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Ya ku masu karatu, Jablíčkář ya sake kawo muku keɓantaccen, wanda ba a gasa ba, samfurin ƙarshe na babi na 32 daga littafin tarihin rayuwar Steve Jobs mai zuwa. Za a sake shi a Jamhuriyar Czech a ranar 15 ga Nuwamba, 11. Kuna iya samun shi yanzu pre-oda don rangwamen farashi na CZK 420.

Abokan Pixar

...da ma makiya

Rayuwar kwaro

Lokacin da Apple ya haɓaka iMac, Ayyuka sun tafi tare da Jony Ive don nuna shi ga mutane a ɗakin studio na Pixar. Ya yi imani cewa injin yana da yanayi mai ban tsoro kuma tabbas zai burge masu kirkirar Buzz Rocket da Woody, kuma yana son cewa duka Ive da John Lasseter suna da kwarewa wajen hada fasaha da fasaha cikin wasa.

Pixar ya kasance mafaka ga Ayyuka lokacin da abubuwa suka yi masa yawa a Cupertino. A Apple, manajoji sau da yawa sun gaji da fushi, kuma Ayyuka ma sun kasance masu rauni kuma mutane sun kasance suna jin tsoro game da shi saboda ba su san yadda yake yi ba. A Pixar, a gefe guda, kowa ya kasance mai natsuwa, mai kirki da murmushi, da juna da kuma Ayyuka. A wasu kalmomi, yanayi a wurin aiki koyaushe yana ƙaddara ta mafi girma - a Apple Jobs da a Pixar Lasseter.

Ayyuka sun ƙaunaci wasan kwaikwayo na yin fim da kuma koyon sihirin kwamfuta cikin ƙwazo, godiya ga wanda, alal misali, haskoki na hasken rana suna raguwa a cikin ruwan sama ko ciyayi na ciyawa a cikin iska. Anan, duk da haka, ya sami damar barin sha'awar samun komai a ƙarƙashin ikonsa. A Pixar ne ya koyi bari wasu su haɓaka damar ƙirƙirar su cikin yardar kaina kuma su yi musu jagora. Ya kasance saboda yana son Lasseter, mai fasaha mai hankali wanda, kamar Ive, zai iya fitar da mafi kyawun Ayyuka.

Babban aikin ayyuka a Pixar shine yin shawarwari, yankin da zai iya cika himmarsa ta zahiri. Ba da dadewa ba bayan fara wasan Labarin wasan yara sun yi karo da Jeffrey Katzenberg, wanda ya bar Disney a lokacin rani na 1994 don haɗa kai da Steven Spielberg da David Geffen don ƙirƙirar sabon ɗakin studio, DreamWorks SKG. Ayyuka sun yi imanin cewa tawagarsa a Pixar sun ba Katzenberg tsare-tsaren sabon fim yayin da yake har yanzu a Disney. Rayuwar Kwaro kuma DreamWorks sun sace ra'ayinsu na fim mai rai game da kwari kuma sun yi fim daga ciki Antz (Ant Z): "Lokacin da Jeffrey ke ci gaba da raye-raye a Disney, mun yi magana da shi game da ra'ayoyinmu Rayuwar kwaro, in ji Ayuba. "A cikin shekaru sittin na tarihin fim mai rairayi, babu wanda ya yi tunanin yin fim game da kwari - sai Lasseter. Yana daya daga cikin fitattun ra'ayoyinsa. Kuma Jeffrey ba zato ba tsammani ya bar Disney, ya kafa DreamWorks, kuma kwatsam ya sami ra'ayi don fim mai rai - oops! - game da kwari. Kuma ya yi kamar bai taba jin ra'ayinmu ba. Karya yake yi. Ƙarya yake yi kuma ba ya ko kunya.'

Duk da haka, ba haka ba ne. Gaskiyar labarin ya ɗan fi ban sha'awa. Katzenberg, yayin da yake a Disney, bai taɓa jin ra'ayoyin Pixar ba Rayuwar kwaro. Amma da ya tafi ya fara DreamWorks, ya ci gaba da tuntuɓar Lasseter, kuma su kan kira juna lokaci zuwa lokaci, don kawai a ce wani abu kamar, "Hey, mutum, yaya rayuwa ke tafiya, me kuke har yanzu?" lokacin da Lasseter ya kasance a cikin ɗakunan studio A Universal, inda DreamWorks kuma ke yin fim, ya kira Katzenberg kuma ya sadu da wasu abokan aiki. Lokacin da Katzenberg ya tambayi abin da suka shirya gaba, Lasseter ya gaya masa. “Mun yi masa bayani Rayuwar kwaro, tauraruwar tururuwa da ke haɗa sauran kwari tare kuma ta ɗauki gungun masu wasan motsa jiki don su kayar da ƙwararrun ciyayi,” in ji Lasseter. “Da ma na yi taka tsantsan. Jeffrey ya ci gaba da tambaya lokacin da muke so mu sake shi.'

Lasseter ya damu lokacin da ya ji a farkon 1996 cewa DreamWorks yana haɓaka fim ɗin tururuwa na kwamfuta. Ya kira Katzenberg ya tambaye shi gaba daya. Katzenberg ya yi dariya ya squirsted a hankali, yana tambayar Lasseter a ina ya ji labarin. Lasseter ya sake tambaya, kuma Katzenberg ya riga ya amince da launi. "Yaya zakayi haka?" Lasseter wanda da kyar ya daga tattausan muryarsa ya daka masa tsawa.

"Mun dade muna da wannan ra'ayin," in ji Katzenberg, wadda aka ce darektan raya DreamWorks ne ya kawo wannan ra'ayin.

"Ban yarda ba," Lasseter ya amsa.

Katzenberg ya yarda da hakan Anty Z ya yi saboda tsoffin abokan aiki daga Disney. Babban fim ɗin DreamWork na farko shine Yariman Masar, wanda aka shirya farawa a ranar Godiya ta 1998, kuma ya firgita da sanin cewa Disney na shirin fara nuna Pixar. Rayuwar kwaro. Hakan yasa ya karasa da sauri Anty Z, don samun Disney don canza ranar farko Rayuwar kwaro.

"Fuck you," Lasseter, wanda yawanci bai taɓa yin magana haka ba, ya sami nutsuwa. Kuma bayan shekaru goma sha uku bai yi magana da Katzenberg ba.

