Blue Sky Studio was founded in 1987, at the beginning, it was only for some films, entertainment programs to produce titles and CGI special effects, until the birth of "Terminator 2", they found that after the combination of live-action movies and CGI, they can bring such a perfect visual experience to the audience, so they mastered the 'core technology', and they wanted to develop this business.

After more than three years of research and pondering, they formed a complete production team to undertake the visual effects production of "Alien 4", got the virtual scene modeling of "Titanic" subcontracted from industrial light and magic and the digital field, and ate the production list of the talking penguin that Edward Norton met during meditation in "Fight Club".

It's a pity that advanced technology can't bring them huge fame and wealth to match, and most of the orders they receive are all subcontracting orders in the industrial light and magic and digital fields, and even if a film company places a separate order for them, the commission they can negotiate is only one-tenth of that of the industrial light and magic and digital fields.

No way, who made them not famous?

Just like the esports dish is the original sin, in the special effects industry, if you are nameless, you should be damned!

This is actually a very easy to understand thing, what is the purpose of the film company to place an order for the special effects company to produce CGI visual effects according to its own ideas? Isn't it just about making money!

ILM created "Jurassic Park" and "Titanic" in the digital realm, two successful box office records that studios flocked to and were willing to pay for their lion's mouth, while the rest were ......

Then you can only watch!

Who left them without works?

Who made it impossible for them to set box office records?

And who told them not to be the first to eat crabs?

So you deserve to die!

Of course, this is actually a logical paradox, just like when you play Yamaguchiyama, you go to play Karazan, and the head of the regiment only accepts Rakazan to graduate - I can only graduate if I play this book, but you only accept players who have graduated from the book, isn't this an endless loop?

As a result, countless special effects companies died violently.

It's not that they can't do it technically, but George Lucas, Steven Spielberg, James Cameron, and others only use their own visual effects companies, in this case, even if the producers know in their hearts that ILM and the digital field are just middlemen, and most of them make the difference, they will still choose to place orders with the two.

Not only because of everyone's relationship, but also because of influence.

Needless to say, the Jewish gang will not look for outsiders to do things, but influence......

I look for industrial light and magic for visual effects, I look for the digital field for visual effects, as soon as this kind of publicity is released, the audience will have expectations for the movie at the first time, and the concept of visual effects blockbusters will pop up in their minds, but what about those small companies?

It's okay if you don't promote it, but as soon as you publicize it, the audience will subconsciously think that you are a bad movie!

Don't look for industrial light and magic and digital fields to do visual effects?

Isn't that what you're here to make money?

Therefore, for the sake of the invisible influence and the appeal of the box office, the film company chose to turn a blind eye.

In this case, if you want to become a big visual effects company, there is actually only one way to go.

Or, like Weta Digital, make your own "Lord of the Rings" in the field of live-action movies!

Or, like Pixar, make a "Toy Story" in the field of animation!

Since I don't have any connections and can't take on blockbuster orders, then I'll make a blockbuster myself!

Because of this, Blue Sky Studio, which has a retrospective taste, officially entered the animation industry after completing the list of "Titanic".

As for why you chose animation......

Isn't that because animation is cheaper than live-action movies......

The investment in special effects blockbusters of live-action movies is hundreds of millions, and animation, tens of millions is enough.

Not only that, compared with the fiercely competitive field of live-action films, the computer animation industry is still a blue ocean market.

As long as you dare to think and dare to do, you have the potential to become the pig on the tuyere.

Thus, "Ice Age" was born.

The little unlucky guy chasing acorns made Blue Sky Studios famous, and also made them among the top 5 animation production companies in Hollywood, and the other four - nothing more than the old big factory Disney, Disney's spin-off Pixar and DreamWorks, and the lighting entertainment that created the Minions with big eyes.

