~： 373 - The $3 Billion Series at the Box Office

"Hollywood Draw(!

Rolls-Royce slowly stopped by the fountain in the small square in the manor. Wayne and his party got out of the car and walked to the living room as the butler Hella greeted them.

"Where's Nami?"

Entering the door, Wayne took off his suit jacket and handed it to Hela. He found that the living room was unusually quiet and asked in a low voice.

The housekeeper took the coat and carefully sorted it out. These handmade clothes are all from an old British tailor. Don't look at the fact that there are no identification marks on them. In fact, each piece is very valuable, and it is not at all the so-called luxury goods outside. Comparable.

"Ms. Watts and Elena are with Fendi on the third floor, do you want me to call them?"

"Forget it, get us some coffee."

Waving to Hela, Wayne led Jimmy and Nina to sit on the sofa, and once again looked at the information in his hand, the Blue Sky Studio.

This animation studio in his deep memory will not be famous even after 20 years, and it will be ruthlessly closed by the parent company Walt Disney in 2021.

It can be regarded as the little transparent with the worst development, the smallest capital, and the fewest works among the three major animation studios in Hollywood. Compared with Pixar Animation Studio and DreamWorks Animation Studio, it is very easy for people to ignore the past.

Today, when the traditional hand-drawn animation in Hollywood is gradually declining, Jobs' Pixar animation studio has proved the trend of computer animation with a "Toy Story", and at the same time, the group of Pixar's plug-ins have also found their own direction.

Jeffrey Katzenberg's DreamWorks Animation Studio is also quietly accumulating technology, slowly groping for his own unique style, at least in a few more years, "Shrek" is unexpected. After great success, they establish their own style of spoofing everything.

Therefore, among the three major Hollywood animation studios, only Qiao Gang has survived. Because of its particularity, animated feature films need to invest too much time and money in the early stage, but considering the profitability of successful animated feature films , all the investment has become particularly worthless.

"This Chris Wedge, the founder of this small studio?"

Putting the information on the coffee table, Wayne asked the agent with the coffee. "What is the size of the studio now? Why isn't it clearly written?"

"Because they can't even talk about the word scale." Jimmy shrugged and explained: "The studio founder Chris Wedge has been an animator at MAGI in the early 1980s, and resigned in 1985 to create this studio. The studio, the headquarters has been nestled in a small building in New York, ten years later, they are still nestled there, and there is not much development.”

Seeing Wayne's thoughtful look, Jimmy hesitantly looked at the assistant, but finally gritted his teeth and continued, "Wayne, I don't know where you heard about this small workshop. Ask me to investigate them, but I have to remind you that something like a computer animation studio may not be affordable with your current wealth!"

To support an animation studio with no achievements, you need to invest too much money. It is not just as simple as making an animated movie. The accumulation of early technology research and development is like using dollars as fuel.

And even with some technical accumulation, it is not easy to make an animated feature film. This is completely different from making a movie. There are no shortcuts. Every animation scene must be rendered honestly.

Usually, the production time of an animated feature film is calculated in units of years. The top Hollywood commercial film is only an investment of hundreds of millions of dollars, which can only be regarded as entry-level to medium investment. The significance of special effects is similar, and they are all things that get what you pay for.

"I see."

Wayne lit a cigarette, and in his mind was calculating the gains and losses very quickly, one hand lightly groping for the stubble on his chin, and his eyes kept looping on the survey data.

He was thinking about whether he would lose the last chance to enter the game if he didn't shoot directly now.

Among the three major Hollywood animation studios, if the time is three or four years ahead, Pixar is the best target to start with. At that time, the owner of the Qiao Gang wanted to sell shares and quickly realize his own new computer company.

But even a few years ago, Wayne was powerless. With the money in his hand, he couldn't afford to play the studio composed of the group of hanging b.

Not to mention DreamWorks Animation Studios, Jeffrey Katzenberg couldn't let other people intervene, not even his friend Steven Spielberg. Many of the conflicts that emerged between them later were because of these.

The only remaining small transparency is Blue Sky Studio. I am afraid no one would have thought that this small workshop-style company would make such a big wave in the future.

Thinking of this, Wayne decided to get in touch first. If he can successfully invest in the shares, he will sell some stocks to support them for a few years for the "Ice Age" series.

