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Text Chapter 117 A big investment movie

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    "How much? Five million Hong Kong dollars? Did I hear correctly?" Wu Yusen shouted in surprise after hearing what Li Mingbao said.  Seeing Wu Yusen like this, Li Mingbao felt a little proud. That is to say, now, more than ten or twenty years from now, someone will ask Yusen Wu to make a movie with an investment of 5 million Hong Kong dollars.  See if Wu Yusen will spray you to death.  But if this amount of investment were to be carried out now in 2082, it would be absolutely sky-high.  No one in the Hong Kong film industry, or outsiders, dares to invest in a HK$5 million movie in Hong Kong. Only Li Mingbao can make such a big move.  An investment of five million Hong Kong dollars does not seem to be too big, even the investment of Li Mingbao filming "Home Alone" in the United States.  But you have to know that "Home Alone" was filmed in the United States. The North American market alone can completely recoup the cost and make a lot of money.  What's more, there are European markets and other scattered places. Let alone an investment of five million Hong Kong dollars, even an investment of five million US dollars can fully recover the cost based on the North American market.  But now Li Mingbao is filming in Hong Kong. The investment of 5 million Hong Kong dollars is really speechless. Among Hong Kong movies in these years, there are only three movies with a box office of over 10 million, and two of them are  Li Mingbao made it.  For a movie with a box office of over one million, most movie companies will have a celebration party.  And Li Mingbao now has to invest 5 million Hong Kong dollars for a movie. In Wu Yusen's view, whether the cost can be recovered is a big question.  Although a movie made with so much money, the box office will not be too bad no matter what.  But it is not so easy to recover the cost.  Because in Hong Kong at this time, a box office of five million is very successful for others.  But now Li Mingbao has to invest 5 million Hong Kong dollars to make a movie. Even if the box office exceeds 10 million, Li Mingbao's actual income is actually not much.  There may be some small losses, and this is when the box office has exceeded 10 million. If the box office of this movie does not exceed 10 million, then this movie is destined to be a loss-making business.  Wu Yusen, who was originally worried about insufficient investment, was now worried about whether Li Mingbao's investment was too huge.  Seeing Wu Yusen's grimace, Li Mingbao said in a good mood: "The investment of five million Hong Kong dollars is actually not much. I have confidence in this movie. Besides, these five million Hong Kong dollars are not  It¡¯s not just the budget for shooting a movie, but also the actors¡¯ remuneration and other expenses. The actual money used for shooting the movie should be about two to three million. ¡° ¡°Two to three million is also money.  , I really don¡¯t know how I can spend all the money after investing so much money in filming. You know, the investment amount of the movies I shot in the past did not exceed 100,000 Hong Kong dollars, even the movies that exceeded 50,000 Hong Kong dollars.  It's relatively small, but now Li Sheng, you want me to spend two to three million Hong Kong dollars at once. I really don't know how to spend all this money," Wu Yusen said with a wry smile.  Wu Yusen is not Xu Ke. Xu Ke can spend 20 million Hong Kong dollars on Jiahe in Shushan without blinking an eye.  But Wu Yusen doesn't have that ability.  Besides, the reason why Shushan spent so much money was that most of the money was spent on special effects. The actual investment in other aspects was actually very little.  "And gun fight movies don't need special effects. Even if Tsui Hark is brought over, it won't cost much.  But now Li Mingbao wants Yusen Wu to spend two to three million Hong Kong dollars on a gunfight movie. To be honest, this is a lot of pressure.  "So, the movies here in Hong Kong have always tried to use small things to win big. Although my previous two movies also had this problem, Hong Kong movies can't always be like this. Maybe you can't see it now, but when you wait,  In the future, others will be disgusted with this model. One day, no one will watch Hong Kong movies. Although I made this movie for money, I hope that people can see that movies are not gambling, and they want to make money by spending a little money.  More money. Sometimes gambling also costs money, and the same goes for making movies. If you increase the cost, the movie will naturally look better. As for how you should spend your money, let me give you a suggestion.  The counterfeiting machine that appeared at the beginning can be made more high-tech. Of course, I don't mean to achieve that effect, but I mean it looks more high-end. And will the person making counterfeit money be poor?  ? Those big guys, you can¡¯t let them all take the bus, right? The house they live in can¡¯t be a small place, right? The cigarettes they smoke, the wine they drink, and the little details all have to show that they are rich.  Otherwise, the money earned from counterfeiting coins would be deposited in the bank as interest!" Li Mingbao couldn't help but complain.  This is definitely not Li Mingbao¡¯s fault, it is actually the original version of ¡°A Better Tomorrow¡±,?The shaping ability in this area is really poor.  