giants of the era

Chapter 388 Computer Animation!

"[-]" International Children's Day is a festival for children all over the world.

After Li Zetian came back from England, it will be June 6 in a few days.

The world's first fully computer-generated feature film "Toy Story" produced by Pixar Animation Studios will premiere on this day.

"Dad, on Children's Day, why don't you take me and my brother to watch "Toy Story"?" The night before, just after dinner, the ghostly ghost stuck to it leisurely, and said coquettishly, "Our class Many classmates said that their parents want to take them to watch this movie!"

William echoed excitedly: "The promotional video of the movie is so good!!! Many people in our class also said that we will go to see "Toy Story" on Children's Day!"

Li Zetian nodded with a smile: "Okay, okay, I'll take you to see it!"

"Yes!!!" Youran shouted happily, "Then we've agreed, and we won't go back on our word!"

"Your father keeps his promises, so why regret it?!" Li Zetian laughed, pressed Youran's head lightly with his index finger, and said, "Okay, hurry up and do your homework. If you don't finish your homework, tomorrow June [-] I won't take you to see "Toy Story" on Children's Day!"

"Yeah!" Youran nodded obediently, ready to go back to the room to do homework.

Li Zetian looked at Little William again, and said seriously: "And you, William, don't just think about playing too much, and hurry up and do your homework! I heard from your teacher that your grades seem to have dropped a lot recently!"

When Xiao Youran heard this, she suddenly thought of something, stopped, turned to look at Li Zetian, and made a small report: "Dad, my brother is in a relationship, so his grades have dropped!"

"You, you slander! I didn't!!" Hearing this, Little William blushed immediately and retorted.

"Hmph, why not?? I've seen it all! You and the classmate in your class are holding hands together, so close! Oh, I also saw you buying ice cream for her!" Xiao Youran said loudly.

Hearing this, little William's face became even redder, and he lowered his head, not daring to look at Li Zetian.

Seeing William's expression, Li Zetian didn't know that what Lei Ran said was the truth.

"Damn, you're still in elementary school, you've started dating, you really look good to me!!!"

Li Zetian called William to him and taught him, "Do you know this is puppy love?"

William nodded, as if admitting his mistake.

"Youran, you go upstairs to do your homework first, I want to educate your younger brother, how can you fall in love early!" Li Zetian said with a straight face.

"Oh~~"

Leisurely stuck out her little tongue, glared at William again, and immediately turned and went upstairs.

Li Zetian began to preach to William at this time.

This is a good half an hour.

Finally, he tapped William on the head lightly to remind him to remember, and told him to go upstairs to do his homework.

Li Zetian watched William running up the stairs as if he was running away, and couldn't help shaking his head, and said with emotion: "Oh, it's not easy being a parent..."

Dongfang Yuqin on the side smiled and said, "Don't blame the child entirely, William is like you!"

"like me?"

"That's right, girls like you!" Dongfang Yuqin covered her mouth and smiled lightly.

When Li Zetian heard the words, he couldn't stop smiling wryly, what should he say...

……

The next day, Li Zetian took Leisurely and William to the cinema to watch "Toy Story"!
The publicity of Disney and Pixar is really in place, and today is Children's Day, there are so many people in the cinema, many children and parents!
"Does it look good?" Li Zetian looked at Youran and William and asked.

"Good looking!" the two said in unison.

Li Zetian smiled slightly, raised his eyes and looked around, most of the children looked very seriously.

"Toy Story" is worthy of being created by Pixar Animation Studio and Disney Company. The animation is extremely exciting and is very popular among children.

After the first day of premiere, the box office reached 3000 million US dollars.At the same time, the peripheral toys of "Toy Story" are also on sale!
The reputation of the movie is also excellent!

For the next four consecutive weeks, "Toy Story" ranked No. 1.5 in the weekly box office, with a cumulative box office of US$[-] million in North America alone!
Pixar's pure computer animation production mode has achieved great success, causing a sensation in the media and shocking the industry!
The discussion of traditional animation and computer animation is very loud.

How good is traditional animation?Or computer animation?

