White Plains, New York, Blue Sky Studio is located in this small city northeast of Manhattan. Blue Sky's headquarters. Animators work in front of computers as usual, talking and laughing from time to time. They are now working on an advertising animation project. Although the total length of this advertising animation is only about 3 minutes, they have been busy with it for several weeks.

The production of animation is very difficult and tedious, and it can be said that it is very boring. Each animator can only complete 4 to 5 seconds of animation screen every week. The modeler had to model before, and then render, special effects, etc. These tasks consume the producer's patience. If it is not well adjusted, it will not only affect the efficiency, but also be more likely to be depressed.

So Blue Sky is like Pixar, with its headquarters with electronic game rooms, gyms and other entertainment facilities to allow employees to relax their minds.

"Hey, is there any result?" Phil, sweating in the gym, returned to his desk. He looked at his colleague Austin next to him. Austin shrugged and stared at the computer screen motionlessly. Phil muttered: "I really don't want to do this damn commercial, I want to make a movie." But no matter how he said that, he sat down and continued to complete his 5-second task a week.

The result of Phil's statement naturally refers to the acquisition of Blue Sky Studio. This matter has been maintained for a long time. In the past two weeks, the regular customers in the conference room were the acquisition team of Flame Movies and their boss Huaqiyang; before it was 20th Century Fox. In fact, everyone has long been used to it. As employees, their biggest wish is to settle the dust quickly, and the company will not lay off employees and then start making movies.

On both sides of the conference round table in the conference room are the negotiation teams of Blue Sky and Flame. On the side of Blue Sky, the founder and Chris Weki, a 42-year-old middle-aged white man, has been the technical core and soul of the company from a Disney animation programming to the first-hand establishment of Blue Sky. Technical Director Mike Elinkis, animation director Carlos Schaldanha, technical elite Carl Ludschvi, Tom Bisuglu and other partners.

At the Fire Company, Mark Slunt, lawyer, appraiser, etc., and Wang Yang wearing a gray windbreaker.

After two weeks and repeated changes to the acquisition plan, the negotiations have come to the decision stage. Now Carl Ludschive and others have basically agreed, only Chris Weki, Mike Elinkis, and Carlos Schaldanha have some concerns, especially Chris Weki.

"Chris, you don't have to worry so much." Mark Slunt spread his hands and said with confidence: "You know, our flame movie is booming, and the profits brought by "Singing and Dance Youth" continue to increase; and "Singing and Dance Youth 2", the popularity and cost of previous works, how likely do you think are the losses? And "When Happiness Comes Knocks"..." He glanced at Wang Yang, and Wang Yang smiled and said with a smile: "Oh, I don't think it will lose."

Everyone in the conference room smiled, and Mark Slunt showed his body language and said, "And, the money we acquired was paid. Once the money was transferred into Lantian's account, it would not be transferred. You are an independent subsidiary! What else should I worry about?"

"Um..." Chris Weki frowned slightly, trying to say "Okay", but swallowed it back. The purchase price of 90 million was very high, and the original employee was even more satisfying. He was not worried about the bankruptcy of Fire Movies, but technically, he prefers Fox, although Fox's purchase price was 65 million. He looked at Mike Ellings, and Mike silently gave him a "Agree" look.

"Everyone, I decided to increase the purchase price to 100 million." Wang Yang said seriously. For a moment, Chris Weki and others on the other side were stunned. Mark Slunt looked at Wang Yang with confusion. Wang Yang nodded and reiterated: "100 million." In fact, 100 million was the purchase price he originally expected. Now, it may be a final decision when he said it at this time. He smiled and said, "Chris, you have to believe in my sincerity. I like moths, you can see from the logo of the Flame Movie, so I like "Bonnie Rabbit", especially the final shot, wow! There is a shot of the opening animation of our Flame Movie that is very similar. Mark, did we make that animation for Blue Sky?"

Mark Slunt shrugged: "No, it's just an unknown animation company in Los Angeles." Wang Yang muttered softly: "I had known that I had found Lantian to do it."

Chris Weki and others laughed, and they were all a little excited. Although 100 million and 90 million were only 10 million, the psychological senses brought by the two were completely different. They also fully felt the sincerity of the Fire Movie. In the acquisition, a large part of sincerity is the price.

"I know Blue Sky Studio needs technological progress." Wang Yang's expression became serious, looking at Chris Weki opposite and said, "Chris, the 85 million yuan in the acquisition payment will be used to produce "Ice Age"; 20 million yuan in the development technology, you can perfect the cgi-studio system to your heart's content...you can do everything you like."

cgi-studio is a proprietary rendering system of Blue Sky Studio. Just like Pixar's renderman, they are all the most valuable things in the company; and the Little Fairy system can make complex models become like images on cards, combined with multiple light sources, translucent objects and surrounding shadows; in addition, there are hair generation systems, water flow wave generation systems, etc.