In the entire movie, the only thing that can be obtained is a Rolls-Royce, and other things do not show the wealth of the counterfeit currency group at all. ? ?????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????mbOUT out of the blue is like a printing guy, not even wearing protective clothing.  The big boss's office is actually such a small place.  A few big guys went out to drink, not even bringing two of their younger brothers with them. When they were discussing important matters, they were actually in the hall, just for fear that others wouldn't hear. Such a counterfeit currency group actually has a global business. It's too much.  That¡¯s bullshit.  Of course, all the reasons can be summed up in two words: lack of money.  After all, when filming this movie, Yusen Wu almost couldn't get investment. If it weren't for Zhang Guorong's help, maybe this movie would have died.  And now that this movie is in the hands of Li Mingbao, Li Mingbao naturally wants to make this movie perfect.  Although it cannot be said that there are no loopholes at all, at least some non-detailed things should be fixed as well as possible.  Hearing Li Mingbao's comments, Wu Yusen broke out in cold sweat again. If Li Mingbao hadn't said all these words, Wu Yusen would have really planned to do it like that. After all, it would be very economical to do that.  Some details increase the cost too much. In Wu Yusen's view, this is a complete waste.  "If everything is done as Li Sheng said, then it seems okay to spend two to three million on the cost of this movie. But Li Sheng, this money doesn't actually need to be spent that much. After all, the main purpose of the movie is to watch the plot.  , a lot of money is spent on some detailed things, but the effect may not be much better. After all, Hong Kong is such a big place, so it is completely unnecessary to spend so much effort." Wu Yusen said his thoughts.  out.  "Who said this movie will only be released in Hong Kong? As long as your movie is good, I will definitely get it to the North American market. Hong Kong doesn't have to spend so much effort, but the audience in North America,  But it is very picky and the details are not done well. Even if the plot is good, not many people will like it," Li Mingbao said naturally.  In Li Mingbao's view, the fundamental reason why Hong Kong movies rarely enter the North American market is that these details are issues that Hong Kong directors don't pay much attention to. When making a movie in Hong Kong, no matter what type of movie it is, in fact, it is inseparable from details.  Carelessness is the key.  In the previous life of "A Better Tomorrow", he didn't go to Hollywood to make money. Why?  Is there no channel?  Or is the movie not exciting enough?  No, at least Li Mingbao believes that this movie is indeed a classic. As for channels, it goes without saying. "A Better Tomorrow" has caused such a big stir in the Hong Kong film industry. If you really have ideas, there will be no channels to distribute it.  Europe and the United States are completely underestimating the IQ of Hong Kong people.  The plot of this movie is also intended to be exciting. Even in Europe and the United States, it cannot be said to be without characteristics.  But why wasn¡¯t this movie sold to those places in the first place?  Li Mingbao believes that the key reason lies in the lack of details. You think printing U.S. dollars is as easy as printing newspapers. This is completely challenging the IQ of Americans. If U.S. dollars are so easy to make, Americans have done it themselves, so why bother with a  Cooperation with Hong Kong companies?  In the very first episode alone, the vast majority of the Yankees must have been defeated.  Coupled with the cunning investment behind it, you can't feel the tycoon of the counterfeiting group at all. Such a movie, no matter how good the plot is, is meaningless to Americans.  The Yankees are not from Hong Kong. The film industry there is already developed. If a foreign film wants to be successful in the United States, it must do everything well so that no one will find obvious flaws.  The movie "A Better Tomorrow" obviously suffered from this problem. It's no wonder that the movie was not sold in the United States. It was because the movie had too many loopholes.  And now that this movie is in the hands of Li Mingbao, Li Mingbao naturally has to fill these obvious loopholes. Otherwise, how can he go to the United States to swindle money?  Americans' money is actually easy to earn. As long as you show sincerity, it will be natural for Americans to pay.  Naturally, Wu Yusen didn¡¯t quite understand Li Mingbao¡¯s thoughts, but he heard Li Mingbao say that the film would not only be released in Hong Kong, but would also be taken to the United States to earn U.S. dollars.  Such news made Wu Yusen's heart skip a beat.  Oh my god, he is indeed Li Mingbao. Filming a movie for him is a great benefit but also greater pressure.  There are still few local films in Hong Kong that can be brought to the United States to earn US dollars, but Li Mingbao has such ability.  No wonder Li Mingbao is not stingy about investing in movies. It turns out that his main purpose is to target the United States.  If you have US dollars to earn, you will naturally be willing to spend money.  You don¡¯t even have to look at Hong Kong¡¯s box office.  For Wu Yusen, this pie was so big that he could hardly breathe.
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