Hollywood legendary director - 495 Chapter 490 I want to (for subscription, tickets)

Whenever people recall the beauty of the past with the topic of “thinking of the past”, for some people, the contrast between the past and the present is particularly cruel.

Once like-minded partners, because of a little interest, they split up and stay away from each other. When they remember the past, they will only look embarrassed…

Lehman asked seriously: “Why no one takes over the shares in the digital field? Your special effects technology should be pretty good in the industry.”

“Because all the special effects companies have not matured their profit models. For those investors, the profit models are not perfect, and the special effects companies are burning money. The output depends on whether the studio has demand, whoever Will they be willing to take over? As for the special effects companies in the industry, they can do the work themselves, so why increase the burden?”

Lehman was very satisfied with Scott’s frankness. He pretended to think about it before he said: “However, I am still very optimistic about the future of special effects. If possible, I would like to invest in the digital field.”

Scott was silent for a while, and then said: “If you don’t make a profit for a long time, but you invest a lot, would you like it too? I don’t want to have a relationship with the second friend whom I can talk to.”

Scott felt that Lehman could agree with his optimism about the future of visual effects, and he still had a good impression of this person, so instinctively, he didn’t want him to be like Cameron, and he would only have melancholy and doubt when he develops later.

After all, speaking of it, anyone who keeps investing money without getting the corresponding economic effect will be very upset.

Cameron is not Scott, Scott is a professional technician. The love comes from the heart. Otherwise, he would not leave Industrial Light & Magic to start a new business, and he has never thought of leaving the digital field.

Lehman said with a generous tone of money, and said very firmly: “Of course I am willing, otherwise I will not ask you out. It is precisely because I am optimistic about this industry that I am determined to invest, perhaps in the future. At that time, the money I invested now may not be worth mentioning.”

Well, the market value of the digital field is now more than 300 million, and the future will be the second year of “Avatar”. In 2011, the market value will exceed 700 million.

It is still that the digital field has not made much progress, and the valuation has soared with the progress of the times when relying on the situation of living and dying.

Like Weta Digital, the current market value is 600 million, and it will rise to 3 billion in the future, and it will continue to rise.

Of course, the shareholders of Weta Digital are too powerful and rooted in New Zealand. They are protected by government policies and cannot become a major shareholder at all, so Lehman did not take it as a target.

It may be said that Scott’s confidence is based on the future of industry technology. As for Lehman, it is pure time to verify all this.

In other words, he holds shares in the digital field, no matter how bad it is, an Indian brother will take over in 11 years, and he can still make money.

It is the best time for him to enter the field now. According to the current situation, if Cameron is willing to make a move, it will be easier to negotiate the price.

Lehman watched Scott not speak, and then continued: “I promise that I will not be too involved in the management of the company, and I will support the development of new technologies as far as I can, as long as it is not too demanding.”

He paused: “However, I am willing to invest in order to obtain absolute controlling rights in the company. Even if Cameron is willing to make a move, it seems…”

Sco features nodded his head: “I can reduce my holdings, or I can contact board shareholders to let some investors cash out. They are also willing. But I hope the company can be stable and the management will not change blood.”

“Of course, the digital field is a technology company that needs professional people to lead it. I can promise you that there will be no changes to other personnel except for sending the financial department to review.”

Scott heaved a sigh of relief and listened to Lehman continuing: “Then, I hope to make this happen as soon as possible. If this deal is concluded, I will invest at least $50 million in the research and development of special effects technology. It is written into the contract and can also be disclosed to the management.”

Then, as soon as this sentence came out, with specific financial guarantees, Scott already thought that the company personnel would be happy from the heart, and smiled: “In that case, well, I will contact the management and board shareholders, Come up with the specific regulations as soon as possible. As for Cameron…”

“I will find a time to contact myself. I think if I spend 50 million to buy 18% of his shares, he should be willing.”

“Maybe it doesn’t take that much. Both he and Industrial Light & Magic’s offer of 45 million US dollars were rejected. In the past few years, he has not invested much before and after. Compared with the initial capital investment of less than 10 million, he has already made a profit. Arrived.”

“Negotiating? What I just said is my bottom line. It would be better if I could start at a lower price. However, Scott, you can’t just look at how much you invest in doing business. Jobs spent it at the beginning. Less than 20 million is in Pixar’s studio, but now the market value is so high, can he only be easily persuaded to quit with one sentence? Getting rich overnight, shouldn’t it be the American dream that the Americans pursue?”

“There is no such thing as getting rich overnight.” Scott didn’t care.

But thinking that Lehman is a Frenchman, maybe it was some of his stereotypes about the United States, so I didn’t say much.

After all, the American dream is worthy of media coverage not just because it is too difficult to cross classes.

If the class is not solidified, why bother about the American dream.

After drinking and eating, Scott left.

After sending him away, Lehman went all the way back to Firefly Pictures and saw that Thomas was still busy editing “The Mist”, and he went to help.

Being able to invest in the digital field will definitely increase the strength and profitability of Firefly Pictures.

Lehman became more optimistic as he thought about it. He was humming the editing material of the small song, and seeing Ryan strode over from the corridor, he was also very happy to watch.

Lehman greeted him, and then asked, “Seeing you are happy, is there any good news?”

Ryan met Lehman a lot when he was inconsistent, stopped, and said to himself: “Do you care about the PR of “Million Dollar Baby”? Also, the screening of “The Walking Dead” Now the fourth episode is aired, and the ratings have exceeded 30 million viewers. The situation is very good.”

“Oscar matter, even if we want to intervene, there is no way out. It’s not about Warner’s arrangements. Furthermore, even if we get the Oscars, the benefit of the big picture is the effect of Warner’s public relations, and it is not something we can get. What do we need to worry about? As for the poor results of “The Walking Dead”, perhaps we should be worried. Isn’t it right that the results are good?”

Ryan thought to himself: Good fellow, let you pretend to be forced.What is supposed to be?

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