Chapter 134: Business and non-business

Pappappap! When the founder of the image engine and Greg Holmes signed his name in Lingtong, there was an applause in the bright conference room.
The senior representatives of the two companies all smiled happily and stood up to each other. Shaking hands and congratulations: "Happy cooperation! "," Flame movie and image engine will have a bright future! "
Wang Yang, dressed in a black suit jacket, headed for Greg Holmes, shook his hand vigorously, and said with a smile: "I believe that soon, the image engine will become a first-class sustainable production company. But Gray Ge, it depends on you. "Greg chuckled and nodded confidently:" In a month's time, I will bring a whole new look to the image engine. "Wang Yang nodded with a smile:" Well, of course!",
Seeing that they separated lightly, the crowd applauded warmly. Amidst applause and laughter, Flame Movies finally completed the acquisition, and obtained 85% of the shares of the image engine at a price of 6 million. 25% of the stock is ready to be given to the talents who will join the company; at the same time, 50 million of operation and development funds are injected, including the purchase and research and development of technology, the expansion of employees, the expansion of business, etc.
The North American box office of "Junuo" was finally fixed at 212 million, and the overseas box office also had 300 million. The total global box office of 375 million US dollars, with a total of 138 million after-tax income for the flame film; The 30 million brought by the DVD, and the normal profit of the follow-up peripherals and other businesses of the movie "High School Musical 2" and other businesses, 50 million. If you do n’t spend money, the flame film can reach 300 million US dollars in cash.
However, the studio currently under construction in Vancouver has invested 50 million yuan; the production cost of "Sweetheart" is 20 million yuan; the cost of 17 million yuan that has been spent on the upcoming "High School Musical Ninth District". After completing the acquisition and injection of the image engine, Flame The movie's account also has 225.5 million dollars.
Next year's Flame Movies will have multiple large-scale film release plans, and it is expected that "High School Musical 3" will bring a profit of at least 100 million, and the money is good enough to cope. At present, the production cost of 60 million to 80 million in this Ninth District, of course, a considerable part of the money will be earned by the image engine and fell into the pocket of the special effects team formed immediately.
Now determine the backbone of joining the company "Sean Walsh, Peter Wools and others, they will become the company's commissar, and also hold key positions. For example, Sean Walsh will be the visual effects supervisor, he also Will be the computer production director of the "Ninth District", and the captain of the entire special effects team, including the need to call a modeler, cg animator, etc., to build a team that can do a good job in the "Ninth District". Team.
And Peter Wools will be the director of visual effects. His focus is to establish a new department "i & b" with Blue Sky Studio, to gather programmers and other talents, and research and development projects including 3d engine, software system, cg synthesis technology, etc .; There is also a core project that will become the company's "killer" goal in the blueprint for the near future. Which movie wants the best results in this area will say "Go to the image engine"!
This project is "creation of creatures, creative creatures like aliens in" The Ninth District ", as well as animals and insects such as wolves, tigers, lions, birds, fish, butterflies, etc. The main technology in research. Although the blue sky is a "cute" animation style, and the image engine is a real chalk style of "live", but like biological skeletonization, texture generation and texture technology of hair, clothing and other elements, etc. , Many are interlinked.
"The forthcoming establishment of Four Shao" made Chris Wakee and Peter Wools very excited, full of confidence and expectation, and said seriously and jokingly, "This will be the beginning of an image revolution! "
Expanding the company, convening talent to form new teams, researching and developing new technologies ... these are the work of Greg Boms, Sean-Walsh, Peter Wools and others.
And Wang Yang ’s work is to start the formation of the crew of the "Ninth District", and the equipment, venues, props, etc. required for filming. One of the points that science fiction movies are different from real-life movies is that many of the props need to be designed and specially made. Guns and other weapons and equipment, of course, there is also a set; after the crew has done all the preliminary work, Sean-Walsh has also assembled a support team, you can officially start shooting, this time is scheduled for early September .
After signing the contract, everyone laughed happily for a while, and ended the meeting. After Wang Yang and Max Rand sent Greg Holmes and others away, he returned to the chairman ’s office and immediately put He took off his suit and put on his shirt and trousers for summer. He stood by the floor-to-ceiling window and looked at the street scene outside.
He could feel the martial arts. The strongest day abandoned the young Dazhou week, the night will kill the god, the throne, the royal throne God will kill God God Seal Throne in the night and beg the Ao Ninth Heaven to throw away the heat waves of the young and big Zhou royal family. If it is not air-conditioned, it will have been dead!
"Go to the beach!" Wang Yang exhaled with a smile and left the office to the beach not far away, where several friends such as Jessica, Joshua, Zachary and Elin were waiting for him. I just walked out of the company door and saw Nolan coming towards me. Wang Yang raised his right hand and smiled hello: "Hey, Chris! Why are you here?"