Ayyuka sun fusata. Kuma ya ba da haske ga motsin zuciyarsa fiye da Lasseter. Ya kira Katzenberg a waya ya fara yi masa tsawa. Katzenberg ya ba shi tayin: zai jinkirta samarwa Anty Z, lokacin da Ayyuka da Disney suka motsa farkon Rayuwar kwaro don kada ya ci karo da shi Yariman Masar. "Abin kunya ne marar kunya, kuma ban bi shi ba," in ji Jobs. Ya gaya wa Katzenberg cewa Disney ba zai canza ranar farko ta kowane farashi ba.

"Amma zai iya," Katzenberg ya amsa. "Kuna iya yin duk abin da kuka sanya hankalin ku. Kuma kai ma ka koya mani!” Ya ce lokacin da Pixar ya kusa yin fatara, ya zo ceto da kwangila Labarin wasan yara. "Ni kaɗai ne ban bar ku a rataye ba, kuma yanzu za ku bar su suyi amfani da ku a kaina." Rayuwar kwaro kuma in ce komai ga ɗakin studio na Disney. Kuma Katzenberg sannan ya jinkirta Anty Z. "Ka manta," in ji Ayuba.

Amma Katzenberg yana kan doki. A bayyane yake cewa Eisner da Disney suna amfani da fim ɗin Pixar don ɗaukar fansa a kansa don barin Disney don fara ɗakin studio masu hamayya. "Yariman Masar shi ne abu na farko da muka yi, kuma da gangan suka sanya wani abu nasu a ranar da za a fara nuna mu don kawai su bata mana rai,” inji shi. "Amma na ga kamar Sarkin Zaki: idan ka makale hannunka a cikin kejinsa ka taba ni, za ka yi nadama."

Babu wani bangare da ya ja baya, kuma fina-finai guda biyu makamantan haka game da kwari sun tayar da sha'awar kafofin watsa labarai da ba a taba gani ba. Disney yayi ƙoƙarin rufe Ayyukan Ayyuka, yana mai imani cewa tayar da fafatawa zai zama talla ne kawai Anty Z, amma Ayyuka ba shine wanda za'a iya samun sauƙi ba. "Mugayen mutane ba sa cin nasara," in ji shi a wata hira da aka yi da shi Los Angeles Times. Masanin tallace-tallace na DreamWorks Terry Press ya ba da shawarar, "Steve Jobs yakamata ya sha kwaya."

Anty Z farko a farkon Oktoba 1998. Ba wani mummunan movie. An yi la'akari da tururuwa, wanda ke zaune a cikin al'umma mai jituwa kuma yana sha'awar bayyana ainihin mutum, Woody Allen ya bayyana shi. "Wannan wasan barkwanci ne na Woody Allen, irin Woody Allen ba ya sake yin," ya rubuta Time. Fim din ya samu miliyan 91 a Amurka da miliyan 172 a duk duniya.

Rayuwar kwaro ya iso bayan sati shida fiye da yadda aka tsara tun farko. Yana da ƙarin rubutun ba da labari wanda ya juya tatsuniya ta Aesop game da tururuwa da ciyawar da ke kan ta, kuma an yi ta da fasahar fasaha da yawa, wanda ya ba masu kallo damar jin daɗi, misali, cikakken ra'ayi na makiyaya daga mahallin tururuwa. Time Ya yaba da hakan: “Masu shirya fina-finan sun yi irin wannan kyakkyawan aiki na samar da wannan faffadan daula na bambaro, ganyaye, ciyawa, da labura mai cike da munanan halittu, masu hauka, da kyawawan halittu wadanda fim din DreamWorks ke ji kamar wasan rediyo kusa da aikinsu. ” Richard Corliss mai suka ya rubuta. Kuma a ofishin akwatin, fim din ma ya yi kyau fiye da Anty Z - miliyan 163 a Amurka da miliyan 363 a duk duniya. (Ya doke i Yariman Masar. )

Bayan 'yan shekaru, Katzenberg ya sadu da Ayyuka kwatsam kuma ya yi ƙoƙari ya daidaita abubuwa tsakanin su. Ya nace cewa lokacin da yake Disney, bai taɓa jin ra'ayoyin ba Rayuwar kwaro, kuma idan ya yi, kwangilarsa da Disney za ta ba shi damar raba ribar, don kada ya yi ƙarya game da wani abu makamancin haka. Ayuba ya daga masa hannu. Katzenberg ta ce "Na tambaye ku da ku matsar da ranar farko kuma kun ƙi, don haka ba za ku yi mamakin na kare yarona ba." Ya tuno Ayuba ya jinjina kai ya gane. Koyaya, daga baya Jobs ya ce bai taɓa gafartawa Katzenberg da gaske ba:

“Fim din mu ya doke fim dinsa a ofishin akwatin. Ya juya da kyau? A'a, ba haka ba, domin mutane yanzu suna kallon kowa a Hollywood yana yin fina-finai na kwari kwatsam. Ya kawar da ainihin tunanin Yohanna, kuma ba za a iya maye gurbinsa ba. Ya yi barna har na kasa amincewa da shi, ko da ya so ya daidaita. Ya zo wurina bayan nasarar Shrek ya ce, 'Na canza. Ni mutum ne daban. A ƙarshe ina zaune lafiya da kaina,' da irin wannan shirme. Na kasance kamar, ba ni hutu, Jeffrey. Yana aiki tuƙuru, amma sanin ɗabi'unsa, ba zan iya jin daɗin irin wannan mutumin ba a duniya. Suna yin karya da yawa a Hollywood. Bakuwar duniya ce. Waɗannan mutane suna yin ƙarya saboda suna cikin masana'antar da ba ta da alhakin aiki. Babu. Kuma haka suke tafiya da shi''.

Mafi mahimmanci fiye da shan kashi Anty Z - yayin da ya kasance ramuwar gayya mai ban sha'awa - shine Pixar ya nuna ba abin mamaki ba ne. Rayuwar kwaro samu kuma Labarin wasan yara, yana tabbatar da Pixar cewa nasarar farko da suka samu ba kawai ba ce. "Ciwon samfur na biyu ya zama sananne a cikin kasuwanci," in ji Jobs daga baya. Ya zo daga rashin fahimtar dalilin da yasa samfurin ku na farko ya kasance irin wannan nasara. "Na fuskanci shi a Apple. Kuma na yi tunani a kaina: Idan za mu iya yin fim na biyu, to mun yi shi.

"Steve's Own Movie"

Labarin Toy II, wanda aka fara a watan Nuwamba 1999, ya kasance ma fi girma blockbuster, ya tara dala miliyan 246 a Amurka da dala miliyan 485 a duk duniya. An tabbatar da nasarar Pixar, kuma lokaci ya yi da za a fara gina hedkwatar wakilai. Har ya zuwa yanzu, Pixar yana aiki ne daga wani gidan gwangwani da aka watsar a Emeryville na San Francisco, gundumar masana'antu tsakanin Berkeley da Oakland, kusa da gadar Bay. Sun ruguje tsohon ginin, kuma Ayyuka sun ba wa Peter Bohlin, masanin shagunan Apple, da ya gina sabon gini a kan kadada goma sha shida.

