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On the morning of the next day, Hu Yifei received a call from Erica Kardashian, along with a thick stack of materials.

He skimmed through it and there were about thirty companies, the names of which he had barely heard of, some of which did not even have official websites.

However, this information is very detailed, including basic information about these film companies, such as which films have been produced and released; There is also the current situation data and analysis of these companies, what company launched a bad movie, and the box office failed miserably, resulting in a large loss; What company has done another bad deal, and it is estimated that it is currently in a debt crisis; What is the chairman of the company who has the will to sell the company, etc.

Hu Yifei carefully flipped through this information and couldn't help but sigh a little, it is worthy of being one of the three major Hollywood brokerage companies. It's no wonder that it can attract a large number of big names, and it can also occupy a place in Hollywood, where there are many strong people.

It turns out that they pay attention to these small film companies and small-budget films all the time, they pay attention to and analyze the success and failure of small-budget films, and their understanding of the market is getting higher and higher, forming their own set of film selection. Just like a cheetah in the grassland, climbing a tall tree to overlook the grassland, just waiting for which prey has fallen to show weakness, it will fiercely bare its fangs and pounce on it.

"Which ones meet my requirements?" Hu Yifei asked at a large pile of information.

These reports are very professional, but the more professional they are, the less readable they are. If you look at it like this, you probably won't want to understand it for a day.

Erica playfully pulled out a few copies from a large pile of materials and placed them on top.

"It is necessary to have a healthy economy and no debt, but also to have the ability to produce animation special effects, and also to have a distribution system and distribution channels, so that you can produce independently...... You're asking for a lot of money. It's all here. ”

With such a cut, there are only five left to choose from. Among them, there are two companies that shoot ****, and there are also underworld backgrounds. He rolled his eyes and looked at the details of the other three.

In fact, it is not difficult for a company to establish its own distribution system, but more of this system means that the company has many more departments and many more employees. Including the department responsible for the copy business, they have to do a good job of copying, processing, storage, transportation, etc.; In the projection business department, they have to deal with cinema companies, and they also have to do a good job in various means of transportation, and various venues such as schools, hospitals and other non-cinema screenings; There are also administrative, systems, and sales operations, among others.

With more distribution systems comes a lot of overhead, which can be fatal for small studios at any time.

Therefore, many small companies only produce films, and when the film is made, they look for distribution companies to cooperate with when it is released, and they do not need to pay publicity fees, and they do not need to pay distribution costs such as copying and transportation. Movies make money, they make less money; But if the movie loses money, they will lose less.

But Mr. Hu hopes he can buy a company with distribution capabilities because he is confident that his films will make money. Even if you have to cooperate with large companies in the future, there is room for regression, and you will not let others eat to death.

After looking at it for a long time, I finally chose the target, "This company is nearby?" ”

Erica stretched out her head and couldn't help but give a thumbs up, "Good vision, this is the most suitable for you in all companies." But at least they can still make a profit, and I'm afraid the acquisition will be a little troublesome. ”

Hu Yifei said: "Although I am not a moneyist, I have to say that there is nothing in this world that money cannot solve, just a matter of more money and less money." ”

Erica said helplessly: "Well, I feel like you're better suited to be an American than I am." ”

"No, it's good to be Chinese." Hu Yifei said: "Do I want to find a team from a professional acquisition company to operate, or do I negotiate by myself?" ”

"In such a hurry, don't you need to go to the scene to see?"

"No, no matter how good the location is, it won't be much better, and the company will always change places when it grows in the future."

Erica looked at him a little speechless, "You're so confident, I've never seen anyone more confident than you." Then I'll introduce you to a team of professionals, wait a minute, I need to make a call. ”

Erica took her phone and walked away a few steps, hung up the phone after a while, walked back with an OK gesture to Hu Yifei and said, "It can be done within a week at the latest, and you can now come up with a name for your new company." ”

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Hu Yifei's acquisition of the company here, more importantly, is to value the digital special effects technology of American animators and special effects artists, and he will gather Zhou Yan and others in China to prepare to take office after the new company starts.

The animation industry in the United States is highly developed and inseparable from their training and schooling system. Whether it is a university or a technical theater, there are many animation majors, and the classification is very detailed.

For example, if you are fascinated by animation technology and special effects, there will be schools like Carnegie Mellon, SVA, AAU, and SCAD to choose from. However, training schools in the United States are also hidden dragons and crouching tigers, and often have close ties with animation companies, although they are not famous, but you can enter the school and get in touch with the production techniques and processes used in many companies today.

If it is animation art, or a school that cultivates creativity and directing skills, then the California Institute of the Arts Institute (experimental animation), and the art center is also a place to train animation artists, although there is no clear animation major, UCLA, USC and NYU rely on the school's famous film school, and the subordinate animation major also occupies the light, which is also a favorable condition for cultivating independent animation and directing ability.

Geography is also a very important point of differentiation.

First of all, schools in the greater Los Angeles area will naturally have more related majors. Most of the world's best animation companies and legends gather here, and the rich exhibitions and screenings are also a powerful learning resource. New York, Chicago and San Francisco are also good, and San Francisco may be better because of Pixar and Lucas.

There are also a lot of film festivals and awards ceremonies here, basically half of the film festivals in the United States take place in Los Angeles, the remaining half half in New York, and the remaining half and half in Chicago, so these three cities bring extra points to the animation profession here.

One of the most important criteria for talent pool is the prospect of employment in the United States after graduation. Many animation majors aim to get into a first-class American animation company. Like Disney, Pixar, DreamWorks, Nikatoon, Lucas, Industrial Light & Magic, etc.

However, large companies can't hire many people, which will cause a large number of talents to have nowhere to use their talents. It will also give opportunities to small film companies such as Hu Yifei Animation Company. Compared with the current situation of the surplus of professional talents in the United States, China is lacking talents in the basic film industry. But don't look at them and they can't find a job in the United States, but if you ask them to go to China, it's even more difficult. Unless you can offer sky-high contracts, not many people are willing to leave the United States and go to China, a "barren land".

Hu Yifei's team is engaged in the acquisition of the company on the one hand, and on the other hand, it is also recruiting talent reserves.

Three days later, the studio, called Eric, officially changed hands. (To be continued.) )