The silence of the morning was broken by the ringing of the phone, and a slippery white arm reached out from the thin quilt and grabbed the microphone from the bedside table.

"It's good, I know it."

Li Zhi half-propped herself up, and as soon as she hung up the phone, she felt a pair of big hands directly caress her delicate body.

"Cen Jianxun called, saying that Chen Baishen was already waiting at the company, and asked when you could pass......

Lin Youlun pulled Lizhi into his arms and enjoyed not enough caressing. her upright plump. Breast, and he didn't delay the business: "You call Cen Jianxun back, and say that Chen Baishen doesn't have to wait, and let him go directly to Xiao Ruoyuan." ”

Li Zhi leaned his head on Lin Youlun's chest, lay quietly for a while, and then struggled to sit up, "You can send people away with a phone call, but I still have to go to the company to deal with a lot of things...... Hurry up and get up, and you'll take me to the company later! As she spoke, she picked up her underwear from the bedside and put them on, and walked barefoot to the closet.

Lin Youlun sat up, yawned and asked, "What about your driver?" ”

Li Zhi turned his head and glanced at Lin Youlun, "I don't worry about letting you stay alone in my house, there is still one living next door, I don't know when you will climb into her bed." ”

Lin Youlun smiled bitterly and said, "Am I as unbearable as you say?" ”

Li Zhi combed his hair and said, "What you don't eat in your mouth is the best, every good thing for men in this regard!" ”

The two flirted and scolded while getting dressed, and when they went downstairs, they found that there was a note on the coffee table in the living room, which was left by Gong Li, and the general content was that she went to Cantonese class. Don't come back for dinner at noon.

Lin Youlun raised the note. Said to Lizhi, "Look. Everyone took the initiative to avoid suspicion. ”

"She's weak-hearted!" Li Zhi came over with a carton of milk and a few slices of baked bread, "She speaks Cantonese better than me now, does she still need to go to class?" ”

Lin Youlun put down the note and shrugged, "Then I'll just say nothing." ”

——

At the door of the Jiayi Cinema Line headquarters building, Cen Jianxun was shaking hands with a foreigner to say goodbye.

"Mr. Thomas, don't worry, I'll relay the news of your visit to Mr. Lin when I go back."

"Then there's Mr. Rautzen!"

The two of them talked for a while. A black sedan slowly stopped at the entrance of the building, and an exaggerated beautiful leg wrapped in stockings protruded from the open door, and then a fashionably dressed OL girl stepped out of the car.

"Miss Li, I haven't seen you for half a year, but you're getting more and more beautiful!" Thomas was the first to react and walked over to say hello with a smile.

Lizhi didn't expect to meet this American at the door of the company, so she had to let this guy take her hand and kiss it gently.

The car window slowly rolled down, and Lin Youlun looked at Thomas with a surprised face outside the car with a smile

"Americans also love to kiss hands? I thought only the old-fashioned British liked this set. ”

Thomas quickly recovered from his surprise and nodded at Lin Youlun with a smile. "The kiss is a traditional etiquette in Western society, and it is also very common in high society in the United States."

"Has Mr. Thomas just arrived or is he about to leave?"

Thomas was also quick to react. Seeing that Lin Youlun didn't mean to get out of the car, he immediately said, "I was about to leave, I don't know if I can take Mr. Lin's free ride." ”

Lin Youlun smiled and nodded, "Very welcome!" ”

In front of outsiders, Li Zhi was inconvenient to be too intimate with Lin Youlun, waved at him slightly, and said hello to Thomas, who was about to get into the car, and then turned around and entered the building.

From Lizhi got out of the car, Thomas and the people in the car started talking, Cen Jianxun had already guessed that Lin Youlun was sitting in the car, but Lin Youlun didn't get out of the car, Cen Jianxun knew that he didn't want to reveal his whereabouts, so he couldn't help but go over to say hello, and only waved his hand to this side when the car left.

On the way, Lin Youlun and Thomas chatted.

"How is Mr. Thomas?"

"Originally, I was on vacation during this time, but because I heard the news, I had to rush back to Hong Kong early." Thomas cupped his eyes and asked Lin Youlun seriously, "I really want to know if the news that Mr. Lin and Japan's Toho Film Company jointly invested in the filming of "Godzilla" is true? Are you really going to invest 3 billion yen in that movie? ”

"3 billion yen is just the bottom line, and I estimate that the cost of the film will be much more than this number after the film is really finished." It's no secret about "Godzilla", and Lin Youlun has nothing to hide in front of Thomas, what makes him curious is how Thomas suddenly cares about it. "That's how Mr. Thomas ended his vacation?"

