John Walker and his friends sit on a stool in an Autodesk conference room on Saint Jude Road in Mill Valley, California.

After a while, Fields appeared in their conference room with Lester, causing John Walker to stop talking.

"Mr. John Walker, long admirable. ”

Lester and John Walker shook hands, and each sat in their own seats.

Lester received Fields' words, and the next day he drove a Lamborghini over, slightly surprised that the other party wanted to see him in person.

"This is the plan you wrote. ”

As soon as the two parties sat down, John Walker couldn't wait to put Lester's plan on the table.

"Yes, I wrote it. ”

Lester nodded and admitted:

"But why do you think that relying too much on 2D technology will limit our future? ”

John Walker spoke in a questioning tone;

The plan written by Lester mentions multimedia, multi-directional development, just like Asuka Film and Television, which opened a television network and an animation studio.

In the 80s, Autodesk relied on 2D technology to develop and innovate and break a way, but in the early 90s, the lack of funds really began to pay attention to the company's career change, and finally invited an iron lady to join, which made their funds rise.

However, even if the Iron Lady joined, Autodesk was too indulged in the glory of 2D technology in the past, which led to the technology that hindered their development in the direction of 3D, and gradually lost the power of market competition.

In a group of computer technology talents, the Iron Lady, who is very rational and not in their circle, relied on the crowd to focus on the crowd, and in the mid-nineties, developed 3D technology.

pulled them out of the 2D quagmire, which led to the jaw-dropping "Avatar" special effects and the design of the eastern part of the Oakland Bridge in San Francisco, which seized countless opportunities in the financial crisis, got out of the heavy blow of bankruptcy, and became a leading company in many fields such as computers.

Among the top 500 companies, 100 companies use architecture and 3D and other aspects are Autodesk products, and nearly half of Hollywood's film and television special effects are completed by them.

Lester's plan for the future of Autodesk and its multimedia direction shocked and disbelieving, as if they were being denied.

Lester said euphemistically: "You are all computer technology talents, you all know that only innovation and upgrading can be based on the fundamentals, get the recognition of the market, in order to make you go further, what you are doing now is not to create new software in the field of 2D?"

"So what does that have to do with 3D? ”

John Walker asked another question about the plot.

"To put it vulgarly, 3D technology is higher than 2D technology, and there is a lot of room for development...... Lester analyzed them step by step, and although the words he said were full of loopholes in their eyes and were not the core issues, the ideas and future directions mentioned made them cheerful.

All of you here are computer talents, all of them have brains, not the same stubbornness, naturally with Lester's words, gradually understand some problems.

The arrogance and resistance in the hearts of John Walker and others gradually dissipated a lot under Lester's explanation.

The changes of the few people on the other side made Fields, who had been staring at them, find that they began to soften, which made Fields think about it.

"What about multimedia and multi-directional development, can you tell us about it?"

After listening to Lester's explanation of the 3D direction, John Walker continued to ask about the most important places.

Lester took a sip of water, and then talked about multi-directional development, speaking of this, it is more than explaining the 3D major, and it does not take him any effort, so that a group of computer talents can easily understand what multi-directional development is.

When Lester finished talking about the multi-directional development of 2D transformation, John Walker exchanged opinions with the people around him, and said, "I wonder if Mr. Lester and Mr. Fields can wait next door with your team for a while, and let's exchange their opinions." ”

"Yes, we understand. Lester agreed;

The assistant who had been standing next to him came up and led Lester and the others into the reception room next door, while John Walker and the others began to discuss Lester's words, whether they could agree to Lester's acquisition of shares, depending on the results of their discussion here.

"You say, can they agree to our takeover?" asked Lester, sitting in the reception room, to Fields.

"I think it's better to force the takeover of his entire listed company, so that you don't have to waste your tongue here. Fields said simply and directly;

Autodesk is not very well funded, and in Fields' opinion, it is a very cheap company, and Bird Film and Television is fully capable of buying him.

Leicester refused: "This method will not work, it will lead to the departure of those computer technicians, and the company will become an empty shell." ”

Autodesk Leicester is interested in John Walker, a few high-level computer technology talents, who are the core figures of AutoCAD software, and will bring a lot of role to the future development.

Just as Apple can't do without Steve Jobs, it's because the core lies in them.

After Lester said this, Fields began to really face up to John Walker and others, he didn't expect the real core to be on those people.

He had thought that if John Walker and the others disagreed, then he would have to take enough, but now Fields has extinguished this idea.

The two had a warm exchange here, but there was a commotion next door, and John Walker and others were talking about whether to let Lester enter Autodesk.

At this meeting, they communicated last time, and there have always been objections, but after Lester's explanation, they met and communicated again this time, and John Walker found that several people who refused last time agreed with Lester for the first time.

After a while, Lester and Fields were invited back to the conference room.

"What are you thinking about? ”

Lester sat down and immediately asked;

Just now, John Walker and the others did not let them wait for a few days for a reply, but asked them to wait next door, which shows that his explanation just now was not in vain.

John Walker glanced at the people around him, got up and smiled and stretched out his hand, "Welcome Mr. Lester to one of us." ”

"Looks like I succeeded. Lester shook John Walker's hand back, and the men on both sides applauded.

Fields immediately took out the contract and exchanged contracts with the lawyer on Autodesk's side, and after Lester and John Walker signed their names, Lester officially became the second largest shareholder of Autodesk, and the largest shareholder was John Walker.

"Who do you think will be the CEO? ”

John Walker asked after signing his name.

The planning provided by Leicester requires management talents to handle, and they are computer technology talents who do not know this very well.

Lester is also the owner of a Hollywood studio, and he can't merge the executive CEO at the same time.

"Carol Butz, known as the Iron Lady, she's the best fit. Leicester's choice made John Walker look like you were joking.

"You should know that Carol Butz is from Sun and has a contract. John Walker reminded.

"I know. Lester said: "She's from Sun now, but he's on a five-year contract, and once the contract is terminated, you can invite her to join." ”

John Walker looked at Lester suspiciously: "How do you know. ”

"Secret. Lester said mysteriously, not telling John Walker how he knew, but talking about the management..."We don't have a lot of people, we don't need to hire management for the time being, and sometimes wait for Carol Butts to resign, what we need to do now is to change the positioning of the product to the low-end market, so that more people can use AutoCAD software." ”

After listening to Lester's words, John Walker immediately got up and asked the company to change its plan.

Lester walked out of Autodesk and returned to Universal City with Fields, and as soon as he walked into the office, he received a call from Chris Witch and found the actor who voiced the two protagonists of "Beauty and the Beast".