Shen Li smiled after hearing this, and then said to Zhou Xingxing simply and clearly, "The box office results are too poor, of course I have considered it." Therefore, in terms of special effects production for films, I plan to buy the European special effects giant Framestore into the group. ”

Shen Li's bombshell, dropped two in a row. The first is a direct investment of 500 million yuan! The second is the acquisition of "European special effects giant Framestore"!

In other words, anyone who mixes in the film and television industry, whether Chinese or foreigners, is very familiar with those well-known special effects companies in the world.

Especially those companies that rank in the top three. For example, Industrial Light & Magic in the United States, Weta Digital in New Zealand, and Framestore in the United Kingdom!

After listening to Shen Li's words, Zhou Xingxing looked at Shen Li's eyes in a little surprise and asked, "Framestore special effects company?" is that special effects company that has participated in "Avatar", "Doctor Strange", and "Harry Potter"?"

"Well, yes. Shen Li replied without hesitation. Considering the development of the group's film industry in the future, he originally wanted to open his own special effects company. But it's too tiring to set up, and the domestic special effects technology is not mature, so it is always jokingly called Wumao by netizens.

So through the welfare game, Shen Li successfully contacted Robster, the CEO of Framestore. At present, the two parties are negotiating the final transaction amount.

History is always strikingly similar, and Framestore was acquired by Chinese capital for $187 million at the end of 2016. Therefore, some time ago, the relationship between the game was almost not hindered, and it contributed to the acquisition negotiation between the two parties.

Master Xing, hearing this, I can't help but think that if the special effects of his movie "Mermaid" can be as cool and gorgeous as "Doctor Strange". In terms of the quality of the movie, it will be even better!

"Shen Li, can I take the liberty of asking you how much it cost to acquire Framestore?" Among many domestic directors, Zhou Xingxing can be said to be the first batch of directors to use special effects.

1998's "Storm and Storm Dominates the World" was the first film in China to use special effects. and "Shaolin Football", released in 2001, is the second in China.

When filming "Shaolin Football", Zhou Xingxing specially bought a set from the United States, and the machine for shooting special effects pictures, more than 500 special effects shots in the film, all of which were personally supervised. So for movie special effects, Zhou Xingxing can also be regarded as a hardcore enthusiast.

"The amount has not yet been fully agreed. It's expected to be around 1 billion. "Shen Li, I didn't mean to pretend to be forced in front of Zhou Xingxing. It's just that what he said is true.

"$1 billion?" Xing Ye usually doesn't manage the company much, so he doesn't know much about the market value of some companies.

Shen Li was stunned by his question, if it was 1 billion US dollars, it would be 9 times more expensive than in the previous life......!

"It's not dollars, it's RMB! It's just a special effects company, not a film and television company. Shen Li replied very patiently.

"Oh! I made a mistake, huh. Xing Ye said with a teachable smile.

It is precisely because of this exchange that Shen Li also saw another side of Zhou Xingxing. The original "Domestic Lingling Paint", "Truant Weilong", and "Tang Bohu Dots Autumn Fragrance" were the suave and laughing young man. As if in the blink of an eye, he became the middle-aged man with white hair and a little sadness in his smile.

And Shen Li, who is a reborn, can feel Zhou Xingxing, the regret and infatuation in his eyes...... But he won't break it, after all, many things have to be understood by himself......

After this meeting and chat, Shen Li and Director Zhou Xingxing have basically confirmed that Wanli Entertainment invested in the filming of the movie "Mermaid". Including the process of acquiring the European giant special effects company Framestore, there is only one final step left, finalizing the amount.

On Friday afternoon, Shen Li's office received a call from his assistant Li Ke, "Mr. Shen, Robert, the president of Framestore, called and said that he was willing to sell all the shares of the company at a price of 153 million US dollars, do you think?"

The reason why it was the president of the other party contacted Shen Li's assistant, not Shen Li himself. The reason is because, after more than a year of development, now the business company of Wanli Group, any one of them, can kill Framestore in terms of market value!

Douyu TV, with a market value of 10 billion!Chestnut Game, with a market value of 9 billion!Station B, with a market value of 7 billion!Douyin APP, with a market value of 4.5 billion!

"Is 153 million US dollars? is about 1 billion yuan?" Shen Li has an aura of wisdom, and he calculates quite quickly at a critical time.

"Well, that's right, Mr. Shen! That's 1 billion yuan!" assistant Li Ke replied on the phone.

"Okay, let's buy it. "The $153 million is nearly 10% cheaper than the $178 million in the previous life. So Shen Li, naturally, he didn't need to think much about it and bought it directly.

"Okay, okay, Mr. Shen, then I'll tell Mr. Robster!" Assistant Li Ke has been following Shen Li for almost two years. But every time the boss Shen Li decided to buy the company and smash tens of millions, hundreds of millions, Li Ke always felt that the boss was not smashing money, but ...... Lonesome...... How lonely is invincible......

A week later, Shen Li's Wanli Group successfully acquired European special effects giant Framestore for 153 million US dollars (1 billion yuan). And, at the same time, Xinghui Film and Television Company also announced that Xing Ye's upcoming fantasy movie "Mermaid" will reach an in-depth cooperative relationship with Wanli Entertainment......

The two major news, which shocked the domestic entertainment industry at the same time, made those film and television peers, as well as major media, pay attention to Shen Li's Wanli Group again!

"The European special effects giant Framestore was acquired by Wanli Group for 1 billion yuan? This Shen Li seems to be playing a big game of chess!"

"Xing Ye's "Mermaid", at this time, announced that he would cooperate with Wanli Entertainment. With Framestore's special effects technology, it's almost like a tiger with wings for Wanli Entertainment... Besides, that Shen Li still has so many super IPs in his hands!"

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Many people in the industry know that Shen Li has many super-scale copyrights in his hands and has not yet prepared for filming. For example, "Zhu Xian", "The Legend of Mortal Immortals", "Breaking the Sky" and so on. These IPs all require special effects technical support. Now he has acquired the European giant Framestore Special Effects. From a long-term point of view, it is definitely a good business that only makes money and does not lose money!

So they had to admire Shen Li's long-term vision, and felt that every step he had taken in the past two years seemed to be as accurate as it had been calculated.