Tabbas, Ayyuka sun ɗauki sha'awa sosai a kowane fanni na sabon ginin, daga ƙirar gabaɗaya zuwa mafi ƙanƙanta dalla-dalla game da kayan aiki da fasahar gini. "Steve ya yi imanin cewa irin ginin da ya dace zai iya yin abubuwa masu kyau ga al'adu," in ji shugaban Pixar Ed Catmull. Ayyuka sun lura da tsarin ginin gaba ɗaya kamar shi darakta ne yana zura wa kansa gumi da hawaye a kowane yanayin fim ɗinsa. "Gidan Pixar wani nau'in fim ne na Steve," in ji Lasseter.

Lasseter da farko yana so ya gina ɗakin studio na Hollywood na gargajiya tare da gine-gine daban-daban don dalilai daban-daban da bungalows don ma'aikatan aikin. Amma mutane daga Disney sun ce ba sa son sabon harabar su saboda suna jin ware, kuma Ayyuka sun yarda. Ya yanke shawarar ya tafi zuwa ga akasin matsananci kuma ya gina babban gini guda ɗaya a tsakiya tare da arium wanda zai taimaka wa mutane saduwa.

Duk da kasancewarsa gogaggen tsohon soja na duniyar dijital, ko watakila saboda ya san da kyau yadda wannan duniyar ke iya ware mutane cikin sauƙi, Ayyuka sun yi imani da ƙarfi sosai a cikin ikon tarurrukan ido-da-ido da mu'amala da mutane. "A zamanin Intanet na yau, muna sha'awar tunanin cewa za a iya haɓaka ra'ayoyi a iChat da imel," in ji shi. "Wannan nasara ce. Ra'ayoyi suna fitowa daga tarurruka na kai-tsaye, daga tattaunawar bazuwar. Ka ci karo da wani, ka tambaye su abin da suke yi, ka ce 'wow' kuma nan da nan kowane irin ra'ayi yana yawo a cikin kai."

Don haka yana son ginin Pixar ya ƙarfafa irin waɗannan damar haduwa da haɗin gwiwa mara shiri. "Idan ginin bai goyi bayan wannan ba, kuna hana kanku da yawa sabbin abubuwa da ra'ayoyin da ke faruwa," in ji shi. "Don haka mun tsara wani gini da ke tilasta wa mutane fita daga ofisoshinsu, suna tafiya ta cikin dakin taro, kuma su hadu da wasu mutanen da watakila ba su hadu da su ba." gani daga tagogin dakin taron, wanda ya kunshi babban dakin taro guda daya mai dauke da kujeru dari shida da kuma kananan dakuna biyu na tsinkaya, daga nan kuma akwai hanyar shiga dakin taro. "Ka'idar Steve ta yi aiki tun daga rana ɗaya," in ji Lasseter. “Na ci karo da mutanen da ban gansu ba tsawon watanni. Ban taɓa ganin ginin da ke haɓaka haɗin gwiwa da ƙirƙira irin wannan ba.”

Ayyuka har ma sun kai ga yanke shawarar cewa ginin zai kasance yana da manyan dakunan wanka guda biyu ne kawai tare da bandakuna, daya na kowane jinsi, kuma an haɗa shi da atrium. "Haninsa yana da ƙarfi sosai, ya gamsu da ra'ayinsa," in ji shugaban Pixar Pam Kerwin. “Wasu daga cikinmu sun ji abin ya yi nisa sosai. Misali, wata mata mai juna biyu ta bayyana cewa ba za su iya tilasta mata ta shiga bandaki na tsawon mintuna goma ba. An yi babban fada game da shi. Don haka sun yi sulhu: bandakuna biyu za su kasance a benaye biyu a kowane gefen atrium.

Za a iya ganin katakon ƙarfe na ginin, don haka Ayyuka sun bi samfurori daga ƴan kwangila a fadin Jihohi, suna mamakin wane launi da nau'in za su yi aiki mafi kyau a gare su. A ƙarshe, ya zaɓi masana'anta a Arkansas, ya umurce su da su yi ƙarfe mai launi da kuma tabbatar da cewa katakon ba su yi tsinke ba yayin jigilar kaya. Ya kuma dage da cewa a dunkule su wuri guda, ba a yi musu walda ba. "Sun yi kyakkyawan karfe mai kyau," in ji shi. "Lokacin da ma'aikatan ke loda katako a karshen mako, sun gayyaci iyalai su duba."

Wurin da ba a saba gani ba a hedkwatar Pixar shine Lounge of Love. Lokacin da daya daga cikin masu wasan kwaikwayo ya shiga ofishinsa, ya sami wata karamar kofa a baya. Yana budewa yaga wata yar karamar hanya wacce ta kai ga wani daki mai katanga na kwano wanda ya ba da damar shigar da na'urar sanyaya iska. Mutumin da ake magana ya yi wannan dakin nasa nasa, inda ya yi masa ado da fitulun Kirsimeti da fitulun lava tare da abokan aikinsa tare da samar da kujeru masu dauke da yadudduka na dabba, kujerun da ake yi da tagulla, teburi mai nadawa, wani mashaya mai cike da kayan abinci da napkins da aka buga da Lounge na soyayya. Kyamarar bidiyo da aka sanya a cikin hanyar ta ba wa ma'aikata damar sanya ido kan wanda ke gabatowa.

Lasseter da Ayyuka sun kawo baƙi masu mahimmanci a nan, waɗanda ko da yaushe suna tambaya ko za su sanya hannu a bango a nan. Akwai sa hannun Michael Eisner, Roy Disney, Tim Allen ko Randy Newman. Ayyuka suna son shi a nan, amma saboda bai sha ba, wani lokaci yakan kira ɗakin a matsayin ɗakin shakatawa. Ya ce muto yana tunawa da "lounge" da shi da Daniel Kottke suka yi a Reed, kawai ba tare da LSD ba.

Saki

A cikin shaida a gaban kwamitin Majalisar Dattijai a watan Fabrairun 2002, Michael Eisner ya kai hari kan tallace-tallacen Ayyukan da aka yi na iTunes. “Muna da kamfanonin kwamfuta a nan waɗanda ke da cikakkun tallace-tallace da allunan talla waɗanda ke cewa: Zazzage, haɗa, ƙone,” in ji shi. "Wato suna karfafawa da karfafa sata daga duk wanda ya sayi kwamfutarsa."

