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   Chapter 252 Detours

When you first arrive in Hollywood, you must find someone who knows the basics in Hollywood, and RICK and Eric have connections in every state in America, not to mention Hollywood, how many Hollywood starlets, models and the like, Working at Eric's RICK club.

   And Ray Donovan is one of the many "scavengers" in Hollywood that Eric recruited for Song Yang in Hollywood.

Under the glamorous Hollywood, it is not a pure land. Hollywood stars, as well as the rich and powerful in Los Angeles, there are many unsightly troubles that need to be dealt with by "scavengers", and Ray Donovan It is a very good member of this group of "scavengers". It is rumored that it is comparable to "Hollywood Eye" Anthony Pellicano. It is a "public relations consultant" hired by many Hollywood companies when they are in trouble. There are many big names in Los Angeles who have dealt with trouble.

"I'll trouble you this time, Eric!" Song Yang said to Eric after hearing some news from Ray Donovan. Song Yang knew that if Ray Donovan came to see him, Eric was sure Cost a lot of people.

   After working as an overseer for Perfect Continental Telecom, Eric is now back in his clubhouse in Houston.

   For more than a year, Eric has been a contractor for a year, but his identity is completely different from a year ago. He has transformed from the king of nightclubs in America to an investor in the technology industry.

  America Telecom's second largest individual shareholder, one of ICQ's shareholders, these two identities make Eric's identity completely different from before.

The former King of America's night scene, although it sounds good, those stars and even powerful people, go to RICK's night scene from time to time to experience different scenery, but on the bright side, all of them are America Puritans, it is absolutely It will not have anything to do with Eric, and even the church has to worry about influence and will not accept donations from Eric's mother.

   Now he has transformed himself into a technology investor, and has continuously participated in the investment of American Telecom and ICQ, which makes Eric a bit of a technology tycoon.

Finding a Hollywood man for Song Yang was not a big deal for Eric. Sitting on the top floor of the RICK Club in Houston, Eric smeared the barbecue with olive oil and took a sip of wine from time to time. , "Song, why are you coming back, RICK's side is almost ready!"

After   's identity change, Eric has become a little less interested in the business of night clubs. The key is that compared to the notorious night club business, investing in America Telecom and ICQ is really too much money.

  The American Telecom alone has brought Eric a worth of hundreds of millions of dollars, which is much higher than the previous valuation of RICK's previous application for listing on Nasdaq.

As for ICQ, not to mention, as Eric was rewarded for becoming his own person after doing his best for America Telecom, Song Yang asked him to use 35% of RICK's equity in exchange for 5% of ICQ's equity. At that time, ICQ did not exist at all. Posting, it looks like Eric is at a loss.

As a result, the previous transaction that seemed to be a loss made Eric really crazy. The previous valuation of RICK did not exceed 50 million US dollars, and it took less than 20 million US dollars to exchange for today's business Weekly made a 5% stake in ICQ valued at US$800 million, and the income has doubled.

   And it is obvious to the naked eye that the potential of ICQ in the future is much larger than that of RICK. Once listed, the 5% stake in ICQ will probably increase the valuation by a lot!

  Now Eric is waiting for Song Yang to come back from Hollywood, and then let the RICK company begin to transform, starting with "Victoria's Secret", and making RICK a woman's favorite and a man's paradise.

   However, with such a huge investment of US knives, if Song Yang, the largest individual investor in RICK, does not return, Eric is really at a loss.

   "Before the end of this month, I will return, and then I will go to RICK company!"

Song Yang won't be staying in Hollywood for a long time, and there are still a lot of things waiting for Song Yang to deal with, and the itinerary has been planned for a long time. At the beginning of next month, Song Yang will bring people to start the mighty Asian Games. OK, this plan has already been prepared.

Like other emerging film special effects companies, Weta Special Effects Studio has just been established for two or three years and is still in the period of accumulating technology. Compared with Industrial Light and Magic, which has been operating for 21 years, Weta Special Effects Company, Not even a challenger.

   But that's the case. The special effects company headquartered in Wellington is already the most capable of emerging special effects companies.

Like Weta special effects, there are Sony special effects, D2 digital special effects and other companies, almost all of which were established around 1993. It was the special effects technology of Industrial Light and Magic, which was completely mature. The special effects technology began to dominate the Hollywood screen. Many special effects companies began to be established one after another.

Weta special effects are also a product of this period, but different from other special effects companies, the headquarters of Weta special effects is far from Wellington, America, but nominally far away from Hollywood, there must be a dedicated creative environment, but It would be a bit of a **** to really say leaving Hollywood.

