Section 88: Particle Engine
Duane finally lived the life of a nouveau riche, and felt that it was really cool, no wonder everyone was running for money, and money was really a good thing. And more than 90 million is just a domestic box office, and the foreign box office can exceed 900 million, although there are many participants in foreign channels and a lot of deductions, but after Shu Yu analyzed him, according to 900 million, he can get about 80 million by then, so his title of billionaire has been settled.
However, after spending money in the Oriental Mall, his nouveau riche finally stopped for two points, and finally stopped tossing Shu Yu anymore, let her go back to the company, and by the way, he also took Shu Yu's car back to the company.
After arriving at the company, he followed Shu Yu's ass to her office, and before Shu Yu could take a breath, he said, "Find me someone to help, I want to buy a company." β
Shu Yu glanced back at him, "Buy a company?"
"Hmm,"
Duane nodded.
Since he was pitted by Ruixing, he has always had this idea, and he still has no confidence without a company, and it is not a matter to rely on Shu Yu all the time. Before, it was because he didn't have money, and it was useless to have an idea, but he could only think about it, but now that he has money, he can start working on this idea.
Shu Yu walked to his place and sat down, and when Duane also sat down, he asked, "What company do you want to buy?"
"Special effects company. β
Duane said without thinking.
"Terminator" is about to start filming, special effects are a problem, just buy a special effects company now, the fertilizer does not flow into the field of outsiders, you can spend money on your own company, use "Terminator" to practice, add experience to your company to increase technology, and prepare for the future.
After all, he has a long-term vision, and he will not only make "Terminator", a film that needs special effects support, there are many films in his mind that need strong special effects technology to support.
Shu Yu held a pen and tapped the table.
"You're going to use this company to work with me on the Terminator project?"
Du An glanced at Shu Yu in some surprise.
This woman is really smart, and she even thought of that.
"That's right. β
"Okay,"
Shu Yu put down the pen, picked up the phone, and made an internal call, "Manager Wang, come down to my office." β
After a while, Manager Wang came, knocked on the door, and came in.
"Mr. Shu, are you looking for me?"
This is a middle-aged man who has begun to get a little rich, with a generous appearance, a smile when he sees people, and he feels very friendly.
Du An's recent days in DreamWorks have been hanging out all day, and he also knows about the recent personnel changes in DreamWorks, and knows that this Manager Wang's full name is Wang Zhiyuan, and he is a deputy general manager recently recruited by Shu Yu, in his early forties. He turned out to be a middle-level leader of China Film, and he heard Shu Yu say that he still has the ability to work, and the things in the film and television industry are basically clear, and he has a wide range of contacts, but he has always been depressed in the system of China Film, and was later dug up by her.
Shu Yu cut directly to the topic, "Manager Wang, let go of the work at hand first, and give us Director Du a hand first." We Director Du want to buy a special effects company, you can help find out if there is anything in the industry that plans to make a move or can't hold on, give us Director Du a line, buy it as soon as possible, and let Director Du get out as soon as possible, don't eat and drink in our company all day long. β
Shu Yu can dig Duane Wang Zhiyuan didn't dare, just smiled and said "Okay". Duane didn't lie anymore and stood up, "Then I'll go out first." β
After the two went out, Wang Zhiyuan went to Duan's office to chat for a while, and Duane also had a basic understanding of the existing special effects companies in China.
Today's Chinese movies tend to be story-based, and there are not many requirements for special effects, and doing special effects is basically some post-tinkering work, such as removing Weiya, and "Kung Fu" is rare to use a large number of special effects, so there are not many special effects companies, even less big jobs, and it is more difficult to develop, and those with their own unique technologies are the top companies in the industry, such as crystal or basic numbers. Like this kind of top company in the industry, it is impossible to buy it, not to mention whether Duane's money is enough, even if it is enough, people will not sell it, so Duane can only stare at those small companies if he wants to buy.
Three days later, Wang Zhiyuan handed him two pieces of information, which were about two special effects companies that could be acquired temporarily, and they were also the "small companies" in Wang Zhiyuan's mouth.
