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Text Chapter 55 The billionaire who rose like a rocket

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    While Li Mingbao was busy, the Spring Festival of 1981 also passed in a hurry.  Ever since Li Mingbao felt that if he wanted to make big money, he had to make it from Hollywood, Li Mingbao felt that the money he had saved at home was not so precious and had to be used, especially the money earned from the barbecue stall.  It should be used to subsidize household expenses.  So during the Spring Festival, Li Mingbao told his family about this idea and asked his eldest brother to use the money as he saw it, whether it be to expand the operation of Liji Tea Restaurant or to expand the barbecue stall.  Just use it.  Most importantly, buy a house.  Although Li Mingbao clearly knew that housing prices in Hong Kong would fall in a year, it would actually be better to buy a house at that time.  But now the house at home seems crowded.  Although I and my second brother have moved out, the other people are still living in the old house, and their life is quite difficult.  It¡¯s not like the family doesn¡¯t have money now, so there¡¯s no need to be so frugal.  In addition, even if the housing prices in Hong Kong have not yet fallen, they are not too outrageous. If you spend over one million to buy a small villa, even if it falls by then, you will only lose two to three hundred thousand at most, but this  The loss of a small amount of money is no longer that important to the Li family now. Compared with the real problem of housing, the loss of a small amount of money will not cause much distress at all.  In addition to all the expenses such as buying a car, it doesn¡¯t cost much at all.  With Li Mingbao¡¯s words, other people in the family naturally agreed.  Especially the eldest brother and his wife used to live in a tea restaurant. Although they got rich later, the conditions of the house they rented outside were not very good.  Since Li Mingbao said there would be no problem buying a house, of course they welcome it.  In March 1981, the problems at home were completely solved. For convenience, Li Mingbao and his family bought a small three-story villa near Causeway Bay. It was more than 400 square meters and was enough for a family.  Living in a villa like this, the Li family spent less than 1.5 million to buy it. Adding in things like buying a car, the final money spent on life is actually only about 200.  Looks like ten thousand.  If such a large amount of money had been spent before, people in the family would have been more or less distressed.  But now, even my father, who is very frugal at home, doesn't feel anything.  Because the family has indeed become much richer in the past two years.  Not counting Li Mingbao's own tens of millions of Hong Kong dollars, the Li family alone has made almost more than five million Hong Kong dollars in the past two years from the barbecue stall. ?????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? but and now even if all the money is spent, there is still more than 3 million Hong Kong dollars in the bank, so even if an unexpected situation occurs, there will be no shortage of money.  Besides, if an accident really happens, Li Mingbao has almost 100 million Hong Kong dollars. With such a sum of money, any accident is not an accident.  Li Mingbao now has so much money, which is actually not surprising at all, because by this time, the Hong Kong box office of "Baby Smart Star" has been calculated.  As early as the end of February, all theaters in Hong Kong that were showing "Baby" had canceled the movie.  In the end, the film "Baby" did not disappoint anyone. It was released nearly three months ago. Even though it was later affected by "The Bald Detective", some of the subsequent box office revenue was not so good, but  Overall, the movie "Baby Smart Stars" is definitely a success. Even the enemy New Art City, including their boss Lei behind the scenes, are silent about this movie.  Even Shi Tian, ??who was very unhappy with Li Mingbao, said sourly in the newspaper that Li Mingbao could not be so lucky every time.  With a release time of almost three months, the movie "Baby" simply swept the box office. Other movies released during this period, especially those released when "Baby" was at its peak, whether  No matter what genre it is, it doesn't end well, and there aren't even two movies that have grossed over a million at the box office.  Under the heavy losses of others, "Baby Zhi Duo Xing" naturally eats and drinks, and the record of 40 million box office has made Hong Kong people lose their voice again.  Even the newspaper that had predicted that the movie's box office would reach such heights was reluctant to believe such a fact when the results came out.  When they made that evaluation, it didn't mean that they really thought highly of the movie, it was just to attract attention.  When it comes to attracting attention, it¡¯s more or less like putting the movie on the fire.  After all, a movie these days has a box office of over 40 million. For anyone, that is nonsense. They said that if the box office does not reach such a standard when the box office comes out, then they can turn around and come back.  To say that the film did not meet people's expectations is a waste of everyone's emotions.  But in the end, they didn't get the script they booked, because such nonsense has now become a fact, and they?As a prophecy emperor, the complex mood of newspapers is really difficult to describe in words.  "Baby" not only broke the box office record in Hong Kong, but also made huge gains in overseas markets.  