Chapter 12: Acquisition of a film company
November 29, 1995.
Today is undoubtedly a brilliant day for Pixar Animation Studios, because it is listed today.
is on the Nasdaq trading floor.
"The movie "Toy Story" is the longest advancement in the cartoon field since Disney shot the world's first animated feature film "Snow White" 60 years ago. All of this is done by Pixar, and Disney just Publisher."
Jobs, the boss of Pixar, spared no effort to fight against many reporters in order to shape and promote the image of Pixar as a new generation of animation film company.
"Mr. Jobs, do you mean that the success of Toy Story is entirely due to you and your team?" a reporter asked.
Jobs glanced at the reporter disdainfully, as if saying that was the case.
"Of course!"
Jobs affirmed.
Well, he is such a person. If you change someone else, you will definitely not speak like this, and you have to take into account Disney's face.
But his Jobs is not like that.
What is Disney's face? Now it's time to step on it, otherwise how can the stock price soar to the highest level!
Strong, domineering, paranoid, acrimonious, and never admit their mistakes. This is the answer of many people.
Of course, it is not the correct answer.
Behind the tough, tyrannical man who never admits his mistakes, never bows his head, Jobs also has his knowledge of current affairs, and when he can swallow his voice. For example, when Pixar was in decline, it signed a series of unequal treaties with Disney, which bought time for Pixar's survival. Including Bill Gates, he has made many compromises, cooperation, and of course wars.
Such advances and retreats are not just an exception in Jobs's business career.
"Jobs is still familiar!"
"arrogant!"
"It is true that he is strong. Who can make people succeed again?"
"Damn rich man, I hope he still has time to fall down!"
...
In the face of Steve Jobs's rants, everyone around him, whether it is Hollywood insiders or stock investors, is slightly upset.
"It's really amazing. I dare to say this in person. The people at Disney think it will be embarrassing on the face."
Zhuke said so, but he still yearned for it in his heart. I hope that one day, I can have this confidence and show such a tough side.
The fact is exactly as Zhu Ke expected.
Disney Chairman Michael Eisner, who heard the news, almost didn't lift the office desk!
Soon, the stock market opened.
Pixar Animation Studio, because of the explosion of "Toy Story", has been sought after by many investment institutions and investors, even if they are slightly unhappy with Jobs.
Who would have trouble with money?
Anyway, Zhuke won’t. He contacted an investment company a long time ago and put in six million dollars without changing his expression, which is almost the entire wealth of Zhuke.
"Pixar animation, and Steve Jobs, this is all Lao Tzu's money!" Zhuke prayed frantically.
This time, Zhuke did not use ten times leverage.
Because Zhuke doesn't know whether Pixar's earnings on the opening day are up or down. Even if it is known that it is rising, once the leverage is used, it may be harvested by Wall Street dealers with a wave of leeks. Anyway, Zhuke only knew that Pixar's market value had soared to $1 billion in a month.
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That night.
Zhuke was slightly upset and gritted his teeth.
"Damn trash system, can't you provide detailed instructions and information after Pixar went public? How much money did I make?"
That's right, Zhuke still made a profit today, but it's still unhappy.
Pixar Animation’s issue price was 22 US dollars. The stock price rose by more than 45 US dollars after the opening half an hour, then continued to rise to 49 US dollars, and closed at 39 US dollars on the same day.
Zhuke invested 6 million US dollars that day, which was 1.7 times higher, and the equity plus income exceeded 10 million US dollars.
Yes, Zhu Ke made a lot of money, but if the highest settlement of the day is 49 dollars, the profit will be higher, which is why Zhu Ke is unhappy.
True·Zuke·Greed·Greed·Wald!
"Ahem..."
At this moment, Condy, the former ace negotiator, walked into Zhuke's home and looked a little bit sour when he saw Zhuke gritted his teeth.
"Well, you vampire, you have earned enough, don't know what is good or bad." Kangdi slowly said.
It's not for no reason that Kangdi is here tonight.
"Man, all the survey materials you want are in this, you can read it for yourself."
After Kangdi finished speaking, he just got up and left without waiting for Zhuke to speak. Sometimes he was such a violent person, because tonight he had an appointment with a beautiful girl.
Zhuke watched Condy leave with a stunned mouth, he couldn't help but curl his lips: "It's really personal. It would be better if the charge was lower."
These days, Zhu Ke is busy, so he entrusted Kangdi to contact an investigation company to help him investigate some situations.
There are two documents on the table.
[Hugh Jess Film Company]
【Steven Heilenberg Personal Information】
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Zuke first opened the profile of Hughes Pictures.
Hugh Jess Pictures is a small Hollywood company located in Burbank, Los Angeles. It integrates production and distribution. It was established in 1985 and has 49 employees.
This is the research company that Kandi contacted. After a month of investigation and screening, it was a Hollywood company that best met Zucker's requirements.
Although Hughes Pictures is mainly engaged in the production of offline video tape movies, it only has two movies shown on theatrical line, and the box office totals less than 600,000 US dollars, but it is locally in Los Angeles, including the entire state of California. , Still has a complete distribution channel.
Company valuation: US$2 million.
Estimated purchase price: 2.5 million to 3 million US dollars.
"Hey...not bad. It seems that if you weren't the owner of Hughes Pictures, and the investment has failed in the near future, you will need funds to withdraw, and it is estimated that you will not sell it."
Zuke is half an entertainment industry person, knowing a lot of the inside story and development trajectory of Hollywood.
Although Hollywood companies such as Hughes Pictures are inferior in Hollywood and have no sense of existence, companies with their own distribution networks are rare. At least, as time goes by, these companies are becoming more and more valuable. UU reading www. uukahnshu.com
You did not see the old Wang’s family, Wanda Group spent more than three billion U.S. dollars in 2016 to buy a second-rate legendary film company in Hollywood.
"I bought Hugh Jess Films, even if I lose money every year, I can sell it for at least 200 million U.S. dollars in 20 years." Zhu Ke made up his mind and planned to buy it.
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The second survey data is the personal data of Stephen Helenberg.
Mention of Stephen Helenberg may be unfamiliar to many people, but the mention of "SpongeBob SquarePants" animation is estimated to be quite influential in the world.
That's right, Stephen Helenberg will be called the "Father of SpongeBob SquarePants" in the future.
In the beginning, he was not a person in the entertainment industry, but a scientist studying marine biology, and a teacher of marine biology at the Olam Institute of Oceanography. His original intention of creating Little Sponge was only entrusted by the research institute to draw a cartoon introducing knowledge of marine life for the children who visited.
But who would have thought that "SpongeBob SquarePants" was so successful?
Since 1999, it has been broadcast on the Nickelodeon Children’s Channel in the United States and has been widely welcomed by children all over the world. His work has won two Emmy Awards, 12 children's vote awards, and two movies have been launched. As of January 2020, its peripheral products have generated more than 13 billion US dollars in revenue for the Nickelodeon channel.
13 billion dollars in peripheral income?
"Even if costs and channel expenses are eliminated, SpongeBob's profits are quite impressive!" Zhu Ke couldn't help but sigh.
Obviously, because of the information provided by the system, Zhu Ke has undoubtedly dug a gold mine!
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