These things were all understood by Wang Yang in the Lantian Studio in the past two weeks. To make an animated movie, there are too many technologies needed. He doesn't understand the technology, but he knows that spending money on technical development will ultimately benefit Blue Sky Studio, which is himself. So he will not be stingy in this regard; and he doesn't want to continue talking anymore. As long as Lantian makes the movie well and makes excellent animations one by one.

"I absolutely support technology research and development. The current IT technology is different every day. If you want to avoid being eliminated, you must keep improving." Wang Yang smiled slightly and said his plan seriously: "In addition, if finance allows, I will continue to gradually invest in Blue Sky. I hope Blue Sky can develop in movie special effects."

When he heard his words, even though it was just a blank check, Chris Wakee and Mike Ellings looked at each other and felt each other's eagerness. After these two weeks of contact, they all knew that this 19-year-old was not a little brat. Although he liked to joke and was a bit careless, he was very calm and mature in serious matters and had an age-old mind. This is also a major reason why they dispelled the concerns of "will the Flame Movie go bankrupt soon."

Wang Yang said again: "But besides technology, I think the most important thing for a good animated film is the story and character in the end." Seeing Mike Ellings nodding in agreement, Wang Yang continued: "Because it is a movie, what is the most important thing about a movie? I think if the audience looks at it, crying and laughing, and their emotions are completely affected by it, and they will think and experience it later, then it is a good movie. The same is true for animated films. The difference is only the way of expression and theme, but if it wants to have vitality, it depends on the story and characters. This is my understanding of animated films."

Carlos Schaldanha clapped his palms and smiled, "Well said it! This is what I have always advocated." Mike Ellingis also clapped his palms and praised, "Technology is to better express animation content; and content is always the first goal pursued by cartoons."

They said this, in fact, they agreed to the acquisition. Suddenly, everyone in the conference room looked at Chris Weki quietly. He owned more than 60% of the company's shares. The main creator and director of "Ice Age". If he didn't nod, the acquisition would not be possible.

Chris Weki looked at his friends and Wang Yang again. He took a deep breath, made up his mind, and nodded, "Yang, we agree!" After that, a sense of excitement came to his heart. Finally, he settled down and could have a stable sleep.

Before he finished speaking, applause was thunderous in the conference room, and everyone showed happy smiles. Mark Slunt smiled and took off his black-framed glasses, wiped his eyes tiredly, and followed the young boss to complete a acquisition, a 100 million yuan acquisition!

"Chris, happy cooperation!" Wang Yang was also very excited. As long as he signed the contract, he would own this excellent animation production company and produce excellent animations in the future, interesting characters, they will become dolls on the children's bedside, and it is so happy to grow up! He stood up with a smile, stretched out his hand to leaning over, and said with a smile: "Flame and the blue sky will be a beautiful marriage."

Everyone laughed, and Chris Weki also stood up, shook hands with Wang Yang with a smile on his face, and said, "Yang, this marriage is very exciting."

The preliminary agreement was completed and the specific contract needed to be drafted. Everyone walked out of the conference room with laughter and laughed, and came to the office outside. Seeing their expressions and atmosphere, the employees realized something and couldn't help but whispered excitedly. Chris Weki clapped his hands and laughed, "Guys, I want to announce something!" Phil, Austin and other employees all stood up, and Chris Weki looked at Wang Yang next to him and smiled, "Yes, you know too, we agreed to the acquisition of the Flame Movie. But this is a wonderful beginning, because we got 100 million to make "Ice Age"!"

"Wow!" Phil shouted excitedly, "Oh my god, really?! Can we start making movies?" His voice was drowned in applause and cheers. Nearly one hundred employees in the office kept shouting and applauding. They all knew that Flame Movie's promise not to lay off employees, and "Ice Age" would take at least two years.

"Yes, it's about to make a movie!" When Wang Yang heard the voice vaguely, he laughed and replied, looking at the boiling office. This scene reminded him of the scene when he acquired the a-pix company a year ago, which also made people so excited and happy.

The next day, Flame Film and Blue Sky Studio completed the signing of the contract. Flame Film invested 100 million US dollars and obtained 85% of Blue Sky shares, Chris Waiki 10% and 5% of other partners. Subsequently, Flame Film announced this news to the outside world and announced that Blue Sky Studio will start producing the animation "Ice Age", which is expected to be released during the summer vacation in 2002.

The media and the industry were shocked. I have always heard that Fox was acquiring Blue Sky. Why did the Fire Movie suddenly succeed in the acquisition? But the reason why they were surprised was not this, but everyone knows what Blue Sky Studio is. Although it won the best short film for this year's Oscar, so what? They have been doing it for 8 years! And the short film is different from the long film. The short film is less than 10 minutes, and there are even lines; the feature film is 90 minutes, and it is good story and good characters. The Blue Sky Studio has zero experience; in terms of technology, it looks so rough that even the animal hair is not real, smooth and smooth, and the eyes look like a ball with clear black and white, without a sense of agility and cuteness.

