Du An did not immediately ask Wang Zhiyuan to contact Feng Kang, but first asked him to contact Li Mingyuan. After all, he takes a fancy to Li Mingyuan, if the company buys it out and Li Mingyuan goes to play games, he doesn't know where to cry.

The meeting with Li Mingyuan was in the private hall of Jiudingxuan, which was the place where Li Mingyuan was set. This private club does not accept non-members, and Du An still made a phone call before Li Mingyuan came out to welcome him.

The hall is very quiet, arranged in a classical Chinese style, carved eaves, wooden window lattices can be seen everywhere, each seat is separated by potted plants, and it is a good place to talk.

After being guided by the waiter to sit down in a secluded corner, Li Mingyuan asked, "What does Director Du drink?"

Duane sat down on the loose sofa, took off his big sunglasses, and took off his mask, "Whatever." ”

This private club is really good, he saw the waiter's eyes change when he saw his true face, obviously recognizing himself, but he didn't say anything, just quietly took on the waiter's job.

This is a good place, it seems that I will have to make a member later, and I will come here to talk about something in the future, which is convenient.

"Then come to Hulongjing. ”

Li Mingyuan is in charge.

After the waiter left, Du An's first careful look at Li Mingyuan in front of him was repeated.

This is a man in his forties, with a simple face, and if he neglects to take off his clothes, he is no different from the neighbors in the village who work in the fields, and he is not at all the president of a company.

After the two exchanged a few words, Du An entered the topic, "Mr. Li, I am very interested in your company's particle engine and plan to acquire it, Wang Zhiyuan should have told you about this, right?"

Li Mingyuan nodded.

Duane continued, "But I have one request, and that is that after I acquire Particle Engine, I want you to continue in your current position as general manager, managing the company, and I will leave you a stake as well. ”

He saw that after he said this, Li Mingyuan's expression was a little surprised.

Li Mingyuan opened his mouth, as if he wanted to say something, but he didn't say it, and finally laughed self-deprecatingly, and said: "When Wang Zhiyuan told me about this, I thought that the first thing Director Du did after you took control of the company was to fire me." ”

Obviously, he also understands that it is his rigid craftsmanship that has led the particle engine to this point.

"On the contrary, I have a crush on you as a person. ”

Duane said: "As long as you agree to my terms, then I will inject money to take over the particle engine, and I promise that in the future, the particle engine will only need to care about the technical side of things, and the commercial side will not have to worry about it." To put it simply, you only need to worry about how to spend money in the future, and I have to make money. ”

After finishing speaking, Du An's looked at Li Mingyuan and found that he lowered his head and thought.

With all his words said about this, what else does he have to hesitate about?

But Duane didn't rush him.

After waiting for a long time, Li Mingyuan raised his head and looked at him.

"Director Du, if only you had told me this a few years earlier, now ...... Alas......" Li Mingyuan sighed, "I'm old now, and I don't want to toss anymore, I just want to retire and live the rest of my days in peace." ”

It seems that he has been in this industry for more than ten years, and he is really tired.

Of course, Duane will not give up: he is here for this man, how can he be allowed to retire like this?

"Mr. Li, you know that I have a sci-fi film ready to be made, right? ”

Since it can't be forced, let's change the way.

Li Mingyuan said: "Well, I know. "A while ago, the newspapers were full of news of "The Terminator", how could he not know? And in his opinion, Duane wants to buy his company now for this "Terminator".

"Actually, the special effects of "Terminator", I can do it when I look for crystals and basic numbers, but do you know why I want to buy a special effects company by myself?"

Li Mingyuan followed his words and asked "why".

"Because my goal isn't just Terminator, I have a big plan. ”

Duane's eyes were deep, his expression solemn, and full of mystery.

He was ready to start fooling around.

His acting skills helped him, and Li Mingyuan was affected by the performance of this Huabiao Award-winning actor, and his expression began to be solemn.

"What's the plan?"

"Special effects blockbuster,"

Duane said: "It's not like Kung Fu, it's a real special effects blockbuster. ”

He paused for a moment and continued: "Just imagine, in outer space that we can only observe through the Guò artificial satellite, there is another galactic empire, or centaur empire, whatever, whatever, it's a pure alien realm anyway. There, too, there are intelligent beings, but unlike us, they may look strange, and they also have their own country, an evil empire that rules a qiē, and then, one day, a young man begins to rebel against the empire. ”

"Super-technological alien planets, desolate alien planets, geographical landscapes that violate the common sense of physics, vast cosmic space, ultra-modern spaceships, space wars in outer space, war bases the size of half a world, strange-looking green-skinned aliens, these unimaginable things can be seen by the audience from the screen, how excited should the audience be when the time comes? ”

