“There is a situation,” Chris Barker reminded: “I have to tell you in advance that several production staff, including me, have signed a competition agreement with Disney.”

Ronan had already learned about the relevant situation and said, "You can rest assured that all liquidated damages will be borne by Relativity Entertainment."

These people are not Disney executives, and the penalty for the penalty for the competition agreement is not particularly high. Not everyone in the team has signed it, that is, more than a dozen people in the core team have a total amount of about 50 million US dollars.

Compared to the team that inherited Disney animation production, this liquidated damages are nothing at all.

Chris Buck was a little relieved and said, "If we join Relativity Entertainment, would we enter the Shahai Entertainment Animation Studio?"

This is also his big doubt. Judging from several animations, Shahai Entertainment Animation Studio has completely different styles from their styles.

"No." Ronan gave an answer without hesitation: "Like Shahai Animation Studio, you will become an independent animation production department of Shahai Entertainment. If the development goes smoothly in the future, you and Shahai Animation Studio can also be listed as subsidiaries of Relativity Entertainment."

This dispelled some of Chris Buck's doubts, and he continued to ask: "Production?"

Ronan said: "On the basis of maintaining your excellent traditional production concepts of truth, goodness and beauty, we must also incorporate new concepts that conform to social trends. The success of the movie cannot be separated from social reality. I found you not to let you shoot and produce spoof comedy animation feature films like DreamWorks Animation Studio or Shahai Animation Studio, but to create a new fairy tale movie that meets the needs of the new era!"

Chris Buck suddenly smiled helplessly: "We have encountered many difficulties in computer animation production."

"This is not difficult to solve." Disney's shareholders' meeting is about to be held, and Ronan has no need to hide it anymore and said directly: "Pixar Studio can provide you with all-round assistance."

Chris Barker immediately realized the meaning behind this: "What? Pixar Studio?" He looked up at Ronan, and asked with a little shock, "You... Relativity Entertainment is going to cooperate with Pixar Studio?"

Ronan said: "I have reached an agreement with Steve Jobs and other shareholders of Pixar Studios, and Relativity Entertainment will acquire Pixar Studios."

"This..." Chris Buck needed to digest the news, and after a while, he gradually calmed down: "Michael Eisner ruined Disney animation."

Ronan said slowly: "Chris, Relativity Entertainment is very sincere."

Chris Barker said: "I need to discuss with the members of the team and then reply to you."

Luo Nan nodded slightly: "I'll wait for your good news."

Chris Buck stood up and shook hands with Ronan: "Emotionally, I don't want to leave the Disney animation studio that I've worked for more than a decade, but people sometimes have to make choices."

Luo Nan is full of sincerity: "You will not regret the choice of relativity entertainment."

The two sides ended the interview. After Chris Buck left, they immediately found their old partner Byrne Howard and others who were waiting for the news to discuss together.

Chris Buck said in detail about his meeting with Ronan.

“Ronan Anderson and Relativity Entertainment are really sincere,” Byrne Howard said. “We have become a team of losers in Hollywood and are not valued within Disney, but he talks with you personally and promises to give us greater creative freedom.”

Another core member of the team, Ritchie Moore, joined Disney for a relatively short time and did not have that deep affection for Disney. He said: "Not to mention our team, after 1999, the entire Disney animation studio was marginalized. Are we waiting to be fired if we don't leave?"

Byrne Howard was silent first, then said: "Disney is no longer the Disney he used to be."

Others agreed that they actually saw very clearly the situation of Disney in recent years.

Chris Buck has been silent and seems to be difficult to make a decision.

Byrne Howard looked at him and said, "Chris, at this time, are you still having fantasies about Roy Disney?"

"It's not about having fantasies." Chris Barker looked at everyone present and said slowly: "If Roy can win at Disney's shareholders' meeting, it will end Michael Eisner's arbitrary situation. Disney is very likely to return to the right track and develop steadily again."

Ritchie Moore continued: "It's the Disney shareholders' meeting soon. With the current situation, can Roy Disney win?"

No one answered, and the answer was very obvious. Currently, Disney's stock price has been rising all the time, with most centrist shareholders standing on Michael Eisner's side, and Roy Disney's chances of winning are getting smaller.

Byrne Howard patted his old friend on the shoulder: "It's time to make a decision."

