giants of the era

Chapter 56 Finalize Cooperation
When Li Zetian heard the voice on the phone, he knew that the call was from Yu Jingqiu.

"Hello, Zetian, do you miss me?"

"miss you!"

Li Zetian said, looking at George Lucas, there is such a big light bulb beside him!
"Is there something wrong, Jingqiu?" Li Zetian then asked.

"Isn't the New Year coming soon? Let me ask where you are going to celebrate the New Year?"

Li Zetian thought for a while and said, "Go to Taiwan to celebrate the New Year with my parents! By the way, Jingqiu, you can go with me too. I will take you to meet my parents. In addition, call Uncle Yu over to celebrate the New Year with our two families together." year!!!”

There was a pause on the other end of the phone, and Li Zetian guessed that Yu Jingqiu must have been extremely nervous at the thought of going to see her parents, so she couldn't speak for a while, ha ha!

"Well, okay, then I will ask the school for leave, and then my dad and I will come to California to find you!"

"Okay, give me a call or call my pager before you come, and I'll pick you up at the airport!!"

"Ok!"

"Well, that's it, I have another client here."

"Bye~~ I won't bother you anymore!"

"Bye~~"

Li Zetian hung up the phone.

George Lucas laughed and said, "It must be a call from my girlfriend!"

"Yes!" Li Zetian nodded.

"Hehe, anyone can guess how happy you are when you answer the phone, even though you are speaking Chinese, I can't understand it!"

"Really? So obvious? Well, let's get down to business, Director Lucas, what do you think of my proposal just now?"

George Lucas nodded and said: "No problem, with the addition of Apple and technical support, I believe that the special effects team for this movie will be even stronger!"

Li Zetian said: "Then how about establishing Industrial Light and Magic Film Special Effects Production Co., Ltd., with Apple and Lucasfilm each holding half of the shares?"

"no problem!"

"Okay, then it's a deal!!!"

Lucasfilm is a film company established by George Lucas in 1971. Industrial Light and Magic in the previous life is a subsidiary of this company.

At this moment, Li Zetian and George Lucas have reached a verbal agreement to jointly establish Industrial Light and Magic, and the investment in the movie "Star Wars" has not yet been discussed.

Li Zetian continued: "Since the film special effects production company is preparing to be established, Apple has also decided to invest in your movie "The Adventures of Star Killer", but I think it's better to change the name of this movie to "Star Wars"! "

""Star Wars"? Oh, a very good name, I have no objection!!!" George Lucas was very excited when he heard that the other party agreed to invest. Changing the name of the movie is nothing, let alone "Star Wars "It seems to be much nicer than the name "The Adventures of Star Killer", and it looks more domineering!

"How much money is Apple going to invest?" he asked.

Li Zetian thought for a while. After the release of Apple-ll, he will definitely earn millions or even tens of millions of dollars for Apple, so he replied confidently: "$200 million, paid in five installments, the first down payment is $50. The rest of the funds will be paid by 1976!!!”

George Lucas made some calculations in his mind. Lucasfilm raised $100 million by itself, and now it has raised another $200 million, or $300 million. In this way, he is more sure of convincing other films The company invested in this movie! !
"Mr. Li, the movie "Star Wars" will definitely bring huge benefits to Apple!!!" George Lucas promised.

Li Zetian smiled, he had no doubts about this, because he knew that the production cost of "Star Wars" in the previous life was 1300 million US dollars, and the box office was as high as 7.7 million US dollars, which is a huge profit! ! !

"Director Lucas, I have a small proposal!"

"What proposal!"

"It's like this. Apple's second-generation Apple-ll personal computer is under development, and it may be officially released around May. Apple-ll will be more innovative and commercially valuable than Apple-l, and it will definitely be popular in the United States, causing huge What a sensation! I think that if Apple-ll can appear in the movie "Star Wars", it will definitely attract people's attention and curiosity, and maybe they will pay for a ticket to watch the movie!!"

George Lucas was taken aback. Li Zetian obviously wanted to use "Star Wars" to promote Apple-ll, and he just said it was for the box office of "Star Wars".
"Mr.li, do you mind if I take a look at the appearance of Apple-ll? You know, our movie is a sci-fi movie, if the look is too old..."

Li Zetian interrupted loudly: "In terms of fashion and sense of technology, I am afraid that no computer company's computers can compare with Apple-ll. Director Lucas, please come with me and let you experience Apple-ll."

Immediately, Li Zetian took George Lucas to the Apple-ll project development team.

A computer on the table instantly caught Lucas' attention!
"Mr.li, is this the Apple-ll personal computer?!" Lucas couldn't help asking.

"Yes! How does it feel?"

"It's beautiful, it's so cool, it's so much better than I imagined, it's like a computer from the future! Mr.li, I really agree that Apple-ll appear in Star Wars!"

Li Zetian secretly smiled, Apple-ll originally copied the computer design of the future, so it looks full of sense of technology and fashion.

"Director Lucas, the discussion is about the same, I think it's best to sign the contract in these two days, including the establishment of the Industrial Light and Magic film special effects production company and the investment in "Star Wars"!!! "

"Okay, no problem!" Lucas nodded.

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The next day, Apple signed a contract with Lucasfilm.

"Director Lucas, I'm afraid you won't be able to make "Star Wars" with 300 million US dollars. After the industrial light and magic film special effects production company is established, I suggest you go to the [-]th Century Fox Film Company and ask them for some points. Investment, secondly, we also need a powerful film distribution company!"

"Haha, that's what I planned too... Mr. Li, don't worry, I won't let the money invested by Apple go to waste!"

After signing the contract, George Lucas looked very happy.

"Ah That's good!"

After lunch, George Lucas flew back to Hollywood, and Li Zetian murmured, "Brother, does this count as entering the entertainment circle?"

Li Zetian is more looking forward to how much income and popularity Apple will bring when the Apple-ll lens appears many times in "Star Wars".At that time, you can promote the company's listing and financing! ! !

With money, you can do more things, and at the same time have the strength to challenge IBM!

"Hey, it's time to give way, the position of the computer boss has been sitting for a long time, now it's my turn to take a seat!!!!"

When Li Zetian thinks that one day, the blue giant that the United States is proud of will submit to his feet, that feeling is simply not too good!
If Wang An can't do it, I, Li Zetian, can definitely do it!

I see who in this world would dare to underestimate us Chinese! ! !
Li Zetian looked out the window with extremely firm and confident eyes!
Jingle Bell!
At this time the phone rang, and Li Zetian answered the phone. It was Yu Jingqiu who called to inform him that she and her father were going to board the plane at the New York airport.

After Li Zetian hung up the phone, he looked at the calendar. It was February 1975th, 2, and February 5th was New Year's Eve.

"Time flies so fast. In a blink of an eye, it has been nineteen months since I came to this era. It seems that I haven't enjoyed life much..." Li Zetian leaned on the chair, looked at the blue sky and white clouds, and thought, "Wait The two carriages of Apple and Microsoft are on the right track, especially if Microsoft can dominate the operating system, you can give yourself a long vacation and enjoy this wonderful life of a rich man!"

PS: Today is the fourth update, the fourth update, the baby is exhausted
　PS: Today is the fourth update, the fourth update, the baby is exhausted
　　
　
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