King of Hollywood

Chapter 76: This Is The Counter Strike

“This is the first fully computer-made animation in history, and Pix shows us a long animation that is different from traditional hand-painted, believing it will be another milestone in animation history!” --The Los Angeles Times

“This is a story about your toy actually owning life, which sounds ordinary, but it will be another revolution in the animation industry since the birth of Snow White forty years ago!” - The New Yorker

“It's a touching comedy for ordinary people, and for those who are sensitive to smell, it's also the biggest leap in the animation field since Disney screened Snow White!” - "Zongyi"

The media almost single-handedly praised "Toy Mobilization", both in stories and in art and technology, which gave full recognition, making things almost innumerable. Although "Spy in the Disk" has won a lot of accolades, it basically tells a good story. Everyone knows that the film is aimed at the market, so no one will explore what it means. Even Agan Zhengzheng, stories and art are superior works, but technically nobody says anything.

Comparing real life movies to animated movies seems a bit inappropriate, but it also shocks people from the side reality of Toy Mobilization, a digital 3D animation made entirely by computers.

“Everyone has played with toys as a child, dolls, dolls, green sè american soldiers, etc., what would happen if one day they had life and would get up and play when you left, and they would take pleasure in accompanying you as a mission? Pix's Toy Mobilization tells a story like this.

Cowboy Woody is the little owner's favorite toy and the head of all toys, and every time the little owner is away, they enjoy playing. But what scares all the toys the most is the new toys, because that means that there will be other toys that will be disgraced or even abandoned. Even the little master's favorite cowboy, Woody, began to face this crisis after the light year of the space toy bus, so Woody and Buzz tried to chase Buzz away, an careless couple fell into the neighbor's yard, and the neighbor's kid was a toy sadist, and all the toys would fall into his hands, so Woody and Buzz had to work together to avoid bad luck and go home.

This is just a brief introduction, more jing colors can only be experienced by watching the movie. Pix creates a lot of vivid horns sè, cowardly dinosaurs, fun springdogs, nagging twisters, Mr. Twister who doesn't want to lose his position but can understand where the mistake is. And Bus Lightyear, who always thought he was an astronaut until he woke up at the end, etc., all makes an impression. A lot of bridges are already flooded in real life movies. There is no old-fashioned feeling in this animated movie. If you want to watch the movie with the whole family, "Toy Mobilization" is definitely the first choice.

Congratulations, Pix, they're starting an era. ”

- "Empire," Scott? Hoffman.

That's right, Pix kicked off an era where praise such as "The Biggest Leap in Animation" was utterly disreputable, and many film critics claimed that “I couldn't imagine that movie being more interesting than" The Toy Mobilization "and“ The Toy Mobilization is the most creative comedy movie of the year ”or“ Pix's creativity is amazing ”and so on.

God knows that just a few years ago, they were all hopeless about computer animation, and even though Pix's short film received a lot of good reviews, they were ridiculed as ugly ducks in Silicon Valley, and when Jobs sold it to Adrian, a lot of people thought it was the smartest thing Jobs ever did after he left Apple. Even just a few weeks ago, when people in the screening praised the film unanimously, some people still thought it was too true.

Now that Toy Mobilization has landed in the North American pavilion and swept the movie box office, it's as good as slapping them in the face. But how can critics put this clap on their hearts? Many times in this business, they have to be blush. If they make a mistake, they judge. There's nothing to be ashamed of. Who doesn't make mistakes? Not to mention, the vast majority of people are wrong.

So they chose xing to forget the previous words and started putting all the wonderful words on "Toy Mobilization" and Pix. Although there was also a small part of the mouth that was hard enough to do whatever it took to make the prick, even Woody's nv friend Shepherd nv doll was taken out and nagged, but it couldn't hide the light of the animated film.

Anyway, Pix the Ugly Duck in Silicon Valley, this time it's a complete flip.

“I don't think I need to say anything more, congratulations, congratulations… all of us!” Standing in a pix room that was emptied and rearranged, John with a cup? Rust talked about the final sound becoming a little choked up, and the eyes behind the round glasses began to shine. Luckily, he hurried up the cup, then clapped his applause loudly, and Pix had an exciting glow on everyone's face.

“John seemed a little overexcited.” With Ed? That's what Adrian said as he clapped his hands from Camor.

