King of Hollywood

"Welcome to Pixar Studio, Ed." As soon as Adrian arrived at the Pixar Studio door, Jobs came out to meet him, and two others came out at the same time. A fat man looks very rich, a skinny bearded beard, three interesting people all have glasses, and their heights are almost the same, which is very interesting.

After Jobs' introduction, Adrian learned that the rich man in a checkered shirt and hypertrophy shorts was John Rast, the chief creative officer of Pixar; and a monochrome shirt with trousers, but sandals on the feet were not trimmed The middle-aged man is Ed Carmore, technical director of Pixar.

"I'm glad to meet you." Adrian shook hands with them with a smile. The two guys who will be called "the core and soul of Pixar" in the future now look relatively young.

"Let's talk as we go." Jobs took a gesture of please, and the four men and one woman walked inside.

The current Pixar Studio is still very rude and looks pretty good, but in some ways it may not be as good as some small studios. Every workplace seemed cluttered, and everything-private and public-was everywhere, and the only commendable thing was that at least the most basic clean environment was maintained.

Employees are always talking about the issue, constantly arguing that no one can convince anyone. Moreover, sometimes two people use a computer, and God is above, but Jobs is a personal computer. In addition to these, you can also see things that you can't see in other companies or studios, such as--

"Hey, those in front, please let me know" A voice came from behind, Adrian looked back, and then took Charlize to the wall, and Jobs and the three of them were doing it. Same action.

"Thank you." The guy on the skateboard galloping across the aisle smiled and scraped past Adrian.

"Here, everyone is more casual, we don't want to frame everyone with too many boxes," Carmor explained.

"Look out." Adrian nodded indifferently.

At this time, another round-faced employee waving to the drawing ran to Rast: "John, what's the matter with you?"

"What's wrong, Andrew?" Rast took the drawing he had handed in puzzlement.

"I didn't tell you this at first, here, here and here don't meet the original settings," Andrew looked a little annoyed. "What the **** are you doing, John? In this case, it would be better to hand over all the original pictures Set it for me "

"Okay, okay, can I apologize?" Rast also saw something wrong and said with such a temper.

"This is Andrew Stanton, a great animator and programmer." Carmor took the opportunity to introduce it.

The young man named Andrew found out that there were still guests. He immediately reached out to introduce Adrian when Carmel introduced him, but his attention was clearly on the animation. After saying two words, he welcomed and then looked again. Rust.

"Andrew, shall we talk about it later?" Rast finally said, "Of course, the few mistakes here and the same mistakes can be modified as you see fit."

"Thank you, so be it." Andrew left without looking back.

"Our employees are not divided into subordinates, which will increase work efficiency," Carmor continued.

"Look at it," Adrian still said indifferently.

After visiting the studio, several people came to the conference room and Carmel and Rast took turns to introduce the history of Pixar and the situation in recent years. By the way, a few previously made animated short films, such as " Tin Soldier and Jumping Lights, Adrian also took this opportunity to make a few jokes to get closer.

For example, after "Bounce the Light", he deliberately revealed a pensive look, pointing at the picture and asking Rast seriously: "John, can you tell me, is the lamp in the film a father or a mother?"

Rast froze, then replied with a laugh: "It's not, it's just a child."

Then Jobs and Carmor both laughed. Here is an allusion. When Pixar ’s first short film, Jumping Lights, was released, the film was just released and a well-known professor in the field of computer graphics would know. John Rast wanted to ask him a question. Although Rast at that time had accumulated a lot of production experience, after all, it was the first time to direct an animated movie, and it was still an animated movie, so his heart became extremely tense, because in his opinion there was too much technology in this short film Mistakes and deficiencies. If the other party asks him technical questions, such as which data is calculated incorrectly, he really does not know how to answer. But what he never expected was that the computer expert asked with a serious face: "Is the lamp in your film a father or a mother?"

That's right, that's the question Adrian just asked, so a few people laughed and the atmosphere became more harmonious. Adrian also took the opportunity to vaguely tell the other side that he already knew Pixar.

