Wright Digital Art Center is a very elegant and clean garden, full of birds and flowers among the trees, it can be said that whether it is work or life here, it will be a very comfortable enjoyment.

However, Jobs in the office was not infected by this garden, and was still walking in a hurry, even his hands were constantly rubbing, and he seemed to be a little nervous. Eventually, he made his way to the largest office in Pixar's animation studio, where Jobs walked up to the stage and clapped his hands for everyone to look at him.

"Ladies and gentlemen, please put aside your work for a moment, for I have a very important decision to announce to you. Jobs said, "It's about the Toy Story movie project that we have now, I used to ask you to finish it in half a year, but now, I'm going to advance this time to half a month." ”

When Jobs's words fell, there was an uproar in the office, and everyone looked at Jobs in amazement, protesting incredibly loudly: "Mr. Jobs, are you crazy? In half a month, we can't even complete a second of animation! God created the world in seven days, but he only created characters and scenery, but our job is to connect these things into animations, which is not comparable at all......

In the face of everyone's crazy swearing, Jobs stood on the stage still very indifferent, and he continued: "Okay, I know this is a difficult task to accomplish, so we can try to stretch the time to twenty days, so it's a lot more generous, right?"

With Jobs' words, all the employees of Pixar once again protested: "Mr. Jobs, this is not a matter of stretching out five days at all, compressing all the work tasks of half a year into just 20 days, even if you can do time magic and can stretch the day to 48 hours, even if you can turn Toy Story into an assembly line movie, it is impossible! Besides, you want a fine art, and you don't want that kind of assembly line movie ......."

Jobs listened to everyone's complaints, he raised his hand to signal everyone to be quiet, and then he continued: "I can understand your current mood, and I also understand the hard work of completing the movie in 20 days, but I can tell you very clearly that today is not April Fool's Day, and I am not joking with you, but very seriously!"

"I made this decision not because when I went to church to pray, the priest quietly told me about the cruelty of the summer vacation, but because it was carefully considered. ”

Jobston paused for a moment and then said: "First of all, Pixar Animation Studio is brought up by me, so I have full confidence in everyone's ability to do the work, and after my evaluation, I think you can do it, and of course, to be on the safe side, I will package some of the work tasks to other animation studios to make sure that your workload is moderate." ”

In the end, Jobs sighed and said, "Of course, due to this sudden work assignment, not only will you have to cancel all your vacations this month, but you will even have to work overtime like Superman." ”

"But!" Jobs emphasized, "I will never treat you badly as a member of the Pitz family, so I can solemnly assure you here today that your salary and bonus this month will be tripled, and with this money, you can take your wife and children to enjoy the beaches of Hawaii or the wonders of the national parks!"

Jobs' final reward made everyone in Pixar's studio cheer, and in the face of such cheers, Jobs finally breathed a sigh of relief.

He subconsciously looked out the window, a black Audi sedan was leaving, and Jobs knew that it was Zhou Ming's car.

Mr. Zhou Ming, I have done the limit of what I can do, and I also believe that my team can do what it says, and complete this Toy Story in twenty days, maybe due to time and division of labor, he will not be the most perfect, but it is definitely passing, because my preparation in advance is very sufficient, but the biggest problem or pressure now is still on you.

How to promote a movie without revealing the name or content of any movie is like a fantasy, a scheme that only exists in legends, and it looks very beautiful, but it is a clue when you think about it.

And in addition to publicity, there is also a more important point, which is distribution, simply put, the film is put into theaters for release and subsequent production into discs for sale, which is the most important means of profit for the film. Toy Story is an art film but it is also a commercial film, whether it is Zhou Ming or Steve Jobs, they all hope that this movie will be a big hit, but the other biggest problem in front of them now is that they lack distribution channels.

His former APAI company is engaged in the information industry, and the same is true of Zhou Ming's Jack Company, it can be said that neither of them has any channel contact, it can be said that they do not know anything about the film industry at all, and they must now have to solve it temporarily.

These problems in front of him made Jobs frown, and the most important thing is that Zhou Ming has not given any solution yet, not even a little direction.

If it was someone else, Jobs would definitely let him get out, but Zhou Ming, I don't know why, when Jobs looked at his confident eyes, Jobs always felt that he could really solve it.

"Mr. Zhou Ming, I'm just waiting for you to create a miracle for me, I have taken Toy Story as a bet, I hope you don't let me down. ”

Jobs muttered to himself, but in the end, his eyes were full of determination: "But I have a hunch that you will succeed!"

......

Here Jobs convinced the employees of Pixar Animation Studios that he had a headache in judging the future situation, and Zhou Ming, who was sitting in the car on the other side, was also the same.