"Of course not." Thomas shook his head, "But I heard that Mr. Hayashi made a speech in front of the Japanese media, which probably meant that Hollywood was the common enemy of Asian cinema?" ”

Lin Youlun raised his eyebrows, "That's how the media in the United States reported?" ”

Thomas shrugged helplessly, "Maybe it's worse than that, they say you're spreading the American threat theory in Asia!" ”

"I'm just stating the fact that Hollywood is powerful in front of us, and it is impossible for anyone to turn a blind eye, and the real intention of what I said is actually to hope that the film markets of Asian countries can be more free and open, Hong Kong films can enter, and Hollywood movies can also enter, although competition is inevitable, but I think Hollywood should be more confident in this regard." Lin Youlun explained.

"But the American media doesn't think so, and Mr. Lin also knows that because of the cooperation with Hong Kong, our United Arts Cinema Line has been under a lot of pressure, and this time I came in the hope that Mr. Lin can reconsider my proposal last time."

"Buying an American film company?" Lin Youlun was silent for a moment, the situation in the United States may not be as bad as Thomas said, but it will not be too good, Thomas's suggestion is a solution, "So Mr. Thomas has found a suitable object?" ”

United Arts Cinemas wants to circumvent domestic antitrust laws and indirectly control a film company in the United States by exchanging shareholdings with Hong Kong's Jiayi Cinema Line, and Thomas talked openly and honestly with Lin Youlun when he made this suggestion last time.

At that time, Lin Youlun did not give a clear answer, and at the same time, Lianyi did not find a suitable acquisition target, so the matter was temporarily shelved.

"Not yet, but I have a proposal that might be better for Mr. Lin."

Lin Youlun looked very interested and motioned for Thomas to continue.

"Mr. Lin established Aurora Special Effects Company in Hong Kong and has a branch in the United States, so he must be no stranger to George Lucas, right?"

Lin Youlun nodded, as long as you know a little about American movies, you know who George Lucas is.

One of the four major directors in the United States in the 80s, the director of the "Star Wars" series of movies and the screenwriter of the "Raiders of the Lost Ark" series, is known as the "movie magician" because he established the Industrial Light & Magic Company that has had a profound impact on the development of Hollywood film special effects.

"Lucas has been in some trouble lately, he and his wife are about to get divorced, and then the news comes out that he is going to lay off some of the less important divisions of his studio......"

Lin Youlun didn't have much reaction when he heard the news at first, celebrity divorce is too common in the United States, but when he heard that Lucas was going to lay off some subsidiary departments of the film company, he suddenly remembered a very important thing.

"Mr. Thomas, sorry to interrupt, did he do that before you said that Lucasfilm was going to eliminate some unimportant departments?"

"As far as I know, no."

Thomas's answer not only did not solve Lin Youlun's doubts, but made him even more confused.

"And that includes the animation department?"

This time it was Thomas's turn to be surprised, "Oh my God, how did Mr. Lin know about this?" Probably realizing that his reaction was exaggerated, Thomas immediately added: "What I suggested Mr. Lin was buying was the animation division of Lucasfilm, which is a very, very good team as far as I know." ”

Lin Youlun's mind was really messed up at this time, the animation department that Thomas said was about to be cut by Lucas Film Company should be the famous Pierce Studio, but Pixar shouldn't have been acquired by the "Apple Godfather" Steve Jobs in the mid-80s?

Two weeks have passed since the New Year of '89, and suddenly hearing the news that Pierce Studio has not been acquired, Lin Youlun's surprise can be imagined.

In fact, George Lucas did consider cutting the company's animation department in the early years, but at that time, it was just in time for the release of "Tales of the Night" in North America to trigger a movie-watching frenzy, this special effects film with a lot of comic book style amazed George Lucas, and at the same time made him make the decision to continue to keep the company's animation department, at that time, he wanted to explore some comic book adaptations through this animation department, but later the development of live-action computer special effects technology made a breakthroughLucas gradually lost patience with the animation department, which continued to invest but did not output, and only then did he plan to cut it.

Thomas just thinks that Lin Youlun should be interested in this animation department, but he didn't think about why this animation department will grow in the future, why it is a great existence, and for Lin Youlun, this is simply a pie-in-the-sky good thing.

After listening to Thomas's introduction, Lin Youlun immediately decided to leave for the United States, and he must take Pixar Studio before anyone else. (To be continued......)