Chapter 325 The era of computer animation
Sitting into the luxurious private room on the second floor, Ryan and Natalie took off the disguise on their faces, and advertisements and trailers of other videos were playing on the big screen, and it was still some time before the movie began.
However, they were the only ones in the private room. The two little girls who were clamoring to watch "Mulan" a few days ago were gone.
Just yesterday, Ryan received a call from Nicole and asked someone to send two little guys who had been on the summer vacation to Australia. In his words at the time, it was to let them harm the Australians.
"Beware that someone sues you for trafficking in minors." Natalie is obviously trying to make trouble for Ryan on purpose.
"It's a pity that this charge will not be established. The person who took them there was Julis. Scott had signed the signature on the guardian's certificate." Ryan opened a pack of pistachios, skillfully peeled off the peel, and put the crispy kernels into Natalie's little hand. "Nat, don't you think it's strange to let two little girls mix between us?"
"Strange?" Natalie first sorted out the backrest of the soft chair, then looked over, "What are you thinking, Ryan?"
"I was thinking, maybe I could spend the night at your place tonight."
Ryan stretched out his fingers, gently hooked Natalie's chin, and lowered her head and kissed her. Natalie's "whimper" rebellious quickly turned into a heavy nasal sound, and her hands unconsciously hung around Ryan's neck.
As soon as his slender fingers were lifting up his short shirt, Natalie quickly pressed it on it, her brown eyes suddenly opened, gently pressed his forehead with her forehead, quickly opened the distance, her eyes flashed with a shiny light. She glared fiercely.
"Ryan, this is a public place!" Although the voice was extremely low, there was an unconcealed anger.
"We're a closed box..." Looking at Natalie's firm eyes, Ryan closed his mouth and pulled his hand back obediently, "Okay, Nat, let's watch a movie."
On the big screen, the opening of Walt Disney's movie has just been released.
This movie looks full of oriental style, but it is actually just a western film wearing an oriental cloak. And in the eyes of people like Ryan, who have lived on the opposite side for so many years in his previous life, many plots and scenes are inappropriate.
This is a pretty excellent hand-drawn cartoon. Although it can only be considered a relatively ordinary work in Disney animation, it inherits the usual style of Disney animation, and the music and song combination is excellent, especially the song sung by Christina Aguilera.
"Is it boring? Nat?" Ryan found that Natalie was not focusing much on the movie.
"I originally thought I could see a movie that showed exotic culture, but I didn't expect..." Natalie curled her lips and made a gesture you understand, "In essence, this movie is not much different from "Aladdin" and "Poems in the Wind."
"Film must first adapt to the market."
Anyway, I have watched it several times in my previous life, and Ryan has also taken his attention back from the big screen. "Now the world's most important film markets are in North America, Europe, and the Far East Japan, South Korea and other countries that are deeply influenced by Western culture."
"The paradox of art and business?" Natalie laughed.
"Business and art have long been entangled together and can never be separated." Ryan playedfully, not wanting to continue this topic that might trigger disputes between the two. "Since it's boring, let's go back?"
"Well... OK." Natalie thought for a moment and nodded.
She took Ryan's sunglasses and hat, carefully put them on for him, then simply cleaned up herself, took Ryan's hand, and strode out of the box.
After whispering to the driver to drive, Ryan raised the partition to isolate the front and rear seats of the car.
"Jiji and Jiji, Mulan is weaving in the same house. She does not hear the sound of the loom, but only hears the sigh of the girl. She asks the girl what she thinks, and what she remembers. The girl has nothing to think about, and the girl has nothing to remember..."
Although Natalie's pronunciation was extremely unstandard, Ryan still heard what she was reading, "You were preparing before coming, Nat?"
"Hmm~" Natalie responded, "I specially found this song "Mulan Ci", but unfortunately I couldn't remember it all."
"A very strange poem, the format is completely different from that of sonnets." She sighed and stared at Ryan and asked, "Aren't you very knowledgeable about their culture? Is it good to tell me about the rhythmic characteristics of these ancient poems?"
"Ah..." Ryan scratched his face. Even if he ran to the other side of the shore to ask, how many people knew about this thing?
Natalie probably saw something, and obviously didn't want to let him go, "Or do you write one? Could it be that you don't understand at all, right?"
Well, I only know that there is a need for rhyme and nothing else.
