Hollywood Starts with Animation

Zucker went to the bank for a mortgage loan, which was also a helpless move.

There is really no money!

There is less than $100,000 left in the account, let alone going to Pixar to discuss cooperation, that is, the decoration of the seven movie peripheral stores, it is estimated that it will cost hundreds of thousands of dollars.

The acquaintances are familiar with the road, and this time Zucker chose the Los Angeles branch of Wells Fargo Bank.

"Mr. Wald, welcome again!"

The senior manager of the branch loan department, the first person in charge, Smith Chaomi, is directly responsible for Zucker's approach.

Surprisingly good attitude.

It's coffee and dessert again, with a gentle and warm tone. Can the attitude be bad? For today's Wells Fargo, millions of dollars of customers are definitely big customers.

"Then I'll make a long story short, this time I want a loan, at least $3 million!" Zucker went straight to the point.

$3 million?

As soon as these words came out, Smith Jormi was directly shocked!

In Citibank, the amount is not large, but for Smith, who is the manager of the branch loan department, it is not small.

Even a huge amount.

Wells Fargo, in 2020, is an absolute behemoth.

Its deposits exceed 1.8 trillion US dollars, the bank market value exceeds 200 billion US dollars, and bank branches are spread throughout North America and many other parts of the world. However, today's Wells Fargo, whose market value is only $480 million, is just a small shrimp in the entire American banking industry.

"Yeah, $3 million."

After Zucker finished speaking, he emphasized again: "If it doesn't work, then we won't be able to cooperate this time."

"This... Mr. Wald, please allow me to make a call. After all, the amount is huge, I hope you can understand." Smith Jormy gritted his teeth.

"Okay, then I'll wait for your good news."

Zhu Ke was not in a hurry, he picked up coffee and ate snacks. Seeing Smith leave, Zucker's heart also became alive.

"It's a pity that I don't have any money right now. Otherwise, investing in Wells Fargo would be a huge profit."

It is impossible for Zu Ke not to be moved. Wells Fargo's market value of 480 million US dollars will grow to more than 200 billion US dollars in the future, an increase of more than 400 times, which is not huge.

In other words, investing one million US dollars now will be worth more than 400 million US dollars in 2020!

Get rich!

"Damn it, time travel is so good, it's full of gold!"

"And this broken system is simply a pit!"

"What use do you say you have? Why isn't it a daily money delivery system? Luxury houses, yachts, and planes are delivered for free. That's great and powerful."

"Just occasionally provide some future information, it's a bullshit."

Obviously, Zu Ke, who was excited, had already provided him with the news of Netscape's listing and the news of Pixar animation studio, but he forgot all about it.

【Host, you have no conscience! 】The system complains.

Zucker Crazy Wald.

Five days later.

Zucker is once again at Wells Fargo's Los Angeles branch.

Under the witness of the lawyer, the loan contract was signed very happily.

The contract involves a total amount of US$2.4 million, of which the mortgage loan for seven stores is US$2 million, and there is a personal credit loan of US$400,000; the time limit is 3 years, and the interest rate is 9% lower than the previous loan by 3 points, which means that Every year Zucker has to pay back $216,000 to the bank, for a total of $648,000 over three years.

black!

so dark!

"In the future, I will also buy a bank and let my own bank lend me a loan!"

Zucker, Nobody's Trying To Make My Money, Wald, is online again.

In fact, Zucker took it for granted, or his legal awareness was a bit poor.

I don't know at all that my own bank can't lend to a company in my own name, um, neither can related-party transactions.

Tucao returns to Tucao, but I still admire the courage of Wells Fargo Bank in my heart, no wonder it did so much later.

This means that Zucker doesn't know much about finance. If he understands it, he will probably admire it even more. You must know that in the global subprime mortgage crisis in 2008, investment banks such as Citi, ****, Goldman Sachs, etc. lost a lot of money, the amount was calculated in hundreds of billions of dollars, and Wells Fargo even managed to grow against the current.

In the next time, Zuke contacted a decoration company, um, the kind that charges relatively cheap.

After paying $200,000 for renovations, planning for renovations began. The average decoration cost of each of the seven stores is less than 30,000 US dollars. I have to say that Zu Ke spent his last life in the logistics of the entertainment industry.

The decoration of the store can not be said to be extremely simple, but it is definitely a very ordinary decoration.

August 28, 1995, at 8 am.

Alami D County, California.

Zucker made an appointment and arrived at the Pixar animation studio on time.

"Good morning, Mr. Lasseter," Zucker said.

"On behalf of Pixar Animation, I would like to welcome Mr. Wald here."

Lasseter said enthusiastically.

I have to say that the person responsible for receiving Zucker in Pixar animation is John Lasseter, the chief director of the "Toy Story" series and the future leader of the five Pixar tigers.

Seeing that the person in charge of reception was him, Zu Ke couldn't help being surprised.

It's not that Zucker is kneeling and licking, it's just that John Lasseter's future fame is too great. In the world of animation, his name is the loudest one.

Absolute animation god!

The small table lamp in the title of Pixar's animated film came from Lasseter's idea.

In the future, the Pixar Five Tigers will win the Oscar for Best Animation, and the characters who are soft-handed, which one is not famous, and the Pixar Five Tigers will all win the Oscar Lifetime Honor Award in the future. "Toy Story", "Cars", "Finding Nemo", "The Incredibles", "Up", "Dinosaurs" and so on, which one is not from their ideas?

These 3D animated films not only harvest the box office crazily around the world, but also earn several times, or even dozens of times, the box office in the surrounding areas.

Especially Cars!

Its peripheral profits exceed one billion US dollars every year, and together with "Peppa Pig", it is called the most profitable animation.

billion dollars? !

Per year? !

"It would be great if it was all mine."

Thinking about it, Zu Ke's eyes were red. Go to Nima's entertainment industry logistics supervisor, go to his mother's 70 square meter house, I will make a lot of money in this life!

Kind of ashamed.

A bit of a sophomore.

A little crazy.

So what, who has trouble living with money, especially billions of dollars.

"Mr. Wald, are you all right?"

John Lasseter looked at Zucker strangely. It was really that Zucker was too... excited.

"Uh, it's okay, let's go in and talk." Zucker concealed his embarrassment.

Shame!

It's so embarrassing!

"I still have too little experience in big scenes." Zu Ke was secretly annoyed.

After entering the Pixar animation studio, Zucker can be said to be full of expectations. It is said that the environment and atmosphere of the Pixar animation studio are the first in the world. The combination of playgrounds, family and other elements makes people feel more pleasant at work. , which is also the reason for the gang of Pixar.

"This....this is your studio?!"

Zhu Ke was stunned. What he saw was completely different from his imagination.

The small, messy work environment, the animators with messy hair and wanton growth of beards, are just a bunch of IT dogs.

"I made you laugh, hehe."

John Lasseter looked extremely embarrassed: "Our environment is a little worse now, but I believe that when "Toy Story" is released, Pixar will definitely be heard all over the world!"

As he spoke, Lasseter became more and more excited.

"it's okay no problem."

Zu Ke's performance was extremely generous, but it wasn't like that in his heart.

"Great, great, the more difficult it is for you now, the more confident I will be, and I can save a lot of money, hehe."

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