Chris Buck first nodded, then shook his head: "You guys are a little patient, wait a little longer, give me two more days. We are not short of these two days, and Ronan Anderson and Relativity Entertainment will not change their minds because of these two days. We will wait for the results of the shareholders' meeting."

Ritchie Moore and Byrne Howard looked at each other and said, "Okay, but Chris, don't have much hope for Roy Disney."

Byrne Howard said: "Even if Roy Disney wins, is he capable of running Walt Disney?"

Chris Buck has nothing to say. Roy Disney is a good person, but not a good manager and management player.

In mid-December, the film and television industry in Los Angeles was focusing on the awards season. The Brokeback Mountain, released by Embassy Pictures, also started previews in Los Angeles and New York, where Oscar judges were relatively concentrated.

The creative team is working hard to win awards every day. Ang Lee is wearing a suit and ties and is at various banquet parties in Beverly Hills. In addition to Heath Ledger, who is filming "The Dark Knight", and major actors such as Anne Hathaway and Jack Gillenhill, not only run publicity notices, but also participate in another gay parade in Los Angeles.

Canada, a neighbor in the north of America, officially passed the homosexual marriage bill, and two more states in the United States joined the ranks.

The homosexual community was greatly inspired and various activities emerged one after another.

There are a large number of conservatives in Hollywood, but there are also a large number of leftists. The voice of equal rights is becoming louder and louder under the promotion of some people.

This is driven by the general trend of society and cannot be stopped by any person or company.

Although Utah has clearly restricted Brokeback Mountain from being released in the state and has continued to make critics, public opinion supporting Brokeback Mountain is even more surging.

Sometimes I have to admire Bai Zuo. Maybe the earliest Bai Zuo was fooling those minority groups to work hard on their pirate ships, but the fooling time was long and the strength was greater, resulting in many real Bai Zuo coming out.

When the White-Left Wave appears, whether it is true or false, smart people will choose to follow the trend.

Even if you don’t like it, you won’t express your opinion or make it public.

Since its release, "Brokeback Mountain" has won a series of nominations for outpost awards and Best Director and Best Picture trophysics, and has become popular Oscars along with "Capote" and "Good Night, Good Luck".

"Capport" also attracted Ronan's attention because it was also a homosexual film.

In the media’s words, Capote shows the audience that not all gay people are cowboys, and some are sissy New York intellectuals.

Fortunately, Bellet Miller, the director of Capote, has limited qualifications, and the producer is just a small company called Unlimited Media, and the publisher Sony Classics cannot invest too much resources in this non-Sony movie.

As of mid-December, Ang Lee had eaten nearly twenty meals of "plastic chicken", and "Brokeback Mountain" gradually became the number one hottest Oscar.

Meanwhile, the Walt Disney shareholder meeting was held in Burbank.

Since Relativity Entertainment does not have any Disney shares in its hands, Ronan cannot participate in the shareholders' meeting, but he heard that at the two-day shareholders' meeting, the conservatives led by Roy Disney and the management faction led by Michael Eisner had an extremely fierce confrontation.

Moreover, at a critical moment, the third faction entered the market. Ryan Kavanaugh and David Ellison, who represented Maple Leaf Pictures, joined forces with several other small shareholders to elect Dick Cook to take over as chairman and CEO of Walt Disney.

It is very obvious that Dick Cook, who was originally a staunch Michael Eisner supporter, privately reached an agreement with Ryan Kavanaugh and David Ellison to become the spokesperson for Maple Leaf Pictures’ interest at Walt Disney.

The dispute between the three factions has disrupted the Disney shareholder meeting, and some shareholders even left the market early in anger.

Roy Disney's motion to revoke Michael Eisner Walt Disney chairman and CEO was no longer possible because supporters were far less than half of them.

But at the shareholders' meeting, Roy Disney, the stubborn old man, said he would never give up and would join forces with some shareholders, including the Disney family, to continue to sue Michael Eisner for malfeasance in the Delaware Eisner!

Michael Eisner retained his position and became the winner, but he was not happy at all, but was alert to the emergence of third-party forces.

Of course he knew that Ronan and Relativity Entertainment had abandoned him and chose to maximize their interests when the shareholders' meeting was held.

In addition, Michael Eisner was quite angry about Dick Cook's betrayal.

The third faction is rising, and Walt Disney is even more chaotic than before. It is impossible to get back on track in a short period of time.

Michael Eisner felt powerless, but in order to protect himself, he had to continue to stay in this position.
Chapter completed!