In the elongated Lincoln car, Lin Youlun shook the wine glass in his hand, glanced at Lucas and Spielberg sitting opposite, and already had a plan in his heart.

"George, now you should be able to tell me the real purpose of your coming to Hong Kong, right?"

Lucas shrugged his shoulders with an indifferent expression, "Jurassic Park is the opening film of the Hong Kong International Film Festival, this reason should be enough, right?" ”

"It's certainly enough to deal with media reporters, but you know, that's not the answer I want." Lin Youlun took a sip of wine, "If it's for the movie "Jurassic Park", it's enough for Stephen to come alone. ”

"Jurassic Park" is mainly co-funded by Lin Youlun and Universal, and George Lucas was able to become the producer of the film, mainly because of his personal friendship with film investor Lin Youlun and director Spielberg, and the film needs a lot of support from Industrial Light and Magic in special effects technology.

Now that the film has been filmed, it has nothing to do with Lucas, Spielberg couldn't come to Hong Kong before, and it was reasonable for him to come on behalf of him, but now that Spielberg himself has come, Lucas can't use this reason again.

With Lin Youlun's understanding of Lucas, this guy has never been a warm-hearted person, and it is unreasonable to let him run for a movie that has little to do with him.

Lucas suddenly laughed, then turned to Spielberg: "You lost!" ”

Spielberg shrugged helplessly and didn't say anything.

Lin Youlun looked at the two of them in their eyes, but he didn't rush to ask the reason. He knew that Lucas would definitely take the initiative to explain the matter to him.

"On the plane. Stephen and I said you could guess what we really meant. He didn't believe it, so we made a bet. Lucas leaned back and sat in the leather seat for a more comfortable position, "Lin, I've been talking to you about this a long time ago, and Stephen and I both want to join forces with you to set up a film company in Hollywood, and you didn't think the time was ripe before. But you promised me that I would seriously consider it, and now that Stephen's contract with Universal is about to expire, you know what I mean, right? ”

Lin Youlun glanced at Spielberg and saw that he was also full of expectation, obviously he had reached a consensus with Lucas before this.

"Looks like I have to make a choice?" Lin Youlun shrugged, then looked at Lucas and asked, "What am I for?" ”

Lucas and Spielberg looked at each other, and Lucas replied, "Because we both think you're the best fit." ”

Spielberg then added, "In other words, you're the best fit of all the people we know right now." ”

Seeing Lin Youlun's contemplative expression, Lucas had no choice but to continue: "Many people think. In Hollywood, as long as you have capital, skills and a good enough brain, you can succeed, and this may be the case for a single movie. But for a film company, these are the basics, but they are far from enough, and in my opinion, the distribution channel and the film library are the two factors that are the key, the former determines whether a film company can survive, and the latter determines how long a film company can survive. ”

Making a movie is a very money-burning investment, and the establishment of a film company naturally requires a lot of money, especially as more and more special effects blockbusters flood the screen, the amount of capital invested has become a key factor in the quality of a movie, and it is precisely in this regard that Lin Youlun has a unique advantage.

In the Hong Kong financial and real estate markets over the years, Lin Youlun has earned a lot of money, and with his "keen" judgment of several international situations, he has repeatedly succeeded in the foreign exchange market, for which he has accumulated a rich net worth.

Of course, there is no shortage of rich people in this world, and Lucas and Spielberg jointly set up a new film company, and it is easy to attract a rich financier to join them, and even as soon as the two of them show the slightest inclination in this regard, a large number of collaborators will automatically send them to the door.

But among the people Lucas and Spielberg have come into contact with, looking for a collaborator like Lin Youlun who understands movies and has sufficient financial ability, Lin Youlun is undoubtedly the most suitable person.

Lin Youlun provided the funds, Lucas provided the technical skills, and Spielberg provided the movie ideas, such a combination can be called a textbook configuration, but this is not the main reason why Lucas and Spielberg must pull Lin Youlun to join.

The key reason is still in the distribution channel and film library.

