Chapter 286: The Year of the Galactic Movie
Immersion has been around for less than a year, and it's time for investment. Henry sent someone to tell them that he wanted to buy shares, and brought a lot of cooperation orders after the shares. This made Immersion feel overjoyed!
Americans, unlike Chinese, do not particularly value absolute controlling stakes in companies, which are rarely found in the United States. There are many investment institutions in the United States, and if the company wants to develop, financing is indispensable in the process, and the founder can get 10% in the end. Except, of course, Henry.
Henry injected $5 million into Immersion, eventually holding a 70% stake.
After the acquisition of Immersion, Henry first asked Immersion to cooperate with Atari to develop the vibration package function! Later, there were many orders, such as mobile phone button vibration function, ATM touch vibration function, and so on! Now ATMs are already using resistive screens, and resistive screens can play a role through pressure sensing. Apple's Apple Newton handheld computer is also a resistive screen that uses a stylus instead of a key output!
The opposite of the resistive screen is the capacitive screen, which is induced by the current of the human body, which is the touch screen commonly used in smart phones in the future. However, the technical requirements of the capacitive screen are much higher than that of the resistive screen, and it cannot be developed for the time being!
Henry then talked to Rich Howard about what the trigger button is, and the trigger button is designed to follow ergonomics, adding an L button on the back of the joystick, and the index finger will be hooked as long as it is naturally bent, reducing input errors.
After explaining this, Henry is ready to make the Pokemon cartoon.
The style of painting of "Pokemon" is Japanese style, and it is best to ask a Japanese animation production company to produce the cartoon! I plan to go directly to Toho Co., Ltd. to produce the "Pokemon" cartoon. Because in the previous life, the cartoon of "Pokemon" was produced by this company.
Toho Co., Ltd., abbreviated as Toho, is one of the five largest film companies in Japan. In Henry's memory, the company wasn't very strong in film and television, and was best known for the Godzilla series of movies it produced. However, Toho Co., Ltd. is too awesome in the field of animation production, and has produced the Doraemon series. Naruto series, Crayon Shin-chan series, Detective Conan series, Pokémon series, Shinigami series, Inuyasha theatrical series and many other very classic anime!
Henry thought to himself that it was time for Galaxy Pictures to get out of the United States.
Henry then instructed Galaxy Pictures to annex Toho Co., Ltd., and once Toho Co., Ltd. was acquired, then in the field of animation. The strength of Galaxy Films will grow by leaps and bounds!
Although Toho Co., Ltd. claims to be one of the five largest film companies in Japan, it is nothing compared to the Hollywood giants. In 1993, Galaxy Films released more than 60 films, especially the films produced by Galaxy Films themselves, which created a box office miracle, and this year Hollywood belonged to Galaxy Films, and the top four in the world's total box office were all works of Galaxy Films! Therefore, 1993 was also called the "Year of Galaxy Movies" by many fans!
this year. Galaxy Films has invested in four films, "Forrest Gump", "The Redemption of Shaw Shengke", "Mission Impossible" and "Independence Day". Plus the "Toy Story" of its subsidiary company Pixar. There are a total of 5 self-made films belonging to Galaxy Films.
The highest-grossing is "Independence Day", which grossed more than $1.15 billion worldwide, and the extremely shocking special effects of the movie shocked everyone, especially when the scene of the White House being destroyed by an alien spaceship, it was a bunker. At that moment, many people in the movie theater couldn't help but scream!
The second at the box office is "Forrest Gump". The global box office exceeded $900 million. Starring actor Tom Hanks, Robin White and others, this movie depicts the inspirational story of Forrest Gan, a small-town boy born with intellectual disabilities, who strives to improve himself and finally "fools have foolish blessings" and is favored by God and creates miracles in many fields. After the release of this film. The word-of-mouth has exploded and touched countless people!
The third grossing company was Toy Story, which grossed $620 million worldwide.
In fourth place at the box office is "Mission Impossible", which grossed $470 million worldwide.
The box office of "The Redemption of Xiao Shengke" can only be regarded as average, but it is unprecedentedly popular in the video market, with a very high reputation, and is regarded as a classic by countless people!
In addition, this year, Henry's personal investment and Spielberg's "Schindler's List" was released and released with the help of Galaxy Films, and the film was shocking and moved by audiences around the world! The film recreates the true historical events of German entrepreneur Oskar Schindler and his wife Emily Schindler who went bankrupt during World War II to protect more than 1,200 Jews from being killed by fascists. In the film, Schindler is not a hero at first, but he becomes a hero in the end. The film does not provide answers, but directly presents his behavior and psychological reactions to the audience, allowing the audience to experience and analyze it for themselves.
Spielberg used a small symbolic effect as a foil, the little girl in red. Every time Schindler looked at her, he strengthened his convictions. She symbolizes innocent and fragile life, as well as the courage and strength to defeat evil, and is the only color in the film.
After the release of the film, US President Clinton was deeply impressed after watching the film, and could not help but exclaim at a press conference: "I urgently ask you to go and see this film." “
Schindler's List has a powerful impact and a deep and painful artistic charm that has deeply captivated countless people. Although the movie is so heavy, the box office is rising. The U.S. box office was $120 million, overseas box office was $280 million, and the total box office was $400 million. As an art film with a small theme, the global box office is so high, it can't help but be shocking!
When the film was released in Germany, the German president personally attended the premiere of the film!!
And at the end of the movie, there is actually an easter egg, the easter egg is a micro-film of less than 10 minutes, the name of the movie is called "Life Visa", which mainly tells the story of a Chinese official in Vienna, He Fengshan, under the huge pressure of the German Nazis, to issue a visa to China to Jews, and this visa has almost become a 'life visa' to save Jews......
As soon as the easter eggs came out, the Chinese side immediately contacted Galaxy Film Company and asked for the introduction of the film!
This is completely giving the Chinese a long face!
As an investor in the film, Henry not only received friendship from Jews, but also received favor from the Chinese government.
This year, Galaxy Film Company has been full of scenery and has no other time.
Next year's Oscars will be the most exciting. Whether it is "Forrest Gump", "Schindler's List", or "The Redemption of Shaw Shengke", they are all eligible to compete for Best Picture, which film will win the award, it is exciting!
For Galaxy Films, the awards will be their own anyway, it doesn't matter.
In terms of profitability, the box office plus peripheral income, Galaxy Film Company is making a lot of money, and its name as a Hollywood movie giant is well deserved!!
At present, Galaxy Films' cash flow is more than $5 billion, and it is not difficult to merge Toho Co., Ltd.!
Under Henry's orders, Galaxy Pictures launched a takeover request for Toho Co., Ltd.: "Galaxy Pictures spent $2.5 billion to acquire Toho Co., Ltd."
Faced with the acquisition of Hollywood movie giants, many people in Toho Co., Ltd. panicked, and it is likely that Toho Co., Ltd. will become a subsidiary of Galaxy Films!
Henry no longer cares about the details of the takeover, and if a bona fide takeover cannot be completed, it will be a hostile takeover, a forced takeover on the stock market, or a high-priced purchase of shares from some major shareholders!!
Toho Co., Ltd. held a board meeting and held discussions, and finally decided to negotiate with Galaxy Films.
The two sides soon entered into a formal negotiation process.
Soon, 1993 ended and 1994 began. And this new year will be extremely exciting!
(To be continued.) )