Chapter 686

"In addition to creating special effects and logos for some movie companies, we also have a relatively small game department. We are also doing outsourcing work for some game companies, but the most important one is the animation for Disneyland. Back in 1991, we signed a contract with them for three 3D animations. Now, we are producing the first one, but there are some problems. "Kamel explained to Adriaan one by one and handed him all kinds of information.

"What problems?" Although he already knew what was going on, Adriaan still asked without batting an eyelid.

"The CEO of Disneyland, Michael Eisner, is not optimistic about computer animation, so he has plans to cancel this project. The person in charge of our cooperation, Cowles, is thinking of ways to fight for it." Kamel glanced at Adriaan as he spoke. "I think you have a good relationship with Disney. Maybe you can try to convince Eisner."

"What do you guys think?" Adriaan pondered for a moment and looked at Rust, Stanton, and the others.

"We think so too." After they exchanged glances, Rust said, "We have already done a lot of work. Just the design draft alone took up a few boxes of paper. The script is also quite complete, and we have already produced a few segments. If we cancel it now, it will be a huge blow to our development and the studio's development. "

These guys really know how to talk. These guys are really not easy to deal with. Adriaan said in his heart as he flipped through the information of the first animated movie that Rust handed over. Looking at the design draft in his hand, especially the cowboys and spaceman toys, he smiled.

"How about this." After thinking for a few minutes, Adriaan said, "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 he doesn't want to pay the penalty fee."

"Why?" Stanton immediately asked, his chubby face filled with anxiety.

"Alright, An Drew, let's listen to Adriaan's opinion first." Kamal immediately made a "don't be impatient" gesture, and Raste also gave him the same look. Then, the three of them looked at Adrian.

Smiling at Kamel and Rust with approval, Adriaan crossed his hands on the table and said with a smile, "I roughly looked through the contract. Ten million to produce three animated movies, the peripheral rights all belong to Disneyland, and Pixar's share of the box office does not exceed 25% … Gentlemen, do you know what this means?"

The few of them did not speak, they just stared at Adriaan, especially Kamel, who seemed to have noticed something.

"My plan is to cancel this unreasonable contract with Disney, and I will invest 10 million into the production of this animated movie. You guys can focus on making it into an animated movie that you guys want to make, and I will arrange for it to be released." Adrian chuckled.

Although it was not comparable to a behemoth like Disney, it still had its own complete distribution channel. There was no need to say what this meant. In addition, Adriaan had expressed his full support and completely delegated power to them. It would be strange if they did not feel excited and agitated. On top of that, Adrian had expressed his full support and completely delegated power to them. It would be strange if they weren't excited and thrilled.

But the others were not so calm. Stanton was the first to wave his fist and shout, "That's great, Eide!

However, the others were not as calm. Stanton immediately waved his fist and shouted, "That's great, Ed! This is the best news I've heard this year! "

Thinking back to the question just now, it was in line with his straightforward temperament.

"Looks like we've got an equally good boss." He then asked Stanton jokingly, "By the way, Andrew, which Ed are you calling?"

Stanton couldn't help but be taken aback. Then, the others burst out laughing.

"By the way, Drew, which Eide are you calling?" he asked Stanton jokingly.

"I still have a movie to shoot in New York, so I can't waste too much time," he explained. Then, he patted Kamel's arm. "Anyway, I'll leave everything at Pixar to you, Eide."

"No problem, Eide." Kamel nodded. Then, the two of them looked thoughtful.

"I think this title is great. What about you?" Raster nudged Stanton with his elbow and asked Kamel and Adriaan with a smile.

"It's not bad. I think there's a need to popularize it." Stanton, who had calmed down, also smiled.

Adriaan looked at them and shook his head. He turned around and was about to leave when he thought of something and turned back. "By the way, find some time to fax me the script and overall concept of the animated movie. You guys know that besides being a director, I'm also a screenwriter. There might be differences between animated movies and live-action movies, but I can still provide some suggestions."

After getting into the car and leaving Pixar Studio, Adriaan finally let out a long sigh of relief. He was completely relieved. He had basically achieved his goal for today's trip. Now, he just had to wait for Pixar to develop on its own.