"Yang." Nolan also greeted him. "He continued walking and said with a smile:" I'll scoop some files. "It's a matter of" Memory Fragment. "
Wang Yang nodded with a smile: "Oh," he didn't know what was going on. The company had too many affairs. That was not within his management. He only knew the approximate progress of "Mr. Hughes".
As early as April, this biographical film was officially filmed in the studio, using the order of interior view and exterior view. The current interior part is nearing completion; the starring Howard Hughes is "King of Comedy" Kim Il-Kerry. The media is really surprised, funny, exaggerated body language ... Howard Hughes? Unimaginable! But Nolan and Kim Il-Kerry both said that this was a major screen transformation.
"Chris" Um ... "Wang Yang suddenly realized something was wrong, and looked at Nolan up and down, only to see that he was wearing a white shirt and black trousers, and a black blazer, under the hair that was combed three to seven There was a layer of sweat on his forehead and a water bottle was scooped on his hand. He smiled doubtfully: "Man, take your jacket off if it's hot? "He looked at it like this, and he felt sultry all over.
Nolan shook his head gently and smiled, "It's okay, it's okay, I'm used to wearing like this." After a pause, he humorously said again: "No heat stroke.",
"Haha! Then I'm relieved." Wang Yang smiled and gave him a shoulder, pointing in the direction of the beach, and said: "I'm going to the beach to play, my girlfriend and some friends, paparazzi; swimming , Beach volleyball, do you want to come together? "Nolan said simply:" No "Thank you. ", Wang Yang nodded and smiled:" Ok, I know. Then go in quickly, the air conditioner inside is very cold! ",
He patted Nolan again on the shoulder: "Chris, see you later." Then he walked to the beach.
The news that Flame Movies acquired the image engine and built its own performance company was reported by some media that focused on the film industry the next day. This is also a new thing, because almost no independent film company will have a performance department. The reason is very simple, they are even reluctant to protect themselves, let alone develop a supportive company.
But this thing happened to the flame film, it seems that it is not surprising, ask which independent film company has an animation production subsidiary? At that time, the flame movies with assets of less than 100 million dare to "snake the elephant" and now it is common to acquire small characters such as the image engine.
However, within a few days, something worthy of some surprise happened. According to some lace gossip media reports, Wang Yang
invested erroneously
to establish a new game development company
Tinder
, and recruited famous rgp game developers Some members of the Black Island studio, no one knows what Miracle Yang is going to do, and the source is his blog, which eagerly writes: "This is great! The company has recruited a large number of outstanding employees who are full of talent and full of omissions in the game, — "
After receiving Wang Yang's invitation, Chris Taylor and others considered for half a month and finally nodded in agreement. But they demanded that they have sufficient creative freedom and stable financial support in the development of the game. Of course, Wang Yang agreed that every kind of creation needs freedom. No matter whether they require it or not, he will not be sloppy and professional. It is best for professionals, he is just a player.
With an initial investment of 15 million, he accounted for Tinder's core shares, and Chris Taylor and others held a 25% stake in technology. "Tinder's company now has to do is to find a game publisher to cooperate: also I talked to Re, who has a good relationship with Black Island Studios, to buy the right to use the game engine.
But these things can be said to have nothing to do with Wang Yang. His part as an investor has been completed. "Then these are handed over to Tinder, and Paul-Emory will also pay attention to his progress and financial situation on his behalf.
"Happy cooperation, Evan" In the spacious and elegant living room, Wang Yang smiled and looked at the black-haired white man sitting on the sofa on the left, Evan Gen Williams, 29-year-old ggen founder. Evan put down the signature pen, a trace of excitement flashed on his face, but more of the tiredness that was loosened, and finally he can pay off his father's investment! He took a long breath and smiled: "Yang, happy cooperation, thank you for your recognition of ggen."
Wang Yang waved his hands and smiled, "It's no big deal! Ggen is a very cool thing, and sooner or later it will become an important role in the network. Maybe it will be next year, many years later" but it will. "He said he extended his hand to Evan and said seriously:" Evan, continue to make ggen well! " You will all prove yourself. ",
Evan Williams smiled, filled with joy and gratitude, since he wrote on his blog about the company's situation "Everyone except me has to leave, I have received a lot of replies" including "Father of Spreadsheets" x CEO Daniel Blacklin, Daniel once suspended a transaction that would allow pyra to continue.
In the letter, Daniel said some words of encouragement, and everyone is saying words of encouragement; but one person said in addition to encouragement, "I like ggen". I hope I can become a part of pyra. "
"Thank you" Evan shook hands with Wang Yang, and said, "Thank you" Thank you! "
The reason why he agreed to the acquisition was that the company needed money, but it was not unsustainable, so everyone resigned and did not use the office anymore. All he had to pay was "his own job ... "There is also the cost of living such as bandwidth, servers, and rent. Although in addition to the number of registered people, ggen is basically stagnant, but he can sustain it.