Wannan ba magana ce mai wayo sosai ba, saboda yana nuna cewa Eisner bai fahimci ka'idar iTunes ba. Kuma Ayyuka, a fahimta, sun ƙone kansa, wanda Eisner zai iya annabta. Kuma hakan ma bai yi wayo ba, domin Pixar da Disney sun bayyana fim ɗin su na huɗu Monsters Inc. (Monsters Inc), wanda ba da jimawa ba ya nuna nasara fiye da fina-finan baya, inda ya samu dala miliyan 525 a duk duniya. Ana gab da tsawaita kwantiragin tsakanin Pixar da ɗakin studio na Disney, kuma tabbas Eisner bai taimaka ba lokacin da ya yiwa abokin nasa sharri a gaban majalisar dattawan Amurka. Ayyuka sun cika da damuwa, nan da nan ya kira ɗaya daga cikin masu gudanarwa daga Disney don sauke kansa. "Kin san abinda Michael kawai yayi min?"

Eisner da Ayyuka sun fito ne daga wurare daban-daban, kowanne daga kusurwa daban-daban na Amurka. Duk da haka, sun kasance iri ɗaya a cikin ƙaƙƙarfan nufinsu kuma ba su da niyyar yin sulhu. Dukansu biyu suna son yin abubuwa masu inganci, wanda a gare su yana nufin cudling da cikakkun bayanai kuma ba cudanya masu sukar ba. Kallon Eisner yana hawan jirgin ƙasan daji akai-akai, gano yadda ake yin hawan ya fi kyau kamar kallon Steve Jobs tare da ƙirar iPod da tunanin yadda za a sauƙaƙe shi. A daya bangaren kuma, kallonsu suna mu'amala da mutane bai kusan karawa ba.

Dukansu sun iya tabbatar da kansu, amma ba su son ja da baya, wanda fiye da sau ɗaya, lokacin da suka shiga juna, ya haifar da shaƙewa a wurin aiki. A kowace gardama suna zargin juna da yin karya. Amma Eisner ko Ayyuka ba su yi imani cewa za su iya koyan wani abu daga ɗayan ba, kuma ba su taɓa tunanin nuna wa ɗayan tsarin girmamawa ba kuma aƙalla suna ɗauka cewa akwai abin da za su koya. Ayyuka sun zargi Eisner:

"Mafi munin sashi, ina tsammanin, shine Pixar ya sami nasarar farfado da kasuwancin Disney, yana yin babban fim daya bayan daya, yayin da Disney ya bazu bayan flop. Kuna tsammanin shugaban Disney zai so sanin yadda Pixar zai iya yin hakan. Amma ya ziyarci Pixar na tsawon sa'o'i biyu da rabi a cikin shekaru ashirin na dangantakarmu, don kawai ya ba mu jawabin taya murna. Bai damu ba, bai taba son sani ba. Kuma hakan yana bani mamaki. Son sani na da matukar muhimmanci. "

Wannan rashin mutunci ne da yawa. Eisner ya daɗe a Pixar, Ayyuka ba su halarta ba don wasu ziyararsa. Duk da haka, gaskiya ne cewa bai nuna sha'awar fasaha ko aikin fasaha a cikin ɗakin studio ba. Ba kamar shi ba, Ayyuka sun ba da lokaci mai yawa don samun wani abu daga gudanarwar Disney.

Nudge tsakanin Eisner da Ayyuka ya fara ne a lokacin rani na 2002. Ayyuka sun kasance suna sha'awar ruhun kirkire-kirkire na Walt Disney mai girma da kuma gaskiyar cewa kamfanin Disney ya kasance yana aiki na ƙarni da yawa. Ya ga dan uwan ​​Walt Roy a matsayin siffa na gadon tarihin kawunsa da falsafar rayuwa. Har yanzu Roy ya kasance a kan ragamar ɗakin studio na Disney, duk da cewa shi da Eisner ba su kusa kusa kamar da ba, kuma Ayyuka sun nuna masa cewa Pixar ba zai sabunta kwangilarsa da Disney ba idan Eisner ya ci gaba da kasancewa a kan ragamar.

Roy Disney da Stanley Gold, na kusa da shi a cikin gudanarwar ɗakin studio, sun fara faɗakar da sauran masu gudanarwa game da matsalar Pixar. A cikin watan Agusta 2002, wannan ya sa Eisner ya rubuta imel zuwa ga gudanarwa wanda bai ɗauki adibas ba. Ya tabbata cewa a ƙarshe Pixar zai sabunta yarjejeniyar, wani ɓangare saboda Disney yana da haƙƙin fina-finai na Pixar kuma an riga an yi kiredit ɗin. Bugu da ƙari, Disney za ta kasance a cikin mafi kyawun matsayi na tattaunawa a shekara guda daga yanzu saboda Pixar zai saki sabon fim din su Nemo Nemo (Nemo Nemo). "Jiya mun kalli sabon fim din Pixar a karo na biyu Nemo Nemo, wanda za a fara farawa a watan Mayu mai zuwa," ya rubuta. "Zai zama babban binciken gaskiya ga wadancan mutanen. Yana da kyau sosai, amma babu inda ya kai fim ɗin su na ƙarshe. Amma ba shakka suna jin yana da ban mamaki Los Angeles Times da kuma tayar da Ayuba. Na biyu kuma, yayi kuskure, yayi kuskure sosai.

Fim mai rai Nemo Nemo ya zama Pixar's (da Disney's) mafi girma hit zuwa yau kuma ya zarce Sarkin Zaki kuma ya zama fim mafi nasara a tarihi. Ya samu dala miliyan 340 a cikin gida da kuma dala miliyan 868 mai daraja a duk duniya. A cikin 2010, shi ma ya zama DVD mafi shahara a kowane lokaci - tare da sayar da kwafi miliyan 40 - kuma ya zama batun shahararrun tafiye-tafiye a wuraren shakatawa na Disney. Kuma a saman wannan, ƙwararren ƙira ce mai ban sha'awa wacce ta sami lambar yabo ta Academy don Mafi kyawun fasalin Animated. "Ina son fim ɗin sosai domin yana game da yin kasada da koyan barin waɗanda muke ƙauna su yi kasada," in ji Jobs. Nasarar fim ɗin yana nufin dala miliyan 183 don akwatunan Pixar, wanda a yanzu yana da kyau miliyan 521 don sulhu na ƙarshe tare da Disney.

