"I think Sid's design is very good."

Sitting in the rest chair in the billiard room, Charlize looked at the two big and small people playing billiards, and discussed with Taylor the animated feature film he had watched together a few days ago. "It can be regarded as a lucky player in the trio, and it is also very funny."

"I don't like that sloth."

Holding the club, seeing Ryan hit the black ball into the bottom bag again, Taylor pouted and said, "That guy is kind-hearted, but his strength is too limited. Every time he causes an accident, his friends will help him finish it. His biggest ability is nagging, which is sometimes very annoying..."

"Dear, it's your turn."

Ryan left the table, but unfortunately Miss Swift's skills were really mediocre. She only scored two shots and gave up the position. She and Charlize continued the topic just now, "Also, the sloth feels so good. I'm speechless about its behavior. She obviously has no ability to take care of the children, so she has to come over and help the worse."

"Let me guess..."

After playing the red ball, Ryan raised his head, "That should be the furry Manny?"

"I don't like that mammoth." The little girl stuck out her tongue mischievously.

"Why?" Charlize Theron asked curiously, "It is said that this character is the most popular among girls."

"It's so ugly." Taylor suddenly took off his short coat, which was a long-sleeved shirt inside. The long-nosed squirrel behind him was extremely eye-catching. "Rat Quit is my favorite. Although it has no lines, it looks so cute."

After taking the short coat thrown by the girl, Charlize carefully packed it up and said to Ryan, "Taylor's words reminded me of some comments I saw from the Internet yesterday."

"Is that OK to talk about it?"

After getting familiar with each other, Taylor's attitude towards Charlize became much better.

"A desk lamp made Pixar, and a squirrel made Blue Sky Studio."

Hearing Charlize's words, Ryan, who had swept the table, made a funny sentence, "I also saw some other comments... Well, three male animals traveled all the way to escort a baby home, which was a GAY film..."

"Ryan!" Charlize interrupted him and signaled Taylor with his eyes.

Putting down the club, Ryan walked to Taylor, "Do you still continue?"

"No." Taylor shook his golden curls hard, "I have lost three consecutive games and don't want to play anymore."

After saying that, she was the first to walk out of the billiard room.

When Ryan and Charlize followed behind. When entering the lobby on the first floor, Taylor was holding Lisa, trying to eat the baked muffin she made with her own hands.

After Lisa nodded helplessly, she screamed excitedly again, without looking like a lady in front of outsiders.

"Lisa, I can release a record in the future. I will definitely write a song for you." Taylor shouted into the direction of the kitchen, "write a song that can be popular all over the United States."

Then she jumped to the single sofa opposite Ryan and muttered, "I just don't know when I will release the record."

"Do you really want to be a singer?" Charlize sat next to Ryan with a glass of milk. "That would be very tiring."

"This is my dream." Taylor bit the straw and shook his upper body, "I like to write songs, sing, stage, and music."

"Do you want to release a record?" Ryan glanced at her, and Taylor pointed his little head very seriously. "I can't wait. I'm too far behind the tomboy and the fat girl."

"Tomboy and the fat girl?" Charlize was a little confused.

"Kristen Stewart and Scarlett Johnson." Ryan explained briefly, then pointed to the position of his throat, "Alison. It won't take long for you to enter the vocal change period. We have to wait for your vocal cords to be fixed."

"Okay, then okay." The little girl understood that this was for her future, drank the milk from the cup and jumped to Charlize. "Charlie, I'm going to see Brigo, can I accompany me?"

As she said that, she looked at the landing clock beside her and muttered dissatisfiedly, "Ryan is about to start working again, let's go riding horses."

"Okay." Charlize followed her and walked towards the locker room. "Let's go change your riding outfit."

Watching the two disappear in the living room, Ryan walked towards the study. Although Taylor inevitably rejected Charlize at the beginning, after a few days of getting along, the relationship between the two was gradually changing to a better side.

Of course, he never thought that Taylor could treat Charlize as much as Nicole and Natalie.

These days, Ryan has been paying attention to Oscar-related matters. Although the canvassing on the open has long stopped, his private actions have never stopped. For example, on the day the organizing committee mailed the ballots, he hung up the phone, including James Cameron, George Lucas, Stephen Spielberg and others. Some things need not be stated clearly, and these people will also know the intention of his call.

After the ballots were mailed to the various judges of the college, under Ryan's instruction, the public relations team spread a lot of advertising fees, and the media was filled with various praises to "Gladiator" and Maximos.

Even if you do your best in advance, there will definitely be a considerable number of judges who will not watch any nominated movies. At this time, media reports become the basis for them to vote.

