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These traditional Chinese medicine hospitals all need to be remodeled, and the plan will take half a year, and they will be officially opened around New Year's Day in [-].

It just so happens that on the domestic side, elite troops have to be mobilized, and it will take time to go through the formalities and training for going abroad.

During this period of time, the animated movie The Lion King was finally drawn, and the box office was really gratifying. The combined global market just broke through one billion US dollars.

This shocked many people's jaws: cartoons, when did they make so much money?

The major film companies are also eager to try, and they have discovered a brand new field.

It can be said that this Lion King is groundbreaking, and it opened the curtain of an era.

Although the box office has come out, it will take several months for the share to be credited to the account.

This time, Columbia, as the issuer, will definitely make a fortune again, basically nearly half of the profit, which is about [-] million US dollars.

However, the [-] million US dollars has to be distributed to the producer, which is about half of the company under the big tree.

When Liu Qingshan called home, he told Wu Tong the good news.

Wu Tong was also very excited: [-] million, the animation department she leads has become the most profitable department of the company under the big tree.

"Sanfeng, I'm bored staying at home every day." On the phone, Wu Tong acted softly.

A wave of tenderness welled up in Liu Qingshan's heart: "Xiaotong, after eleventh, I'll rush back to accompany you."

"I mean, it's too boring, I should find something to do, Sanfeng, do you have any good ideas, we want to make better cartoons!"

This is Wu Tong's real intention.

There was also a smile on Liu Qingshan's face: "I'm afraid the family members disagree with you, so you should start busy now?"

Wu Tong on the other end of the phone nodded: "Sanfeng, you don't know that grandparents, grandparents, and our two mothers stare at me every day, and they are even more precious than giant pandas."

"Haha, of course you are focusing on protecting animals now." Liu Qingshan was also joking with his wife.

But with a smile, his heart suddenly moved: "Xiaotong, when it comes to giant pandas, I really have an idea, which is about national treasures."

"Hmph, you're still making fun of people." Wu Tong scoffed.

"No, I'm serious." Liu Qingshan briefly explained the idea of ​​Kung Fu Panda to Wu Tong.

"Sanfeng, it's great. I'll draw the character first and try to finalize it. Bye!"

There was a bang on the phone, which made Liu Qingshan's heart itch, and he hurriedly told him: "Xiao Tong, pay attention to rest, don't..."

The phone on the other end had obviously hung up.

Liu Qingshan could only shake his head helplessly: If he had known earlier, he would have told Wu Tong when he got back.

As a national treasure of China, Gun Gun has a very high reputation abroad.

At the zoo in Los Angeles, there are two rented Rolls, which are very popular.

As early as 1972, China and the United States broke the ice. At that time, the Prime Minister presented two rolls to the United States, namely Lingling and Xingxing, which officially entered the National Zoo.

At that time, the newspapers and TVs were full of news, which formed a grand occasion of queuing up to watch the news.

Zoos in other cities can't be too greedy, so they spend money to rent pandas, which can cost hundreds of thousands of dollars a year.

At that time, the country was short of foreign exchange, so they started the business of leasing pandas.

As for renting out the booming zoo, they made a lot of money, and the ticket prices were in the tens of millions.

In the United States alone, there are nearly [-] big cities that are renting money from China.

As a result, it was later opposed by animal protectionists, and the trend gradually subsided and did not continue to expand.

But Gun Gun in these zoos is still living a good life in the name of research and protection.

Especially the first rolling "Lingling", every move has attracted widespread attention.

Lingling has been here for 20 years, and in the coming year, she will finish her life.

A few hours later, major TV stations in the United States broadcast the news and expressed deep condolences.

The next day, major newspapers rushed to report, and published a large number of photos of Lingling. The World Wildlife Fund even lowered the flag at half-staff.

You just say whether the impact is big or not, right?

Liu Qingshan's plan is to use just over a year to complete the animation of Kung Fu Panda.