He closed his eyes and thought about it carefully. Other than thinking about how to make suggestions for the script, it seemed like he did not need to intervene in anything else. Oh, right. The games department could be abolished. What he needed was a studio that purely produced computer animations. He did not need any other departments. The programmers could be assigned to the research and development department — Pixar had its own modeling software. Of course, if he wanted to continue making games, he could merge it into Silicon and Synapse Studio.

Speaking of which, it was time for Silicon and Synapse Studio to change its name. If the name Blizzard was registered by someone else because of Butterfly Wings, it would be a huge problem.

Shaking his head, Adriaan adjusted his thoughts. Now, he had to think about how to make the other party accept his suggestions. The current anime script was different from what he knew. Although it was also a story about a toy, Cowboy Woody was a disgusting and sarcastic character who only knew how to mock others. Buzz Lightyear was a big, simple-minded man with a different name. Even though he believed in Rust and the others' abilities, if the script was like this, it would probably not be popular.

I'll point out the problems first and listen to their opinions. Adriaan rubbed his chin and thought. The most important thing now was to terminate the contract with Disney as soon as possible before Cowles could convince Eisner. What a joke. The most profitable part of animated movies was the merchandise that they spawned. Just think about how much profit Disney's merchandise had earned them. In fact, this was the case for all movies. Except for those that had a high box office, most of the profit came from video sales.

The fact that Disney signed such a harsh contract with Pixar meant that they were using Pixar as a tool. It was clear that Jobs did not care about Pixar at all. Now that it was in Adriaan's hands, how could he allow Disney to take most of the profits? What's more, he already had a mature distribution channel in his hands. Of course, it might be slightly worse than Disney in terms of distribution, but it would definitely not lose to them in terms of publicity. Because when the animated movie was completed, it should be …

Adriaan stretched his back comfortably and pinched the bridge of his nose. He then adjusted his thoughts to management.

Eide Carmor's abilities were unquestionable. Even though Jobs had always provided the studio with funding, without his management and planning, Pixar would not have been able to grow to the scale it was today.

He was also in the technical field when he was at Industrial Light and Magic, but after he formed Pixar, he realized that he was not as good as Rust and the others, so he switched to management, and he did quite well. Adriaan clearly remembered that even though Jobs was the CEO of Pixar in his previous life, Carmor was the one who did the management work.

Pixar's amazing achievements had a lot to do with its unique corporate culture, and Kamore had played a big part in building such a corporate culture.

If there were people in Hollywood who would fight for their dreams no matter what kind of failure they encountered, then 90% of them were at Pixar. There were too many temptations. Too many people came with dreams, but in the end, they succumbed to reality. But Carmor, Rust, and the others persevered. Even though it had something to do with their focus on technology, they persevered and created a unique corporate culture that belonged only to them.

There were no superiors and subordinates, and the workplace was full of fun, lively communication, and so on. It was precisely because of this corporate culture that excellent animated films such as "Finding Nemo" and "Wall-E" were born. This was something that other studios could not learn. Even if they were given the ideas, they could not make an animation like Pixar.

So Adriaan maintained a sense of respect for them. The word "dream" was sometimes very sacred. Even though some people's dreams were very mediocre, such as dreaming of eating and drinking every day, some people's dreams were full of passion, such as Rust and the others who worked hard to make computer animation.

This kind of dream largely represented the yearning of human beings for beautiful things, but it was also extremely fragile, and it could break at the slightest touch. Because once one was unscrupulous on the road of seeking, then the dream would no longer be a dream. At that time, only naked desires would remain, such as Adriaan's various plagiarism and plagiarism.

Of course, Adriaan never denied his own desires. Although no one knew that he had plagiarized, if even he refused to admit it, and even thought that it was still a dream, then it could only be said that the person was extremely hypocritical. There was indeed no lack of hypocrisy in life, especially in the interactions of the upper class. Hypocrisy was a compulsory course. However, if a person was so hypocritical that they didn't even dare to admit their own desires, then they would only be a complete failure.

So he maintained a certain amount of respect for Rust and the others, and so he would not interfere too much with the development of Pixar. He would protect their development and let them realize their dreams.