Chapter 724: Acquisition of Pixar
Although it is still some years away from the really good rise of the country, the sooner we do this basic service industry, the more effective it will be.
In other words, the current world economy is not good, many tourist hotspots are not developed now, and the price is not too expensive.
It's just the right time for me to do it.
Jester thought about it again, this can actually be carried out at the same time as his own amusement park plan, the theme park he cooperated with Samsung, in the past few years, has developed rapidly, although the American market has always been entrenched by Disneyland, but from the past few years of income, there is a gap, but it is not too big.
It's not like other amusement parks, and they basically don't live for a few years.
However, relying on the huge influence of Mars Entertainment, the income is higher and higher every year.
In the Asian market, the Japanese market is much worse than Disney's, and even Disney's amusement park's revenue or passenger flow in the Japanese market is much greater than that of Jester's theme park in the United States.
But in the Korean market, it may be because of Samsung's relationship, but it is very successful, but South Korea's current income is not too high, and Disney has not expanded the Korean market.
The amusement park in Hong Kong is now under construction and will not be officially operational until about two years later.
For this expansion plan of Jester, now Disney is at the helm of Michael . Eisner also mocked Jester for this, saying that opening an amusement park in Hong Kong, a place where every inch of land is scarce, is the biggest mistake -- in fact, it may have been a thankless task to build such an amusement park in Hong Kong before it developed in China, but it will not take too long to see that after the new millennium, the situation will be better.
At the beginning, Disney also saw that the competition in China was getting better, and more people traveled to Hong Kong. Only then did he plan to build an amusement park in Hong Kong, and it was only in 05 years that Hong Kong Disneyland was officially put into use.
Jester was basically ten years ahead of schedule.
Jester for Michael. Eisner's ridicule is also unimpressed, he is busy with work now, and he has no time to argue with Eisner about it, and his relationship with Eisner is not good, because of the relationship with Pixar Animation Studio, the relationship with Disney is very stiff.
Jester didn't succeed in buying Pixar from Lucas, and Pixar went to Jobs.
The character of Steve Jobs. With a fierce eye, like Ken Kutaragi, he is a man who can see ten years later, and he knows that 3D animation will definitely make a lot of money in the future, so after he was kicked out by Apple, he bought Pixar Studios from Lucas, hoping to rely on this studio to rise again.
Speaking of which. Jester was angry, when Lucas wanted to sell Pixar Studios, he and Jobs both expressed great interest in him, and he was the first to contact Lucas. Moreover, the price he offered was still the highest, but in the end, Lucas still sold Pixar to
Jobs.
There's no way around it. After all, Jobs' relationship with Lucas was extraordinary.
But fortunately, Jester knew, in his memory. In the end, Jobs almost couldn't bear the financial pressure given to him by Pixar Animation, and sold it after several years of not being profitable, but fortunately, the movie "Toy Story" sold a lot of money in the end, and Pixar fully proved that the money they spent over the years was meaningful.
But Jester didn't intend to bring Jobs back to life this time.
You know, after Pixar became bigger, Disney spent a lot of money to acquire Jobs, how much did it cost? The total shares of the entire Disney market are 12 percent.
That's a terrible number.
You know, Disney is the largest film company in the entire United States, with one of the five major television stations.
After Disney acquired Pixar, Jobs' 12% stake also made him the largest individual shareholder within Disney at that time.
Earlier this year, it was reported that Jobs was ready to sell Pixar Studio, at this time Pixar Studio was in the final development of "Toy Story", which required a lot of money, and Jobs could not quit now because he had invested too much over the years.
So, he wanted to find someone to take over.
The price is not expensive, $37 million, of course, this price is not cheap, you know, when he bought Pixar from Lucas, it probably didn't cost $10 million, because Jester offered Lucas $11 million at that time.
Jobs was also happy after learning that Jester wanted to buy Pixar Studios.
He is indeed optimistic about the future of 3D animated films, and it is not false that Pixar is very promising, but the problem is that he bought Pixar from his friend Lucas in 86 and invested almost 20 million dollars, and until now, he has not made a penny, although their first movie is about to come out, but the problem is here, what if this movie does not meet expectations?
Today's audience still doesn't accept 3D animation?
How many years will you have to wait for yourself?
I have invested 30 million US dollars, almost half of the money I made from Apple, and if I fail this time, then I want to sell it again, it will be more difficult, although it will not be impossible to sell, but I still want to sell it at such a high price, it is not very realistic, but now "Toy Story" has not been released.
Whether this movie will be a success or a failure, no one can say.
So, somebody must be interested -- somebody's interested, like Jester, like Disney.
At the beginning, it was Disney who contacted Jobs, they had a partnership with Pixar Animation, and "Toy Story" was with them, as a giant of animated films, they also attached great importance to 3D animation, but the price given by Jobs was too high, $37 million, close to $40 million, and the fourth thought it lacked sincerity.
And Mike. Eisner is only willing to pay a maximum of $30 million, and the $30 million is not yet paid off in one go, and it needs to be determined by the box office of "Toy Story".
Jobs was naturally dismissive of the price.
He even felt that Disney's price was an insult to him, and that's when Jester contacted Jobs. (To be continued......)