On the first day after February of the new millennium, Disney held a press conference at its headquarters in Burbank, announcing that Tyres Gibson, Emil Morrick, Ilk Bergers and Haas Duhamel will join Disney Animation Studio and become its important technical managers.

The names of these four people are relatively unfamiliar with most media. Only those reporters who have been running computer animation for many years know that they are definitely experts in computer animation technology because they come from the most core technical management department of Pixar Studios.

As Ryan said, there is no corner in the world that cannot be broken, it only depends on whether the price paid will make people moved.

The four people triggered the breach of contract compensation clause in the contract and bought out the remaining contract at a high price. The money will naturally be paid by Disney. Moreover, after changing jobs, it has risen several steps, regardless of position or salary.

The most important point is that these four people also used another clause in the contract and sold Pixar shares in total to Walt Disney at a premium of 20%.

Disney has officially become a small shareholder of its competitor, Pixar Studios.

However, this did not attract much attention from many people. After all, it is normal for Hollywood producers to hold shares with each other, and this shareholding is far from shaking Pixar's current state.

The reason is very simple. Ryan holds an absolute controlling stake in Pixar Studios.

After listing in 1995 and subsequent additional shares, Ryan's shares were inevitably diluted. But to this day, he still holds 51% of Pixar shares, which is enough to maintain control of Pixar.

If Nicole added the shares, Pixar's surname was almost completely Jenkins.

Disney's digging for Pixar's corner did not bring a chain reaction. From the stock market to the animated films being produced, Pixar Studio is still moving forward step by step.

In fact, only Ryan and Pixar's senior executives knew that Disney used all the means within the rules to frequently contact other shareholders of Pixar Studios and wanted to acquire their shares.

However, are these people not Pixar's most core founders such as Ed Camel and John Lassett, and what Disney can now give is far from reaching the level that makes them tempted. It seems that all this is useless.

Even Michael Eisner's agent came to Nicole Kidman himself. Ryan had no idea what they had talked about, but he believed Nicole, and Nicole did not disappoint him.

Ryan is not a fool. With his memories of his previous life, he vaguely understood Disney's demands - the acquisition of Pixar Studios!

It's really interesting. After Ryan learned the news, he sighed that his plan had just been developed a little, and Disney had already opened the curtain in a burgeoning manner...

Perhaps it was because of the continuous impact of the walls, and Disney temporarily became quiet not long afterwards. But another group company jumped out again.

Vivendi Group, from France, officially submitted an application for a good faith acquisition of Blizzard Entertainment to Ryan's agent Scott Swift. Because it adopted a premium acquisition method, the total transaction volume reached 4.5 billion US dollars.

Vivendi was coming in full force, as if he had reached a tacit understanding with Disney, and chose a very suitable entry point.

If it were another time, Ryan would still be worried, but now in 2000, Cisco is making great strides towards the world's largest company in market value.

By then, where will these group companies have extra energy to acquire IT companies?

However, Disney is definitely an exception. After all, Pixar Studios can revive their animation department with traditional advantages, and the common interests may not necessarily bring the conflicting Disney board of directors back together.

This is the question Ryan considers the most during his spare time filming "Gladiator".

Michael Eisner's ability to take charge of Disney for so many years is enough to prove his skills and abilities. Faced with the constantly split Disney board, he just used the common interests of Pixar to gather these people again and further consolidate his power and prestige.

Just like Ryan himself, he built a common front with common interests.

Even a fool can see that if Disney can really take Pixar under its jurisdiction, it will not only reduce its biggest competitor in animation, but also abandon the hand-drawn animation department that has become a useless and re-established its dominant position in animation.

What should I do? This is also a question Ryan is considering.

Although he holds more than 50% of Pixar shares in his hand and takes absolute initiative, passive counterattack has never been his choice.

Originally, his purpose was very clear, which was to fight for the right to speak at Disney, and then mobilize power to drive Michael Eisner off the stage. Now, the entire Disney seems to be with the tyrants in the next few years, and the power of capital has an absolute advantage.

Ryan tightened the leather shawl wrapped around his shoulders, rubbed the Roman dagger in his hand, and thought about his plans through memories of his past and present lives.

