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Chapter 348 European special effects giant
Shen Li smiled after hearing this, and then said to Zhou Xingxing in a simple and clear way, "The box office results are too poor, of course I have considered it. So in terms of special effects production for movies, I plan to buy the European special effects giant Framestore into the group flag."

Shen Li dropped two blockbusters in a row.The first one is a direct investment of 5 million yuan!The second one is to acquire "European special effects giant Framestore"!
In other words, anyone who works in the film and television industry, no matter Chinese or foreigners, is very familiar with the famous special effects companies in the world.

Especially the top three companies.For example, Industrial Light & Magic in the US, Weta Digital in New Zealand, and Framestore in the UK!

After listening to Shen Li's words, Zhou Xingxing looked into Shen Li's eyes with a little surprise, and asked, "Framestore special effects company? Is that the special effects company that participated in "Avatar", "Doctor Strange", and "Harry Potter"? "

"Well, yes." Shen Li replied without hesitation.Considering the future development of the group's film business, he originally wanted to open a special effects company by himself.But it is too tiring to set up, and the domestic special effects technology is not mature, so it is always jokingly called [-] cents by netizens.

So through the welfare game, Shen Li successfully contacted the boss of Framestore, Robust.The two sides are currently negotiating the final transaction amount.

History is always strikingly similar. Framestore, a company, was acquired by Chinese capital for US$2016 million at the end of 1.87.So some time ago, the relationship used by the game was hardly hindered, which led to the acquisition negotiation between the two parties.

Master Xing, when he heard this, he couldn't help thinking that if the special effects of his movie "Mermaid" could be as cool and gorgeous as "Doctor Strange".In terms of the quality of the movie, it will be further improved!
"Shen Li, may I ask you about how much it cost to acquire Framestore?" Among many domestic directors, Zhou Xingxing can be said to be the first batch of directors to use special effects.

In 1998, "The Wind and Cloud Dominate the World" was the first film in China to use special effects.And "Shaolin Soccer", which was released in 2001, is the second one in China.

When filming "Shaolin Soccer", Zhou Xingxing specially bought a machine from the United States to shoot special shots. More than 500 special effects shots in the film were all supervised by himself.So for movie special effects, Zhou Xingxing can be regarded as a hardcore enthusiast.

"The amount has not yet been fully negotiated. It is estimated to be around 10 billion." Shen Li did not intend to pretend to be aggressive in front of Zhou Xingxing.It's just that what he said is true.

"10 billion US dollars?" Master Xing didn't usually manage the company very much, so he didn't know the market value of some companies.

Shen Li was taken aback by his question. If it was 10 billion US dollars, it would be 9 times more expensive than the previous life!He won't take the blame for being taken advantage of...

"It's not US dollars, it's RMB! It's just a special effects company, and it doesn't develop and produce films." Shen Li replied very patiently.

"Oh! That's my mistake, ha." Master Xing said with a teachable smile.

It was precisely because of this communication that Shen Li also saw another side of Zhou Xingxing.The original "Domestic Lingling Lacquer", "Play Back to School", and "Tang Bohu Spots the Autumn Fragrance" are the suave, playful and capricious young man.As if in the blink of an eye, he became the middle-aged man with white hair and a slightly sad smile in front of him.

And Shen Li, who is a reborn person, can feel the regret and obsession in Zhou Xingxing's eyes... But he won't point it out, after all, many things have to be understood by himself...

After meeting and chatting this time, Shen Li and director Zhou Xingxing have basically confirmed that Wanli Entertainment invested in the filming of the movie "Mermaid".Including the process of acquiring the European giant special effects company Framestore, there is only the last step left, finalizing the amount.

On Friday afternoon, Shen Li received a phone call from his assistant Li Ke in Shen Li's office, "Mr. Shen, Framestore CEO Robust called, saying that he is willing to sell all the company's shares at a price of 1.53 million U.S. dollars. You see ?”

The reason why it was the other party's president contacted Shen Li's assistant, not Shen Li himself.The reason is that, after more than a year of development, any one of the business companies under the Wanli Group can kill Framestore in a second in terms of market value!

Douyu TV has a market value of tens of billions!Chestnut Game, with a market value of 90 billion! Station B, with a market value of 70 billion!Douyin APP, with a market value of 45 billion!
"1.53 million U.S. dollars? That's about 10 billion yuan?" Shen Li has an aura of wisdom, and he can calculate it quite quickly at critical moments.

"Um, that's right, Mr. Shen! That's 10 billion yuan!" Assistant Li Ke replied on the phone.

"Okay, let's buy it." The 1.53 million US dollars is nearly 1.78% cheaper than the 10 million US dollars in the previous life. There are welfare games and the reason for using relationships.So Shen Li, naturally bought it without thinking too much.

"Okay, okay, Mr. Shen, then I'll tell Mr. Robust!" Assistant Li Ke has been with Shen Li for almost two years.But every time the boss, Shen Li, decides to acquire the company and spends tens of millions, hundreds of millions, Li Ke always feels that what the boss spends is not money, but... loneliness... how lonely it is to be invincible...

A week later, Shen Li's Wanli Group successfully acquired the European special effects giant Framestore for 1.53 million US dollars (10 billion RMB).And, at the same time, Xinghui Film and Television Company also announced that Master Xing's upcoming fantasy movie "Mermaid" will reach an in-depth cooperative relationship with Wanli Entertainment...

The two major news broke the domestic entertainment circle at the same time, making those film and television industry peers, as well as major media, pay attention to Shen Li's Wanli Group again!

"The European special effects giant Framestore was acquired by Wanli Group? 10 billion yuan? This Shen Li seems to be playing a big game!"

"Master Xing's "Mermaid", at this time, announced that he will cooperate with Wanli Entertainment. This shows that there must be tricks in it! With Framestore's special effects technology, it is almost like a tiger with wings for Wanli Entertainment... Besides That Shen Li still holds so many super IPs in his hands!"

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Many people in the industry know that Shen Li holds the copyright of many super-scale novels, which have not yet been prepared for filming.Such as "Zhu Xian", "The Legend of Mortal Cultivation of Immortals", "Fights Break the Sphere" and so on.These IPs all need technical support for special effects.Now he has acquired the European giant Framestore special effects.From a long-term perspective, it is definitely a good business that only makes money but does not lose money!
So they had to admire Shen Li's long-term vision, and felt that every step he took in the past two years seemed to be calculated and extremely precise.

(End of this chapter)