The reason for signing this order for the transfer of 50% of Pyra ’s shares with 2 million is that in addition to the very rich conditions, the more important thing is that Magic Yang ’s unique insights and appreciation of the blog. Pyra will be handed over to him and will not be buried And ggen will only get better and better!
"It's nothing. Wang Yang laughed and said again, seeing Evan's face as" soulful ", could not help rolling his eyes:" Please, man, don't come! " "Because the whole pyra company is Evan Williams and his apartment, after he made his intention, Evan went to San Francisco to interview from San Francisco. Everything went well. After the lawyer had written the contract, it was here. The living room is signed.
He did not choose a 100% acquisition plan, because ggen is to continue to develop, which is Evan's job, and a second largest shareholder who owns the company's shares, and a person employed to work, the mentality of the company is Quite differently, pyra needs a passion and talent!
"Two, tea and desserts are here!" At this time, Jessica came out of the dining room with tea and desserts. She smiled and put the food on the coffee table, then she sat down next to Wang Yang.
Both of them said thank you, Wang Yang scooped up a cup of tea and took a sip, looked at Evan-Williams, and smiled: "Evan, you know I will inject 3 million first. Talk about how to use them to make ggen good? Let me talk about some of my ideas first, maybe not so professional. "Jessica looked at him with interest.
Evan shook his head and chuckled, Wang Yang thought for a moment, and then said seriously: "I think our current priority is to redesign the ggen page, without intention to offend, but I think it can become more beautiful and attractive. People. "Evan Williams smiled with a" I don't mind "smile and nodded:" I have thought about this too. I have some professional artists to upgrade, but I have no money. "
"Now." Wang Yang smiled and shrugged, and continued: "I think ggen is like our home." A home on the Internet, showing its place to friends and strangers. "He looked around and smiled:" But home, be beautiful, have your own color, please be happy ..., we should find ways to make everyone think that g is his home, he will be willing Taking care of this home seems to make his g beautiful, often going to the chapter; he will also invite friends to "guest," Jessica nodded silently.
Talking, he suddenly frowned. "Isn't that right? He thought, and said:" We have to find a way to invite everyone to let ggen enter their real life circle, so our users It ’s going to be passed down ten times, ten times hundred
,, oh, viral marketing!
"This idea is great!" Aegean Williams shouted conditionedly, his face full of contemplation, and the more he thought, the more reasonable it was, saying: "Home, blog-wow, this is a good idea." Looking excitedly at Wang Yang, he said: "I used to think of online publishing, which can be published freely and freely, but it's not the only one! God, you should go for it"
Wang Yang was a bit overwhelmed and said, "Well, maybe I went to Stanford." He glanced at Jessica next to him, only to see her with a happy smile, and didn't notice any Stanford, he immediately laughed : "Evan, you know our goal is to become an important member of the network, as for the question of profitability, take your time" I did not ask. "
Evan-Williams was still very excited. He seemed to figure out something. He nodded and smiled: "Thank you! Now we have to increase the number of users, and there are more users. I think there is always a way to make money!" Wang Yang frowned. After thinking for a while, I laughed: "I heard that when I signed up with Jessica, the number of users increased." Seeing Evan nodded, he said: "I think that's the case, non-stop Invite celebrities from all aspects of society to start and use blogs, and people who like them will follow ... ""
Because of the promotion of the website, the news that Wang Yang acquired ggen "has to be publicized wildly and accepted some online media interviews:" I think blogs will infiltrate our lives in the future, which is great. Emerging communication methods, it will soon become common, everyone will use it, students, housewives, presidents, movie stars ... "
In terms of movie stars, he has invited familiar and generally known celebrities including Natalie Portman and Will Smith to open blogs, as well as the official website of Flame Film and Blue Sky Studio. Blog to update some lace information with different styles from the official website.
That's all he can do for pyra company, like other recruiting staff, how to develop, how to invite more social celebrities, etc., this is Evan Williams's work ~ EbookFREE.me ~ The effect of this round of publicity is very significant. The number of registered users has skyrocketed. More people know what a blog is. There are some concerns about gossip entertainment media: "There are many people who are not doing business in Hollywood, but they opened like this a few days ago. The game company bought a website a few days later, and this is the magical style.
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We ​​should n’t just treat him as a director and a star; do n’t forget, he ’s still a successful company this year. Home.
"Brother, seeing your handwriting these days, I suddenly want to be the boss!" There was an excited voice from Natalie on the phone. Wang Yang leaned on the balcony railing and shrugged: "Well, why?" No? "Natalice thought over there:" Well-I want to set up an independent film company! But not now, I still have to study. "Wang Yang laughed:" ok. "
"Well, the company's name is called, just the place ..." Natalie thought for a while and suddenly said with joy: "Yes, the handsome Charlie Film Company!"
"Oh, handsome Charlie, a good name!" Wang Yang nodded and asked suspiciously: "But which Charlie? The British one?" Natalie smiled grinningly, "No, it's not!" Charlie is my dog. "
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