Ryan could only sigh in his heart. In the past life, when he was studying, he was not afraid of learning mathematics, physics and chemistry well and traveling all over the world. English was even more prosperous. On the contrary, the language of his own nation was neglected. How many people understand those things about Chinese studies?
"This is too difficult." Ryan had no choice but to admit it in disguise.
Perhaps Ryan's expression was a little depressed, Natalie came over and took the initiative to kiss him, "No one knows and omnipotent, Ryan."
"But your blow has hurt my fragile heart." Ryan's face had already been trained.
Now it was Natalie's turn to be helpless. She rolled her eyes and put her forehead viciously on his shoulder. Without waiting for Ryan to counterattack, she quickly moved away from here.
"Am I that scary, Nat?"
"No, this is not the way home." Natalie happened to see the brightly lit street outside.
"Let's go to the villa by the sea." Ryan pulled her over and gently stroked her brown curly hair. "We haven't been together for a long time."
"It's only a few days." Despite saying this, Natalie didn't make any objection.
Perhaps it was due to the relationship between age and mentality. Natalie felt that her needs were not strong. After those crazy days, she almost vented the long-standing enthusiasm. Sometimes she felt that sleeping quietly with Ryan would be a happier thing.
However, when the two of them walked into the bedroom on the second floor of the villa, they all turned into bubbles.
For the first time in her life, she took the initiative, looking down at the firm face of "qingren". With his assistance, she swayed her body slowly and rhythmically. What she heard in her mind was not only the happiness in her body, but also the wonderful psychological taste.
It turns out that the feeling of being condescending is so beautiful.
Natalie knew that Ryan could not stay in New York for a long time. She didn't know when she would wait for the next time to enjoy this feeling.
"Mulan" and "The Crisis of the Bug" were released a week apart, attracting the attention of many interested people. They all want to determine the future development trends of 3D computer animation and 2D hand-drawn animation through the most intuitive market reactions.
Especially the major Hollywood film companies, such as Warner Bros. and Twentieth Century Fox, have animation studios under their jurisdiction, and they need to determine the most suitable way to develop.
Although they believed what Ryan said, they also hoped that Pixar Studio would succeed again. After all, it was not too difficult to obtain computer animation technology from their partners. In their temptation, Ryan did not mean to eat alone.
But Disney is Hollywood and even the number one animation giant in the world. Even though the animation department has shown decline in recent years, it cannot be underestimated.
Although there are many ways to make a profit from animated movies, box office numbers always tell some issues.
After the full second week, "The Bug Crisis" received more than 33 million US dollars, although it decreased slightly from last week, but it remained stable at a considerable number.
"Mulan", which was released for three days, received more than 26 million US dollars after the first weekend, which is almost no gap compared to other animated films produced by Disney after "The Lion King". As long as the box office does not decline significantly in the next few weeks, it is not difficult to make a profit based on the box office alone.
After two weeks of popularity, "Save Private Ryan" gradually became calm, but the box office of nearly 32 million is enough to surpass Disney's masterpiece and occupy the second place in the North American weekly box office rankings.
As for the champion, it is naturally "The Crisis of the Bug". This animated film, which was not valued by Disney in his previous life and was not released in many markets, has become the most popular animated feature film this year. Pixar Studio has established its position in animated films.
"The Bug Crisis" brings not only box office and peripheral benefits for Ryan and Pixar Studios. Just as the news that it became the champion of the weekly box office rankings was announced, the stock price rose accordingly. IT stocks, which were originally at high prices, have now become star stocks in the hearts of countless investors.
Looking at the soaring stock price, if it weren't for clearly knowing what Pixar Studio's future would have, Ryan would have the urge to sell it. Even if he released some shares when he went public in 1995, what he held in his hands now would make countless people envious.
Although the comparison between hand-drawn animation and computer animation will be a long-term process, many people already have their own measurements in their minds. There are more and more film companies talking about technology transfer and cooperation with Pixar, including film giants like Warner and Twentieth Century Fox.
The ugly duckling of the past completely transformed into a white swan in everyone's eyes.
Many people have turned their envious and jealous eyes on Ryan. The $50 million investment back then was exchanged for the current billions of dollars in shares. If someone else says that Ryan is a business idiot, he may be drowned by them with saliva. Looking around the United States, how many people can make such an investment with a return rate of up to dozens of times?
Or was he really kissed by God when he was born?
Chapter completed!