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"Good afternoon, Mr. Jobs!"

At the bar counter of Kapok Bar, Duka held a mixing glass and looked at Gang Leader Qiao who was introduced by Penelope.

Gang Leader Qiao is only 38 years old this year. He has medium-long hair and short stubble. He is wearing a black T-shirt and jeans with his hands in his pockets. He is similar to the middle-aged white-collar workers clubbing next to him.

Gang Leader Qiao also looked him up and down, stretched out his hand and shook it.

"Mr. Jin, do we want to talk here?"

"Is Mr. Jobs in a hurry? If not, why not sit down and have a drink."

Duca extended his hand to invite.

Jobs shrugged his shoulders and sat on the barstool.

"What would you like to drink, Mr. Jobs? There are cocktails, beer, red wine, sparkling wine, and I'm a professional bartender."

Duca said while holding a mixing glass.

Helper Qiao adjusted his glasses, "Just a bottle of beer!"

"OK!"

Duka smiled, took out a bottle of light beer, opened it and placed it in front of the other party.

"Mr. Jin, what is your purpose of investing in Pixar Studio? Is it just a capital investment, or are you preparing to cooperate with Pixar Studio on animated films?"

Gang Leader Qiao asked, holding a beer bottle.

"It has both. The future is the era of Internet technology. Computer animation will inevitably replace inefficient hand-drawn animation, just like color movies replaced black and white movies. Pixar Studio is a leader in this field. This is the main reason for my investment.

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Duca said.

His statement is not new. Although the Internet has not yet demonstrated its strong production capacity, almost all knowledgeable people recognize the fact that the information revolution brought by the Internet will play a great role in social and economic development.

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This has been mentioned in works such as Alvin Toffler's "The Third Wave" and Negroponte's "Digital Survival".

Although everyone knows that the Internet is a good thing, just like people in the 19th century knew that steam engines were advanced technology, not everyone can accept this change.

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At the same time, it is not clear how long the transformation process will take, which also leads to the fact that not everyone is willing to invest money and energy in advanced technological reform.

For those who are willing to invest time, energy and money in these fields, when a new era comes in the future, these people will be regarded as pioneers, pioneers and leaders.

Gang Leader Qiao sitting in front of him now is the founder of the mobile Internet era.

"Mr. Jin, are you very optimistic about computer animation design technology?"

Gang Leader Qiao stared at him and asked.

"Yes, I am a young man who likes to be exposed to new and cool things, such as computer animations with more beautiful special effects, such as Apple personal computers with cool shapes.

By the way, I also endorsed Apple’s ultrabook PowerBook Duo last year, has Mr. Jobs seen that advertisement?”

Duca asked.

Gang Leader Qiao didn't look very good. He didn't design that ultrabook. He can guarantee that his design is definitely better than the PowerBook Duo.

"Mr. Jin, since you are optimistic about computer animation technology, you should know the potential of this technology in the future animated film market. My valuation of Pixar is 220 million. Don't you think it's appropriate?"

Gang Leader Qiao said with bright eyes.

"That's right, Pixar is worth at least $1 billion."

Duca said seriously.

Gang leader Qiao was stunned for a moment, unable to grasp his rhythm.

"Mr. Jin, are you kidding?"

"No, I'm serious."

Duca smiled.

In "The Biography of Steve Jobs", it is recorded that one of Steve Jobs' magic operations was that when he first bought Pixar, Joe's boss spent 10 million, and subsequently invested 40 to 50 million.

By 1995, the financial situation of Pixar Studio was worrying, and many technical research had to be suspended.

In order to solve the problem of lack of money, Qiao Gangzhu and Lawrence Levy, Pixar's executive vice president and chief financial officer, single-handedly promoted Pixar's IPO.

At that time, Pixar's market value was less than 200 million. It coincided with the release of "Toy Story" and the box office performance was good, which made the capital market's interest in Pixar continue to rise.

