Bright sunlight filters through the windows, and the living room is warm.

The Pacific Investment Fund welcomed two special visitors, Edel Camter, CEO and John Lasseter, Chief Creative Officer from the famed Pixar Studios.

Robert Iger accompanied the two and was warmly received by Scott Swift.

The two sides have dealt with each other before, and they have already reached a tacit understanding on some things.

Robert Iger has met five or six times with Edel Camter and John Lasseter in recent months.

Sitting in this reception room, the two of Eddell Kamut discussed at length with Robert Iger and Scott Swift about the possibility of future collaboration, and even touched on a lot of details.

The Pacific Investment Foundation has the funds, and Relativity Entertainment has the distribution channels.

The latter has proved the marketing ability of Embassy Pictures in the global market through the "Shrek" series and "Shark Gang".

It's not necessarily better than Disney, but it's not much worse.

Edel Kamut said directly: "Pixar can no longer cooperate with Disney, and needs to find a new partner, but the top priority is to solve the liquidity difficulties after Disney may withdraw funds and ensure the production of several animated feature film projects." ”

Robert Iger said: "Relativity Entertainment is willing to work with Pixar Studios. ”

Scott-Swift asked, "How much money does Pixar need?"

"Not less than $150 million. "Edel Kamut has an estimate.

"The Pacific Investment Foundation can provide funding for Pixar Studios. Scott Swift said, "Mortgage lending and investment in shares, Pixar Studios can choose at will. ”

Edle Kamut nodded, it is precisely because of Relativity Entertainment and the Pacific Investment Fund as hole cards that Pixar will no longer have the scruples of tearing up his face with Disney.

He said: "I will make a decision after consulting with Mr. Jobs. ”

Scott Swift nodded: "Yes." ”

At present, we are only confirming the intention of cooperation, and the specific situation will be discussed in detail later.

Not to mention the Pixar studio, the big boss behind him, the picture is huge.

The conflict between Pixar Studios and Walt Disney has not surfaced for the time being, and it cannot be rushed.

Robert Iger and Edle Camter and John Lasseter discussed the cooperation on the animated feature film for a while, and the computer production equipment of Shahai Entertainment Animation Studio was actually purchased from Pixar Studios.

Despite the fact that animation production is in full swing, Pixar Studios has not given up on the hardware sales business.

Edel Kamut and John Lasseter also promised to provide the best technical equipment for Shahai Entertainment Animation Studio.

As for technical direction and animation direction, that's not necessary.

Pixar Studios has a completely different production style from Shahai Entertainment Animation Studio.

If nothing else, Pixar's hangers are definitely the type of people who spend money like water, and they strive for technical excellence, and without a cost of more than $150 million, they basically can't complete the production of an animated feature film.

Shahai Entertainment Animation Studio is different, on the basis of ensuring a certain picture quality, how to save money and how to do it, the first animated feature film "Despicable Me" only cost 60 million US dollars.

This amount of money, put in Pixar Studios, is just enough for those group of hanging coers to model.

Edle Camter and John Lasseter didn't spend much time in Los Angeles and returned to Pixar's headquarters in Emeryville that evening.

Although Steve Jobs and Michael Eisner have torn their faces apart, the business decisions are still cautious, the two sides have maintained a certain degree of restraint for the time being, and all the contradictions are still hidden under the calm water, and there seems to be no sign of eruption for a short time.

However, the longer the volcano is in existence, the more energy it accumulates, and when it erupts, it will soar into the sky.

"As long as the rupture of the relationship between the two sides is exposed, it will have a huge impact. ”

In his office at the Relativity Building, Robert Iger told Ronan: "Both Disney and Pixar stock prices will plummet. ”

"We're not fit to be kickers, we're partners in Pixar, we're saviors," Ronan said. ”

Robert Iger reminded: "Back then, Disney and Michael Eisner were also the saviors of Pixar Studios, but Steve Jobs was not half grateful. Ronan, as a person like Steve Jobs, in another ten years at most, we will have sharp contradictions with him. ”

"I know. Ronan whispered, "Bob, you forgot one thing, Jobs had pancreatic cancer. ”

Robert Iger couldn't hear the meaning of these words, and couldn't help but smile and shake his head: "I forgot this key point." ”

He has some understanding of cancer, and money can indeed save his life, but pancreatic cancer, the king of cancer, is a terminal disease in terms of current medicine.