It was not until a long time later that he looked into the mountains and forests in the distance. Since he was going crazy, let's be crazy together. Even if this crazy plan failed, he could sell all the companies and be a rich man with ease. If it succeeds, he would become one of the top people in Hollywood and even North America...

Of course, to do all this, we must first ensure the stability of our own line. Ryan knows very well that the most solid castles often start to collapse from the inside.

The interest group around him is completely centered on him and Nicole...

"Ryan, what are you thinking?" Ridley Scott came over and took pictures of his arm armor, "I'm about to start shooting."

It has been more than a week since he joined the filming, and most of the filming were literary dramas. Ryan is also slowly looking for feelings. Recently, he has a lot of shots. When the assistant director found a suitable place, Ridley Scott simply brought the crew out and prepared to shoot the opening battle with relatively low individual requirements.

Because the war may be in danger of burning woodland, the crew was rejected by many regions. Until last month, the deputy director contacted a forest near Farnham. This time, the luck was extremely good, because the British Forestry Commission had decided to cut off all the trees in the area, which was suitable for the crew to use for filming.

"We will help you burn all this forest!" This is what Ridley Scott said in his receipt to the other party.

Although the crew planned the filming time for only four days, the prop team made a lot of preparations for this, dozens of crossbows and catapults were essential, in addition to this, there were 20,000 burning arrows and 10,000 conventional arrows.

Since photographers and photography vehicles were unable to keep up with the war horses that rushed down steep slopes and crossed the woods, the crew also laid temporary rails on the woods and battlefields to install the cameras on them and capture spectacular scenes along the terrain.

Ryan walked to his old comrade-in-arms and gently patted his long horse's face. Before Brigo arrived in Los Angeles, he turned to England and participated in the shooting of an epic masterpiece again.

"Brigo, we're going to fight side by side again." Ryan turned over and walked away from the shooting site.

In the camp filled with wooden stakes, hundreds of extras and British soldiers gathered, dressed in standard Roman soldiers, moving back and forth under the command of several officers, which really made a bit of tension before the war.

It's not yet the shot of Ryan's turn. He rode Brigo slowly in the forest, both to warm up the horse and to familiarize it with the terrain. Other stunt actors who serve as cavalry teams are doing the same job.

The whole morning was basically spent in this state. After lunch, the crew moved to the woods to prepare to shoot the camera of the cavalry team.

"Scene 32, scene 21, start now!"

This was another pre-war mobilization, but the atmosphere seemed a little relaxed compared to the one a few months ago, after all, this was a speech when the Roman legion had an absolute upper hand.

When he came to the cavalry team, Ryan grabbed Brigo, "Brothers! Warriors!"

"Maximos!" The cavalry raised their weapons in their hands and paid tribute to their generals.

"In three weeks, I will harvest crops in the fields. Imagine where you want to go, and my wish will come true!"

Ryan paused for a moment, and after Brigo's hissing, he continued, "Don't retreat, follow me! If you find yourself alone and galloping alone on the grassland in the sun, don't worry, it's because you have arrived in heaven and you have already died..."

All the cavalry laughed.

"Brothers!" Ryan looked extremely serious, "Our deeds will last forever!"

Ridley Scott suddenly shouted 'cut' and then shouted to the side, "Expression, pay attention to your expressions. You are soldiers who are going to the battlefield, not farmers who are joking, especially Ryan, be more serious and focus!"

Nodding, Ryan waved to apologize, and made another OK gesture when the assistant director asked.

Not long after this time, the director shouted again. It was not the actor who was in trouble, but Maximos' dog. The wind was probably blowing through the woods in the distance, making a few noises, which caused the big dog rented from the circus to bark constantly, causing the crew to use live recordings to interrupt.

After finally waiting for the trainer to settle the dog actor, the war horse went wrong again.

Since there are not many scenes of the crew filming horse battles, most of the horses are temporarily rented. Unlike the crew of "The Lord of the Rings", after a long period of training and standing here for a long time, they can't help but start to solve physiological problems one by one.
Chapter completed!