Hollywood Secret Garden

Chapter 528 Dizzy Jobs

Although Angela's business talent has not changed in the slightest, she still decides to attend the Pixar board meeting. This decision is both sudden and long-thought.It came out of nowhere because Angela had a sudden idea when Ed was talking on the phone; she thought about it for a long time because after the filming of "A Beautiful Mind" was over, she began to think about having a good talk with Ed and the others to consolidate her ideas. Own rights in the film department - This right must be maintained until the completion of one's own goals.

Angela was not too worried about whether she could continue to hold her privileges in the film department smoothly.Not to mention anything else, she has already won two awards for the company just for the best movie award, and "The Pianist", which is almost a loss, can still make a lot of money, not to mention that from the establishment of the film department to the How many films are there related to her that have a box office of over [-] million?

"The Matrix", "The Mummy", "The Grudge", "X-Men", etc. and the three films she directed.And there will be more in the next few years: "The Matrix" and the remaining two "X-Men", "The Mummy" and "The Grudge" sequels, the "Pirates of the Caribbean" trilogy, "The Spy" Heavy" trilogy and the entire "Harry Potter" series, not to mention "Iron Man" and "Transformers" that have not yet been put on the agenda.

These films are enough to continue to make Pixar profitable in the next few years. As long as this momentum is maintained and the honors are continuously won at various award ceremonies, Angela naturally has an unshakable right to speak in the film department.Besides, except for the films she directs, she basically does not participate in management work. Even if she deals with scripts that are related to her, she tries to discuss with the managers of various departments as much as possible, and her popularity is not bad.Even if Ed doesn't plan to support her, it may not be possible to completely deprive Angela of her rights in the film department-of course, such a bad situation should not happen.So she chose to attend the board meeting.

Angela has always sent representatives to attend the meeting, anyway, she supports Ed unconditionally.In the past, she would occasionally attend once or twice, but after getting busy, she almost never attended again. It is not a good thing after a long time.So even if I can't understand what they are saying, I have to sit there and listen to their discussion.

"I support Andrew, does anyone have any comments?" Ed glanced at the long desk, and several people in the conference room looked at each other, and finally shook their heads to say no.So Ed closed the folder in front of him and put it aside: "Then that's it, Andrew, you can start preparing."

As he spoke, he pulled his tie and changed into a relaxed tone: "That's basically what happened today, and then we can relax and rest. By the way, Angie, why didn't you express your opinion from the beginning to the end?"

Following Ed's teasing words, the conference room that was noisy just now became quiet, and everyone turned their attention to Angela who was sitting on Ed's right hand.

The girl couldn't help but rolled her eyes, and smiled at Ed: "The affairs of the film department are clearly stated in the documents I brought. If you have any questions, I will be very happy to answer them. As for other departments Things, I don't think I have a better opinion because they exceeded my expectations by so much."

As she said that, the girl's eyes swept to several directors present at the meeting. In addition to John Lasseter, Andrew Stanton, Chris Taylor and others, several others joined, such as Peter Docter from the animation department, Bruce Rad Bird and Mike O'Brien from the games department and so on.Although Angela would pay attention to the situation here from time to time, it was indeed too much beyond her expectations.

Needless to say, the animation department, after the impact of the establishment of the film department, is still walking its own path step by step.Although only three animations have been produced from 95 to now, all of them are works with good reputation and box office. The "Monsters, Inc." released this year is no exception.And the project discussed and approved at the meeting before is Andrew's idea of ​​an animation about marine life, which can be called "Looking for Nemo" or "Finding Nemo" in the near future!

The game department gave Angela the biggest surprise. She never thought that the original half-bad fun product would have developed to this point!It's like a seed that fell into the soil unintentionally but grew into a tall tree.

After completing the development of "Warcraft" and the production of two expansion packs, Chris turned to host his long-planned space-age strategy game.Although the sales volume of this RTS game called "Sweeping Thousands of Armies" is not very satisfactory, it has won wide acclaim, and it can be said to be well-known among senior game fans.

Although the development of "Warcraft 2" fell into the hands of Mike O'Brien and others, even though it is only two-thirds completed, both the graphics and the gameplay have maintained a considerable level.Chris himself admits that this will be an excellent sequel, completely beyond

The strength of the first part.

What surprised Angela the most was that Mike O'Brien and Jeff Stein, Parklet Wilt and others proposed the idea of ​​making "Warcraft" into a role-playing 3D online game!

"We have built a huge world based on DND and have a complete world view, so why not let those players go in and play a role in it?" Parklet said before.

Well, if the development of "Warcraft 2" has not been completed, and making an online game is still on paper.Then here is another piece of news: In September last year, a simulation game with a unique style was launched, and the sales volume in the first month of release exceeded 9 million!

