After completing the routine exercise every morning, Natalie went back to her room to take a shower, changed into formal clothes and walked down the stairs. As soon as she approached the restaurant, she smelled a strange and familiar smell. It was the smell of the breakfast made by her mother. Since she moved to Los Angeles, she has almost forgotten this smell.

Thinking of last night's call, she frowned slightly, shook her head and smiled, and sat at the dining table, waiting for her mother to deliver breakfast like a child who had not grown up.

"Dear." Mrs. Sheley walked into the dining room from the kitchen and placed a tray in front of Natalie, "I hope you like it."

"Mother."

After serving the steaming cereal porridge, Natalie looked at her mother, "Thank you, I haven't felt this way for a long time."

After picking up the spoon and stirring it in the bowl a few times, Natalie heard her mother say again, "I can come over at any time as long as you like."

The porridge-making movement stopped a little, and Natalie blinked, "Of course, mom."

As before, Natalie didn't eat much. After drinking this small bowl of cereal porridge, she put down the spoon, and after her mother finished eating, she took the initiative to pack up the table.

After doing all this, at the suggestion of Mrs. Shelley, Natalie walked out of the villa with her and walked slowly along the garden path. She had no important work today and could stay at home.

Los Angeles in December did not feel the cold at all. The bright sunshine shone in the garden, reflecting the figures of the mother and daughter, making them look extremely warm.

Gently holding her bent arms, Natalie followed her mother's footsteps like a teenager. It was difficult to have such a peaceful moment in Hollywood, where there was constant disputes. Especially in recent times, in order to gradually kick off the awards season, her life is full of noise.

Although she understood that the Oscar Best Actress was very likely to be held in her hands. Natalie did not relax at all. She did not want any accidents at critical moments. In addition to participating in various public relations activities prepared for her, she also took advantage of her identity to contact her mother who could build relationships.

Most people were extremely polite to her, and they didn't see the dark side of the rumors. She understood why all this was. This was an extremely realistic circle. Even if the judges didn't choose her, they would not risk offending Ryan.

Thinking of Ryan Natalie, she had a headache, and her mother's attitude towards Ryan...

"Nate..."

Her mother's words interrupted her thoughts, and Natalie looked over, "What? Mom?"

"According to the analysis, how likely are you to win the best actress?"

Hearing the concerned question, Natalie said seriously, "According to the analysis of the PR team, my chances are now more than 70%. My biggest competitor is Australian actor Cate Blanchett. But the current situation..."

She made a gesture you understand.

"If you win the Oscar for Best Actress," Mrs. Sheley pulled Natalie and sat on the bench in the garden. "Will you move back to New York to live? It's not necessarily Long Island, you can be on the Upper East Side or the Upper West Side, so your dad and I can see you at any time."

"Mom..." Natalie hesitated for a moment. Still said, "I like the weather in Los Angeles."

"Nate!" Mrs. Shelley's tone increased a little, "Why do you have to stay with him? Next year you will be the Oscar winner, we are Jews. We can get the best resources. Others need to pay money and work to break the head and grab things, and it doesn't take too much effort for you..."

"Mom!" Natalie interrupted her mother. "Please stop talking."

"Do you think what I said is wrong?"

Natalie didn't answer, it's no secret that many of Hollywood's privileges belong to Jews only.

"Sorry, mom." She stood up and walked towards the villa. "I won't move back to New York, I'm going to read the script."

"Nate..." Mrs. Sheley also stood up, "Do you know a lot of people are talking about you?"

"I..." Natalie's figure paused for a brief moment, "I don't care, this is Hollywood!"

Do you really don't care? How is that possible?

Back in the study, Natalie forced herself not to think about it and focused her energy on this script that reflected the experience of the US military stationed in Iraq.

In the living room downstairs, Mrs. Shelley was flipping through the newspapers. The focus of her attention was naturally on the entertainment version. She was still far from the Oscars in February next year, and even the nomination list had not been released. However, among the media's predictions, Natalie was undoubtedly the biggest hit.

In some of the small awards recently, she completely beat Cate Blanchett and swept a series of Best Actress Awards.

Gradually, Mrs. Sheley focused on Disney's relevant information. Although she was very unwilling and even hated the thin boy back then, so that she had thought of exposing Sandy Jenkins to the media, she finally endured it, which would not be beneficial to her daughter.

