"Pixar is regarded as the most successful animation studio in the world today, both artistically and commercially."

Glancing at Ryan, who was teasing her daughter, Ni Li sat on the couch and asked, "Are you sure you want to listen?" ”

"Go on."

Ryan shoved his fingers into Sandy's little hand and let her tickle it slightly, and the voice of Nicole reading the newspaper came from behind, "Due to the accumulation of talents, the competition within Pixar Studios is very fierce, and the management often makes some unkind personnel adjustments, such as only letting a limited number of people from the core group serve as film directors, and never giving young people a chance." ”

"If you want to be a director of a feature film at Pixar, you might as well buy a lottery ticket, so those geniuses who don't have the opportunity to shoot choose to leave Pixar."

Nicole looked at Ryan, who was playing happily with her daughter, and laughed, but her mouth didn't stop, "These outstanding graduates of the 'Animated West Point Military Academy' are talented and proud, maybe they are tomorrow's John?" Lasseter and Andrew? Stanton. ”

"Mr. Jenkins."

The nurse walked over and grabbed the handle of the stroller, "It's time for Sandy to sleep." ”

"Okay, dear." Ryan stood up and beckoned to the little guy in the car, "Goodbye." ”

After the nurse pushed her daughter away, Ryan walked to the couch, sat down next to Nicole, took the newspaper in her hand, and saw a big headline on the entertainment page - "Escape from Pixar".

"These tabloids." Ryan couldn't help but shake his head, "In order to attract attention, I don't hesitate to exaggerate things a hundred times." ”

"It really won't make a difference?" Nicole asked with a frown.

"It's just a few mid-level employees who ...... because their contracts expire," Ryan gestured to her with a reassuring gesture, "It's just a normal departure, and it won't have much impact on Pixar at all." ”

Things are actually not complicated, several middle-level employees of Pixar Studios who are somewhat famous in the industry, and after "Cars", their contracts with Pixar officially expired. I didn't choose to renew my contract, but went to other companies to develop, which is a very normal flow of people.

It's just that these few people who think they are full of talent, when interviewed by reporters, thought that they couldn't get the opportunity to become directors at Pixar Studio, and couldn't help but complain.

The interview for one of them was also published in detail in the tabloids.

"Ever since I was 10 years old, I've dreamed of becoming a film director."

The person being interviewed is called Jimmy? Hayward, "More than a decade ago, an opportunity presented me when I joined Pixar Animation Studios, which is now sweeping the global animation market. ”

"From the Toy Story franchise to Bug Crisis, Monster Power. and then to "Looking for Nemo" and "Superman Family", I have contributed wisdom and labor several times more than my salary. However, after working in this job for a long time, I gradually learned the cruel truth - if you want to be a director yourself, you have to leave Pixar. ”

"It was a difficult choice, one that the vast majority of Pixar employees would not consider at all, but I did it not on the spur of the moment."

There were several other people who left at the same time. Ryan vs. Jimmy? Hayward was most impressed by the fact that in his previous life, after leaving Pixar Studios, although he became a director, he did not succeed as he imagined. In addition to "Horton and Anonymous" is not bad, the other two "Turkey" and "Jonah? Hakes caused Twentieth Century Fox to make huge losses.

Also, another person who left at the same time, Ash? Brannon was also a little impressed, vaguely remembering that he later went to Sony Entertainment. The animated feature film he directed also made the investor extremely miserable.

Your talent is important, but so is a platform where you can showcase your talent.

Ryan didn't care much about these people leaving. This will not diminish the creativity and execution of Pixar Studios, and all of Hollywood is acknowledging the fact that every time someone quits their jobs and walks out of Pixar, Pixar's human resources department receives hundreds, if not thousands, of credible cover letters.

Besides, normal turnover is also a good thing to keep Pixar Studios alive.

Pixar Studios pursues a boutique strategy, usually releasing an animated feature film every year, and even shaved their heads in some years, and the directors of these films are all from the core of the studio.

John? Lasseter, Brad? Bird, Andrew? Stanton and Peter? Doggett, these four people are well-deserved Pixar All-Stars, past success also proves their ability, and these people are not only shareholders of Disney, but also have played a big role in Ryan's process of swallowing Disney, as long as they can create zào value, the rights to the animated feature films produced by Pixar will definitely not fall into the hands of others.

Companies that gain an advantage in external competition will inevitably have fierce internal competition, and a commercial company such as Pixar Studios, which has achieved great success, will certainly gather a large number of industry elites, but like other companies, there must be only a handful of employees at the top of the internal "food chain".

