Rebirth In Hollywood

Sitting in the luxurious box on the second floor, Ryan and Natalie took off the disguise on their faces. Advertisements and other movie previews were playing on the big screen, and there was still some time before the movie started.

However, they were the only ones in the box, and the two little girls who had clamored to see "Mulan" a few days ago had disappeared.

Just yesterday, Ryan received a call from Nicole, and then asked someone to send the two little guys who had a summer vacation to Australia. In his words at the time, it was to let them harm Australians.

"Be careful if someone sues you for abducting and trafficking underage children." Natalie was obviously trying to trouble Ryan on purpose.

"It's a pity that this crime will not be convicted. The person who took them was Julius, and Scott signed the guardian's certificate." Ryan opened a bag of pistachios, peeled off the skin skillfully, and put the crispy pistachios Ren put it into Natalie's little hand, "Nat, don't you think it's strange to let two little girls mix among us?"

"Strange?" Natalie straightened the back of the soft chair first, then looked over, "What are you thinking, Ryan?"

"I was thinking, maybe I can spend the night with you tonight."

Ryan stretched out his finger, gently hooked Natalie's chin, and slightly lowered his head to kiss it. Natalie's rebellious 'wow' sound quickly turned into a heavy nasal sound, and her hands were hung on the ground unconsciously. on Ryan's neck.

The slender fingers had just picked up the blouse, and Natalie pressed it quickly. Her brown eyes suddenly opened, and she gently pressed her forehead against his forehead, and quickly pulled away. come over.

"Ryan, this is a public place!" Although the voice was extremely low, there was an unconcealable irritation in it.

"This is a closed box..." Seeing Natalie's firm eyes, Ryan closed his mouth. Obediently withdrew her hand, "Okay, Nat, let's watch a movie."

on the big screen. The Walt Disney movie titles have just been released.

This movie looks full of oriental style. In fact, it's just a western film in an oriental cloak, and it falls into the eyes of someone like Ryan who has lived opposite him for so many years in his previous life. Many plots and scenes are quite nondescript.

This is an excellent hand-drawn animation. Although it can only be regarded as a relatively ordinary work in Disney animation, it inherits the consistent style of Disney animation. The combination of music and songs is excellent, especially the one sung by Christina Aguilera.

"Is it boring, Nat?" Ryan noticed that Natalie didn't have much energy on the movie.

"At first, I thought I could see a movie showing exotic cultures, but I didn't expect..." Natalie curled her lips and made a gesture that you understand, "In essence, this movie is similar to "Aladdin" and "Wind Wind" There is not much difference between Pocahontas."

"Movies must first adapt to the market."

Anyway, I have seen it several times in my previous life. Ryan also looked away from the big screen, "Now the world's most important film markets are in North America, Europe, and Japan, South Korea and other countries in the Far East that are deeply influenced by Western culture."

"A paradox between art and business?" Natalie laughed.

"Business and art have been tightly intertwined for a long time, and can no longer be separated." Ryan spread his hands playfully. I don't want to continue this topic that may cause disputes between the two, "Since it's boring, let's go back?"

"Hmm... okay." Natalie nodded after thinking for a while.

She took Ryan's sunglasses and hat, put them on carefully for him, and tidied herself briefly, 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.

"Chirping and chirping, Mulan is weaving at home. I don't hear the sound of the locomotive, but I hear the girl sighing. Ask the girl what she thinks, ask her what she remembers. The girl has nothing to think about, and the woman has nothing to remember..."

Although Natalie's pronunciation was extremely non-standard, Ryan could still hear what she read, "Did you prepare before coming, Nat?"

"Hmm~" Natalie responded, "I found this song "Mulan Ci" specially, but unfortunately I didn't remember all of it."

"It's a very strange poem, the format is completely different from that of a sonnet." After she finished feeling, she stared at Ryan and asked, "Aren't you very knowledgeable about their culture? Tell me about the rhythmic characteristics of these ancient poems, please?" ?”

"Ah..." Ryan scratched his face, even if he went to the other side to ask about this thing, how many people would know about it?

Natalie probably saw something, and she obviously didn't want to let him go, "Maybe you compose a song? Could it be that you don't understand anything?"

