Chapter 406 Reject

When it comes to super famous cartoons such as Toy Story and Finding Nemo, the first thing that comes to mind is the production company Disney Animation, but they don't know that they are all produced by Pixar Animation Studios, and Disney Animation is just the distributor.

In Hollywood, Pixar Animation Studio is also very famous. Many of his animation technology applications, especially 3D applications, are the top in Hollywood. It can even be said that if it weren't for Pixar Animation Studios, the position of Disney Animation's super giant would have been squeezed down by DreamWorks.

When it comes to Pixar Animation Studios, I have to mention John Lasset, who was later known as one of the top ten most profitable directors in Hollywood with Steve Spielberg and James Cameron.

However, his more important trait is that he is an animation master who really fully understands from hand-painting to computer digital technology. At the same time, he is also a very powerful special effects production master, and such a guy is naturally the core character needed by an animation company.

In Pixar, John Lasset is not. He is just a very important employee. Yes, he is an employee. The boss is the famous Steve Jobs, and the other co-founder is Ed Carter Moore. He is just an old man when the company was founded, and he was not so valued later.

In 1987, Steve Jobs bought their animation studio from Industrial Light and Magic, which was George at the time. Lucas didn't like the regret left by the studio. More than a decade later, although he didn't admit it, it was undeniable that he kept saying that Pixar was the best animation studio.

Pixar Animation Studios and John Lasset are now two goals of Chen Jin, but neither is easy. The boss of the former is Steve Jobs, who is recognized as a stubborn and stinky guy. It is difficult for him to let go of what he likes. It was also a last resort to leave Apple to the board of directors. He was forcibly kicked away, which was also a big thing in his life.

As for the latter, the biggest obstacle is that he is doing well in Pixar now. Moreover, Chen Jin does not have any technical strength to help him. If he comes over, everything should start from scratch. Sometimes, for an employee with good development prospects in a company that is in a good stage of development, He doesn't necessarily like to run out suddenly to start a business without advantages.

Perhaps, the only thing that has ** power for him is that this company will be the real core. He also has equity, and even most of the things are up to him. In addition, his boss is a genius screenwriter. For an animation company, it is naturally very important to have a super screenwriter, although Chen Jin So far, his cartoon screenwriting level has not been shown.

Chen Jin has enough ambition. Although he knew that Jobs would not take action, he still arranged for Yang Junchao to contact Jobs. At the same time, Chen Jin also took the initiative to fly to Los Angeles, found John Lasset, and talked to him about cooperation in private.

The result came out quickly. Jobs really refused to sell it and refused. Moreover, I heard that Pixar is now preparing to go public. Now it's time to go through the process, and it can be achieved in a few months, which is not a big problem.

The first goal can be said to be a complete failure, unless, as Yang Junchao said, the stock is secretly acquired when it is listed. When the 30% stake of Pixar is obtained, a forced acquisition is carried out. The forced acquisition is not allowed in many countries, which is illegal. But it can be done in the United States.

However, this is not much different from the malicious acquisition. Chen Jin doesn't want to force it, and the second goal is Chen Jin's personal departure. Although there was no turning point, John Lasset did not refuse. It was not because of politeness. Chen Jin knew that he was a little moved.

It's normal for him to have concerns, but Chen Jin knows better that everyone has his ambitions and expectations. At first, Chen Jin did not force it, but directly gave him the script of Toy Story and asked him and Pixar Animation Studio to help him make this cartoon.

Moreover, Chen Jin sincerely said that John Lasset had enough time to think about it, that is, after the release of Toy Story, he hoped that John Lasset would give him a very definite answer.

The meaning of the existence of the animation studio is the birth of a steady stream of good films, then making money, and then improving and developing technology. In this way, the company can continue to grow until it becomes a giant.

With a good script and John Lasset's talent, this Toy Story is definitely not wrong. Chen Jin supervises it, and he knows that the future influence of the film is even very important to Pixar.

With the success of the first animated film, John Lasset must have known how to choose. Even if Pixar's listing does not develop very well, at that time, when he coveted it, the stubborn Mr. Jobs will have some changes.

