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    With Uncle Liu's urging, and Li Mingbao himself wanting to finish the work he was doing quickly, and then celebrate the New Year in peace and contentment, the filming of the three movies started at the same time, and Li Mingbao's speed was not too slow.  Since Shaw Brothers' two movies have fixed routines and the two directors are very familiar with each other, it only took more than half a month and less than a month to complete the two movies.  Yes, we just need to edit the movie.  The movie "God of Gamblers" is a little more troublesome. Since the sponsor of the casino is Lisboa, when filming the casino scenes, Li Mingbao's crew had to go to Macau.  Although traveling between Hong Kong and Macau is very convenient, it is also somewhat troublesome.  What's more, during the filming, Lisboa also imposed strict restrictions. Although it was advertising his casino, gambling king Stanley Ho was very cautious about the crew.  After all, as a casino, all the facilities inside need to be kept confidential. The Lisboa Casino has been renovated every day since it opened. Although it has the good fortune of "collecting money", it also uses various changes to make the casino more attractive.  Be safer.  In addition, the inside of the casino has never been allowed to be filmed by others. This is the first time that Li Mingbao has shot the inside of a casino head-on. He cannot help but pay attention to it. In addition, the casino is open 24 hours a day, and there are a large number of guests every day.  , putting the camera here might not be a happy experience for those guests.  After all the conditions were met, although there were not many scenes in the casino, the filming time was the longest among all the scenes, and only a certain private room was filmed, which was used exclusively for the duel.  Of course, shooting inside the Lisboa Casino also has great benefits for improving the details of this movie.  The venue for the duel in the original version doesn't look that high-end. It's not bad to just fool around in a room. It doesn't highlight the identities of the two wealthy gamblers at all. The decoration of the place where tens of millions of Hong Kong dollars are bets is  Raggedy, this kind of scene may be acceptable in East Asia, after all, they are not too particular.  But for those more serious audiences in Europe and the United States, this scene is a big failure. It doesn¡¯t look like the same thing, so they definitely won¡¯t buy it.  Li Mingbao naturally attaches great importance to Europe and the United States, which is the main profit point of this movie. In addition, there is no shortage of funds for this movie, and the casino provides the venue for free. Li Mingbao naturally can do as high-end as he can.  Anyway, what you spend is not your own money. What you want to earn in the end is your own money. If you can keep improving, you must keep improving.  Not only were the dealers selected, but also the girls who handed out cards, Li Mingbao also asked them to dress very coolly, which not only reflects the level of the casino, but also makes people know that the beauties here are not bad.  Anyway, casinos also do this kind of business, so for publicity, they need to do a good job of publicity.  Even for the money used as props, Li Mingbao used most of the genuine goods. To achieve the effect of the original version, the genuine goods must not be just tens of millions, but all with a face value of one thousand, such a big pile,  It requires two to three billion Hong Kong dollars.  Naturally, the Xiang brothers couldn't afford this money. In the end, it was Li Mingbao who used his own money to make the film effective.  Not to mention, if you use real money, the effect will definitely not be comparable to that of fake money.  The counterfeit money is piled up there, giving the impression that it is like bricks. The money does not bend and is smooth when you pick it up, almost like cardboard.  But real money is different, especially the close-up shots specially added by Li Mingbao, which captured the luster of real money quite well.  Of course, there are disadvantages to using real money. Even in the final stud, Zhou Runfa and Bao Hanlin, who played the gambling king, also used a lot of effort to push the money, which was in stark contrast to the effortless effort in the original version.  Anyone with a clear mind knows that banknotes are very heavy. Just like in the movie, you can throw out a large pile of banknotes by raising your hand. Unless this guy has unusual strength, it will never have such a big effect.  , even bricks of the same volume may not be heavier than banknotes.  If it were any other place, the security work worth two to three hundred million Hong Kong dollars would definitely bring a lot of trouble to Li Mingbao.  But fortunately this is Lisboa. Their daily flow of funds is hundreds of billions of Hong Kong dollars, and Li Mingbao's two or three hundred million is not a big deal.  Of course, Li Mingbao's behavior here is all about using banknotes, which is somewhat troublesome. After all, those who come to gamble are the real big ones. What they use the most money is to write bank checks or cashier's checks, which are not large in size.  With Li Mingbao working hard, the movie "God of Gamblers" was finally released at the end of January 1983.  The main reason why the film was completed so quickly is that Li Mingbao did a good job in the early stage and had enough preparation time to lay the foundation. Another reason is that the characters that need to be replaced in this film are not  That¡¯s too much.  