Rebirth of Xiangjiang - 1978

Lucas didn't know whether Lin Daoqiu's words were intentional or unintentional, but his words were what Lucas had always dreamed of.

With R&D funding of 100 million US dollars a year, plus a share of the box office, Lucas doesn't dare to think about how powerful Industrial Light and Magic's special effects technology will be with this help.

"My absolute future movie trend will be mainly special effects movies. If Lucasfilm can have better development opportunities, I personally will definitely support it."

Alan Ryder Jr.'s words are obviously implying, or simply stating that he supports Lin Daoqiu's acquisition of Lucasfilm, or that he supports Lucas selling the company to Lin Daoqiu.

His heartbeat began to beat violently according to what Lin Daoqiu and little Alan Ryder said, and Lucas was already starting to get a little excited.

"Actually, people have been contacting me over the years, but unfortunately the annual investment in R&D funds is enough to scare them away."

If Lucas can make a blockbuster movie like "Star Wars", how can anyone not be greedy for it?

But when they contacted Lucas, the special effects funding proposed by him was enough to scare those people away.

It costs a lot of money to acquire a company, and a huge amount of research and development expenses are invested every year, and it is also very expensive to make special effects movies.

Basically, it can be said that except for Lin Daoqiu, none of the special effects movies produced by other Hollywood film companies dare to say that they are guaranteed to make money. Basically, they make money and lose money.

That's why Lucas has been struggling to support himself until now.

"If I said I was willing to acquire Lucasfilm, would you be interested?"

"What Mr. Lin means is that you plan to acquire Lucasfilm?"

After laying the groundwork for so long, Lin Daoqiu finally said this tentatively.

"Great Lucas, I have always wanted to fight side by side with you. Now is definitely a good opportunity. Mr. Lin is a very generous boss. You must not miss this opportunity."

Dykstra has worked with Lin Daoqiu for so many years, so he naturally knows the benefits of cooperating with Lin Daoqiu.

If Lucas agrees to sell the company to Lin Daoqiu, he can then work with his old team to develop special effects technology.

You must know that Dykstra has always felt that the best special effects technology research and development team in the world is not at Magic Studio, but at Industrial Light and Magic.

"I want to know what conditions Mr. Lin is willing to offer?"

Lucas' identity is the boss of the company, so he must get better conditions for himself and the company.

"I am willing to purchase 75% of Lucasfilm's shares for $300 million, leaving the remaining 15% to you and the remaining 10% to the special effects

team……"

"In addition, I will invest 100 million US dollars every year for the company to research and develop special effects technology. I can guarantee you this here."

The reason why Lin Daoqiu did not buy all the shares was because he was worried that if only Lucas and his special effects team were left with dry shares, they might not be able to work so hard.

But if you leave them shares in the company, then the value of Lucasfilm will increase more and more in the future, and they will naturally be tied to the company.

Of course, it is not ruled out that someone will offer high prices to poach them away in the future, but that is a matter for the future. At least within ten years, Lin Daoqiu is not worried about such a situation happening.

After all, special effects movies are a very expensive genre. Most film companies can only make one or two films and they are already great. How can they have spare money to invest in the research and development of special effects technology.

Although the price of 300 million to acquire Lucasfilm is not a sky-high price, the additional annual special effects research and development expenses are what Lucas really cares about.

"Will Chairman Alan also participate in this acquisition?"

Lucas suddenly asked Alan Ryder Jr. about his relationship with this acquisition.

"I will buy 15% of Lucasfilm from Mr. Lin."

Little Alan Ryder was really optimistic about the future development of special effects movies, so he decided to get involved. If Lin Daoqiu was used as a shield, he would just use it as a shield. Anyway, making money is the most important thing.

Lucas did not expect that Alan Ryder Jr. would be so close to Lin Daoqiu. In his opinion, Lin Daoqiu seemed to have a better relationship with Universal President Lang Meyer.

However, this kind of thing is not something he can interfere with. Lin Daoqiu's conditions have been laid out, and now it depends on how Lucas makes his decision.

"I believe in Mr. Lin, and judging from the current achievements of Magic Studio, there is no reason for me not to join in. It is a great honor to work with you."

Lucas hesitated for a moment, then stretched out his hand towards Lin Daoqiu, which meant that he agreed to Lin Daoqiu's conditions.

Lin Daoqiu seemed to have a very calm expression on his face, but his heart was already filled with joy.

Except for him, no one in the world would have thought of how important Lucasfilm is to special effects film technology. Once he takes control of this company, it means that the future of special effects films will lead a long period of time.

time.

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"You bought Lucasfilm. My God, you are such a lunatic. It's not enough to have a magic studio to help you burn money. Now you have gone to find that lunatic Lucas. You are really..."

After Longmeyer learned that Lin Daoqiu had bought Lucasfilm, he shook his head as he talked, because in his opinion, Lin Daoqiu did this because he really had money and no place to spend it.

Regarding Longmeyer's incomprehension, Lin Daoqiu did not intend to explain too much to the other party. After all, this kind of thing should never be mentioned to anyone, because only time travelers can know about it.

"What I think about is how to make a better movie. It doesn't matter if I spend more money. As long as I can make a good movie, it's all worth it."

Lin Daoqiu's statement sounded very great, making Longmeyer feel a little ashamed.

And Lin Daoqiu is indeed not stingy at all in investing money in making movies.

Take the movie "1992" as an example. It was originally estimated that it would cost 200 million US dollars to complete the filming. However, after filming, it was discovered that the money was not enough. Lin Daoqiu did not hesitate to increase the amount, and this was still the case after Dongho divested its capital.

Down.

If it were Langmeyer who was doing this, then even if he didn't stop the project, he would probably have to cut some scenes so that "1992" could be released as soon as possible without having to spend more money on more filming.

"I'm not as great as you. I'm just a businessman through and through. I'm really ashamed to compare myself to you."

Langmeyer's words are indeed his true words, and in the film industry around the world, people who have the same idea as him can be said to account for almost 99.9%, and the remaining 0.1% are those idealists.