In the coming year, after Lingling passed away, a commemorative version of Kung Fu Panda will be launched, which can be regarded as the best commemoration of this Lingling who has left a strong mark in the history of diplomacy.

After adding some color to his wife's boring life, Liu Qingshan was invited by Chambers to Columbia Company to listen to the report.

Executives from all departments of the company were present, and then Chambers informed Liu Qingshan of the company's plan to establish an animation department.

Chambers also saw the money of animated movies from The Lion King.

In the field of animation, Disney is a well-deserved giant. Chambers wants to get involved in this field, which shows that he also has ambitions.

For ambitious subordinates, Liu Qingshan certainly supports them.

However, it seems a bit too long to start from scratch. It is best to acquire a ready-made animation company.

Liu Qingshan first thought of Industrial Light and Magic, but in the past two years, Industrial Light and Magic has become Lucas's non-sale item.

On the contrary, Pixar, a "computer animation team" in Industrial Light and Magic, Lucas looked down upon. Two years ago, it was sold to Apple's old Joe for 1000 million US dollars.

Liu Qingshan knew that this animation group later grew into the famous "Pixar Animation Studios", famous for producing 3D animations.

Finally, when it was acquired by Disney in 70, Disney paid a total value of [-] billion shares.

From 1000 million to 70 billion, it is so amazing.

Liu Qingshan pondered for a while, the current Pixar can only be regarded as Xiaohe's sharp corners, and the real value has not yet been reflected.I don't know if I can cut off the beard from Old Joe?

Anyway, try it out.

Liu Qingshan looked through the phone book and called Old Qiao. The two had met each other before and had a good impression of each other.

After connecting, greet each other, and Liu Qingshan went straight to the topic:

"Steve, I'm interested in the Pixar computer animation group you have, you know, my Columbia Pictures, wanting to start an animation department."

"Haha, Mountain, you are one step late. Pixar is a hot commodity right now. Several film companies are negotiating with me."

Old Qiao didn't hide anything, of course, he wasn't taking the opportunity to raise the price, but was stating the facts.

Liu Qingshan also laughed loudly: "Blame me, it's all my fault."

He was really to blame for this matter, it was all caused by the Lion King fire, which led everyone to focus on the animated movie.

Liu Qingshan and Lao Qiao didn't hide it either: "Steve, what are their quotations, I will offer the highest price."

"Now the highest bidder is Disney, with a bid of 8000 million." Old Qiao also did not conceal that he and Liu Qingshan cherished each other.

Liu Qingshan suddenly settled down: "Steve, then I will double the number directly. Are you willing to transfer it?"

"No, no, Mountain, it won't take that much."

Old Qiao was also a little fooled. Even if the price was a premium, he couldn't add so much all at once, and it would be doubled every now and then. Who could bear it.

"Steve, we are friends. Pixar is in my hands and can create greater value, maybe billions or even billions."

Liu Qingshan simply told the truth that doing business is like this, sometimes you need to intrigue, but you can't play tricks when dealing with friends.

The old Joe on the opposite side was silent for a while: "Mounting, how much value Pixar can create for you is up to you. You know, I spent 1000 million to acquire it, and the price in my mind is [-] million. If you agree, We'll make a deal."

"Okay, then I'll send someone there."

Liu Qingshan also readily agreed, and within a few minutes, a deal worth [-] million US dollars was finalized.

It was the way of business negotiation, which was a bit unexpected, and the two sides also had a short bargain, but on the contrary, the buyer wanted to give a high price, while the seller lowered the price.

Putting down the phone, Old Qiao also showed a smile on his face: "My friend..."

Liu Qingshan also attached great importance to the acquisition of the Pixar studio, and Chambers brought people to contact Old Qiao directly.

A few days later, the entire Pixar studio moved over to officially join Columbia Pictures.

