Before Lucas and the others spoke, Yu Dong had already guessed that Jimmy was launching the satellite with them.
Jimmy is not a young boy. He must have leaked this information to Lucas and Spielberg on purpose. As for the reason, it is also very simple, just to whet their appetites.
Faced with Dong's denial, Lucas and Spielberg certainly didn't believe it.
Spielberg smiled and said: "If there was no such thing, you would have shown a puzzled expression instead of being so eager to refute it. Besides, we only said that Jimmy told us that you were studying robots recently, and there was no such thing.
Tell me what you want to do specifically. There is no need to be so excited. Moreover, your voice has just become higher and your eyes are looking to the upper right corner. This is a typical sign of lying."
Yu Dong rolled his eyes, "Steven, when did an international director like you start studying psychology?"
"I watched two episodes of "Lie to Me" and learned a lot. Speaking of which, I have to thank you a lot, because you produced this TV series."
"This Jimmy." Yu Dong complained, and then shook his head, "I am indeed more interested in robots recently, and I really want to write a novel about robots, but this novel has not been written yet."
"If you haven't written it yet, it means you have already started writing it," Spielberg said,
"I have indeed started writing." Yu Dong nodded.
Lucas and Spielberg looked at each other and smiled, and the latter said, "Jimmy must have revealed this news to us in the hope that we would be interested in your new book. I have to say that he succeeded. You have been with us for a long time.
I no longer write science fiction novels. Now that I can write it this time, it proves that the story is attractive enough. If possible, I would like to start negotiations for the adaptation rights before the novel is published."
Yu Dong said very simply, "No problem, I guarantee you will be able to read the novel before it is put on the shelves. If you are still interested in the film and television adaptation rights after reading the novel, you can talk to Jimmy at any time. But you still have
Do you have time to make other movies? You already have a lot of plans on hand, and people’s energy is limited, so aren’t you afraid that you will be too busy?”
Spielberg said with a smile: "Actually, I can be a little busier. The work on "The Martian" has almost been completed. Although the follow-up work is also very important, I can relax a little."
Hearing what Spielberg said, Yu Dong was also very emotional. He found that these directors were really going from reel to reel and were not willing to stop at all.
Spielberg is not as relaxed as he said. During this period, he was so busy that he never touched the ground. In the past two months, although he spent most of his time at Mangya filming "The Martian"
, but he will also fly back to the United States every now and then, because in addition to "The Martian", he also has many projects on hand.
As Yu Dong only knows, Spielberg's recent script "Artificial Intelligence" is being planned to be filmed, and the production company is DreamWorks. There is also "Jurassic Park 3", which will start filming soon.
In addition, "Shrek", which Deep Space previously took over, is currently in production. As a producer, Spielberg certainly cannot ignore it.
In other words, in the short term, he has at least four plans in hand, and each of them is a big plan. Among these four movies, the one with the lowest production cost is probably "Shrek", but it also cost more than 60 million US dollars.
.
Except for "Shrek", the production costs of the other three movies are about 90 million US dollars, and the total production cost of the four movies is more than 300 million US dollars.
Yu Dong felt very tired when he thought of Spielberg running between different projects every day without any time to rest. But the key is that Spielberg can still maintain his passion and does not feel tired at all.
Spielberg's state reminded Yudong of Zhang Yimou. Under normal circumstances, when the Chinese New Year is approaching, everyone would have taken a break. Who would take work for him? But when Zhang Yimou came back, in just a few days, he managed to create an opening.
Mode.
Thinking of "Shrek", Yu Dong asked casually, "By the way, how is the production of "Shrek" going? I heard from Jimmy before that it went very smoothly? But he didn't say the specific progress."
"Yes, it went very smoothly." Spielberg nodded, "After your company took over, the capital investment was very fast, and after PDI was acquired by you, it went all out to produce "Shrek", which greatly improved the film production process.
