"Hello, Mr. Zhou. ”

In a café, Peter Jackson stood up and took the initiative to shake hands with Zhou Fangyuan.

Zhou Fangyuan was accompanied by An Lin, while Peter Jackson was accompanied by several of his partners, who were also the founders of Weta Digital.

After everyone met, the guests and hosts sat down, An Lin asked for two cups of coffee, and then Zhou Fangyuan chatted with a few people opposite.

The content they talked about was complex, varied, and everything. There's about stocks, there's about real estate, there's about the internet, and even there's about New Zealand. Zhou Fangyuan has made up for some of New Zealand's culture and knowledge in the past few days, and finally has some common language with the other party.

Because several people are not the kind of big stars who are particularly famous, there is no need to worry about being recognized by others sitting here. Although Zhou Fangyuan is also well-known in the United States, the newspaper does not use his frontal photos much when publishing his news, and uses some side photos and artistic photos. Besides, it's like Chinese people have face blindness when they see foreigners, and foreigners also have face blindness when they look at Chinese people, unless it's the kind of superstar who is really very famous and well-known, such as Bruce Lee, Jet Li and Cheng Long, ordinary people, even if they are famous, foreigners basically can't tell the difference.

So their chat can be said to be very relaxed, without worrying about being disturbed by others, and without worrying about being deliberately interpreted by the media.

After chatting for more than half an hour, after drinking a cup of coffee, Zhou Fangyuan finally sat up straight.

"So, Mr. Jackson, let's stop the small talk, I think we should be open and honest, I have already told you on the phone before that I want to buy your Weta Digital, I don't know what you think, you can say whatever you want, you can ask for anything, as long as it is within my acceptability, I can promise you as much as possible. ”

Zhou Fangyuan said slowly.

Showing his determination to acquire Weta Digital, and a certain amount of concessions, he would rather satisfy some additional demands from Peter Jackson and his partners that are not too excessive than get Weta Digital.

"Mr. Zhou, can I ask you a question?"

Peter Jackson didn't give an answer right away, or rather, he was here today, in fact, he already gave the answer, but he was not willing to hand over his company to someone else so simply.

"Speak. ”

Zhou Fangyuan nodded.

"I want to know, Mr. Zhou, what are your expectations for the future of Weta Digital, what are you going to accomplish for you with Weta Digital, or in your opinion, what are the prospects of Weta Digital in the future?"

Peter Jackson asked slowly.

It's very in line with the mentality of an entrepreneur, Weta Digital can also be regarded as his child, although he is a director, Weta Digital is also his company, and he can't be completely unconcerned. In fact, in the future, Weta Digital can become one of the world's top special effects companies, and Peter Jackson has put a lot of effort into it, especially when this kind of company is still difficult to raise funds and go public, it is not easy to survive all the time, and it is even more difficult to become bigger and stronger. Peter Jackson's efforts are definitely obvious to all.

Even now, you can see the hardships he put into running the company.

"To be precise, these should be two questions," Zhou Fangyuan looked at Peter Jackson, "Since Mr. Jackson wants to know, then I might as well say what I think." In my opinion, special effects are the trend of the times, although the art of film is not only a visual experience, but also has a lot of deeper connotations. But I have to admit that compared with art films, popcorn movies have a larger audience, and ordinary audiences often don't mind spending two hours enjoying an audio-visual stimulation experience. Presumably, the brain-burning art film and the simple and extensive popcorn movie are more in line with the appreciation needs of the general public. Therefore, in the future, special effects will become more and more important, even in art films, the proportion of special effects will continue to increase. So I firmly believe that special effects are very important, but at the same time, because of the nature of special effects companies, it is very difficult to make a profit.

Mr. Jackson, you are a man of vision, but I would like to say that Weta Digital is in your hands, and it is not difficult to make ends meet, but it is not easy to go further. And I am different, I have a strong financial base, I have three game companies, several Internet companies, a media company, so to speak, I have a large number of places that need to use computer special effects, if Weta Digital follows me, I dare not guarantee otherwise, the world's first special effects company is definitely no problem. Moreover, I will also vigorously support the development of special effects companies, and will inject large sums of money from time to time to ensure the development of follow-up software.