"Did I promise Jobs a little too much, you must know that I don't have a clue about those problems, and the key problems are not so easy to solve, it seems that I have progressed too smoothly in this life, and I have met a character like Jobs, which is a bit too fluttering. Zhou Ming was holding his head and talking to himself a little irritably.

At this time, Zhang Lin, the bodyguard who was driving in front, turned around and said with a smile: "I didn't expect you to have such a distressed time?"

Zhou Ming rolled his eyes and said, "Why can't I have a time to be distressed? Please, I'm facing the world's target now, and now I'm plunging into a dead end!"

After complaining, Zhou Ming said again: "Don't look at the oath I promised in front of Jobs just now, but in fact I must not be sure, because first of all, the concept of propaganda I proposed is completely contrary to propaganda, plus we have no distribution channels at all, these have to be faced by us little by little, if I don't worry about it, it is called blind optimism." ”

"What about your hunch? Do you think you can succeed?" Zhang Lin asked, "I have led a team in the jungles of Southeast Asia to deal with the Delta troops many times, once our five-person team was even surrounded by 200 of them, we were cut off from all communication and rescue, and even each of us had already written a suicide note, but in the end, it was with a premonition that we rushed out with the brothers all the way from the place of death. ”

"Maybe I have a hunch that this thing is against the spirit of science, but it is a good way out in a desperate situation. Zhang Lin said.

"If that's the case, then I think my hunch will work. Zhou Ming said with a smile.

Then Zhou Ming and Zhang Lin returned to Paro City, and he came to the company as soon as possible to tell Tang Ran the good news, Tang Ran immediately jumped up with joy, because she didn't expect things to go so smoothly, after all, she couldn't believe that she would complete an animated film within a month.

After being happy, Zhou Ming also told him the reality: "But yes, although I persuaded Jobs, but for this we have a heavier burden on our shoulders, you know, first of all, we are completely blank in the film industry, without any publicity and distribution channels, and secondly, before the film is produced and reviewed by the film association, we must also come up with a way to promote the film without revealing the name and content of the film, without any negative impact." ”

Hearing Zhou Ming say this, Tang Ran's eyes immediately widened: "How is this possible? Isn't the so-called propaganda supposed to tell everyone what the movie is about? If you don't even say this, then how can it be called propaganda? How can everyone know what you are promoting?"

"So that's a huge problem. Zhou Ming sighed and said, "But compared to this, I think it's better for us to find a distribution channel first, after all, a movie can't be profitable if it's not released." ”

"But from the time I've known JEC for so long, it's just an information technology company, and it has nothing to do with the film industry!"

Tang Ran said and twisted her eyebrows and meditated hard, and suddenly she thought of something and said to Zhou Ming: "Brother Ming, I remember that Xiaoxue told me that her uncle worked in a Hollywood film company, and what kind of manager is it, I think she may be able to help us a little." ”

Facing Tang Ran's words, Zhou Ming was stunned for a moment, and then he remembered that the Xiaoxue in Tang Ran's mouth was her friend in San Francisco, and she also asked him for help through this friend.

However, thinking of this relationship did not make Zhou Ming happy, after all, Hollywood, as the center of the world's film industry, must be mixed with other small companies in addition to those world-famous large companies. And because of Tang Ran's matter, Zhou Ming had contact with Xiaoxue for a period of time, and in Zhou Ming's opinion, Xiaoxue's uncle is unlikely to be an important figure in a large film company.

Maybe that's a hunch?

Zhou Ming thought so.

After putting forward her opinion, Tang Ran had been carefully observing Zhou Ming, and she said timidly: "I know, Xiaoxue's uncle is probably not as important as we think......

Tang Ran suddenly spoke, which made Zhou Ming a little surprised, Zhou Ming hurriedly took her words and said: "It doesn't matter, Ran Ran is just missing a breakthrough to enter the film industry now, and we don't have to cooperate with any big film company at the beginning, after all, we still have a month to go, we can start from her uncle's side, enter this circle little by little and understand this circle, and finally find the company we need." ”

Zhou Ming's words made Tang Ran's eyes light up: "That's right, it turns out that it can be like this, then it seems that I didn't have any ideas." ”

Zhou Ming scratched her little Qiong's nose dotingly and said, "Of course, Ran Ran is so powerful, how can he come up with ideas casually?"

Praised by Zhou Ming, Tang Ran grinned, like a coquettish cat, and then she moved the phone out: "Then I'll call her right away." ”

But Tang Ran picked up the phone, and heard the mobile phone on the desktop suddenly ring, Zhou Ming picked it up and connected it, and suddenly felt a little surprised: "It was Tang Lin who called, he wanted to ask us to meet." ”