In the animation studio of Shahai Entertainment, Chris Reynold accompanied Ronan between the computers, and those employees in their twenties and thirties were sitting in front of the computers, busy with their respective work.

Ronan also knows a bit about the computer animation process these days, and knows that these people are rendering for Peppa Pig.

Leaving the studio and entering a separate office, Chris Reynold said to Ronan: "Forty-five new recruits, all of whom have more than a year of experience in the industry, have already started to work on Peppa Pig. ”

Ronan sat on a couch and said, "As the staff continues to expand, I asked the studio to have the ability to launch two animated feature films at the same time in the future. ”

Chris Reynold's ambitions were heard, saying, "We're going to hire for the long term and weed out those who don't qualify. ”

"You're in control of that. Ronan said.

After all, a commercial company is not a place to raise idlers, and proper replenishment of fresh blood to replace aging personnel can maintain the vitality of the entire company.

In some ways, this may seem a bit unforgiving, but if the company operates too humanly, the company is not far from death.

Chris Reynolds said: "It's not that hard to find people at this stage. Since the rise of Pixar Studios, major film companies have set their sights on computer animated feature films, and have set up their own animation production departments, but at present, except for Pixar, DreamWorks and Blue Sky, the computer animated feature films launched by other animation studios have all failed. ”

Ronan sighed lightly and said, "The development and growth of any industry requires a process, and there must be people who fall on the road in the middle. ”

Chris Reynold laughs and says, "I've already fallen once and don't want to go through it a second time." ”

Frankly, he cherishes the relativity entertainment and the second chance given by Ronan.

After falling on the animated feature, he wanted to get back up on the animated feature.

Chris Reynolds asked again: "Peppa Pig is a practice work, the short film is produced, it will be handed over to a team to be responsible, and the other teams can't be idle, can we plan a feature film?"

Ronan didn't expect that Chris Reynolds and others would be full of enthusiasm for their work and work overtime to produce a short film sample of "Peppa Pig", which far exceeded his expectations.

But if you think about it, it's not hard to see through the psychology of these people, a group of losers who have been swept away by Twentieth Century Fox, desperate to prove their abilities.

This is to prove yourself to the new company, but also to the old company.

Ronan feels that this kind of enthusiasm for work, if it is too aggressive, may lead to some undesirable results, but it cannot be suppressed, and it must be given a channel to engage in enthusiasm.

Peppa Pig alone is clearly not enough.

Ronan thought for a moment and said, "In the past two months, you have been working hard to complete the animated short film of "Peppa Pig", and I already have an idea for a movie. He reminded, "Chris, you guys keep the pace in your work, and I'll come up with an initial animated feature film plan as soon as possible, but still start with a short film." ”

Chris Reynold, a smart man, understood what Ronan was talking about with just a little reminder, and immediately said, "I know, I'll remind the staff below." ”

Ronan cheered up, "I believe in your strength. ”

After leaving the animation studio, Ronan found George Clint again and talked about the production problem, at present, the specific production work of Shahai Entertainment has been all taken care of by George Clint, after the experience of several crews, especially the field work experience of the two crews of "Spy Shadow" and "Pirates of the Caribbean", George Clint's ability has improved significantly, which is enough to deal with most of the crew's affairs.

If you want to say how talented and talented George Clint is, it may not be, at most in Hollywood, it is at the upper middle level, but George Clint met the best opportunity at the age when he was in the prime of life and accumulated enough experience, and then used his ability to grow from the head of a small company to the CEO of a medium-sized production company.

The film industry is very talented, but there are too many talented people who don't have a chance.

"That's right, Ronan. George Clint said: "Guillermo del Toro said some time ago that he was planning a new project, and when "Death Comes 2" is released, he wants to talk to you about the new project. ”

Ronan said: ""Fatal Bend 2" is still waiting for him as a director. ”

Guillermo del Toro originally signed a directing contract for three films at once, "Death Is Coming 2" because James Huang withdrew to direct "Cosmic Pursuit", Ronan had to put Guillermo Del Toro to direct "Death is Coming 2".

George Clint said: "He's ready to direct Fatal Bend 2, and the new project is after Fatal Bend 2. ”

Ronan nodded: "I'll contact him, I guess he won't have time before the movie is released." ”

"Death Is Coming 2" is about to be released, and Guillermo del Toro is running promotional announcements all over the United States with the main creators of the crew.

