Huayu Entertainment: Tianxian really wants to improve

Chapter 248 I bought it and gave it to you!

"This is an animation and special effects company located in Paris, Gaul."
His name is Wingle Mac Guff.
The company is small; it originally focused on outsourcing to other companies, with the animation and special effects teams totaling only about 150 people.

Gu Bei gave a brief explanation, "The main reason is that this company doesn't have enough working capital, so the price quoted by the founder, Jacques Brad, was relatively low."

Furthermore, when we begin producing the animated feature film later, we will be able to enjoy tax refunds from France.

Not many people may know the name Victory MacGuffin.

But Illumination Entertainment's Paris studio should be known by some.

That's right,

It's Illumination Entertainment, the company that created the Despicable Me, Minions, Sing, and other similar series.

After Victory MacGuffin was acquired by Universal, it participated in the production of all future animated films for Illumination Entertainment, so there is absolutely no need to worry about its technical capabilities.

The only pity is that the despicable me and the Minions are destined to have no chance with Gu Bei.

After all, the production cycle for animated films is very long.
Although the first Despicable Me movie was released in 2011,

However, production began this year, and the initial concept was finalized before Gu Bei was reborn.

Gu Bei originally wanted to acquire Illumination Entertainment directly, but Illumination Entertainment had already signed a contract with Universal Pictures at the beginning of last year, and was basically an animation subsidiary of Universal Pictures.

Snatching people from the six major players
Gu Bei doesn't have that ability yet.
So they settled for second best and acquired the technical team from Future Lighting Entertainment.

Anyway, Gu Bei had a lot of excellent animated films in his mind, but what he lacked was an animation technology team like Victory MacGuffin, plus a special effects technology team as a bonus.

"How good is their technology?" Liu Yifei asked with some concern. "Can they recreate Frozen?"

“I’ve already reviewed their previous work. I’ll send you a few of their short films to your email later.”

Gu Bei said with a smile, "Once I'm done with things in North America, I'll fly to Paris to talk to them and see if I can negotiate the price down a bit more."

"how much is it?"

Liu Yifei asked curiously.

"The entire team offered $2500 million, plus $500 million in debt, for a total of $3000 million."

"I want it!"

Liu Yifei thought it would cost a lot of money!
A company with 150 technical teams that could meet the production needs of Frozen only needed $3000 million, isn't that cheap?
"Hello, rich lady!"

Gu Bei couldn't help but sigh.

"Hehe!" Liu Yifei chuckled sheepishly, "I bought it as a gift for you!"

"Thank you, Rich Lady Sisi!"

Gu Bei responded with a smile.

The two lingered for a while longer before hanging up the phone.

"Ugh……"

Gu Bei sighed.

Why is it so difficult to spend a little money?
He originally had $100 million in cash on hand.

They poured 3000 million US dollars into Linlang Entertainment, launched three projects, and invested in "The Founding of a Republic."
They still have more than $7000 million in cash.

With the profits from Twilight City about to arrive, they decided to buy an animation company to improve their cash flow.

such a pity,
Liu Yifei took the money she had originally planned to use to buy a house in North America and bought the animation company, Victory MacGuffin, to fulfill her promise to support Gu Bei through the hot spring resort. It's hardest to resist the kindness of a beautiful woman!
"But it's fine this way."

Gu Bei thought about it and realized that it was indeed better for the company's assets to be under Rose Pictures than to be in his own hands.

On the one hand, it allows Rose Pictures' funds to be used, thus avoiding some taxes.

On the other hand, as the producer of future animated films, Rose Pictures and the animation company, as subsidiaries of Rose Pictures, have greater financial convenience.

Gu Bei put down his phone and walked out of the airport.

"Bruce!"

Eric, the president of Peak Entertainment, waved to Gu Bei at the arrival gate.

"Eric, long time no see."

Gu Bei walked over, handed the luggage to his assistant Edward, and hugged Eric.

"Bruce, I feel very sorry for what your country has gone through. Summit Entertainment and I have donated $100 million to help them through this difficult time."

Eric said with a sorrowful expression.

"Thank you." Gu Bei walked forward. "Let's go, let's talk about why you were in such a hurry to see me?"

"Of course, it's for the Twilight sequel!"

Eric caught up and said matter-of-factly, “Not only Summit Entertainment, but even the Hollywood media can’t wait to find out about the plans for the Twilight sequel!”
Besides, this time you can just talk to me!

Gu Bei stopped in his tracks: "Looks like you got promoted?"

Eric wasn't the only founder of Summit Entertainment. Originally, even B-movies like Twilight required discussions and decisions from their board of directors.

It now seems that Eric has the reins of power!

“I’m already the president and founder, how could I possibly get promoted!” Eric turned his gaze to Gu Bei. “This is the board’s trust in the friendship between you and me!”

"My idea for the Twilight series is to learn from the Harry Potter series and release one film per year."

Gu Bei was telling Eric about his plan, "You should know that compared to adult fiction, the market for teen fiction is very fickle."
We must speed things up to avoid being overtaken by similar projects from other film studios.

Eric nodded: "We share the same thought; one film a year is just right."

"Another aspect is filming. I plan to film the second and third Twilight movies back-to-back to reduce the significant increase in actors' salaries."

Gu Bei proposed a new plan, "Don't worry about the script."
The scripts for the second and third films were written before Twilight was even released.
I've already contacted Stephanie Meyer and written the first draft of the script.
After the film's release, some revisions were made based on the film's reception, and it is now basically finalized.

Eric was initially a little worried that the script might have been rushed.

But after hearing Gu Bei's words, he knew that the script had already begun to be written, and he felt relieved.

After a brief assessment, Eric nodded: "No problem, shooting the two films together can save on actor salaries and production costs."

The only concern is that the script might be outdated.

But as soon as he said it, he burst out laughing.

Just kidding, what does the story of Twilight have to do with the times?

Twilight is a very typical fantasy romance story. It may be melodramatic, but people have loved watching it for so many years, and that's what makes it so special.

(End of this chapter)