International Children's Day is a holiday for children all over the world.

After Li Zetian returned from the UK, it would be June 1 in a few days.

The world's first fully computer-produced animated feature film, Toy Story, produced by Pixar Animation Studios, is about to premiere on this day.

"Dad, on Children's Day, can you take me and my brother to watch "Toy Story"?"

The night before, just after dinner, the ghostly leisurely sticky and coquettishly said, "Many students in our class said that their parents were going to take them to see this movie!"

William excitedly echoed: "The movie promo is good!! there are many people in our class who say that we are going to watch "Toy Story" on Children's Day!"

Li Zetian smiled and nodded: "Okay, okay, I'll take you to see it!"

"Yes!!" leisurely exclaimed happily, "then we will say that we will not regret it!"

"Your dad is full of words, what do you regret?!!" Li Zetian said with a smile, his index finger gently pressed his leisurely head, paused, and said: "Okay, hurry up and do your homework, if you don't finish your homework, I won't take you to see "Toy Story" on Children's Day tomorrow!"

"Hmm!" nodded leisurely and obediently, ready to leave for the room to do homework.

Li Zetian looked at Xiao William again, and said solemnly: "And you, William, don't keep thinking about playing, and hurry up to do your homework! I heard from your teachers that your grades seem to have dropped recently!"

When Xiao Youran heard this, he suddenly thought of something, suddenly stopped, turned his head to look at Li Zetian, and made a small report: "Dad, my younger brother is in love, so his grades have dropped!"

"You, you slander! I didn't!!" Hearing this, William Jr. blushed and retorted.

"Hmph, why not???I saw it all! You and the class flower in your class are holding hands together, but it's intimate!Oh, I also saw you buy her ice cream to eat!" Xiao Youran said loudly.

Hearing this, Little William's face became even redder, and he lowered his head, not daring to look at Li Zetian.

Li Zetian looked at William's expression, and he didn't know that what Youran said was the truth.

"Damn, you're still in elementary school, and you're starting to fall in love, it's really giving me a long face!!"

Li Zetian called William to him and educated: "Do you know that this is early love?"

William nodded, looking like he had made a mistake.

"Leisurely, you go upstairs to do your homework first, I want to educate your brother well, how can you fall in love!" Li Zetian said with a straight face.

"Oh~~"

Leisurely stuck out his little tongue, glared at William again, and immediately turned and went upstairs.

Li Zetian began to preach William at this time.

That's half an hour.

Finally, he gently knocked William on the head, told him to keep a long memory, and told him to go upstairs to do his homework.

Li Zetian watched William run upstairs as if he was running away, he couldn't help but shake his head, and said with emotion: "Alas, it's not easy to be a parent......

Dongfang Yuqin on the side smiled and said: "Don't blame the child, William, this child is like you!"

"Like me?"

"That's right, like you, you like girls!" Dongfang Yuqin covered her mouth and chuckled.

When Li Zetian heard this, he smiled bitterly, what did he say......

……

The next day, Li Zetian led Youran and William to the cinema to watch "Toy Story"!

The publicity of Disney and Pixar is really in place, plus today is Children's Day, there are really many people in the movie theater, so many children and parents!

"Is it good-looking?" Li Zetian looked at Youran and William and asked.

"Beautiful!" the two said in unison.

Li Zetian smiled slightly, raised his eyes and swept around, most of the children looked very seriously.

"Toy Story" is worthy of being created by Pixar Animation Studios and The Disney Company, and the show is very exciting and loved by children.

After the premiere on the first day, it grossed a whopping $30 million. At the same time, Toy Story's merchandise toys are also selling well!

The reputation of the movie is also excellent!

For four consecutive weeks, "Toy Story" ranked first in the weekly box office, with a cumulative box office of $150 million in North America alone!

Pixar's pure computer animation production model was a huge success, causing a media sensation and shocking the industry!

The discussion between traditional animation and computer animation is very loud.

Is traditional animation better? or computer animation?