George Clint reminded: "Guillermo del Toro went to direct 'Fatal Bend 2', and 'Death Is Coming 3' will have to change directors again. ”

"What do you think?" Ronan asked directly.

George Clint obviously had an idea, and said: "Why don't we bring James Wong back again, it will be a big publicity stunt at that time, and "Cosmic Pursuit" is far from meeting Sony Columbia's expectations, and James Wong's directorial salary will not be much higher than when he directed the first part." ”

In Hollywood, where a director's salary is directly linked to the box office results of the last two films, "Cosmic Pursuit" can be said to be a blow to James Wong's previously rising directorial career.

The production cost of this film is as high as 50 million US dollars, and with the investment in publicity and distribution, it is expected to cost more than 70 million US dollars, but the total global box office of the film is only more than 72 million US dollars.

It is conceivable that this film will not be able to recover its roots in a short period of time.

It is not only James Huang who is affected, but also Jett Lee, before "Cosmic Pursuit", Jett Lee was firmly in the second tier of Hollywood, which can be said to be the key to Jett Lee's first line.

"Cosmic Pursuit" did not meet expectations, seriously affecting Jett Lee's salary and status in Hollywood, and even cutting off his hope of hitting the first line.

The investment in "Cosmic Pursuit" is relatively large, but the returns are not as good as "Deadly Romeo" and "Dragon's Kiss".

As for James Wong, the failure of the transformation will also have an impact on him in all aspects.

Ronan thought for a while and said, "Just do as you say, find a chance, we will contact James Huang separately, no matter what, we are our old friends, and we still have to pull him when it's time to pull him." ”

I hope James Huang can calm down for a few more years and stop doing "Dragon Ball" again.

George Clint said: "I've sent James Wong an invitation to the premiere of Death 2. ”

Ronan nodded, and said rarely: "Old friends who started a business together back then, help if you can." ”

It's also a matter of mutual benefit.

Discussing the film project with George Clint was not until the end of the day, when Ronan left Sand Sea Entertainment and returned directly to Beverly Hills.

When they came to the house, after Ronan washed up briefly, the housekeeper Nikia came over and said, "Mr. Cruise has sent a batch of red wine and champagne from France, and I have asked them to put it in the cellar." ”

"I see. Ronan had received a call from Tom Cruise before, thought for a moment, and said, "You go and buy the best Cuban cigars yourself, contact Tom's butler, and deliver them to Tom's house." ”

He went on to add: "Buy two, and Will Smith will send one over as well." ”

Unlike Ronan, who doesn't smoke, Tom Cruise and Will Smith both smoke cigars.

"Okay. Nikia wrote it down.

After dinner, Ronan came to the study, read the book first, and then completed the finishing work of the TV series script setting, stored it in the USB drive, and planned to directly let Connie transfer to the screenwriting department of Shahai Entertainment tomorrow.

Like Jerry Bruckheimer, a producer who initiates a film project with ideas, Ronan only needs to provide the idea and skeleton, and the rest of the work will naturally be done by a streamlined team.

Ronan didn't go to rest, but was ready to start working on the basic premise of the animated feature film.

He took the manuscript paper and drew a capsule-like oval on it with a carbon pen, then added tiny limbs, corresponding facial features, and finally a large pair of glasses that stood out.

Although the level of painting is very average, the construction of the Minions is very simple.

That's right, the characters in this animated feature film are bound to have Minions.

Since Shahai Entertainment's animation studio was spun off from Twentieth Century Fox Animation, Ronan's first animated feature film was of course "Despicable Me".

The Oriental translation is called "Despicable Me".

This can also be said to be an animated feature film with supporting roles far better than the protagonists, and the most impressive thing about "Despicable Me" is undoubtedly the Minions.

Even, after the Minions became a movie independently, their popularity surpassed that of "Despicable Me", which had the male protagonist Gru.

Ronan plans to move on to real animated feature films when most of the animation studio's staff leave the Peppa Pig project, but before the Despicable Me project begins, a Minion short film will come out.

And the short film has to determine some of the styles of future animated feature films.

Today, Pixar Studio's films are selling truth, goodness and beauty, DreamWorks Animation Studios is gone on the road of anti-classicism, and Blue Sky Studios has not yet established its own style.

What style does an animated feature film in which Minions occupy an important position need? Of course, it is stupid and cute.