Well, all I know is that it needs to rhyme, and I really don't know anything else.

Ryan can only sigh with emotion in his heart. In his previous life, when he was studying, he learned mathematics, physics and chemistry well, and he was not afraid to travel all over the world. English was even more prosperous. On the contrary, the language of his own nation was neglected by others. How many people understand the things?

"This is too difficult." Ryan had no choice but to admit in disguise.

Maybe it was because of Ryan's frustrated expression, Natalie came over and kissed him, "No one knows everything, Ryan."

"But your blow has already hurt my fragile heart." Ryan's face has long been practiced.

Now it was Natalie's turn to be helpless, she rolled her eyes, and pressed her forehead fiercely against his shoulder, before Ryan could fight back, she quickly moved away from this side.

"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, gently stroking the brown curly hair, "We haven't been together for a long time."

"It's only been a few days." Although Natalie said so, she didn't make any objection.

Probably because of the relationship between age and mentality, Natalie felt that her needs were not strong. After those crazy days, she almost vented the enthusiasm accumulated for a long time. Happier things.

However, when the two of them walked into the sea-facing bedroom on the second floor of the villa, all of these disappeared.

For the first time in her life, she took the initiative, looked down at the resolute face of her lover, and with his assistance, she swayed her body slowly and rhythmically. What came to her mind was not only physical happiness, but also psychological happiness. Wonderful taste.

It turned out that the condescending feeling was so beautiful.

Natalie knew that it was impossible for Ryan to stay in New York for a long time, and the next time he enjoyed this kind of taste, he didn't know when he would have to wait.

"Mulan" and "A Bug's Life" were released a week apart, attracting the attention of many interested people. They all want to determine the future development trend of 3D computer animation and 2D hand-drawn animation through the most intuitive market response.

Especially those large Hollywood film companies, such as Warner Bros. and Twentieth Century Fox, all have animation studios under their banners, and they have to determine the most suitable way of development.

Although they believed what Ryan said, they also hoped that Pixar Studios would succeed again. After all, it is not too difficult to obtain computer animation technology from partners. In their trials, Ryan did not eat alone. mean.

But Disney is Hollywood, and even the number one animation giant in the world. Even if the animation department has shown signs of decline in recent years, it should not be underestimated.

While animated movies make money in a variety of ways, the box office numbers always tell something.

After a full second week, "A Bug's Life" took in more than 33 million US dollars. Although it was down from last week, it remained stable at a considerable number.

And "Mulan", which was released for three days, earned more than 26 million US dollars after the first weekend. Compared with other animated films produced by Disney after "The Lion King", there is almost no gap. There has been a sharp decline, and it is not difficult to achieve profitability based on box office alone.

After two weeks of popularity, "Saving Private Ryan" has gradually calmed down, but the box office close to 32 million is enough to make it overwhelm Disney's masterpiece and occupy the second place in the North American weekly box office list.

As for the champion, it is naturally "A Bug's Life". This animated film that was not valued by Disney in the previous life and has not been released in many markets has become the most eye-catching animated feature film this year. Pixar Studio has established itself in the animation industry. position in film.

"A Bug's Life" brought Ryan and Pixar Studio more than just box office and peripheral revenue. After the news that it became the top box office leader in the week, the stock price rose accordingly. High-priced it stocks have now become star stocks in the hearts of countless investors.

Looking at the soaring stock price, Ryan would have had the urge to sell Pixar Studios if he hadn't clearly known what kind of future it had. It will make countless people jealous.

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. More and more film companies are negotiating technology transfer and cooperation with Pixar, including Warner and 20th Century Fox. Such a movie giant.

The former ugly duckling has completely transformed into a white swan in everyone's eyes.

There are still many people who cast their eyes on Ryan with envy and jealousy. The investment of 50 million US dollars back then was exchanged for shares worth billions of dollars. They drowned with their saliva, looking at the whole of the United States, how many people can make this kind of investment with a rate of return as high as dozens of times?

Or was he really kissed by God when he was born?

In any case, the success of Pixar has greatly promoted the rapid development of computer animation. Even DreamWorks Animation Studio decided to end the hand-drawn animation as soon as possible and start its own era of computer animation. ()