It's a pity that compared with Disney, which has been renovating and sharpening its sword for ten years, the heritage of Blue Sky Studio still needs to be considered;

Compared with Pixar, which has sequels and innovative coexistence, Blue Sky Studio's inspiration is slightly lacking;

Compared with the-stirring madness and the crazy rise of DreamWorks, Blue Sky Studio will not toss;

Compared with the lighting entertainment of young generations, the IP derivation of Blue Sky Studio is very crotch-pulling......

The animals in "Ice Age" can only appear in the form of a collection, and after separating them, they can't achieve the separation effect of "Despicable Me" and "Minions", and the sense of existence is quite weak, if it weren't for Jon Landau to mention it, Roland would have even forgotten that he had seen a movie about the squirrel more than ten years ago!

Of course, it doesn't matter if you forget, as long as you can recall it now, then it's no problem!

Because animation is also a part of the entertainment industry!

And if you develop this industry, and then change hands to Disney for distribution, eh......

Disney: Roland, look at our collaboration......

Roland: Don't call me Roland, call me Father!

Disney: Okay Dad!

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At the beginning, Roland coveted Pixar and DreamWorks Animation.

It's just that the IP copyright of the former is in the hands of Disney, so even if Roland is rich, he will not talk about acquisition.

Because only by selling Pixar to Disney can Steve Jobs reap the greatest value, and Disney, which owns Pixar, can make the copyright in his hand play the greatest effect.

And the latter...... Jeffrey Katzenberg's big, bald head has a better ability to make money than his creative ability, and it is undoubtedly a fool's dream to have such a guy who wants to buy it completely.

Not to mention, behind DreamWorks Animation, there is also the old man's gold-making monster.

In Roland's previous life, after three rounds of cooperation between Microsoft, Paramount, and Indian Industrial, the old man could still control the voting rights, and this ability to calculate in the dark is undoubtedly amazing, and in this case, talking about acquisitions-

Even if the old man is willing to sell, then Roland doesn't want to buy it!

Acquisition but no right to speak, isn't it equivalent to taking the private car out to run the public Didi after the private use of the bus?

The green prairie overhead!

I can't help it! I can't help it!

In this way, when Pixar can't buy it, DreamWorks Animation doesn't want to buy it, and Illumination Entertainment hasn't been born at all, there are actually only two ways to get involved in the animation industry:

First, wait for Blizzard studios to awaken to do CG with their hearts and use their feet to pick the strange attributes of the game;

2. Acquisitions.

The first method has an unknown effect, but the second method, isn't that just around the corner?

When Roland learned that Blue Sky Studio was now ownerless, he had spare money, so he couldn't resist the idea of acquiring!

But when he opened his mouth to ask, wanting to get more information from Jon Landau, the fat man was stunned on the spot.

I feel like my body is hollowed out, and I really can't squeeze out a drop!

"Roland, if you want to know more about Blue Sky Studio, then I'll help you ask?"

The fat man looked at Roland cautiously, because Roland's question touched his blind spot.

'So you're not omnipotent!' I thought you had Google with you! Roland breathed a sigh of relief, and while secretly complaining in his heart, he also said knowingly: "You don't know about this situation?" ”

"I don't know......" the fat man shook his head in embarrassment.

"If you don't understand, forget it, I'll just ask casually."

Roland waved his hand and motioned to the fat man not to care, "Our first job is still the Princess Diaries." ”

"You go get it first, and when you're almost ready, come back to me."

"Okay." The easy-going words made the fat man breathe a sigh of relief, nodded heavily, and drove away decisively.

Although this is not the first time he has dealt with Roland, the previous exchanges have been dredged by truck drivers.

In the fat man's opinion, Roland can giggle with the truck driver, it is because the two sides have a ten-year friendship, and if it is a stranger, there will definitely be estrangement, adaptation, it is a must.

But after chatting with Roland for a while today, he found that Roland's temperament didn't seem to be as bad as he imagined.

Although he often asks some strange questions, in general, he does not hold a shelf.

