Chapter 66: The Special Effects Company

Liu Wei opened his eyes and looked at the angry Li Ping, shook his head in his heart and thought: Although he is very good and capable, he is too young and has not experienced setbacks, and he is not suitable for doing big things.

Liu Wei opened his mouth and said: I will accompany you to do it, but this time I will be responsible for myself, you just have to pay for it.

Li Ping soothed his mood and said: If you don't trust me, then what's the use of this alliance, it's better for me to do it alone.

Liu Wei said disdainfully: What I do is only money, and you have nothing but money, who doesn't understand?

Li Ping thought for a while and said: How much money do you need, the last five billion has already hollowed me out, and I also embezzled 2 billion of the company's funds, so there are too many for me to come up with.

Liu Wei said: I thought you were a talent, but I didn't expect that it just looked good on the surface, and there was no ink at all.

You have to know that it's not me begging you now, I can quit immediately if I don't play, and you, once your brother's continuous success makes your father soft-hearted and asks him to go home to inherit the family property, you won't have a hair, don't you know who is in a hurry?

Ang Lee thought for a while and said: Okay, I'll give 13 billion, that's all the funds of my film and television company, I'll find a few friends to deal with him together, you just think carefully about your strategy, this time there is no room for error.

After Li Ping finished speaking, he forgot to leave, and Liu Wei hurriedly said: Wait a minute.

Li Ping turned to look at Liu Wei.

Liu Wei said: At most, you can only find one helper, and it is easy to leak the news when there are too many people.

After hearing this, Li Ping nodded and walked out of the ward.

After more than ten hours of sailing, Ang Lee finally came to the United States, moved his body, and Ang Lee stepped off the plane.

As soon as he got out of the airport, he heard someone calling him, and Ang Lee turned his head to see Kate standing next to a small car, dressed exquisitely and very beautifully.

Ang Lee walked over and looked at Kate and said, "Why are you here, are you here to pick me up?"

Keita smiled and said in Chinese: Yes, my male god.

Li An was surprised and said: Your Chinese is very good, how do you know that I got off the plane today.

Keita said: You are so famous now, as soon as you get on the plane, the reporters from the mainland will put the news of your arrival in the United States on the news, and even report on what time you got on the plane.

I'm really thankful to them for allowing me to meet such beautiful women as soon as I got off the plane. Ang Lee said.

Keita glanced at Ang Lee and said, "Okay, you, you haven't even called me when you go back to China for so long."

Ang Lee said: It's too windy outside, let's get out of here first, and I'll invite you to dinner.

Kate said happily: I like your gentleness the most, it is a feeling that I have never felt in the United States.

Ang Lee said: I also like your unrestrainedness, which I have never experienced in China.

The two of them glanced at each other, and they could see the needs of both parties from each other's eyes.

Kate drove Ang Lee to the Hilton Hotel.

Ang Lee went in and opened a presidential suite, took Kate's hand and said: Honey, let's go to dinner first, I didn't eat well on the plane.

Kate said, "Okay, what do you want to eat?"

Ang Lee said: Let's have a better Western food!

Then Kate drove to a three-Michelin-starred restaurant in the United States.

It was the first time in Ang Lee's life that he had come to such a high-end place, with gorgeous decoration, lighting and mood, and better service than Chinese restaurants.

The two of them ordered four steaks and ate a bottle of red wine.

Li Ang ate two steaks by himself heartlessly, and then took another one and put it on the table.

Looking at Kate Lee, who was eating steak elegantly, opened the red wine and gave it to the two of them, she said: I'm sorry, I'm too hungry, come and toast.

Kate elegantly took a sip of red wine and said: It's okay, I'm happy to see you eat so fragrantly, I don't want some American men to be so hypocritical.

Ang Lee smiled.

Kate then said: Did you come to the United States for something?

Ang Lee said: I plan to buy a special effects company, do you know anyone?