In my vision, in the future, Weta Digital will surpass ILM and become the best special effects company in the world. My game companies, media companies, and Internet companies, all special effects-related parts, except for Blizzard games, will be handed over to Weta Digital as much as possible, and Weta Digital will also be revitalized in my hands. That's my assurance, Mr. Jackson, what do you think?"

Zhou Fangyuan said with a smile.

His words made several people on the other side a little stunned, and Jackson also grew his mouth in surprise.

He didn't expect Zhou Fangyuan to have such great ambitions, and he actually wanted to make Weta Digital the most powerful special effects company in the world.

"Mr. Zhou, I have to say, your idea is really good, and it has convinced me, I don't know, can I witness this grand scene with my own eyes?"

Jackson said expectantly.

Originally, when Zhou Fangyuan was about to buy the company, he was still very happy, but now he regrets it a little, and he suddenly wants to go down with the company.

Not only him, but everyone else also had a hopeful expression on their faces at this time, and the few people who couldn't wait to get rid of their burdens were thinking about it at this time.

It's just a pity, of course Zhou Fangyuan won't agree to this.

He has bought the digital realm and the moving image, which is now already being packaged in the UK, and it won't be long before they arrive in the United States as a whole team. When the time comes, they will merge with the digital field, some of which will form a new special effects company, and some of which will be spun off and supplemented by other areas of the Yuanfang Group. Of course, no matter which side you are, the treatment is the best.

As for Weta Digital, Zhou Fangyuan's plan is also to split, or rather, to merge.

In his vision, Weta Digital should be integrated with the nascent digital field to become a new "Vita-Digital Domain" special effects company, and if you want to do this, the least guarantee is that Zhou Fangyuan owns all the shares, only if he owns all the shares, he can rest assured that the special effects company under his command will be split and reorganized, otherwise if there are other people in it, how will the shares be distributed at that time? Besides, if he really wants to make the special effects company bigger and stronger, he will definitely put a lot of effort and effort into it, so what is the point of adding several people to it at this time? Is it convenient for them to pick peaches? Zhou Fangyuan is not so stupid.

He doesn't regret that he has some undeserved delusions about the future that he said about the future, which he wasn't prepared to hide from the beginning, and he is confident that he will take Weta Digital.

So in the face of Jackson's question, Zhou Fangyuan grinned lightly and didn't answer, but directly picked up the coffee cup in front of him and took a sip gently, with a very indifferent expression on his face.

"The digital field, moving images, have now been bought by me, I don't lack small companies, what I lack now is a relatively powerful special effects company, Weta is my goal, but it's only one of the goals, 50 million, I buy your company, I believe that if it is Lucas, even if 50 million can't buy Industrial Light & Magic, I'm willing to spend more money. My special effects company is just a domestic team of my group, so I don't care if it's profitable or not. Lucas couldn't do that, so I figured if I could give him a higher value, buying ILM wouldn't be a big deal. ”

Although there is no direct answer, the meaning is already obvious. 、

Labor and management will only buy your company if they can afford you, don't bargain with labor and management, and anger labor and management, and labor and management will directly buy industrial light and magic. When the time comes, a few of you will work hard to support this Weta Digital, and if you don't have strong financial resources, no amount of money thrown into it will be a bottomless pit!

This is Zhou Fangyuan's attitude, he only buys the company, but will not buy shares, and makes wedding dresses for others.

Blizzard can't help it, Mike and others' attitude is too firm, and Zhou Fangyuan wants this company too much, so he will reserve a total of 20% of the shares for Mike and others, and at the time of the acquisition, there was Brother Xiao Li here, and Zhou Fangyuan's total amount of money was limited, so he couldn't crush Mike and others with a strong attitude. But in the face of Jackson and others, it is different, he can completely ignore the opinions of Jackson and others, and directly suppress the other party with a high-pressure posture. If you don't agree, don't talk about it, I can buy other companies, not you Weta Digital.

