Chapter 747 of the text Pixar Animation Studios

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After signing the agreement with Lucas, Lin returned to the warehouse company of Fannous Industrial Light & Magic, where Lucas introduced him to all the members of the computer animation department.

The current "Pixar" has 44 employees, with Ed Cammel and Elvi Smith in key management, as well as John Lasseter.

Lin Qiangsheng gathered the employees to sit together and had a short meeting, which was actually where they worked, a large open room.

He smiled and said to everyone: "I believe that this week, you are already familiar with me. That's right, I bought the computer animation department, and I'll be your new boss from then on! ”

Lin Qiangsheng said loudly: "I announce the establishment of Pixar Animation Studio, PIAR, on the basis of the Computer Animation Department!" ”

"Accompaniment to Xel 2? What a name? Someone asked in surprise.

The employees were standing and sitting, and they were all surprised to hear the news, Lin Qiangsheng had been here for almost a week, accompanying the employees to make short films, and everyone was familiar with it.

However, I didn't expect this person to become their new boss in a blink of an eye, they were all quite shocked by the news, and at the same time a little puzzled, it was also rumored that Jobs was interested in acquiring the computer animation department, that is the god of creating zào Apple, how could he suddenly be replaced by this Chinese?!

Lin Qiangsheng stood in front of them casually, he had expected this situation, and didn't give them much time to resist, and then said: "My plan for Pixar in the future is to produce excellent animation!" Your task in the future is to create products that strive for excellence, and Pixar's products must be high-quality, and we must be the best in the industry, although there are not many peers now. But there will definitely be imitators in the future, and we must defeat a qiē enemy! ”

Lin Qiangsheng waved his arm, making his tone even more imposing.

"Crackling", the employees burst into some sparse applause.

Lin Qiangsheng looked at Kamuel and said, "Ed Kamuel will be the company's main technical director, and he will continue to serve as vice president!" ”

He looked at Elvey Smith again. "And Elvi, our wonderful electronics engineer, computer specialist, assistant professor," he said. He and Camel co-invented the alpha channel and developed computer graphics software, including the first renderer technology, and the achievements are there for all to see! ”

Elvi nodded modestly to Lin Qiangsheng and everyone, in fact, he had no opinion on Lin Qiangsheng taking over Pixar. In this company, that is, his view of Jobs is more rational. There is no such thing as blind worship.

Historically, after Elvé fell out with Jobs, he attributed Jobs's erroneous leadership and employees' blind obedience after taking over Pixar to Jobs' powerful "reality bending force field".

Elvé also said, "When Jobs started to speak, he could control people's minds." I saw that they all lost their self-judgment, they just sat there and looked at him. I could see the love in their eyes! ”

Lin Qiangsheng likes this guy very much. Appointed Hervé as Executive Vice President, one of the founders of the original Lucasfilm Computer Division. He also owns a 2% stake in Pixar.

He looked at John Lasseter, and in the shocked eyes of everyone, Lin Qiangsheng said: "John, I appoint you as the executive vice president of creative and chief creative officer of Pixar Animation Studios, and enjoy 1.3% of the company's shares!" ”

John Lasseter is remarkable. Lin Qiangsheng remembered that he was the director of "Toy Story" and the person who won the Academy Award for Special Achievement!

At the same time, this man is also very talented, he is an animator, trainee director, screenwriter, and once studied at the California Institute of the Arts for four years. He also worked at Disney for almost five years, and he did very well in the animation industry.

And Lin Qiangsheng also learned that this forehead is a little bald, with a friendly face with a round face, coupled with his good personality, so that Lasseter has gathered a small force in Pixar that supports him, but this is by no means a struggle for power or anything, but a common interest and hobby that brought them together, and Lasseter also proposed to organically combine traditional handmade animation and computer animation, and he believes that the two can be well integrated.

"Oh!" As soon as Lin Qiangsheng finished speaking, everyone applauded, celebrating the ascension of the three of them, and of course they were envious.

Camel, Elvi, and Lasseter, as Pixar's troika, have gained their support, which means that Pixar is completely in the hands of Lin Johnson!

But this is not over, Lin Qiangsheng then announced to everyone: "At present, Pixar is still here, with Lucas Film Special Effects, I have already discussed with Lucas's husband, and our two companies will continue to cooperate."