There is no conclusion for a while!
Although "Toy Story" has been successful, traditional animation is also very successful. Last year, the animation "The Lion King" produced by Disney received 7.755 million US dollars.

However, senior people in the industry believe that according to the current situation, the final box office of "Toy President Mobilization" will never exceed that of "The Lion King". Therefore, many people think that computer animation is not as good as traditional animation.

Disney is the representative of traditional animation, so this view has been supported by many people in Disney.

Currently, although Pixar Animation Studios is a subsidiary of Disney, Pixar Animation Studios operates independently.This has led to two voices within Disney.Who is strong and who is weak is related to Disney's future film investment trend.

Disney's animation department insists that computer animation is inferior to traditional animation.

"Disney's traditional animation has always been very successful. Disney's success today is all due to traditional animation!"

"That's right, traditional animation is the foundation of the Disney company! As for computer animation, it's a side project. You can play with it, but it must not be the main development direction of the Disney company."

"Computer animation was also successful with "Toy Story". Who can guarantee the success of the next computer animation? Disney still can't take risks, and should still focus on traditional animation!"

"..."

Of course the people at Pixar Animation Studios were dissatisfied and quarreled with the Disney animation department!

Seeing that the discussion became more and more intense, and it was reported in newspapers, Li Zetian came to Disney after seeing it.

In the Disney CEO's office, Michael asked, "Mr. Li, why are you here?"

Sitting on a black leather sofa, Li Zetian drank the coffee made by Secretary Michael, and said casually, "I heard that Disney's discussions about animated films are raging, so I'll come over to have a look!"

"Oh..." Michael smiled awkwardly, he couldn't be sure to pay attention to this matter.In his opinion, after all, Disney has achieved so many successful cases in traditional animation, so the company should focus its investment on traditional animation.However, Michael knew that Li Zetian valued computer animation and Pixar Animation Studio.

Li Zetian said indifferently: "A quarrel can easily lead to confusion in the company, and the decision-makers must come up with a decision as soon as possible! With the development of the times and technology, computer animation is inevitable for the development of animation films in the future! Therefore, they should stop arguing, and I will directly make a decision here. It is decided that the future focus of Disney's development is to invest in computer animation. As for traditional animation, starting from this year, the investment will be reduced! Disney's original traditional animation production department, I ask them all to learn how to do computer animation. In this regard, we can learn from Pixar animation Consult the studio!"

Whether it is traditional animation or computer animation, both are animation creations, but one uses a pen, the other uses a computer, and the drawing tools are different.

There are a lot of traditional animation talents in Disney, and it is impossible for Li Zetian to fire them, just let them learn how to draw with a computer!

Seeing Li Zetian's firm attitude, Michael, a migrant worker, didn't refute. He just nodded and said, "Okay, Mr. Li!"

"Ah."

Michael suddenly thought of something, and said, "Oh, by the way, Mr. Li, have you heard that Time Warner wants to acquire AOL?"

Li Zetian was taken aback when he heard the words, and shook his head: "No! This should be gossip. If Time Warner wants to acquire AOL, I should know about it! I am the major shareholder of AOL!"

Michael said: "I am quite familiar with the CEO of Time Warner, and he seems to have this plan. With the rise of the Internet, many traditional media industries have been greatly impacted, such as newspapers, magazines, etc. Internet companies have gradually become media. One. Time Warner's business territory spans the publishing, film and television industries, including Time Magazine, Sports Illustrated, Fortune Magazine, and Life Magazine, and its performance has naturally been greatly affected. Therefore, Time Warner wants to acquire America Online, using the advantages of the Internet to consolidate its position as a media giant!"

Li Zetian couldn't help but nodded when he heard the words.

correct!In the previous life, Time Warner Corporation seems to have acquired America Online and spent 2000 billion US dollars.Sadly, however, the dot-com bubble came, Time Warner was screwed, and AOL became so worthless that nobody wanted billions of dollars.

Li Zetian's eyes lit up in vain. Damn, this is not an opportunity for me to become a shareholder of Time Warner and convert AOL shares into Time Warner shares! ! !
Obviously, Time Warner definitely has no cash to buy AOL, so it can only use shares instead.

