Seeing off Rick, Li Zhifan and Sylvo return to Los Angeles together.

On the way, he asked Silvo, "What do you all members of DreamWorks think about the acquisition?"

"Oh!" said Svrough with a smile, "of course everyone is happy, because with the support of the consortium, we can concentrate more on our creations." ”

Li Zhifan shook his head: "I'm afraid this is not true, right? And this is not the answer I want to hear." ”

Sylvo was embarrassed, blinking his eyes to test Li Zhifan's reaction: "Mr. Li, you won't hear any rumors, right? We are very supportive of the acquisition case, and it was also voted by all members at the beginning." ”

DreamWorks started as a studio, but later became a joint-stock company, and it was fully owned.

With the continuous growth and expansion later, some of the shareholders of the year withdrew, and some are still there, but the shares have been monopolized, but the number of shareholders is still quite large.

In addition to signing an agreement with important shareholders in Dream Works, Oriental Group is a wholly-owned acquisition, some are not allowed to leave for eight years, some are not allowed to leave for five years, and at least two years.

On this basis, they each received a share transfer price that was at a premium to the market value.

There are also some who did not agree to be acquired at the beginning, and later did not sign any premium agreement, and left DreamWorks as soon as the acquisition was completed.

Therefore, Li Zhifan's visit this time will not cause much disgust, but these people are quite expecting Li Zhifan or the Oriental Group to bring new projects with oriental characteristics and enter the Chinese market.

"It's okay, you can say it with confidence!"

Li Zhifan said with a smile, "I know that DreamWorks has always been a particularly independent animation production company, but what do you think about the involvement of external forces in the work?"

Srevie instantly understood what Li Zhifan meant, it seemed that he was talking about being acquired, but in fact, he wanted to talk about what kind of reaction Li Zhifan's own participation would cause, so Servo said in detail: " At present, there are 14 animation directors in Fantasy Works, of which 5 are post-directors, that is, five post-production teams, and each team is more like a studio form, independent of each other, but can cooperate with each other. ”

"Oh!"

Li Zhifan then asked, "Which director has the highest production level? I mean pre-production!"

"Of course, every director is very good. ”

"But in terms of awards, director Ancos won the most, winning three Oscars for Best Animated Film, and then director Matthew Blatter, who won two Golden Globes. ”

"How are they on schedule this year?" Li Zhifan then asked.

"Ancos' team has an animated feature film in the works, while Matthew's team has just finished a vacation and should not have started a new work plan. ”

"If you want to make a feature film, you can talk to Matthew, who's young, but he's talented, and he's one of the few directors among us who does his own creative animation," Slevo suggested. ”

"Okay, then you can introduce me later!"

Li Zhifan actually has a general understanding of Dreamworks, that is, how many directors there are, how many animated feature films he has produced, and how many awards he has won, but he is not very familiar with each director.

He has already read this Matthew's information, but as for his character, whether he gets along well or not, he doesn't know.

Los Angeles.

Dream Works is not far from the neighborhood where Li Zhifan lives, about three blocks away.

However, compared to Li Zhifan's residence, the location of DreamWorks has reached the suburbs.

As an animation production company, it makes the most sense to be located in the suburbs rather than in the city center, so that you can create in a quiet atmosphere without being distracted by the distractions of the business district.

Dream Factory as a whole is a creative park, just like the factory area of a factory, with all the ground floors and the highest only three floors.

Svro first took Li Zhifan to his office, where he could see the entire park.

"That's where Matthew's director team works, it's an independent studio building, and their team is characterized by not only an excellent pre-production team, but also an excellent post-production team, with a high degree of autonomy. ”

Slva pointed to the two rows of new buildings behind them, "That's where the director team of Ancos is, the one on the left is their apartment, the right is the studio, and then there is the post-production studio of director Weir, director Weil and Ancos have a close working relationship, and generally the animation works of director Ancos are completed by the team of director Weil." ”

After introducing them one by one, Li Zhifan had a general understanding of the entire park.

In short, the best buildings are for the big-name director team, and the other buildings that are not so majestic are the studios of the rookie production team.

Because DreamWorks was acquired by the Oriental Group, many other animation studios were acquired at the same time, so the area of the park is now about double that before the acquisition, and the strongest of them is a team called Gale Late Studios.

This team is not only good at making animated feature films, but also has independent research and development of a lot of software and equipment specially used to make movies, and is full of patents.

Last year, the founder and head of Gale Studio died suddenly one night, resulting in the temporary shutdown of Gale Studio, and the successor was the wife of the original director, but she didn't know anything about film production, and finally sold it to the Oriental Group at a reasonable price.

"Gather all the directors! Let's have a meeting!"

Li Zhifan said, "Everyone who can come is here, and everyone at the vice president level is also present." ”

"Okay, wait a minute!"

Srevou said, looking at his watch, "It's almost noon now, or we'll have a meeting after dinner?"

"Okay!"

Li Zhifan pondered for a moment and said, "In this case, the meeting will start at two o'clock in the afternoon, and you will send a notice in advance." ”

"Okay!" Slva said, taking a sip from his coffee cup, "It's too far out of the way, it's going to take more than an hour to get to the city center, or we'll eat in the park cafeteria! ”

"Delicious?"

Li Zhifan squinted and smiled, it seems that there are already Chinese chefs in this park.

The cafeteria was not far from Slvao's office, but he still drove Li Zhifan over.

Compared with those slightly larger companies in China, Sylvo, the president, has no privileges at all in terms of treatment, and there is not even a dedicated president's canteen that is said to be an independent box.

And he didn't even bring an assistant, so he and Li Zhifan took a dinner plate and lined up to eat.

Compared with Li Zhifan's treatment in the timeline, this is a world of difference.