Looking at the straight lane, the fat man pursed his lips and made his own summary of Roland's behavior-

"Have a curiosity that matches your age."

"The affinity that comes with having a good family."

"Although he became famous at a young age, he was not touted to cover his eyes."

"And he's only twenty years old, so he can have such an achievement! It's really horrible! ”

"By the way, the most important thing is that he is handsome!"

If Roland heard the fat man's evaluation, then he would definitely laugh out loud!

Curiosity?

Isn't that because he wants to cut off Blue Sky Studios in front of Fox?

Affinity?

Isn't that because he has the attitude that the project in hand is the best, and it doesn't matter if it doesn't work?

Not being touted to cover your eyes?

How can a guy with a high thigh be blinded by fame and fortune?

It's just the handsome evaluation, so-so and a little bit of it!

…………

"Today is a good day, everything you want can come true~"

"Tomorrow is a good day again, and the time of the daughter can't wait~"

After sending the fat man away, Roland, who was in a happy mood, hummed a little song and went back to the house.

For him, the news that Blue Sky Studios is ownerless is more exciting than finding Anne Hathaway.

After all, his purpose in filming "The Princess Diaries", in addition to the idea of implanting his own brand advertising into the movie, is more about making Warcraft movies and television into happy bars that can make Disney feel happy.

In this way, a studio that can create a project to enter the park will naturally represent more interests than a live-action film.

Of course, although Blue Sky Studio is good, as an adult, Roland naturally wants it all!

But when you don't know each other, finding someone to ask for information has become the first choice.

Roland wants to know everything about Blue Sky Studios, and then tries to find a flaw and wait for an opportunity to buy it.

And who can do all this......

Obviously, there is only an old man who can compete with the six majors!

So, three minutes later, the old man, who was playing in South America with his family, received a call from Roland.

"Blue Sky Studios? What do you want its information for? The old man was very puzzled.

It seems that the old man knows about this studio, otherwise he should have asked me what Blue Sky Studio is. ’

Roland muttered in his heart, but he said the truth-

"I'm curious, Jon Landau told me that Fox was going to take out its animation department and sign a long-term distribution contract with Blue Sky Studios, but I'd never heard of Blue Sky Studios, so I wanted to find out."

'That's it?' ’

This explanation made the old man a little speechless, "I thought what you wanted to do?" So just curious? ”

"Or else? I'm retired, I'm bored! ”

Roland replied with confidence, but the word retirement almost choked the old man to death.

'I'm not retired!! ’

Rolling his eyes, too lazy to talk nonsense with this little thing, "Then you go straight to Steve." ”

“What？” Roland didn't understand, "Steve? Which Steve? ”

"Jobs! Steve Jobs! ”

The old man raised his voice and asked angrily, "How many other Steves do you know?" ”

"Chris Welch, the founder of Blue Sky Studios, and John Lasseter, the chief creative officer of Pixar, are good friends, you go directly to Steve and ask him to help you contact John, and the materials of Blue Sky Studios will naturally be delivered to you."

'Hold the grass! Is it that simple? ’

"Are you sure?" Roland felt a little incredible, the progress of things was so easy that he doubted life!

"When did I lie to you?" The old man asked rhetorically, but still explained, "Chris Wedge, the founder of Blue Sky Studios, graduated in '81 and became the chief illustrator of Disney animation in '82, while Pixar's chief creative officer, John Lasseter, worked at Disney in '79 and created "Computer War" with Chris Wedge. ”

"In '84, when John Lasseter's contract expired, George poached him to Lucasfilm, and later, when George sold Pixar to Steve, John became Steve's subordinate, and then created Toy Story."

"When John joined Lucasfilm, he wanted to bring his friend Chris with him, and this behavior was also approved by George, but Chris did not want to work in California because his home was in New York, so he took the time to go to Lucasfilm to watch computer graphics production, and this habit has been maintained to this day."

