King of Hollywood

"In addition to producing special effects for some film companies, we also have a relatively small game department, and we are also outsourcing some game companies, but the most important thing is the animation produced for Disney. As early as 1991, We signed a contract with them for three 3D animations, and now we are making the first one, but something went wrong." Kamal explained to Adrian one by one, and handed various materials to him.

"What's the problem?" Adrian asked calmly, although he already knew it in his heart.

"Michael Eisner of Disney is not optimistic about computer animation, so he intends to cancel this project. Cowles, the person in charge of our cooperation, is trying to get it." Kamal said and glanced at Adrian, " I think you have a good relationship with Disney, maybe you can try to convince Eisner."

"What do you think?" Adrian pondered for a while, and looked at Ruster, Stanton and others.

"We think so too." After several people exchanged glances, Rust said, "We have done a lot of work, and we have drawn several boxes of paper just for the draft, and the script is quite complete, and it has been Several episodes were made. If it were canceled now, it would be a big blow to us and the development of the studio."

Very good at talking, these guys are really not fuel-efficient lamps. Adrian said in his heart as he flipped through the materials of the first animated film that Ruster handed over. Looking at the setting draft in his hand, especially the cowboy and spaceman toys, he smiled slightly.

"Well," Adrian said after thinking for a few minutes, "I will talk to Michael, but I will not let him support this project, I will let him terminate the contract as soon as possible, even if there is no liquidated damages. "

"Why?" Stanton asked immediately, his chubby face was full of anxiety.

"Okay, Andrew, let's listen to Adrian's opinion first." Kamal immediately made a gesture of "be safe and calm", and Rust gave him the same look, and then the three of them together Look to Adrian.

Smiling approvingly at Kamal and Ruster, Adrian put his hands on the table with his hands crossed and said with a smile: "I roughly browsed the contract, and made three with 10 million funds. This is an animated film, the peripheral copyrights are all owned by Disney, and Pixar’s box office share does not exceed 25%...Gentlemen, do you know what this means?"

Several people didn't speak, just stared at Adrian, especially Kamal, as if they had seen something.

"My plan is to terminate this unreasonable contract with Disney, and then I will invest 10 million in the production of this animated film. You can put all your energy into it with peace of mind and make it as you want. The animated movie, and then I will arrange for it to be released." Adrian said with a chuckle.

Several people looked at each other again, and they all showed excited expressions. They didn't realize for a moment that Adrian is the chairman of the media. Although he is not as huge as Disney, he also has his own complete distribution channels. , what this means is needless to say. In addition, Adrian also expressed his full support and completely delegated power to them. If you don't feel excited and excited, you will encounter a ghost.

"I don't think it's a problem." Kamal said immediately, and he controlled his emotions well.

But others were not so calm, Stanton threw his fist and shouted immediately: "Great, Ed, this is the best news I heard this year."

Reminiscent of the questioning just now, it fits his straightforward temper very well.

"It seems that we have changed to a boss who is also good." Last took off his glasses and sighed, and then jokingly asked Stanton: "By the way, Andrew, which Ed are you calling?"

Stanton couldn't help being taken aback, and then the others burst out laughing.

After chatting a few more words with the studio and the animated film being produced, Adrian immediately got up and was about to leave.

"I still have a movie to shoot in New York, so I can't delay too much time." He explained, and then patted Kamal's arm: "In short, everything about Pixar is entrusted to you, Ed .”

"No problem, Ed." Kamal nodded, and then both of them showed thoughtful expressions.

"I think this title is great, how about you?" Rust touched Stanton next to him with his elbow, looked at Kamal and Adrian and asked with a smile.

"It's really good. I think it's necessary to popularize it." Stanton, who had calmed down, also smiled.

Adrian looked at them and shook his head, turned around and was about to leave, but turned back because he thought of something: "By the way, take some time to fax me the script and overall idea of ​​the animated movie. You all know, except In addition to being a director, I am also a screenwriter, there may be differences between animated films and live-action films, but I can still provide some opinions."

After getting in the car and leaving the Pixar studio, Adrian finally let out a sigh of relief, completely relieved. Today's itinerary has basically achieved his goal, and all he has to do now is wait for Pixar to develop on its own.