The jury is out for a while!

While "Toy Story" was a success, traditional animation was also very successful, with Disney's animated "The Lion King" earning $775.5 million last year.

However, industry veterans believe that under the current situation, the final box office of "Toy President Mobilization" will never exceed the box office of "The Lion King", so many people think that computer animation is not as good as traditional animation.

Well, Disney is the epitome of traditional animation, so this idea has a lot of support at Disney.

At present, Pixar Animation Studios is a subsidiary of Disney, but Pixar Animation Studios operates independently. This has led to two voices within Disney. Who is strong and who is weak is related to the future trend of Disney's film investment.

Disney's animation department strongly believes that computer animation is inferior to traditional animation.

"Disney's traditional animation has been very successful, and Disney is where it is today thanks to traditional animation!"

As for computer animation, it is a sideline thing, and it can be played with, but it must not be regarded as the main development direction of Disney. ”

"Computer animation is also the success of Toy Story, who can guarantee that the next computer animation will be successful? Disney still can't take risks, and should still focus on traditional animation!"

“……”

The people at Pixar Animation Studios, of course, were not convinced and quarreled with the Disney Animation Department!

Seeing that the discussion was getting more and more intense, it was all in the newspaper, and after Li Zetian saw it, he came to Disney.

In the Disney CEO's office, Michael asked, "Mr. · Li, why are you here?"

Li Zetian sat on a black leather sofa, drank the coffee made by Michael's secretary, and said casually: "I heard that the discussion of animated films in Disney is very noisy, so I came over to take a look!"

"Oh......" Michael smiled awkwardly, and he couldn't pay attention to it. In his opinion, Disney's traditional animation has achieved so many successful cases after all, so the company's investment focus should be on traditional animation. However, Michael knows that Li Zetian values computer animation and Pixar Animation Studios.

Li Zetian said lightly: "Quarrels can easily lead to chaos in the company, and the decision-making level must come up with a decision as soon as possible! With the development of the times and technology, computer animation is the inevitable development of animated films in the future! Therefore, they should not quarrel, I will directly make a decision here that the focus of Disney's future development is to invest in computer animation." As for traditional animation, starting this year, we will reduce investment! Disney's original traditional animation production department, I asked them to learn how to make computer animation, and they can ask Pixar Animation Studios for advice on this!"

Whether it is traditional animation or computer animation, it is both animation creation, but it is just a different use of a pen, a computer, and a different tool for drawing.

Disney has a lot of traditional animation talents, and it is impossible for Li Zetian to quit them, just let them learn to use the computer to draw!

Michael saw that Li Zetian had a firm attitude, and he, a part-time worker, did not refute, but nodded and said, "Okay, Mr· Li！”

"Hmm. ”

Michael said, "Oh, yes, Mr. · Li, have you heard that Time Warner Inc. wants to buy AOL?"

Li Zetian was stunned when he heard this, shook his head and said: "No! This should be gossip, if Time Warner wants to buy AOL, I should know about it! I am the majority shareholder of AOL!"

"I'm familiar with the CEO of Time Warner, and he seems to have a plan," Michael said. With the rise of the Internet, many traditional media industries have been greatly impacted, such as newspapers, magazines, etc., and Internet companies have gradually become a type of media. Time Warner's business spans the publishing, film and television industries, including Time Magazine, Sports Illustrated, Fortune Magazine, and Lifestyle Magazine, and its performance has been greatly affected. Therefore, Time Warner wants to use the advantages of the Internet to consolidate its position as a media giant by acquiring AOL!"

When Li Zetian heard this, he couldn't help but nodded.

By the way, Time Warner seems to have bought AOL in the previous life, and spent one or two hundred billion dollars. Sadly, however, the dot-com bubble came, Time Warner was pitted, and AOL became very worthless, and no one wanted billions of dollars.

Li Zetian's eyes lit up in vain, damn, this is not an opportunity for me to take a stake in Time Warner and convert AOL's shares into shares in Time Warner!!

