Sitting in the luxurious box on the second floor, Ryan and Natalie have removed the disguise from their faces, and the big screen is playing the trailer of commercials and other films, and there is still some time before the movie starts.

However, they were the only ones in the box, and the two little girls who were clamoring to watch "Mulan" a few days ago disappeared.

Just yesterday, Ryan received a call from Nicole, and then asked someone to send the two little ones who had been on summer vacation to Australia, in his words at the time, that is, let them harm Australians.

"Beware of people suing you for trafficking underage children." Natalie was clearly deliberately trying to get Ryan in trouble.

"It's a pity that this charge will not be established, the person who took them there was Julis, and Scott also signed the guardianship certificate." Ryan opened a packet of pistachios, expertly peeled off the skin, and put the crispy kernels into Natalie's little hand, "Nat, don't you think it's strange to have two little girls mixed with us. ”

"Strange?" Natalie straightened the back of the chair and then looked over, "What are you thinking, Ryan?" ”

"I was thinking I might be able to spend the night with you tonight."

Ryan stretched out his fingers, gently hooked Natalie's chin, and kissed it slightly, Natalie's rebellious 'whine' sound quickly turned into a thick nasal voice, and her hands unconsciously hung on Ryan's neck.

The slender fingers just picked up the shirt, Natalie quickly pressed on it, her brown eyes suddenly opened, and she gently pressed his forehead with her forehead, and quickly pulled away the distance, her eyes flashed with fine light, and she glared at him viciously.

"Ryan, it's public!" Although his voice was extremely low, there was an unconcealed irritation in it.

"We're in a closed box......" Looking at Natalie's determined eyes, Ryan closed his mouth and obediently withdrew his hand, "Okay." Nat, let's watch the movie. ”

On the big screen, the opening credits of the Walt Disney movie have just been released.

This movie looks full of oriental style, but in fact it is just a western film dressed in the oriental, and in the eyes of people like Ryan, who have lived on the other side for so many years in his previous life, many plots and scenes are indecent.

This is an excellent hand-drawn cartoon, although it can only be regarded as a relatively ordinary work in Disney's animation, but it inherits the consistent style of Disney animation, and the combination of music and songs is excellent. Especially Christina? The song sung by Aguilera.

"Isn't it boring, Nat?" Ryan found that Natalie's energy wasn't focused on the movie.

"I thought I would see a movie that shows foreign cultures, but I didn't expect ......," Natalie pouted and made a gesture you understand, "in essence, this movie is not much different from Aladdin and Pocahonta. ”

"Movies must first adapt to the market."

Anyway, he had seen it several times in his previous life, and Ryan also took his eyes back from the big screen, "Now the most important film markets in the world are in North America, Europe, and Japan, South Korea and other countries in the Far East that are deeply influenced by Western culture. ”

"The paradox of art and commerce?" Natalie laughed.

"Business and art have long been firmly entangled. Can no longer be separated. Ryan playfully spread his hands, not wanting to continue the topic that might cause an argument between the two, "Since it's boring, let's go back?" ”

"Hmm...... All right. Natalie thought for a moment. nodded.

She took Ryan's sunglasses and hat, carefully put them on for him, and then simply cleaned herself up and took Ryan's hand. Strode out of the box.

After whispering to the driver to drive, Ryan raised the partition to isolate the front and rear seats of the car.

"Chirp and chirp. Mulan is a household weaving. I didn't hear the sound of the machine, but I heard the woman sigh. Ask the woman what she thinks, and ask the woman what she remembers. Women don't think about anything, women don't remember anything......"

Despite Natalie's non-standard pronunciation, Ryan could hear what she was reading, "Did you prepare before you came, Nat?" ”

"Uh-huh~" Natalie responded, "I specifically found this song "Mulan Ci", but unfortunately I couldn't remember it all. ”

"It's a strange poem, in a completely different format than a sonnet." After she sighed, she stared at Ryan and asked, "Aren't you very knowledgeable about their culture?" Tell me about the rhythmic characteristics of these ancient poems? ”

"Ah......h

Natalie probably saw something, and obviously didn't want to let him go, "Or do you make a song?" You don't understand anything, do you? ”

Well, I only know that the road needs to rhyme or something, and the rest really doesn't know anything about the way.

Ryan can only sigh in his heart, in his previous life, when he was studying, it was the time when he learned mathematics, physics and chemistry well, and he was not afraid to go all over the world, and English was even more popular, but the language of his own nation was neglected, and how many people understood those things in Chinese studies?

