"Whether artistic or commercial achievements, Pixar is regarded as the most successful animation studio in the world today."

After looking at Ryan who was teasing his daughter, Nicole leaned on the sofa and asked, "Are you sure you want to listen?"

"continue."

Ryan stuffed his finger into Sandy's little hand and let her twitch it gently. The voice of Nicole reading newspapers came over from behind. "Due to the gathering of geniuses, the competition within Pixar Studio is very fierce. The management often makes some inhumane personnel adjustments, such as only a limited number of people from the core group will serve as directors of the film, and never give young people a chance."

"If you want to become a director of animated feature films at Pixar Studios, it is better to buy lottery tickets, so those geniuses who have no chance to play the film choose to escape Pixar Studios."

Nicole looked at Ryan, who was having fun with his daughter, and laughed, but she didn't stop. "These outstanding graduates of the 'animated West Point Military Academy' are talented and passionate. Maybe they are tomorrow's John Lassett and Andrew Stanton."

"Mr. Jenkins."

The female caregiver came over and grabbed the handle of the stroller, "It's time for Sandy to go to bed."

"Okay, my dear." Ryan stood up and waved to the little guy in the car, "Goodbye."

After the caregiver pushed his daughter away, Ryan walked to the couch and sat next to Nicole. He took the newspaper in her hand and saw an extremely terrifying title on the entertainment page - "Escape from Pixar".

"These tabloids." Ryan couldn't help but shake his head, "to attract attention, he would exaggerate things a hundred times."

"It really won't have any impact?" Nicole asked with a frown.

"It's just a few middle-level employees because their contracts expire..." Ryan made a peace of mind to her, "It's just a normal resignation, and it won't have much impact on Pixar at all."

Things are actually not complicated. Several middle-level employees of Pixar Studio who are well-known in the industry officially expired after "Car Mobilization". They did not choose to renew their contracts, but went to other companies to develop, which is a very normal turnover of personnel.

However, these people who think they are full of talent think that they can't get the opportunity to become directors in Pixar Studios, and they can't help but complain a few times.

One of the interviews was also published in detail by the tabloids.

“Since I was ten years old, I dreamed of becoming a film director.”

The person interviewed was Jimmy Hayward. "More than ten years ago, an opportunity appeared before me. I joined Pixar Animation Studio, which is now sweeping the global animation market."

"From the Toy Story series to the Bug Crisis, Monster Electric Company, and to the Find Nemo and Superman Family, I have contributed several times my salary to wisdom and labor. However, after working for a long time, I gradually understood the cruel fact that if I want to be a director myself, I have to leave Pixar."

"It's a difficult choice, an option that most Pixar employees wouldn't consider at all, but I did it not mean that I was impulsive."

There were several other people who left at the same time. Ryan was most impressed by Jimmy Hayward, mainly because after leaving Pixar Studio in his previous life, he did not succeed as he imagined. In addition to "Horton and the Anonymous", he was still pretty good, the other two "Turkey Movement" and "Jona Hax" both caused huge losses to Twentieth Century Fox.

In addition, Ash Brannon, another person who left the company, also had some impression of him, vaguely remembering that this person later went to Sony Entertainment. The animated feature film directed by him also caused a very bad trick on the investors.

Your own talent is important, but a platform that can show its talent is equally important.

Ryan didn't care much about the departure of these people. This would not weaken Pixar Studio's creativity and execution. All Hollywood admits the fact that whenever someone resigns and leaves Pixar Studio, Pixar's human resources department can receive hundreds or even thousands of reliable cover letters.

Besides, normal personnel flow is also a good thing to keep Pixar Studio alive.

Pixar Studio implements a boutique strategy, and can usually launch an animated feature film every year. Some years even shaved their heads. The directors of these films all come from the core layer of the studio.

John Lasseter, Brad Bird, Andrew Stanton and Peter Dougt, these four people are well-deserved Pixar All-Star teams, and their past success has proved their ability. Moreover, these people are not only shareholders of Disney, but also have made great efforts in the process of Ryan swallowing Disney. As long as they can create value, the permissions of Pixar's animated feature films will definitely not fall into the hands of others.

Companies that gain advantages in external competition will inevitably become fierce internal competition. Commercial companies like Pixar Studios that have achieved great success will definitely gather a large number of industry elites, but like other companies, there will inevitably be only a handful of employees at the top of the chain in their internal "food chain".

