The summer vacation ended and the two children went to school.

Tao Yumo has been fascinated by golf recently. In the morning, he took the advantage of discussing the company's development plan to pull Lin Chaoyang and his wife to the golf course to play with her.

"I used to be unfamiliar with those bosses, what can I do to pretend to be? What can I do to play a broken golf ball?

After understanding it, I realized that this sport is indeed specially prepared for business negotiations.”

He swung a ball in a relaxed posture, looked at the landing point with his hands, Tao Yumo continued, "Empty, private,

The scenery is beautiful and there is a lot of exercise, but it can also make everyone decent, chat while walking, have a broad vision and a happy mood——”

While walking in the garden, she never stopped her mouth. In the end, Tao Yushu was really impatient to listen.

"If you have something to do, just talk about it."

Seeing that the preparation was almost done, Tao Yumo said with a smile: "I plan to split Pixar animation and list it on the New York Stock Exchange."

Upon hearing this, Tao Yushu's brows frowned.

"Didn't it be said that Pixar will be the best place to go on the market later. You are not short of money now. Even with Disney elbows, Bubble Universe and Lin's Pictures, the impact will not be great."

Nearly a year after Toy Story was released, Disney has realized that they have trained themselves a dangerous competitor.

Since last year, they have tried their best to slow down Pixar's new film production progress, and on the other hand, they have negotiated with Pixar.

In an attempt to overturn the original contract, he threatened and tempted Pixar to completely tied to Disney's chariot.

Tao Yumo has been fighting wits and courage with Disney for a long time, and has set up an option pool of 20% equity to retain Pixar's talents.

She knew very well that talent was the first priority for companies like Pixar that took content creation as the core of their business.

In order to retain talents, this effort is not small.

"If you don't go public, the options value in your hands is always underestimated, and people are moved! It is impossible for us to offer too high treatment regardless of the price.

and"

Tao Yumo was forced to go public. Disney's size is dozens of times that of Pixar. With the opponent's aggressiveness, she can only defend passively.

"I found out that Disney is now preparing their first 3D animated feature film "ChichenLittle". They use our Pixar technology, and there is not a big gap between us.

And they are still in contact with other animation studios, and it seems they are planning to support our competitors."

After listening to my sister's words, Tao Yushu's eyes became solemn.

Faced with the foundation of a giant like Dituni, Pixar really doesn't have much room to move around.

Lin's Pictures and Bubble Universe can provide some financial support and can also provide assistance in distribution in the future, but at this stage, it is difficult to bring more help to Pixar in industrial development.

3D animation is the guy who eats Pixar. Dituni now shows her ambition for 3D animation. Tao Yumo is not sure whether they will succeed in the end.

But if you don’t want to win everything, you will lose again and again. Disney has been deeply engaged in the 2D animation industry for decades and has accumulated countless experience and talents. Assuming they really succeed in the field of 3D animation, it will undoubtedly be a major blow to Pixar.

So what she has to do now is to go public before Disney's "ChichenLittle" is released,

It is best if Little fails. Disney's 3D animation strategy fails and will inevitably turn around and get along with Pixar.

If it succeeds, Pixar will also receive recognition from the capital market and huge financing in advance, which will accumulate a certain degree of strength in the future competition with Disney.

After thinking for a moment, Tao Yushu asked, "Where is time? Listing is not that simple."

"I know Pixar is working overtime to produce Toy Story 2. My idea is to wait until next July, "Toy Story 2" will be released successfully."

Tao Yushu questioned: "Wait for Toy Story 2? Do you know that most sequel movies in Hollywood fail, and their results can exceed the number of first-time movies."

"Most sequel movies in Hollywood are just for making money.

But Toy Story 2 is different. John and Andrew have already planned the sequel story, and I have been tracking the progress of the animation, and they are doing very well."

Tao Yushu asked again: "Do you think that when "Toy Story 2" is released, Dituni will not suppress your schedule, and theater screening and other promotional resources?"

Tao Yumo said hesitantly: "Of course this is possible. But the iron must be strong himself. As long as the quality of "Toy Story 2" itself is up to standard, their suppression cannot change anything.

Besides, they dare not go too far. "Toy Story 2" also has investments from Dituni.

The best result of their suppression of us is of course to be able to acquire or tie us to Disney's tanks. If Toy Story 2 really fails, it will not be good for them."

After hearing Tao Yumo's thoughts, Tao Yushu shook his head, "Your ideas are so ideal."

"Okay. Let's think about it from another perspective. We don't want what Pixar will encounter if it goes public. We think about what Pixar will encounter if it doesn't go public.

First of all, Disney's poaching is everywhere, and I can keep a few of the main creators today because they believe in the big pie I drew.

But what if these big cakes can't be fulfilled for a long time? Will they still regard Disney's poaching as if nothing is done?

Talent is the core, and people like John, Andrew and others have proved themselves. Once they lose them, Pixar will also lose their souls, which is something we cannot bear.

Secondly, if ChichenLittle is released, we don’t talk about how successful it will be, as long as it is not a complete failure, then we Pixar will have to face a problem.