As in the past, there is almost all good news about Disney. Pixar Studios' "Rat King" sold well, "National Treasure 2" has a very poor reputation and excellent box office. The Harry Potter series has once again achieved success...

Even her, a person who is hostile to the other party, has to admit that the thin boy at the time has become a sensational figure in the United States and one of the top giants in Hollywood. No one wants to offend such a person, and no one wants to completely stand against Disney for no reason.

How can I get Nat to leave him?

This is a question Mrs. Shelley has been considering, after all, they only have this daughter.

Meanwhile, Ryan sat in the Pixar Studios conference room, joining John Lassett and Ed Camel at Pixar Studios' high-level meetings.

Although "The Rat King" released on Thanksgiving won more than 150 million US dollars in North America's box office in 20 days, from the opening performance to the first week's box office to the weekly decline, it fell below Disney and Pixar's estimates, and the box office trend in North America is even lower than "Car Mobilization".

In particular, as a competitor in the same period, 20th Century Fox's "Airvin and Flour Milk" has always beaten "Rat King" in the North American market. If the latter had not had the overseas box office far surpassed the former, I would have caused a huge uproar within Pixar.

Even so, Pixar Studios really felt the pressure of competition for the first time after "Toy Story".

"I don't know if you have noticed it."

In fact, there are some problems that Ryan has long noticed, but speaking them out against the background of Pixar's continuous success will only backfire. "Pixar has always emphasized that the audience is the first, but now it is losing this concept. Everyone here is Pixar's veterans. Do you still remember the situation when we made Toy Story?"

Before Brad Bird and Andrew Stanton and others answered, Ryan continued, "While we told a good story, we also conducted a lot of market research. Will the future "Beast Crisis", "Toy Story 2" and "Looking for Nemo" be the case."

"But what about now?" he shook his head, "Pix is ​​just sticking to the tradition of telling good stories."

“We are not ignoring market research.”

This cold reception of "The Rat King" in North America also made the arrogant Pixar executives much more awake. "But they did not pay attention to the results of market research. Everyone focused on telling a good story, but forgot what kind of story the audience needed."

Pixar encountered such a problem in his previous life. What is the story of "Robot Wall" and "Legend of Brave"? It must be very outstanding, but they have been treated coldly by the market. Compared with Pixar Studio's early works, the ability to attract money is greatly reduced.

"Then "Robot Walli"..." Andrew Stanton hesitated.

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Ryan also understood this. He did not object at the beginning, and wanted to remind Pixar Studio through cold market admiration that we are not invincible. No one can continue to maintain success while ignoring the market and talking to himself.

"I will remind the publicity and distribution department." Ryan rubbed his forehead, "think more ways to deal with the surrounding areas."

The production cost of "Robot Vari" is as high as US$180 million, and the promotional and distribution costs are also US$120 million. What was the global box office in his previous life? It seems that it is only about US$520 million.

If this is not an animated film that relies more on the surrounding areas for profit, it can really make Pixar and Disney cry.

This also indirectly illustrates another problem, there is no inevitable connection between imdb and professional scoring and the market.

With the nature of commercial groups in pursuit of profits, Pixar Studios' sequel animations have been released in previous lives, but Disney has not put the sequels of this series on the agenda for a long time, which also shows that the profits are not optimistic.

He is not a pure actor or a pure producer. When he sits in his current position, the first thing he must consider is the profit prospects of the film. Otherwise, no matter how high the professional rating or classic film is, it will be of no use to him.

Pixar's management is all smart people, but the cycle of continuous success has enabled them to gradually increase their size and break away from the market's thinking. Ryan doesn't need them to change too much. As long as he insists on telling a good story and continues to pay a little attention to the market demand like he did at the beginning of the century.

Of course, Ryan will also use practical measures to remind them that Disney is not just a successful animated feature film produced by Pixar Studios.

Several inspection teams from Disney's animation department returned to Los Angeles from Norway and Greenland. The project officially named "The Adventure of Ice and Snow" has completed the script writing and will soon enter the actual operation stage. In the previous life, he also wrote a few tunes and lyrics that still remembered, and threw the rest to Taylor to complete. (To be continued, please search for Astronomy, novels are better, updated and faster!

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