At the beginning of summer, the climate in Los Angeles was pleasant, and Sun Ziming filmed "Apollo 13" for a week, and returned to the manor to tend to his vegetable garden, but next to Benjamin Reno, who had just taken office a few days ago.

"The hustle and bustle of the world is all for profit, and the hustle and bustle of the world is for profit. Everyone in the world has a heart for fame and fortune, and a proper sense of fame and fortune is conducive to the development of a career, but if you chase fame and fortune too much, you will miss your future. Baruch Spinoza said: 'The glory of complacency is in fact illusory, not really glorious'. We should treat fame and fortune with a relatively calm mind and not let our minds exceed the appropriate temperature. ”

Baruch Spinoza? Benjamin, who was clumsily tying wires, didn't remember who he was for a while, and Jiang Peng, who was helping to build a melon shed next to him, reminded in a low voice: "The Jewish philosopher in the Netherlands wrote "Ethics" and "The Theory of Intellectual Improvement". ”

Benjamin smiled, he really didn't know, let alone read "Ethics" and "The Theory of Intellectual Improvement". These two books, at first hearing, are the kind of tomes in the library, and if you are not a person who specializes in philosophy, who has the patience to read them?

Sun Ziming has never seen those boring tomes, but when he was a student, there was a kind of booklet called "Famous Quotes" taken out of context, and everyone liked to pick some of them and put them in their essays to prove their erudition, but he still enjoyed Benjamin's reverent gaze. Life is like a play, you have to get used to playing this kind of role, since it is playing, then you must 'fake when it is true and false, and true and false when it is true'.

With the assistance of two helpers, Sun Ziming finally set up the winter melon shed, washed his hands under the faucet next to him, and took the two of them to sit under the tulip tree to rest.

Sun Ziming took out his cigarette, "Do you smoke?" ”

"Thank you", Benjamin unceremoniously took one, and the three of them began to smoke and chat.

Sun Ziming and Jiang Peng are very satisfied with Benjamin, he is indeed very capable and connected, and within a few days of taking office, he not only won the special effects business of "007", but also snatched the business of "Star River" from the mouth of industrial light and magic. When Jiang Peng talked about this on the phone, Sun Ziming had a hunch that maybe this Benjamin could bring the light and shadow special effects to a considerable height, because he was too familiar with the rules in Hollywood. However, before relying on him, everyone has to talk about it.

"Your failure at MGM is to ignore the role of the little people, and this time you won the special effects of "007: Tomorrow's Empire", and you also got the help of the little people. What do you mean by a big shot? Without the foil of the little people, how can there be any big people? ”

Benjamin, who was close to the ear, was not complacent because of the victory, but listened to the teachings of Sun Tzu Ming like a primary school student. It's not that Benjamin is inexperienced and incapable, and it's not that he's currying favor with his new boss, it's really because Sun Ziming is too successful, and people can't help but take his words as good words from the bottom of their hearts.

Sun Ziming lit another cigarette on Jiang Peng's lighter, and said with emotion: "You white people are too pragmatic and take everything too seriously. This mode of thinking has allowed you to create a developed modern industrial civilization, but it has turned the warmth between people in an agricultural society into a cold exchange of interests.

We Chinese are too well-informed, and those who can do things often can't get the respect they deserve, but those who can make relationships can soar. ”

After a few sighs, Sun Ziming turned the topic back to work, "The management method of our light and shadow is different from that of other companies. In life, we advocate that everyone is a friend, and everyone should unite and help each other. There is no problem with your ability, even if Sena secretly helps you, you can win the project of "007", not to mention "Starship Troopers". I just hope that in the future, I will pay attention to the following: communicate with the employees more after work, and don't turn the special effects company into a second MGM. No matter how the times develop and how science and technology advance, the human factor always comes first. ”

Benjamin nodded his head again and again, and with the success of Sun Ziming and the group of directors, actors, and screenwriters he brought out, the so-called 'light and shadow system' was produced. In Hollywood's many film companies, the employees of Light and Shadow are the most united, diligent, and have the most sense of belonging to the company. Even employees who were dismissed because of dereliction of duty and people who left because of personal ideals are nostalgic for the working atmosphere of light and shadow, and will take the initiative to cooperate with light and shadow.

In particular, the working atmosphere of special effects companies is very similar to those IT companies in Silicon Valley, which emphasize innovation and cooperation while emphasizing people-oriented. In Hollywood, you can often hear gossip news similar to China Ming and James Cameron arguing, or James and Tim throwing things in the office. Until now, if you haven't heard such news for a while, everyone seems to be missing something when they have a party.

The three chatted for a while, and Benjamin also understood what Sun Ziming meant, although he is the general manager of the special effects company, he is only responsible for daily affairs management and pulling business for the company, as for what the technicians want to do and how to do it, don't care.

Jiang Peng took over the conversation and broke the secret that the company's cost was much lower than that of industrial light and magic, "Yes, professional things will be done by professional people." The company's administrative staff only serve them, not manage them. Our special effects company says that it is a company, but in fact, it is more like a research institution, and our real special effects production is not in the United States but in Chinese mainland. ”

Benjamin silently read it a few times, remembering the listing plan that Light and Shadow Film Company was preparing, and his heart set off a storm. If in the future, the special effects company also implements the shareholding and dividend system, so that the company's employees are both workers and owners, it will greatly strengthen the sense of ownership of employees, and effectively stimulate the creative potential of employees and the investment and pursuit of work.

A sudden inspiration split the fog in Benjamin's mind like lightning. God, can the boss distribute the newly acquired UTN to those former company actors, can in the near future, let the employees of the film company hold the company's shares, and the special effects company's shareholding dividends will be far away?

The sun shines through the leaves, forming bright spots on the ground, and the grandson stares at the light and dark grass for a long time, and finally decides to make a little more trouble with the old Lucas. Although the old guy is talented, his mind is still stuck in the seventies, and even capable men like Dennis Mullen and Russell Earle only get a meagre million annual salaries, which is not as much as that of Kayo Sato, who worked as an assistant to him.

"You're right or wrong, the film company will go public, but the special effects company will only implement shareholding dividends, and will not be listed. In my plan, the U.S. special effects company will eventually become an employee-owned company independent of the Light and Shadow Group. Benjamin, when a company goes public, it will be subject to financial capital. Unless you have what Bill does, the special effects company will inevitably follow in Apple's footsteps, from a promising company to a complacent company, and finally lose its original vitality. ”

Benjamin also wanted to persuade, but Jiang Peng arbitrarily interrupted: "Listen to the boss, we don't lack funds, we don't need to go public for financing, we don't lack contacts, we don't need to win over partners, and we don't need to get other resources." ”

Benjamin is not Li Rui, he doesn't have the obedience of East Asian peoples at all, and insisted: "Why?"

Sun Ziming picked up a dead branch on the ground, drew a circle on the ground, and then roughly drew the location of the United States.

"You only see the United States, and I see the world, and you only think about building an American film and television group, and I want to build a global group. Cultural differences are the biggest obstacle for our films and television to enter other countries, but human nature is the same, they all pursue sensory stimulation, and special effects have become the key. In other words, we want to open up markets in other countries, and realistic, spectacular special effects are our sharpest weapons. ”

Understood, the light and shadow special effects company is the sharpest sword in the hands of his new boss, and he will only hold it firmly in his hands.

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The conversation in the tulip grove spread throughout Hollywood within two days, becoming a headache for Lucas and the trigger for an all-out war between Digital Light and Magic and Industrial Light and Magic.