"It's too hard." Ryan had no choice but to admit it in disguise.

Perhaps Ryan's expression was a little frustrated, Natalie leaned over and took the initiative to kiss him, "No one knows everything, Ryan." ”

"But your blow has hurt my fragile heart." Ryan's cheek has long been trained.

This time it was Natalie's turn to be helpless, she rolled her eyes, viciously put her forehead on his shoulder, and quickly walked away from this side without waiting for Ryan to fight back.

"Am I that scary, Nat."

"No, it's not the way home." Natalie happened to see the brightly lit streets outside.

"Let's go to the villa by the sea." Ryan pulled her over and stroked her brown curls gently, "It's been a long time since we've been together. ”

"It's only been a few days." Despite what she said, Natalie didn't say anything against it.

Probably because of age and mentality, Natalie felt that her needs were not strong, and after a few crazy days, she almost vented her long-accumulated enthusiasm, and sometimes felt that sleeping quietly with Ryan would be happier.

However, when the two of them walked into the seaside bedroom on the second floor of the villa, they all came to naught.

For the first time in her life, she took the initiative, looking down at her lover's resolute face, and with his assistance, her body shook slowly and rhythmically, and her mind was not only physical pleasure, but also psychological wonder.

It turned out that the feeling of condescension was so beautiful.

Natalie knows that Ryan can't stay in New York for a long time, and the next time he enjoys this kind of taste, he doesn't know when he will have to wait.

"Mulan" and "Bug Crisis" were released a week apart, attracting the attention of many interested people, who want to determine the future development trend of 3D computer animation and 2D hand-drawn animation through the most intuitive market reaction.

In particular, the big Hollywood studios, such as Warner Bros. and Twentieth Century Fox, have animation studios under their belts, and they have to determine the best way to do it.

Although they believed what Ryan said, they also hoped that Pixar Studios would succeed again, after all, it was not too difficult to obtain computer animation skills from partners, and in their temptation, Ryan did not mean to eat alone.

But Disney is the number one animation giant in Hollywood, and even in the world, even if the animation department has shown a decline in recent years, it should not be underestimated.

Although animated films can make money in a variety of ways, box office numbers always tell the story.

After a full second week, Bug Crisis received more than $33 million, a decrease from last week, but stable above a considerable number.

And "Mulan", which was released for three days, got more than $26 million after the first weekend, compared with other animated films produced by Disney after "The Lion King", there is almost no gap, as long as the box office in the next few weeks does not decline sharply, it is not difficult to make a profit at the box office alone.

After two weeks of popularity, "Saving Private Ryan" gradually tends to calm down, but the box office of nearly 32 million is enough for it to overtake Disney's masterpiece and occupy the second place in the weekly box office list in North America.

As for the champion, it is naturally "Bug Crisis", an animated film that was not valued by Disney in its previous life and was not released in many markets, became the most watched animated feature film of the year, and Pixar Studios established itself as an animated filmmaker.

"Bug Crisis" brought more than just box office and peripheral benefits to Ryan and Pixar Studios, just after the news that it became the top of the weekly box office charts, the stock price rose in response, and it was originally a high-priced IT stock, but now it has become a star stock in the hearts of countless investors.

Looking at the soaring stock price, if it weren't for the clear understanding of what the future of Pixar Studios was, Ryan would have an urge to sell it, even if some shares were released when it went public in 95, but what he held in his hands now would make countless people jealous.

Although the comparison between hand-drawn animation and computer animation will be a long-term process, many people already have their own measure in mind, and more and more studios are talking to Pixar about technology transfer and cooperation, including film giants such as Warner and Twentieth Century Fox.

The ugly duckling of the past has completely transformed into a white swan in the eyes of everyone.

There are many people who have cast envious and jealous eyes on Ryan, the investment of 50 million dollars back then, in exchange for shares worth billions of dollars today, if someone still says that Ryan is a business idiot, he is likely to drown in their saliva, looking at the whole United States, how many people can make this kind of investment with a rate of return as high as dozens of times?

Or was he really kissed by God when he was born?

In any case, the success of Pixar has greatly driven the rapid development of computer action, and even DreamWorks Animation Studio has decided to end the hand-drawn animation in its hands as soon as possible and start its own era of computer animation. (To be continued......)