From another angle, if Weta Digital can't buy it in the end, and Industrial Light & Magic can't buy it, Zhou Fangyuan can go to the university to recruit directly.

Fifty million thrown out, it is no problem to recruit some talents, although the experience is definitely not as good as those veterans in Weta Digital and Industrial Light and Magic, but it is enough to meet Zhou Fangyuan's needs.

The faces of Jackson and the others were very ugly, and they didn't expect that Zhou Fangyuan would be so strong that he didn't give them a chance to speak at all.

But that's exactly what happened.

Jackson and others, who were born in the Western world, have a better understanding of the power of capital, they know very well that what Zhou Fangyuan said is definitely not untargeted, plus the propaganda of Zhou Fangyuan in the United States during this time, let them know that there is a large group behind Zhou Fangyuan, in terms of financial resources, blow up hundreds of streets of them, Jackson and others have no possibility of bargaining in front of Zhou Fangyuan.

It was a moment before Jackson sighed.

"It seems that we are too greedy, well, fifty million, Weta Digital is yours. ”

Jackson said helplessly.

In fact, at this time, Zhou Fangyuan could even lower the price, but he did not lower the price, but directly agreed to the previous offer.

At this point, Weta Digital has also become a company under Zhou Fangyuan, and when the British mobile graphics team arrives, the three companies will begin to merge, split and reorganize, but this has nothing to do with Zhou Fangyuan.

He is only responsible for the overall work, and there will be a special person to take care of the specific things below. It must also be like this, otherwise with the current scale of the Yuanfang Group, Zhou Fangyuan is afraid that he will be exhausted to death.

After saying goodbye to Jackson and the others, Zhou Fangyuan picked up the phone and flipped through it, and then dialed it according to a phone call.

One hour he appeared in another café, where a chubby man was already waiting for him.

As soon as he saw Zhou Fangyuan coming in, the man immediately stood up and greeted him very respectfully.

The two shook hands with each other and then sat down separately.

"Mr. Jon, it's a pleasure to meet you, how did you think about what I told you on the phone, would you like to do this great work with me?"

Zhou Fangyuan looked at the man opposite with a smile and said slowly.

Jon Favreau was the name of the person he met.

If you say this name directly, not many people may know it, but if you say another name, everyone may know it very well.

The director of the "Iron Man" movie, in which Iron Man's personal bodyguard Harpy plays the ...... That's right, it's him, who is both an actor and a director, and the director that Zhou Fangyuan prepared for his "Iron Man".

Jon Favreau is 36 years old, and his mother is Jewish. The father was a Catholic of Italian and French-Canadian descent. He attended a Hebrew school and underwent the rites of passage in Judaism. However, he did not have a formal university education, but entered society at an early age. So before working in acting, he worked as a cleaner, security guard, company clerk, and so on.

It was not until 1992 that he officially entered the entertainment industry by participating in his first film "Hoffa", and in the same year, he participated in the comedy film "The Fresh Family" directed by Ted Kotchev.

He has worked as a screenwriter, as a voice actor, as a producer, and as a director. "Rebel Campus" and "Made", which were released last year, are his works, of course, he is only an assistant director, not a chief director, but this is enough for him to accumulate a lot of experience. If Zhou Fangyuan hadn't intervened, he would have served as the director of "Christmas Elf" at the end of this year, it can be said that this person is an all-rounder, except for the more professional soundtrack, art and other work that he can't do, he is clear about the process of making movies.

So Zhou Fangyuan found him directly and offered to give him a chance to direct "Iron Man".

Such an opportunity does not come often, Zhou Fangyuan said that he is willing to invest $100 million in this movie, for Jon, this is already a very big production, so after he received the call, he agreed to the other party's interview without any hesitation.