Pixar's market value rose rapidly from 100 million to 1.5 billion US dollars. Jobs's net worth exceeded 1 billion. He returned to his old business and invested 1 billion US dollars to establish a computer company to compete with Apple.

Then Apple encountered a crisis and its stock fell into pieces.

In order to save Apple, the board of directors used 15% of its shares to acquire the computer company.

Jobs was invited to return to Apple as CEO and launched a counterattack.

In this process, the successful listing of Pixar Animation played an extremely important role.

So it is not nonsense for him to say that Pixar is worth one billion.

"Then 10%, 22 million, do you agree?"

Gang Leader Qiao asked.

Duka shook his head, "Too little!"

"few?"

Gang Leader Qiao frowned and expressed confusion.

"For 30% of Pixar shares, I will provide 100 million US dollars, 50 million will be paid immediately, and the remaining 50 million will be used as development investment and paid within the next year. Mr. Jobs, what do you think?"

Duca asked.

Gang Leader Qiao frowned even more tightly. Based on Pixar's current situation, 30% of the shares are worth up to 50 million, and this guy just gave him 100 million.

He was a little confused about this young man's brain.

"Are you serious?"

Jobs asked.

"Of course, if you have no problem, we will sign immediately."

Duca took out a folder from under the bar.

"For 200 million, how about selling 70% of the shares in my name to you?"

Jobs asked.

He holds a total of 76.4% of Pixar Studios shares in his name, and the rest is held by core members of the studio such as John Lasseter and Avi Ray Smith.

Duka was stunned for a moment and said to himself, "Hey guys, this is too exciting. If you take all of Gang Leader Qiao's shares, these shares will increase in value more than 30 times in 10 years."

But after thinking about it, he still refused. In Pixar Studio, although Gang Leader Qiao is not a technical backbone, he is not a core member of computer animation.

But this guy is an elite entrepreneur and a shrewd manager. Without him, Pixar Studios would not have such a smooth IPO, and other problems may arise.

The purpose of Duka's investment in Pixar is to make a fortune together with Gang Leader Qiao, and to get on Apple's big ship.

As a result, the other party directly wanted to jump off the ship and hand over the captain's position to him.

And he always likes to be the hands-off shopkeeper, so naturally he will not agree.

"Mr. Jobs, your proposal is very good, and I am very tempted, but most of my funds are in movies, and I can't come up with 200 million at the moment. How about I use 120 million to buy all the shares in your hand?"

If Jobs agreed, he wouldn't mind doing more work.

"Then $100 million for 30% of the shares."

Gang Leader Qiao picked up the beer bottle and said.

"make a deal!"

Duka smiled softly and clinked his wine glasses.

After discussing the business, Gang Leader Qiao said goodbye and left the bar without sitting around for long. The whole process from entering to exiting took less than 20 minutes.

"Duka, that guy just now is Steve Jobs who invented the Apple supercomputer?"

Penelope came over and asked.

"It's him!"

Duca smiled.

"Do you also know about computers? I see you are very engaged in chatting."

Penelope said.

"You are wrong. You are not involved at all. It's so embarrassing."

Duka shook his head. The two of them were from different circles and had nothing in common. They had just chatted for more than ten sentences, but none of them were on the same channel. The atmosphere seemed rather awkward.

After finalizing the investment, Kyle Larson did the rest.

This time he invested in Pixar Studio, not in the name of Sagittarius Capital, but in the name of LV Pictures.

After the release of "Unethical Deal", LV Pictures received a share of 75 million in North American box office. This money was mainly used to shoot movies such as "Legends of the Fall", "Speed" and "Casino" and cannot be misappropriated.

For the money to acquire Pixar shares, he will use the name of LV Pictures to borrow money. He will first use "Immoral Deal" to share the subsequent shares as a mortgage loan of 50 million, and then borrow another 50 million next year.

LV Pictures is in good financial condition and loans are very convenient.

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