giants of the era

Chapter 55: George Lucas and ILM
Li Zetian smiled and said: "Risk and opportunity coexist! Sometimes, the greater the risk, the greater the reward! Don't worry, invest while trying not to affect the normal operation of Apple!"

Tian Shuai nodded: "Well, that's good! Then I'll help you contact George Lucas as soon as possible!"

"Okay!" Li Zetian nodded in response.

Tian Shuai said hello and left Li Zetian's office.

At this time, Li Zetian was thinking, "Star Wars" was released in 1977, and in 1975, George Lucas should have started preparations for this movie...

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Hollywood.

George Lucas was very puzzled. He answered a call just now, and the other party claimed to be the CEO of Apple.He has heard a little about Apple, which is the personal computer company that has been in the limelight recently.It's just surprising that the other party actually said that he would invest in the film he prepared, and asked himself to go to Apple's headquarters for a detailed discussion!

"Although it is very strange, why does a computer company invest in movies, but it doesn't matter, since the other party is willing to invest, then I will go there!!!"

George Lucas just finished a second draft of a script titled "The Adventures of Starkiller."At this moment, he took out the script draft from the drawer, and then went to the printer to make a copy, preparing to take it to Apple and let them have a look, so as to invest in his movie.

In fact, George Lucas has approached several film companies, hoping that they can invest in his film, but has been repeatedly rejected.This time, Apple took the initiative to find him. For him, it was like a dawn suddenly appeared in the dark night!Truth be told, George Lucas was both nervous and excited right now.After he had copied the script, he carefully bound it with a stapler.

"Hopefully it works this time!" he said to himself, looking in the mirror.

The next morning, George Lucas flew to San Jose by plane.

Both Hollywood and San Jose are in California, and two hours later, George Lucas arrived at Apple's headquarters.

In the chairman's office, George Lucas met Li Zetian.

"Hello, Director George Lucas, I am the founder and chairman of Apple -- Chronos Li!" Li Zetian introduced with a smile.

George Lucas was extremely astonished. The chairman of Apple was actually a teenager, and he was also a Chinese!
"Hello, Mr. Li, I'm very glad to meet you. I never thought that you founded Apple at such a young age!!"

"Hehe, thank you for the compliment! Oh, by the way, Director Lucas, do you want water or coffee? Of course, we also have apple juice here!" Li Zetian laughed.

"How can you go to Apple and not drink apple juice?" George Lucas joked.

"Hehe, let's have a glass of juice!"

Li Zetian poured him a cup himself.

George Lucas said "Thank you" and asked curiously: "Mr. Li, Apple is a high-tech computer company. Why is it called Apple? It's easy to be misunderstood as a fruit company!"

Li Zetian replied: "Oh, I didn't think much about it at the time, I happened to be eating apples, so I named it Apple Inc..."

When George Lucas heard this, he was stunned for a moment. The name of the company he established was so hasty...

Seeing George Lucas' surprised expression, Li Zetian couldn't help laughing and said, "I'm just kidding! The reason why Apple is named Apple is not because someone said that one day, Newton was sleeping under an apple tree when he was suddenly hit by an apple." When I got to my head, I came up with the law of universal gravitation. Therefore, the implication of Apple is technology, and it also means commemorating Newton, a great scientist! If you look at Apple's LOGO, is the apple bitten? It's like the Garden of Eden The forbidden fruit of Apple makes people unable to extricate themselves, and finally couldn’t help but take a bite, so, this symbolizes that Apple’s products make our users unable to extricate themselves!!!”

"I see, it feels so profound!" George Lucas said in shock.

Li Zetian laughed inwardly, in fact, this is all nonsense... He named the company Apple because there was an Apple company in his previous life.

"Okay, Director Lucas, let's talk about business!"

Li Zetian sat upright and asked, "I heard you plan to make a science fiction movie?"

"Yes, Mr. Li, I have brought the script, you can read it!" George Lucas said while taking out the script and handing it to Li Zetian.

Li Zetian took the script, read it roughly for a while, and said: "The script is okay, please give me a general introduction, how do you plan to shoot this movie!"

George Lucas organized the language and said: "In addition to the regular shooting, I also plan to use a lot of computer special effects in this movie, and create an unprecedented space through the most advanced high-tech and digital production methods. world!"

"Director George Lucas, it costs a lot of money, and there are no successful examples to use as a reference. Presumably no company is willing to invest in this movie!" Li Zetian frowned and said pretendingly, because he couldn't Be too eager, otherwise it won't be so easy when we negotiate the conditions later.

When George Lucas heard what Li Zetian said, he thought that the investment matter was dead again, and he felt a little disappointed, but he still nodded and admitted: "Yes, I have gone to many film companies, but so far no company has contacted them. Willing to invest."

Li Zetian pretended to be contemplative at this moment, but did not speak.In the office, George Lucas looked at him nervously.

Time passed by, and for George Lucas, every second was suffering.

After 1 minute, Li Zetian spoke, and he said slowly: "I thought about it, it is not impossible to invest in this movie..."

When George Lucas heard the news, he couldn't help but be overjoyed that someone finally wanted to invest in his film.

"Mr. Li, thank you very much!"

"Don't rush to thank me, I haven't fully decided whether to vote or not!"

Not quite decided yet?

George Lucas felt like he was on a roller coaster.

Li Zetian continued to ask: "Has the computer special effects team been established yet?"

George Lucas shook his head: "Not yet, but I have already contacted experts in computer special effects and plan to invite them to join!"

Fuck, Industrial Light & Magic hasn't been established yet, isn't this an opportunity for me to intervene? ? ?
Li Zetian was a little agitated, but his face was calm, and there was no wave in the ancient well.

"Apple is a high-tech computer company, so it is particularly interested in computer special effects. How about it, Apple will work with you to establish this computer special effects team, what do you think?!" Li Zetian said calmly, his eyes Secretly pay attention to the expression of George Lucas, once the other party agrees, Industrial Light and Magic will get it. In the previous life, before the famous Pixar animation studio was sold to Jobs, it was actually just the computer animation department of Industrial Light and Magic!
Of course, Industrial Light and Magic is inseparable from George Lucas, and it was he who developed Industrial Light and Magic into the world's top special effects company.

"I think……"

Jingle Bell! ! !
At this moment, the phone rang suddenly, interrupting George Lucas's speech.

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