Lucas neither rejected Lin Johnson nor accepted his proposal. For him, the $8 million acquisition of "Pixar" was too little, which was nearly half the price he had in his mind.

However, Johnson Lin wanted to invest in the filming of the fourth part of "Star Wars", which made him see the dawn. Disney had previously clearly refused to invest in sequels. In the 1980s, the American film industry was in a general recession. Major film companies have no good movies except 20th Century Fox, and the old management system is not suitable for these big film companies. They urgently need reforms. In order to improve the financial situation and ensure cash flow, Disney no longer intends to continue to invest in the fourth part of "Star Wars". Lucas' continuous increase in shooting budget is also an important reason.

He is facing a situation where no one invests, and even if someone is willing to pay, Disney will definitely join forces. Because he and Disney had already signed a contract, and the two parties were entangled with the issue of sharing, copyright and issuance fees. Disney will definitely not give up these interests. So which investor is willing to share a large profit for no reason!

Lucas said to Johnson Lin: "$8 million is a little less. But Lin, are you really planning to invest in the Star Wars sequel?"

Lin Johnson was silent for a moment. The fourth Star Wars movie was released in 1999, called "Star Wars Prequel i Ghost Threat". Although he is not a fan of Star Wars, it turns out that those actors he likes are not what he wants. Anakin, Hertalie Portman, what a good screen image. Besides, Star Wars movie budget is too big, it takes too long, and investing in the Japanese yen is more profitable than it.

Under the gaze of Lucas and Jamie, Lin Johnson said: "If Disney conceded, I can invest in Star Wars!" He made a foreshadowing in advance, and if Disney does not conced, it would be another matter.

Lucas smiled and nodded, saying, "Okay, for your investment in Star Wars." He paused and said, as if he was determined, "10 million US dollars, I can sell you the computer animation department!"

Lin Johnson frowned in distress. Alas, forget it, if Jobs knew that he was competing with him for "Pixar", this guy would definitely increase the price. He nodded helplessly and said, "Okay, $10 million, I will invest another $5 million to support the development of this department!"

"Wonde l!" Lucas agreed immediately and said, "I will tell Kaml and Elvie the good news immediately, they must not be able to wait!"

Lin Johnson said: "George. You can go. I want to accompany Julia and her son here, let alone Kaml and the others have to speed up the short film!"

Lucas nodded and said, "In this way, we agreed to sign a contract tomorrow, how about it?"

Lin Johnson looked at his watch and said, "I have an important meeting tomorrow morning, and the short film must be done before that. You go to Silicon Valley tomorrow afternoon and we will sign a contract!"

"Okay. No problem!" Lucas nodded, and then he hurried to the computer animation department.

Now Industrial Light and Magic are still in the big warehouse. Lucas told Kaml the news of the acquisition, and the latter said surprised: "Really? That's great! George, didn't you ask Lin, how did he plan to develop his computer animation career?"

Lucas was stunned for a moment and said embarrassedly: "Lin said he would invest in the fourth Star Wars. I think with his strong financial support, the "Pixar" will definitely not be bad in the future!"

Kamr shook his head in disappointment and said to Lucas: "I'll ask him, we need an excellent solution!"

Lucas quickly called him and said, "Ed. The most important thing for us now is to make a short film. We will discuss it in detail when we go to Silicon Valley to sign a contract with Lin tomorrow afternoon!"

Kaml also felt it made sense, so he should hurry up and finish Lin Johnson's short film and try to leave a good impression on the new boss.

He walked into the studio and faced more than 20 subordinates, excitedly announced: "Gentlemen, ladies, our computer animation department has been acquired!"

"Uh, is this good news?" an employee asked in surprise.

Previously, the news that Lucas was going to sell the computer animation department had already spread, and the employees also knew that Kaml and Elvi were looking for the next company in a hurry. However, they were not very satisfied with several interested acquirers. Only Jobs, the hero of the IT industry and the creator of Apple, made everyone a little excited. However, from the news I heard that the acquisition price given by Jobs was too low, and Lucas was very angry.

The department is now in panic, and the employees are now trying hard to maintain their work, and many people have started to write resumes and seek jobs secretly.

Kamr said excitedly: "The acquirer is Mr. Lin, the young Chinese who commissioned us to make short films. He invested $10 million to acquire our computer animation department and invested $5 million. I think everyone can continue to work here in the future!"

"Really, it's great!" Many young people in the studio applauded, some even jumped up, but some people shook their heads with a smile.

"Ed, didn't Mr. Jobs intend to acquire it before? Why did we choose this young Chinese?" Someone raised his hand and asked. At the same time, everyone also looked at it. Many people also felt that this was the case. What an influence of Jobs, who can be called the leader of the IT industry!

Kaml replied bluntly: "Jobs only invested $5 million, and he was very persistent!"

Speaking of Jobs, Kaml was actually a little dissatisfied and emotional. Previously, Kaml and Elvi found Jobs through the relationship between Xerox's vice president, and the two sides met directly at his home.

However, what the two did not expect was that after meeting, Jobs did not talk about any topics about the acquisition. Instead, he talked to Kaml and Elvi about how the senior executives of Apple betrayed him. He talked about the fact that when his career was in a downturn, Apple not only did not help him, but instead took the blame. Everyone in the company actually wanted him to leave.

Jobs nagged the two of them with resentment and was full of dissatisfaction with the Apple board of directors. It was not until the two had no choice but to leave that Jobs proposed to acquire. As a result, he gave a purchase price of $5 million, but Jobs promised that he would inject another $5 million after the acquisition to support Pixar's development.

However, this price was far from Lucas's goal of $15 million, so of course it was rejected. Kaml and the others also felt it was insulted and had to find a buyer again. Lucas gave them a deadline, and if the buyer was not found before the end of the year, the department would be dissolved.

Many people were very disappointed when they heard that Jobs had only paid $5 million. After all, Jobs was a genius, so how could he give only this little money? After all, they had participated in the production of Star Wars!

Elvi looked at Kaml and said to everyone: "I know something about this Mr. Lin!"

After everyone looked over, Elvi said: "He is the boss of Compaq and Dell, and there is also a semiconductor company, two wafer factories, and a packaging and testing factory. Mr. Lin is definitely a rich man. I think his acquisition will be beneficial to us, at least this person is not short of money!"

A few of them then thought that there is indeed such a Chinese entrepreneur in the IT industry in the United States. The Chinese look similar. Those who are immersed in animation technology do not care much about business. However, it is still beneficial to listen to Elvi's words, at least everyone's mood has calmed down.

Kaml clapped his hands and said encouragemently: "Okay, everyone, everyone should work hard to make the short animation part of the film and try to add points to the new boss. This will be of great help to our future career!"

"Oh!" The employees present laughed. No matter what, they felt a little calmer after having the next home, so they would not have the concerns of being fired by Lucas at any time, and they would work harder when working. (To be continued.)
Chapter completed!