At the beginning of November, Tornado has long been released, with an ultra-high salary of 52.28 million US dollars. It took the third place in the box office list of the year from Golden Eye, and most of his success comes from the film special effects, which also makes Chen Jin more determined to make John After Rasaitra came over, she was determined to set up an animation and special effects company.

However, it is a little difficult for Tornado to keep the third place of the year, because it has been released for four weeks and is still being released in North America, but the release of Independence Day has ended overseas. Although there are criticism from countless people, of course, this is aimed at our talented screenwriter Chen Jin, but it has won a high The box office of 81.05 million US dollars, and this result has steadily sat at the top of the annual box office list, stepping on the 79.65 million dollars of The Lion King.

Of course, this is not over yet. In the schedule, there are still two weeks to release, and these two weeks will determine a very important thing, that is, if we get $100 million in these two weeks, Independence Day will break the record of 895.61 million US dollars set by Jurassic Park.

What's more, if it can earn 100 million US dollars in two weeks, Global will never let it go offline immediately. Why? It's very simple. There is also such a vigorous trend of making money that the fool will let him go offline immediately. Of course, it will continue to make a lot of money for another week or two.

Of course, in fact, both Chen Jin and Edward of Universal know that it is not realistic to get another 100 million, because the box office in the fourth week in North America has slipped to about 50 million. Of course, the most important thing is that after the best release time in the four weeks, many cinemas have opened. "Independence Day" was taken offline. At the beginning of the fifth week, the number of cinemas was only half of 3,000 at its peak, 1,566, which is the biggest problem in itself.

Let's not talk about "Independence Day" for the time being. In November, "New York Robbery" starring Chen Jin first completed all the shooting and entered the final post-production process. Although "Mr. Sweetheart" seemed simple, Chen Jin spent more time, but it took about half a month to finish.

One blockbuster after another. Before the two blockbusters starring Chen Jin were released, "Independence Day" was the end of the crossbow. The "Supreme Crisis" cooperated with MGM and "Very Suspect" cooperated with 21st Century Fox were warmed up for two weeks, avoiding the edge of "Independence Day". After that, Shuangshuang began to be released.

After three blockbuster films such as "The Wire", "The Liar" and "The Ransom Storm", Brother Fa is already a popular first-line movie star in Hollywood. It can be seen from the fact that his salary has risen from less than the previous two million US dollars to the current 12 million US dollars, although this is compared with superstars. For example, there is still a gap between Stallone and Arnold Schwarzenegger's 20 million, but he has just started for less than two years. As long as he follows this momentum, it will be a matter of time.

Brother is more successful than Brother Fa. His price in the eyes of the producer has reached 15 million US dollars, and this is also thanks to the box office of up to 380 million US dollars won by his last "Stone Break". Of course, we have to say that the previous three films have better showed his comprehensiveness. He The characteristics of almost no obvious character shackles are significantly more valuable in the eyes of the producer.

However, neither of them can be compared with Chen Jin, and even all Hollywood movie stars can't be compared with Chen Jin. It is said that in the eyes of the eight Hollywood filmmakers, Chen Jin's salary is a record of 35 million US dollars, which is higher than the 25 million won by some Hollywood superstars. Of course, this 35 million also includes film dividends.

The current success of the two people also ensures the success of the two films. What's more, both films actually have the participation of many Hollywood front-line movie stars, such as Kurt Russell in The Supreme Crisis, Harry Berry, Gabriel Al Birdwin in The Most Suspect and so on.

"The Supreme Crisis" is a pure action police film. In fact, whether it is "The Wire of Fire" or "The Liar", there is no fighting scene, until "The Ransom Storm", and then to this completely pure action movie now, which is very conducive to Brother Fa's first to gain a foothold as an action movie star. Then slowly expand the road of the play.

"The Supreme Crisis" may not have much to say to film critics and the media. In addition to more suspense, there are also plots such as air into airplanes to make the film more wonderful. However, he has always been an action police film, and this kind of film is now the mainstream of Hollywood, and now it is also Hollywood action movie stars. At the hottest time, there were more than a dozen famous people, including Stallone and Arnold Schwarzenegger, and the films made in a year were naturally indispensable.

However, when "Extraordinary Suspect" was released, it attracted praise from countless people, including Chen Jin, the screenwriter, and his brother.

(to be continued)