Hollywood Director 1992.

Chapter 322 Disney's Response, Girlfriends' Special Request (4K)

While Link and Jobs were drinking coffee in a cafe, news of their meeting was quickly passed by paparazzi to Michael Ovitz and senior executives of Big Seven Pictures.

Although the news that Guess What Pictures is trying to acquire Pixar Studios is no secret in the circle.

But since Jobs has always had a tough attitude, refused to negotiate, and was even unwilling to talk more, the probability of Guess Pictures successfully acquiring Pixar is extremely small.

The top executives of the Big Seven studios did not pay much attention to the matter.

Now Link and Jobs were suddenly sitting together, as if discussing an acquisition. This change caught the top executives of the seven major film studios off guard.

"Michael, do you know what they are talking about? Can you find out what Jobs thinks?"

In Disney's president's office, Michael Eisner called Michael Ovitz with a hint of urgency in his tone.

Michael Ovitz took a deep puff of his cigarette and said helplessly, "This is difficult. We can't install a bug in the cafe."

"That would be difficult."

Eisner sighed and frowned.

The development speed of Pixar Animation in recent years has been remarkable, especially the breakthroughs in computer animation technology, which have put it ahead of Disney Animation Studios in many aspects.

When Disney was still relying on painters to hand-draw animated films, Pixar had already used computer technology to produce many animated short films and won numerous Oscar technical awards.

Pixar's success not only made the film industry see the potential of computer animation, but also made Disney feel unprecedented pressure.

Before last year, Disney and Pixar Studios had a good relationship and even co-produced an animated film, with Disney providing the production funds and Pixar Studios responsible for the animation production.

It's just that the person who initially contacted Pixar Studios was former Disney Studios Chairman Jeffrey Katzenberg.

Jeffrey is also the head of Disney's animation department. In the past few years, Disney's best-selling animated films, such as "The Lion King", "Beauty and the Beast", "Aladdin", and other films that ranked in the top ten of the annual box office rankings, were all produced by Jeffrey.

Now that Jeffrey has left Disney, the collaboration between the two companies has been put on hold.

Michael Eisner once personally talked to Jobs, hoping to restart the project, but Jobs had a strange personality and was ruthless towards people he didn't like. He was even unwilling to talk to him.

Unfortunately, Jobs didn't like him.

Michael Eisner had to find someone to negotiate with Jobs on his behalf, but at this time Guess What Pictures suddenly intervened and proposed an acquisition plan to Pixar Studios.

Although Pixar Studios rejected the proposal from Guess What Films, it also shelved its cooperation with Disney and seemed to be waiting for a good price.

For this reason, Michael Eisner personally called Link and asked him if he really wanted to acquire Pixar.

After getting a positive answer, he hoped that Link would give up the acquisition of Pixar Animation, which would be unfriendly to Disney.

After all, Link is also a shareholder of Disney, and if Disney's development encounters obstacles, it will also harm his interests.

Link said that acquiring Pixar Studios and entering the field of animated films was part of Guess Pictures' planning and layout, and was also a means to deal with the suppression from the seven major film studios, and it would not be easily given up.

But this matter is not beyond negotiation.

As long as Disney agrees to give up conspiring with the six major film studios to suppress Guess What?

At the same time, the two parties established a close cooperative relationship. Guess the Movies can invest in animated films produced by Disney, and Disney can also invest in Guess the Movies films, and everyone makes money together.

With this assurance, Guess Pictures might consider holding off on its acquisition of Pixar.

Michael Eisner felt angry and helpless when he heard Link's "rogue" proposal.

Animated films are Disney’s core business and the foundation of its foothold in Hollywood. How could it possibly share this with other companies?
What's more, suppressing Guess What Pictures was a joint decision made by the boards of directors of the Big Seven film studios, which was aimed at maintaining the dominant position of the Big Seven film studios in the film industry.

As one of the seven major film studios, Disney must keep in line with the other six.

Eisner decisively rejected Link's proposal, and at the same time he was also paying attention to the developments of Guess Who's acquisition of Pixar.

Now having heard the news of Link's interview with Jobs, he had to take measures to deal with the impending crisis.

"Michael, isn't Link a shareholder of Disney? Why would he do this?"

Michael Ovitz asked, puzzled.

