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After inspecting the Galaxy Film Company, Henry nodded secretly, he was very satisfied.

Animated films include: Pixar Animation Studios, DreamWorks, Ghibli Animation Studios!

In terms of film special effects, there are: Galaxy Special Effects and Weta Studios!

However, it would be even better to add an Industrial Light \u0026 Magic to the special effects of the film!

Industrial Light and Magic is a subsidiary of Lucasfilm. George Lucas established Lucasfilm Ltd. in 1971, and its subsidiaries include visual effects "Industrial Light and Magic", post-production sound editing "Skywalker Sound Effects" and more!

Special effects blockbuster is to give people an ultimate audio-visual experience, so not only should there be amazing pictures, but also shocking sound effects! Skywalker sound is the industry leader, just to make up for the shortcomings of Galaxy Films in this regard!

In addition, Lucasfilm also has two super IPs, the first is naturally "Star Wars", and the second is "Raiders of the Lost Ark".

If Galaxy Films merges with Lucasfilm, its strength will skyrocket!

At this time, Henry looked at Bobby Robin and said, "Robin, you contact George Lucas later and say that Galaxy Films wants to acquire Lucasfilm!"

Hearing this, Bobby Robin was immediately surprised. Lucasfilm has a market value of more than three billion US dollars. This merger plan will be the largest merger in the history of Galaxy Films!

Although there are only two super IPs of Galaxy Films - "Jurassic Park" and "Toy Story", they have many well-known movie copyrights, and the IP value of these movies is not cheap! Moreover, there are more movie rights that have not been filmed or released, such as "Harry Potter", "The Lord of the Rings", "Resident Evil"...

Galaxy Films is one of the largest film distribution companies in the United States and the world, and has more than 3,000 Galaxy Stores across the United States! Although the Galaxy Film Company is not listed, it has a market value of 40 to 50 billion US dollars!

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George Lucas was surprised when he received an offer from Galaxy Films. He stabilized his mind and paced up and down the office. Consider whether to accept an acquisition. This time, Galaxy Films expressed its willingness to acquire Lucasfilm for $500 million and a 5% stake in Galaxy Films, if it accepts it. It will become the largest shareholder of Galaxy Films after Henry Williams!

Accept or reject?

This night, George Lucas didn't sleep well, he has been thinking about this problem!

Although the Galaxy Film Company has not been established for many years, its development speed has shocked the world! and. Galaxy Films is also the most profitable studio in Hollywood! As if they had an eye for what movie was going to hit, most of the movies released were very profitable!

Lucasfilm is just a film production company and doesn't make many movies a year. Although Industrial Light and Magic is the top special effects company in the industry, it doesn't receive too many orders every year. Usually the special effects production cycle of a movie is very long, and it is very good to be able to complete the special effects work of ten movies a year!

At present, the investment of a film is generally in the tens of millions of dollars. How much can ILM get? Huge special effects cost. After subtracting the salaries of the actors, directors and crew members, there is not much left. Industrial Light and Magic made a net profit of 10 million US dollars from a movie, which is already a big profit. Usually, most of the lists that can make so much money are special effects blockbusters with an investment of hundreds of millions of dollars, but how many such movies can there be? Woolen cloth? What's more, Galaxy special effects and other special effects companies are also grabbing "meat" to eat!

Don't look at Industrial Light and Magic's reputation, but it's actually not very profitable!

When the entire Lucasfilm was sold to Disney. The price is just over $4 billion. Disney bought Pixar for more than $7 billion!

The next day, George Lucas woke up with dark circles under his eyes. He thought about it all night last night, and finally decided to accept the acquisition of Galaxy Films.

He has studied the management model of Galaxy Films, and the development of its subsidiaries is relatively independent. The acquisition of Lucasfilm should also allow Lucasfilm to operate independently. Therefore, the right to make their own films is still relatively free. At the same time, he has become the major shareholder of Galaxy Film Company, so he naturally has a certain right to speak in Galaxy Film Company, and earns much more money than before. Who is going to have trouble with money?

Once George Lucas made up his mind, he didn't procrastinate. After he finished breakfast, he called Bobby Robin, the CEO of Galaxy Films, and told him that he basically agreed to the acquisition request of Galaxy Films, but in terms of price, further negotiations were needed!

Bobby Robin then invited George Lucas to negotiate with Galaxy Films on the phone.

Within two days, George Lucas took the negotiating team to Galaxy Films. Negotiations were quick, and after just two weeks of negotiations, Galaxy Films finally agreed to add another $100 million to the original offer, completing the deal for Lucas for $600 million plus a 5% stake in the company. Wholly-owned acquisition of the film company!

After the signing of the contract, Shuangfang jointly held a press conference to announce the news of the merger of the two companies to the outside world.

The negotiations between Galaxy Films and Lucasfilm are secret negotiations, and there has been no news at all. The press conference was held to announce the matter, and the reporters felt so sudden and shocked that everyone had a look of astonishment on their faces!

"Mr. Bobby Robin, can you describe the specific details of Galaxy Films' acquisition of Lucasfilm?"

"Okay," Bobby Robin smiled at the reporter and said slowly, "After two weeks of negotiations, Galaxy Films spent US$600 million and 5% of Galaxy Films' shares to acquire Lucasfilm. Now, George Lucas has become the second largest shareholder of Galaxy Films and a director of Galaxy Films, with a shareholding of 2.8%.” Although George Lucas controls Lucasfilm, he still has Other investors, therefore only get 2.8% of the shares!

"Mr. Lucas, when will the Star Wars movies be filmed? It's been 10 years, and Star Wars fans are desperate for something new!"

George Lucas has been ups and downs for ten years, and it can be said that he has sharpened his sword in ten years. Now, he has finally finished writing the first song "The Phantom Menace" of "Star Wars Prequel", "I have written the script of Star Wars, When Lucasfilm and Galaxy Films complete the integration of resources, I will start shooting the new film!"

clap clap clap! ! !

The audience applauded, and the camera's flash didn't stop for a moment!

The next day, the front-page news of major newspapers was about Galaxy Films' acquisition of Lucasfilm, and the "Star Wars" series was about to start filming!

Star Wars fans who saw the news were ecstatic!

"Great, after ten years of absence, Star Wars is finally back!"

"Support Star Wars, support George Lucas!"

"Star Wars Classic!!!"

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The response of the major film companies was even more shocking. Galaxy Films has now acquired Lucasfilm, which has become stronger and stronger, and is expected to become the strongest film company in Hollywood...

Disney is at odds with Galaxy Films, so I am most upset to hear this news! And precisely at this time, their masterpiece "The Lion King" was finally released!

As soon as "The Lion King" was released, it swept the box office charts and topped the weekly box office charts. Subsequently, the movie box office continued to sell well and became more and more popular!

Disney immediately raised its eyebrows. Although Pixar animation is entirely computer-generated, Disney has proved with its strength that traditional hand-drawn animation can be a big box office hit!

At this time, a little lion named "Simba" quickly became popular in the United States, and then all over the world! It is playful, kind and brave, and is very popular with people.

The animation "The Lion King", Henry has seen in his previous life, it is really good-looking, this is the pinnacle of Disney's traditional animation! However, with the boom and decline, under the impact of computer animation, traditional hand-drawn animation feels more and more powerless.

Disney has the largest number of hand-painters in the world, and it may be very difficult for Disney to easily abandon its strengths! However, no matter whether Disney makes changes or not, Galaxy Films, which owns three animation studios, Pixar, DreamWorks, and Ghibli, will surely be the strongest animation film production company! ! !

(To be continued ~^~)