Among the main actors, apart from Zhong Chuhong and Zhang Min?Except for the replacements, the other actors are almost the same as the original ones. Of course, since Dao Zai's girlfriend Wang Zuxian has not made her debut yet, she has also been replaced by an old Shaw Brothers actor. The problem is not big, and she will appear anyway.  Not even a few times.  Li Mingbao was previously worried that Gao Yi, who plays the villain, could not be found in the original version of Long Fang. Without this villainous villain, "God of Gamblers" would be a little bit inferior.  After all, among the famous villains in Hong Kong, except for Long Fang, none of them seemed suitable for this role. But fortunately, when he was looking for someone, he actually found Long Fang.  When he really got to know Long Fang, Li Mingbao realized that Long Fang didn't start filming until the late 1980s. He debuted even earlier than Zhou Runfa and the others. The earliest movie he shot was actually  It was in 1971. Although he was just a sidekick, his qualifications would definitely scare a lot of people to death.  With all the staff and sufficient funds, in this era of Hong Kong, filming can naturally go smoothly, that is, Li Mingbao. If Wang Jing had been replaced to shoot this movie, the total time he would have spent, including behind the scenes, would not have exceeded half a month.  time.  Having completed the filming of the three produced films in his hand, Li Mingbao can be considered relaxed.  He was originally preparing to celebrate the New Year, but his sixth uncle actually called him at this time, which made Li Mingbao be more vigilant. For a guy with evil intentions, the last time he wanted to see him planning something was at this time.  People appeared in front of him. You must know that when Li Mingbao finished filming two Shaw Brothers movies before, he did not directly greet Uncle Liu, but only gave him a phone call.  But now that Uncle Six took the initiative to invite Li Mingbao, Li Mingbao was not so comfortable. Especially this time, Uncle Six was unexpectedly generous. He asked Li Mingbao not in his office, but at a famous golf course in Hong Kong.  How pitiful God is, Li Mingbao has never participated in such an elegant activity in his life. Although he makes money very fiercely, he has not yet started to enjoy it.  Not to mention golf, he doesn't even know how to play tennis.  When I had no money before, I would spend every day on the street thinking about how to make some money, and even going to the sauna was fussy. After I got the opportunity later, I was busy working every day and even stopped going to the sauna.  Elegant sports have never been played at all.  Fortunately, the big boss in Li Mingbao¡¯s memory has also done a lot of these enjoyable activities. Although I can¡¯t say how high his skills are, he has some basics after all, so the place invited by Uncle Six will not make Li Mingbao embarrassed.  "But it is unscientific for Uncle Liu to invite Li Mingbao to play golf.  At least Li Mingbao had never received such an invitation before.  Especially for Uncle Liu, a stingy guy, if there is not much benefit, he will not invite Li Mingbao to such a place at all. I didn¡¯t see that when he went to see Uncle Liu before, Uncle Liu didn¡¯t even have afternoon tea.  Have you asked?  Just work in his office.  Now Uncle Six actually has the leisure to invite Li Mingbao to play golf. If there is nothing wrong with this, even Li Mingbao would not believe it.  Originally, Li Mingbao's first reaction when receiving such a call was to shirk it.  But when I thought about it, if Uncle Six refused the invitation the first time, how could Uncle Six not be able to see the inside story with his shrewdness?  After all, a big boss like Uncle Liu invites you, Li Mingbao, to play golf. It is a matter of bringing the two parties closer. As long as Li Mingbao is not stupid, he will not refuse such a good thing. But if Li Mingbao shirks it, there is no guarantee that Uncle Six will not think of something else.  something comes out.  So even though Li Mingbao didn't like meeting Uncle Six so much at this time, he had to cheer up and go to the appointment happily.  The best time to play golf is definitely not winter. Generally speaking, the flowers and plants in golf courses do not grow well in winter, and there is no feeling of green grass at all.  Even if the grass in the golf course is specially cultivated and can grow even in winter, the scenery is still not as beautiful as in normal seasons.  But fortunately, the winter in Hong Kong is not too cold. Compared with places like Yanjing in the north, the scenery here is not bad in winter.  The private meeting was quite casual. There were only Uncle Six and Aunt Six on Uncle Six's side. It would not be so nice for Li Mingbao to go to the appointment alone, so Li Mingbao pulled Zhong Chuhong over.  Originally, in terms of relationship, Zhao Yazi, who was eaten by Li Mingbao, was definitely more suitable than Zhong Chuhong, but Zhao Yazi has been busy filming recently and has no time at all, while Zhong Chuhong happened to be taking a break after filming two movies, and there was nothing a year ago.  Work, coupled with the recent rapid development of the relationship between Li Mingbao and Zhong Chuhong, it almost hit a home run, so it makes sense to bring Zhong Chuhong here.  ¡° And Zhong Chuhong was also very excited that Li Mingbao brought her into such a small circle. After all, she is a very popular person in wireless.She is a star, but there is a big gap between her and big shots like Liu Shu and Liu Aunt. It is difficult to see these two people on weekdays. Now that Li Mingbao has brought her over, it is also an affirmation for her. At least she is a real one now.  She entered Li Mingbao's life, otherwise it would have been impossible to bring her along in such a private gathering.
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