Chapter 662： animation town

662 Animation Town

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Emeryville, a small town in western California, halfway between Berkeley and Oakland and not far from San Francisco, is surrounded by picturesque bays that make this town feel like a castle in a fairy tale.

This is a very small town, and the tallest building in the town does not seem to have more than eight floors, and more are low-rise buildings with two or three floors. And in this town, the population is even less than ten thousand people, just like a small village. However, the name of the small town of Emeryville has become the foothold of several companies, and small famous, such as the famous chain store Jamba. The branch (.art's.s.tv and Leaping Frog Toys (g), they all set up their headquarters here. Among them, the most famous one is Pixar, which moved here in 2000. Pixar, which is now Pixar is leading the way in the animation industry.

Since the launch of "Toy Story" in 1995, Pixar has become an emerging force that cannot be ignored in the American animation industry. Now it has successfully dominated the American animation industry with DreamWorks and Disney because of its outstanding technology, ingenious script design, and novel characterization. market. In the competition with DreamWorks and Disney, Pixar even has the upper hand. Although Pixar and Disney are still in partnership, there is still a big difference between the works produced by Pixar and released by Disney and the works produced and released by Disney. The former Clearly prevailed. "Finding Nemo", which was released on May 30 this year, broke the box office myth of "The Lion King" and "Shrek" and was crowned the highest-grossing animated film in the United States.

Today's Pixar has become a golden sign.

After Evan Bell ended his work at Paris Fashion Week, he declined the invitation of Milan Fashion Week and left Paris with Teddy Bell and Eden Hudson. Catherine Bell and James Frank lead the newly signed models of Eleven Models to Milan, not to go on the catwalk, but to feel the atmosphere of Milan Fashion Week, of course, if there are models who can receive catwalk jobs, that is also good of.

However, at Paris-Charles de Gaulle Airport, Evan Bell, Teddy Bell and Eden Hudson embarked on a different plane. Teddy Bell and Eden Hudson have to go back to New York to get busy at the Saks Fifth Avenue flagship store for the upcoming "October", and they have to get the store up before the spring and summer clothes hit the shelves. Put the clothing of the "Eleventh" youth series on the shelves and join the competition in the spring and summer clothing market next year.

Evan Bell flew to San Francisco and then hitchhiked to Emeryville. It's a town so small that it almost feels like a community, just two square miles (5.2 square kilometers), and even a bike ride around the town can do the job in less than an hour. . However, the construction of the town is very modern, with smooth roads, villa-style housing, and the beautiful view of the bay surrounded by it, it looks like a high-end residential area in Los Angeles. Combine that with the sunny weather in California, and it's no exaggeration to say it's a fairytale town.

Finding Pixar's headquarters in a small town is definitely not a problem, just ask a passerby along the street, and you can almost walk two blocks to see Pixar's scenic gate. It is not so much the gate of a company as the entrance to a playground. Three pillars of brown stone bricks support Pixar's large house number, and the iron sign of xar.n.s gleams in the sun.

Entering the gate that can accommodate two cars side by side, there are greenery and woods on both sides, which is completely like a garden. Walking into the oncoming building, the huge glass structure building has bright and clean windows. The support of the black steel structure wooden bridge in the middle connects the left and right buildings. The glass walls of the buildings on both sides can clearly see that there are animation studios inside. Standing at the entrance of the first floor, you can see the bright colors on the blackboard in the studio. When you look up, you can see the bridge between the two buildings. Above it is an empty glass roof, where the sun can be unbridled. The ground sprinkles the entire building, illuminating every corner. At the entrance on the first floor, eight brown fir desks were placed side by side in the middle, and the staff were busy in front of the computers: this should be the reception.

If you look inside, you can see a variety of leisure and entertainment tools such as game machines, dance machines, table football, chess and card game tables, pool tables, etc. The posters on the wall and the humanoid models in the corners can make Pixar hobby. The audiences are excited, "Finding Nemo", "Cars", "Monster Company", "A Bug's Life", every fan who walks in can be familiar with it, and they can count the masterpieces one after another in the history of Pixar.