"Hello!

"Hi Scar!"

“……”

During the queue, many employees greeted him one after another, and some even directly called him "Ska", but everyone didn't say hello to Li Zhifan, an Asian face, and thought that he was someone from the Eastern Bloc who came to investigate.

Most of the employees eat Western-style fast food, and there are only a few people in Chinese cuisine.

Li Zhifan was very curious: "Why, is the Chinese food chef in your canteen not delicious? Why are there so few people here?"

"Oh, I guess people prefer fries burgers!"

Srev shrugged and said, "After all, everyone is busy, and some people take their food and leave." ”

Li Zhifan looked around, and indeed many people took hamburgers and drinks and left, but most of them still chose to sit down and eat.

And the hamburger in this canteen is not at all the same as the kind of foreign garbage fast food seen in China, the shape of the Big Mac, the accessories in it are also very rich, and the meatloaf is even thicker, and the cholesterol should be particularly high.

After less than a minute of queuing, it was finally Li Zhifan and Sylvo's turn.

"Lee, what do you want to eat!"

Swervo actually introduced Li Zhifan, "These two dishes are more delicious, one is called fish-flavored shredded pork, and the other is called tomato brisket." ”

"Uh, haha, okay!

Li Zhifan couldn't help but laugh, you still need you to introduce me to this Chinese food?

However, the quality of these two dishes is much worse, and they are not as good as the dishes of domestic restaurants.

Unlike Western-style fast food windows, Chinese food is buffet, and like drinks, you can make what you want to eat.

Li Zhifan scooped up a little fish-flavored shredded pork and tomato beef brisket with a spoon, and took some rice, waiting for Slevo to find a place together after the fight.

But he only took one bite of this dish, and he was speechless.

It is a little sweet in the light, and the spicy taste of the fish-flavored shredded meat is completely absent.

"How much did you pay for this cook?"

Li Zhifan couldn't help but ask Sylvo.

"I don't know!"

Servo looked at Li Zhifan's expression and knew that he felt unpalatable, so he said helplessly, "This chef himself said that he has been working in Chinese restaurants in the United States for more than 20 years, but most of the staff are not used to it, we think it is because of Chinese food, but now looking at your expression, I guess...... Maybe it's not what we thought it was, right?"

"20 Years ......"

Li Zhifan was speechless, "This technology will be two months at most!"

Slvall suddenly beckoned, called the manager of the restaurant over, pointed to Li Zhifan and the plate in front of him and said, "This Chinese chef's level is not good, you can change another one." ”

"Wait a minute!"

Li Zhifan shouted, "Let me meet him! ”

"Good, good!"

The manager immediately nodded and turned back to the back kitchen.

It didn't take long for a middle-aged Chinese man dressed in an American chef's uniform to walk over.

After seeing Li Zhifan, his expression was stunned, and he said in Chinese: "Li Zhifan? You, you, wow! I actually saw you here." ”

"Hehe, hello!"

Li Zhifan pointed to the vacant seat next to him, "Sit down!

"Yes!" said the chef happily.

"It's all fellows!"

Li Zhifan smiled, "What do you call the master?"

"My surname is Ma, Ma Tengyun!

"Oh, Master Ma!"

Li Zhifan pointed to the dish, "You fried this?"

"Hey, I know what you think!"

Ma Tengyun scratched his head, "It's not to your taste, right? Hey, no way, I used to be a cook in college, and I used to do this for big pot dishes, but what I do best is making roast duck, although it takes a lot of effort, but what I make is very delicious." ”

"Then why don't you sell roast duck?" Li Zhifan wondered.

"I've done it before!"

Ma Tengyun said helplessly, "It's a pity that eating roast duck is also a time-consuming technical job, and their employees here don't have time to sit down and eat slowly. ”

"How much did you pay for this cook?"

Li Zhifan couldn't help but ask Sylvo.

"I don't know!"

Servo looked at Li Zhifan's expression and knew that he felt unpalatable, so he said helplessly, "This chef himself said that he has been working in Chinese restaurants in the United States for more than 20 years, but most of the staff are not used to it, we think it is because of Chinese food, but now looking at your expression, I guess...... Maybe it's not what we thought it was, right?"

"20 Years ......"

Li Zhifan was speechless, "This technology will be two months at most!"

Slvall suddenly beckoned, called the manager of the restaurant over, pointed to Li Zhifan and the plate in front of him and said, "This Chinese chef's level is not good, you can change another one." ”

"Wait a minute!"

Li Zhifan shouted, "Let me meet him! ”

"Good, good!"

The manager immediately nodded and turned back to the back kitchen.

It didn't take long for a middle-aged Chinese man dressed in an American chef's uniform to walk over.

After seeing Li Zhifan, his expression was stunned, and he said in Chinese: "Li Zhifan? You, you, wow! I actually saw you here." ”

"Hehe, hello!"

Li Zhifan pointed to the vacant seat next to him, "Sit down!

"Yes!" said the chef happily.

"It's all fellows!"

Li Zhifan smiled, "What do you call the master?"

"My surname is Ma, Ma Tengyun!

"Oh, Master Ma!"

Li Zhifan pointed to the dish, "You fried this?"

"Hey, I know what you think!"

Ma Tengyun scratched his head, "It's not to your taste, right? Hey, no way, I used to be a cook in college, and I used to do this for big pot dishes, but what I do best is making roast duck, although it takes a lot of effort, but what I make is very delicious." ”

"Then why don't you sell roast duck?" Li Zhifan wondered.

"I've done it before!"

Ma Tengyun said helplessly, "It's a pity that eating roast duck is also a time-consuming technical job, and their employees here don't have time to sit down and eat slowly. ”