"Brother, isn't you the best director? I believe you can get it!"

Listening to Natalie on the other side of the phone, Wang Yang couldn't help laughing. While continuing to walk on the boulevard, he couldn't help laughing, "Thank you, but... don't believe me. Really don't, haha! I can't do it. I just learned that there were only three people who won the best director nomination for science fiction films for so many years, but what I want to make is a science fiction movie! Hell!"

He likes to study movies, but he is not very concerned about these historical details of the Oscars. He continued to laugh, "Who are those three people? Stanley Kubrick, wow! "2001 Space Odyssey"! You know that movie, its spaceship, computer... what should I say? It's just incredible, incredible! Then George Lucas, oh! "Star Wars"! Hello, Her Majesty Queen Padbeck! Unbelievable, incredible, incredible, I'm actually talking on the phone with Her Majesty the Queen..."

"Ha!" Natalie laughed out loud and said seriously: "But you are not bad either, you are magical! Padmei tells you that the brave Nab people will not say 'I can't', and will never!"

Wang Yang shrugged and smiled at his phone, "Sorry, Your Majesty, I'm just an ordinary earthling." Both of them laughed a few times, and he slowly calmed down and smiled, "Okay, everyone is encouraging me, so what if you care about him! I eat this box of chocolate, I eat, I eat, I eat, and there is always one that will be the best director."

"That's right, come on anyway! In fact, it doesn't matter whether you win an Oscar or not. Well, I mean, in your realm, not mine." Natalie smiled sinisterly before saying seriously: "Yang, don't put too much psychological pressure on yourself, do you know?" Wang Yang said no, and just wanted to say thank you, he heard her say again: "Psychological pressure will make you age early, make you very ugly, and even 'really not good'."

It really doesn't work? Wang Yang kept frowning in confusion. Natalie on the other side continued, "I hope you will become like that and then be abandoned by Jesse. Me? I don't care about appearance. Eight abdominal muscles are good, but one is not so-called; you can also not have sex, but maybe it saves a lot of trouble."

Wang Yang understood what she meant, rolled her eyes and smiled, "Do you know why I treat you as a gay friend?" He paused and said loudly, "That's the reason!" Natalie laughed indifferently, and said, "Brother, your voice makes me very happy now, I'm going to use that sentence!" Wang Yang smiled, "Okay, happy birthday! He's one year older, be obedient!"

Natalie whistled a frivolous whistle and said excitedly: "A year left! In a year, I can go to the nightclub to drink openly. I drink, I drink, I drink... I drink to death those bitches!"

"Her Majesty Queen, please pay attention to your image!" Wang Yang laughed hurriedly, shook his head again, how should he say to her? He smiled and said, "I won't say it anymore, I have to go to work, thank you for your poor encouragement!" Natalie over there said, "Well, bye, come to New York for your time to play." Wang Yang smiled refusally, "No, I've been imprisoned for a month in New York this year, which is enough. Let's go and go to get out of prison procedures in September. My friend, bye!"

Although there are many comments from outside, Wang Yang still has that attitude. Doing his own job is the most important thing! And now the imminent job is still the acquisition of a special effects company. He dialed a number with his mobile phone, and suddenly frowned again. He saw a paparazzi holding a telephoto camera not far ahead, taking a photo at him.

"Hi, Mark, are they here?" Wang Yang looked at the paparazzi expressionlessly, listening to Mark Slunt's words on his phone. After a while, he nodded and said, "Well, okay, I'll come now."

Finding a special effects company suitable for acquisition and investment is a focus of Fire Movies' work recently, including emitting words in the industry to attract people, contacting people on their own initiative, etc. After selection and investigation by Wang Yang, Mark Slunt and Blue Sky Studios president Chris Waiki, etc., we finally set our goal on a Canadian company called "image-engine".

In 1995, Greg Holmes and partner Christopher established the Image Engine in Vancouver. Its current scale is not large and mainly uses some visual effects for TV commercials; in terms of film and television, its works are only the TV series "Star Gate SG-1". However, since its launch in 1997, it has received rave reviews. Its special effects have also been praised by fans. Some of the work of the Image Engine has been post-synthesis, modeling, etc.

Its main synthesis software is nuke in the digital field, and it is naturally the right to use it after purchase. It may not be as good as the digital field, but its redevelopment and use of nuke is definitely commendable. In terms of modeling, the image engine also has experience that cannot be underestimated by the first step in making 2D drawings into 3D animation.

But in general, it is now just a small company. Although it is called "Image Engine", it lacks a powerful 3D vision engine, no hair and bone generation technology... it does not have the ability to take on the special effects work of "The Ninth District".

However, this is normal. If you directly acquire a capable special effects company, the price will inevitably double, and others may not be willing to sell it. The reason why they value Image Engine Company is because of its development potential. Its current employees come from all over the world, Canada, the United States, New Zealand, China... There are more than a dozen countries with very diverse backgrounds. They are constantly recruiting talents from all over the world, which shows that this company is brave in innovation and exploration.

The founder of the company, Greg Holmes, is not a tech craze, but a very good business man. Years of work have given him a wide range of connections, including many up-and-comers in the industry, such as Horn Walsh, senior technical director of The Matrix, Peter Wools, head of computer graphics at the Moving Image Company, and others. In his words, "I can spend a month recruiting a mature VFX team that can handle a movie work; there is also a top technical R&D department. But I need funds."