It's not like a workplace at all, it's more like a giant amusement park, full of wacky toys and wacky employees. The two people who just passed by Evan Bell and walked out, he is very sure, one of them is Peter Docter, the director who has directed "Monster Company", and the person next to him is wearing a cleaner's costume and is Mouth splashed about his vision for animation, "I think we should make an animation based on the chef."

And Pete Docter didn't look impatient, but asked with interest, "Oh, why? Is it because Faith brought up the idea on your pillow at night?"

Evan Bell stood at the door, looked at Pete Docter who was gradually receding, then hesitated, walked over to the desk that looked like the reception, "Good afternoon, may I ask Mr. Lasseter Are you there?" John Lasseter, chief creative officer at Pixar Animation Studios, who, along with Steve Jobs and Ed Catmull, founded Pixar, Toy Story and Bugs Crisis" is his work.

"He's on the second floor on the left, which studio, I think you can go up and ask." A man in a blue Adidas sports t-shirt casually returned, as if he was typing on a computer. I don't know what report I'm writing.

Evan Bell took a look and saw that there were a few people who looked like tourists with cameras and travel bags on their backs, and they were walking around so casually and naturally. After thinking about it, he decided to go directly to the second floor.

If you change any big company, it is absolutely impossible to meet its CEO so casually. Even Eleven Studios will ask to avoid Evan Bell's crazy fans coming directly to the door. Looking at Pixar's "discreet and free" style, if a lunatic really comes, it is estimated that he will hit Huanglong without hindrance. However, this style of Pixar makes Evan Bell feel very comfortable, and his smile can't help but hang on his face. It is no wonder that this fairy-tale studio can create masterpieces one after another.

This time, Evan Bell was invited by Steve Jobs to visit the Pixar studio headquarters. Steve Jobs had said before that Evan Bell and John Lasseter should be introduced to each other, but There has been no time. Steve Jobs saw the news of Evan Bell at Paris Fashion Week, and the two inadvertently mentioned it on the phone, and Evan Bell agreed without thinking.

However, Steve Jobs, as the inviter, could not even see a person at all, and John Lasseter seemed to forget that there was a visitor today. Evan Bell decided to support himself and went directly to the door.

When passing the entertainment room, I saw only a five- or six-year-old child, holding a remote control bigger than his palm, playing a game console. The serious expression on his face flashed with stubbornness and excitement. It's like heaven. Evan Bell walked all the way to the second floor along the huge mural of Finding Nemo, and saw the giant dolls of Woody and Buzz Lightyear on the lawn outside the window.

At the entrance of the stairs on the second floor, I could finally see a table similar to the reception desk. I noticed the arrival of Evan Bell, and the blonde lady sitting inside raised her head, "Good afternoon, sir, may I help you? Is it?" Evan Bell opened his mouth, and just wanted to speak, the lady covered her mouth in surprise, "Oh, **** shit." Then she covered the rest of the words in her palm.

Evan Bell paused in his throat, smiled and said, "Good afternoon, Mr. Lasseter and I should have an appointment." Think about it, Evan Bell is not sure if this is the case. , "I'm not very sure. In short, I came to Mr. Lasseter." Seeing such a free management model of Pixar, Evan Bell felt that Steve Jobs should just talk to John Lasseter. It's just a moment, as for whether John Lasseter remembers, he doesn't know.

"Mr. Bell, of course, of course." The lady at the front desk finally released her hand and looked at her flushed cheeks, making people wonder if she would suffocate if she was covering it for a whileJohn in seventh Studio No., go to the left from here, and the third room is there. "The lady at the front desk stood up and pointed her finger in the direction.

Evan Bell looked in the direction, and there were studios with glass lattice walls, but there seemed to be a number on the door, so it should not be so difficult to identify. Evan Bell pointed to the front, "Is there any problem if I go there like this? It's not the studio, will it disturb them..."

"Oh, no. When you go in, remember not to knock on the door, and just walk in lightly." The answer from the front desk lady made Evan Bell feel a little embarrassed, how could he feel like a thief sneaking.

"Well, thank you." Evan Bell said with a smile.

"Well, Mr. Bell, can you sign me?" The lady at the front desk couldn't wait, for fear that Evan Bell would leave after speaking a little too late.

Evan Bell put down his footsteps, "Of course there is no problem."

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