“It's not strange, think about our efforts," Camor shrugged, "so am I. ”

“Then why did you have to give a speech before you quit?” Adrian asked immediately.

“Didn't you quit too, Ed?” The head of Pix laughed at him and asked him:

“Unlike me, I just provided funding and issuance, and without your insistence, there would be no current Pix.” Adrian waved, "I was less qualified to speak than Steve. ”

“You are too modest, and everyone knows that without your money, our studio would probably have been closed; without your publishing and publicity, the Toy Mobilization would not have been as enthusiastic.” Camor shook his head.

“But you also have to admit that Pix wouldn't have had thick, thin hair today if it hadn't been for Steve's seven years in a row, no loss, right?” Adrian smiled.

“That's true - John is the director in chief, and I'm more of a master planner, and I owe the studio success, but with the success of the film, he owes the most.” Camor changed the subject immediately, "so it would be better if he went up to speak to inspire morale. ”

“Forget it, you just want to be lazy, Ed.” Rust came from the side with a toned voice, but it soon became depressing again: “I'm sorry, I didn't mean you, Ed. ”

Adrian and Camerton both laughed.

“What have you been up to, John?” With John? Rust and then Andrew? After another moment of conversation, Adrian suddenly asked.

“Not yet. Do you have any good ideas?” Rust's mind moved slightly, and Adrian's name in the entertainment world how could they not have known, but he was disappointed that the other side did not make a special statement.

“Then take a rest," Adrian said with a smile, "Pix has had unprecedented success, so go on a trip with your family or bring some limited edition toys to the kids - you know, these are not good nongs right now. ”

When I heard the last sentence, several people around me laughed again at the same time with a feeling of frowning and exhaling. The explosion of "Total Toy Mobilization" is difficult to describe in language, the box office and the reputation are silent, Adrian had already made contact with the toy manufacturer and started making and putting it on the market after the film appeared, but finally the supply and demand remained low. While this is also a good idea for Claude to have reservations that the orders placed are not very relevant, they also indicate the popularity of the film.

“You don't have to worry about it, Ed. They had their own set long before the toys went on the market. They figured it out.” Carmel pointed to Rust and Stanton laughing.

“Too bad I got a couple of sets to see if anyone gave them to him.” Adrian said nothing.

“I didn't, Ed!” Stanton immediately raised his hand and shouted, causing another laugh.

“Anyway, in the last few weeks, when you've adjusted, we'll talk about what's next, and I'm sure you'll have a blueprint for the future.” Adrian then said the same thing.

“Yes.” Rust's eyes lit up again.

“By the way, Ed, Fortune and Hollywood News magazines would like to invite us to an interview about this film and the technology of computer animation, and I think you might be interested.” Camor said again this time.

“Forget it,” Adrian said after thinking about it, "computer animation technology. I just understand that you people who develop and use it are the most obvious. Likewise, I may have some insight into film, but who knows better than John and Andrew? So it's up to you to do the interview. ”

He's not Jobs, and Jobs needs to build on himself to get back to Apple, but he doesn't need to. Therefore, selling it to Kamor is not a bad thing for them, anyway, since the takeover, with the exception of the most basic attention, the affairs are mostly handled by Jiāo to Kamor, which is good to keep.

Compared to the joyful inspiration and frown exhalation on Pix's side, there is a sense of guilt on Dinesh's part.

“Simply put, do you think I had to take responsibility for giving up Pix - and giving up without reservation - in the first place, Mr. Craven?” Michael sitting on the long table in the conference room? Eisner looked at Jeffrey in the third position on the right? Craven, speak in a slow tone.

Although he seemed calm and did not differ from his usual appearance, those familiar with him knew that the strong man was probably already angry, so even when he had spoken at the meeting earlier, Craven, who had blamed him so much, had to swallow his mouth after listening to Eisner.

But with only a few seconds to go, he immediately went on to say, “There's no question how far Disney's animation department has gone now! ”

“Last year we made the best 2D animation of" The Lion King. "” There was a reminder across the street.