You know, the density of talented people in Pixar's technical department is very high, such as gold medal animation editor Lee? Unkrich, sound designer Kerry, who directed the cool short film "Kidnapping Lesson"? Redstorm and Brad, the screenwriter of "Cars"? Chapman, these professionals have long been qualified and capable of directing feature films, but so far, none of them have released a major work.

As for the departed Jimmy? Hayward and Ash? Brannon and others, both in talent and ability, are far behind these people.

Of course, Ryan also knows the importance of talent, and for these real core employees, he and Ed? Camel and John? Lasseter attaches great importance to them and promises them a bright future.

In Pixar's future production plans, the director's position has been booked out by these professional maniacs. Unkridge has been confirmed to direct Pixar's major play, Toy Story 3.

As for the other two, they also have projects in the pipeline, such as Brad? Chapman is working on an adaptation of a folk tale about Scotland.

"There is no other studio other than Pixar that has produced so many creative talents and trained so many great artists and animators."

This comment that once appeared on the cover of "Vanity Fair" may be an exaggeration, but it always shows the strength of Pixar Studios today and its prominent position in the industry.

Perhaps Pixar Studios will encounter a bottleneck of creative exhaustion in the future, but in Ryan's view, the most difficult problem for Pixar Studios to solve is how to use it now.

In the past few years, Ryan has successively made some adjustments between Pixar Studios and Disney's animation department, and more than 300 people have been transferred from Pixar Studios to Disney's animation department, among which those who really have super abilities have also stepped into higher and more important positions.

However, Disney's animation department and Pixar Studios are both implementing boutique strategies, and in the future plan, most of the animated feature films released each year will be maintained at an average frequency of one a year or even less than this number, and many people's positions will inevitably be a little different from their own capabilities.

How to solve it? Now there are only a few middle-level employees who are not core, but what about in the future? You must know that these people who change jobs will inevitably become the most direct competitors of Pixar Studios.

Although Pixar Studios needs external competitors, it is also not a good thing if there are too many competitors and too strong.

Jimmy? Hayward and Ash? With the departure of Brannon and others, Ryan also began to think about this aspect, even a group of idealists will have ambitions and desires in order to achieve their ideals, not to mention that Pixar Studio is still a real commercial company.

Changing the boutique strategy of Disney Animation or Pixar Studios?

Ryan would rather have more people jump ship than make such an unwise choice, and it took more than a decade for both animation studios to develop their own ideas and cultures, and change, while not dead, is bound to lead to great upheaval.

Now that Pixar Studios is booming and Disney's animation department is getting on the right track, the turmoil is sure to cause unimaginable damage.

The best way is to have a high-volume animation work department, so that more people have the opportunity and hope to go to a higher position, is there such an animation studio in Hollywood?

The answer is yes – Jerrywood? Katzenberg runs the DreamWorks Animation Studio.

The former president of Disney's animation division once claimed that DreamWorks Animation Studios had the ability to produce three or four animated feature films or series a year.

Although these words are exaggerated, Ryan knows that DreamWorks Animation Studios is indeed executing a film sea tactic.

It seems that the acquisition of DreamWorks Animation Studios is imperative.

Dreams Animation Studios now produces about two films a year, and Ryan remembers that in a few years it will increase to three, a process that could be brought forward a little earlier to create more positions and opportunities.

Of course, in his opinion, in the next ten years, it is enough for DreamWorks Animation Studio to maintain the output of about three films a year, after all, it is necessary to consider the digestion capacity of the market.

Last time Ryan vs. Robert? After Iger's talk, Walt Disney has taken a part of the shares of DreamWorks Animation Studios, but it has been maintained at less than five percent, and this year Warner Bros. and Universal Pictures' animation studios will launch their own CG animated feature films, and Pixar's external competitive environment will not be as easy as last year, and the acquisition can be gradually accelerated.

The five largest shareholders of DreamWorks Animation Studios are himself, Jerry Liver? Katzenberg, David? Geffen, Stephen? Spielberg and Paul, one of the founders of Microsoft? Allen, as for the shares scattered in the hands of Wall Street, as long as the price is right, there is basically no problem of too much zài.

Thinking of this, Ryan dialed Robert separately? Iger and Dick? Cook's call, the acquisition will certainly not be completed in the short term, but the preparation must be done well in advance. (To be continued......)