"So, you call Steve now and ask him to call you, that's a lot faster than I can find someone!"

"Don't say you want to inquire about the situation of Blue Sky Studio, even if you ask Chris to come over and meet with you, that's just the matter of the past two days, after all, Chris and John are very grateful to Steve!"

"Although Steve agreed to let Pixar animate, his biggest idea was to sell his own computer, but after seeing what they had done, Steve also squeezed out resources to make their dream come true when his company was not running smoothly."

"This kind of thing, they will remember for a lifetime."

That's right!

The industry likes to use the word 'forever' to describe Disney, and that has its own reason!

Because of Disney, the entire Hollywood animation industry has been propped up!

Needless to say, Disney's own creative ability, and the companies that can compete with Disney in the future are all established by former Disney employees!

Pixar's chief creative officer, John Lasseter, who was an animation director from Disney;

Jeffrey Katzenberg, CEO of DreamWorks Animation, who is the former chairman of Disney Animation;

Chris Welch, the founder of Blue Sky Studios, was the former chief artist at Disney......

In addition, none of the six major animation departments can have anything to do with Disney!

It is true that these guys were forced to leave because of company infighting and political disagreements, but it is precisely because of this that Disney is even more terrifying! After crowding out so many talents, we can still live well!

A few others, okay?

It's all younger brothers!

When the old man hung up the phone with the clumsy excuse of 'my daughter called me', Roland's mind was full of question marks of 'why is Disney so bullish', but when he heard the busy tone, he suddenly slapped his thigh.

"Disney cow beep, what does it have to do with me?"

"I've already shaken it anyway!"

"Since we can get into Blue Sky Studios through Steve Jobs, then ...... Fox, you're going to eat your fart! ”

Disney is awesome, just let it be awesome, anyway, my goal is for you to call me Daddy!

In this case, isn't it the easiest option to be stabbed decisively?

As for participating in the bidding of Blue Sky Studios, will it be against Fox?

Hi!

Ownerless things are available to everyone!

It's not your subsidiary, so why can't I ask for a price?

Normal business competition!

Whoever loses and who wins, each by his own means!

After thinking about this stubble, Roland didn't dwell on this problem.

Seeing that it was almost time to eat, and that there was a party to attend in the evening, Roland went into the bathroom and took a shower.

And when he came out again, Kate, who had gone out for a yoga class in the afternoon, had already returned.

When Roland was wiping his hair and greeting his woman, the guy sitting behind the coffee table suddenly raised his head and showed a smiling expression at Roland, "Take a bath?" ”

"Huh? Didn't you say there was a party in the evening? Roland nodded.

"Are you comfortable?" Seeing that Roland didn't react, Kate asked again.

"Comfortable? It's okay, take a shower on a hot day, it's much cooler. Roland told the truth.

Hearing this, Kate spoke again, but this time her tone was a little, "It's much cooler?" ”

"That's right! Any questions? ”

Roland still didn't hear the strangeness, so he complained: "Before you left, Jon Landau came, he just left, I talked to him for an afternoon, in and out of the house, one cold and one hot, almost unbearable!" ”

"Ah~ So that's the case? So what are you talking about? The smile on Kate's face was even greater.

"What are you talking about? Work, of course! Roland finally sensed that something was wrong and turned his head to look at his daughter-in-law, "What's wrong?" ”

However, this time he responded to the understanding of yin and yang, "Oh~ It turned out to be work? ”

'Meow meow meow??? Numerous question marks popped up in Roland's head, 'Did this guy take the wrong medicine?' ’

Feeling strange, he looked at Kate carefully.

But when his gaze turned into X-rays, swept up and down, all he gained was the smiling face of his daughter-in-law, but when he sat on the sofa with a frown, frowning and wanting to ask the reason, the black file on the coffee table made him instantly realize, crying and laughing-'Gotcha, this guy is jealous!' ’