Chapter 268: invite

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On the second night after Ryan returned to Los Angeles, in the banquet hall of the Four Seasons Hotel, Orion Films invited many Hollywood practitioners to hold a small banquet.

If someone observes carefully, it is not difficult to find a very interesting thing. In the banquet hall, apart from some senior management of Orion Films, there are only a lot of members of Blue Sky Studios and some Hollywood practitioners. There are almost no Hollywood stars. .

Ryan came to the banquet hall, turned around, greeted many acquaintances warmly, and his eyes fell on a person not far away.

It was a middle-aged man with glasses, with slightly gray hair, and he always looked like he was smiling.

Without hesitation, Ryan stepped forward and walked over, "Hello, Mr. Chris Barker."

Hearing the voice, Chris Buck was slightly taken aback, then recognized Ryan's identity, and said very politely: "Hello, Mr. Ryan Gosling!"

He is familiar with Blue Sky Studios, "Ice Age", Orion Pictures and the young people in front of him.

The other party is not only the boss of a film company with global distribution channels, but also invested in Blue Sky Studio.

He is definitely one of the most famous young rich men in North America right now.

Ryan looked at Chris Barker in front of him, and couldn't help showing a smile at the corner of his mouth. He had spent a lot of thought in order to invite him over.

"I've seen Pocahontas, which you wrote, and it's a fantastic animated feature film."

Chris Barker was a little puzzled about Ryan's reason for coming, and the other party also praised his previous works, so he could only smile back and said: "Mr. Gosling praised, compared with Blue Sky Studios and "Ice Age", "Pocahontas" "There is nothing worth telling."

"I don't think so, Disney's shooting style still has a broad market prospect." Ryan mentioned Disney, "What Disney lacks is only a transformation process and the choice of mainstream animation feature film production technology. "

No one can deny that once Disney transforms, it will inevitably explode with amazing abilities.

"It's a pity that with the rise of 3D animation production technology, several animation studios under Disney are rapidly declining." Chris Barker's expression became a little silent.

"The management of the company is too conservative and only pays attention to the benefits brought by Pixar Animation Studios, but forgets the technology and talents owned by Pixar Animation Studios."

He couldn't help sighing, who would have thought that Disney, which used to be invincible in the past, would fall into the situation it is today.

"That's true." Ryan changed his voice, "I heard that Disney plans to lay off some employees at the hand-painted animation studio in Burbank?"

"In order to streamline the staff structure of the studio, we plan to prepare for the shooting of a 3D animation feature film!"

Chris Buck took a look at Ryan. It was no secret, and it was already known to everyone. The entire Burbank hand-drawn animation studio was panicked, and no one wanted to be dismissed by Disney.

"It's a pain, but it's the right decision." Chris Barker looked a little complicated.

"Then Mr. Chris Barker, I would like to take the liberty to ask, what are your plans?" Ryan asked very directly.

"I will choose to stay at Disney." Chris Barker said lightly: "It will take time to develop 3D animation production technology. In a short time, Disney will not completely give up the production of hand-drawn animation feature films."

That being said, Chris Barker is still uncomfortable. He knows that 3D animated feature films are the future trend, but he doesn’t want to see the decline of Disney’s traditional hand-painted feature films.

Moreover, based on his knowledge of Disney executives, for a long time, he might not take risks and spend a lot of money to produce a 3D animation feature film.

They will only become more dependent on Pixar Animation Studios.

Of course, no matter what, he has no intention of leaving Disney.

The reason is very simple. Chris Barker is directing his debut film, a traditional hand-drawn animated feature film "Tarzan", with an investment of up to 150 million US dollars.

"Is it because of Tarzan?"

Ryan smiled, "It seems that Mr. Barker is only one of the two directors in the film, and the investment of this traditional hand-drawn animated feature film is as high as 150 million U.S. dollars. If you include the promotional budget, the cost is close to 200 million U.S. dollars."

"Even if the global box office of the film reaches more than 400 million US dollars in the future, it may be difficult to rely on the box office to recover the cost."

"Once the box office of this film is not satisfactory, Mr. Barker, I'm afraid that you will not be able to direct a large-scale commercial animation feature film for a long time."

Chris Buck didn't speak, which is what he's been worried about lately.

Since "The Lion King" became a global hit, Disney became more confident and continued to invest huge sums of money in the production of "Mulan", "Tarzan" and other films.

Among them, the investment in "Mulan" reached as high as 70 million U.S. dollars, and the investment in "Tarzan" reached an astonishing 150 million U.S. dollars.

In contrast, the 3D animated feature film "Toy Story" produced by Pixar Animation Studios cost only US$30 million to produce, and "Ice Age" produced by Blue Sky Studios only cost US$43 million.

