Chapter 741 of the main text: blank checks

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Lucas neither rejected Lin nor accepted his offer, for whom the $8 million acquisition of "Pixar" was too little, nearly half the price he had in mind for $15 million.

But Lin Qiangsheng wanted to invest in the filming of the fourth part of "Star Wars", which made him see the dawn. Disney has clearly refused to invest in sequels, the American film industry in the 80s has become an overall decline, major film companies except for 20th Century Fox, there are no good films on the market, and the old management system is not suitable for these big film companies, they urgently need reform, in order to improve the financial situation, in order to ensure cash flow, Disney no longer plans to continue to invest in the fourth "Star Wars", Lucas's shooting budget continues to increase is also an important reason.

He's facing a situation where no one is investing, and even if someone is willing to pay, Disney will definitely come and get involved. Because he and Disney have already signed a contract, the two parties are entangled in the issues of sharing, copyright and distribution fees, Disney will definitely not give up these interests, so what investor is willing to share a large profit for no reason!

Lucas said to Lin: "$8 million is a bit less. Still, Lin, are you really planning to invest in a Star Wars sequel? ”

Lin Qiangsheng was silent for a moment, and the fourth Star Wars was released in 1999, called "Star Wars Prequel i The Ghost Menace". Although he is not a Star Wars fan, it is not what he wants to change the original ▼ favorite actors, little Anakin, Getali Portman, what a good screen image. Besides, the filming budget of Star Wars is too big, the time is too long, and investing yen is more profitable than it.

Under the gaze of Lucas and Jamie, Lin Johnson said: "If Disney is willing to give in." I can invest in Star Wars! "He made a foreshadowing in advance, and if Disney doesn't budge, that's another story.

Lucas nodded with a smile and said, "Okay, for your sake of investing in Star Wars." He paused, as if he had made up his mind, and said, "For $10 million, I can sell you the computer animation department!" ”

Lin Qiangsheng frowned in distress. Alas, forget it, if Jobs knew that he was robbing "Pixar" with him, this guy would definitely increase the price, he nodded helplessly and said: "Okay, $10 million, I will inject another $5 million to support the development of this department!" ”

"Wonde L!" Lucas immediately agreed, and said, "I'll tell Sù Kamel and Hervi the good news right away, they can't wait!" ”

Lin Qiangsheng said: "George. You can go, I'm going to accompany Julia's mother and son here, not to mention that Camel and they have to hurry up to make a short film! ”

Lucas nodded and said, "In this way, we agreed to sign the contract tomorrow, how about it?" ”

Lin Qiangsheng looked at his watch and said, "I have an important meeting tomorrow morning, and the short film must be done before then." Tomorrow afternoon you go to Silicon Valley and we'll sign the contract! ”

“ok。 No problem! Lucas nodded, and then hurried to the computer animation department.

Today, ILM is still in a big warehouse. Lucas told Camel about the acquisition, and the latter was pleasantly surprised: "Really? That's great! George, didn't you ask Lin how he plans to develop his computer animation career? ”

Lucas was stunned for a moment and said embarrassedly: "Lin said that he would invest in the fourth Star Wars, I think." With his abundant financial support, 'Pixar' will definitely not be bad in the future! ”

Camel shook his head in disappointment and said to Lucas, "I'll ask him, we need a good plan!" ”

Lucas hurriedly stopped him and said, "Ed." The most important thing for us now is to make a short film, and when we go to Silicon Valley tomorrow afternoon to sign the contract with Lin, we will discuss it in detail! ”

Kamuel also thinks it makes sense, and now it's better to hurry up and finish Lin Johnson's short film, and strive to leave a good impression on the new boss.

He walked into the studio, faced more than twenty subordinates, and excitedly announced, "Gentlemen and ladies, our computer animation department has been acquired!" ”

"Well, that's good news!" An employee asked in surprise.

Previously, the news that Lucas was going to sell the computer animation department had already spread, and the employees knew that Camel and Elvi were looking for a home in a hurry. However, they are not very happy with several interested acquirers, but Jobs, the hero of the IT industry and the founder of Apple, still makes everyone a little excited. But from the news he heard, Lucas was very angry that the purchase price given by Jobs was too low.

The department is now panicked, employees are now struggling to maintain their jobs, and many people have begun to secretly write resumes to apply for jobs.

Kamuel said excitedly: "The acquirer is Mr. Lin, the young Chinese who commissioned us to make a short film. He invested $10 million to buy our computer animation department and injected $5 million, so I think you can continue to do what you love here! ”

"Really, great!" Many young people in the studio applauded, some even jumped, but some shook their heads with a slight smile.

"Ed, wasn't Mr. Jobs interested in buying it before? Why did we choose this young Chinese? Someone raised his hand and asked. At the same time, everyone has also seen it, and many people also think that this is the case, how influential Jobs is, he can be called a leader in the IT industry!

Camel replied bluntly: "Jobs only contributed $5 million, and he was very persistent!" ”

Speaking of Jobs, in fact, Kammer was also a little dissatisfied and affectionate in his heart. The previous relationship between Camel and the vice president of the company of Elviton Guò Xerox approached Jobs, and the two sides met directly at his home.

However, what the two didn't expect was that after meeting, Jobs did not talk about any acquisition, but talked to Camel and Elway about how Apple's top management betrayed him, and talked about how Apple not only did not help him when his career was in a downturn, but fell into the ground, and everyone in the company actually wanted him to leave.

Jobs nagged the two of them with a lot of grievances about Apple's board of directors, and it wasn't until the last two had no choice but to leave that Jobs proposed the acquisition. As a result, he offered a $5 million purchase price, but Jobs promised that he would inject another $5 million to support Pixar's growth.

However, this price was far from Lucas's goal of $15 million, and of course it was rejected, and the two Cammels also felt insulted, so they had to look for a buyer. Lucas gave them a deadline to disband the department if no buyer was found before the end of the year.

Hearing that Jobs only paid 5 million US dollars, many people were very disappointed, after all, Jobs is known as a genius, how can he only give this money, anyway, they have also participated in the production of Star Wars!

Elvi looked at Kamel, and then said to everyone, "I know something about this Mr. Lin!" ”

Seeing that everyone looked at it, Elvi said: "He's the owner of Compaq and Dell, and he also has a semiconductor company, two wafer fabs, and a packaging and testing factory. Mr. Lin is definitely a rich man, and I think his acquisition is also good for us, at least this person is not short of money! ”

A few people only then thought that there is indeed such a Chinese-American entrepreneur in the IT industry in the United States, and the Chinese all look similar, and those of them who are immersed in animation technology don't care much about business matters. However, there are still some benefits to listening to Elvie's words, at least everyone's mood has calmed down a bit.

Kamuel clapped his hands and said encouragingly: "Okay everyone, everyone work hard to do a good job in the animation part of the short film, and strive to give the new boss extra points, which will be of great help to our future career!" ”

"Oh!" The employees present smiled, anyway, with the next family, their mood is a little settled, so they don't have to worry about being fired by Lucas at any time, and they work harder. (To be continued.) )