Chapter 724 Acquisition of Pixar
Although it is still a while since the rise of truly good domestic market, the sooner you do this basic service industry, the more you can achieve results.
I am talking about the current world economy, and many tourist hotspots have not been developed yet, and the prices will not be too expensive.
It's just right for you to do this.
Jester thought about it again. This could actually be carried out at the same time as his amusement park plan. The theme park he cooperated with Samsung has developed rapidly in the past few years. Although it has always been dominated by the deeply entrenched Disneyland in the US market, there is a gap in revenue in the past few years, but it is not too big.
Unlike other amusement parks, they basically can't live for a few years.
However, relying on the huge influence of Mars Entertainment, the income is higher every year.
In the Asian market, the Japanese market is much worse than Diss. Even Disney Amusement Park's revenue or passenger flow in the Japanese market has a much greater advantage over Jester's theme park in the United States.
However, in the Korean market, it may be because of Samsung, which is very successful. However, South Korea's current revenue is not too high, and Disney has not expanded the Korean market.
The amusement park in Hong Kong is now under construction and will not be officially put into operation in about two years.
Regarding Jester's expansion plan, Michael Esner, the helmsman of Disney, has also mocked Jester for this matter. He said that opening an amusement park in Hong Kong is the biggest mistake, in fact, before the development of China, it may be thankless to build this amusement park in Hong Kong, but you don't have to wait too long. After the new millennium, the situation will be better.
When Disney saw that the domestic competition improved, more people traveled to Hong Kong. It was only after Disney plans to build an amusement park in Hong Kong. It was not until 2005 that Disney in Hong Kong officially put into use.
Jester basically advanced ten years.
Jester also disliked Michael Esner's ridicule. He is busy with work and has no time to argue with Esner about this. Moreover, his relationship with Esner is not good because of Pixar's animation studio and his relationship with Disney is very stiff.
At that time, Jester failed to buy Pixar from Lucas, and Pixar wasted his resources and entered Jobs' hands.
The character of Jobs has a vicious vision, like Ken Kutaraki, who is a man who can see ten years later. He knows that the future 3D animation will definitely make a lot of money, so after he was kicked out by Apple, he acquired Pixar Studio from Lucas, hoping to re-emerge with this studio.
When talking about this, Jester was very angry. When Lucas wanted to sell Pixar Studio, he and Jobs expressed great interest in him. Originally, he contacted Lucas first. Moreover, the price he offered was the highest, but in the end, Lucas sold Pixar to
Jobs.
This is also impossible. After all, the relationship between Jobs and Lucas is extraordinary.
Fortunately, Jester knew that in his memory, Jobs almost couldn't bear the financial pressure given to him by Pixar animation and the situation where he couldn't make a profit for several years. Fortunately, the movie "Toy Story" ended up selling a lot of money. Pixar fully proved that the money they spent over the years made sense.
But this time, Jester did not intend to bring Jobs back to life.
You know, after Pixar grew bigger, Disney spent a huge amount of money to acquire Jobs. How much did it cost? The total shares of Disney are 12%.
This is a very terrible number.
You know, Disney is the largest film company in the United States, one of the five major TV stations.
After Disney acquired Pixar, 12% of Jobs' shares also made him the largest individual shareholder within Disney at that time.
Jester was very careful, and the reality was not beyond his expectations. Earlier this year, news came out that Jobs was preparing to sell Pixar Studios. At this time, Pixar Studios was carrying out the final development of "Toy Story" and needed a lot of money. Because Jobs had invested too much in recent years, he could no longer withdraw.
So, he wanted to find someone to take over.
The price is not expensive, 37 million US dollars, of course this price is not cheap. You know, when he bought Pixar from Lucas, he probably didn't spend 10 million US dollars, because the offer Jester gave Lucas at that time was 11 million US dollars.
Jobs was also very happy after learning that Jester wanted to buy Pixar Studios.
He is indeed optimistic about the future 3D animated movies without adding them. It is true that Pixar has a lot of promise, but the problem is that he bought Pixar from his friend Lucas in 1986 and invested almost 20 million US dollars. Until now, he has not made a penny. Although their first movie is about to be released, the problem is here. What if this movie does not meet expectations?
Are the audiences not accepting 3D animation yet?
How many years will you have to wait for yourself?
I have invested 30 million US dollars and have invested almost half of the money I earned from Apple. If this fails, it will be more difficult for me to sell it again. Although I won’t be able to sell it, it will be unrealistic to still want to sell it at such a high price. However, "Toy Story" has not been released yet.
No one can say whether this movie is successful or failure.
So, it must be someone who is interested, and it is indeed someone who is interested, such as Jester, or Disney.
At the beginning, he was also in contact with Jobs. They had a cooperative relationship with Pixar Animation. "Toy Story" was a collaboration with them. As a giant in animated film, they also value 3D animation very much. However, the price given by Jobs was too high, with a price of 37 million US dollars, close to 40 million. The fourth person believes that he lacks sincerity.
Mike Esner is only willing to pay up to 30 million US dollars, and these 30 million are not paid off in one hand. They still need to be decided by the box office of Toy Story.
Jobs naturally disdained the price.
He even felt that Disney's price was an insult to him, and at this time Jester contacted Jobs. (To be continued...)
Chapter completed!