Game Development Giant

Jobs and Jester were not familiar with each other. Both of them were typical otakus and rarely took the initiative to expand their social circles.

Jester is pretty good.

Jobs basically only had a few friends, but fortunately, they both had a common friend.

Bill Gates.

Jester contacted Jobs through Bill Gates and expressed his intention to acquire Pixar Studio. Jobs had no doubts about Jester's financial resources. He is the 30th super rich man on the Forbes list with tens of millions. The U.S. dollar is not yet in the eyes of such a person.

Moreover, when faced with his offer, Jester didn't even hesitate. He just thought about it briefly and made a decision on the spot.

This also surprised Jobs at Jester's generosity.

But he didn't care. After all, this was a good thing for him. After the two parties signed the contract, Jobs curiously asked Jester why he was interested in Pixar animation.

Jester talked about the past few years ago when he and Jobs competed for Pixar at the same time. When Jobs thought about it, his opponent when he acquired Jobs was actually the person in front of him. At the same time, he was also impressed by Jester's persistence. Admire: I didn't expect that after so many years, you are still so confident in the future of 3D animation.

Jester smiled, noncommittal.

He just replied simply: Pixar's movie will be released next year. If this movie can be successful, then I will make a lot of money.

Jobs also agreed with Jester's statement. He felt regretful. If next year's Toy Story can be successful, then Pixar's price may double, but the problem lies here. If Toy Story is successful, Toy Story cannot succeed. Then the price is not as simple as doubling...

In Jobs' mind, even if Toy Story was a big success, Pixar would double its price to $80 million, which would be great.

But what he didn't know was that the price of Pixar in the future would not simply double. It would actually double ten or twenty times, and it would be worth more than one-tenth of the entire Disney Group!

If Steve Jobs could have predicted this, it would have been $370 million, not to mention $37 million. He will never sell it either.

Jobs and Jester settled this matter satisfactorily, but they offended one person because of it, and that was Mike Eisner. Jester knew about this character. It can be said that when it comes to Disney, this is definitely an issue that cannot be avoided. Perhaps for the entire Disney Group, his influence on this huge media giant may be second only to the founder of Walt Disney.

If there was no Walt Disney. There is no such thing as Disney, so if there were no Mike Eisner, it would be hard to say whether this company would still be named Disney.

In 1984. It was the year when Jester traveled back in time that Eisner stepped into Disney's castle for the first time. This company, which had been sluggish for many years, was in a state of chaos without a leader, and the theme park was gradually losing its vitality. Mickey Mouse and Donald Duck are almost a distant memory.

Like the prince who awakened Disney's Sleeping Beauty, Eisner once again played the role of savior and successfully launched many profitable blockbusters. Completely saved Disney from crisis.

Of course, what is more famous than Eisner for saving Disney may be his character.

Disney's Tyrant.

This is his nickname, only the wrong name, not the wrong nickname. From this nickname, we can see that Eisner is unreasonable and domineering in his behavior.

Anyone who knows the history of Disney knows that there was a long blank period from The Fox and the Hound to The Legend of the Black God from 1981 to 1985, and the film The Fox and the Hound cost 10 million US dollars. The decline in picture quality due to insufficient budget caused dissatisfaction among many viewers, and Eisner entered Disney at this time.

It's not that Eisner doesn't trust his subordinates. In fact, Mike Eisner loves and relies on his team immensely, but the one thing he can't tolerate the most is his subordinates taking away the venture capital that belongs to him.

He claims that he enjoys nothing more than working with the best people, but in reality, he just enjoys the feeling of being surrounded by the best people.

Everyone is shrouded in his thoughts and loses his independent creativity. While he effectively organizes and promotes the team, he also strives to maintain his supreme status and inviolability. In Hollywood, he was notoriously ruthless, even beating up employees in the office. He demands absolute loyalty from his subordinates, and will resent them once they are hurt, and will even stretch out his claws to retaliate harshly like an enraged lion.

Katzenberg later left Disney because he couldn't stand Eisner. When he left, he asked for compensation. For this matter, Eisner never forgave him. Meritorious colleagues.

Later, Kasenberg and his two friends founded a film company. At the beginning of its establishment, this company was always suppressed by Disney, the evil force in Hollywood. For example, Ace, who never missed any opportunity for revenge, After receiving the request, he ordered ABC, owned by Disney, to refuse to broadcast TV programs produced by DreamWorks. If Katzenberg's other partners hadn't had a big enough influence in the American entertainment industry to be able to claim their place, it would have been impossible for this film company called DreamWorks to develop and grow.

Of course, Mike Eisner's arrogance drove many talent away, and it did make him Disney's only real star.

As you can imagine, it is definitely not a good thing to be resented by such a person.

But Jester doesn't care much, because Pixar has a cooperation agreement with Disney, and Toy Story is also highly valued by Disney. To be precise, it is a brand-new animation model such as 3D animated movies, which is very popular with Disney. Eisner originally planned to buy it from Jobs, but the board of directors didn't give him much money, so he lowered the price for Jobs.

In his expectation, Jobs would definitely be willing to do this business.

He didn't expect that Jester's intervention would ruin all his plans. How could he not feel angry?

However, for Jester, the major shareholder of Travelers Group and a very important figure on Wall Street, Mike Eisner and even the Disney family are not willing to offend each other too much for a small matter.

But Eisner still found opportunities from time to time to express his ridicule towards Jester and his Mars Entertainment Group.

Used to relieve hatred. (To be continued...)