The name of the game is "The Sims". That's right, it is the work of Will Wright, who developed "Sim City". Right now, he is sitting in the office of the Pixar game department and is working on the latest expansion pack.

This is the current game department, just like the animation department is advancing steadily according to its own goals.

"Why do you have no opinion? You must know that most of the world view of "Warcraft" is set by you."

"That's right, when I was discussing with Parkritt about making "Warcraft" into an online RPG, I felt that "Ten Stories of Azeroth" is very suitable for making tasks in the game. So don't take it. opinion as an excuse."

"Indeed, apart from the two "Toy Story" and the earlier "Lion King", she has almost never written scripts related to animation. This is too partial. Look at how many ideas she has provided for the film department."

"Or I can tell Angie the idea and let her write the script for this latest animation."

Watching Chris, O'Brien, John, Andrew and others arguing, Angela rolled her eyes and finally waved her hand down: "Okay, gentlemen, do you think it's a gentleman to tease a lady like this?" behavior?"

The chubby John Lasseter looked around blankly, and then innocently spread his hands to Chris beside him: "Are we teasing a lady?"

"Should...no," Chris Taylor said cooperatively, "You know, we never regard Angie as a woman."

"John! Chris!" Angela glared at the two guys.Want an idea?Don't worry, I still have a lot, enough to knock your heads out!

"Okay, guys, since Angie doesn't want to say it, then don't force her. Anyway, it's pretty good that she can attend the board meeting in person, isn't it?" Jobs, who was sitting opposite Angela, spoke at this moment.

But Angela was not satisfied: "Wait, Steve, it's not that I don't want to say it, but I don't think it needs to be said now. Obviously, both the animation department and the game department are developing very stable, but the film department is a bit too much." The hurricane and radicalness of the game—of course, I will respect Ed and McKinley’s decision on how to adjust—so even if I have any opinions, I will not be in a hurry, and I will never be ambiguous when it is time to give opinions.”

Such as the network RPG "Warcraft" program.She has seen "Warcraft 2", which is still a semi-finished product, and "Warcraft 3" in memory has both similarities and differences.If the original influence is maintained after its release, the online RPG "Warcraft" will inevitably be a good money-making tool—of course, the premise is that systems such as camps, dungeons, and trade unions are perfect—but the game’s Development is not that simple, and the appearance of "Warcraft" can also be said to be a mistake, so Angela hopes to wait for them to have a complete idea before selectively putting forward their own opinions and opinions, using the method of guidance instead of impose on the opponent.

"Really? That's great. Let me tell you that Angie can't ignore animation and games." Jobs smiled and clapped his hands with a very formal look.

Angela's eyes twitched involuntarily, why did she feel like she had jumped into a pit again?I shouldn't be in a meeting where this guy Steve is there, God knows if they have hoes on them.

"Change the subject, Steve, why don't you come over to the meeting today when you're free." Angela didn't want to continue this.

"What a strange question. It seems that I am still the CEO and chairman of the board of directors of Pixar?" Jobs spread his hands. Although Ed has been in charge of Pixar's work and is the actual CEO, he is still the CEO in name.

Angela gave him a blank stare, and then looked at Ed: "According to the procedure, I am qualified to hold a shareholders' meeting as a major shareholder and re-elect the CEO, right Ed?"

Although the equity in her hand has been diluted a lot due to the distribution to those outstanding talents who are worth retaining, the outstanding performance of the film department has made Angela slightly more in her hands than Steve, so it is understandable for her to say this.

"Hey, is this a threat? I'm sorry, I'm never afraid of threats." Jobs said calmly.

"Threat? No, this is a warning!" Angela grinned, showing her white teeth.

"Okay, warning." Jobs raised his hand with a wry smile, and then changed the subject: "By the way, there is something I want to show you, maybe you can put forward some applicable opinions from a non-professional perspective."

As he spoke, he took out a small silver-white rounded rectangular box from the briefcase beside him, and Angela's attention was immediately attracted. John and the others wouldn't realize what it was, but she definitely wouldn't.

"I call this ipod. Simply put, it's an mp3 player. Apple's main product this summer." Jobs pointed to the small thing in his hand and introduced it, showing a little bit of pride between his brows.

"The capacity is about 5GB. It adopts a scroll-wheel disc, which can be operated with one thumb. It can not only be used to listen to music but also can be used as a USB flash drive. It is simple and practical and - super cool!" Jobs preached at this moment Fortunately, he quickly restrained himself and handed the iPod to Ed.

"This is just a trial work, and it is still making final adjustments. It will not be officially launched until July." Jobs continued to introduce, pointing to the small things that were passed around in the hands of everyone, "With the settlement of mp7, RIAA and ASCAP , and before long people will get used to listening to artists in mp3 format, and paid downloads will inevitably replace records and CDs as the first choice for fans."