Obviously, Time Warner certainly doesn't have the cash to buy AOL and can only replace it with shares.

"Okay, Michael, I see, if the CEO of Time Warner is really interested in buying AOL, I might consider it!" Li Zetian said with a smile.

When Michael heard this, a trace of unnaturalness flashed on his face, and he said worriedly: "Mr. · Li, if Time Warner acquires AOL, then they have a huge publicity channel that could have an impact on Disney. ”

Li Zetian waved his hand and said nonchalantly: "It's okay, Disney owns ABC, ESPN Sports, Marvel, Pixar, Industrial Light & Magic, and even many super IP movies such as "Star Wars". With the strength of Disney, do you still need to be afraid of Time Warner?"

Michael felt a hint of bitterness in his heart, Time Warner is a Hollywood giant, very powerful, well? owns a series of high-value brands, including HBO, DC Comics, Time Magazine, Fortune magazine, Time Warner Cable and Warner Bros.

"Yes, Mr. Li, Disney doesn't need to be afraid of Time Warner!" Michael patted the back. If he says he is afraid, doesn't it seem that he is incompetent as a CEO?

After Li Zetian finished drinking coffee, he stood up and said goodbye.

He is now more interested in whether Time Warner will buy AOL.

"Maybe you can let AOL take the initiative to hook up with Time Warner......" Li Zetian muttered to himself after walking out of the Disney Company building, looking at the endless flow of people.

AOL, Li Zetian is basically a sheep-herding management...... Well, basically didn't care, but it was run by Steve Keys with a team.

Although the development is not as brilliant as in the previous life, it is also one of the top companies in the Internet industry.

Importantly, AOL is involved in multiple areas of the Internet, portals, e-commerce, chat rooms, games, email, online services, Internet access services, and so on, and these things add up to a high market capitalization.

Li Zetian owns so many Internet companies, AOL is a bit of a fancy to him, and with the growth of Yahoo, Amazon, Google, eBay, Tencent and other companies, AOL has actually been going downhill. It's best to sell early and exchange for Time Warner shares!

……

A few days later, Li Zetian sent someone to test the attitude of the CEO of Time Warner.

Sure enough, they really have the idea of buying AOL, but they haven't decided yet.

Dongfang Yuqin asked, "Mr· Li, if you take the initiative to say that you will support Time Warner's acquisition of AOL, they may make up their minds!"

"Well, it's just... If we take the initiative to contact, will it be a bit of a price drop? Time Warner will definitely bargain like crazy!" Li Zetian hesitated.

"Well, that's right!" Dongfang Yuqin nodded, and then said, "Mr. · Li, didn't you say that the dot-com bubble is still a few years away? We don't need to be in a hurry, the market value of AOL will still go all the way!"

Li Zetian raised his forehead and said with a smile: "Yes, yes, what are we in a hurry, the sales of Time Warner's newspapers and magazines have plummeted, and they should be in a hurry!"

"Yes, Mr. Li!" Dongfang Yuqin said with a smile.

Businessmen are more patient, and Li Zetian is very patient.

At this time, he picked up the newspaper he had just arrived at today and read it casually.

"The Disney animation battle has finally come to an end, and Chronos· Li personally decided that Pixar's computer animation won !!"

The Future Direction of Animated Films: Computer Animation !!

Steven Spielberg, Jeffrey Katzenberg and David Geffen Re-Establish DreamWorks Animation Subsidiary!

Li Zetian saw the end, smiled helplessly, DreamWorks Animation Company, can be described as a fierce rival of Pixar Animation Studio, its well-known works are: "Shrek" series, "Madagascar" series, "Kung Fu Panda" series, as well as "How to Train Your Dragon" and "Crazy Primitives" and so on.

In fact, Li Zetian wanted to take Steven Spielberg under his command, but others just wanted to stand on their own, and Li Zetian had no choice.

Well, it's not a bad thing for Pixar to have one more competitor.