Chapter 489： 1 series of transactions

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Sitting on the lounge chair in the billiard room, Charlize looked at the two people, one big and one small, who played snooker, discussing with Taylor the animated feature film that he had watched the other day together, "It can be regarded as a lucky player in the trio. And it’s funny too."

"I don't like that sloth."

Holding the cue, seeing Ryan hit the black ball into the bottom pocket again, Taylor puffed his mouth and said, "That guy is very enthusiastic, but his strength is too limited. Every time something goes wrong, friends help him to finish it. The biggest He’s just nagging, sometimes annoying..."

"My dear, it's your turn."

Ryan left the table, but it was a pity that Miss Swift’s skills were really mediocre. She only took two shots and gave up her position. She and Charlize continued the topic, “Also, the sloth feels so good about herself. I was speechless about its behavior. I obviously didn't have the ability to take care of children, so I had to enthusiastically join in and help."

"let me guess……"

After hitting the red ball, Ryan looked up, "That should be the furry Manny?"

"I don't like that mammoth." The little girl stuck out her tongue mischievously.

"Why?" Charlize Theron asked curiously, "It is said that this character is the most popular with girls."

"It's so ugly." Taylor suddenly took off his short jacket. Inside was a long-sleeved shirt. The long-nosed squirrel behind it was very eye-catching. "Squirrel is my favorite, although it has no lines, but Hey Haw looks so cute."

After receiving the short jacket thrown by the girl, Charlize packed it carefully, and said to Ryan, "Taylor's words reminded me of some comments I saw on the Internet yesterday."

"Is that okay to talk about?"

After getting acquainted with each other, Taylor's attitude towards Charlize was obviously much better.

"A lamp made Pixar, and a squirrel made Blue Sky Studio."

Hear what Charlize said. After sweeping the table, Ryan joked, "I also saw some other comments...Well, three male animals escorted a little baby home all the way, it's a **** movie..."

"Ryan!" Charlize interrupted him. Tyler motioned with his eyes.

Put down the cue. Ryan walked up to Taylor, "Continue?"

"No more." Taylor shook the golden curls on his head vigorously. "I have lost three games in a row and don't want to fight anymore."

After that, she was the first to walk out of the billiard room.

When Ryan and Charlize followed and entered the lobby on the first floor. Tyler was holding Lisa, wanting to eat the baked muffins she made by herself.

After Lisa nodded helplessly, she yelled in excitement again, she didn't look like a lady in front of outsiders at all.

"Lisa, I will release a record in the future, and I will definitely write a song for you." Tyler shouted toward the kitchen, "Write a song that can be popular in the United States."

then. She jumped onto the solo sofa opposite Ryan and muttered, "I just don't know when I can release the record."

"You really want to be a singer?" Charlize sat next to Ryan when he brought a glass of milk for the little girl. "That would be very tiring."

"This is my dream." Taylor said while biting his straw, shaking his upper body, "I like to write songs, like to sing, like the stage, and like music."

"Want to release a record?" Ryan glanced at her, and Taylor nodded his head very seriously, "I can't wait, I'm far behind the tomboy and the chubby girl."

"Tomboy and fat girl?" Charlize was a little confused.

"Kristen Stewart and Scarlett Johansson." Ryan explained briefly, and pointed to the position of his throat. "Alison, it won't be long before you will enter the voice change period. We have to wait for you. The vocal cords are fixed."

"All right, then all right." The little girl understood that this was for her future. She drank the milk in the cup and jumped over to Charlize. "Charlie, I'm going to see Brigo, and stay with me. ?"

As she said, she looked at the grandfather clock on the side and murmured in dissatisfaction, "This guy Ryan is about to start working again. The two of us are going to ride a horse."

"That's good." Charlize followed her and walked to the locker room. "Let's change our riding clothes."

Seeing the two people disappearing in the living room, Ryan walked towards the study. Although Taylor inevitably rejected Charlize at the beginning, the relationship between the two was gradually turning for the better after a few days of getting along.

Of course, he never thought that Tyler would treat Charlize the way he would treat Nicole and Natalie.

These days, Ryan has been paying attention to Oscar-related matters. Although the canvassing on the surface has stopped long ago, the private actions have never stopped. For example, on the day the organizing committee mailed out the ballot, he gave it to Including James Cameron, George Lucas, Steven Spielberg and others hung up the phone, some things needless to say, these people will also know the purpose of his call.

After the ballots were mailed to the various judges of the academy, under Ryan's instruction, the public relations team sprinkled a lot of advertising expenses, and the media was full of praises for "Gladiator" and Maximus.

Even if they have done enough work in advance, there will certainly be a considerable number of judges who will still not watch any nominated film. At this time, media reports have become the basis for their votes.

