24-year-old John Lassett is 6 years older than Yin Jun, but Yin Jun's aura makes this animation elite a little nervous.

"Sit down, John. In the conference room, Yin Jun raised his hand and said, "Sorry, there's no good coffee here, just drink it!"

"No, I usually just drink this kind of coffee. John Lassett sat down and squeezed out a smile.

"John, did you know that I have a comic company?" Yin Jun asked in a harmonious voice.

"Of course I do!" John Lassett nodded, "I have bought several single comic books, your creations are all very good, you are a genius!"

Yin Jun smiled, "Which one do you like best?"

John Lassett hesitated for a moment, and said a little embarrassed: "Cherry Maruko." ”

"......" Yin Jun's eyes widened.

Seeing Yin Jun's performance, John Lassett scratched his head, "I think although it is from the perspective of a child, it reflects many problems in today's society." Although it is funny, after laughing, it is worth pondering. I can often feel a lot of truths in it, and I also know the greatness of your creative talent!

Yin Jun nodded.

There are several major animation studios in later generations, and there is one studio in which every animation it produces is not for children, but for adults.

This is Pixar.

And John Lasseter is the soul of Pixar, and it is the concept and thinking he is talking about now that has formed his and Pixar's animation production style!

Regardless of the controversy in terms of concept and other aspects, such a development, in Yin Jun's view, is a supplement and positive extension of cartoons.

The reason why Disney cartoons have been abandoned by the times in recent years is that they only think that cartoons are for children, so those low-level cartoons cannot attract adults to watch.

"I'm a comic, so I often watch cartoons, and I also watched the two short animations you made in college, and they are very aura, you are the future of Disney that I need!" Yin Jun said to him, "I'm going to let Disney make a cartoon soon, I hope you will join in and take on more responsibilities, do you have confidence?"

"I'll take the lead?" said John Lassett, surprised.

"You're thinking beautifully. Yin Jun waved his hand amusedly, "You can be the main assistant, and you are really sure that you are much worse than those masters." ”

"Good!"

John Lassett nodded, he was relieved, if Yin Jun really admired him inexplicably and let him take the lead, he would feel strange.

Hollywood also talks about seniority, even if he thinks he is talented, if he jumps to the top of such an old man rashly, then can he stay at Disney?

This is good, and it also proves that Yin Jun really wants to cultivate him.

"You go back and prepare, and you'll all go to the African savannah and sketch on the spot. Yin Jun said.

"I see!" John Lassett left a little excitedly.

Yin Jun originally wanted to tell him that he would have time to go to Lucas's computer animation department to learn more about other people's concepts of computer animation.

But the overall work of "The Lion King" will take at least one to two years, and it will not be too late until he is done.

Wait a minute.

Does it take one to two years to make an animated film?

Isn't that an exaggeration?

You must know that now Kylin Culture produces an episode of about 20 minutes of "Transformers", and more than 60 artists and animators can complete it in only 5 days.

Even if the "Lion King" movie will be 120 minutes long, Disney can use animators and artists more than ten times that of Kirin culture!

Even if Disney has other cartoons to do, it is easy to draw 200 artists and animators, and their collective combat effectiveness is much stronger than that of Kirin culture.

It's unbelievable that such a world's No. 1 animation production company can produce a big movie in a year or two!

But!

Yin Jun remembers clearly that "The Lion King" in his previous life was not produced for a year or two, but from project establishment to release, it took a total of three years!

Of course, there is also a reason for the procrastination of work efficiency among Americans.

For example, it took more than half a year to discuss the script, design the model, the picture script, etc.

The most exaggerated thing is that they were going to go to the African savannah to sketch on the spot, but because of the climate, they stayed in the United States for two months before they set off.

It's been a year.

Then more than 120 artists stayed in Africa for a year to draw various creatures.

Whether it is the lion, meerkat, warthog, coyote, or other creatures that appear in the main scene, they all paint, one after another, although many of them are not used in the end, but this delicate and serious work attitude should still be praised.

The following year, the artists returned to the United States to work in the studio with the animators.

After repeated revisions and productions, and a year of polishing, it was finally cast into the most classic "The Lion King".

All right.

said so, but Yin Jun felt that in fact, in terms of time, it could be speeded up a bit.

In terms of preliminary preparations, he has already prepared the film script and handed it over to the director, they will naturally convene the art team and animation team to make targeted arrangements.

In this way, the preparation time of the year will definitely not be needed, a little faster, and you can go to sketch in time for the beginning of the dry season in April, until the rainy season comes in September, and at most in October, you can return to the United States.