The one he's looking at is a company called Particle Engine.
"The founder of this company is called Li Mingyuan, is a technical maniac, knows a lot of people in the industry, the Chinese Academy of Sciences, the Department of Computer Science of Tsinghua University, and a number of private offices, he knows people, so there is no shortage of technical talents in his company, and the technical level is the top in a small company of the same size, which is an advantage. β
Wang Zhiyuan sat across from him and reported to him.
Duane was a little puzzled, "Then why would he be willing to sell?"
Wang Zhiyuan smiled, "I can't get a job, I see that the company has been losing money, and there is no capital to support it, what if I don't sell it?" He also knew that Du An didn't know much about this aspect, so he took the initiative to explain: "Li Mingyuan is a person who can do technology, but it's a bit brainless to do business, for example, in the later stage of the same movie, people collect 5 million, he will collect 10 million, and the effect is really better, but it's just better, who cares?" Nowadays, general movies do not have high requirements for special effects, and they can get by by doing post-production special effects, so people are more willing to find the five million one. And a blockbuster like "Kung Fu" that really requires special effects is more willing to find a large company with excellent technology such as basic digital to do it. β
And Li Mingyuan's connections are mainly in the technical field, and there are very few people in the film and television industry, so it is difficult for him to rely on relationships to make a living, so the particle engine is not high or low, and naturally it can't hold on. I heard that Li Mingyuan himself was also a little disheartened and planned to retire, so he wanted to sell the company. β
Duane sighed: "This is a craftsman." β
This kind of person is very common in school, thinking that as long as there is technology, there is a qiΔ, but in the society, it will be found that technology is not so important, and connections and funds are the most important.
After Wang Zhiyuan analyzed another company for him, Du An's two documents were looked at, and finally the information of the particle engine was patted.
"That's it!"
"This company is in debt. β
Wang Zhiyuan dutifully reminded: "There are more than 6 million debts outside. β
Duane waved his hand, "It's okay, there's money." "Full nouveau riche posture, and at the same time I can't help but sigh in my heart, it's good to be rich.
The reason why he is interested in the particle engine is not because of the present of the particle engine, but because of Li Mingyuan's connections in the technical field and his craftsmanship, and the future of the particle engine.
Duane has also recently learned about the products of several top special effects companies in China, and in his opinion, domestic companies such as Crystal Basic Digital are fully capable of the special effects of "Terminator", but his goal is far more than "Terminator".
The special effects of many movies in his mind cannot be satisfied by these domestic special effects companies. At the same time, due to the development trend of domestic films, these companies seem to be satisfied with the existing technology, the technological progress is very slow, and the current technology has basically no progress compared with the technology of a few years ago, and it is too unreliable to expect them to realize the special effects of the movies in his mind.
He needed a company that could bring the special effects he had in mind to the movies, and if he didn't have them, he would do it himself.
Anyway, he has a lot of money now, and he is not afraid to spend money, what he wants is the technology to be able to fly, and to be able to make the perfect effect he wants in the future.
"Okay,"
Seeing that Du An had already made up his mind, Wang Zhiyuan didn't say much, "Since Director Du has made up your mind, let's talk about the acquisition." You know, DreamWorks has a lot of work to do, so I'm sorry I can't stay with you for the rest of the day, but I can recommend someone to you. β
"His name is Feng Kang, and like me, he graduated from Beishen, and he is my junior brother, an insider, and he is very proficient in acquisitions and finance. It just so happens that he has just resigned from Shang Ying, and Xian Fu has nothing to do at home, I believe he will be happy to help you set up an acquisition team, and, I think, Director Du, you need an agent now. β
Duane listened silently, then nodded.
Before, he was either mixed with Shu Yu or Shu Yu, and the two of them had the final say on everything, but now that the two have their own careers and are about to separate, then he really needs an agent to handle various business matters instead of him.
After all, his financial knowledge is just a statement of Cheng dΓΉ, no matter how professional it is, it is more reliable to leave professional things to professional people to deal with.