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    Li Mingbao does not have the sense of mission to push Hong Kong films out of Asia and into the world, because this is not in line with the laws of business.  Anyone who understands the inside story of the Hong Kong film industry will not have such exaggerated ideas. Even if you have countless good ideas, being able to guarantee the local market or take into account the East Asian market is already a blessing from the Holy Mother. As for Hollywood,  If you kill them all, it will definitely be a dungeon in hell mode, and the group will be wiped out in a matter of minutes.  A simple data alone can wipe out people¡¯s enthusiasm. The number of registered actors in Hollywood can be compared with the number of all practitioners in the Hong Kong film industry.  From this point of view, if Hong Kong films want to take down Hollywood, even if everyone here is at the level of movie stars and everyone behind the scenes is top-notch, it will not be possible.  Looking at the market capacity, it is no easier to make Hong Kong films popular all over the world than to make God appear in modern times.  Therefore, although Li Mingbao is integrating the Hong Kong film market, he has never thought about letting Hong Kong films occupy Hollywood. His actions in Hollywood clearly show such intention. Hollywood matters belong to Hollywood, and Hong Kong  The matters at hand are Hong Kong's, and he doesn't think that since he is the leader of Hong Kong films, he must make Hollywood bow down, because that is impossible.  So Hong Kong films occupy the East Asian market, and Hollywood film companies occupy a certain share of Hollywood. This is Li Mingbao's greatest effort. To make money, why bother to dig into a dead end?  There is a simple mode but you have to play the hell mode. Unless you are an extreme challenger, no one with normal thinking would do that.  It really doesn't fit in with Li Mingbao's thinking to make himself look like a Saint.  Li Mingbao did not lie about the more than ten scripts. He would never do such a thing again unless necessary.  Because these scripts are all copied by Li Mingbao from the famous works of major companies in the next two years. For example, the script for Mecca will be their movie that will make a lot of money at the box office next year or the year after. The same is true for the movie script for Jiahe.  As for Shaw Brothers, since there really were no big-selling scripts in the next two years, Li Mingbao directly intercepted the blockbuster movies that their actors had acted in.  In a word, Li Mingbao¡¯s more than ten scripts are very high-quality, and they are basically tailor-made. Although Li Mingbao can make money, this really dampens the enthusiasm of script designers in film companies.  For Hong Kong films, this is like fishing in a lake. Li Mingbao, who has other arrangements for Hong Kong films, will definitely not do this again if it is not necessary.  After all, what can only earn a few hundred million Hong Kong dollars is blocking the way out. What else can these guys do in the future?  The real direction of sustainable development is to copy Hollywood movies, first make the Hong Kong version, and then make the American version, just like Home Alone.  At that time, whether you shoot it yourself or sell the copyright to other Hollywood film companies, it will be good. Anyway, it will not harm the interests of the Hong Kong film industry.  As for whether Hollywood's interests are harmed, Li Mingbao doesn't care.  Anyway, the number of movies that Hollywood shoots every year is not a small number, so it is not a big deal to steal a few of their movies.  In such a big market, what's the big deal about Li Mingbao's interception?  On the contrary, the Hong Kong film industry has a relatively short period of glory, and there are only a few classic films. Lee Ming-pao has tapped out its potential early on. What will happen to Hong Kong films in the future?  Therefore, poaching Hollywood corners to supplement the Hong Kong market is a good business for Li Mingbao.  Since many of the more than ten scripts were shot at the same time, the Hong Kong entertainment industry has been very lively in the past two days. Even the bald heads in Mecca are glowing.  Although he was very unhappy that his movie sequel was actually written by Li Mingbao, the sequel of Li Mingbao's movie really suits his taste. In addition, with Li Mingbao's face, it will be much easier for this movie to be sold in the market, so McGonagall  A little bit of dissatisfaction disappeared. Of course, if he knew that Li Mingbao's script was purely plagiarizing his future script, he might not be so calm, because then Li Mingbao was robbing him of his money.  There are not many movies that Li Mingbao has to supervise. The most important script is "God of Gamblers" for Yong Sheng. Other movies, except for Shaw Brothers' Happy Ghost series and Baby Wisdom Multi-Star series, there are basically no other movies that Li Mingbao needs to supervise.  Movie.  The Happy Ghost series and the Baby Wisdom Multi-Star series for Shaw Brothers originally did not need to be produced by Li Mingbao, because since Shaw Brothers won these two series of movies, they have used their own directors and screenwriters to produce these two series. Unfortunately, in  The series they produced themselves were not so satisfactory at the box office. Later, Li Mingbao came up with new scripts for these two series, so Uncle Six had no choice but to ask Li Mingbao to continue to supervise the production of these two series.  After all, he spent a lot of money to buy the copyrights of these two series. If it were because of his director and script problems, the movies in these two series would not only make a lot of money.If he gets money but still loses money, Uncle Six will really get mad.  Li Mingbao happened to send the script at this time, and then Uncle Six naturally knew what to choose.  In fact, when Uncle Liu bought the rights to these two series, he really put his heart into it. Not only were the actors from the original versions, but even the directors were the original directors. Li Mingbao's second brother Li Minghui and Wang Jing, these two guys,  It was Uncle Liu who had high hopes.  