There was a soft knock on the door, and then Elena pushed open the door and walked in.
"Hey dear, how is it?" she asked as she closed the door and walked over to her husband.
"It's a pity," Jared spread his hands and showed a helpless wry smile, "I can confirm one thing is that our daughter is really not suitable for finance."
"But you agreed to her investment." Elena was slightly surprised.
"Yes, because she's really working hard, and it's not bad." Jared said and stood up, then took a bottle of red wine and two glasses from the wine cabinet, poured them, and put them in front of his wife : "So let's celebrate."
Elena took the cup, frowning slightly: "Jedie, you've made me a little confused."
"Okay, let's put it this way." Shaking the glass in his hand, Jared pondered the words before slowly opening his mouth: "Chris worked very hard to collect data for analysis, and she did catch it. Some key places. Remember, I told you, four key executives at Pixar, John Lassatt got there when he was fired from Disney, Ed tried to teach in college and didn't get it. Smith's par at Xerox Served at the Loalto Center, but his department was abolished, and Steve was kicked out of Apple Computer, the company he founded—although I supported him at the time, anyway, the future created with these losers is a Something to think about. And Chris obviously noticed that too, but her view is that failure is the mother of success, and because they have all suffered huge failures, they will be bolder and more willing to create the future Be more cautious! This point of view cannot be said to be novel, but it is indeed convincing. And she has also made a lot of evaluations about using animated films to create value. Although there are Steve's statements in them, it is also true."
After a pause, he continued: "But she overlooked several important points, one of which is that Pixar has been losing money since Steve's acquisition. Until now, there are not enough attractive conditions. , no one will invest. The reason given by Chris is that digital animation has a clear road, and it will inevitably share a big cake in the animation market in the future, but what she cited is the obsession with computer animation. . People like Andrew Stanton, and from what I understand, computer animation is considered a dead end by a lot of professionals, including Disney's hand-drawn guru Frank Thomas."
"Two extremes?"
"Yes, two extremes, but it's interesting that Steve and I talked about this topic when we were playing golf, and even he didn't look at computer animation very well. In the first half of the year, he planned to think about it. Selling Pixar to Microsoft, obviously, although he has never lacked faith, he is almost unable to hold on to the consistent loss report for ten years." Jared shrugged and drank the red wine in his glass. . "Chris is very smart, she has dreams and passions. She is our pride, however, she still lacks a little bit of frustration, I want to pass on my most precious things to my children, not a pampered family property!"
After thinking for a while, Elena nodded: "I want to understand what you mean. Even though Chris is not talented in finance, she is identifying her own goals, and she is really working hard and earnestly. , so it doesn't matter if you fail, right?"
"Yes, dear." Jared smiled, "As for Pixar, whether it succeeds or fails, it is Chris' growth."
"Okay. Then I hope she grows up smoothly!" Elena raised the cup with a smile.
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Angela, who didn't fully know her parents' painstaking efforts, was on the phone, of course, she might sneer if she knew. She is not sure about other things, but she is quite clear about the development of Pixar. In fact, she had planned to wait for the release of "Toy Story", and after Pixar's stock market went wild, she laughed at her father. Of course, before that, she'd better do her own thing first.
"What does it mean to agree in principle?" asked Angela, who was sitting on the bed with a microphone.
"It means that the relevant departments of the record company have agreed to this plan, but it still needs the audience's response. If this MTV has been well received after it was broadcast, then the plan to make a series can be implemented." Sparrow said in explained on the other end of the phone.
"Okay, I see, then why did you reject me as a director?" the girl asked again.
There was a wry smile on the phone: "It's normal, Angie, I reminded you at the beginning that no record company would shoot MTV with someone who doesn't know anything and has no experience!"
"But it's not that I don't understand anything, and everyone has no experience!" Angela couldn't help but retort.
"But you're only 14 years old, Angie, you're too young anyway, even if you're a genius." Sparrow said comfortingly.
The girl was silent for a moment, gritted her teeth and said, "Okay, let's do it, you tell them! If they agree to let me be the MTV of this song, I can be responsible for all the expenses and give them 5 consecutive scripts in the future. operate!"
