiders say, I don't care about them. Besides, I have been away from Hong Kong for more than half a year. How can outsiders care about me? It's not like I don't know the newspapers here in Hong Kong. How many people  You are expecting bad luck for me." Li Mingbao said disdainfully after hearing what his aunt Yang Qing said.  In the past, he might have cared about the eyes of others, but now, with the dividends from "Home Alone", Li Mingbao can definitely despise the vast majority of Hong Kong people. Why should Li Mingbao care about what others think of him?  Hearing Li Mingbao's answer, Yang Qing also said in agreement: "Some time ago, those Hong Kong newspapers did stop. Even if they mentioned you, they said that you must have failed in Hollywood. Otherwise, why would there be no news?  ? But it¡¯s different recently. Didn¡¯t you shoot a movie there? I heard that the movie you shot in Hong Kong actually caused a sensation when it was screened there. So in the past two days, some people have complained about you.  That's right. If you do this, there will be legal problems. Uncle Shao bought your movie rights. If you go to Hollywood to shoot that movie, if Uncle Shao wants to sue you, you will definitely lose.  That¡¯s the result of losing his wife and losing his troops.¡±After all, Hong Kong is different from the mainland. If it were in the mainland, it would be difficult for some outside news to reach the eyes of ordinary people, unless it is necessary news.  But in Hong Kong, those newspapers can come wherever they have sales. Hong Kong is a free port. Even news from the United States does not take much effort to reach Hong Kong.  ¡°In addition, some time ago, American reporters came to Hong Kong to dig up news. It is not unusual for people in Hong Kong to know about Li Mingbao¡¯s actions in the United States.  Even if Chow Tai-heng failed in Hollywood, the news here is well-informed, let alone a movie like "Home Alone" that caused a huge sensation in the United States. If the Hong Kong press does not know such news, it will be a disaster.  Just dereliction of duty.  "Mom, others don't know about this, don't you know about it? It's impossible that my second brother hasn't talked about this at home? The copyright I gave to Uncle Liu is agreed to be the copyright in Asia, Europe and the United States.  , I didn¡¯t give it to him. In this case, whatever movie I make in Hollywood has nothing to do with Uncle Six. Besides, how much did Uncle Six pay me?  It looks like 200 million U.S. dollars, plus the overseas box office is close to 100 million U.S. dollars, and the total box office is almost 300 million U.S. dollars. This is still the first month. Usually, a movie like this will be released for a month or two to wait for the total box office.  It will be at least 400 million US dollars and more. How much did Uncle Liu give me? 100 million Hong Kong dollars, which is only over 10 million US dollars. I was stupid to give him the global copyright.  Understand. Although he seems to have suffered a small loss, he actually made a profit. He didn't pay attention to the box office in Europe and the United States, and he felt panicked if he thought about it too much, so he only mentioned it in the newspaper.  , If we really meet Uncle Six, he will definitely not talk much about this movie," Li Mingbao said confidently.  "But if he doesn't say anything, he must be unhappy in his heart. Will this affect your relationship? You are not planning to stay in Hollywood forever. In Hong Kong, as long as you are in this circle, everyone will give Uncle Liu a face.  , it will be difficult for you to handle it then. "Yang Qing is not an ordinary housewife, and she also understands the secrets here.  "Mom, don't worry, I am not the same Li Mingbao who was forced to go to the United States by Uncle Six before. When it comes to strength, except for my hard power, I am not as powerful as Uncle Six. When the box office revenue there comes to me,  Inside, my cash flow is more abundant than that of Uncle Liu. It is impossible for Uncle Six to not see this, so even if he is unhappy with me, the previous situation will not happen again. Otherwise, I won¡¯t  I will come back generously," Li Mingbao explained with a smile.  "Okay, I don't care about your affairs. Anyway, you just have to have a plan. To be honest, you are getting more and more arrogant now. You have gone to the United States to earn US dollars. With so much box office, you have  There must be a lot of money inside, right?" Yang Qing asked curiously.  "We have to wait until after dinner to talk about this matter. I know that you are not only curious, aunt, but dad and brother are also curious. I am too lazy to tell you one by one. I will talk about it after dinner.  I just want to report it to everyone. "Li Mingbao really doesn't want to tell you one by one. Regarding his income this time, not only the people in the family need to know, but even the outside world has a lot of speculation about this matter. News from newspapers in Hong Kong.  If you are not that well-informed, you will at most know that Li Mingbao has made a lot of money this time, but newspapers in the United States have already begun to calculate how much Li Mingbao has made by investing in such a movie when the box office figures for the movie week come out.  They did not get the detailed contract between Li Mingbao and 20th Century Fox. Even for 20th Century Fox, this thing is a highly confidential thing, because for 20th Century Fox, this contract is now under their control.  It was a bit dazzling in his eyes. For ordinary Hollywood film companies, the split of four to six would not be a problem. However, the two parties who signed this contract were one who was a Hollywood giant and the other who was silent before "Home Alone" became famous.  A nameless three-no company.  Although "Home Alone" is now popular, it can indeed prove that they had a good vision at the time and signed such a contract that was detrimental to the prestige of 20th Century Fox.  But those reporters have never been so easy to get rid of.  Therefore, in order to avoid unnecessary trouble, 20th Century Fox classified the contract signed with Li Mingbao as a high-level secret.  Twentieth Century Fox didn¡¯t say anything, so Li Mingbao naturally kept his mouth shut in order to avoid irritating the eyes of those Americans.  Therefore, the outside world only knows about the contract signed between the theater chain and 20th Century Fox, but they can only speculate about the contract between 20th Century Fox and Li Mingbao.
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