New Line paid an unspecified amount of damages to independent producer Jeffrey Turkglou, and the two parties reached an out-of-court settlement, and the infringement of "The Lord of the Rings 2" was finally satisfactorily resolved. A few days later, Hollywood revealed another heavy news - the case of Light and Shadow Company's acquisition of Vita.

This is not a good thing, light and shadow special effects were originally dominant in the industry, and now they have acquired the competitors who have just emerged, and they must not be allowed to monopolize this industry in the future?

For a while, there was a lot of gossip in Hollywood, and many film producers and investors were accusing light and shadow companies of monopoly. The pervasive reporter did not put forward a conjecture that this was a conspiracy by the light and shadow company against the new line, with the purpose of forcing the Weta special effects company to death, but it was denied by all parties involved.

Even Charried, the general manager of Weta Company, asked reporters rhetorically, 'Weta has a market value of less than $700 million, and we have now sold 51% of our shares for 380 million, and there are two directorships of Light and Shadow Company, do you think this deal is worth it?' ’

Value!

Everyone thought it was worth it, and even Peter, who had been cornered for a while, felt that the deal was very fair. If the light and shadow company had opened such a bargaining chip earlier, maybe it wouldn't have been so troublesome, and he would have taken the initiative to persuade his old friend to surrender.

Is it really worth it?

Not necessarily!

After the acquisition agreement was signed, Sun Ziming and James both breathed a sigh of relief, and the technology of 'expression capture' was in hand.

In the next ten years, the special effects of the film will be a unique show of the light and shadow company. Don't look at the light and shadow, I have also developed the 'expression capture' technology, but the effect is significantly different from Veta's. That is, the other party panicked for a while and didn't think about it, otherwise this technology alone would be more than 400 million US dollars.

However, Jill and Lucas still have a lot of complaints about the purchase amount, feeling that the bid is too high, and it is completely possible to lower the price in a situation like the other party. As soon as everyone opened the champagne, Lucas talked about Sun Ziming's 'generosity', and it was always yin and yang.

"Lucas, that's why I said you're not as good as Ming!"

"Of course, he only spent 300 million to deal with it, but he spent 380 million, of course I am not as good as him."

The two are used to fighting, and everyone doesn't care, but Peter and Charlide, two new partners, feel a little embarrassed. Sun Ziming poured champagne for the two of them, and whispered: "You should watch the stage play, if they want to meet without quarrel, that is, the sun is coming out of the west." ”

Lucas and James immediately stopped arguing, and they all gave Sun Ziming a middle finger, and went to Douglas with a wine glass to care about the construction of the website.

Douglas, who was serving everyone, was waiting for this opportunity, and after they asked, he hurriedly came over and asked: "Boss, the current network speed has reached 512K, and there is still a little gap from practicality." Cisco called in the morning and asked for more funding, and we didn't have enough money. And, Peter and the others? ”

Kayo Sato, who received the call the day before yesterday, said quietly: "Boss, do you want to discuss this matter with Miss Jill?" ”

These two guys have a lot of hearts, Sun Ziming called Jill over funny, discussed a few words in a low voice, and explained to Peter: "The shareholders of our company have engaged in an Internet project ....... If you are interested in participating, you can buy shares according to the average number of people, and if you don't, forget it. ”

Peter just wanted to refuse, but Charlie next to him grabbed the words: "But we don't have any money, the money from the sale of shares has to be distributed to everyone, and we have to repay the bank loan." ”

Just got 380 million, the thin-skinned Peter felt that his face was hot, but Sun Ziming didn't care about Charlide's careful eyes. Peter Jackson is a genius, for such a person, it's too late to win over himself, how can he care about a little profit?

"It's okay, if you want to buy a stake, just look for Douglas. I'll help you advance the shares, and when the time comes, it will be deducted from the dividends. ”

"Ming, me".

Sun Ziming is so generous, Peter is really embarrassed. Charlid's meaning, he knew very well in his heart, that was to test China Ming, whether it would treat the future Weta Company like Lucas and Industrial Light and Magic. After all, Weta's strength is much worse than the original industrial light and magic, in case someone gets the technology and then closes the company, wouldn't it hurt a lot of friends?

Sun Ziming patted Peter on the shoulder, slapped the people in the conference room with his mouth, and interrupted him: "Peter, how much do you think they paid?" These bastards all took out the start-up capital, and the rest was me padding, and according to them, I was poor and only had money left. ”

Chris next to him also smiled: "Peter, as long as you join our light and shadow, you don't have to worry about anything else in the future except for work." ”

Charride, who has always been a little worried, is finally relieved that the light and shadow company has accepted everyone, not just everyone's technology. Lucas and James, who helped with the performance, are also relieved, the film industry needs talent, and Peter Jackson is a genius in everyone's eyes. If a talented director like this can take the initiative to integrate into this group, it is much better than forcing him to join.

After everyone held a small celebration ceremony, Jill took advantage of everyone's presence to report about the online theater by the way.

"We have entered into an agreement with Netflix to acquire a 71% stake in Netflix for $300 million in cash plus a portion of the company's stock......."

"Jill, aren't we doing online theaters, why do we buy VCD leasing companies?"

Jill turned his head and laughed a few times before explaining, "Roland, we need to get permission for those films and shows. If any company doesn't license Netflix, we're going to urge unions to sue them! Hehehe, we have just persuaded those small VCD lessors to set up an industry union to facilitate negotiations with major TV stations and film companies. ”

Vicious!

VCD retail and leasing chain enterprises used to be in the hands of big TV stations and big producers, and the lowest rental stores were operated in the form of franchises.

Hmph, now TV stations and producers have content in their hands, and VCD leasing industry unions have channels in their hands, and everyone has to discuss what they think. When the network technology can meet the requirements, Netflix will become an online store for content provided by major TV stations and producers!

After reporting the online theater, James Cameron took Peter and Charride to his office. The matter of online theaters, it is all a trivial matter, it is nothing more than going public when the time comes, cashing out, and making money. Now that the 'expression capture' technology is in hand, and there is another guy who likes to be whimsical, some of his previous ideas may be realized.

Jill watched the three of them leave, and had a bit of a headache about the issue they were about to discuss, that idea might burn hundreds of millions of dollars!

"Boss, are you really bullish?"

"It doesn't matter, just don't let him waste money, even if it fails, it can promote the progress of technology."

Sun Ziming responded casually, beckoned to Li Rui and Douglas in the distance, and the three of them also went to his own office. The acquisition of Weta was a smooth one, but Douglas said that Robert Egger had shown up and that he had to figure it out. Shantino's gang suffered such a big loss, it is impossible that they have no sense of revenge at all, right?

, that's on someone else's turf. If you want to change to Hong Kong, it's a big deal, everyone put on a posture to see who can beat whom?

However, having said that, when he returned to the office, Li Rui and Douglas inquired about the situation, and Sun Ziming couldn't help but feel numb in his scalp. I didn't think about it last time, with the background and strength of Shantino's bastard, as well as his manipulation that never suffers, is this thing so easy to be good?