Over the next few days, Kyle remained at the farm for a full 7 days.
Every day, he rode horses across the endless pastures, switching between different steeds.
Around noon, in a forest teeming with rare plants and animals, he leisurely joined everyone in building a log cabin, then grabbed a hunting rifle and happily went hunting.
Of course, rowing a small boat on the vast lake was Kyle's most enjoyable activity.
However, since it was November, even though the freshwater lake on the farm connected to the sea and didn't freeze, it was still extremely cold, at minus 16 degrees Celsius.
Oh God, this left Kyle feeling quite helpless.
Of course, there was a silver lining: on the fifth day of his stay at the farm, it snowed in the Great Lakes region!
This was America's first snowfall since the winter of '98.
What do you do when it snows?
You frolic happily, of course!
Since his transmigration, Kyle had been busy working.
Well, even if Kyle himself was lazy and had a lot of free time, he had never experienced the outdoors before.
This trip to the farm fulfilled all of Kyle's fantasies.
That evening.
"Lasseter, I heard you on the phone this morning.
Was Jobs urging you to return to Los Angeles?" Kyle sat by the roaring fireplace, taking a sip of hot cocoa.
"That's right.
After all, the premiere of 'A Bug's Life' is less than 3 days away." Lasseter drained his large glass of beer.
Lasseter had an astonishing capacity for alcohol, but his favorite drink had always been beer, even in winter.
Kyle nodded, "Speaking of the animated film 'A Bug's Life,' you seem to be quite low-key this time!
Even during your company's interview program on ABC last month, all the main members of the crew went, but you, the director, didn't.
Why?"
Lasseter chuckled, "'A Bug's Life' is an animated film I co-directed with Andrew.
I already had my moment in the spotlight with 'Toy Story' a few years ago.
This time, no matter what, it's Andrew's turn to shine."
Kyle couldn't help but laugh and scold, "Are the five heads of Pixar really that close?"
"You rascal!" Lasseter was speechless.
In fact, the relationship between Pixar's five animated directors was just as the outside world saw it: incredibly good, referring to each other as brothers.
Of course, while their relationship was good, none of them were willing to remain inferior to others.
Lasseter was the leader of the five directors, the number one person after Jobs.
Although everyone respected him, it didn't mean they were willing to give up on success; each of them was holding back, eager to unleash their full potential!
On the 'A Bug's Life' project, Andrew Stanton truly wanted to prove himself!
"Sigh~!"
At this point, Kyle sighed, "I don't know what great luck Jobs had to have you, Andrew, Brad, Docter, and Unkrich—five incredibly talented individuals.
Even if just one of them joined my Waterworld Animation, I would welcome them with open arms."
Poaching talent was everywhere.
Kyle coveted every single one of Pixar's five directors.
"Buddy, don't be too greedy.
David Maisel is a very excellent young man, one of the few people at Pixar who could really carry the weight, and didn't you poach him?" Lasseter said grumpily.
"Hehe!"
Hearing this, Kyle immediately laughed.
Recruiting David Maisel was indeed one of Kyle's proudest achievements!
David Maisel was the first person in the future to propose and implement the idea of the "Marvel Cinematic Universe"; he was also the producer of the animated film of the same name, "Angry Birds."
It's no exaggeration to say that without David Maisel, there would be no "Iron Man" movie, and no subsequent brilliant performance from Marvel.
November 23rd.
On this day, Kyle concluded his farm trip and returned to Los Angeles with Lasseter and others.
"Lasseter, next time we go to my farm, I'll take you on my private jet worth over a hundred million dollars; it's definitely more comfortable than these public flights."
As they parted ways, Kyle said to Lasseter.
"Buddy, you really know how to enjoy yourself.
Even Jobs doesn't have a private jet yet." Lasseter teased.
"Of course, what would that old geezer Jobs enjoy?" Kyle couldn't help but curl his lips… That same evening kyle remembered about one of his favorite series Pirates of the Caribbean and a piece of news he got through his sources.Now he only needed to make money from it.
At this moment, Kyle felt as refreshed as if he had drunk a glass of ice water in the desert during the height of summer!
After all, both of these were film series that launched a large number of stars with powerful global influence.
Their box office performance was even more incredibly insane!
Of course, even their performance in the offline DVD and VHS markets, as well as the merchandise licensing market, was terrifying!
At this moment, Kyle, having secured these two gold mines, couldn't be happier.
However… once Kyle remembered it, his mood wasn't so beautiful anymore!
The script for "The Fast and the Furious 1" had already been released as early as 1995, and in the first half of 1996, Universal Pictures had purchased it from the scriptwriter for 45,000 US dollars.
Furthermore, Kyle learned from his sources that a Universal Pictures executive had already begun planning to adapt the "Fast & Furious" script into a movie.
"Damn it!"
"I'm going to intercept it! I'm going to cut them off!"
Kyle was extremely unwilling to give up.
In fact, the script for "The Fast and the Furious 1" wasn't particularly outstanding; it was merely a plot involving cops and robbers, beautiful cars and women, and intense fighting.
"A clichéd plot setting, formulaic film, and first-rate production quality."
This sentence perfectly describes the first three "Fast & Furious" movies.
It wasn't until the fourth installment in the series that the core theme of "family" and "friendship" was officially established, after which it soared to fame.
The first three films in the series were truly very mediocre.
However, this didn't mean Kyle was going to give up, as by 2020, the entire series' global box office accumulated a whopping 6.5 billion US dollars.
Who would give that up?
Giving up would be foolish!
The "Pirates of the Caribbean" movie, according to the him wasn't going so smoothly.
Kyle was an incredibly sly fellow!
As early as '96, after meeting "Captain Jack" Johnny Depp, Kyle went full throttle, using his limited memories to write a pseudo "Pirates of the Caribbean" script and main story outline.
He then submitted a copyright application.
This meant that "Pirates of the Caribbean" belonged to Kyle's copyright.
However, he got a piece of information that forced Kyle to pay attention.
On November 3, 1998, Hollywood's golden producer, Jerry Bruckheimer, submitted related settings for "Pirates of the Caribbean" to the federal government's copyright department.
The two were identical, no, their settings were exactly the same!
After all, as a transmigrator, Kyle had fundamentally plagiarized Jerry Bruckheimer.
Of course, when it comes to copyright, whoever registers first gets it.
But, does that mean there are no problems?
No!
Never overestimate Hollywood's integrity!
Infringement is infringement, but are major Hollywood studios afraid of lawsuits?!
They have many ways to monopolize or bypass your copyright.
They could even legally produce a "Pirates of the Caribbean" movie by slightly modifying the settings and script, and by then, Kyle would be powerless.
"The situation isn't looking good!" Kyle frowned.