"Humph! I suspect his purpose in investing in Disney is to use the board of directors to undermine our decision-making."

Eisner said coldly, with a hint of resentment in his tone.

“If Guess Studios successfully acquires Pixar, what will be the impact?”

"Very big."

Eisner said solemnly, “Guess Pictures’ ability in film promotion and distribution is no less than that of the Big Seven. The only shortcoming is production capability and technology.

If it acquires Pixar, Guess Pictures will be able to obtain the technical support of Pixar Studios and produce animated films.

In this way, their production capabilities will be greatly improved, the number of film releases will increase, and their share of the box office market will be further expanded.

In the long run, the advantages of the seven major film studios will be weakened, while Guess What Film will become stronger and stronger, and eventually become the real overlord of the film industry."

"Link, this damn guy is such a nuisance."

Michael Ovitz couldn't help but sigh.

Eisner nodded in agreement.

Before Link appeared, the executives of the seven major film studios lived a leisurely life, drinking coffee and playing golf every day, and occasionally having affairs with a few male and female stars.

Ever since Link founded Guess the Movie, their workload has skyrocketed, overtime has become commonplace, and work pressure has increased more than ten times compared to before.

Link is indeed a disaster.

After venting his dissatisfaction with Link, Eisner called Fox Film President Barry Diller, Universal Pictures President Ron Mayer, and Warner Bros. President Miguel Goss to ask for their opinions on the incident.

Disney is not the only Hollywood studio that produces animated films. The other six major film studios also release animated works every year.

If Guess Pictures enters the field of animated films, it will undoubtedly have a profound impact on the entire industry.

Barry Diller and Ron Mayer agree on something remarkably similar: Don't worry too much.

Their reason was simple - Link knew nothing about animation and had no experience in animated film making. Could he succeed if he rashly entered the animation field just because he saw the huge success of "The Lion King"?

The answer is no!
Even companies like Disney and Warner, which have countless animation talents and mature distribution channels, will inevitably lose money when producing animated films, let alone a fledgling company like Guess What? Pictures.

They believe that Link's idea of trying to make an animated film through Pixar is beautiful but extremely unrealistic, with a failure rate of more than 90%.

In addition, although the cost of producing a computer-animated film is lower than that of a hand-drawn animation, it is still a considerable investment.

Guess what, if the film company invests a large amount of money in animated films, it will inevitably affect the production of other films.

From this perspective, the Big Seven Studios not only do not need to stop Link from acquiring Pixar, but should instead add fuel to the fire and allow Guess What Pictures to enter the animation field sooner.

Eisner thought about it carefully and felt that their views made sense.

Founded in the 1920s, Disney has participated in the production of hundreds of animated films and TV series, and created countless classic animated characters.

After decades of development, Disney has achieved its current scale and global market share.

How can Link, a newcomer, succeed?

If he fails, it will be a heavy blow to the development of Guess What Films. "But what if Link succeeds?"

After hanging up the phone, Eisner thought about it for a while and felt that this matter should not be taken lightly.

The reason why Barry Diller and others are not concerned about this matter is that the mainstream products of several companies are not cartoons. Even if Guess Pictures successfully enters the field of animated films, it will not have much impact on them. However, Disney is different.

Eisner arranged for people to continue to monitor the progress of Guess What Pictures' acquisition of Pixar Animation, and try to disrupt their cooperation if possible.

If it really cannot be stopped, then we can only take a gamble on luck and bet that Link, the newcomer, cannot succeed in the field of animated films.
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In the Italian cafe, Link and Jobs chatted for more than an hour. When the sun set, the two shook hands and parted in front of the cafe.

"Director Link, I noticed you and Mr. Jobs talked for over an hour. What were you talking about?"

As Link was about to get on the bus, a middle-aged man with a camera on his back shouted.

Link stopped and smiled, "I wanted to buy a new laptop and asked Steve for a recommendation. He recommended the 1984 Apple Mac."

"Is that all? I heard that Guess What Pictures is planning to acquire Pixar Animation Studios. Did you discuss this during your conversation?"

The middle-aged man shouted.

"Yes, Director Link, please talk about this issue."

Several people who looked like reporters shouted.

"It's a trade secret."

Link smiled softly, waved his hand and got into the business car.