Oscars have never lacked people who vote with their feet, and this group of people occupies a considerable number.

The award ceremony is less than a week away, and now the basic overall situation is set, all Ryan can do is wait.

Maybe after the counting result comes out, you can hire a few people and go to PricewaterhouseCoopers to change the result to what you want?

This is just Ryan's random thoughts, even if he really wants to get that little golden man, he will not do such a reckless thing.

In the recent period, in addition to the upcoming Oscar awards ceremony, the entertainment media's eye-catching is undoubtedly "Ice Age" and its producer, Blue Sky Studio.

The animated feature film was released in mid-March. Because Disney frequently came into contact with Pixar’s core personnel, Ryan did not go to New York to attend the premiere, and only watched it in the home theater with Taylor and Charlize.

The movie is very similar to the previous life, not as touching as the "Toy Story" series. There is no sensationalism in "Monsters Electric Company", but it is very humorous and can bring happiness to people, especially the Rat Quett mentioned by Taylor. First appeared in the film. It is a thread-and-thread character, and because of its gorgeous stealing performance. Every time it is impressive.

Like Pixar's little table lamp, this squirrel has almost become the spokesperson of Blue Sky Studio.

According to the original agreement with Murdoch, the film was handed over to Twentieth Century Fox for distribution.

In previous years, Twentieth Century Fox invested 75 million US dollars. Produced a 2d plus 3d cartoon "Frozen Planet", and after spending another US$30 million in publicity costs, the film was released last year, and the final box office was only a poor 20 million US dollars. Even if the surroundings are more optimistically estimated, it is destined to lose money. No return.

After summing up the lessons, Twentieth Century Fox is eager to get a stable animation production department. Even if it can only act as a publisher for the time being.

You know, in the past few years, Paramount has made hundreds of millions of dollars in net profits just from Pixar's animated films.

Twentieth Century Fox signed 3,450 theaters for "Ice Age" in the first week, and the film did not disappoint the producers and distributors. Among the overwhelming applause from the media and the audience, in the first week he took the top spot in the North American box office rankings, and got a box office of 49.88 million U.S. dollars.

So far, the movie has reached its third week, and the North American box office is infinitely close to the $100 million mark.

Another ugly duckling gradually transformed into a white swan.

As early as the last time I went to New York, Ryan hired a professional team from Wall Street to develop a detailed listing plan for Blue Sky Studio. This time it was almost a replica of Pixar Studio's listing in 1995.

Blue Sky Studios officially landed on Nasdaq ten days before the release of "Ice Age" and raised shares at a price of 22 US dollars per share.

People close to Ryan have bought a lot of stocks through hidden foundations. Twentieth Century Fox is another big buyer. Not many listed stocks fall into the hands of retail investors.

Since the movie’s release to the present, Blue Sky Studios has completely ignored the downturn in technology stocks. The stock price per share has risen from 22 US dollars to 42 US dollars. The market value of Blue Sky Studios has exceeded 1.5 billion US dollars. The pessimistic Nasdaq is permeated. Suddenly, a large number of buy orders for Blue Sky stocks were placed on the stock market.

Everyone understands that "Ice Age" will definitely succeed, and Ryan has a promising animation studio in his hands.

Some people are envious, some are jealous, some are expecting him to be unlucky, and some are expecting the federal government to initiate an antitrust investigation.

In the twentieth century, Fox has always wanted to have its own animation studio, Rupert Murdoch also personally called, wanting to get more shares of Blue Sky Studio.

Ryan did not refuse, and did not want to refuse. News Corp. holds a certain amount of Disney shares in exchange for part of Blue Sky Studio's equity. It is a win-win transaction.

Of course, these will be hidden in the audience. Scott is currently negotiating with Murdoch's agent A specific agreement cannot be reached in a short time.

In addition to the negotiations here, Scott’s team is still in several other negotiations. Among them, Larry Page and Sergey Brin, after receiving sufficient financial support from Ryan, brought Google into the highway. In the development stage, with the assistance of Scott's team, planning for the listing began again.

For an online company like this, if you want to become really big, going public is almost a necessary choice, and its development speed is obviously faster than its previous life, Ryan must also let it go public.

In the UK, after a rigorous assessment, Ryan’s agent established a shell company called “Red Football”, quietly absorbed 3.17% of Manchester United’s shares from the market, and sent someone to contact Magnuel. The two Irish horse racing tycoons and McManus, the two largest shareholders of Manchester United, also revealed their intention to change their shares. The biggest problem is undoubtedly the price.

In addition, Ryan's agent also contacted David Gill and Alex Ferguson, and through a series of promises, they temporarily won the support of these two, only to find a good time to launch the final acquisition.

However, all of this needs to be put aside for the time being, after all, the 73rd Oscars ceremony is coming. ()