Before he knew it, John Lassett was 28 years old.

He still remembered the situation when he first met Yin Jun 4 years ago.

At that time, Yin Jun was a genius screenwriter and a successful comic tycoon, so he acquired Disney.

As an ordinary animator of the Disney Group, he won Yin Jun's favor, allowing him to join the largest and most time-consuming and money-consuming project in Disney's history.

The success of "The Lion King" is obvious to all. The movie that ranked first in the box office in film history has so far been the most popular.

It was also from that time that John Lasset gradually became an important member of Disney Animation Studio.

The computer animation "Toy Story" that has just been released worldwide and is shining, although the screenwriter is Yin Jun, Yin Jun is just creative, and the more specific content and plots are all conceived by John Lassett.

In "Toy Story", he is also the person who is responsible for making animations with computers, second only to the two directors.

He is also a rising star who can become a supervisor at the age of 27 and in the Disney Animation Studio, which has always been known for its seniority.

Today Yin Jun called him over, and John Lasette vaguely felt that there was another good thing waiting for him.

"boss!"

In Lin Qingxia's manor garden, John Lasset took out a bottle of red wine, "This is the wine my father brews himself, you can taste it."

Yin Jun doesn't drink alcohol, but in some occasions he will drink a little champagne, and now he can drink half a glass of red wine.

John Lasette knew Yin Jun's habits, but he couldn't find anything else to give, so he could only use this to express his feelings.

"Thank you!" The boy took the wine with a smile and placed it on the table. "Toy Story is released, how do you feel?"

"Toy Story" was released on August 2, with a box office of 80 million US dollars in three days in the first weekend, which is close to the previous box office No. 1 "The Lion King".

But everyone also knows that "Toy Story" cannot surpass "The Lion King", not only because of the theme, but also some problems with the movie itself.

Besides, "Toy Story" has a large number of IMAX versions, and the movie tickets are much more expensive than "The Lion King". How to compare?

"It feels very good. This kind of computer-made movie is really wonderful." John Lassett said. "I like it very much, and I don't think it's an industry, it's also an art."

Within Disney, more than half of the employees still think that hand-drawn animation is the right way, and computer animation is definitely heresy.

Especially after the great success of "The Lion King", this voice became even stronger and tougher.

Of the remaining half, although you may not necessarily think that computer animation is a ruthless one, there are still many people who like hand-drawn animations.

Otherwise, how could those more than 200 employees who produced Toy Story have to join more than half of the Chinese animators and artists?

Isn’t it because many people refuse to contribute to computer animation?

Even with Yin Jun's push, "Toy Story" was successfully completed and received a very good response after its release, Disney still doesn't appreciate it very much.

They believe that hand-drawn animation is an art, while computer animation is a work of craftsmen without any beauty.

Even Yin Jun did not convince them of this, and could only wait to see the facts that later made them realize.

Yin Jun naturally agreed with John Lasset's words, "John, you are now walking on a road to the future. Anyone who hinders the progress of the times will be swept into the dust of history. Don't worry and do it boldly, I will fully support you!"

"What's the use of my hard work? They're too stubborn, and after Toy Story was successful, they became even more stubborn." John Lasset smiled bitterly.

"That's because they are already afraid." The boy smiled slightly, "At this time, all you have to do is to constantly launch new works, which will make them stunned and convinced."

"It's unlikely." John Lasset sighed, "You don't know some of the situations inside the animation studio..."

"That's why I thought of a solution for you." Yin Jun didn't answer the conversation, but instead asked: "When you were doing Toy Story, I asked you to go to the Industrial Light and Magic animation studio to learn from you. Have you gone?"

"Go, they helped me a lot!" John Lasette suddenly felt energetic, "This is a group of very interesting people! Especially Edwin Cartham, this is a real computer technology genius! I asked him a lot of questions, and he taught us enthusiastically!"

"It's good that you already know each other." The young man said, "In the future, everyone will have a lot of tacit understanding when working together."

"Ah?" John Lasset was surprised, "What did you say?"