I closed my eyes and thought about it in my head. Apart from thinking about how to propose revisions to the script, it seemed that there was no need to intervene. Oh, by the way, the game department can be abolished. What I need is a studio purely for computer animation, not other departments. Programmers can be assigned to the R\u0026D department - Pixar has its own modeling software - of course, if you want to continue to make games, you can also merge into Silicon and Synapse Studios.

Speaking of which, Silicon and Neural Synapse Studio should also change its name now. If the name Blizzard is registered by someone else because of butterfly wings, it will be a lot of fun.

Shaking his head, Adrian readjusted his thoughts, and now he has to think about how to make the other party accept his opinion. The current animation script is not the same as what he knows. Although it is also a story about toys, Cowboy Woody is a disgusting character who is mean and only mocks others, and Buzz Lightyear is a simple-minded big guy who does not call the name. Although I believe in the abilities of Rust and the others, if the script is like this, I am afraid it will not be popular.

Point out the problem first and then listen to their opinion. Rubbing his chin, Adrian thought so, the most important thing now is to terminate the contract with Dinis as soon as possible before Cowles can convince Eisner. What a joke, the most profitable part of an animated film is its derived peripherals. Just think about how much profit Disney has made for it. This is true of virtually all films, except those that top box office sales, and most of the profits come from sales of videotapes.

But Disney actually signed such a harsh contract with Pixar, simply using Pixar as a tool, which shows that Jobs really didn't put his mind on it. Now in the hands of Adrian, how could he tolerate most of the benefits being taken away by Dinis? What's more, I already have a mature and complete distribution channel in my hands. Of course, the distribution may be slightly worse than Disney, but I will definitely not lose to them in terms of publicity, because when this animated film is completed, it will also should……

Stretching comfortably, Adrian pinched the bridge of his nose, and then adjusted his thoughts to management.

Ed Kamol's ability is unquestionable. Although Jobs has always provided the funds for the studio, without his management and planning, Pixar would not have developed to the scale it is today without funds.

At the beginning, he also worked in technology when Disney was in Industrial Light and Magic, but after forming Pixar, he found that he was not as good as Last and others in this area, so he simply turned to management, and he did quite well. Adrian remembers very clearly that although Jobs had been running Pixar in his previous life, the management work had been done by Kamol from beginning to end.

Pixar's astonishing achievements are not unrelated to its unique corporate culture, and Kamol has contributed a lot to the establishment of such a corporate culture.

If there is anyone in Hollywood who keeps their dreams alive and fights for them no matter what failures they face, 90% of them are at Pixar. There are too many temptations here, and too many people come here with dreams, but finally succumbed to the feet of reality. But Kamol and Rust persisted. Although this had nothing to do with their single-minded focus on technology, they persisted after all and created a unique corporate culture that only belonged to them.

There is no distinction between superiors and subordinates, an interesting workplace, pleasant and dynamic communication, etc. It is precisely because of such a corporate culture that outstanding animated films such as "Finding Nemo" and "Wall-E" can be born. This is something that other studios cannot learn from. Even if they are given those ideas, they will still do it. There will be no animations like Pixar.

So Adrian maintains a respect for them. Sometimes the word dream is very sacred. Although some people's dreams are very mediocre, such as dreaming of being able to eat and drink every day; With passion, such as Last, they worked hard to make computer animation.

This kind of dream to a large extent represents human yearning for beautiful things, but it is extremely fragile, and it may break if it is slightly touched. Because once you do not compromise on the way of seeking, then the dream is no longer a dream, and then there are only naked desires, such as Adrian's various plagiarism and plagiarism.

Of course, Adrian never denied his desire, although no one knew that he had plagiarized, but if he refused to admit it, or even thought it was still a dream, then this person could only be said to be hypocritical extreme. Hypocrisy is indeed indispensable in life, especially in the communication of high society, hypocrisy is a compulsory course. But if a person is so hypocritical that he dare not even admit his desire, then he will only be a complete loser.

So he maintains a respect for Last and others, so he will not interfere too much with Pixar's development, so he will take care of their development and let them realize their dreams. ()