Chapter 639 Arrival in the United States

Los Angeles International Airport, pick-up gate.

"Daniel, you are finally back in the United States."

"Oh, this may be the last time I tell you this."

John, who is obviously much older than ten years ago, still gave Wu Yuan a warm hug.

"I have taken care of the company's finalization. Now there are only some contracts waiting for you to sign in person."

"I have also hired a lawyer for you. He is the most professional lawyer from Sidley Austin LLP."

"Don't worry, although the other party is Disney, the lawyer will definitely help you handle the details of the contract responsibly."

"This is the last task you assigned to me. I will definitely complete it 100%."

Sidley Austin LLP is an international law firm established in New York in 1948.

Currently, the law firm has a total of nearly 2,000 lawyers and has been rated as the most prestigious law firm in the United States by Vault for many years.

And since 2001, Sidley Austin LLP has been regarded as one of the "best corporate legal service companies in the United States."

For a business merger case like the one Wu Yuan was involved in, inviting the lawyer team of this company is definitely the best way to deal with it.

He doesn't need to worry about these lawyers doing something behind the scenes, or colluding with Disney to set up a contract trap.

If a contract with this law firm is involved is found to have loopholes or omissions, even if Wu Yuan loses, this law firm will only lose more. The loss of reputation, prestige, and financial interests is not a small amount.

Let alone Disney, even the government can't get any benefits from Sidley Austin LLP.

So Wu Yuan is very relieved to let John go to this lawyer team, and he is not afraid that John will collude with Disney to do something behind his back.

Although the ten-year cooperative relationship is trustworthy, Wu Yuan mainly trusts Sidley Austin LLP.

"I am definitely relieved to leave it to you." Of course, in front of John, Wu Yuan must have been full of good words.

It's better to part ways in peace!

Thinking of another thing, Wu Yuan asked again: "By the way, the cars and houses that were originally registered under the company have now been transferred to my personal name, right?"

The house he bought in Beverly Hills before, as well as those cars, were all registered under the company at the time, which could avoid taxes.

This kind of thing is not only popular among American companies, but also among domestic companies.

But now that the entire Lighting Era is being sold as a package, the car and house must not be sold together.

Although he has spent less than one-third of his time in the United States in recent years, he has become accustomed to living in and using the house and car, and has no intention of selling them.

"Don't worry, they have all been transferred to your name. The acquisition agreement only involves the company itself and the IP copyrights in the company's hands." John laughed.

"How could I miss such a thing?"

"That's good."

Wu Yuan nodded with satisfaction. Sure enough, John's work is still worth trusting.

It's a pity that his right-hand man in North America will leave him in the future.

John has confirmed that he will continue to stay in Lighting Era and work for Disney.

Even the dividends and shares that Wu Yuan promised John before, Disney will continue to give.

In other words, John can not only get 5% of the company's sale money from Wu Yuan, but also continue to get 5% of Light Era's shares from Disney.

Disney is not a fool. Long before deciding to acquire Light Era, they had investigated clearly and knew that John was the main person in charge of the company.

It can be said that John is the real helmsman of Light Era's development to the present, and Wu Yuan only provides the most important content output.

Such an excellent "professional manager", Disney certainly does not want to let go.

Even Disney's evaluation team privately believes that John may account for 60% of the success of Light Era, and Wu Yuan only 40%.

So Disney offered generous conditions to retain John to continue working for them.

And Wu Yuan does not plan to open a company in Hollywood again, so it is obvious what John will choose.

Wu Yuan also blessed him for this.

John really made a lot of money for him. Most of the company's affairs were Wu Yuan's words, and John ran around, which was called hard work.

Now he has received a generous return (the proceeds from selling the company), and he can continue to get a senior executive job. This is undoubtedly a perfect ending.

As for the future of Light Era without Wu Yuan, whether John can continue to develop the company by himself is not something Wu Yuan can guess.

However, he thinks that at least in the next five years, Light Era can continue to develop steadily and continue its glory.

Because John still has the follow-up IP development of the "Kingsman" series and the development of the "Hunger Games" series that was cancelled halfway through.

Just by continuing to complete the unfinished series of these two companies, Light Era will continue to be successful in the next five years.

The $1 billion paid by Disney is not a loss at all, and it even has a small profit.

At least the "Hunger Games" series alone can bring Disney $1 billion in revenue.

The other IPs in Light Era are even free income.

At least one of the subsequent IP development and revenue of "Twilight" has a potential of at least 300 to 500 million.

Of course, Wu Yuan is not at a loss. This money may take five or ten years to recover. He now takes 1 billion US dollars directly, saving time and cost.

Just like those who sell gold mines, perhaps the money earned from selling gold mines is definitely not as much as that earned from mining.

But selling can get a lot of cash in one go, but mining requires ten or twenty years to realize cash.

"By the way, John, how is the publicity work of "The Martian" prepared?"

"Don't worry." John still has the expression of planning and strategizing: "Disney has arranged it, and the premiere is also being prepared."

"The actors of "The Martian" are also gathering. Next, you have to take them to record a few programs for pre-promotion."

"Matt turned down some other activities for this purpose and is waiting for you in Los Angeles."

"No way?" Wu Yuan raised his eyebrows: "Does Matt value me so much?"

"Yeah." John said intriguingly: "You I haven't been in Hollywood for a long time, so you may not know. "

"Matt has been pursuing awards and honors recently."

"You know, he is already a top star in Hollywood. At his level, he only needs some awards and honors, and the same is true for Leonardo."

"They both hope to win an Oscar, or even the three major European awards."

"And in this regard, you are undoubtedly one of the directors who can help them the most."

"And you haven't made an art film for a long time."

"So in their eyes, you are now a shining and attractive piece of gold!" (End of this chapter)