"Angie..." You can hear it, Sparrow smiled wryly, "Do you think this is good? Angie? And even then, Disney may not agree. Do you have to be the director of this song?"
"Yes! Must! If they still refuse, then I will increase the price until they agree!" Angela sat up and almost blurted out.
There was silence for a while, then sighed: "You are too excited, Angie, I think you should think about it and regain your senses. Even if you want to persist, you have to think of a reason to convince them."
The girl was silent. She covered her forehead with a wry smile on her face. She was a little impulsive again, but she was indeed in a hurry. "It's the Truth" was one of the few MTVs she completely remembered, so she wanted to To experience the director's actual operation by copying this, no matter how much you know the theory, it is better to do it once.
But although he has confidence in himself, the record company does not necessarily have confidence in himself. As Sparrow said, he is only 14 years old, and throwing money at people is undoubtedly the stupidest way.
"Well, I'll find another way." Angela finally sighed.
"Okay, then call me if you need to, bye."
Sparrow closed the line, the girl sighed again, and then prepared to wash up and go to bed. She didn't want to think too much for the time being, and she had to attend the opening ceremony of the high school tomorrow.
Early the next morning, my mother knocked on her door: "Hey, Chris, don't forget what you're going to do today!"
"Got it, Mom, I'll be fine right away." Angela opened a gap and made a face.
"Okay, you still have 15 minutes." Elena smiled and left.
After the girl in pajamas behind the door closed the door, she stared at the clothes that had been thrown on the bed for a long time before she reluctantly took off her pajamas and started putting them on.
A light blue shirt, a black tie, and a blue-black jacket formed the upper body. There was a large school badge on the left chest of the jacket, and the lower body was a blue and white plaid skirt above the knee. Black stockings that cover the calves, and dark brown leather shoes.
Looking at herself in the mirror, Angela turned around, then shook her head, putting on a school uniform would only make her think of AV actresses, not high school girls.
"But I'm willing to not wear it anytime in the future." The girl muttered, and then went downstairs with her already prepared schoolbag.
"Hi, dear, you look beautiful and youthful." In the dining room, the father who put down the newspaper greeted her.
"Really, thank you, Dad." But the girl replied irritably. After sitting down, she devoured it for a while, and then left quickly like a wind and clouds, leaving Jared a little confused, looking at his wife and asking strangely: " Did I say something wrong?"
"No, dear, it's just the first time Chris is in high school. It's inevitable to be nervous or excited." Elena thought so, so she didn't interfere with her daughter's unladylike actions just now.
Of course, for Angela, some of the feelings were really bad. When they came downstairs, everyone was praising her for being beautiful. Although she was also smiling and answering, she always felt that what she was about to go to was not school, but rather It was the studio where the pornographic films were filmed. Obviously, in her previous life, she did not watch uniform movies less often.
Well, maybe it'll be better at school, where uniforms are worn after all. Angela thought so after getting into the car with her mother, and then, Pu Guanshui, who succeeded David as the driver and bodyguard, started the silver Rolls-Royce and started to look out. He wanted to and praised it. One sentence, the girl glared at her and swallowed it back. At the same time, she was a little puzzled, when did the little sister's eyes have such power
The car quickly came to the outside of Beverly High School, and then—pulled over and continued onward. Angela looked at Beverly High School passing by the car window with regret. When she heard that her father would let her go to high school in Beverly Hills, she always thought it would be here. After all, many Hollywood stars have also been here. Studied here, such as Angelina Jolie, but she forgot that her family would obviously not agree to her going to a public high school, so the school she was going to attend was Weber High School near Beverly High School.
This school is about 70 acres and offers grades 9 to 12, and it's interesting that it's a relatively independent co-educational school, meaning there are two relatively independent schools in the same school— The California Weber School for Boys and Vivian Weber Girls School combines the advantages of co-educational and co-educational schools, making it a unique learning environment, and girls are most satisfied with this.
"Well, although life in American high schools is colorful, don't be too outrageous, I'm not like a real-life version of Mean Girls!" Angela muttered through the car window, looking at the baroque roof that could already be seen said.