That's true, Angela thought as she rubbed the prototype in her hand. Although it was only the first generation of iPod, it indicated that Apple was about to launch its second effort.Very good, if my plan goes well in a few more years...

"Do you have anything to say, Angie?" Jobs' voice suddenly sounded, "Don't tell me, the corners of your mouth are curled up because you thought of something else."

"No, no, no, I'm just thinking..." Angela's thumb moved back and forth on the music selection disk, "Why is the music selection disk not made into a laptop-like induction setting, but with mechanical buttons? ?”

"Oh?" Jobs raised his eyebrows.

"In this way, the thumb moves more smoothly and is more flexible; in addition, you can also find a way to study some technologies such as gravity sensing, and you can change the song on the iPod with a shake, and young people can listen to it while dancing. If the first song is not good, just shake your butt." Angela looked at the iPod in her hand and said, "There is no need to talk about other aspects such as color screen, displaying lyrics, or camera, etc. It is completely possible to develop a kind of software , if you need to leave while listening to the radio, press the pause button, and then press the pause button to continue listening after you finish; if you want to listen to the content that is being played, just fast forward to the past, and if you want to listen to the previous one, press Back key; of course, the disk space must be large enough..."

"Stop! Stop! Stop!" After Jobs yelled three times, Angela finally stopped her description, and then looked at him inexplicably.

Jobs, who seemed a little flustered, took off his glasses and wiped them carefully with a lens cloth, then reached out and rubbed his temples. After taking a few deep breaths, he put on his glasses again and looked at Angela with a wry smile: "I A little dizzy, if you go on, Angie, I might faint here on the spot."

"Hmm... Am I a little too whimsical?" Angela asked cautiously after rolling her eyes.

"If it was just whimsical, I wouldn't be like this..." Jobs continued to smile wryly while gesturing, "I lost my composure."

He sighed: "The key is... the key is... all of what you said is possible, but there are still technical difficulties that are difficult to overcome in a short time...Damn it! The supervisor fired and invited you to take up this position."

Although the corners of her mouth twitched in her stomach, Angela had to put on a look of astonishment on the surface: "You're joking."

"Yes, I'm joking." After being excited, Jobs scratched his head in frustration, and after a few minutes, he suddenly raised his head and fixed his eyes on Angela, looking at the girl with horror.

Finally, before Angela questioned him, Jobs said in a flattering tone, "If possible, how about being the image spokesperson for iPod, Angie?"

"Shape... image spokesperson?" Angela was really stunned.

"Yes, healthy, smart, full of vitality, and also a major shareholder of Apple, it is a natural match for the iPod!" Jobs said exaggeratedly in a steady tone.

"It sounds...as if I'm going to marry an iPod." Angela curled her lips.

"If you want to marry, the iPod will marry you," Jobs waved his hand. "Please, Angie, I don't see what's wrong with that."

"If it's an advertising spokesperson, I can consider it, but an image spokesperson... I may not have so much time to participate in promotional activities, Steve." Angela spread her hands.

"It's okay, there won't be too many promotional activities, and we can arrange it according to your itinerary—including the launch ceremony." Jobs' eyes shone behind the glasses, and he would try his best to make her agree.

In fact, at this point Angela already understood why the other party had to ask her to be the spokesperson, and she suddenly regretted that she had said too much in a hurry.But this idea was quickly thrown out of the mind, and it would be a good thing if Apple can accelerate its development because of this.According to my plan, I should officially start in two years at most. If you can maintain a good image in the entertainment industry and at the same time occupy a place in the top ten or top twenty of the Forbes rich list, this kind of influence is not to be ignored. Just ignore it, as long as...you grasp the speed!

"It seems that I have no choice." Angela folded her arms and put them on the table, seemingly helpless, but there was always a hint of slyness in the corner of her mouth, "However, you are right, Steve, after all, I Is the majority shareholder of Apple."

"That's right, think about it, Miss Genius uses her own product to listen to her own songs, it's perfect, isn't it?" Jobs said happily, "Tomorrow I will send someone to send the contract."

"Does it need to be so fast?" Angela muttered, and then remembered something: "Hey, my dedicated iPod must be fully functional, and it would be better if it had the functions mentioned earlier."

"No problem, I'll get someone to design one for you." Jobs pressed his hands, and then he remembered something: "However, you can use it in private, and you have to use it in public. I plan to design Several different types of ipods, and spreading these functions across rather than designing a perfect playback device. Only then will customers pay more for the type they like."

Angela, who was stunned, twitched the corners of her mouth in the end. She really deserves to be a businessman.