Chapter 494： in those days

Whenever people recall the beauty of the past with the topic of "thinking about the past", for some people, the contrast between the past and the present is especially cruel.

Once like-minded partners parted ways because of a little interest, they never get along with each other, and recalling the past will only appear to be embarrassing...

Lehmann asked seriously: "Why is no one taking over the shares in the digital field? Your special effects technology should be pretty good in the industry, right?"

"Because all the special effects companies have not yet matured their profit models. For those investors, the profit models are not perfect, and the special effects companies are burning money. The output itself depends on whether the studio has demand or not. Who cares? Will they be willing to take over? As for the special effects companies in the industry themselves, 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 saying, "However, I am still very optimistic about the future of the special effects field. If possible, I would like to invest in the digital field."

Scott was silent for a while, and then said: "If you can't make money for a long time, but invest a lot, would you like it? I don't want to have a deadlock with the second friend I can talk to."

Scott felt that Lyman 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 in the future.

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

Cameron is not Scott, Scott is a professional technician, that kind of love comes from the heart, otherwise, he would not leave ILM to start a new business, and he has never thought about leaving the digital field.

Lehmann said with a tone of rich and rich money, and said very firmly: "Of course I would, otherwise I would not ask you out. It is precisely because I am optimistic about this industry that I make up my mind to invest, maybe in the future. At that time, the money I put in now may not be worth mentioning.”

Well, the market value of the digital field is now more than 300 million yuan, and the future will be the second year of "Avatar"'s popularity. In 2011, the market value exceeded 700 million yuan.

Still, there has not been much achievement in the digital field, and the valuation has soared with the progress of the times while relying on the survival of the living.

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

Of course, the shareholders of Weta Digital are too powerful, and they are rooted in New Zealand and protected by government policies.

Perhaps, Scott's confidence is based on the future of industry technology. As for Lehmann, time will test all of 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 will still be able to make money.

He is entering the market now, which is the best time. According to the current situation, under the premise that Cameron is willing to make a move, it is better to negotiate the price.

Seeing that Scott didn't speak, Lehmann continued: "I promise, I will not interfere too much with the management of the company, and I will support the research and development of new technologies within my ability, as long as it is not too demanding."

He paused: "However, I am willing to invest in order to get the absolute controlling stake in the company, even if Cameron is willing to make a move, it seems..."

Scott nodded: "I can reduce my holdings, or I can contact the shareholders of the board of directors to let some investors cash out. They are also willing. But I hope that the company will be stable and the management will not undergo major changes."

"Of course, the digital field is a technology company, and it needs professional people to lead it. I can promise you that other than sending the financial department to review, other personnel will not change."

Scott breathed a sigh of relief, and then listened to Lehman continue: "Then, I hope this matter can be facilitated as soon as possible. If this deal is reached, I will invest at least 50 million US dollars in the research and development of special effects technology, which can be Written in the contract, it can also be disclosed to management.”

Well, as soon as this sentence came out, with the specific funding guarantee, Scott had already thought that the company's personnel would feel the joy from the heart, and also smiled: "In this case, well, I will contact the management and the shareholders of the board of directors, Come up with specific regulations as soon as possible, as for Cameron's side..."

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

"Maybe it won't take so much. His offer of $45 million from Industrial Light & Magic was rejected. In recent years, he has not invested much. Compared with the investment of less than 10 million at the beginning, he has already made a lot of money. arrive."

"Negotiating, what I just said is already my bottom line. If I can start at a lower price, it will be better. However, Scott, when doing business, you can't just look at how much you put in. Jobs spent it at the beginning. Less than 20 million is in the Pixar studio, but now the market value is so high, can it be easy to persuade him to quit with just one sentence of earning it? Getting rich overnight should not be the American dream pursued by Americans?”

"There's no such thing as getting rich overnight Scott doesn't care.

But thinking that Lehmann is French, perhaps because of some of his stereotypes about the United States, he didn't say much.

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

If the class is not solidified, why blow the American dream.

After drinking and eating, Scott left.

After sending him off, Lehmann returned to Firefly Pictures all the way, saw that Thomas was still busy editing "The Mist", and went over to help.

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

The more he thought about it, the more optimistic he became. He was humming a little song to edit the material, and he was very happy to see Ryan striding down the corridor.

Lehmann greeted him, and then asked, "Looking at your happy face, is there any good news?"

Ryan had seen Lehman's out-of-tune a lot more, stopped, and said to himself: "You don't care about the PR of "Million Dollar Baby" at all? Also, the screening of "The Walking Dead" , the fourth episode has only been aired, and the viewership has exceeded 30 million people, and the situation is very good."

"As for the Oscars, even if we want to intervene, there is no way for us to intervene. It doesn't depend on Warner's arrangements. Furthermore, even if we get the Oscar statuette, the big benefit is the effect of Warner's public relations, and it's not something we can get. What do we need to worry about? As for The Walking Dead's poor results, maybe we should be worried, isn't it right that the results are good?"

Ryan thought to himself: My dear, I made you pretend to be a coward again. What is supposed to be?

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