Flame Movie can provide funds; Blue Sky Studio can also share 3D engines, hair and bone generation and other technologies, as well as Chris Waiki's connections. The two companies can complement each other and jointly form a super 3D special effects animation technology research and development department.

So Wang Yang decided to acquire the Image Engine Company, inject funds into it, recruit and form a top team, purchase existing software technology, and expand into a booming emerging special effects company.

Greg Holmes was naturally very happy about this. As long as he had funds, he could carry out his long-planned development plan. Originally, in his plan, the image engine needed to accumulate at least another five years to have the opportunity to develop slowly. But now the acquisition of the Fire Film has abundant funds and ambitious goals has directly advanced the image engine by five years or even ten years.

He also brought the company's team from Vancouver to Los Angeles to discuss the specific acquisition and capital injection plans. There is actually no need to talk about capital injection. When Flame Movie becomes the largest shareholder of the image engine, it is impossible to ignore it and violate its acquisition purpose. The key is the details of the acquisition, including the proportion of the equity and the acquisition price, whether the office location should be transferred, future salary and benefits, and whether the layoffs will be made.

The solution given by Flame Movie is that after the acquisition, the Image Engine will be an independent subsidiary, which will operate independently, and the salary and benefits will be increased accordingly, and there will be no layoffs. As for the office location, it is better to still be in Vancouver. Anyway, the studio that just started construction is built in this cold city, where there are also a bunch of post-production studios such as post-production editing and soundtracks. In addition, the special effects production of the Image Engine makes it just right without running around.

However, the technology research and development department, or a new joint venture (Blue Sky and Image Engine), will be established in New York.

Greg Holmes and others are very satisfied with this plan, so the focus of the negotiation table now is the acquisition price. Flame Movie's goal is to obtain 85% of the shares within 6 million, and it also bears the diluted partnership shares when recruiting talents, but not more than 25%. 6 million does not seem to be much, but it is fair for the current image engine, and the real money is the capital injection expansion after the acquisition. The stocks of the original image engine shareholders will naturally be more valuable.

Although the price is fair, it still takes time to complete the entire negotiation, and it cannot be settled in one or two days. One reason is that the contract details need to be settled slowly; the other reason is that it is a normal manifestation: "reserved".

"Hi, Robert!" Wang Yang stood in front of the floor-to-ceiling glass, looked at the dark night outside, and smiled at the microphone in his hand: "How are you thinking? I am now talking about the acquisition with a company's "Image Engine". Are you interested in joining? We need a big shot." On the other side of the phone was Robert Zemegis, who once again attracted the best director to join the special effects company.

"Haha!" Robert Zemegis laughed heartily and said, "Yang, I have considered it seriously, but I still can't." Wang Yang said with disappointment, and Robert joked again: "My life is pretty good now. When people get old, they don't want to change much. Haha! Boy, you know I want to have a good rest, accompany my family and think about the next movie plan."

Speaking of this, his tone became a little excited: "I told you that I am going to make a 3D movie made with imax film throughout the whole process; now I have a new idea, using action expression capture technology to shoot actors' performances, and then completely use cgi animation technology to convert it into 3D animation! Live-action performance, but it is an animation...boy!" He sighed for a moment before laughing: "This is very cool!"

Wang Yang nodded in agreement: "Well, obviously yes." The first 3D cartoon of imax film + real-person capture is indeed cool, this is the so-called "playing technology". Robert no longer needs to prove anything to the world anymore, he just needs to enjoy the fun of the movie.

Robert Zemegis over there laughed and said, "I have told the Warner Bros. people these days that they are very interested in my plan and are willing to invest within 200 million. But I don't know what stories to shoot yet!" He laughed for a while and said, "I think it should be a children's story? But don't worry, I have to enjoy my vacation now. If your special effects company needs it, I can introduce some people to you, all of which are the authorities in this industry."

"Of course! That's great." Wang Yang couldn't help but smile thankfully. If Robert joins the company, there will obviously be many benefits, and his connections will directly benefit the company; and now it's an introduction, the effect will naturally be different, but it will still be of great help. He smiled and said, "My company needs too many things, especially talents in action and expression capture..."

The two chatted for a while before the call ended. Wang Yang checked the special effects information on the computer for a while. Seeing that it was getting late, he left the study and went to the living room. The rhythmic hip-hop music was playing in the hall. Jessica was practicing street dance seriously with the music. The weather was hot and the exercise, so she was wearing very cool at this time. Her navel-exposed white top and plaid shorts looked very sexy.

"Hey, Jesse!" Wang Yang smiled and said hello, clapped his hands a few times, and said, "It's awesome!" Jessica turned her head and smiled at him, continued to follow the rhythm of the music, shook her hair, and twisted her curved waist. Wang Yang stopped and looked at her with a smile, and suddenly moved her heart, remembering Natalie's morning words, no? How could it be!

He turned his eyes and walked over, pretending to be profound and said, "Beauty, for me, the dance king, you can dance better in these movements! Stop and let me teach you."

"When are you the King of Dance?" Jessica paused slightly and looked at him with confusion. Wang Yang waved his body casually with a shocked expression on his face, saying, "It's always! Don't you know? I have a title of 'Primary of Dance' in high school!" As he said that, he walked behind her and hugged her. Jessica immediately understood what he thought in his heart and patted his hand away from his waist.

She turned around and glared at him, and smiled and said, "Get aside! Don't bother me, I'll practice for another half an hour today! Let's go away, don't make me lose to Scarlett, we have a game tomorrow."
Chapter completed!