But you can also give me advice, we can move to a beautiful place in the future, do animation to keep improving, but also have a quiet place for you to calm down and work, you can put forward opinions to see, you are more satisfied with the place, the company will also be responsible for everyone's housing and food problems! ”

"Wow, that's great!" The employees shouted in surprise, the joyful expressions filled everyone's faces, although they felt sudden that the company changed hands, but the employees found that this new Chinese boss, the person is actually good, the employees' resistance and loss of love instantly turned into nothing, everyone began to welcome Lin Qiangsheng, the boss, he is very humane!

Lin Qiangsheng looked at everyone with a smile, nodded to each employee, and then chatted with them to learn about their names, the work they do, and their hobbies.

This kind of ignorance just asked, and the humble attitude won everyone's favor, and then Lin Qiangsheng made persistent efforts to say to everyone: "I will inject 5 million liquidity into Pixar, I believe this company will be better in the future!" ”

"Boss, you're amazing!" In the warm cheers and applause of everyone, Lin Qiangsheng clapped his hands vigorously.

In the end, he walked into the office with Camel, Elvi, and Lasseter, and they began to show Lin Johnson some of Pixar's achievements and real things, and some of Pixar's unique skills!

At the same time, George Lucas was sitting in his office, thinking about whether to listen to Lin Qiangsheng's advice and go to speculate on the yen together.

After Lucas talked to his economic adviser on the phone, the other party said that although the yen is showing signs of rising, it is absolutely not possible for Lin Johnson to appreciate by 40% in a short period of time.

According to the agent, "Who is so sure, he's crazy!" ”

However, after the agent learned that it was Lin Qiangsheng who said this, he was not so sure, but he euphemistically said that this statement was a bit exaggerated.

Lucas immediately understood that Lin Qiangsheng still had a lot of fame in the financial circle, which made him hesitate.

At that moment, the phone in the office rang, and Lucas picked up the microphone, and then heard an angry voice.

"George, is your computer animation department sold?".

Lucas was stunned for a moment, reacted to this tone, this voice, and wondered: "Jobs? ”

"It's me! I ask you, did your computer animation department sell? ”。 Jobs said with irrepressible indignation on the phone.

Lucas felt a little funny, you only paid $5 million before, and this will blame me for selling it again!

He said politely: "Jobs, I have already sold it, and now the new owner is preparing to build a new company!" ”

Then, with some confusion, Lucas asked, "Where did you hear from you?" ”

Jobs was interested in the computer animation department of Industrial Magic, and he felt that the graphics technology in this department was worth the investment. Previously, he offered a small price, that is, he thought that 5 million US dollars was indeed this price, not to mention that he also planned to invest another 500 US dollars in a new company, and he also wanted to make a capital, but now when he heard that the thing he fancied was acquired by others, he was a little angry.

For his great success, Steve Jobs received the National Medal of Technology from President Ronald Reagan in 1985. However, success came too quickly, and behind too many honors was a strong crisis, because Jobs's business philosophy was different from that of most managers at that time, and the blue giant IBM also began to wake up, and also launched personal computers, seizing a large part of the market, so that Jobs's newly developed computer failed miserably, and the general manager and directors blamed Chairman Jobs for this failure, and in April 1985, the board of directors resolved to revoke his management power. After several unsuccessful attempts to regain power, Jobs resigned as chairman of Apple on September 17, 1985.

In other words, Jobs has just left Apple, and he has also completely broken with Apple's board of directors for half a year.

"Where did I hear the news, you don't have to worry about it, I want to know how much money the other party paid for the acquisition?" Jobs asked.

Lucas was a little angry, but he still relented and said, "$10 million, twice as much as your $5 million!" And after the acquisition, the other party will also inject $5 million! ”

Jobs hung up the phone with a "snap", and Lucas was stunned for a moment.

He shook his head and said, "No wonder you offended everyone at Apple!" ”

Let Jobs be so excited, Lucas thought that since his economic adviser also said that the yen would appreciate, then follow Lin Qiangsheng to speculate on the yen, now he is very short of money!

In fact, George Lucas gave most of his ex-wife's property after the divorce, and even the house was gone, leaving the film company. At this time, he also had a sense of revenge, thinking that if he developed again in a short period of time, he would be able to make those ex-wives who saw him laugh at himself and left him stunned, thinking of the pleasure of revenge, Lucas couldn't stop! (To be continued.) )

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