And you don't have to travel all over Africa to get there: the Maasai Mara National Nature Reserve in Kenya, the South Luangwa National Park in Zambia and the Ruaha National Park in Tanzania.

Half a year of sketching time is a bit rushed for Americans.

It's just that Yin Jun won't just use Americans, and Kylin Culture will soon bring in a lot of artists, and they will be sent to work together when the time comes.

Our Huaguo artists are hard and simple, automatic overtime, and work hard to complete the good habits of work, you old artists should also learn to learn!

2 months of preliminary planning and preparation, 6 months of painting and sketching, and 6-8 months of production.

Yin Jun arranged such a maximum of 16 months of production time for "The Lion King", which is actually not so hasty.

After all, compared to the "Lion King" made in his previous life, Yin Jun knows who to use and how to operate the whole process.

Of course, for Yin Jun, there are also a little difficulties.

That is the two directors of "The Lion King" in the previous life - Roger Elles and Rob Minkoff, both in their twenties now, one is the same as John Lasseter, who has just joined the company, and the other is still unknown.

If the original version can't be found, and he is not very familiar with Hollywood animation directors, Yin Jun will only have one candidate left.

Jeffrey Katzenberg.

The current vice president of Paramount Pictures, with him as vice president, is none other than Michael Eisner.

The two of them, together with President Barry Diller, formed the iron triangle of Paramount, and Paramount has been prosperous in the past few years.

But the good times don't last long, and after three years, the Iron Triangle will immediately fall apart.

Barry Diller went to 20 Fox and built the fourth largest television network in the United States for Murdoch.

Michael Eisner brought his good friend Jeffrey Katzenberg to Disney, Michael Eisner became CEO, and Katzenberg was the animation director.

But just like falling out with his other best friends, ten years later, Katzenberg, who couldn't bear Michael Eisner, left Disney and founded another major production company with two other friends.

Its name

Called

DreamWorks.

So you see, Paramount's iron triangle is really a very good management talent, and it can be called the top in Hollywood in the past 30 years!

Yin Jun not only wants to poach Michael Eisner and Katzenberg, but also wants to bring Barry Diller together.

Michael Eisner was in charge of the amusement park and merch stores, Katzenberg was in charge of the animation production, and Barry Diller was in charge of the acquisition and construction of the television network...... It's beautiful to think about such a scene!

It's just that the Paramount where they are now is much better than Disney, and Yin Jun has to think of a way to dig them up.

Professional managers in the United States are actually quite practical.

On the one hand, if there is no higher step for them, they will slack off and then want to take on new challenges.

On the other hand, if other companies give them more power and higher salaries, it is easy to poach people.

In Paramount's Iron Triangle, Barry Diller's favorite thing is to be a television network, so as long as he is promised to play to his heart's content, and given ample treatment, he will easily come over.

As for whether he will take the position of president, Barry Diler will not care very much.

Michael Eisner is ambitious, has many means, and is greedy for power, so as long as he is promised more power than in Paramount, and at the same time, he will also change jobs if he is also stimulated by a large amount of money and shares.

Among the three, Katzenberg belongs to the technical category of talents, not the kind of person who likes to stand in front of the stage, but he is very down-to-earth in doing things, and he is deeply liked by Barry Diller, and Michael Eisner also knows, so he said that he moved Katzenberg after changing jobs.

For such a technical talent, power and money are not the most important thing for him, but if Barry Diller and Michael Eisner both come to Disney, I believe he is willing to continue to work with these old partners.

Of course, Yin Jun will definitely weigh the interests and power between them.

The president of Disney is Yin Jun himself, and the CEO will be someone else, even if it is just a symbolic figure, that cannot make any of them the CEO.

All three of them are equal executive vice presidents, managing each of Disney's three major divisions.

Only in this way can Michael Eisner's increasingly inflated ambitions and desire for power be suppressed.

At least until Robert Iger grows up, Yin Jun still hopes to work with Michael Eisner, who has his own set of rules in terms of managing the company and developing the company.

Otherwise, Disney would not have grown from a small company on the verge of bankruptcy to one of Hollywood's new Big Seven.

Robert Eger's subsequent development is not unrelated to Michael Eisner's serious building and management.

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(When I checked the information about The Lion King, I thought of the chaos of domestic movies.) There is really a feeling that the movie is also fair, what attitude you use towards it, it will repay you with what attitude it uses, behind the classics, it really takes a lot of effort. ）

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