Rebirth of Hong Kong - 1978

Chapter 1519 Broad Prospects

The next day, Ed Cameron and John Lasseter came to a coffee shop to wait for Lin Daoqiu's arrival.

Yesterday, Ed Cameron called John Lasseter immediately after talking to Jobs on the phone.

On the phone, John Lasseter briefed him on what had happened.

Only then did Ed Cameron know that Lin Daoqiu successfully snatched the computer animation department from Jobs at a price twice as high as that of Jobs.

"According to Lucas, Mr. Lin opened a MAG company in Neon, mainly engaged in animation comics and games, that's why he thought of buying the computer animation department. I did a brief investigation, and it was indeed the case."

Before Lin Daoqiu came, John Lasseter and Ed Cameron chatted first.

"I didn't expect Mr. Lin to be interested in the animation industry in addition to movies. This is really curious."

Ed Cameron said that between Jobs and Lin Daoqiu, if he really had to choose a partner, he would prefer Jobs.

After all, their ideas are very close, and the other party is an emotional person. Otherwise, after Ed Cameron approached Jobs, the other party would not agree to pay for the computer animation department.

But if you choose from a practical level, then Lin Daoqiu is definitely a better candidate than Jobs.

According to a brief chat with Dykstra before, the other party highly respects Lin Daoqiu, especially the investment in special effects is unrivaled.

As long as Lin Daoqiu is willing to devote half of his enthusiasm for special effects to computer animation, then Ed Cameron will be crazy about happiness.

"What kind of person do you think Mr. Lin is?"

Ed Cameron had never met Lin Daoqiu, and he was very curious about Lin Daoqiu.

After all, he has put too much effort into this computer animation department, and he certainly hopes to continue to do it.

But if there is no way to negotiate with Lin Daoqiu, Ed Cameron can only give up part of things and choose to start again, which is definitely not what he wants to see.

"Mr. Lin and I have only met once, but I feel that he is more sincere."

John Lasseter and Lin Daoqiu didn't say a few words, and from the impression, basically nothing can be seen.

Ed Cameron could only nod his head. He was a little flustered now, and he only hoped that Lin Daoqiu was a good boss.

After waiting for a short time, Lin Daoqiu, who arrived a few minutes earlier than the scheduled time, entered John Lasseter and Ed Cameron next to him.

He walked to their table with a smile, and John Lasseter and Ed Cameron stood up almost at the same time.

"This must be Mr. Kaymore. Hello, I'm Lin Daoqiu. It's a pleasure to meet you."

Lin Daoqiu extended his hand to Ed Kemmer.

Ed Cameron quickly held Lin Daoqiu's hand.

"I've heard of Mr. Lin's name a long time ago, but I didn't expect it to be so different from what I imagined."

Ed Cameron didn't expect Lin Daoqiu to be so young, but this made him very happy.

If you are an elderly person, I am afraid that you will have some prejudices against computer animation.

But if it is a young man like Lin Daoqiu, he should not maintain a negative attitude towards computer animation.

"You two are welcome, let's sit down and chat."

After the three of them sat down, Lin Daoqiu mainly focused on Ed Cameron.

After all, he is the head and the soul of ILM's computer animation department. As long as he is dealt with, Lin Daoqiu can completely hand over the future computer animation actions to Ed Cameron.

"I think that in the future, the trend of animation will gradually start. Whether it is traditional animation or computer animation, there will be a very broad prospect in the future, so I will conclude this deal this time."

The vigorous development of the animation industry in the future is definitely beyond the imagination of many people.

If you can lay out in this field early, it will definitely be of great benefit to yourself.

"Mr. Lin's eyes are indeed very predictable. Mr. Lin and I have almost the same thoughts."

Ed Cameron was very happy that Lin Daoqiu had such an idea, because in this way their department could get more resources.

"I can assure you two that in the future, my annual budget for computer animation will not be less than 2000 million U.S. dollars, and it will increase year by year."

Unexpectedly, Lin Daoqiu would be so generous. Ed Cameron and John Lasseter looked at each other, and they could see the excitement in each other's eyes.

What they hope most is to meet a boss who is willing to invest money, and the appearance of Lin Daoqiu greatly satisfied their wish.

"You two don't have to worry, the 2000 million budget is only used for research and development, if it is filming, there is another budget."

If Lin Daoqiu's previous words made them excited, then his words made Ed Keymore almost unsteady.

"I plan to make several animated films in the future, Ed Kaymer and your team will be in charge, and..."

"I plan to name this animation studio, Magic Animation Studio."

The original Pixar animation studio has been changed into Magic Animation Studio by Lin Daoqiu.

Ed Cameron didn't have any dissatisfaction with this, he even took it for granted.

After all, the magic studio in Lin Daoqiu's hands is well-known internationally, but their computer animation department is still unknown.

If the name of the magic animation studio is crowned, it means that they have become Lin Daoqiu's core team.

"Mr. Lin's decision doesn't make any sense to me. I will immediately start handling the business of the studio."

Ed Kaymer can't wait to start working, and he wants to jump into the new animation shooting right now.

After chatting for an entire afternoon, Lin Daoqiu promised that they would soon receive the first development budget of 5000 million US dollars.

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"I heard that you bought the computer animation department of Industrial Light and Magic?"

The next day, Lin Daoqiu came to Universal Films, and in Langmeyer's office, he took the initiative to chat about this topic.

What Langmeyer couldn't understand was why Lin Daoqiu was interested in computer animation.

"I previously opened a MAG company in Neon, mainly engaged in comics, animation and games. I heard that Lucas was going to sell the computer animation department of Industrial Light and Magic, so I bought it."

Langmeyer knew that Lin Daoqiu had invested in Neon, but he didn't know the details. Hearing what Lin Daoqiu said, he mistakenly thought that the other party was really just planning for the animation industry.

(End of this chapter)