The speed is a bit beyond my expectation. Now the production of the entire movie has come to an end. If everything goes well, we are expected to see it in the cinema in the second half of this year. Even if it is slower, it will be in the first half of next year at the latest.
See."
"Is it so fast? Karl told me at the beginning that it would not be released until at least next year." Yu Dong said unexpectedly.
The Carl Yu Dong mentioned was Carl Rosendahl, the founder of PDI. After Deep Space acquired PDI, Yu Dong had a face-to-face chat with Carl Rosendahl. At that time, Yu Dong asked about "Shrek"
progress issues.
At that time, Carl Rosendahl told Dong that their PDI had too few manpower, and "Shrek" would not be released until at least next year, that is, 2001. If it didn't go well, it might have to be pushed back one or two years. It seemed that at that time
Karl was being a bit conservative.
"Actually, Carl is right. If PDI had not expanded its manpower, "Shrek" would indeed not be released until at least the first half of next year. But after you acquired PDI, you added more than one-half of their manpower.
, the efficiency has certainly improved a lot.”
Lucas smiled on the side and said, "But you also have to think about it. After the production of "Shrek" is completed, these people at PDI will have nothing to do. The operating costs will be too high, which is terrible for your company."
Not a good thing. You won't tell me that you acquired PDI just for the movie "Shrek". If that's the case, it would be too extravagant. Although PDI is not as good as Pixar, their
The production level is also top-notch in the industry. It would be a waste to leave it alone. Not to mention, you paid a lot of cash to acquire PDI at that time."
"Lucas, don't worry about this. I have my own plans for PDI, and they won't be idle."
Lucas raised his eyebrows, "Oh? What are you going to ask them to do next?"
In the face of Lucas's prying, Yu Dong said, "This is a commercial secret. It's not convenient for me to tell you unless you sell your Industrial Light and Magic to us."
As soon as Yu Dong mentioned Industrial Light and Magic again, Lucas couldn't help but curl his lips, "You want Industrial Light and Magic, no problem, as long as you are willing to trade your deep space computer with me, or
You're exchanging your shares in Amazon with me."
"Even if I hand over the deep space computer to you, you won't be able to use it. Do you have any experience in running an Internet company?" Yu Dong teased.
Lucas smiled and said, "I didn't say I wanted to run it. As long as you are willing to change, I can sell the Deep Space Computer to America Online. I think Steven Case will definitely be willing to pay a good price for it."
, now AOL is in trouble with your company. I saw the tribe website they created. It is completely imitating yours, but it is far from your Deep Space Tribe. Even though they spent a lot of money, the traffic of their website is still...
Not even one-tenth of yours."
"You are really good at making calculations."
Lucas is right. What Steven Case wants to do most now is probably to acquire the Deep Space Computer, or to defeat the Deep Space Computer. In order to compete with the Deep Space Company, they have spent a lot of money.
Tens of millions of dollars.
Your problem is that after spending so much money, they not only failed to defeat the Deep Space Tribe, but icq's business was also being cannibalized by Deep Space step by step.
Lenovo wants to cooperate with AOL. Why did the negotiation go so smoothly? Isn't it because AOL hopes to create an alliance with Lenovo in the rear areas of China's deep space computer?
If Deep Space is now willing to package the Deep Space Computer and sell it to AOL, Steven Keyes will probably wake up laughing in his sleep.
As for the price, let’s not say too much. It’s not even one billion, but it’s seven to eight billion U.S. dollars. If you keep a close eye on it, there’s no problem if it exceeds one billion U.S. dollars.
It is certainly true that Yu Dong wants Industrial Light and Magic. Many projects after Deep Space will rely on the services of Industrial Light and Magic.
Now that Deep Space and Lucas are tied together because of IMAX, it is just a matter of words for Deep Space to use Industrial Light and Magic. However, the world is bustling for profit, and the world is bustling for profit.
No one can say how reliable the cooperative relationship between them will be and how long it will last.
