During the production of the first "Kung Fu Panda" movie, DreamWorks Animation had no money and asked Cheng Yu'an to help.

Cheng Yu'an opened his mouth and asked for 35% of the investment share of "Kung Fu Panda" and 30% of the copyright of the entire series.

In the same year, Katzenberg signed a priority investment agreement with Cheng Yuan for DreamWorks Animation for 10 films with a minimum of US$600 million.

Although Cheng Yuan does not have any shares in DreamWorks Animation, he has been the most important investor and partner of DreamWorks Animation for the past 10 years.

At the end of last year, DreamWorks Animation was in financial crisis. Katzenberg approached Cheng Yu'an, hoping that the two sides would continue to deepen cooperation. Katzenberg tried to persuade Cheng Yu'an to agree to allow a major film company to exchange shares with DreamWorks Animation, but Cheng Yu'an refused.

What Cheng Yu'an didn't know was that DreamWorks Animation was on the verge of bankruptcy at that time. Yes, DreamWorks Animation still had profitable movies, but his existing funds could no longer support his normal operations.

Even with Cheng Yuan’s investment of no less than US$60 million per film, Katzenberg would not be able to take the DreamWorks Animation ship forward.

In addition, Cheng Yu'an has his own animation label and is doing a pretty good job. He is even less interested in DreamWorks Animation. If it weren't for the investment agreement, the money must be invested and cannot be transferred. Cheng Yu'an

Got off the bus early.

As of this year, in addition to the "Kung Fu Panda" series, Cheng Yu'an has invested in a total of six DreamWorks Animation films in the past 10 years. The two most recent investments are "How to Train Your Dragon 3" and "The Croods 2."

As soon as Comcast announced the acquisition of DreamWorks Animation, Cheng Yu'an's personal investment and financing team immediately received inquiries from Global, hoping to buy out the preferred investment agreement.

The invested films have become a fait accompli, and Universal will no longer interfere. Cheng Yuan will still receive the established investment income from these films. Universal plans to buy back the priority investment rights for the next four films for US$80 million.

Cheng Yuan authorized his financial advisor to find out that the price was too low, less than US$200 million, and Cheng Yuan would not even consider selling the agreement.

According to the acquisition plan, even if Universal acquires DreamWorks Animation wholly, DreamWorks Animation will still maintain independent operations, and Universal has no right to interrupt the 10-year investment partnership between Cheng Yuan and DreamWorks.

In other words, as long as Cheng Yu'an doesn't want to sell, even if Universal wants to buy it, he can't buy it.

However, due to the harsh agreement, Cheng Yuan's investment rights cannot be transferred or distributed, and can only be bought back by DreamWorks Animation.

Cheng Yu'an wanted to get out of the car, because DreamWorks Animation had no money to squeeze out; Comcast also didn't want to see an Oriental sucking blood from DreamWorks Animation, and was determined to buy back the investment agreement.

What the two parties discussed was the price.

Ordinary viewers don't know the relationship between Cheng Yu'an and DreamWorks Animation, but everyone in the industry knows about it.

Analysts in the film and television industry have begun to estimate and predict Cheng Yuan's income from investing in DreamWorks Animation over the past 10 years and the profits he will make from this acquisition.

It’s not unknown, but it’s surprising to know that the three “Kung Fu Panda” movies alone have brought Cheng Yu’an more than 1 billion US dollars in revenue, including box office revenue and 30% of global all-copyright and all-channel revenue.

According to preliminary estimates, the "Kung Fu Panda" series will bring Cheng Yu'an at least US$20 million in revenue every year.

"Why is his vision so accurate? He can hit everything."

"Bold meat eaters. Back then, Katzenberg tricked investors all over the world. He was the only one who dared to invest. If he didn't make money, who else would make money?"

There are many rich people in the world, but there are really not many people like Cheng Yu'an who dared to take action despite everyone's opposition when DreamWorks Animation was at its lowest point in 2005.

Everyone wants to buy the bottom, but no one dares to say that they will definitely buy the bottom.

Cheng Yu'an, however, does not care about the external discussion - in fact, the discussion is not big, and the main industry is concerned about this matter.

