When Ronan learned that Lionsgate Pictures met again, Yorkris Renard and the other two met again, Ronan then called and confirmed that Lionsgate's recruitment ended in failure.

This result was not beyond Ronan's expectations.

In recent years since the establishment of Lionsgate Pictures, its performance has not been very outstanding. Take the film business as an example. The most famous movie so far is "Dance of the Death Prisoner". Not to mention the movies with a box office of over 100 million in North America, there are not even more than 50 million US dollars.

As for the integrity of the issuance platform and industrial chain, the gap with Relativity Entertainment is even greater.

If Frank Gusta, the founder of Lionsgate Pictures, was not financially wealthy and had a background in mining and banking, Lionsgate Pictures might not have been what it is today.

The conditions given by Ronan are already good. Anyone with some analytical skills will make a choice between Relativity Entertainment and Lionsgate Pictures.

Relativity Entertainment's attraction to these animation production talents is based on strength.

As soon as April began, Chris Renard, Eric Bellon, Mary Claire and others resigned from 20th Century Fox and officially signed a contract with Shahai Entertainment and joined the newly established Shahai Entertainment Animation Production Department.

Chris Renard was appointed director of animation production by Ronan.

Although a very small number of people left the team after leaving the job and went elsewhere, the production team of Fox Animation has basically been completely transferred to Shahai Entertainment. In addition to Chris Renard, a total of nearly 100 professionals in animation production signed contracts with Shahai Entertainment.

As the scale continues to expand, Shahai Entertainment rented a whole floor of office building. After nearly a hundred people joined, the office space became tense again.

"The sand sea will not expand again in the near future."

Walking on the corridor on the floor, Ronan said to George Clint, the executive president of Shahai Entertainment: "The office is temporarily enough, and some comprehensive management departments are ready to be incorporated into the Relativity Entertainment."

George Clint rushed back from Rosario, Baja California, for the sake of this negotiation and signing, and said: "When are you going to start making animated movies?"

"No, this is too urgent, and I can't come." Ronan said calmly: "Animation production requires time to accumulate. We dug up the entire team, which is indeed a shortcut, but their previous hardware and software cannot bring out Fox."

Although the most precious wealth of animation production is contained in the minds of these technicians, the importance of hardware equipment and software support cannot be ignored.

George Clint said: "It's better to be more stable. We are developing too fast. If we are a little unstable, we will not lay a solid foundation."

Ronan nodded and said as he walked: "The computers and other equipment and software ordered will arrive today. The equipment is here, so that these people can first adapt to familiarity for a while, and add the knowledge accumulated in their heads to the equipment purchased by the company."

People always come and go, which is inevitable, but devices and software can stay in Sand Sea Entertainment forever.

"We still need to set a goal," suggests George Clint. "Only with goals can we gather people's hearts and give them a direction to work hard."

Ronan said again: "I will give Chris Renard an animated short film plan in the afternoon, which is to let them practice first and compete for next year's Oscar animation short films."

This team has produced animated feature films, but "Frozen Planet" ended in a crushing defeat.

Ronan is not in a hurry to launch animated feature films, and these people need further adjustments. In his previous life, he has watched many animated films produced by Disney, Pixar, DreamWorks, Blue Sky, Lighting Entertainment, Sony Animation and other studios. Although creativity and story are important, technology is the basis for achieving all this.

Without animation production technology, everything is empty talk.

Why is Pixar Studio a stubborn? Creativity and stories actually only account for a part, and the key lies in various technologies.

The current various standards for computer animation movies are basically formulated by Pixar Studios, and many patents for hardware and software for developing animation movies are also in the hands of Pixar Studios.

Of course, Pixar cannot monopolize this industry. There are other companies in the market for developing software, but it is far less useful than Pixar.

Like Fox Animation, DreamWorks Animation and Disney Animation Studios that want to abandon traditional hand-painted use software purchased from Pixar Studios.

Pixar Studios has never hidden itself in selling software and hardware. As long as they can afford the price, they will sell it.

Ronan speculated that Steve Jobs was also creating a competitor in disguise.

Pixar Studios is the dominant player in computer animation production, and Disney Animation Studios has declined again. Without DreamWorks Animation Studio, a competitor, it is hard to say that it can still rush forward.