One thing you need to know is that "Ice Age" is said to be an animal movie. Do animals in the Ice Age not grow hair? So what's going on with hairy elephants?

Of course, if it was a big company, it seemed like Fox or Warner Bros. acquired Blue Sky for 100 million yuan, no one would be surprised; but now it is the Flame Movie that has been established for less than a year, which is magical! Yes, the 19-year-old is the youngest billionaire, but his net worth will not exceed 200 million yuan, the production cost of "Singing and Dance 2" is 30 million yuan, and the budget announced by "When Happiness Comes Knocking the Door" is 40 million yuan. It is said that there is another movie "Juno" in the year, and now it is spending 100 million yuan to go out... He is really crazy?

The Wall Street Times commented: "No doubt, Blue Sky Studio is worthy of happiness, Chris Waiki is worthy of happiness, they have received great help. I have thought about Fantastic Yang's behavior for a long time, and I can only say that this young man's courage is amazing! With such a drastic investment, is he taking risks and gambled, or is he really full of confidence? In any case, he is a crazy guy! He is holding a lot of money and rushing around the business world, he is such a crazy man."

There were also discussions on the Internet, and fans of Flame Movie and Wang Yang were very excited, as if they had won a big victory; and more people were lamenting, just like the editor's comment on the Yahoo Forum Entertainment Edition: "In recent times, Fantasy Yang has always been in front of us. To be honest, I am a little tired of seeing him in the entertainment edition, but today he actually occupied the commercial edition, which is unforgivable! But what he did has to surprise and interest. I agree with the evaluation of the Wall Street Journal, crazy."

Regarding the "strike of love" of the Flame Movie, 20th Century Fox seems to be very unrelated. In an interview with the media, the company spokesperson James Finn said: "This is indeed a pity. We once had high hopes for Blue Sky Studio and hoped to absorb its excellent talents and technologies. Now everything is different. But we have an excellent animation department, and "Frozen Planet" will be launched in the market next year..."

Chris Weikey, the founder of Blue Sky Studio, said in an exclusive interview with The New York Times: "We chose Flame Movie because of its sincerity, sufficient funds, no layoffs, and technology. Are there any better conditions? I don't agree with the outside world's evaluation of Fanqiyang. He is a great young man. He is not crazy and does not spend 100 million yuan to buy a toy. He understands animation movies very well and understands the concept of Blue Sky Studio very well. I know his acquisition was carefully considered, and my agreement is also the same. This will be a correct decision."

When he learned that Wang Yang "buyed a toy with 100 million US dollars", his lover and good friends were very surprised.

"Brother, you are so speechless... Wow!" Joshua's voice was full of excitement and shouted, "100 million!? Oh my god, if it was replaced with a coin, it could cover the entire Hollywood Avenue, right?" Wang Yang felt speechless and said, "Why did you think of this?" Joshua also felt a little strange and smiled, "I don't know, I just thought of it."

Natalie Portman sent a text message, "Congratulations on your success in the acquisition, and don't forget the storyboard design of "Juno"." Seeing this text message on your phone, Wang Yang shrugged helplessly. It seemed that Natalie had some dissatisfaction with his recent "crazy behavior".

"Can I participate in the dubbing of "Ice Age"? Man, I have loved animation since I was a child..." As soon as Zachary's call was answered, he kept talking nonstop. When he was breathing, Wang Yang had the chance to say: "Zachary, I recommend you to Chris Waiki at that time, but it's not me to decide." The acquisition contract states that Flame Movie will not interfere with or interfere with the production of "Ice Age", and Blue Sky Studio has the greatest freedom.

Seeing that Jessica's name was displayed on the screen of the phone, Wang Yang walked to the balcony while connecting, and said, "Hi! Jessica, do you understand?"

"Yang, is this the surprise you said?" Jessica's tone sounded incredible. Wang Yang leaned against the railing, looked at the dark night sky, and said warmly: "Yes, do you like it? The animation of Blue Sky Studio will accompany our children's growth and give her a beautiful childhood." Jessica sighed softly and said: "Yang, I..." She laughed and said: "I don't know what to say, you are a good father?"

"Yes!" Wang Yang also smiled, and he frowned again and asked, "Jesse, what's wrong with you? The sound sounds different, and the nasal sound is very heavy." Jessica said oh and explained, "I have a cold, but I just have a small cold." She said embarrassedly, "Rachel has also been infected by me." She said jokingly, "We all have to wear masks to film, and the director said that we can use special effects to change our faces back later."
Chapter completed!