We are no longer the only company in the world that has the ability to make 3D animations appear vividly on the big screen. Without this uniqueness, even if we produce a few more works in the future, it seems that revenue and profits have increased.

But can you get the recognition of capital? Don’t forget that the most favorable thing in the capital market is always how much money you can make, not how much money you make.

Including those animation studios supported by Disney, with Disney's support, it is also a threat to us.

If Pixar cannot seize the initiative, it is very likely to be surpassed by others."

Tao Yumo's reverse thinking successfully convinced Tao Yushu that doing business is to weigh the pros and cons. Sometimes it depends not only on what you can get, but also on what you may lose.

Obviously, Pixar's listing next year will minimize potential risks and losses, so listing will become the optimal solution.

"Okay, I agree with this."

A few days later, two Japanese guests, Yamakawa Asoko and Kitamura Miyu, were welcomed at No. 75 Deepwater Bay Road.

Shanchuan Chaozi contacted Lin Chaoyang half a year ago and said he wanted to come to visit him, but he was in the United States at that time, so the meeting was postponed to September.

"I haven't seen each other for several years, and the beauty of Ms. Shanchuan is still the same!"

When we first met a few years ago, Shanchuan Chaozi was over 70 years old and can still fly across the country, which shows that he is healthy and energetic.

"Thank you, Lin Sang, I've been away for several years, I'm very happy to see you again."

After a few greetings, Shanchuan Chaozi congratulated Lin Chaoyang on winning the recognition of the National Book Reviewers Association Award.

In fact, Shanchuan Chaozi had already congratulated her on the phone call half a year ago, but it always felt different when congratulations in person.

"Thank you."

Yamakawa Aoko talked about the release of Lin Chaoyang's works in Japan.

Since "Crossing the Kanto" was first introduced to Japan in 1986, many of Lin Chaoyang's works have entered the Japanese market one after another and achieved good sales results.

Especially the novel "Chess Saint", which received the most attention in the Chinese and Japanese Go competitions, sales were terrible. Now, the cumulative sales in Japan have exceeded 4.3 million copies, and has almost become a must-read entry-level reading for Japanese Go fans.

Unfortunately, since Lao Nie was in a state of decline, the momentum of Chinese Go against Japanese Go was no longer there.

I admire the strong in my life, but the strong are no longer strong. The sales of "Chess Saint" are not as good as before. Now the sales volume is only 100,000 or 200,000 copies per year.

In addition to "The Chess Saint", Lin Chaoyang has also had several works that have sold better in Japan in recent years, namely "Entering the Master", "The Legend of the Boat" and "Dallas Buyers Club".

The hot sales of "Entering the Master" and "The Legend of the Boat" are more in line with the price and aesthetics of Xiaotian, and both sales exceeded 2 million copies.

"Dallas Buyers Club" was published late, and its sales have approached 120 square meters since its previous sales. This novel was popular in Japan mainly because of its popularity in the United States.

Since beautiful father likes it, it must be a good thing.

As for some other works of Lin Chaoyang, most of them are sold between 300,000 and 400,000 and 100 million copies.

In ten years, Lin Chaoyang has already gained a loyal support in Japan.

After talking about the publication and introduction of the works, Yamakawa Aoko finally explained her purpose this time.

"We hope to publish a collection of essays for Lin Sang."

Lin Chaoyang was slightly surprised when he heard this request.

In the publishing world in later generations, the word "collected works" has long been ruined, and even cats and dogs can publish collections.

But in the 1980s and 1990s, publishing an essay was still a very serious matter.

It’s not that you call a writer, you can produce collections of essays with a representative work, and you can have a full collection of works. The minimum is that you have a deep experience.

Let’s see who could publish essays in China in that era, Lu Xun, Mao Dun, Ba Jin, and Lao She were almost from Sun Li and Zhou Libo.

No matter how low the qualifications are, the publisher takes the initiative to look for you, and you are embarrassed.

In 1992, Wang Shuo was famous. Huayi Publishing House published a version of "Wang Shuo's Collection of Works" for him. The sales volume was good, but he suffered from filth in the literary world.

There are indeed reasons why Wang Shuo is not popular among the mainstream in the literary world, but it is undeniable that his qualifications are too shallow and he does not have any works that can be produced or made famous.

This "can be used to show off" and "screaming" means not only being popular, but also being able to withstand the test of time.

I have been creating for more than 20 or 30 years, and my works have not been sinking to all levels of urban and rural areas. How can you stand the test of time?

Lin Chaoyang's creative path was born in 1978. Speaking of which, he was one of the first writers to write achievements in the new era.

In terms of age, it is the youngest among those writers.

But if it comes to influence or the popularity of the work, he is almost unique.

As for the status of the literary world, his works have been sold at home and abroad for so many years, and have won numerous awards. Although he has never held an official position, he has long been regarded as a leader by countless literary colleagues.

If only one of their generation writers could choose to publish a collection of essays, it would be Lin Chaoyang.
To be continued...