From this we can see the advantages of 3D animation computer technology.

The most important point is that as the 3D animation films "Toy Story" and "Ice Age" became popular, the character modeling, which is far more refined than hand-painted animation, has been recognized by countless audiences and gradually gained popularity.

It's a race to the bottom, and Chris Buck doesn't have any confidence that he can beat "Toy Story 2," also due out next year.

"Mr. Gosling, if you want to invite me to join Blue Sky Studio, I'm afraid I can only refuse your kindness." Chris Barker said it very frankly.

Even if he had to leave Disney eventually, he would not choose to join Blue Sky Studios.

"Mr. Barker, I think you may have misunderstood me."

Ryan continued: "Orion Pictures intends to invite some people who have been let go by Disney to establish an animation production department based on this."

"There is just a lack of a candidate who can head the animation department of Orion Pictures in the future."

"Well, to be precise, it's an animation studio under Orion Pictures."

Not Blue Sky Studios!

Chris Barker was taken aback, it was Orion Pictures.

The next moment, he pointed at Ryan suddenly, and his voice raised a lot, "Mr. Gosling, is Orion Pictures planning to start a war with Disney?"

Thinking of Ryan Gosling's appreciation of Disney's feature-length animation style just now, he didn't even have to think about it. In the future, this animation studio will definitely imitate Disney's style.

The only one who is familiar with Disney's style is Disney himself, and the employees in Burbank's hand-painted animation studio are undoubtedly the ones who understand Disney's style.

According to the plan of Orion Films, recruit the animation studio personnel who were dismissed by Disney, and build a new animation studio based on this, coupled with the 3D animation production technology of Blue Sky Studio.

Once this animation studio succeeds in the future, it is almost equivalent to erecting a strong competitor for Disney.

"I just want to invite Mr. Buck, and you will be in charge of the animation production department of Orion Pictures, not to start a war with Disney."

"Even if Orion doesn't do it, there will be other studios."

Ryan didn't mind taking out a personal business card and putting it in Chris Buck's hand, "Regardless of whether the box office of "Tarzan" is good or not, the door of Orion Films will always be open to you."

"This is my promise to you."

Chris Barker hesitated for a moment, put away the personal business card in his hand, and chose to turn around and leave without saying a word.

Facing the opportunity to take charge of an animation studio, it would be impossible not to be tempted at all.

What's more, as the production of "Tarzan" is coming to an end, he always has to think about the future.

Indeed, regardless of whether the box office of "Tarzan" is satisfactory, he can continue to work in Disney, and the salary will not be too low.

Just wanting to continue to direct large-scale commercial animation feature films is very confusing.

No one knows whether Disney will continue to spend huge sums of money to continue investing in the production of traditional hand-painted animated feature films, and it will also take time to produce 3D animated feature films.

It's almost impossible to get him to direct the first feature-length 3D animated film Disney has ever produced.

On the contrary, as long as he agrees to take charge of the animation production department of Orion Pictures, he can shoot a 3D animation feature film according to his own creativity, a 3D animation feature film with Disney style.

Ryan didn't say much. According to the trajectory of his previous life, Chris Buck would still choose to leave Disney.

After several years, under the persuasion of his friend John Lasseter, he returned to Disney again.

Back this time, Chris Buck also brought back three ideas, one of which was supported by John Lasseter. In the end, the film was released and sold worldwide, and Disney Animation Studios once again returned to the top.

Ryan came back from New Zealand, except to meet Chris Buck and invite him to join Orion Films.

The real target is a group of employees that Disney plans to dismiss. These people not only have skilled hand-drawn animation work experience, but also animation production technology.

Also very familiar with Disney's style.

Besides, these people were dismissed by Disney on their own initiative. There is no liquidated damages, and they can join Orion Pictures without any scruples.

Perhaps within a few years, Disney will be surprised to find that besides Disney Animation Studio, UU Reading www.uukanshu.com Hollywood has another animation studio with Disney production style.

Of course, the first thing to do now is to recruit these people to Orion Films, build the main framework of the animation department, and then find a suitable leader to produce one or two low-cost 3D animation feature films to test the waters.

The last is large-scale investment, carefully creating a classic 3D animation feature film that can become famous.

Disney moved very quickly. In just a few days, it had already decided to dismiss some of the staff, most of whom had participated in the production of "Mulan".

The box office of "Mulan" was not satisfactory. Michael Eisner needs to explain to the board of directors, and someone must be responsible for this matter. He can only choose to sacrifice the production team of "Mulan".

As soon as Ryan got the news, he began to let people contact him, and it is best to accept the whole team.

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