"Jimmy, take a moment and talk to that founder, Chris Wedge, to see if their vision for investing is strong."

"Okay, you have the final say."

Jimmy agreed happily. Knowing that his client had made up his mind, he still couldn't help reminding him of the huge risks involved, "It doesn't cost much to invest in them, maybe a million dollars can be done, mainly because the follow-up investment will be huge. .

I heard that Disney is preparing to lay off a lot of people, trying to get rid of the hand-drawn animation department that has made countless history, an animation department that can't continue to generate revenue, and even a media giant can't support it. "

"Let's talk about it first, and we'll talk about the rest later." Wayne knew the painstaking efforts of his agent, and was afraid that he would lose a lot of money because of impulsiveness.

But people are always greedy. As long as he thinks of the incredible achievements of the "Ice Age" series, he always feels that it is a pity to miss it.

That's a movie franchise that grossed $3 billion at the box office with just four movies alone. This is only a superficial box office figure. As we all know, the box office only accounts for a small part of the profit of animated feature films, and the profit of horror is its long-term offline income.

Potential investment targets with huge appreciation space like this will become less and less in Hollywood, and the threshold will be higher.

As for the shortcomings of this animation studio, for example, the production cycle is slower than other animation companies, and there are only drawbacks such as this successful series, which are nothing in the face of terrible profit figures.

Besides, Wayne didn't want to keep holding the shares in his hands. After the success of "Ice Age", those big Hollywood companies would be willing to line up to take over the order. How much value is contained in a successful animation studio? No giant can not be moved.

Jimmy then exchanged with him about the agency for a while, talked a few words about Harry Berry's recent work, and the progress of Peter Jackson's script, before leaving the manor with a trace of concern.

"It seems that the money in the studio has a new place, right." Looking at the back of the agent leaving, Nina pushed her glasses and said.

"Well, that's it for now."

After the business was over, Wayne walked upstairs lightly. The little princess above had more and more characteristics of a white girl during this time. Compared with when she was born, it was a world of difference. Now she looks at herself every day. Daughter, became his best way to relax.

At ten o'clock the next morning, the iconic extended version of the Rolls-Royce Silver Spike appeared in front of a golf course. By coincidence, Steven Spielberg's car arrived almost at the same time.

After getting off the bus, the two warmly greeted each other and walked into the stadium together. This scene was clearly recorded by a nearby reporter with a camera.

The weather was approaching the hottest time in Los Angeles, and Wayne, dressed in casual clothes and a sun hat, walked with Steven Spielberg, who was also dressed in the same way, on the deserted lawn nearby.

"call!"

The good old Jewish man slammed a shot, looked at the shot and shook his head in dissatisfaction, and looked at the young man who was following him. "You're overdue to learn to play, work isn't everything in our lives."

Wayne shrugged and said, "This sport isn't for me."

The two of them did not rush to the tram not far away, but walked forward leisurely and casually. Everyone understands that the main purpose of making an appointment in such a place is never to play football, but because of its open environment, it is suitable for discussing some more private topics.

"I heard that the production of "The Departed" is over?" Steven Spielberg carried the club because he didn't let the caddie follow. "How about it, do you have a good grasp of it?"

He knew what the other party was referring to, and the outside world almost understood that the first goal of The Departed was Oscar. "It's hard to say. If there is no accident, I'm more than 60% sure."

The old man smiled and said, "It seems that you are very confident, don't be careless."

You must know that you have a 60% certainty of being a small gold person. This success rate is already very high, and many public relations companies dare not say such words.

Wayne did not deny that he had confidence Feeling the occasional wind blowing in the field, he looked at a small lake not far away. "If you have time, you are welcome to the premiere of The Departed."

"Of course." Steven Spielberg relaxed and agreed without hesitation. "This year's summer vacation was completely messed up by you into a world war. Wayne, we are friends, so don't go around in circles, ask me here to talk about something, just say it directly."

The old Jewish man didn't believe that the other party was just playing basketball with him. The summer melee was about to start. It was destined to be impossible for the other party to put down the work at hand and come here.

"Okay, Steven, I heard that DreamWorks isn't doing very well, how is it, do you need some help?"

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