Rebirth of Hong Kong - 1978

Chapter 1894 Digging a pit and waiting?

"To be honest, from the very beginning, I didn't think you could convince your board of directors to agree to invest 5000 million a year in research and development of special effects."

Little Alan Ryder's expression became even uglier when he heard what Lin Daoqiu said.

On the other side, Dykstra and Lucas were chatting about the magic studio's special effects technology, and they didn't notice Lin Daoqiu and Alan Ryder at all.

"Then you still offer such a condition?"

Little Alan Ryder felt very puzzled, since Lin Daoqiu clearly knew that he would not be able to do it even if he agreed, why did he put forward such a condition?

"Because I know you are a smart person and you can see the development trend of future movies, that's why I asked you to cooperate."

The cooperation Lin Daoqiu mentioned does not refer to the cooperation they reached before.

"What exactly do you mean?"

Little Alan Ryder felt something was wrong, he even felt that Lin Daoqiu seemed to have set up a trick for him from the very beginning.

Seeing the vigilant expression on little Alan Ryder's face, Lin Daoqiu felt like laughing.

"Don't be so nervous, I actually want to buy Lucasfilm with you."

Little Alan Ryder didn't expect Lin Daoqiu to make such a proposal, but even if little Alan Ryder agreed, he couldn't afford that much money.

Even if he sells everything, he can only spend at most 5000 million U.S. dollars, and if he wants to buy Lucasfilm, he needs at least [-] million U.S. dollars.

Moreover, in the future, Lucasfilm will be provided with funds for research and development of special effects every year, which is simply a deal that Alan Ryder Jr. cannot afford.

"I plan to acquire Lucasfilm, you can get 15.00% of the shares, and Lucas and his company's core technicians will get 20.00% five."

Of course, the shares Lin Daoqiu mentioned were dry shares. After all, he could not spend a large sum of money and then distribute it to the other party for free. That is obviously impossible.

"Why did you give me these shares for nothing? I remember that you and I don't seem to have such a good relationship?"

Little Alan Ryder felt very strange, because the relationship between him and Lin Daoqiu was not good at all, it could only be said to be very ordinary.

But Lin Daoqiu suddenly wanted to give him a 15.00% stake in Lucasfilm, even if it was just a dry stock, it was still a lot of income.

There is only one explanation for Lin Daoqiu to do this, that is, he intends to use these shares to exchange for something from himself. As for Fox or other things, it depends on what Lin Daoqiu thinks.

"I'm sure you're also aware that if I bought all of Lucasfilm, there would be some rumors, so I want someone else to share the burden with me, and you just happen to be a very suitable candidate."

The reason why Lin Daoqiu didn't look for Langmeyer was because Universal was too big. If he pulled them in, it would not help him at all.

So this time he chose Alan Ryder Jr., after all, the other party is indeed a very talented and capable person.

Maybe one day little Alan Ryder wants to open up and switch to his subordinates, it will be a very wonderful thing for Lin Daoqiu.

"I originally wanted me to be a shield, but the 15.00% stake is indeed a big temptation."

There is no need for Alan Ryder Jr. to invest huge amounts of research and development funds every year, even if Lucasfilm does not make money, it has nothing to do with him.

But as long as this company can continue to produce movies, Alan Ryder Jr. can get a lot of dividends every year. No one will believe such a good thing.

"If you are interested, I can sell you 15.00% of the shares at a price of 5000 million. Of course, this is the current price. If it is in the future, it will not be this price."

What Lin Daoqiu actually hoped was that Alan Ryder Jr. could buy a part of the shares, which would be tantamount to enclosing him in his own circle.

Even if little Alan Ryder is not on his side in the future, but considering his interests, I believe that little Alan Ryder will help him to some extent.

"You are really not polite at all. You paid 5000 million US dollars to buy 15.00% of Lucasfilm's shares, but this price seems to be very reasonable now."

Alan Ryder Jr. can probably estimate the current price of Lucasfilm, so it is not expensive to buy 5000% of the shares for 15.00 million.

If he just nods now, the 5000 million will be multiplied by countless times in the future, but Alan Ryder Jr. doesn't have such a vision now, and he still can't see the development ten or twenty years later.

"Think about it, if you really think that special effects movies are the mainstream trend in the future, then this investment will definitely benefit you without any harm."

When he figured out why Lin Daoqiu did this, little Alan Ryder naturally relaxed a lot.

As long as he knows what Lin Daoqiu is thinking, little Alan Ryder will not be afraid.

After all, everyone is making movies or researching and developing special effects, and the ultimate goal is to make money from it. As long as it can make money, Alan Ryder Jr. is still very interested.

"I need to think about it for a while, after all, $5000 million is a lot of money for me."

Not to mention Alan Ryder Jr., it would definitely not be an easy task for them to exchange 5000 million U.S. dollars for someone else.

Lin Daoqiu nodded. He didn't force little Alan Ryder to agree to himself right now. After all, this kind of thing really needs to be carefully considered.

But now what Lin Daoqiu wants is Alan Ryder Jr. to help persuade Lucas to let him sell Lucasfilm to himself, and then let all his teams stay.

"Looks like you guys had a great time chatting."

After Lin Daoqiu finished chatting with Alan Ryder Jr., they walked towards Lucas and Dykstra.

"Aren't you the same?"

When Lin Daoqiu and Alan Ryder Jr. were chatting, Lucas also saw all this in his eyes, although he didn't know what Lin Daoqiu and Alan Ryder Jr. were talking about.

And after talking so much with Dykstra, Lucas found that with the support of Lin Daoqiu, it is not without reason that Magic Studio can develop so fast.

On the other hand, although his Lucasfilm has made blockbuster films like the "Star Wars" series, not only does it not get much money, but it also has to invest in special effects research and development.

So this company didn't help him make any money, otherwise he wouldn't have been looking for investment everywhere.

"I think that if Lucasfilm can have the same research and development funding as Magic Studio, it will definitely advance by leaps and bounds in technology."

Lin Daoqiu suddenly said something that made Lucas frowned.

(End of this chapter)