Chapter 517: Acquisition of Industrial Light & Magic
The next night, Liu Lang watched a game between the Bulls and the Lakers at the Los Angeles Coliseum, which was close to the playoffs, and the game was very intense, and finally the Bulls narrowly defeated the opponent, Jordan scored 32 points alone, beating the Lakers led by the Magic.
"This magician is really good at football, but he is almost human, otherwise he would not have contracted AIDS!"
Of course, it doesn't matter if this guy is sick or not, and he won't be idle to remind the other party.
The matter on Nike's side has just ended, and the negotiations between Lin Guodong and Lin Zequan and Industrial Light and Magic have also ended.
"The $7.5 million acquisition of ILM is to be paid within four months, and after completion, ILM will become a subsidiary of Shengtang Corporation, but Lucas will have some operational autonomy.
If it cannot be paid on time, the other party will become a partner of Shengtang Company in the form of technology shares, and occupy 10% of the profit sharing ......... of the Transformers series image!"
This is the general content of the letter of intent for cooperation between the two sides, and there are also very detailed details, and nearly 100 items are listed.
"Hehe, this Lucas is really determined to cooperate with himself!"
Liu Lang said with a smile.
"Mr. Liu, everyone can see the value of Transformers, as long as they can rely on these images to create products, they are waiting to make money, of course Lucas understands this truth!"
Lin Guodong said.
"Okay, I agree! Let's go to ILM, and Lucas and I will sign this agreement!"
Of course, Liu Lang will agree, 7.5 million US dollars, this price is 2.5 million less than when Qiao Gang Leader bought Industrial Light and Magic in his previous life, and the reason is that the other party understands the value of Liu Lang, and with Liu Lang here, he will not worry about all kinds of whimsical ideas.
Several people soon saw Lucas, and a group of people surrounded Liu Lang in the middle of the "uproar", so frightened that Sun Hu was ready to do it.
"Little one, will you design another combat spaceship?"
"Little guy, how do you design a laser?"
A group of people were noisy and noisy, and they were all ready to appreciate Liu Lang's magical imagination.
"Guys, you're my subordinate from now on, what's the matter?
Liu Lang said with a smile.
"Spread out, spread out, don't mess around......... Little Jimmy, so you agree to our agreement?"
Lucas asked happily after pushing everyone away.
"I'm here to sign a contract with you, and by the way, I'm going to discuss the production of Transformers cartoons!"
Liu Lang replied.
"Great!"
Lucas got the news and waved it with one hand, and his ILM was out of bankruptcy.
The two signed their names on the contract at the same time, and everyone applauded, these people did not have the frustration when they were acquired, but felt that it was their honor to join Liu Lang's team.
But now Industrial Light & Magic has no money, and Sheng Tang has 500,000 US dollars in his account, plus Liu Lang's own pocket money, which adds up to about 1 million, if you want to make an animated film, you first have to make film, this is a job that consumes manpower and financial resources, and it can't be done without millions of dollars, Liu Lang's money is still a lot worse, and he is also ready to make a big profit in the stock market in more than two months, of course, he can't hand it over to the other party.
So Liu Lang started his "mouth cannon" attack again.
"Everyone, from now on we are a family, the technology of Industrial Light and Magic is the first in the world, and if our image design is the second in the world, then no one dares to say that it is the first in the world, so we are a strong team, and we will definitely become the first film company in Hollywood in the future, what Fox and what Paramount, they will definitely tremble in front of us, and they will not escape the fate of being acquired by us!"
"Well said!"
Everyone shouted, whether it could be achieved or not, it was too hard to say.
"We're going to make a Transformers cartoon right away, it's our first step towards becoming the world's first, as long as all Americans know about Transformers, then Marvel and DC will be rubbish, don't you think!"
"That's right!"
The crowd shouted again.
"I know that the biggest problem now is the problem of funding, without funds, nothing can be done, but rest assured, before July, I will come up with 20 million US dollars, 7.5 million is the cost of the acquisition, and the other money is the first working capital of Industrial Light & Magic......... You will think I'm bragging, but everyone, I don't look like a child, but I have never broken my promise, as long as we all survive three months, the road ahead will be a smooth road, and no one can stop us, I hope you can work together with Shengtang Company and finally share the fruits of victory!"
"Don't worry, isn't it just three months, there's no problem, as long as we can be fed!"
ILM employees are technicians, some are modelers, some are painters, some are mechanics, and some are construction engineers, and these people are very straightforward and don't have many messy ideas.
They were recruited by Lucas purely because they liked this kind of "playing" work every day, as for how much money they could make, they really didn't think too much about it, and the working atmosphere of ILM was different from other companies, there was no so-called superiority and subordinate, even Lucas himself would sometimes get into the heavy props to act as a monster, and this unrestrained atmosphere made it easier for people to have a flash of inspiration.
So everyone's hearts are unwilling to let Industrial Light and Magic go out of business, now that Liu Lang has taken over, the price given is acceptable, they are full of gratitude to Liu Lang, and now he is so "foolish", everyone thinks that Liu Lang is too right, as for the problem of money, it is not how to take it to heart.
Besides, didn't the contract clearly state that Saint Tang would be responsible for financing ILM?
"Jimmy, we'll start working right away, first draw the pictures of the Transformers in the shortest possible time, but it's not easy to make cartoons, you need to draw them manually, and then make them into film every frame by frame, I told you that the cost of an episode is 35,000 dollars, in fact, the real cost is about the same, and each episode has to be about 30,000.
In terms of manpower, we have no problem, everyone does not care, but the production of film needs equipment, which needs funds to support, I used to pay for it myself, but now, it is your problem......... Anyway, you're going to provide at least $15 million by July!"
Lucas said to Liu Lang.
Now the debt problem of Industrial Light & Magic is all left to Shengtang, although there is no foreign debt, but every employee's eating, drinking, Lazar and all operating costs are all responsible for Shengtang, Industrial Light & Magic is only responsible for technical support, and Industrial Light & Magic also has the right to make its own movies, however, this is up to Liu Lang to nod and agree.
In other words, Liu Lang's Shengtang has become the financier of Industrial Light and Magic, and he is responsible for all the expenses, and it will have nothing to do with Lucas in the future, the 7.5 million US dollars is Lucas's personal compensation, and even after Liu Lang pays this fee, he can directly ask him to get out of the box and choose someone else to be responsible for Industrial Light and Magic.
Of course, Liu Lang will not be so ruthless, Lucas can direct an epoch-making film like Star Wars, which is enough to show that his imagination is very rich, and his management skills are not good, but at least he is a good hand in terms of technology, and these people are all found by him, if he is allowed to leave, I am afraid that other people will also be unstable,
"George, don't worry, just give me three months, I will definitely give you 20 million dollars, I Jimmy will do what he says!"