I want to make a game

After Ed and Catmull left, Jobs spoke slowly.

"Liu, you should have investigated the situation at Pixar, right?"

Liu Zhiyuan nodded and did not deny that it is basic for business negotiations to investigate the other party's background.

"I have a general understanding of Pixar's current situation, and it's not very good. From the time you acquired Pixar to now, there has been almost no profit."

Jobs walked to his desk and pulled out a Pixar document.

"Yes, Pixar is a bottomless pit of money right now, but I am really optimistic about Pixar's future. This is the reason why I didn't take action directly."

He sat back and handed the information to Liu Zhiyuan.

"If I weren't optimistic about them, I wouldn't invest in them. I can sell Pixar to you directly with just one phone call."

Liu Zhiyuan took the information, looked at it and said something.

"The funding situation is very poor. To be honest, I am not interested in this PRMan software renderer project. What I am interested in is Pixar's animation production level."

Jobs wanted to read his thoughts from Liu Zhiyuan's face, but unfortunately Liu Zhiyuan kept an expression on his face and read Pixar's information seriously.

Only Li Huagui next to him could see that Liu Zhiyuan was very emotionally unstable now. This was also a subconscious habit of Liu Zhiyuan. The more nervous he was, the more he would shift his attention to other things, such as that information.

This information was placed on Liu Zhiyuan's desk before he came to the United States. How could he read it again seriously now?

"$10 million."

Liu Zhiyuan suddenly spoke. He put down the information, his face full of disappointment.

"Steve, I knew that Pixar was working on a new technology, but I thought it was animation production technology."

Jobs did not discuss the price issue with Liu Zhiyuan.

"PRMan is also an animation technology. To be precise, it is a technology that must be used in future movies. It..."

Jerry Liu interrupted Jobs.

"I don't have that much energy. Steve, you have to understand that I'm too busy just playing games. Besides, can movies make money with games? I might as well tell you that one of my games just sold for 150 million US dollars."

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"I sold this at a loss when I was in urgent need of funds. I lost at least 200 million US dollars! How can movies make money? Why didn't I leave the game industry that I am familiar with and come to study some film technology?"

Jobs completely put away his smile. The only valuable thing about Pixar now is PRMan technology, but this technology has not been developed yet.

In fact, more than one company came to acquire Pixar, and he also had the idea of ​​selling Pixar, but he gave up because of the bottomless pit of Pixar's research and development.

"Liu, you have to know that the price I paid for Pixar more than a year ago was US$10 million. I will not agree to your price."

"It's not that Pixar has made no progress in the past two years. On the contrary, it has made great progress in the animation production you want most. The short film that was nominated for an Oscar is the evidence."

Liu Zhiyuan nodded.

"I noticed that Pixar also made that short animation, but that's not a reason to pay more than $10 million. There are many animation companies waiting for me to acquire for $10 million. It's just that Pixar's animation is in line with my ideas."

"I don't have to do it, do you mind?"

After speaking, Liu Zhiyuan took out his cigarette.

Jobs shook his head.

"Please."

Liu Zhiyuan lit his cigarette, blew out a puff of smoke and said

"This is not me bargaining with you, Steve. I can tell you directly that once I acquire Pixar, I will immediately stop the development of PRMan."

When Jobs heard that he was going to stop the development of PRMan, his face was a little bitter. Although he didn't get along well with Ed and Catmull, he really valued this technology.

But he really ran out of money. NeXT's sales were dismal and he lost almost all his money. He couldn't let people at Apple laugh at him. He needed a sum of money to restart NeXT's new project.

"$20 million."

"No way, Steve, I think you may not be calm right now. Let's talk about this again in two days."

Liu Zhiyuan stood up immediately after hearing Jobs' offer.

"This is my first time coming to the United States. I will take my wife for two days. I will visit you again two days later. I hope you have calmed down by then, Steve."

“The coffee is good.”

After saying that, Liu Zhiyuan took Li Huagui and Jin Shanshan and left directly.

As soon as he arrived at the hotel, Liu Zhiyuan could no longer control his expression.

"I almost agreed to him."

For US$20 million, Liu Zhiyuan almost agreed. Steve Jobs was very optimistic about PRMan technology, but he never expected that PRMan technology would become a benchmark in the future, a benchmark for agreements in the film industry.

This technology alone costs far more than 20 million US dollars. If there is a chance to recruit Steve Jobs to the Han Dynasty, Liu Zhiyuan would not mind spending an extra 10 million US dollars.

But after reading Jobs' information, he knew that he couldn't recruit this person. Since he was not one of his own, he was Apple's Jobs and his enemy. Naturally, the worse the enemy, the better.

He wanted to see if Steve Jobs in this life could survive to return to Apple. Liu Zhiyuan studied Steve Jobs in his previous life. He was a technical genius and a good sales elite, but his success was very lucky, as if he was the protagonist of this world.

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In the 1970s, the era of technology, he founded Apple and made a lot of money. Then in the 1980s, technological updates were slow, and Apple suffered a heavy setback and he was kicked out.

NeXT almost lost all its money when it was founded, and Pixar, which it acquired, was unprofitable for several years. At the most difficult time, Pixar didn't even have 50 people left.

An ordinary person might have sunk like this in his life, but not Jobs. In the 1990s, IT technology ushered in another rapid development. Pixar seized this opportunity and produced a full 3D animation called Toy Story, which directly turned Jobs around.

Steve Jobs turned around, but Apple didn't. Instead, it got even worse.

When Jobs saw this situation, he took over Apple again with the reputation of Toy Story and kicked away all his previous enemies. This is a typical protagonist template.

There are also many crises in Apple in the future. Whenever it reaches its lowest ebb, there will always be a big opportunity, and then it can be grasped, and then it will kill all the enemies. Does it look like a routine?

Now because of Liu Zhiyuan, history has changed. How can Steve Jobs turn around without Pixar? Can he rely on NeXT? Liu Zhiyuan is very much looking forward to it.

What will Apple do if Steve Jobs disappears? He doesn't mind Steve Jobs's jokes. He is an open person.

Li Huagui looked like this, and Jin Shanshan was a little confused. Didn't she want to buy Pixar? Why was she so excited to come back?

"Let's go, pack up, let's go traveling."

Liu Zhiyuan was not afraid that Jobs would not sell Pixar. When he asked for $20 million, Pixar no longer belonged to him. At worst, he would have bought it for $20 million.

The extra 10 million US dollars is regarded as a ticket to Disney. Liu Zhiyuan can't forget that Pixar was finally acquired by Disney, although Disney's animation department is also in a miserable state now.