"Yesterday I had reached an agreement with George Lucas to acquire the Industrial Light and Magic animation studio he owns. From now on, you will be colleagues!" Yin Jun said with a smile.

"Ah!! That's great!!!"

John Lasset slapped suddenly, "Boss, you are so good at buying a company! This group of people are definitely treasures! With them, our Disney animation will definitely take another step!"

"No, no, not Disney." Yin Jun shook his head, and under John Lasette's puzzled eyes, he continued, "I am going to re-establish an animation company so that you young people with dreams and willing to accept and try new things to work here. Here, you can make animations as you imagined and do all kinds of things you want to do... Whether it is long or short, whether it is money-selling or scraps that cannot be sold... you can do it, without restrictions!"

John Lasset's doubts quickly disappeared with Yin Jun's description.

Instead, his eyes were constantly flashing and his face became more and more joyful.

"Boss!" John Lassett is not a fool, he is very smart. "Are you worried that Disney has given us too much bondage, so you want to start a new business?"

"Yes." Yin Jun said, "I will give you the funds. You can recruit and buy any manpower and equipment you need... Don't worry about any grade issues. I will only give you one task, which is to create the best animation in your heart. Is there any problem?"

"No!"

John Lasset stood up and bowed respectfully to Yin Jun, "Boss, I have always believed that you who can draw so many comics and write so many of them must be someone with dreams... Now it seems that I am right! Only a person like you, who is full of dreams, can do something so irrespective of gains and losses!"

"No need to flatter you." Yin Jun smiled, "After you go there, you will be the director of the new company with Edwin Cartham, and Ms. Tang Shuxuan will be the president. You should negotiate and do good things yourself, and don't use internal friction to lose your strength, do you know?"

John Lassett understood that Yin Jun would not let him or one of Edwin Cartham take the role of president because he wanted to give them a balance.

After all, after the new company is established, some things are difficult to deal with, and the running-in period is very important.

Now that Tang Shuxuan, president of Kirin Group's North American branch, is also the company's president, they are only responsible for specific affairs, so there is no trouble.

Besides, John Lassett is not a person who is good at taking power. He prefers creativity and creation, and is not very interested in other things.

"Boss, can I bring some people from Disney?" John Lassett said, "They are all like-minded people with me and are not so valued at Disney animation studios... Oh, by the way, I also want some Chinese friends. You don't know that although they have a poor foundation, they have a strong ability to accept new things! And they work very seriously and seriously!"

In "Toy Story", everyone did things like working overtime, but there was no complaint at all. Moreover, the only ones who took the initiative to work overtime were the students and animators from China.

People who eat less and work more like any boss, and Americans are no exception.

"Take people away from Disney." Yin Jun pondered, "If you say Chinese people, you can send an invitation by yourself. Those who are willing to stay in our new company will be responsible for applying for their work visa."

"What about the number of Chinese friends?"

"How much can you recruit?" Yin Jun smiled, "But don't be too cruel. If you dig it all, you will not be able to ask new people to come in the future."

"Hey, can you still come to a group of friends to intern and study every year like Disney?" John Lasset's eyes lit up.

"Yes, I attach great importance to this new company, so they will come." Yin Jun nodded, "The new company is an open and open company, without so many constraints and constraints... But I also hope that you, like at Disney, will give them real things to teach them, even if you are rewarding their hard work!"

"Boss, don't worry, I always teach you anything." John Lasette patted his chest and said, "Then let's say that! I want more people, so you have to support me."

The boy smiled and agreed.

"After talking for a long time, what's the name of our new company?" John Lasette suddenly remembered and asked.

"Pixar." Yin Jun said without hesitation, "Pixar Animation Company."

"Pixar..."

John Lasette obviously liked the name very much. After muttering it a few times, a smile appeared on his face.

How could he be unhappy when he thought that he would soon be able to break free from his shackles, go to a brand new company, and work with friends who have the same ideals as him to do computer animations he liked?

Especially Yin Jun also said, just do whatever you want and don’t have to worry about other issues at all.

This is the greatest support for creators!

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Chapter completed!