Visionary Education Technology Holdings Group Inc. (the "Company")
(NASDAQ: VEDU), a private education provider located in Canada,
with subsidiaries in Canada and market partners in China, today
announced that on October 14, 2022, the Company and four dedicated
film and animation companies (the “Partners”) have entered into a
cooperation agreement (the “Agreement”) to establish a joint
venture named Visionary Film & Media Co. Ltd. (the “Joint
Venture”). The Partners include Eastern Bluesky Animation Culture
(Beijing) Co., Ltd. (“Eastern Bluesky”), JH Films PEK, Ltd (“JH
Films”), BON IO Distribution, LLC (“BON IO”), and North America
Technology & Culture Co., Ltd. (“NATC”). The Company with the
Joint Venture expects to materialize its platformed, to strive in
film, animation, media production and internet trade.
Pursuant to the Agreement, the Company will own
an 80% controlling equity stake of the Joint Venture. The Company
agrees to cooperate with Partners to build or include Toronto
Visionary Communication University, Toronto Film & Media
Center, Olympic Arts North American Committee, Visionary Young
Artist Film Training and Production Center, and multiple internet
trade and media entities.
Through the Joint Venture, the Company expects
to build out its Max the Mutt College of Animation, Art &
Design (“MTM”) from an established community college into the
first-class modern-tech education institute in Canada. It continues
to focuses on skill-trainings in film and animation, but get
invested in talent trainings to master trendy multimedia
mixed-reality (VR, AR and XR) creative development, production,
distribution and means of industrial management (such as production
issuance). The Company realizes vertical-integrated talent training
in wide coverage and connection of the media industry. Its
extensions reachs out worldwide vocational education, industrial
associations and major online content trade portals. Thus the Joint
Venture will contribute media talents and productions, as well
products to the Canadian film and animation industry.
Meanwhile, the Company decide to cooperate with
the Partners, to elevate and enrich the practical training of MTM’s
department curriculums from academy to industry, by strengthen the
collaboration with peer institutes who certified for broader and
higher degree programs, by further developing MTM’s proprietary
education programs, expanding Film and Television Production,
Digital Media Design, and Game Development. BON IO and NATC agreed
to gather professional production team resources, with co-developed
short-term online and hybrid trainings by MTM’s, to practically
form production capacity in film, media, animation, virtual
internet celebrity (social network influencers) and online game.
And we immediately start to provide contracted productions in the
market place, of themed experience based on traditional and trendy
presentation format. Proven high performance-cost ratio solutions
of content creation, design and solutions include architecture
projection mapping, motion graphic and light show, themed
mixed-reality venues, immersive VR rides and thriller experiences
in theme parks and commerce-entertainment complexes. MTM is ready
to offer focused job-training, trained young talents and skilled
engineers to participating academic activities and professional
production projects in Canada and China, soon will reach a large
scale.
Mr. David Xu, Chief Executive Officer and Chief
Operating Officer of the Company, commented, “We are pleased to
work with the Partners to unlock the hidden potential of this Joint
Venture. We are confident that the Joint Venture will accelerate
our influence in the film and animation education industry by
leveraging the Partners’ extensive experience and knowledge. We are
also excited to have Dr. Leon Xiao, the CEO of Eastern Bluesky,
join the team of the Joint Venture as he is the one of the world's
top talents in the fields of education management, animation and
film & creative digital production and holds a master’s degree
in higher education & administration in the U.S. and a PhD in
applied computing. Dr. Xiao has extensive artistic and digital
media business achievements and international resources from
industry. He and together with colleagues won the 71st Academy
Award for Animated Short Film. He completed his postdoctoral
research in three interdisciplinary fields, including Stanford
University, by his high-tech visualization technology. He also
created and completed a new discipline system of digital media in
China after his experience as a technical Chief of BlueSky Studio
in the U.S. Dr. Xiao has extensive teaching, research and
educational management experience in Beijing Normal University and
New York University. We believe Dr. Xiao will help the Company
achieve the goal of developing education and training
businesses.”
Mr. Xu continued, “We also felt fulfilled to
have Mr. John Patrick Hughes and Mr. Jin Luo involved in the Joint
Venture. Hughes is currently the Executive Director of JH Films PEK
and was the founder, shareholder and Chief Executive Officer of
R&H, one of the largest global visual effects contract
producers in Hollywood and the world. For some 26 years. R&H
produced visual effects for over 150 Hollywood movies, including
three who won Academy Awards for Best Visual Effects, and four
Academy Awards for Best Technology Achievements. Hughes received an
honorary Doctorate in Fine Art from Otis College of Art and Design.
He is a member of the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences,
and actively hosted community organizations of Hollywood local
career and skilled film workers. Mr. Jin Luo, the co-founder of JH
Films PEK, received his mater degree in computer science from
Caltech. He focused on the invention of visual integrated circuits,
real-time implementation of algorithms. From a Pasadena, CA
technology firm, he was a staff researcher for US government
research contracts and for global technology startups from Eurasia.
His connection with film industry is through visual technology,
design tools and cinematic literature. BON IO, which he founded in
the US, brings together years of successful experiences and
achievements in film visual effects, motion graphics, computer
animation and film productions.”
Mr. Xu concluded, “This Joint Venture is a
critical initiative of the Company's business strategy of expanding
the education programs and providing more career opportunities for
students from different backgrounds. We are confident that the
Joint Venture will enhance our competitive strengths, elevate our
brand value and generate significant revenue, profit, asset and IP
(intellectual property) value in the mid-long term.”
About Visionary Education
Technology Holdings Group Inc.
Visionary Education Technology Holdings Group
Inc., headquartered in Markham, ON, Canada, is a private
education provider located based in Canada, that offers
high-quality education and industrial resources to students around
the globe. The Company aims to provide access to secondary,
college, undergraduate and graduate and vocational education to
students in Canada. Through technological innovations, that
fulfill industrial standards, more people can learn, grow and
succeed, to release their full career potential. As a fully
integrated provider of educational programs and services
in Canada, the Company has been serving, and will continue to
serve, both Canadian and international students and contributing to
the industry. For more information, visit the Company’s website
at https://ir.visiongroupca.com/.
Forward-Looking Statements
All statements other than statements of
historical fact in this announcement are forward-looking
statements. These forward-looking statements involve known and
unknown risks and uncertainties and are based on the Company’s
current expectations and projections about future events that the
Company believes may affect its financial condition, results of
operations, business strategy and financial needs. Investors can
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“intends,” “would,” “continue,” “should,” “may,” or similar
expressions. The Company undertakes no obligation to update or
revise publicly any forward-looking statements to reflect
subsequent occurring events or circumstances, or changes in
its expectations, except as may be required by law. Although the
Company believes that the expectations expressed in these
forward-looking statements are reasonable, it cannot assure you
that such expectations will turn out to be correct, and the
Company cautions investors that actual results may differ
materially from the anticipated results and encourages investors to
review other factors that may affect its future results in the
Company's registration statement and in its other filings with
the SEC.
For more information, please
contact:
Visionary Education Technology Holdings
Group Inc.Investor Relations
DepartmentEmail: ir@farvision.ca
Ascent Investors Relations LLCTina
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917-609-0333Email: tina.xiao@ascent-ir.com
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