I still focus on filming on the set.

After staying up late for several nights, I still didn't finish filming the scene where Wu Jing leaves the warehouse, but I shot a lot of other scenes.

When the crew took a lunch break, Cheng Yuan did not eat with the actors.

Instead, he and Wu Jing had a small meal and went to the hotel for a big meal.

There are guests coming.

Yu Qian came to visit the class.

"Master," Yu Qian told the young man next to him in the box, "relax, Yu'an is a very nice person and has no airs. Speaking of which, he has a good relationship with us in cross talk. His grandfather studied cross talk seriously before liberation.

But at that time, there was a war, and the master died after only two years of training. Before the branch was established, the disciples dispersed, and there was no way to find out what happened to the master."

The young man Yu Qian brought was Guo Dalin, the head teacher of the junior class. Guo Dalin said: "That's a Haiqing."

"Young master, you are stupid. It doesn't matter whether Hai Qing is Hai Qing or not. People don't do this anymore."

"In 2002 or 2003, the Deyun Club couldn't reveal the truth. Yu'an supported us for a month and sent fruit and flower baskets when we came back. Your father and I both remember this sentiment."

Guo Dalin was still young at that time, and his master and father would not tell him these things.

Cheng Yu'an and Wu Jing arrived a little late. As soon as they came in, Yu Qian called out and asked: "Man, you are not honest."

Cheng Yu'an smiled and said: "I didn't do anything, and you said I'm not authentic when I come here. What did I do that makes me not authentic?"

"The 20th anniversary celebration, why didn't you come?" Yu Qian said with a smile.

This year is the 20th anniversary of the establishment of Deyun Club. On April 16, Deyun Club invited friends and held a grand celebration. Many people in the entertainment industry attended.

I also sent a message to Cheng Yu'an to reserve tickets, but the couple were busy filming, so they only sent a flower basket to express their congratulations, and no one came over.

"Isn't this busy? Thirty years, I will definitely be there in thirty years." Cheng Yu'an opened his mouth to celebrate his thirty years.

"Hey, if you talk about what's happening now, you'll have to wait until 10 years from now."

"Who is this?" Cheng Yu'an asked knowingly, and introduced Yu Qian.

"Da Lin, the son of De Gang,"

"Uncle Cheng." Guo Dalin greeted.

This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! Cheng Yuan said with a smile: "I don't like talking to you guys about cross talk. When I was 20 years old, people like Yue Yunpeng called me uncle, and they all called me old."

Yu Qian asked Cheng Yu'an to take a seat: "The friendship is here. Man said you are 20, but even if you are 12, he still has to call you uncle."

The guests and hosts were seated and the food was served.

"I have to shoot in the afternoon, so I won't drink anymore. I'll drink again when I get back to the capital after filming."

Qian is the closest to Deyunshe and Cheng Yuan, while Guo Degang is the closest to Ranqiu.

Some of the cooperation between Yuanyuan and Deyun Society was facilitated by Qin Ranqiu.

Including "Happy Comedian", Guo Degang was invited to be the host, and it was also Qin Ranqiu's relationship.

Cheng Yu'an knew that the purpose of Yu Qian's trip was simply to bring his apprentice Dalin to recognize him.

Cheng Yu'an was willing to support the younger generation, but for some reason, he was a little uncomfortable with Guo Dalin's performance.

It’s not that he didn’t perform well, it’s that he was great!

The mellowness, ease and thoughtfulness of a 20-year-old young man at the dinner table make people feel very awkward.

This child is too precocious!

He doesn't have the impulsiveness and recklessness that should be expected at this age.

Yu Qian wants to pave the way for his apprentices to work in the film and television industry, but those who work in the film and television industry are not afraid that you will cause trouble, but they are afraid that you will have no personality.

Guo Dalin's personality has been almost tempered by his family and the education he received since childhood.

After everyone had dinner, Cheng Yu'an took Master Yu Qian and his apprentice to visit the set, and then sent them back.

On the way back, the perceptive Yu Qian clearly sensed Cheng Yuan's attitude towards Guo Dalin.

I don't like it, but I don't hate it either. I don't have any love for talent, but I can help a little bit.
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