This team has a total of less than a hundred people. The leading brother is John Russell, who is the driver of the creativity of the entire Pixar.

"Welcome everyone, and welcome to the Columbia family. I am Liu Qingshan, and you can also call me Mountain."

On behalf of the company, Liu Qingshan extended a warm welcome to the new partners.

"Boss, we are also very happy to join Columbia. The Lion King animation movie is great, but if it can be produced with computer 3D technology, it must be even better."

Russell also hugged Liu Qingshan enthusiastically. Although he was very happy under the hands of Lao Qiao, he always felt a little awkward. After all, Apple does not make movies.

Now join Columbia Pictures, they all have a fish in the sea feeling.

Liu Qingshan also laughed: "Haha, don't worry, as the boss, I will definitely drive you to work with a whip."

"Look, this is the gift I prepared for you, the first 3D computer-generated movie, Toy Story, I hope you like it."

9 Chapter Ninety is not good, people will die!

Having nothing to do these few days, Liu Qingshan came up with the copywriting of Toy Story, and also drew the images of several main characters.

"Toy Story, it sounds so-so." Russell muttered, taking the document in Liu Qingshan's hand.

This group of techies are all like this, so Liu Qingshan doesn't care.

"This painter looks very amateur at first glance." Russell's team continued to complain.

It made Chambers a little embarrassed: Can everyone stop being so direct and take care of the boss's face, okay?

Liu Qingshan just smiled, he knows this bunch of technical geeks too well.

Soon, members of the Pixar team began a lively discussion:

"Well, it's interesting."

"It's more than interesting, I think it's a great idea."

"It can be done, but the workload must be huge. We need to add equipment and manpower."

The Pixar team quickly reached a consensus, and finally looked at Liu Qingshan together: they want money and people.

Russell spoke as the leading brother: "Boss, I think there is something wrong. It just so happens that we have just developed a computer-aided production system CAPS, which is specially used to produce [-]D animation."

Liu Qingshan nodded, he had heard of this before, Russell and his group are quite powerful, they developed software specially for the production of 3D animation.

Moreover, Liu Qingshan also knew that this software series later won the Academy Award for Science and Engineering.

Russell continued: "Boss, this will be a great project with epoch-making significance. We have always had this dream."

"Yes, this is our dream." The team members were almost in unison.

"But it would cost too much money to realize it, boss, are you really willing?"

Russell stared closely at Liu Qingshan's eyes, his body even trembled slightly because he was too excited.

No one will be calm when it is possible to realize their dreams.

It can be said that the creativity provided by Liu Qingshan has completely moved the Pixar team.

At this moment, in the hearts of all the members, it was like little bugs were crawling and crawling.

And their new boss, the one who put the bug in.

Liu Qingshan still kept a smile on his face: "I bought your team and spent [-] million yuan."

Russell couldn't help but his eyes lit up: "Boss, are you willing to spend another [-] million?"

If it were another boss, he would probably just throw up his sleeves and leave: [-] million, I can invite big stars and directors to make a big production, and let you make cartoons?

So after asking, Russell also felt a little abrupt, and he said twice: "Boss, isn't our request too much?"

"No, it's not too much." Liu Qingshan shook his head slightly: "Russell, I agree."

This moment stunned almost everyone, and Chambers wanted to shake the boss's shoulder: Boss, are you confused by anger?

The Pixar team couldn't believe their ears, Russell muttered: "Boss, are you deliberately speaking ironically, I know, our request is indeed a bit too much."

"I really agree." Liu Qingshan spread his hands helplessly.

Then I saw Russell pounced up and hung directly on Liu Qingshan.

Other members of the Pixar team also swarmed up, and several burly men hung on Liu Qingshan's body in an instant.

The one at the back had no place to hang it, so it jumped and danced around Liu Qingshan, screaming strangely.

"Come down quickly, all of you come down quickly!" Chambers was anxious, there are so many people, don't overwhelm the boss.