The Oscars have never lacked people who vote with their feet, and this group of people accounts for a considerable number.

Less than a week before the award ceremony, the basic situation has been decided, and all Ryan can do is wait.

Maybe after the counting results are released, you can hire a few people to go to PwC to change the result to the kind you want?

This was just Ryan's random thoughts. Even if he wanted to get the little golden man, he would not do such a reckless thing.

In recent times, in addition to the upcoming Oscars, the one that attracts the most attention of entertainment media is undoubtedly "Ice Age" and its producer Blue Sky Studio.

The animated feature film was released in mid-March. Because Disney frequently contacted several Pixar core personnel, Ryan did not go to New York to attend the premiere, but only watched it in the theater at home with Taylor and Charlize.

The movie is very similar to the previous life. It is not as touching as the Toy Story series, nor is it sensational. However, it is very humorous and can bring happiness to people, especially the Rat Quet mentioned by Taylor. It debuted in the film. It is a needle-like character, and because of its gorgeous and eye-catching performance, it is impressive every time.

Like Pixar's small desk lamp, the squirrel almost became the spokesperson for Blue Sky Studio.

According to the agreement reached with Murdoch, the film was handed over to Twentieth Century Fox for release.

A few years ago, Twentieth Century Fox invested 75 million US dollars to produce the 2D and 3D cartoon "Frozen Planet". After spending another $30 million in promotion and distribution costs, the movie was released last year, and the final box office was only a pitiful $20 million US dollars. Even if it is optimistic about the surrounding area, it is destined to lose all its money.

After summarizing the lesson, Twentieth Century Fox was eager to get a stable animation production department, even if it could only serve as a publisher for the time being.

You know, in recent years Paramount has made hundreds of millions of dollars in net profits from Pixar's animated movies.

Twentieth Century Fox signed 3,450 theaters for "Ice Age" in the first week, and the film did not disappoint the producers and publishers. It was amid the praise of the media and audience. In the first week, it ranked as the champion of the North American box office rankings and won a box office of US$49.88 million.

By now, the movie has reached its third week, and the box office in North America is infinitely close to the $100 million mark.

Another ugly duckling gradually transformed towards a white swan.

As early as the last time he went to New York, Ryan hired a professional team from Wall Street to develop a detailed listing plan for Blue Sky Studio. This time it was almost a replica of Pixar Studio's launch in 1995.

Ten days before the release of "Ice Age", Blue Sky Studio officially landed on Nasdaq and raised shares at a price of $22 per share.

The people close to Ryan have all eaten a lot of stocks through hidden foundations, while Twentieth Century Fox is another major purchasing customer, and not many listed stocks have fallen into the hands of retail investors.

Since the release of the movie, Blue Sky Studio has completely ignored the downturn in technology stocks. The stock price of a single stock has risen from $22 to $42, and Blue Sky Studio's market value has exceeded $1.5 billion. On the Nasdaq stock market, which is filled with pessimistic atmosphere, a large number of buy orders for the acquisition of Blue Sky stocks have suddenly been placed on the Nasdaq stock market.

Everyone understands that "Ice Age" will definitely succeed, and Ryan has another promising animation studio in his hand.

Some people envy, some people jealous, some people hope that he will be unlucky, and some people hope that the federal government can launch an antitrust investigation.

Twentieth Century Fox has always wanted to have its own animation studio, and Rupert Murdoch also called himself to get more shares in Blue Sky Studio.

Ryan did not refuse, nor did he want to refuse. News Group holds a certain amount of Disney shares and uses some of the equity of Blue Sky Studios in exchange for it, which is a completely win-win transaction.

Of course, these will be hidden in the audience. Scott is currently negotiating with Murdoch's agent, and a specific agreement cannot be reached in a short period of time.

In addition to the negotiations here, Scott's team is still in several other negotiations. Larry Page and Sergey Brin brought Google into the stage of rapid development after receiving sufficient financial support from Ryan. With the assistance of Scott's team, they began to plan to go public again.

Internet companies like this are almost a must-have option to go public if they want to truly grow bigger, and their development speed is significantly faster than in previous lives, and Ryan must also make it go public.

In the UK, after rigorous evaluation, Ryan's agent established a shell company called "Red Football", quietly absorbed 3.17% of Manchester United shares from the market, and sent people to contact two Irish horse racing tycoons, Magnur and McManus. These two largest shareholders of Manchester United clubs also revealed their intention to transfer shares. The biggest problem is undoubtedly the price.

In addition, Ryan's agent also contacted David Jill and Alex Ferguson, and through a series of promises, he temporarily won the support of these two people, just waiting for a good opportunity to launch the final acquisition.
Chapter completed!