"I'm not a gifted public speaking person, I'm not good at saying those inspiring words, and I'm just promising one thing: within three years, as long as you don't have problems with your own work, Pixar won't have any layoffs. ”

After Jobs left, Eric said this to all the employees in the open office. This is also their primary concern. In the past year or so, Pixar has laid off several batches of employees in a row due to financial constraints.

Sure enough, after Eric made his promise, many people were unabashedly relieved. Everyone knows Eric's identity, and the young man in front of him is now a master who is not bad for money, and since he has made such a promise, he will not go back on his word lightly.

"Okay, now everybody gets back to work, and all the management comes to the conference room for a meeting. ”

After a brief commotion, the Pixar cadres led by John Lasseter gathered in the conference room.

"Everyone must know me, and besides, when I read the materials before, I also got to know you to a certain extent, so I can skip this part for the time being. ”

There was a low laugh in the conference room, and Eric smiled and waited for a moment, then continued, "Pixar was in a bad situation before, but it won't be like this again." You're probably all wondering why I bought Pixar, and I told John that I was interested in 3D animated films, and I happened to have the money to invest in it, so I did it. None of you doubt my eye for film, and based on Pixar's previous short films, I came up with a great idea for a feature-length story......"

"The wealthy owner owns a room full of toys, and because Woody, the cowboy, is the most popular, he is the rightful leader of all the toys. But suddenly one day, the little master brought back another new toy, Buzz Lightyear, Buzz Lightyear looks novel, advanced functions, and the little owner can't put it down. As a result, Woody threatens Woody's position as the boss, so Woody begins to find a way to get Buzz Lightyear away, and by accident, the two toys fall out of the room together, and end up in the hands of another neighbor kid who likes to treat toys roughly......"

After a few minutes of telling the story in general terms, Eric continued: "The last time I met John, I mentioned to him that I would invest $30 million in this 3D animated film, of course, the budget could be added, I just need you to make this animation the best it can be." For me, it doesn't matter if I fail once, but I think Pixar can't afford to fail anymore. ”

Pixar's executives all showed a solemn expression on their faces, the previous Pixar couldn't make ends meet, if the road of 3D animation didn't go through, it was estimated that it would be difficult for Pixar to survive on its own. Eric was pleased with the reaction, although he knew that 3D animation would become the mainstream of animated films in the near future, but now he said it to cheer everyone up, and these people would definitely not believe it. It's better to put some pressure on them in a different tone.

"I know that animated films have a long production cycle, and I plan to give you three years to make this film. In three years, there will be no changes to Pixar, and you will no longer need to take on advertising projects to maintain Pixar's operations, and you can focus all your energy on the production of Zuò. Okay, I'm done, now let's talk about your opinions, shall we?"

The coercion left by Jobs also made the top brass of Pixar, and after carefully asking a few questions, everyone determined that Eric and Jobs were two completely different people, and finally let go of themselves and began to speak freely.

Because the discussion was so engrossed, everyone ignored lunchtime, until the sun set and the conference room was not too well located, and the group realized that it was already dark.

In order to ensure that there would not be too much deviation from his previous life, Eric spent another three full days in Richmond, during which he personally wrote the full script, and hand-painted the shapes of a whole set of toys such as Woody Cowboy and Buzz Lightyear, and handed them over to the production staff of Pixar.

It wasn't until Fox President Barry Diller called in person to remind Eric of the celebration party that he had been missing for almost a week, that he had to leave Richmond.

Eric didn't think about moving Pixar to Los Angeles, and privately mentioned it to John Lasseter, and the result was that it was difficult to implement.

Most of Pixar's technicians have lived in San Francisco Bay for a long time, and they have become accustomed to the place, and many have even made their home here. And the environment in Los Angeles is not suitable for an animation studio like Pixar, but Richmond, which is very close to Silicon Valley, where high-tech companies gather, is more suitable for Pixar's survival.

When Eric heard John Lasseter's explanation, he gave up his original plan, and San Francisco was only five or six hundred kilometers away from Los Angeles, and it could be reached by plane in an hour. It's easy to go back and forth, and Eric doesn't force it anymore.

After a week in the hotel, I finally got home and took a comfortable shower, and there were still hours before the evening celebration, and Eric didn't bother to do anything to prepare. Wearing loose and casual clothes, he leaned on the sofa in the living room, lazily touched the remote control and turned on the TV to watch.

When I was drowsy, I heard the doorbell ringing.

Opening the door, the sneaky girl with wigs and sunglasses, dressed in ordinary clothes, waited anxiously at the door, glancing around from time to time.

"Why did you open the door so slowly, it's bad to be found by the paparazzi. ”

Eric looked at Julia's outfit and leaned sideways to let the girl in, "What are you doing dressed up like this, oh...... Kind of like Alison?"

"I asked Alison to dress up like me and leave first, and then I got out of the paparazzi. Julia's tone was a little smug.

"What do you want to drink?" asked Eric as he came to the living room and walked to the fridge.

"Coffee, no sugar, water not too hot. ”

"Oh," Eric replied, taking to himself a glass of juice for Julia.

The girl gave him a speechless look, but still took the juice: "You are always so hateful. ”

Eric leaned down on the sofa again and looked at Julia with interest: "You have changed a lot, look at this sitting posture, listen to this tone, a top Hollywood actress style is coming, I can't help but want to ask you for an autograph." ”

"No problem, where?" said Julia, magically pulling out a pen from her bosom.

The old god Eric looked at the ceiling for a while, as if he was brewing something, and then suddenly pulled the belt of his slacks and looked inside, shook his head and said, "No, I don't feel for you, I can't sign it." ”

Phew――

The girl's face was slightly red, and she took a sip at Eric, and her eyes were a little flustered as she picked up the juice and sipped it.

After a while, Julia put down her cup: "I heard that you bought an animation studio?"

"Well, I'm too tired to make live-action films, and I'm going to switch to directing animated films. ”

The girl glared at Eric in disgust, "Are you serious?"

"It's all so familiar, who is it serious to show it. Eric said, still sitting up straight, and asked, "Okay, what's the matter with me?"