However, the films that were produced did not meet Uncle Liu's expectations. Whether it was the second part of Baby Wisdom Stars or the second part of Happy Ghost, the box office results were far worse than the first one.  Although sequels are often not as good as the first episode, in general, they should still have a box office guarantee.  But the two sequels produced by Uncle Liu, the sequel of Baby Zhiduoxing only had a box office of more than 1,000 and close to 20 million. Although the overseas exports also made a little money, they are really far from the first one. Happy Ghost  Encountering the same kind of trouble, Uncle Six almost thought that he had made a loss-making business. It wasn't until Li Mingbao's Home Alone became a box office hit in the United States and the copyright was sold for a good price that Uncle Six realized that the movie was poor at the box office.  It was either because of other reasons or because there was something wrong with the producer.  So this time Uncle Liu sincerely asked Li Mingbao to continue to be the producer to work on these two series.  Li Mingbao actually knew what mistakes Uncle Six had made.  To be honest, in these two series, Uncle Six not only made the mistake that he knew about, but even the director actually made the wrong choice.  When Li Mingbao asked his brother Li Minghui to be the director, he was just rushing to get it on the shelves. Li Minghui really didn't have much talent in such youth comedy movies. The reason why he became so popular in the first place was entirely because Li Mingbao was the producer. In addition,  The script was well written, so Uncle Six actually made a mistake by looking for a director.  Although Wang Jing is good at making comedies, most of the comedies he shoots are for adults. When it comes to comedy movies for children, his grasp is not very good, and he cannot make movies that can make people smile.  In addition, Wang Jing also added some private goods to it, so even if it is titled as the sequel to Baby Wisdom and Many Stars, the second film produced by Wang Jing can only be the same thing. It can make money, but if you want to  It is basically impossible to make a lot of money. After all, the second part of Wang Jing's version is really not suitable for all ages. Although a child plays the leading role, it is really not the kind that the whole family can watch.  Therefore, in the next month or two, Li Mingbao not only needs to supervise the production of "God of Gamblers", but also "Baby Star 3" and "Happy Ghost 3".  For the latter two films, since he wrote his own scripts, and worked from actors to directors, and behind the scenes of the original films, it was very simple for Li Mingbao to achieve the desired effect.  "But it's not that easy to make the movie "God of Gamblers" well.  If Li Mingbao had filmed according to the original version of "God of Gamblers", although he could still make a classic, it would be obviously impossible to have a good market in North America.  After all, most of Wang Jing's movies are very rough. Although Hong Kong or East Asian audiences don't mind too much, for European and American audiences who have developed an appetite for exquisite movies, some small details are enough to make them appreciate a movie.  Make an evaluation.  Anyway, the original Wang Jing movie rarely receives preferential treatment in Hollywood. The smoothness of the plot is a problem. The most important thing is that sometimes there are obvious gangster scenes, plus some unreasonable behind-the-scenes production.  It¡¯s not that simple for American audiences to buy into it.  This is why when Li Mingbao was filming "A Better Tomorrow", he emphasized some details. Even Wu Yusen couldn't satisfy the American audience, let alone that fat guy Wang Jing, so he wanted to shoot a movie.  Even the plot of the original version of "God of Gamblers", which was a hit in the United States, did not need to be changed too much, but the scene had to be significantly changed.  For example, in the final battle, Wang Jing just found a big bag in a boat and it was done.  You know, it was a duel between the God of Gamblers and the King of Gamblers. There were only a few people watching such an exciting moment, and all the decorations in the box were so old. Everyone knew that the people facing gambling here were gamblers.  Shen and Gambler, who didn't know, thought they were just two gangsters gambling on arms.  In such a scene, how can we bring out the temperament of the God of Gamblers and the King of Gamblers?  Therefore, the final decisive battle must be changed, and some previous scenes also need to be changed. Such a workload is definitely not small.  And there are some actors who have not debuted yet.  Just like the heroine Zhang Min, she didn't debut until 1987, and now it's not even 1983. Could Li Mingbao find Zhang Min, a little lolita, to play the heroine?  Isn¡¯t that nonsense?  Therefore, people must be replaced, and there are also some other roles, including those behind the scenes. They must be replaced when they need to be changed, and the script must be changed when needed.  This workload is definitely not small.  "After all, the Xiang brothers have entered the industry. If Li Mingbao doesn't give them a powerful blow, how will they deal with them in the future?"?, it¡¯s not that easy.  As for a powerful swagger, in this circle, what could be more powerful than making a super hit movie?  In addition, Li Mingbao's share of the box office share in the United States belongs to him. If Li Mingbao doesn't pay more attention, he will have trouble with his own money.  By raising the standards and improving the details, with the potential of this movie, it is not impossible to be a hit in the United States.  It just so happened that "A Better Tomorrow" received a good response there. It was also recommended by Li Mingbao, and the leading actor was also Chow Yun-fat. It was much easier for Hollywood to accept such a movie than other movies. This can be regarded as riding on the popularity.  The iron is struck.
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