He called Monica and asked if they had returned home.
Monica said no, she was still out shopping for beauty treatments.

Link praised them for being so amazing and not feeling tired after walking around for two hours straight.

Unlike when I sleep, I would scream "I'm dying" after sleeping for more than ten minutes.

Monica angrily called him a bad guy.

The car started again and arrived at Rodeo Drive, where we picked up a few women who were tired of shopping and took them home.

"Link, how was your conversation with Mr. Jobs?"

Sophia was wearing a knee-length skirt and put her legs on his thighs. She said her legs hurt and asked him to help massage them.

"Not bad, Jobs agrees with my point of view."

Link squeezed Sophia's smooth calf.

Originally, he wanted to facilitate the acquisition by offering to "help Jobs return to Apple."

But Jobs didn't take the bait and wanted to discuss the two issues separately.

Link did not force it and told about the development plan and layout of Guess Pictures in the animation field, which was basically the same as the future development plan of DreamWorks Studios in animated films.

After listening to this, Jobs was quite satisfied and made some additional suggestions to make Guess Pictures' layout in animated films more complete.

After hearing Jobs's agreement, he re-proposed the plan to acquire Pixar Animation Studios, with the price being $5 million + 5% of the shares of Guess Pictures, or $3 million + 10% of the shares of Guess Pictures.

The former is worth 6.1 million and the latter is worth 5.2 million.

But now the Guess What film industry is developing rapidly, and its shares are becoming more and more valuable, so the latter has greater potential than the former.

At the same time, Jobs was invited to serve as the chairman of Guess Pictures to manage all the affairs of the company, and Link only served as the chairman of the board.

After considering it, Jobs basically agreed to the deal, but the specific details of the transaction still needed to be discussed with several small shareholders of Pixar and the studio's main creative staff.

Give him an answer in two days.

Link expressed his anticipation.

Jobs is Pixar's largest shareholder, owning 75% of the shares, and also has the decision-making power of the studio. No one else can influence his decisions.

Now that Jobs has agreed to the acquisition, there will basically be no problems with the deal.

"Link, guess what? The film company has no experience in making animated films. Now it spends so much money to acquire Pixar and invest in making animated films. What if it fails?"

Michelle Pfeiffer asked worriedly.

"Don't worry, the company has a detailed development plan and will not fail."

Link said confidently.

With the original Pixar team there, there is technical guarantee.

As long as the studio produces the animated film according to the original plan, and with Link, a top screenwriter, director and producer, to supervise and guide, the quality of the products will not be bad.

Link can also gain director experience and physical bonuses with the help of these animations.

Also, it doesn’t matter if the movie fails.

Without the animated films co-produced with Pixar Studios, Walt Disney Co.'s competitiveness in the box office market has been greatly weakened.

The overall strength of the seven major film studios has also weakened, which is a good thing for Guess Pictures.

The third point is that by acquiring Pixar Animation, the company can also strengthen its cooperation with Jobs and prepare for further investment in Apple.

So regardless of whether Guess Pictures' animated film plan is successful, this investment will be profitable for Link.

"Wow, it feels so good, Link you really know how to massage."

Sophia moved her calves, looking very happy.

"Really? I want to try it too."

"Link, and me, my legs hurt too."

Monica Bellucci, Michelle Pfeiffer, Renée Zellweger, Brooke Shields, Catherine Zeta-Jones and others also raised their long legs and asked him to help massage them.

Link looked at them stretching their legs and sighed to himself that his life was so miserable. There were so many long legs that he could never massage them all in his lifetime.

But as a considerate and good man, he will not ignore his woman when she needs him.

He asked everyone to line up and come one by one.

On the way back, Monica and Michelle Pfeiffer made a request, asking Flash Gold Investment Company to help manage the funds under their names. They should not spend all the money they earned on shopping, but should make long-term plans.

Link massaged Mira's calves, surprised by their suggestion.

Although they are his girlfriends and belong to him.

But he is relatively independent financially and spends his own money, but now he has taken the initiative to ask the money to be handed over to the investment company under his name for management.

This is equivalent to handing the economic lifeline into his hands and becoming deeply tied to him.

This shows great trust in him.

Link sighed inwardly, thinking that he was doing a good job as a husband.

(End of this chapter)