I’m in Hollywood

I'm not a gifted speaker, and I'm not good at saying inspiring words. Here I only promise one thing: within three years, as long as there are no problems with your own work, Pixar will not have any layoffs.

After Jobs left, Eric told all the employees in the open-plan office. This is also their biggest concern. In the past year or so, Pixar has laid off several batches of employees because of financial constraints.

Sure enough, after Eric made his promise, many people unabashedly breathed a sigh of relief. Everyone knows Eric's identity. The young man in front of him is now a master of money. Since he has made such a promise, he will not easily go back on his promises.

Okay, now everyone continues to work, all the management will come to the conference room for a meeting.

After a brief commotion, the Pixar cadre, led by John Lasseter, gathered in the conference room.

Everyone must know me, and I have a certain understanding of you when I read the materials before, so I can skip this part of introducing each other for the time being.

There was low laughter in the conference room, Eric smiled and waited for a while, then said: Pixar was in a bad situation before, but it won't be like this again. You may be wondering why I bought Pixar. , I told John about this, I was interested in 3D animation movies, and I just had the money to invest, so I did it. I guess you will not doubt my vision in movies, according to Pixar's previous short film Tin Iron Little Soldier, I came up with a great idea for a long story…”

The little master from a wealthy family owns a room of toys, and because Cowboy Woody is the favorite, he is rightfully the eldest of all toys. But suddenly one day, the little master brings back another new toy, Buzz Lightyear. Si Guangnian has a novel appearance and advanced functions, and the little master can't put it down. As a result, Woody's boss status is threatened, so Woody starts to find ways to drive Buzz Lightyear away. By accident, the two toys fell together. Out of the room and into the hands of another neighbor kid who likes to treat toys roughly...

After spending a few minutes telling the story of Toy Story, Eric continued: The last time I met John, I mentioned to him that I would invest 30 million in this 3D animated film. Dollars, of course, the budget can be added, I just need you to make this animation the best it can be. To me, it doesn’t matter if you fail once, but I think Pixar should not be able to withstand failure.”

Pixar's executives have solemn expressions on their faces. Previously, Pixar could not make ends meet. If the road of 3D animation does not work, it is estimated that it will be difficult for Pixar to exist independently. Eric is very satisfied with the response of the crowd. Although he knows that 3D animation will become the mainstream of animated films in the near future, he will definitely not believe it when he speaks out to encourage everyone. Might as well put some pressure on them with a different tone.

I know that the production cycle of animated films is very long. I intend to give you three years of production time for this film. Within three years, there will be no changes to Pixar, and you will not need to take on advertising projects to maintain Pixar's production. Operation, you can focus all your energy on the production of Toy Story. Okay, I'm done, now let's talk about your views?

The coercion left by Jobs also made Pixar’s executives linger in fear. After carefully asking a few questions, everyone determined that Eric and Jobs were two completely different people, and finally let go of themselves and began to speak freely.

Because the discussion was so intense, everyone ignored the lunch time until the sun went down,

The conference room, which was not in a very good location, dimmed, and all the talents realized that it was already dark.

In order to ensure that Toy Story will not deviate too much from his previous life, Eric stayed in Richmond for three whole days, during which he personally wrote the complete script of Toy Story, and also Cowboy Woody, Ba The appearance of the whole set of toys, including Si Guangnian, was hand-painted and handed over to Pixar's production staff.

He didn't have to leave Richmond until Fox President Barry Diller personally called to remind Eric, who had disappeared for almost a week, to attend the Pretty Woman celebration party.

It's not that Eric didn't think about moving Pixar to Los Angeles. He privately mentioned to John Lasseter, and the result was that it was difficult to implement.

Most of Pixar's technicians have lived in the San Francisco Bay for a long time, they are used to everything here, and even many people have settled here. Moreover, the environment of Los Angeles is not suitable for animation studios like Pixar. On the contrary, Richmond, which is very close to Silicon Valley where high-tech companies gather together, is more suitable for Pixar to survive.

After hearing John Lasseter's explanation, Eric gave up his original plan. Anyway, San Francisco is only five or six hundred kilometers away from Los Angeles, and it can be reached by plane in an hour. It is very convenient to go back and forth, and Eric no longer insists.

After staying in the hotel for a week, I finally returned home and took a comfortable bath. There were still several hours before the evening celebration party, and Eric was too lazy to prepare. Wearing loose and casual clothes, leaning on the sofa in the living room, I lazily touched the remote control and turned on the TV to watch.

While drowsy, I heard the doorbell ring.

Opening the door, a sneaky girl with wigs and sunglasses, dressed in ordinary clothes, waited anxiously at the door, looking around from time to time.

Why did you open the door so slowly, it would be bad if the paparazzi found out.

Eric looked at Julia's dress, and let the girl enter the door: What are you doing dressed up like this, oh... a bit like Alison?

I asked Alison to dress up as me and leave first, and then I managed to escape from the paparazzi. Julia's tone was a little smug.

What would you like to drink? Eric asked when he came to the living room, walking to the refrigerator.

Coffee, no sugar, and water that's not too hot.

Oh, Eric responded, and brought Julia a glass of juice on his own.

The girl gave him a blank look, and took the juice: You are always so hateful.

Eric slumped on the sofa again, looking at Julia with interest: You have changed a lot, look at this sitting posture, listen to this tone, a top Hollywood actress style is coming towards me, I I can't help but want an autograph from you.

No problem, where to sign? Julia took out a signature pen from her arms like magic.

Old God Eric stared at the ceiling for a while, as if something was brewing, then suddenly pulled the belt of his slacks to look inside, shook his head and said, No, I don't feel it for you, so I can't sign.

Pooh--

The girl's face was slightly red, and she spat at Eric, holding the juice in her eyes in a panic and sipping it.

After a while, Julia put down the cup: I heard you bought an animation studio?

Well, it's too tiring to make live-action movies, so I plan to switch to directing animated movies.

The girl glared at Eric angrily: Are you serious, okay?

I'm so familiar, who can I show you seriously? Eric said, but he sat up straight and asked, Okay, what's the matter with me?