"Invitation?"
"And it's an invitation to Disney's year-end cocktail party?"
Sitting in the company's office, Kyle looked at the golden invitation in his hand and couldn't help but ask Victor questions.
"Boss, we received the invitation letter this morning. After all, it's Disney, one of the six major Hollywood studios, so I contacted you immediately." Victor said.
Kyle nodded and said, "Disney doesn't seem to have any connection with us. Why would they contact us? And as far as I know, even those invited to their year-end cocktail party should be well-known figures in Hollywood, including some people who have worked with them for a long time. Why would they invite us?"
The invitation from Disney had no choice but to be cautious.
Those are the Big Six in Hollywood!
"Boss, this was an accident," said Victor.
Accident?
Is this unexpected?
Victor continued, "Boss, I was quite surprised at first, but I understood after I received a call. The person who called me was my immediate boss when I was in Hollywood, William Barndt. He now works in the animation department of Disney, and he sent me the invitation letter when he learned that I was the CEO of World Pictures."
After the words fell, Kyle understood.
I'm just overthinking it!
How could Disney think highly of Kyle's Page Pictures?
The reason they sent out the invitation was simply because of William Barnt. He was Victor's old leader, and the two had a very good relationship. The invitation was also to promote Victor and expand Victor's network of contacts.
Victor asked, "Boss, shall we go and join?"
"Go, of course I'll go!"
Kyle said without hesitation: "We certainly can't miss this good opportunity to expand our network."
If you attend Disney's year-end cocktail party, you will be able to meet many Hollywood bigwigs, including famous directors, producers, actors and other well-known people in the industry.
Page Pictures is very small now, but Kyle is confident that he can develop the company well.
To achieve this goal, Kyle will inevitably have to attend similar cocktail parties in the future. Page Pictures can only shoot some low-cost movies now, but as Kyle's capital continues to grow, it will have to shoot some high-cost blockbusters. At that time, it will inevitably have to cooperate with well-known Hollywood actors, directors, and other figures to maximise the US dollar earnings.
Right now, Disney's cocktail party is a great opportunity to get in touch!
Three days later.
6pm.
There is less than an hour left before the cocktail party officially begins.
However, Kyle and Victor arrived at the scene early. Well, the venue was a five-star hotel in Burbank.
Kyle and Victor came here to expand their network, and many other people have the same purpose.
Therefore, although it was still early, many people had already arrived at the reception, about a hundred in total.
"Hi, Victor, my old friend~!"
As soon as Victor entered the venue, an elderly man in his 50s came forward and hugged him excitedly and warmly.
The person who came was Victor's old boss in Hollywood!
William Barndt, now a manager of Disney's animation department.
William Barndt said excitedly: "Victor, I have long said that you belong to Hollywood. Now that I see you come back again, I am happy for you."
"Me too, sir."
Victor was also very happy and said: "In the few days since I received your call, I have been looking forward to meeting you again."
After a pause, Victor continued: "Oh,
By the way, sir. Let me introduce you to my current boss, Mr. Kyle Page, of Page Films."
"Nice to meet you, Mr. Barnt."
Kyle did not put on any airs at the moment, but greeted old man William very humbly.
Anyone with a discerning eye could see the friendship between William and Victor, and William had indeed helped Page Pictures with the invitation letter. How could Kyle not respect such an old man?
"I'm glad to meet you, too. By the way, I've heard of you, too. Your company's recent film, Wrong Turn, has become quite famous."
In the following time, old man William enthusiastically introduced Kyle and Victor to some Hollywood insiders he knew.
Somonroe Downs;
Cruise Embit Wise;
J. Choate Lachister;
Claes James;
....
It sounds like few people know these people. But in the field of Hollywood animation, these people are all great gods. The animated films they created, such as "The Lion King", "Snow White", "Mulan", etc., are all world-famous.
After some communication, Kyle and Victor found a corner to sit down temporarily.
"Boss, have you noticed? These veterans of Disney animation are not doing well in Disney right now!"
The perceptive Victor discovered the sadness in their brows during his communication with them.
"You are right."
Kyle nodded and said, "As far as I know, Disney Animation has had a hard time since the success of The Lion King in 1994-1995, especially the recent release of Aladdin and the King of Thieves in September, which was a box office failure and made the life of these veterans of Disney even harder."
The movie "Aladdin and the King of Thieves" cost Disney $65 million, plus $15 million in publicity costs, for a total cost of $80 million.
However, the box office on the premiere day only earned 6 million US dollars.
After more than a month of release, the cumulative North American box office has just exceeded 20 million US dollars, which can be said to be a major box office failure!
The most important thing is that the word of mouth is also bad!
Victor lamented, "Disney animations were once the favofavouriteschildren around the world, but times have changed. The hand-drawn animations represented by Disney are no longer popular, while the 3D computer animation technology represented by Pixar is gradually becoming mainstream."
He paused and continued, "Pixar's animations are also released by Disney. How can the veterans of Disney Animation remain calm when a kid picked up from outside beats their son?"
Kyle agrees!
This is indeed the case.
The future belongs to 3D computer animation represented by Pixar!
In the future, Disney Princess animation remained lifeless and fell to the bottom until 2014, when they relied on "Frozen" to return to the pinnacle of Hollywood animation!
"Huh?"
"Kyle, my old friend, and Victor, why are you here?"
At this moment, a voice of surprise came into Kyle's ears.
I looked up and found that it was an acquaintance.
John Lasseter, leader of Pixar ;
There is also the arrogant old man - Steve Jobs.