"Okay, Michael, I understand. If the boss of Time Warner really intends to acquire AOL, I might consider it!" Li Zetian laughed.

When Michael heard this, a look of unnaturalness flashed across his face, and he worried: "Mr. Li, if Time Warner acquires AOL, they will have a huge publicity channel, which may affect Disney."

Li Zetian waved his hand and said indifferently: "It's okay, Disney owns ABC, ESPN Sports, Marvel, Pixar, Industrial Light & Magic, and even "Star Wars" and many other super IP movies. With the strength of the company, is there any need to be afraid of Time Warner?"

A bit of bitterness appeared in Michael's heart. Time Warner is already a Hollywood giant, so it's very powerful, okay?Owns a portfolio of highly valued brands including HBO, DC Comics, Time, Fortune, Time Warner Cable and Warner Bros., to name a few.

"Yes, Mr. Li, Disney doesn't need to be afraid of Time Warner!" Michael flattered.If he said he was afraid, wouldn't it appear that he, the CEO, was incompetent?
After Li Zetian finished his coffee, he stood up and said goodbye.

He is now more interested in whether Time Warner will acquire America Online.

"Maybe AOL can take the initiative to hook up with Time Warner..." Li Zetian muttered to himself as he walked out of the Disney company building and looked at the steady flow of people.

AOL, Li Zetian basically managed it like a sheep-herding... Well, basically he didn't manage it, but Steve Case led the team to operate it.

Although the development is not as brilliant as in the previous life, it is also one of the best companies in the Internet industry.

What's important is that AOL is involved in multiple Internet fields, such as portal websites, e-commerce, chat rooms, games, e-mail, online services, Internet access services, etc., and these things add up to a very high market value.

Li Zetian owns so many Internet companies, he doesn't like America Online, and with the growth of Yahoo, Amazon, Google, eBay, Tencent and other companies, America Online has actually been going downhill.It would be best to sell it off as soon as possible and exchange it for shares of Time Warner Corporation!

……

A few days later, Li Zetian sent someone to test the attitude of the CEO of Time Warner.

Sure enough, they really have the idea of ​​acquiring America Online, but they haven't decided yet.

Dongfang Yuqin asked: "Mr. Li, if you take the initiative to express your support for Time Warner's acquisition of AOL, they may make up their minds!"

"Well, it's just... if we take the initiative to contact, isn't it a bit of a price drop? Time Warner will definitely bargain wildly!" Li Zetian hesitated.

"Well, that's true!" Dongfang Yuqin nodded, and immediately said, "Mr. Li, didn't you say that the Internet bubble is still a few years away? We don't need to worry too much, the market value of AOL will still rise all the way! "

Li Zetian raised his forehead and said with a smile, "Yes, yes, why are we in a hurry? The sales of Time Warner's newspapers and magazines have plummeted. They should be the ones to worry about!"

"Yes, Mr. Li!" Dongfang Yuqin said with a sweet smile.

What businessmen compare to is patience, and Li Zetian is very patient.

At this time, he picked up the newspaper that had just arrived today and read it casually.

"Disney animation battle finally came to an end, Chronos Li personally made the decision, Pixar's computer animation won! ! ! "

"The Future Development Direction of Animated Films - Computer Animation!" ! ! "

Steven Spielberg joins forces with Jeffrey Katzenberg and David Geffen to re-launch DreamWorks Animation subsidiary! "

Li Zetian smiled helplessly when he saw the end. DreamWorks Animation is a rival of Pixar Animation Studios. Its well-known works include: "Shrek" series, "Madagascar" series, "Kung Fu Panda" series, As well as "How to Train Your Dragon" and "The Crazy Primitives".

In fact, Li Zetian wanted to take Steven Spielberg under his command, but Li Zetian had no choice but to stand on his own.

Come on, it's not a bad thing for Pixar to have an extra competitor.

PS: I recommend a new book "The King of Planting".riding empty

I planted a seed and it finally bore fruit...

There are only unexpected seeds from the vast world, and there is nothing that cannot be planted.

So, Su Rui was very distressed. I'm still a virgin, so what's the point of growing a daughter?
(End of this chapter)