Since this movie was very popular from the beginning, and the box office at the premiere reached a height of 2 million, Shaw Brothers naturally attached great importance to it. When it had not been released in Hong Kong for a few days, Shaw Brothers released this movie  Pushed overseas.  Needless to say, in the markets of Southeast Asia and Taiwan, Shaw Brothers' brand is still very effective, and it is quite easy to release their movies.  As for the Japanese market, this time it gave Shaw Brothers a big surprise.  Perhaps it is because "Happy Ghost" has achieved great success in the Japanese market, and the craze has not subsided by Christmas. Now that producer Li Mingbao has released a new movie, Japanese film producers are naturally very interested in it.  Heart.  Compared with the last time "Happy Ghost" entered the Japanese market, which required Shaw Brothers to work very hard to promote it, this time "Baby" was released in Japan, but it became very simple, as simple as the love of a man and his concubine.  Not only did the Japanese film studio arrange a good time to release the film, but they also gave Shaw Brothers a lot of favor in terms of the share of the film.  The last time "Happy Ghost" came to Japan, Japanese film producers only gave it a maximum of 20% of the box office share.  But this time, the Japanese film studio directly mentioned a 30% box office share of the box office of "Baby".  The studios and theater chains only took 70% of the box office in total.  The reason why it is like this is not that the film producers in Japan are really very conscientious, but because the popularity of Lee Ming-pao's last movie has not subsided in Japan, and the new movie has already been released.  The movies produced by Li Mingbao have already passed the test of the market. Coupled with the box office situation in Hong Kong, they also know that if they did not give a high price to Shaw Brothers, they would have made a lot of money last time they took over "Happy Ghost"  Film producers may not be able to make money this time, because other film producers are also eyeing the movies produced by Li Mingbao. If he wants to make money, he has to see whether others agree or not.  With many parties competing for it, the box office share received by Shaw Brothers and Li Mingbao was one-tenth higher than that of the previous movie.  In addition, this movie has a broader market prospect than the previous movie, so everyone will naturally make more money.  Others have made money. Li Mingbao, the film's producer and investors, has naturally made a lot of money. The money he has now is divided into three parts. The royalties from Mingpao plus publishing have brought Li Mingbao a lot of money.  An income of almost 8 million Hong Kong dollars. Of course, this is not all, but a part, because "Kunlun" is still serialized in Ming Pao. Although the money in the newspaper has gone to Li Mingbao, the publishing side still needs to wait.  .  Of the eight million Hong Kong dollars, the one that contributed the most is of course "Those Things in the Ming Dynasty". The manuscript fee plus publication is more than seven million, while the two books "The Iron-Blooded Prodigy" and "Kunlun" add up to only a few  One hundred thousand, this amount of money is basically all Ming Pao's royalties, not publishing.  Ming Pao's manuscript fees have always been cat food. If it's too much, it won't be much, and if it's too little, it won't be enough. Basically, Ming Pao's contributors have to starve to death. Except for Ni Kuang, who is very productive, but even he depends on the manuscript fee.  He wouldn't be living as well as he is now.  Ming Pao doesn¡¯t get much money, but it is a very important channel for improving Li Mingbao¡¯s image in the eyes of Hong Kong people.  You must know that when Sing Tao Daily exposed Li Mingbao's previous criminal record, Li Mingbao's image in Hong Kong was not very good. For a gangster who loves to fight, his image will not be much better anywhere.  However, due to the publication of an article in Ming Pao and the support of Ming Pao, Lee Ming Pao's image later changed to that of a civilized and military man. Such a change in image is definitely not something that Lee Ming Pao can achieve by making two movies. It is entirely because of his status as a scholar.  , will receive such treatment.  Mingpao's money is only a small part of Lee Ming-pao's three major incomes. The first big one is the box office revenue of "Happy Ghost". With the box office revenue from Japan coming into Lee Ming-pao's hands, Lee Ming-pao only relies on "Happy Ghost"  "The box office revenue of "The Movie" was about 50 million.  Don¡¯t look at the amount of money, but you must know that the total box office revenue of "Happy Ghost" is actually more than 300 million Hong Kong dollars.  Li Mingbao's income of 50 million Hong Kong dollars is really not that much. This is because this movie was produced by him from beginning to end, including the film investment, and all the preliminary work was completed by him independently. However, Shaw Brothers  It¡¯s out of distribution channels.  If this movie was funded by Shaw Brothers, with a box office of more than 300 million Hong Kong dollars, if Li Mingbao could get 10 million Hong Kong dollars in income, it would be considered a mercy of Shaw Brothers.  This is the main reason why Huang Baiming did not get much money when the original version of "Happy Ghost" was released. He only earned a few million Hong Kong dollars at most from this movie.  Because the filming of that movie was jointly owned by Xinyi CityThis product is an investment from Boss Lei and Mecca.  In addition, the box office revenue at that time was not as high as that of Li Mingbao, and it did not enter the Japanese market, lacking a large ticket warehouse.
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