Jim kadan bayan kammalawa Nema Ayyuka sun sanya tayin Eisner ya zama mai gefe ɗaya wanda ya bayyana sarai cewa dole ne a ƙi shi. Maimakon rarrabuwar kudaden shiga na 50: 50, kamar yadda yarjejeniyar da ake buƙata ta kasance, Ayyuka sun ba da shawarar cewa Pixar zai zama cikakken mai mallakar fina-finai, yana biyan Disney kawai kashi bakwai da rabi don rarrabawa. Kuma fina-finai biyu na ƙarshe - suna aiki ne kawai akan fina-finai Abubuwan Al'ajabi a Motoci - ciki har da manyan haruffa za su riga sun kasance ƙarƙashin sabuwar yarjejeniya.

Amma Eisner yana da babban kati guda ɗaya a hannunsa. Ko da Pixar bai sabunta kwangilar ba, Disney yana da haƙƙin yin bita Labarin wasan yara da sauran fina-finan da Pixar suka yi, kuma suna da haƙƙin haƙƙin jaruman su, daga Woody zuwa Nemo, da kuma Mickey Mouse da Donald Duck. Eisner ya riga ya shirya-ko yana barazanar-cewa masu raye-rayen Disney zasu ƙirƙira Labarin Wasan Wasa III, saboda Pixar ba ya son yin hakan. "Idan ka dubi abin da kamfanin ya yi, misali. Cinderella II, kauda kai kawai," in ji Jobs.

Eisner ya yi nasarar sa Roy Disney ya sauka a matsayin shugaban a watan Nuwamba 2003, amma tashin hankalin bai kare a nan ba. Disney ya rubuta budaddiyar wasika mai ban tsoro. "Kamfanin ya rasa cibiyarsa na nauyi, makamashin kirkire-kirkirensa, ya watsar da gadonsa," ya rubuta. A cikin yawan gazawar Eisner, duk da haka, bai ambaci gina kyakkyawar alaƙa da Pixar ba. Ayyuka sun yanke shawarar a wannan lokacin cewa ba ya son yin aiki tare da Eisner. A cikin Janairu 2004, ya ba da sanarwar a bainar jama'a cewa ya fasa tattaunawa da ɗakin studio na Disney.

A matsayinka na mai mulki, Ayyuka sun yi hankali don kada jama'a su ga ra'ayoyinsa masu karfi, wanda ya raba kawai tare da abokansa a kusa da teburin dafa abinci a Palo Alto. Amma wannan karon bai ja da baya ba. A wani taron manema labarai da ya kira, ya shaida wa manema labarai cewa yayin da Pixar ke samar da hits, masu wasan kwaikwayo na Disney suna yin "lalacewar abin kunya." "Gaskiyar magana ita ce, mun yi aiki kaɗan tare da Disney akan matakin ƙirƙira a cikin 'yan shekarun nan. Kuna iya kwatanta ingancin fina-finai na mu tare da ingantaccen ingancin fina-finai na Disney uku na ƙarshe kuma ku sami hoton ƙirƙirar wannan kamfani da kanku babban zane ga masu sauraro, waɗanda suka je cinema don ganin fina-finai na Disney. "Mun yi imani cewa Pixar yanzu shine mafi ƙarfi kuma sanannen alama a cikin raye-raye." Lokacin da Ayyuka ya nemi kulawa, Roy Disney ya amsa, "Lokacin da mayya ta mutu, za mu sake kasancewa tare."

John Lasseter ya firgita da tunanin rabuwa da Disney. “Na damu da ‘ya’yana. Me za su yi da halayen da muka ƙirƙira?” Ya tuna. "Kamar an cusa min wuka a cikin zuciyata." Ya yi kuka yayin da yake tara tawagarsa a dakin taro na Pixar, hawaye na zubowa a idanunsa yayin da yake jawabi ga ma'aikatan Pixar dari takwas da suka taru a dakin taro. "Kamar ba da 'ya'yan da kuke ƙauna don yin reno ga mutanen da aka samu da laifin cin zarafin yara." Ya bayyana dalilin da ya sa ya zama dole a raba hanya tare da Disney kuma ya tabbatar wa kowa da kowa cewa Pixar zai ci gaba kuma ya yi nasara. "Yana da babban ikon lallashi," in ji Yakubu, injiniyan Pixar da ya daɗe. "Dukkanmu ba zato ba tsammani mun yi imani cewa komai ya faru, Pixar zai bunƙasa."

Bob Iger, shugaban kamfanin Disney, dole ne ya shiga ciki ya rage yiwuwar sakamakon kalmomin Ayuba. Ya kasance mai hankalta da gaskiya kamar yadda na kusa da shi suka kasance masu iya magana. Ya fito daga gidan talabijin - kafin Disney ya same shi a 1996, ya kasance shugaban ABC Network. Ya kasance manaja mai ƙwazo, amma kuma yana da ido don hazaka, fahimtar mutane da sanin halin da ake ciki, kuma ya san yadda ake yin shiru lokacin da ake buƙata. Ba kamar Eisner da Ayyuka ba, ya kasance mai natsuwa kuma yana da tarbiyya sosai, wanda hakan ya taimaka masa wajen mu'amala da mutane masu girman kai. "Steve ya ba mutane mamaki ta hanyar sanar da cewa ya gama da mu," Iger ya tuna daga baya. "Mun shiga cikin yanayin rikici kuma ina ƙoƙarin daidaita komai."

Eisner ya jagoranci Disney na shekaru goma masu albarka. Shugaban kamfanin shine Frank Wells. Wells ya 'yantar da Eisner daga nauyin gudanarwa da yawa, don haka Eisner zai iya yin aiki a kan shawarwarinsa, yawanci mai mahimmanci kuma sau da yawa mai ban sha'awa, don inganta kowane fim, sha'awar shakatawa na Disney, aikin talabijin, ko wasu batutuwa marasa adadi. Amma lokacin da Wells ya mutu a hadarin helikwafta a 1994, Eisner ya kasa samun mafi kyawun manaja. Katzenberg ne ya bukaci sakon Wells, wanda shine dalilin da ya sa Eisner ya rabu da shi. A shekara ta 1995, Michael Ovitz ya zama shugaban kasa, amma ba yanke shawara mai dadi ba kuma Ovitz ya bar bayan kasa da shekaru biyu. Daga baya Ayyuka sun yi sharhi kamar haka:

"A cikin shekaru goma na farko a matsayin darektan zartarwa, Eisner ya yi aiki na gaskiya. Amma ya kasance yana yin mummunan aiki tsawon shekaru goma da suka gabata. Kuma wannan canjin ya zo lokacin da Frank Wells ya mutu. Eisner mutumin kirki ne. Yana da ra'ayoyi masu kyau. Don haka yayin da Frank ke kula da al'amuran aiki, Eisner zai iya tashi daga aikin zuwa aiki kamar bumblebee, yana inganta su tare da shigar da shi. Amma ba shi da kyau a matsayinsa na manaja, don haka idan ya kula da zirga-zirgar ababen hawa, ya yi muni. Babu wanda yake son yi masa aiki. Ba shi da wani iko. Yana da ƙungiyar tsare-tsare da ta kasance kamar Gestapo, ba za ku iya kashe ko sisin kwabo ba tare da an sanya muku takunkumi ba. Duk da cewa na rabu da shi, dole ne in yarda da nasarorin da ya samu a cikin shekaru goma na farko. Ina son wani bangare na halayensa. Wani lokaci aboki ne mai nishadi - mai daɗi, faɗakarwa, ban dariya. Amma kuma yana da bangaran duhu, lokacin da kwarjininsa ya samu nasara a kansa. Da farko, ya yi adalci da hankali, amma a cikin waɗannan shekaru goma na san shi daga mafi muni kuma.'

Babbar matsalar Eisner a shekara ta 2004 ita ce ta kasa ganin hargitsin da ake yi a sashen wasan kwaikwayo. Fina-finai biyu na ƙarshe, Taskar Duniya a Dan'uwa Bear, Ba Disney ta gado adalci ba, kuma ba su yi yawa mai kyau a akwatin ofishin. Hakazalika, fina-finan raye-rayen da suka yi nasara sun kasance ginshiƙan rayuwar al'umma, sun kasance ginshiƙan abubuwan jan hankali na wuraren shakatawa, kayan wasan yara da shahararrun shirye-shiryen talabijin. Labarin wasan yara yana da ci gaba, an ƙirƙiri wasan kwaikwayon a cewarsa Disney kan kankara, kiɗan Labarin wasan yara, wanda aka buga a cikin jiragen ruwa na jirgin ruwa na Disney, ya kuma haifar da wani bidiyo na musamman wanda ya hada da Buzz the Rocketeer, CD na tatsuniyoyi, wasanni na bidiyo guda biyu da kuma ɗimbin kayan wasan yara da aka sayar da jimlar kusan miliyan 25, tarin tufafi da abubuwan jan hankali guda tara a. Disney theme Parks. Duniyar taska duk da haka, ba haka lamarin yake ba.

"Michael bai fahimci cewa matsalolin Disney a cikin raye-raye sun kasance masu tsanani ba," Iger ya bayyana daga baya. "Kuma hakan ya bayyana a yadda ya yi da Pixar. Ya ji cewa ba ya bukatar Pixar, ko da yake ya kasance akasin haka.” Bugu da ƙari, Eisner yana son yin shawarwari sosai kuma yana ƙin sasantawa, wanda a fili ya yi karo da Ayyuka, saboda ya fito daga kullu ɗaya. "Kowace tattaunawa na bukatar sasantawa," in ji Iger. "Kuma babu ɗaya daga cikin waɗannan biyun da ke da ainihin gwanin sulhu."

Hanyar fita daga rikicin ta zo ne a ranar Asabar da daddare a cikin Maris 2005, lokacin da Iger ya sami kiran waya daga Sanata George Mitchell na lokacin da wasu membobin hukumar Disney da yawa. Sun gaya masa za su maye gurbin Eisner a matsayin Shugaba nan da 'yan watanni. Lokacin da Iger ya tashi da safe, ya kira 'ya'yansa mata sannan Steve Jobsov zuwa John Lasseter ya gaya musu a fili cewa yana daraja Pixar kuma yana son yin yarjejeniya. Ayyuka sun yi farin ciki. Yana son Iger kuma a wani lokaci ma ya gano cewa suna da ɗan bambanci saboda budurwar Jobs daya tilo Jennifer Egan ta zauna tare da matar Iger a jami'a.

A wannan lokacin bazara, kafin Iger ya hau kan karagar mulki, ya yi ganawar gwaji tare da Ayyuka. Apple yana gab da fitowa da iPod wanda zai iya kunna bidiyo ban da kiɗa. Don sayar da shi, sai an gabatar da shi a talabijin, kuma Jobs ba ya son a san shi da yawa saboda yana so ya zama sirri har sai da ya bayyana shi da kansa a kan dandamali a taron kaddamarwa. Jerin talabijin guda biyu mafi nasara a Amurka, Matan gida masu tsauri a Bace, mallakar ABC, wanda Iger daga Disney ke kula da shi. Iger, wanda ke da iPods da yawa da kansa kuma ya yi amfani da su tun daga sanyin safiya zuwa aikin dare, nan da nan ya ga abin da zai iya yi don nuna iPod a talabijin kuma ya ba da jerin shahararrun biyu na ABC. "Mun fara magana game da shi a cikin mako guda, bai kasance mai sauƙi ba," in ji Iger. "Amma yana da mahimmanci saboda Steve ya ga yadda nake aiki kuma saboda ya nuna wa kowa cewa Disney ya iya yin aiki tare da Steve."

Don murnar ƙaddamar da sabon iPod, Ayyuka sun yi hayar gidan wasan kwaikwayo a San José kuma ya gayyaci Iger ya zama baƙonsa da abin mamaki a asirce a ƙarshe. "Ban taɓa zuwa ɗaya daga cikin abubuwan da ya gabatar ba, don haka ban san girman girman taron ba," in ji Iger. “Hakika ci gaba ne ga dangantakarmu. Ya ga cewa ni mai sha'awar fasahar zamani ne kuma ina shirye in dauki wasu kasada." Ayyuka sun sanya aikin kirkire-kirkire na yau da kullun, yana nuna wa masu sauraro dukkan fasali da ayyukan sabon iPod domin kowa ya ga cewa " daya daga cikin mafi kyawun abubuwan da muka taɓa yi ”, da kuma yadda kantin sayar da iTunes yanzu zai ba da bidiyon kiɗa da gajerun fina-finai. Sa'an nan, kamar yadda ya saba, ya kammala da cewa, "Kuma wani abu daya..." iPod zai sayar da jerin talabijin. An yi tafa mai kauri. Ya ambaci cewa jerin fitattun fina-finai biyu na ABC ne ke samar da su. "Kuma wa ya mallaki ABC? Disney! Na san wadancan mutanen," ya yi farin ciki.

Lokacin da Iger ya ɗauki mataki, ya zama kamar a kwance kamar Ayyuka. "Daya daga cikin abubuwan da Steve da ni ke so game da wannan shine haɗin fasaha mai ban mamaki tare da abun ciki mai ban mamaki," in ji shi. "Na yi farin cikin kasancewa a nan don sanar da fadada dangantakarmu da Apple," in ji shi, bayan dakatawar da ta dace, ya kara da cewa, "Ba tare da Pixar ba, amma tare da Apple."

