The film industry is a place where geniuses are inseparable and worshipped, and geniuses can change the ecology of the industry on their own.

There are many geniuses in Hollywood, and the most admired is the China from the Far East, as well as George Lucas, Steven Spielberg, James Cameron, ....... Of course, in Hollywood, there is also a fat New Zealand man, Peter Jackson, who is also called a genius because he made the crazy "Lord of the Rings"!

In 1993, in order to create special effects for his new film "Angel of Sin", New Zealand director Peter Jackson and his friend Richard Taylor co-founded Weta Studios. At the time, the company had only one computer, and Jackson was a master storyteller with a lot of outlandish ideas and a penchant for controlling visuals; Taylor and he have a similar smell, and Guò's expertise in makeup, sets, and computer special effects helped him realize these ideas.

From Hollywood's point of view, "Angel of Sins" is a small-budget movie, but Jackson and his Weta partners have done big things for a small amount of money and made a film that can be considered a classic, and its visual effects can breathe the hearts of Hollywood veterans. However, even so, at the time, Weta was just a small special effects company.

The success of "Angel of Sin" attracted the attention of connoisseurs, and a Hollywood film company approached Jackson, that is, New Line Films, a subsidiary of Time Warner Media.

Robert Saya, the founder and chairman of the new line, and a veteran producer, decided to make "The Lord of the Rings" into a trilogy, and with a "Angel of Sin" that cost only $5 million, he asked Peter Jackson to direct this blockbuster, which is truly a moonshot adventure in the film industry! What's even more incredible is that Saya actually agreed to Jackson's various non-governmental requests, including that the film should be shot in New Zealand, and the special effects and post-production should also be handed over to Jackson's Vita, rather than to the authority in the industry, Industrial Light & Magic.

It was Robert Saya's adventure this time, not only for only 93 million US dollars, to make a masterpiece that needs at least 140 million in Hollywood, but also to make Weta Studio swelled into Weta Company, becoming the second largest in the film special effects industry after light and shadow. Ironically, Weta succeeded five years later, and the original industrial light and magic had become a thing of the past, forcibly swallowed up by light and shadow special effects.

In a sense, it can be said that Robert made Weta Studios, and Weta Studios made New Line Companies. It is the perfect cooperation between the two sides that makes New Line Company faintly have the atmosphere of becoming a new giant in Hollywood, and Weta Company has also begun to have the possibility of challenging light and shadow special effects. However, with the outbreak of the infringement crisis of "The Lord of the Rings 2", the cooperation between the two sides has finally come to an end.

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Clifton's acquisition of Weta was, in Charried's view, nothing more than a façade. As long as the shares are sold to them, it is estimated that the ensuing transfer of shares will be transferred to the light and shadow company in exchange for an out-of-court settlement of the "Lord of the Rings 2" infringement case.

'Hmm', Clifton also took a sip of half-cold coffee, pretending not to hear Charride's sarcasm, and said in his heart: "Charride, as long as we get over this for a while, our company will pay the balance immediately." We've been working together for five years, and don't we have any trust? ”

"Hehe", Charried laughed a few times and continued to mock: "Mr. Clifton, your company can't even afford to pay the final payment, do you still have the strength to buy our company?" ”

Clifton hated this way of talking, but he had to keep talking, because the Lord of the Rings 2 issues had to be resolved, or the new line would get into big trouble. Spending tens of millions of dollars to re-establish the system, and spending tens of millions of dollars to re-publicize and issue it, it will not be passed by the board of directors in the first place.

"Ok, I'll tell you the truth, I've been looking for China Ming,......"

"Impossible!"

When Charried heard half of it, he screamed out in a gaffe, how could there be such a coincidence in the world?

"Nothing is impossible, I have seen his work notes from seven years ago, and I have also seen his unopened copyright packet. Charried, do you think that with his position today, he could be using this to deceive us?

If you don't believe me, I can take you to him, or I can accompany you to the Intellectual Property Protection Office and open the parcel together. ”

I thought that this incident was just a despicable use by the other party, but I didn't expect it to be God's trick. Charried's face was like ashes, and it took a long time to raise his head with difficulty, looking at Clifton opposite, not knowing what to do.

Clifton felt the same way, he was at Sun Ziming's house yesterday, and he also had this sense of powerlessness, but he covered it up better.

"Charried, the other party must have used some means, and we all know this. The problem is that we can't get evidence for those methods, and we don't even have the possibility of asking reporters to question them. ”

yes, that's what makes Charried lose his temper, the contrast between seven years and five years is terrible. As Clifton said, if the other side is so successful, it is impossible to threaten himself with a lie that can be lightly debunked.

When Charridate calmed down, Clifton changed a cup of hot coffee for him, and said helplessly: "My friend, you have also seen the results of the calculation just now, for our new line company, the best result is to settle out of court, otherwise the company will be in big trouble." ”

Charried didn't drink the mellow coffee, but swallowed his saliva and said with difficulty: "What conditions did the other party offer?" ”

Clifton shook his head slowly, "No, the other party didn't say anything. Charride, if you were the other party, what conditions would you make? ”

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"Why is this happening?"

"Why isn't that?"

Peter Jackson's conversation with his old friend Charilled Taylor is like a tongue twister, but it makes Peter feel like the sky is about to fall.

This time, the new line company encountered such trouble, and Charles was prepared for the possibility that his company might be betrayed and sacrificed. As soon as Peter told him the truth about the probabilities, he immediately flew to the United States, ready to find his previous business connections to finance the company in order to survive this difficult period.

However, this is not the point, funding for technology companies has never been a problem, as long as the technology is ahead, there will be a large number of investors waving checks and offering to help, the focus is on Peter's genius inspiration!

Weta is very much like light and shadow and light magic special effects, and Peter's role is like James + Lucas, he is the brain of the whole company, responsible for providing all kinds of ideas and ideas; Others helped him realize those great ideas, and in the process of realizing them, the company grew tremendously.

The similarity between 'Gollum' and 'Gollum' not only proved to be a misunderstanding of God, but also showed that the expression capture technology that Weta had painstakingly developed was not unique to them at all, and it was very likely to be surpassed by others in a short period of time. To make matters worse, the light and shadow companies are starting to kill their competitors, and this incident is just the beginning.

If the company is not sold to them, the future follow-up moves will be endless, and it is impossible to guard, because the other party has at least three geniuses who are not weaker than Peter, or even more genius than him - China Ming, Lucas, and James.

I don't know how long later, Charled Taylor, who had a big brain, got up, opened the window on the balcony, let the cool night breeze blow into the smoky living room, and looked helplessly at Peter Jackson, who was hanging his head.

Peter is not only a director who wants to bring his ideas to the big screen, but also a dreamer who wants to create miracles like light and magic. Otherwise, it wouldn't have just become a little famous, so it asked the new line company to hand over the special effects of "The Lord of the Rings" to the workshop-like Weta Studio five years ago.

If you accept Clifton's construction and hand over the controlling stake of the company, the Vita that everyone has worked so hard to build will become a vassal of light and shadow special effects, and it will never be a legend again!

But don't you agree to Clifton's persecution?

For the filming of The Lord of the Rings, Weta hired a large number of people and produced countless props, costumes, sets, models, and sculptures, all of which were used in the trilogy rather than the two. If the other party cancels the cooperation of the third part, not only will the company face a lot of losses, leaving only a pile of useless garbage, but also will be forced to lay off a large number of employees, and send those outstanding talents who have been cultivated with great difficulty into light and shadow special effects.