Kate said: I don't know the special effects company, you can go to the investment bank and ask them to help buy it, but I heard that this thing doesn't make money, and the investment is quite large.

Li An nodded and said, "Yes, but I like this thing." I'm going to buy it back and start a game company.

Kate said with a stupid look on her face: "Don't you like movies the most?" Why did you think of making games, you must want to use them in movies.

Li An smiled and said: You still know me.

Have you eaten enough? Let's go back!

Kate nodded, and the two returned to the hotel for a wonderful night.

The next morning, Ang Lee bought breakfast for Kate, and the two finished their breakfast in laughter, and Kate left after giving Ang Lee a deep kiss.

Americans are as good as that, and women are also very independent, they go as they go, and they never procrastinate.

Ang Lee took a taxi to Paramount's headquarters, went to Barry Diller's office, knocked on the door, and walked in.

When Barry Diller saw that it was Ang Lee who came in, he happily stood up and gave Ang Lee a hug and said, "Oh, my Oriental friend, I am so glad to see you."

After separating the latter two, Barry Diller said, "Lee, you are more handsome than the last time, is there anything to do with me this time? Did you make another movie?" Show it to me! Actually, I like your movie, although I don't understand the oriental concept of love, but it's very interesting to watch.

Ang Lee smiled and said, "I'm sorry, Barry, I came here to ask you about something, and my movie hasn't been made yet."

Barry Diller said: "Okay, if you ask anything, I'll tell you everything."

Ang Lee said: Thank you, my friend, I want to buy an American special effects company, do you know who is selling?

Barry Diller said: I don't really know that, but I can introduce you to my friend, who is the managing director of Lehman Brothers, and is mainly responsible for the company's buying and selling agents.

He has the most complete company information in the United States, how much is the market value of a company, and he knows what internal problems there are, and I will take you to meet him later. Wait a moment for me to tell me about today's work.

Half an hour later, Barry Diller took Ang Lee to the general manager's office of Lehman Brothers.

The general manager of Lehman Brothers is a typical big American fat man with a pair of glasses.

He was visibly overjoyed to see Barry Diller coming, standing up and giving him a heavy hug.

Said happily: Oh, Barry, I'm so glad to see you.

Barry Diller smiled and said, "I'm Charles, too, and I'm going to introduce you to a friend of mine from the East." Then he looked at Ang Lee and said: This is Ang Lee, the movie where you said the heroine was cool was shot by him.

Jean Hou said to Ang Lee: This is my old friend Charles Anthony, you can call him Charles.

At this time, Charles stretched out his hand to Ang Lee and said: Hello, friend from the East, my name is Charles.

Ang Lee stretched out his hand and shook Charles's hand and said, "Nice to meet you, Mr. Charles, you can call Lee."

After the two people were introduced, Charles said happily: Come, sit down, what is the matter with coming over today.

Barry Diller said: It's Lee who wants to buy a special effects studio, do you have any recommendations?

Charles said, "Yes, what price do you want?"

Barry Diller said to Charles: My friend is not bad for money, and last time a movie made 1 billion dollars, so don't be tempted, just say it.

Barry Diller said after Charles: Oh, I see, you are the winner of the 1 billion bet, let Barry Sr. pick up a big cheap Chinese.

Then I'll tell you directly, the special effects companies in the United States are not very prosperous, and many of them are for sale, if you want to buy them! I will recommend a few to you, the first industrial light and magic, the second Weta Digital, and the third Sony Image. Fourth, the digital realm.

Among them, Industrial Light & Magic and Sony Imaging have the support of big money, and now there is no shortage of money, so the best is Weta Digital and the digital field. They are worth about $100 million, and you can wait for me to find you information about these two companies, whether you are planning to acquire them wholly or just ask for a controlling stake.

By the way, I said an important thing, even after you buy it wholly owned, you can't ask this studio to leave the United States, you can only let this company open a branch in China, so you think about it.

Ang Lee said: Wholly owned acquisition, you go to the information!