Hollywood Starts with Animation

The next morning, Zucker got up, washed briefly, and drove out. In addition to paying attention to Pixar's stock today, Zucker has a lot to do, most notably visiting seven SpongeBob SquarePants stores.

Hollywood and Highland Mall.

SpongeBob SquarePants House Second Store.

It is the one with the best business except the main store, because it has a good location and many tourists, and sometimes the business is even better than the main store.

"BOSS, you are welcome to come and inspect the work. You are not here today. I also plan to report to you at night." Victor said.

Victor Jones, male, white, 30 years old, married, has a two-year-old daughter, is currently the manager of the second store; before serving as the manager of the second store of SpongeBob SquarePants, he was a local toy factory in Los Angeles The director of the factory, that is, the general manager, has achieved remarkable results, but because the factory owner was addicted to gambling, he lost all his fortune in Las Vegas, and then he switched to Zhu Ke.

He, Victor Jones, is undoubtedly the best employee with the best personal resume under Zucker at present.

Before the release of "Toy Story", the second store led by Victor was the store with the highest turnover and the only profitable store for two consecutive months.

From this point of view alone, who else does Zhu Ke respect if he doesn't respect him?

Talent is rare!

"Victor, I heard you worked in Hollywood for a while before you became the toy factory manager?" Zucker asked.

Victor nodded and said, "That's right, boss. When I was young, I didn't do well in school. After graduating from high school, I went out to work and worked on a Hollywood studio. Later, I also worked as a manager for a few years."

While speaking, Victor couldn't help showing a look of nostalgia.

After all, that's Hollywood!

"Oh? Then why don't you keep doing it?" Zucker was curious.

"BOSS, at that time the company planned to transfer me to a branch in New York to be a manager, but my wife was pregnant at the time, and every pregnancy reaction was severe; You all know it now." Victor said.

Hearing this, Zucker nodded.

Victor Jones is indeed a very thoughtful and capable manager.

Before the release of "Toy Story", Zucker hoarded peripheral products, and was questioned by many store managers, including James, who thought Zucker was too crazy.

Only Victor supports Zucker's approach!

He gave the reason: "Since Steve Jobs took over Pixar, despite the huge investment, they still can't make ends meet, and they have studied a lot of useless things, but they have also accumulated a lot of advanced 3D animation technology; moreover, as long as you have seen They produced the best animated short film "The Tin Soldier" a few years ago. You will find that their rendering technology and storytelling ability are very outstanding, and they are undoubtedly standing at the top of Hollywood and even the world. . "Toy Story" is their smashed work, which took four years to build, and the probability of success is far greater than failure."

That is, from that day.

Zucker confirmed: Victor is a real talent.

As for why Zucker hasn't heard his name in the future, is it any wonder?

Are there still few talents buried in Hollywood?

Besides, sometimes opportunities and opportunities are more important than their own ability!

"Victor, you've sorted out your work recently and prepared for the handover," Zucker said.

"Uh...boss, did I do something wrong?"

Victor's heart skipped a beat when he heard Zucker's words.

What is this for?

Are you going to fire me?

I am short of money now. After all, my wife needs money to bring her two-year-old daughter at home! What if you don't have a job?

"you misunderstood.

"

Zu Ke laughed dumbly and said: "I plan to buy a Hollywood film company in the near future, um, a relatively small one; the original film company manager, I don't think he is good, do you want to try it? Of course, you can also choose to refuse and continue. This job."

"I accept! I am very eager to join in."

Victor can't help himself. After all, he has worked in Hollywood for nearly ten years. This relationship is not something that can be given up. Now that the opportunity is in front of you, how can you let it go?

........

In the blink of an eye, half a month passed.

Zucker chose to settle the liquidation without hesitation after the market value of Pixar Animation exceeded $1 billion. The earnings ratio did not reach the 10 times that Zucker had expected, but it did reach 4 times.

It's scary enough!

"The investment of 6 million US dollars turned into more than 24 million US dollars after half a month, and the profit was 15 million US dollars, which is quite good."

With more than 20 million US dollars in cash flow in hand, Zucker is undoubtedly in a good mood.

three days later.

Zucker, Victor, and Candy finally reached an agreement after a week-long negotiation with Hughes Films.

With a fortune of $2.8 million, Zucker completed an all-equity acquisition of Hughes Films and changed the name of the film company to -- Wald Films!

Full name: Zucker Wald Films Entertainment.

Yes, Zucker is so narcissistic.

"Look at the two film media groups, Disney and Warner, which one is not named after a surname? This is writing his name into film history!"

The other four of the Big Six in Hollywood, Paramount, Columbia, Universal, and Twentieth Century Fox, are equally great, but, who are not familiar with the history of Hollywood, who will remember their founders?

Zucker's current net worth is close to 30 million US dollars, and as a traveler, he firmly believes that he will be richer in the future, shouldn't he pursue it a little more?

For example: engraved in film history!

"Zuke, congratulations, starting today, you officially become a member of Hollywood!" Kandy looked at Zucker and smiled.

"Congratulations, Kandy, you made another $10,000 from me!" Zucker said.

Hearing this, Kandi's mouth twitched slightly: "You vampire, my fee is already low enough, I have to change it to someone else. If you don't have $30,000, you can't even watch it."

"Thank you, my friend."

This sentence, Zucker is really sincere.

Generally speaking, the company responsible for taking over the acquisition will take a lot of money. For acquisitions below 10 million US dollars, the market price is at least 5%;

Michael Ovitz, one of the founders of CAA, is one of the representatives of entertainment industry acquisitions.

In 1989, Sony Group paid $3.4 billion for Columbia Pictures, one of the six major Hollywood studios, and paid Ovitz a personal commission of $35 million; in 1990, Panasonic Group acquired MCA for $6.59 billion, also paying a high price. The commission, a full 40 million US dollars.

With that said, Kandi's fees are really cheap.

This time, he gave Zucker a big friendship price!

Of course, with Zhu Ke's vampire-like attributes, he would never want to get a high service fee.

"Victor, you are now the CEO of Wald Pictures, so I'll have to wait and see." Zucker said suddenly.

Hearing this, Victor Jones immediately said: "Boss, I will definitely not disappoint you."

Zucker nodded and left Wald Pictures with Candy. As for the scheduled speech in front of all employees after the acquisition of the company, Zhu Ke did not participate.

Boss, you have to handle the staff!

Well, that's not the case.

Generally speaking, after the new boss buys the company, he will increase the salary and benefits of the employees by 10% to 20%, which is not a small sum of money. Zuck Who's Who Don't Make My Money Wald, Online Again!

Of course, Zucker still has work to do!

"Now that the acquisition of the Hollywood company has been completed, let's start filming as soon as possible."

It was impossible for Zucker not to be excited.

Make a movie!

Zhu Ke, who graduated from the directing department in his last life, has never been a director for a while. Well, well, he has never been an assistant director. Now he is a director in Hollywood, how can he not be excited? !