“Yes, but so what? The animation department is now almost the most laid-back department, mén,” Craven rebutted immediately, "not that they wanted to, because there had been several previous project proposals that could have been rejected, and Mike himself did. ”

And he turned around and looked at Eisner, and he said, "I know you have your thoughts, Mike, and I know that the company didn't grow to be just an animation department today, mén, but don't you think you seem to have forgotten something? ”

“Yes,” another director said along with Craven's words, "Disney started out with animation, and for a long time, we were at the top of the animation industry in the United States, and no matter how many sè animation angles they launched, sè was no substitute for us, but now the things we were most proud of were dying, even though they made the best 2D animations. ”

“Lack of funding, lack of support and increasing marginalization are the current situation of the Ministry of Animation.” Craven went on to say, "Don't give Eisner et al a chance to rebut,“ I know you're out of sè, Mike, without you there's no Disney today, but you're too arbitrary in some ways. We could have had the chance to keep our strengths up, and Cox suggested more than once that we keep working with Pix, but it was an investment of 10,000, at best, just a small investment in a movie, and you did it because of Adrian? Colwell said a few words and arched his hand. ”

Here, Craven yang his hands and no more talking, but that's obvious.

“No one would really think Pix would be so successful, and I think anyone who faced that situation at that time would make the same decision.” One of the directors on Eisner's side opened his mouth.

“At least our opponent now, Adrian? Colwell had that look.” Craven said, not at all polite.

“Meaning he can't see?” A neutral director playfully said.

Craven beamed and reacted immediately. That's what Michael said? Eisner is not as good as a young man. If Eisner might have just laughed, it would be hard to say how he would react now. The guy who talks is obviously provoking. But Craven quickly left it behind, and it doesn't matter if you add a little more to it, because he's already completely offended Eisner.

“In any case, I think we should give the board a jiāo.” He stalled, made a "you watch” gesture and shut his mouth and stopped talking.

Quiet down in the conference room, everyone looked at the chairman sitting at the top of the board, and Isner, who still had no expression, finally opened his mouth again: "I remember that the theme of the meeting was at the outset to discuss how to proceed with the acquisition of ABC in its entirety, but why did it become a question about this little question? ”

Without Craven talking, he immediately took it again: "Sure, everybody knows Adrian? Colwell had a unique vision, which is why we are here to discuss how to complete the acquisition as soon as possible, but why somehow move on to other issues. ”

“I'm just driving and I'm right.” Craven said immediately, but with almost 10 more years of Ezner, it doesn't sound like a lot of gas.

“Really? So I should quit my chairmanship immediately?” Eisner finally showed a slight smile.

Craven's face suddenly became difficult to see, and of course he had this idea, otherwise why would he bother to pick out the problem at this time, but how could he say it now? In an instant, the conference room was quiet and the temperature dropped several degrees, and Eisner was an old fox, a simple phrase that prevented everyone from speaking again.

After so much time, he stood up if nothing happened: "Well, it looks like nothing happened today, so let's close the meeting. ”

He walked out without going back, and the people in the conference room were relieved, and the familiar people talked to each other about jiāo, and then God sè also walked out of the conference room. Craven walked to the end, and despite a bad feeling, he tightened his tie and tried to calm himself down.

“Hey, Mike, I was just looking for you.” When Eisner was about to go back to his office, a familiar voice called him in and smiled at Michael? Orvitz appeared before him.

“What's the matter? Isn't the meeting going well?” He immediately noticed his anomaly.

“Just say what's going on.” Asked Isner Hard Bond.

Orbitzton frowned, but saw that he was in a bad mood and didn't ask anything, and then he said the job: “I have an idea about ABC's acquisition and the TV station that I need your support, maybe we can...”

“Just do as I say!” Eisner interrupted him unnecessarily.

“...” The stunned look flashed from Orvitz's face and his eyebrows grew deeper: “You haven't heard my specific description, Mike, even if you have other opinions, at least...”

“I don't need to hear your description, Mike!” Esnadu turned his head and looked at him with cold eyes, "you just have to do as I say, you understand?! ”

Orvitz stared at him, completely unaware of what was going on. Although they were both named Michael, it seemed funny when they called each other "Mike," but the people around them didn't laugh. In fact, they had long hidden away. The conflict between the chairman of the board and the CEO was better.

“Well, you're the chairman of the board, you're in charge.” Looking half-way into each other's eyes, Orvitz finally chose to compromise and waved twice with his hands up.

Eisner stopped talking, turned around and walked to the end of the corridor, quickly disappearing into Orvitz's eyes. Orvitz just lifted his hands, looked around at no one, and half-mocked himself and hummed half angrily.

“If you just do as you say, what the fuck do you want me to do with this CEO?! ”