Lucas knows that Lin Youlun and United Arts Cinemas have been working together for a long time, and both parties have established a high level of trust in each other, and at the same time, Lin Youlun's Jiayi Cinema Line has a very complete distribution channel in Asia. As a partner, whether in North America or overseas, Lin Youlun is able to provide a relatively stable distribution channel for the new company, which is very important for the new company to gain a firm foothold in Hollywood.

After this step, the next question is how to develop the entire company in the long run.

Lucas and Spielberg are both important directors in Hollywood, and Lin Youlun has been regarded by the American media as a representative of Hong Kong films challenging Hollywood for a long time in the past.

Compared with Paramount, MGM, 20th Century Fox, and Universal, which have been established for many years, the most lacking thing for the new company is the heritage, and the direct manifestation is that the stock of the film library is obviously insufficient.

Whether it is Lucas or Spielberg, they all know very well that it is definitely not possible to compare the number of films with the old film companies that have been established for decades, so they have changed their thinking and are ready to work on the quality of the film library.

Lucas now holds the rights to the "Star Wars" and "Indiana Jones" series of films, both of which can be regarded as milestones in the same genre, and Spielberg has suffered a bit in this regard, although he has many previous masterpieces such as "Jaws" and "Alien ET", but because they are all cooperating with big studios, the film rights are not in his hands.

It is obviously not enough to rely on the two series of movies "Star Wars" and "Indiana Jones", and at this time Lin Youlun's role is highlighted.

Eighty percent of the big-budget Hong Kong films that have achieved good box office results in the North American market in recent years are from Lin Youlun, and if La Lin Youlun joins, the newly established film company will have films such as "Legend of the Night" series, "True Lies", "Strange Heroes in Disguise", "Men in Black" series, "Resident Evil" series, "Mission Impossible" series, "Fast and Furious" series, and "Godzilla".

At the same time, Lin Yolun also owns Pierce Studios, further filling the gap in the new company's field of animation.

When Pixar Studios was sold, Lucas was not very optimistic about the development of 3D animated films, but with the increasing application of computer special effects in movies, Lucas began to regret his original decision, and at the same time, he was even more glad that he sold the company to Lin Youlun instead of Jobs, otherwise it would not be easy to turn his head and "continue the frontier" now.

What's more, Lin Youlun also holds the rights to many superhero comics that Lucas is very coveted, which can be adapted into live-action movies.

In this regard, Lucas and Spielberg have the same opinion, with the in-depth development and maturity of film special effects technology, the feasibility of comic book adaptation movies in the future is getting higher and higher, and Lin Youlun's acquisition of Marvel Comics is very likely to be like when he bought Pierce Studios, and sees the incomparably broad market prospects of comic book adaptations in the future.

For the comic book adaptation film market, Lucas and Spielberg are now only a vague understanding, and only Lin Youlun really knows how huge the market potential of these superhero movies under Marvel Comics will be in the future.

At this time, the copyright of "Spider-Man" has not been bought by Sony, and the film adaptation rights of "Fantastic Four" and "X-Men" are still in the hands of Marvel Comics, plus the well-known "Avengers", it can almost be said that with Marvel Company, Hollywood is almost invincible in the future.

Lin Youlun thought for about ten minutes, and finally asked, "So about the new company, you have all considered it maturely?" ”

As soon as Lucas heard this, he knew that Lin Youlun was ready to agree, and he couldn't help but be overjoyed.

"Of course, we even have a company name in mind, and it's called DreamWorks!"

Spielberg nodded on the side, the name was first proposed by him, and Lucas also thought that the name was very good, and at this time, it was obviously the idea of asking Lin Youlun for his meaning.

"I think it's better to add 'Oriental' in front of it, what do you think?" Lin Youlun mentioned it quietly.

Lucas and Spielberg looked at each other, and soon understood what Lin Youlun meant.

The new company was named "Oriental DreamWorks", which also invisibly indicated Lin Youlun's status in the company, a proposal that neither Lucas nor Spielberg could refuse. (To be continued......)