"I've been to the president's offices of Universal, Warner, and Fox, and to be honest, none of them can compare to this one. Donn's tone was mocking.

Tosca Musk took the lead, "What about Pixar? Have you been there?"

Don couldn't help but be stunned.

The corners of Tosca's mouth twitched, and he said lightly: "Animation studios, especially computer animation studios, are new products of the new era, completely different from traditional Hollywood studios! For example, Pixar, do you dare to say that Pixar is a Hollywood company? Not necessarily?"

Indeed, Pixar and Hollywood are incompatible.

It is true that Pixar produces movies, but Pixar's business philosophy and operation model all follow the rules of Silicon Valley. Even in the production of movies, it is very different from traditional Hollywood.

Hollywood is the producer in charge, while Pixar Animation is the director in charge!

It is precisely for this reason that each of Pixar's cartoons has a wonderful, profound and warm plot, and regardless of the production cost and time cost, the work is slow and meticulous. This also creates the disadvantage of high overhead and long production cycle.

In contrast, DreamWorks Animation, another animation giant, is completely different.

DreamWorks Animation uses the traditional Hollywood producer responsibility system, so the production cycle of DreamWorks Animation is very short, the movie effect is good and bad, and the quality, content, and box office are very unstable.

This year, Pixar also moved into a new office building.

The entire office area is like a fairy tale world, with bright colors, crisp and crisp, and a beautiful layout, which is very similar to Jobs's Japanese simple aesthetic style.

And what about DreamWorks Animation...... Still sticking to Hollywood traditions, living in a small office building.

Don frowned, and suddenly waved his hand, "I'm not here to debate with you, and I'm not concerned about this topic. ”

"It's because ...... Animated films?" Tosca Musk thoughtfully said.

"What do you say?" Don looked at her with a sneer.

Tosca Musk smiled self-deprecatingly and shook his head, "It seems that you still don't believe me." ”

Tang En pondered for a moment and said lightly: "This is Hollywood, not like Silicon Valley, relying on a mouth and a creative idea, you can satisfy the appetite of investors." ”

Tosca Musk sat on the sofa, looked at Don with a straight face, and said slowly: "Because movies are the only possibility for Sriwood animation to survive." ”

Don En laughed angrily, "Tosca, don't you think your words are ridiculous? In order to make the Slywood animation go smoothly, I gave away the copyright of "Fantastic Four" for free, but what about you? What did you bring me?"

"I appreciate your generosity, but after my calculations, Fantastic Four is not enough to cover the expenses of Sriwood Animation. Tosca Musk shook his head and said seriously.

Tang En gritted his teeth and said: "As long as the animation of "Fantastic Four" is produced, through the sales revenue of various channels, as well as the promotion influence of Tang En Pictures, the annual income of four or five million US dollars is not a problem at all. ”

Tosca Musk bit his lip and hesitated for a moment, before sighing slightly, "Five million dollars in income is really not enough to cover the expenses of Silkwood Animation." ”

"What?" Donn sat up straight and his eyes widened, "How many employees do you hire?"

"It's 18 employees, but ...... There are 11 of them, the best computer engineers I've ever hired from Silicon Valley!" Tosca Musk's face was slightly bitter.

"Huh?" Donn raised an eyebrow, "I need an explanation." ”

"I can guarantee that the 11 computer engineers I hired are some of the best animation special effects artists in the world! This R&D team is no worse than Pixar! Moreover, they have indeed made achievements. ”

"Go on. ”

"We're working on three pieces of animation software, and we're going to patent them, like having an idea that's very good. Cartoons are to be shown around the world, and each country will have a different dubbing language, and the mouth shape will be different. Using this software, the animated characters can change their mouth shapes when they speak the languages of different countries, which will greatly improve the viewing experience. ”

The gloom on Don's face gradually faded, revealing a little surprise, "If it's just a cartoon, you don't need such advanced technology at all." ”

Tosca Musk nodded, "That's true, but Lywood Animation needs a future, doesn't it? This R&D team costs five million dollars a year." Therefore, the cartoons shown on TV can't satisfy Siliwood animation at all, only animated movies have a chance. ”

Don En sighed and shook his head repeatedly, "Tosca, you're too anxious!"

"I know, but I want to prove myself!" Tosca Musk's face turned red, "I have many friends around me, and they all say that it was a mistake for me to leave Silicon Valley and start a business in Hollywood, and I want to prove it to them, even if I am a woman, I will definitely do it!"

"It's not about gender, and in my opinion, you're no worse than any man!" Donn waved his hand, lost in thought.

"Thank you. ”

After a long time, Don said slowly: "Tosca, ambition is a good thing, but animated movies are a quagmire, especially computer animation." Even DreamWorks' animation department has to be cautious when it comes to computer animation. ”

Tosca Musk's face flashed with disdain, "That's because DreamWorks lacks enough senior computer engineers!"

Don smiled dumbly, "Don't forget, the majority shareholder of DreamWorks is Alan Paul, who is the founder of Microsoft!"

"So what?" Tosca Musk disagreed, "Just because Mr. Paul understands a programmer's mind doesn't mean Mr. Katzenberg can either." And I have an innate advantage. ”

"If you want to make an animated film, I'm afraid this little money on the books of Silkwood Animation is probably not enough. Don looked at her deeply.

"I know. Tosca Musk paused and showed a confident smile, "So I didn't give up on the production of the Fantastic Four cartoon, I believe that after watching this cartoon, my investors ...... I was able to identify with my concept of animated films. ”

Donn smiled, "Tosca, you're confident. ”

"The Musk family has always been so confident. ”

What he said made Tang En slightly stunned.

Yes, not to mention Tosca Musk, her brother Elon Musk, isn't that kind of person?

The first step to fantasizing about being on Mars is to build a recyclable rocket that costs less.

As a result, he really succeeded!

Don't...... Slywood animation also has a lot of room to take off?

Looking at Toscar Musk's sincere and confident smile, Don seemed to have a bit of a hallucination in front of his eyes.

Maybe in the future of Hollywood, in addition to the three animation gods of Jeffrey Katzenberg, John Rast, and Chris Meledandley, there will really be a fourth person in a tie, and it is a woman - Tosca Musk!

She has the same persistence and spirit as her brother Elon Musk!

Don took a deep breath and nodded slightly, his tone was many times softer than at the beginning, "Tosca, take me on a tour of your animation studio, okay?"

"Of course, Fantastic Four is still in the works, and you can only see some sporadic footage. ”

"Enough. By the way, Fantastic Four won't be a computer-made cartoon, right?"

"That's right, it's computer production!"

Tosca Musk's answer almost made Donn's eyes fall out.

This woman is such a madman!

"Fantastic Four" is just a children's animation shot for Nick Rodeon's channel. According to the conventions of this era, shoddy production, witty story content is fine, and there is no need for exquisite production at all.

Especially in this era, computer animation still only exists in Pixar's big movies!

But I didn't expect that Tosca Musk, a crazy woman, made such a bold decision to think about making a computer cartoon, how much would it cost?

For a traditional hand-drawn cartoon, a production budget of $2 million is sufficient, but to change it to a computer production, the cost is at least ten times greater!

Don couldn't stop crying.

This cartoon, not to mention making money, is lucky not to lose money!

And it also put him in the copyright of "Fantastic Four"!

Wish...... She can really accumulate enough computer production experience through the production of "Fantastic Four" to lay a good foundation for future animated films.

Now Don has no choice.

Or rather, he is willing to trust Ska Musk one more time.

Maybe she will really be like her brother and work miracles?