Koyaya, a bayyane yake daga rungumarsu mai daɗi cewa Pixar da Disney za su sake yin aiki tare. "Hakan ne na yi tunanin jagoranci na - soyayya, ba yaki ba," in ji Iger. "Mun yi yaƙi da Roy Disney, tare da Comcast, tare da Apple da Pixar. Ina so in daidaita komai, musamman tare da Pixar. A gefensa akwai Eisner, na ƙarshe a matsayin babban darektan. Bikin ya haɗa da babban fareti na Disney da aka saba a ƙasa Main Street. A yin haka, Iger ya gane cewa kawai haruffa a cikin fareti da aka halitta a cikin shekaru goma da suka gabata daga Pixar. "Kwallon fitila ya kashe," in ji shi. "Ina tsaye kusa da Michael, amma na ajiye shi a kaina saboda zai ƙalubalanci yadda ya jagoranci wasan kwaikwayo na shekaru goma. Bayan shekaru goma Sarkin Zaki, Kyakkyawa da dabba a Aladin shekaru goma babu abin da ya biyo baya."

Iger ya koma Burbank, inda ya gudanar da bincike na kudi kuma ya gano, a tsakanin sauran abubuwa, cewa rukunin fina-finai mai rai ya sha wahala a cikin shekaru goma da suka gabata. A taronsa na farko a matsayinsa na Babban Darakta, ya gabatar da sakamakon bincikensa ga hukumar, wanda mambobinta sun ji haushin cewa ba a taba gaya musu komai ba. "Kamar yadda raye-raye ke bunƙasa, haka ma duk kamfaninmu," in ji Iger. “Fim ɗin da ya yi nasara ya kasance kamar babban igiyar ruwa wanda ya shafi dukkan sassan kasuwancinmu - tun daga masu yin fareti zuwa kiɗa, wuraren shakatawa, wasannin bidiyo, talabijin, Intanet da ma kayan wasan yara. Idan ba mu yi waɗannan igiyoyin ruwa ba, kamfanin ba zai bunƙasa ba.” Ya gabatar musu da zaɓuɓɓuka da yawa. Ko dai a ajiye masu gudanarwa na yanzu a sashen fina-finai masu rai, wanda a cewarsa, bai yi aiki ba, ko kuma a kawar da shi a sami wani, amma abin takaici bai san wanda ya dace ba. Kuma zaɓi na ƙarshe shine siyan Pixar. “Matsalar ita ce, ban sani ba ko na sayarwa ne, kuma idan ta kasance, to ko shakka babu za a kashe makudan kudade,” in ji shi. Hukumar gudanarwar ta ba shi izinin fara tattaunawa da Pixar game da hakan.

Iger ya yi abin da ba a saba gani ba. Lokacin da ya fara magana da Ayyuka, ya yarda da abin da ya gane yayin kallon faretin Disney a Hong Kong, da kuma yadda ya tabbatar masa da gaske cewa Disney na matukar bukatar Pixar. "Ina son Bob Iger don wannan," in ji Jobs. "Kawai ya shafe ku. Wannan shine mafi kyawun abin da za ku iya yi a farkon shawarwari, aƙalla bisa ga ƙa'idodin gargajiya. Kawai sai ya ajiye katin akan tebur ya ce, ''Muna cikin ja. ' Na ji daɗin mutumin nan da nan saboda ina aiki haka. Bari mu jefa katunan a kan tebur mu ga yadda suke faɗuwa.” (Wannan ba ainihin hanyar Ayyukan Ayyuka ba ce. Yakan buɗe tattaunawa ta hanyar bayyana cewa samfuran ko sabis ɗin ɗayan ba su da amfani.)

Ayyuka da Iger sun yi yawo da yawa tare - harabar Apple, Palo Alto, Allen da Co. in Sun Valley. Da farko, sun haɗa wani shiri don sabon yarjejeniyar rarrabawa: Pixar zai dawo da duk haƙƙin haƙƙin fina-finai da haruffan da ya riga ya samar, kuma a sakamakon haka, Disney zai sami rabo mai kyau na Pixar, kuma Pixar zai biya shi kuɗi kaɗan. don rarraba fina-finansa na gaba. Amma Iger ya damu cewa yarjejeniyar za ta sa Pixar ya zama babban abokin hamayyar Disney, wanda ba zai yi kyau ba ko da Disney yana da hannun jari a Pixar.

Don haka ya fara ba da shawara ga Ayyuka cewa watakila su yi wani abu mafi girma. "Ina so ku sani cewa da gaske na yi la'akari da wannan ta kowane bangare," in ji shi. Ayyuka a bayyane ba su saba da shi ba. "Ba da dadewa ba ya bayyana a gare mu biyu cewa tattaunawarmu na iya komawa kan batun saye," in ji Jobs.

Amma da farko, Ayyuka suna buƙatar albarkar John Lasseter da Ed Catmull, don haka ya ce su zo gidansa. Kuma ya yi magana kai tsaye ga batun. "Muna bukatar mu san Bob Iger," ya gaya musu. "Za mu iya haɗa shi tare da shi kuma mu taimake shi tada Disney. Mutum ne mai girma.”

Su biyun sun yi shakku da farko. "Zai iya cewa muna cikin firgici," in ji Lasseter. "Idan ba kwa son yin hakan, to, amma ina so ku hadu da Bob Iger kafin ku yanke shawara," Jobs ya ci gaba da cewa. "Ina da irin wannan tunanin kamar ku, amma na ƙare da gaske ina son mutumin." rana . Mutum ne madaidaici, babu abin nunawa.” Lasseter ya tuna yadda shi da Catmull suka zauna a can na ɗan lokaci tare da bakunansu.

Iger ya tafi aiki. Ya tashi daga Los Angeles zuwa gidan Lasseter don cin abincin rana, ya sadu da matarsa ​​da danginsa, ya zauna har tsakar dare yana tattaunawa. Ya kuma ɗauki Catmull zuwa abincin dare sannan ya ziyarci ɗakin studio na Pixar, shi kaɗai, ba tare da rakiya ba kuma ba tare da Ayyuka ba. "Na sadu da dukan darektoci a wurin, daya bayan daya, kuma kowannensu ya gaya mani game da fim din su," in ji shi. Lasseter ya yi alfahari da yadda kungiyarsa ta burge Iger, kuma ba shakka Iger ya kara sonsa. "Na fi alfahari da Pixar a lokacin fiye da yadda nake yi," in ji shi. "Kowa ya yi ban mamaki kuma Bob ya busa shi da gaske."