In fact, the more reason is that Weta special effects funds are insufficient. The three founders are not big figures in Hollywood now. Unlike Industrial Light and Magic, which can be supported by Star Wars, Weta special effects are now developing a small cost. The special effects of the movie can't afford the high cost in Hollywood.

   This is after Netscape, Yahoo, and even DoubleClick became famous, and the media were touting it. Even DoubleClick, which was poor at first, could only make do with the Bruno family's garage, and now it has become a touted company for DoubleClick.

  Although the headquarters claims to be in Wellington, Weta special effects can't really leave Hollywood, and they still set up a studio here to solicit customers.

   For Song Yang's arrival, the entire Weta special effects studio in Los Angeles was in chaos. Weta special effects never imagined that Song Yang would find them here. The Industrial Light and Magic next door is not a class better than them.

   "Song, I'm Richard Taylor, the head of Weta's special effects studio!"

  Richard Taylor hurriedly got into a factory building from the studio. He didn't even have time to change his clothes, so he ran to the door to greet Song Yang. There was dye on his clothes, and he was obviously making a prop model just now.

  Song Yang's arrival really made Taylor unexpected. As for the news that Song Yang, an Internet upstart, came to Hollywood, Taylor naturally heard the wind, but he never thought that Song Yang would go to Weta special effects.

Song Yang shook hands with Richard Taylor, and glanced at the Weta special effects office in front of him. Compared with the large-scale Industrial Light and Magic, this office is much simpler, except for a small office building. In addition, there is a small factory behind it.

   "Excuse me, I want to have an order, I may need help from Weta Special Effects Studio!"

Song Yang said to Taylor, which made his heart abruptly. As the founder of Weta Special Effects, Richard Taylor had a feeling of dreaming, "Song, you are welcome, if necessary, Weta Special Effects Studio is willing to give try best."

After finishing speaking, Richard Taylor hurriedly welcomed Song Yang into the office, and then asked someone to give it to another Weta special effects founder in Los Angeles, who was also his fellow director Peter Jackson. He came over.

There are mainly three founders of Weta special effects. In addition to Richard Taylor and Peter Jackson, there is another Jimmy Selkirk, but outside the special effects studio, several people also have their own identities. .

  Peter Jackson is mainly the director and is responsible for filming, while Richard Taylor and Selkirk are responsible for developing computer special effects systems, making models, props, designing costumes and so on.

   Now Richard Taylor and Peter Jackson are in Los Angeles, while Jimmy Selkirk is headquartered in Wellington.

  Richard Taylor also took Song Yang, Gallo, Greck and others to visit the office of Weta Special Effects in Los Angeles, but compared to the Industrial Light and Magic I saw just now, it is really rudimentary.

  Taylor also saw the expressions on the faces of Gallo and others. Obviously, he didn't feel much about Weta's special effects. After finally seeing hope, Taylor didn't want to give it to Huang like this.

   "Song, this is just the office of Weta Special Effects in Los Angeles. We can only do some simple movie props and model design. We have a complete special effects team and designers in Wellington!"

Tyler tried his best to fool around and touted Weta special effects to Song Yang, "Weta special effects are in Wellington, with a fully functional studio and a team of more than 50 people who can produce professional props, micro-sculptures, large-scale scenes, and costumes, of course. And film special effects, we have worked with a number of film companies…”

Hearing this, Song Yang just glanced at Tyler and chuckled. In terms of flickering ability, Tyler's level is too poor. Song Yang has played this flickering cake since last year, so he doesn't know how many times he played it. Empty gloves are nothing. Netscape, Yahoo, Telephone and Telegraph Group and many other companies have used it.

  Vita's special effects are a bit famous now, but that's all. If there are Hollywood companies, they are rushing to cooperate with them. Where would you want Taylor to go to Hollywood to solicit customers in person.

However, after only visiting the studio used to show the level of Weta's special effects, Song Yang entered the office. He came here this time, not really wanting to see if Weta's special effects can be compared with ILM, it is pure Just finding fault.

   In the small office building of Weta special effects, it is also like the factory. The office building is full of props and models, and Taylor's office is full of design drawings.

   As soon as he entered the office, Song Yang said straight to the point, "Taylor, I'm here this time, in addition to having a movie project and needing the Weta special effects studio, there is one more important thing."

   "I want to invest in Weta Special Effects Studio!"

  When Peter Jackson arrived in a hurry, he heard Song Yang's words as soon as he entered the door.

   I'm sorry, gentlemen, the updates have been a little unstable these days. It started to stabilize in the afternoon, clench your fists and bow!

   (end of this chapter)