The development equipment and software that Ronan ordered were all from Pixar Studios, and the expenses in this area alone cost millions of dollars.

When he came to the large office of the animation production department, Ronan found Chris Renard and asked, "How is the arrangement?"

Chris Renard smiled and said, "The staff is in place, the equipment will be transported immediately. This week, we will be able to officially enter the working state next week."

After changing to a new company, they also want to prove that they are not a group of losers as soon as possible.

"Yes, you will receive equipment in the morning." Ronan pointed to George Clint: "If you have any future situation, react to George in time."

Then, Ronan went to George Clint's office and asked about the situation on the Pirates of the Caribbean.

"The crew has just started filming," said George Clint. "It's still in the running-in stage, there are no big problems, and there are a lot of small troubles, but the crew can solve them by themselves."

Ronan nodded and reminded: "Photoing in Mexico, pay attention to safety."

George Clint was cautious: "We hired professional security teams, and Mexican gangs and drug dealers would not easily mess with Hollywood crews."

Drug dealers in Mexico are a very troublesome existence, and anti-drug in Mexico is definitely one of the most dangerous jobs in the world.

Ronan asked again: "No problem with Johnny Depp, right?"

"Besides sometimes drinking and late, everything else is fine." George Clint said the truth: "No sign of drug use."

Ronan said directly: "Abuse and late? Depp's professional qualities are indeed well-deserved. I will go to Mexico in a while, and I will talk to Depp and his agent."

In the eyes of him, who has watched the Pirates of the Caribbean series, Johnny Depp is the most indispensable and troublesome existence for the project.

As his fame expands, Johnny Depp's professional qualities will become worse and worse.

The actors have poor professional qualities and have never been the patent of some stars on the other side of the Pacific. Hollywood is not short of such stars.

The sound of footsteps gradually came from the corridor, and the various equipment purchased from Pixar Studio were sent over. Ronan just looked at it and didn't care about what happened later. The receiving equipment was naturally done by professionals like Chris Reynard.

Luo Nan doesn't know much about computer software and hardware.

In the morning, Ronan was discussing Shahai Entertainment's production business with George Clint, especially James Rust's "The Enemy of the People".

At present, James Rust has reached a director's intention with Andy Tannert, and Shahai Entertainment has just begun to negotiate a director's contract with the other party's agent.

After the director confirms, the project will move from early planning to early preparation stage.

After lunch, Ronan called Chris Renard, Eric Bellon and Mary Claire into the conference room.

"There is no problem with the equipment?" Ronan asked.

Eric Bellon responded: "I have carefully checked the software and hardware, no problem."

Mary Claire also said: "This is an upgraded version of the development software used by Fox Animation, which can seamlessly connect with the team and get our work on track as soon as possible."

Ronan nodded and said, "Today is a good start. New companies and new teams need to be familiar with the running-in. Don't worry, we have plenty of time and sufficient funds."

Several people here laughed. Although the office of the new company is a little outdated, the treatment is very good, and the software and hardware support is sufficient, which is much better than expected.

Chris Renard said at this time: "I suggest creating a small project for the animation production department." He learned from the previous failure: "The investment does not have to be very high, which can not only allow the team to pick up the production business, but also run-in in the project production."

Ronan has learned that after the failure of "Frozen Planet", Fox Animation Department did not carry out new animation production business, but was more responsible for some outsourcing work and special effects production of Fox live-action movies.

"We have the same idea." Ronan waved his hands and asked someone to distribute the plans to Chris Renard and others, saying: "This is an animation short film project. All I wrote is a general setting and preliminary plan. You will make detailed plans based on the actual situation of animation production."

Chris Renard, Eric Veron and Mary Claire immediately looked through the plan, which contained the character settings and the sketches that were drawn with a bit of terrible.

"I painted the drawings, only the general image." Ronan knew that he was a poor level among the amateur level: "You professionals need to improve them."

Ronan has never studied or trained specifically in this regard.

Chris Renard looked at the settings and artwork carefully, and said nothing, and he had a specialty in his profession. This is a very simple truth.

Ronan said again: "If this short film plan goes well, I will be preparing to apply for the best animated short film for next year. I have experience in operating the Oscars and have won the best foreign language film for the Oscars."
Chapter completed!