"Thank you for your warm hospitality. I have to admit that this harvest was not small." Adrian said so to the three important people before leaving, and then gave Jobs a wink, and someone Jobs would give him Out of the car.

"I already have an idea, and I will give you an answer as soon as possible," Adrian said to him, his face was calm and no other expression, and after the other party understood, he shook hands with him and said goodbye to the car.

Although it is not perfect, this is indeed the Pixar he wants, but Rast and Carmor seem to be enthusiastic, but they do not seem to be willing to change the boss. They hide this emotion well, but Adrian Still read it out.

If you think about it, Jobs supported them during their most difficult time, and he has supported them until now. He knows computers, technology, and their dreams. If he changed to someone else, God would know what Pixar would become. Of course, Adriana's undecided attitude was also one of the reasons, but he had to do this, he didn't want Jobs to see what was in his expression, and then started sitting on the floor.

It's okay, just find a chance to talk to them in the future, anyway, I will not interfere with them, as long as Rast and Carmor are there ... Oh, and Andrew Stanton. Adrian thought about it, squinting at Charlize sitting quietly next to himself, and suddenly asked, "Charlie, what do you think of Pixar?"

"Me?" Charlize raised her eyebrows unexpectedly. Since arriving at Pixar Studios, she has kept a low profile, like all assistants, to make herself transparent when the boss talks about things.

"Yes, tell me what you think, I believe you should observe more carefully." Adrian smiled slightly.

Charlize was also rude, and spent a few seconds sorting out his thoughts, and then said, "Because I don't know a lot of things, and the time you have to collect information is too short, so it's just on the surface Talk about my feelings. Their technical strength should still be good, otherwise they won't be praised by many people and won so many awards, so what they need now is a long-form animation that can fully show their strength. "

"Very good." Adrian patted it twice, and had to admit that Charlize was really smart, otherwise she wouldn't achieve that in her memory. In this way, it seems good to arrange a different life for her?

"Have you ever thought of appearing in a movie, Charlie?" Adrian asked suddenly.

"Starring in a movie?" Charlize looked at Adrian for some reason, and she didn't understand why the topic suddenly jumped from Pixar to the movie.

"Yeah, you are so beautiful and so smart, as long as I am there, you can be a big star." Adrian said with a smile, his tone was full of temptation, "I wo n’t be able to get the best actress in Oscar It's difficult. "

At first Charlize was still slightly agitated, but after Adrian spoke the following words, his expression became alert, and his body leaned back slightly, as if asking you for any conspiracy.

"I'm serious, Charlie, you have all the conditions to become a big star." Adrian said, reaching out and hanging on her face, regardless of whether Glover was still driving in front.

"Thank you, but you can avoid it." Charlize smirked and refused, his gray-green eyes flashed, and he told Adrian unmistakably: Don't try to control me

Adrian immediately changed his "sad" look: "Oh, you know, Charlie ..."

"I have a question about Steve Jobs," Charlize said, before he continued, "Although the information shows that he invested a lot in Pixar ~ www.readwn.com ~ but compared to The investment in NeXT Computer is far from enough. Does this indicate that he doesn't pay enough attention to Pixar, and if you want to buy it, you can do something about it. "

"I want to say one more thing, Charlie, you are excellent." Adrian said after a few seconds of silence. Although he also knew this, at that time because he had the advantage of "foreseeing", Charlize was completely According to the information in her hand, although there may be other factors, this is enough to see her cleverness.

Then, Adrian fell into thinking, but he wasn't thinking about how to lower the price. He was thinking about Charlize's words and thinking about the difficult decision to think about before: how to buy Pixar ?

This should be a very simple matter. It only cost tens of millions to buy it from Jobs. He also said that as long as the price is appropriate. But Adrian has another plan in mind, which is to inject 10 million and split Pixar's equity with Jobs.

Of course, for many people, if they see something and it is important for their development, they definitely want to hold it all in their own hands. Adrian thinks the same way, but one thing he is not sure is, how much did Pixar's success play in Jobs' return to Apple? ()