"But China's current stunts can't do this, even if they do, it's pitiful, there's no sense of reality, I want perfect results, so I need you, I need the particle engine you lead, because I believe you can achieve all this." Of course, it's not now, the current particle engine doesn't have this kind of technology, so I'm going to shoot "Terminator" first, I'll give you time to practice, and I'll give you the money you need to tap into all the talent you think you need, and the only thing I need you to do is to be able to give me the technology I need in a few years to help me move this qiē to the screen, so that the audience can see a new world that they can't imagine. ”

"So, I need you to stay in the particle engine, guide the particle engine to continue to grow, and then one day in the future, you and I will join forces to bring a new world and open a new scene in the history of Chinese cinema. ”

Li Mingyuan was stunned.

He didn't imagine what Duane said at all - the current Chinese films are either modern or ancient, and no one has ever thought of filming alien planets and outer space, and this young director dares to think too much!

Indeed, as Duane said, if you want to shoot outer space, special effects are indispensable, after all, there is such a thing as outer space, actors can't go up at all, how can they shoot? And if you have outer space as the backdrop, and there are aliens, there will definitely be a lot of special effects - maybe sixty or seventy percent of a movie will be special effects shots that need to be carefully crafted, and no one has ever tried this way of filming.

However, if this movie really comes out, it will definitely subvert all previous film forms, as long as the story is not bad, it will definitely be shocking. And the youngest 1.5 billion director has already proven his storytelling ability with two works, so if the technology really keeps up, this movie will definitely shock people and go down in history, and his name Li Mingyuan will also go down in history.

The pie painted by Duane is so big that Li Mingyuan is now in turmoil.

Seeing that the pot of oil was almost poured, Duane added another handful of firewood at the end, "Mr. Li, think about it, according to what I said, in fact, you don't have to pay anything, you just need to continue to maintain the current rhythm of daily work, and you can get what you have been pursuing, why not?"

In the middle of the night, the middle-aged man in his forties looked at Du An, his eyes shining, "When will you shoot?"

The audience looked at the scenes on the screen and exclaimed, they couldn't believe their eyes, and the world went crazy...... At the thought of this, this middle-aged man in his forties seemed to have returned to adolescence, and he couldn't help himself with excitement -- wasn't that what he had chosen to do in the first place?

But now, he's found that passion again.

He feels energetic right now.

Looking at Li Mingyuan's appearance, Du An wanted to laugh a little: when it came to what he was interested in, the person in front of him was as enthusiastic and uncontrollable as a young man, no wonder he would run the company so badly.

But he does need such people.

"When 'Terminator' is over, I need to see if our technology can support this qiē by then, and that's up to you. ”

……

After fooling Li Mingyuan properly, Du An finally contacted Feng Kang.

Feng Kang is a forty-year-old middle-aged man, different from Wang Zhiyuan, who has been raised in Zhongying for several years and has become rich, he is quite thin, wearing a pair of gold-wire glasses, his hair is not messy, his clothes are neat, and he can see that he is usually a strict self-disciplined person.

Feng Kang is very interested in Du An, the youngest director of 1.5 billion, and perhaps Wang Zhiyuan is also involved, so he made an appointment to have a meal, and after negotiating the conditions, he took over the matter.

He was also very efficient, and in two days he set up a professional acquisition team including asset appraisers, lawyers, financial accountants, etc., and with the cooperation of Li Mingyuan, they easily obtained the financial statements of Particle Engine. After the professional accountant made an audit report on the financial statements, determined that there were no problems, and the numbers were detailed, and then the asset appraiser led a team to turn the particle engine company upside down, estimating the overall value of the particle engine - office facilities, computers, business relationships, etc., the majority of which were the two patented technologies owned by the particle engine.

Then it was time to negotiate the offer.

Since Duane is now in a completely stupid state, the negotiations are going smoothly.

Li Mingyuan had a total of 90% of the shares, and Duane finally acquired 85% of the shares at a price of 12 million, leaving 5% for Li Mingyuan.

He eventually succeeded in taking ownership of Particle Engine and became its chairman.

And the first thing the chairman did after taking office was to change his name.

"This name is too awkward, and it is not domineering," this is Duane's reason, in fact, the real idea is to eliminate Li Mingyuan's influence.

If it's still called Particle Engine, it will always make people feel that this company is still Li Mingyuan's.

"What's that called?" Feng Kang asked from the side.

Duane thought for a moment, "Industrial Light & Magic. ”

Feng Kang silently rolled his eyes in his heart: Your name is even more awkward than the particle engine.