Lokacin da Iger ya ga abin da ke cikin tanadi na shekaru masu zuwa - Motoci, Ratatouille, Wall-E - ya dawo ya gaya wa CFO ɗin sa a Disney: “Yesu Kiristi, suna da manyan abubuwa! Sai dai mu yarda da su. Wannan shi ne game da makomar kamfanin. " Ya yarda cewa bai yi imani da fina-finan da ake yi a Disney ba.

A ƙarshe sun haɗa yarjejeniyar inda Disney zai sayi Pixar akan dala biliyan 7,4 a hannun jari. Daga nan ayyuka za su zama babban mai hannun jari na Disney tare da kusan kashi bakwai na hannun jari - Eisner ya mallaki kashi 1,7 kawai kuma Roy Disney ya mallaki kashi ɗaya kawai na hannun jari. Za a kawo sashin Animation na Disney a ƙarƙashin Pixar kuma Lasseter kuma Catmull zai jagoranci shi duka. Pixar za ta ci gaba da kasancewa mai zaman kanta, ɗakin studio da hedkwatarsa ​​za su kasance a Emeryville, kuma za ta riƙe yankin Intanet nata.

Iger ya nemi Ayyuka don kawo Lasseter da Catmull zuwa taron kwamitin gudanarwa na Disney na safe a Century City, Los Angeles, ranar Lahadi. Manufar ita ce a shirya su don ganin cewa zai zama mataki na tsattsauran ra'ayi da tsadar kuɗi, don kada su sami matsala da shi kuma ba za su ja da baya ba. Yayin da suke fitowa daga filin ajiye motoci, Lasseter ya gaya wa Jobs, "Idan na yi farin ciki sosai ko kuma na yi magana da yawa, sanya hannunka a kan ƙafata." Ayyuka kawai dole ne su yi shi sau ɗaya, in ba haka ba Lasseter yana da kyau. “Na yi magana a kan yadda muke yin fina-finai, menene falsafar mu, yadda muke bude baki da gaskiya a tsakaninmu, da yadda muke raya hazakar juna,” in ji shi. Hukumar ta yi jerin tambayoyi, kuma Ayyuka sun sa Lasseter ya amsa yawancin su. Ayyuka da kansa ya yi magana a sama da duka game da yadda abin ban mamaki yake haɗuwa da fasaha tare da fasaha. "Wannan shine abin da al'adunmu gaba daya suke game da shi, kamar na Apple," in ji shi. Iger ya tuna, "Sha'awarsu da sha'awarsu ta mamaye kowa gaba ɗaya."

Kafin hukumar Disney ta samu damar amincewa da haɗewar, Michael Eisner ya shiga ya yi ƙoƙarin murƙushe yarjejeniyar. Yayi waya da Iger yace yayi tsada. "Za ka iya hada animation tare da kanka," ya gaya masa. "Yaya kuma?" "Na san za ku iya," in ji Eisner. Iger ya fara bata hakuri. "Michael, ta yaya za ka ce zan iya yin shi da kaina alhalin ba za ka iya ba?!"

Eisner ya ce yana so ya zo taron hukumar - duk da cewa ba ya zama memba ko manaja ba - kuma ya yi magana game da sayen. Iger ya yi adawa da hakan, amma Eisner ya yi waya da Warren Buffet, babban mai hannun jari, da George Mitchell, wanda shi ne shugaban hukumar. Tsohon Sanatan ya shawo kan Iger ya bar Eisner yayi magana. "Na gaya wa hukumar cewa babu bukatar siyan Pixar saboda sun riga sun mallaki kashi tamanin da biyar na abin da Pixar ya yi," Eisner ya tuna. Yana magana ne akan gaskiyar cewa ga fina-finan da aka riga aka yi, Disney na da rabon ribar da aka samu, da kuma haƙƙin yin jerin abubuwa da kuma amfani da haruffa daga waɗannan fina-finai. "Na yi gabatarwa inda na ce kashi goma sha biyar ne kawai na Pixar ya rage wanda Disney ba ta da shi. Kuma abin da suke samu ke nan. Sauran fare ne kan fina-finan Pixar nan gaba. “Na yi nuni da wasu daraktoci da furodusoshi a tarihin fim da suka yi ‘yan hits sannan suka yi bulaguro. Ya faru da Spielberg, Walt Disney, da sauran su da yawa. "Steve ya ji haushi da na san irin waɗannan abubuwa," in ji Eisner daga baya.

Lokacin da ya gama gabatar da jawabinsa, Iger ya karyata hujjojinsa da maki. "Bari in bayyana abin da ke damun wannan gabatarwa," in ji shi. Bayan sauraron su biyun, kwamitin ya amince da yarjejeniyar kamar yadda Iger ya gabatar.

Iger ya tashi zuwa Emeryville don saduwa da Ayyuka don tattauna yarjejeniyar ma'aikatan Pixar. Amma tun kafin wannan, Ayyuka sun sadu da Catmull da Lasseter. "Idan ɗayanku yana da shakka," in ji shi, "zan gaya musu 'na gode, ba na so' kuma in busa usur kan yarjejeniyar." A wannan lokacin zai zama kusan ba zai yiwu ba. Duk da haka, sun yi maraba da karimcinsa. "Ba ni da matsala da hakan," in ji Lasseter. "Mu yi shi." Catmull ya yarda kuma. Nan kowa ya rungumo su Ayuba suka rushe da kuka.

Sai kowa ya taru a cikin atrium. "Disney yana siyan Pixar," in ji Jobs. Hawaye ne suka zubo daga wasu idanuwan, amma da yake bayanin yadda yarjejeniyar ta kasance, sai ga ma’aikata sun fara bayyana cewa wani irin kife ne. Catmull zai zama shugaban wasan kwaikwayo na Disney, Lasseter zai zama darektan fasaha. Daga karshe kowa ya yi murna. Iger ya tsaya a gefe kuma Jobs ya gayyace shi ya zo gaban ma'aikatan da suka taru. Lokacin da Iger ya yi magana game da keɓaɓɓen al'adun Pixar da yadda Disney dole ne ya reno shi kuma ya koya daga gare ta, taron ya barke da tafi.

"Burina ba wai kawai in yi manyan kayayyaki bane, amma in gina manyan kamfanoni," in ji Jobs daga baya. "Walt Disney ya yi. Kuma yadda muka yi wannan haɗin gwiwa, mun ƙyale Pixar ya kasance babban kamfani kuma mun taimaka wa Disney ta ci gaba da kasancewa ɗaya. "

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