If the cooperative relationship between them breaks down one day, it will not be easy to find a company to replace Industrial Light and Magic, so Yu Dong really wants to take down Industrial Light and Magic. No matter what, the sharp weapon is still his own.
Best in hand.
Of course, Industrial Light and Magic is now the backbone of Lucasfilm, and Lucas is certainly unwilling to transfer it to Deep Space.
Even though Lucasfilm has a huge business and owns super IPs such as "Star Wars", the company's real money maker may be Industrial Light and Magic, and its income from other aspects is not impressive.
"Star Wars" peripherals are very profitable, but these revenues actually have little to do with Lucasfilm.
Regarding the incubation of IP, Lucasfilm and Deep Space have taken completely different routes.
Deep Space Company is willing to personally incubate IPs owned by Deep Space Company as long as conditions are met. Even if the conditions are not sufficient, Deep Space Company will try its best to participate in the investment. This will not only ensure that the direction of IP incubation is correct, but also ensure that Deep Space Company
Obtain sufficient profits from IP incubation.
Take "The Martian" as an example. Deep Space Company itself accounted for half of the investment in the entire movie. It contributed both money and effort, and used all its energy to promote it. When the money is divided in the future, it will naturally get more than half.
But Lucasfilm is completely different. They are only responsible for producing IP, promoting it, and licensing it to others. They basically do not invest, take risks, pay costs, and do not spend a lot of energy on creation and management.
Maintain these IPs of theirs.
In this way, they really have no risk, but the harvest is also much less. Most of the things they authorize can only get a small amount of authorization share.
Which of these two business ideas is better or worse needs to be analyzed in detail. Relatively speaking, the Lucas business method is definitely safer. Even if you don't make a lot of money, you won't stumble. Direct licensing can also speed up IP incubation.
However, even if Lucas is now willing to sell Industrial Light and Magic to Deep Space, I am afraid that Deep Space will not be able to come up with such a large amount of money. Their recent series of operations have almost bottomed out their pockets.
…
When the three of them ended their conversation, it was already past eleven o'clock, and it was time for lunch, but he did not invite Spielberg and Lucas to have lunch with him.
After seeing them off, Yu Dong took Cheng Yanqiu to the cafeteria for dinner. As soon as they got out of the elevator, they heard a burst of shouts coming from the direction of the auditorium upstairs.
The sound insulation of the Deep Space Building is already very good, but you can still hear the screams coming from the auditorium, which shows how huge the scene is.
Cheng Yanqiu looked up at the ceiling, as if he wanted to see through it, and then said with a smile, "At this time, there is such a big movement, do you think Ma Tianyuan won?"
"It's hard to say." Yu Dong shook his head, "At this stage, it is possible that several other Chinese players have won. After all, it is the early stage and the level is not high. The level of several Chinese players is pretty good. If they don't meet
The seeded players should have no problem winning."
"But this voice is too strong. Is it really just the early game? Maybe their game is very fast and it's already the late game?"
"No matter how fast we go, we can't get to this point. After all, there are so many participating teams." Yu Dong smiled and pulled Cheng Yanqiu forward, "Let's go, let's go to eat quickly. I'll find out what the specific situation is soon."
."
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"Ma Tianyuan, awesome!"
In the small conference hall, a StarCraft match had just ended. The Terrans from China's Ma Tianyuan defeated the Gods of Goryeo Story with a score of two to one and advanced to the top twelve. He was also the first in today's StarCraft match.
A player who is sure to enter the top twelve.
Although it was only a 24-to-12 game, the scene was very intense and far more exciting than any other long game before. Goryeo's story is also a player that has attracted much attention in this World Electronic Game Competition.
Relevant people have previously predicted that Story is a very promising contender for the StarCraft championship in this competition.
But for such a seeded player to fail at the hands of a Chinese player, Ma Tianyuan, when he was in the 24th and 12th place, the emotions of the audience were certainly high.
Chapter completed!