You should know that the talented people in Pixar's technical department are very high in density, such as Lee Angkridge, the sound designer of the super cool short film "Kidnapping Class", and Brad Chapman, the screenwriter of "Carshes", are actually qualified and capable of directing feature films, but so far, they have not yet released a large number of works.

As for the departure of Jimmy Hayward, Ash Brannon and others, they must be far behind these people in terms of talent and ability.

Of course, Ryan also knows the importance of talent. He, Ed Kaml and John Lasset, both attach great importance to these real core employees, and promises a bright future to these people.

In Pixar Studio's future production plan, the director's position has been booked by these professional madmen. Lee Angridge has confirmed that he will direct Pixar's highlight drama "Toy Story 3".

As for the other two, each has projects in preparation, such as Brad Chapman is working on adapting a folklore about Scotland.

“No studio except Pixar Studios can produce so many creative geniuses and cultivate so many great artists and animators.”

This comment that once appeared on the cover of "Vanity Fair" may be a bit exaggerated, but it always shows the strength of Pixar Studios today and its prominent position in the industry.

Perhaps Pixar Studio will encounter a bottleneck of creative exhaustion in the future, but in Ryan's view, there are many talents now, so how to use them is the most difficult problem for Pixar Studio to solve.

In recent years, Ryan has made some adjustments between Pixar Studio and Disney animation department one after another. More than 300 people have transferred from Pixar Studio to Disney animation department, and those who truly possess super abilities have also entered a higher and more important position.

However, Disney animation department and Pixar Studios are both high-quality strategies implemented. In the future plans, most of the animated feature films released every year will remain at an average frequency of one movie a year or even not reaching this number. Many people's position will inevitably be somewhat different from their own abilities.

How to solve it? Now the people who change jobs are only a few middle-level employees who are not core, but what about the future? You should know that these people who change jobs will inevitably become the most direct competitors of Pixar Studios.

Although Pixar Studio needs external competitors, it is not a good thing if there are too many competitors and too strong ones.

With Jimmy Hayward, Ash Brannon and others leaving, Ryan began to consider this issue. Even a group of idealists would have ambitions and ambitions to realize their ideals, not to mention that Pixar Studios is a real business company.

Change the finest strategy of Disney animation or Pixar Studios?

Ryan would rather have more people change jobs than make such an unwise choice. It took more than ten years for both animation studios to form their own ideas and culture. Although the change will not die, it will inevitably lead to huge turmoil.

Now that Pixar Studios is developing rapidly and Disney animation is gradually getting on track, turmoil will definitely cause unimaginable losses.

The best way is to have a high-yield animation work department, so that more people have the opportunity and hope to go to a higher position. Does Hollywood have such an animation studio?

The answer is yes - DreamWorks Animation Studio, run by Jerry Ver Carsonberg.

The former president of Disney's animation department once claimed that DreamWorks Animation Studio has the ability to produce three to four animated feature films or series a year.

Although these words are a bit exaggerated, Ryan knew that DreamWorks Animation Studio was indeed executing the film sea tactics.

It seems that it is imperative to acquire DreamWorks Animation Studio.

The current annual output of DreamWorks animation studios is generally around two movies. Ryan remembers that it will increase to three movies in a few years. This process can be slightly advanced and create more positions and opportunities.

Of course, in his opinion, in the next ten years, it will be enough for DreamWorks Animation Studio to maintain a production of about three parts a year, after all, it also needs to consider the market's digestibility.

After Ryan talked with Robert Iger last time, Walt Disney acquired some shares in DreamWorks Animation Studios, but it has remained below 5%. This year, the animation studios of Warner Bros. and Universal Pictures will launch their own CG animation feature films. Pixar's external competitive environment will not be as easy as last year, and the acquisition can gradually accelerate.

The five largest shareholders of DreamWorks Animation Studio are himself, Jerry Fert Carsonberg, David Geffen, Stephen Spielberg and Paul Allen, one of the founders of Microsoft. As for the shares scattered in Wall Street, as long as the price is right, there are basically no problems.

Thinking of this, Ryan called Robert Eiger and Dick Cook respectively. The acquisition will definitely not be completed in the short term, but preparations must be made in advance. (To be continued...)
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