As for Jobs's family, Robert Iger has heard that Jobs' wife, Laurenna, is not the kind of person who likes to stand in front of the screen and fight for power, and her daughters are still early in adulthood.

As long as Relativity Entertainment survives the first few years, all the problems are actually no longer problems.

Ronan asked, "Michael Eisner and Disney are not responding for a while?"

Robert Iger said: "It's not a small thing that Michael Eisner is really going to do something, and he's going to plan it and there's going to deal with it. ”

"What about Roy Disney?" Ronan asked again.

"Liaison with lobbying shareholders. Robert Iger replied: "Find a way to eat into the integration of Disney's voting shares, my people are staring at him, the Disney family is no longer the Disney of its heyday." ”

Today's Disney family, only Roy Disney is really the climate, and Roy Disney's son can barely be counted as one.

Ronan said: "When the time comes, you don't have to worry about anything else, just decide." Funding-wise, go to Scott, the Pacific Foundation has just received a large investment from India. ”

Robert Iger nodded slowly: "I understand. ”

In fact, the final battlefield of the war between Michael Eisner and Roy Disney is the shareholders' meeting, and whoever can win the majority of the voting shares will have an absolute advantage.

Relativity Entertainment and the Pacific Foundation should also be prepared for funds, which is also a major reason for the listing of Netflix Network.

The reality is here, if Netflix wants to make another qualitative leap, it is necessary to go public.

Two days later, Robert Iger went to Emeryville, but did not meet Steve Jobs, but made progress on the cooperation between the two parties.

Shahai Entertainment Animation Studio signed a contract with Pixar Studio to purchase the most advanced animation production equipment from Pixar Studio.

In this way, when Shahai Entertainment Animation Studio is familiar with the equipment, the production efficiency of animated feature films will be greatly improved.

At present, the project about pandas launched by Shahai Entertainment Animation Studio has entered the character design stage.

"Minions" is still in production, and "How to Tame Your Dragon" is also beginning to write the screenplay.

In the future, Shahai Entertainment Animation Studio must have the ability to produce two or three animated films and several animated series at the same time.

Ahead of this weekend, Ronan attended the pre-screening press conference for Embassy Pictures' "Wonderful Night at the Museum", a typical family-friendly film, which of course was to be released on Thanksgiving, and is now in the final pre-screening promotion.

At the two trial sessions between cinema representatives and audiences, "Wonderful Night at the Museum" received high praise, and representatives from both sides found the film to be fun and perfect for the whole family to watch together.

In addition, the films produced by Relativity Entertainment have been very good, so Embassy Pictures did not spend too much effort to win no less than 4,000 North American theaters for "Wonderful Night at the Museum" during the crowded Thanksgiving schedule.

The exact number of screens will need to be coordinated later, but Embassy Pictures has prepared 5,000 copies.

The weekend before the Thanksgiving holiday is one of the best in North America, with Warner Bros.' epic Alexander the Great, Universal Pictures' BJ Diary of a Single 2 and Miramax's Spring of the Cattle Herding Class, which was purchased at the Toronto Film Festival.

Among them, the most talked about is undoubtedly Warner Bros.'s epic masterpiece "Alexander the Great".

The $155 million film was produced and directed by Oliver Stone, the famous director who shot "Field Platoon," "Nixon," "Born to Kill" and "JFK," and brought together stars such as Colin Farrell, Angelina Jolie, Fong Kilmer and Anthony Hopkins.

In many ways, this seems to be a blockbuster work with great ambition and market prospects.

It is said that Warner Bros. initially liked Heath Ledger for the leading actor, but Heath Ledger turned down the role because he took over Ang Lee's movie, and then the crew chose Colin Farrell.

In some ways, the male protagonists of the two films are very similar.

Ronan has seen this film before, and he can't remember the specific plot clearly, but he remembers that Alexander the Great and the supporting actor in it are full of love.

Warner Bros. seems to have learned the lessons of "Troy", but only conducted an internal test screening of "Alexander the Great", and there was no external test screening, and the specific situation is difficult to know to the outside world.

If this film fails, it will not have a great impact on Warner Bros., which is composed of five companies, including Warner Bros. and Constantine Pictures, and Warner Bros. has less than 20 percent investment.

If the film is successful, Warner Bros. can use the distribution to make a large profit, and if it fails, most of the pot will be borne by other investors.

However, before Thanksgiving, Embassy Pictures still has a film to be released, and "The Diary of an Emperor Penguin", which was purchased from France, began to be screened on a small scale.

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