IAIH :: Volume #5

#464: Lay-off

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readx \; Extrusion of Microsoft windows operating system, dramatically sped up the personal computer by the professionals to the step that the average person promotes. The present computer network browsing tool was similar to the initial DOS system is the same, needed very strong expertise to operate, this was also the personal computer massively popularized but the reason of computer network actually too great development, Chris cannot imagine, if the idea of Eric can put into practice, that can definitely cause a transformation of computer network. readx\;正是微软视窗操作系统的推出,才大大加快了个人计算机由专业技术人员向普通人推广的步伐。现在的计算机网络浏览工具就如同当初的dos系统一样,需要很强的专业知识才能进行操作,这也是个人计算机已经大量普及但计算机网络却并没有太大发展的原因,克里斯能够想象,如果艾瑞克的想法真的能够实现,那肯定能够引起一场计算机网络的变革。 Is the first idea, has made Chris have one type at present a bright feeling, he asked impatiently: „That second idea?” 仅仅是第一个想法,就已经让克里斯产生一种眼前一亮的感觉,他迫不及待地问道:“那第二个想法呢？” Eric has drunk coffee, said: „The second idea, is the online electronic mail service.” 艾瑞克喝了一口咖啡,说道:“第二个想法,是在线电子邮箱服务。” „This had, I just learned recently, but I do not think anything specially, is not quite convenient.” “这个已经有了吧,我最近刚好学会,不过我觉得没什么特别的,也不太方便。” „What I said is ‚online’ electronic mail service,” Eric ‚online’ two characters will nip was heavier, said: „The present email transmission carries on the point-to-point transmission using the software majority, transmits another computer from a computer, moreover often uses in a very small local area network, if like this you left the office, cannot watch the mail again. What I want to do is one provides the online Electronic Mail Service the company, the use website and server takes the email carrier, this, so long as the user applied for an account number, regardless of were where, so long as can connect on the network, can examine that the friend or the colleague the email that sent from any place.” “我说的是‘在线’电子邮箱服务,”艾瑞克将‘在线’两个字咬的重了一些,道:“现在的电子邮件传输大部分都是利用软件进行点对点传输,从一台计算机传输到另外一台计算机,而且往往在一个很小的局域网内使用,这样如果你离开了办公室,就不能再收看邮件了。我想做的是一家提供在线电子邮件服务的公司,利用的网站和服务器作为电子邮件载体,这样,只要使用者申请一个账号,无论身在何处,只要能够连接上网络,就能够查看朋友或者同事从任何地方发来的电子邮件。” Chris said: „I thought that will not have too many people to spend to apply for such email account, the expense that now telephones is not too high, the public telephone everywhere is, had any matter definitely in telephone to say. Moreover, the people may not send the mail daily.” 克里斯道:“我觉得不会有太多人会花钱去申请这样的电子邮件账号,现在打电话的费用并不算太高,公共电话到处都是,有什么事情完全可以在电话里说。而且,人们也不一定会天天发邮件。” Hears the Chris words, Eric somewhat is even sigh with emotion, he proposed that this idea, Chris can think that immediately must buy such service, but has not hoped free, Eric is also disinclined to spit the trough. Said quickly: „I have not planned to collect fees from the beginning, this is a free network service online, the first stage we must do accumulates the user, if the computer network can be popular. Then, our electronic mail service user will also expand to a very huge scale, your conceivable, if we have the active mailbox user of 100 million person, these advertisers to let us send the advertisement mail to these users. How many USD will pay?” 听到克里斯的话,艾瑞克甚至有些感慨,他提出这个想法,克里斯立刻就能想到要花钱去买这样的服务,而没有期盼免费,艾瑞克也懒得吐槽。很快说道:“我一开始就没有打算收费,这将是一项免费的网络在线服务,第一阶段我们要做的就是积累用户,如果计算机网络能够普及。那么,我们的电子邮箱服务用户也会扩展到一个非常庞大的规模,你可以想象一下,如果我们拥有一亿人的活跃邮箱用户,那些广告商家为了让我们向这些用户发送广告邮件。会支付多少美金？” Chris as if really counts consider as finished a while, then has shown a numb and admiring expression, said with a smile: „Good, third?” 克里斯似乎真的计算了一会儿,然后露出了一个麻木而钦佩的表情,笑道:“好吧,第三个呢？” „ web portal( portal “门户网站（portal web), ” Eric was saying, but also has occupied some water, put together two words on the table. web）,”艾瑞克说着,还占了一些水,在桌子上拼出了着两个单词。 Although the Internet just developed an embryonic form now, but in this primitive network, all kinds of websites appeared, takes movie. previous life most famous movie information website imdb, has established in 1990, and has been some scale to the present, therefore , to promote web portal not to calculate now too advanced, even if early, at the worst every month has burnt 180 ten thousand USD, slowly the waiting network golden age approaches is, one year of disbursement quite at a small cost movie, is also nothing to speak to Eric. 虽然现在互联网才刚刚发展出一个雏形,但在这个原始网络上,各种各样的网站已经出现,就拿电影方面来说。前世最著名的电影资讯网站imdb,早在1990年就成立了,而且到现在已经颇具规模,因此,现在推出门户网站并不算太超前,哪怕真的早了一些,大不了每个月烧个180万美元,慢慢等待网络黄金时代来临就是,一年的支出也就相当于一部小成本电影,对艾瑞克来说不值一提。 First two idea Chris hear of names. Also can guess correctly general meaning probably, but ` web portal( portal 前两个想法克里斯听一下名字。大概也就能够猜出大概意思,但‘门户网站（portal web) ’ absolutely is a very strange concept. web）’绝对是一个非常陌生的概念。 Eric does not know that previous life web portal this translator, he can only use surface ‚portal( main entrance)’ this glossary: „Probably, in chaotic the website network carries on to classify. Establishes a homepage catalog, internet can easily in the consultation that in this table of contents website found itself to want.” 艾瑞克也不知道前世的门户网站到底该翻译,他只能用最表面的‘portal（正门）’这个词汇:“大概,就是将网络上杂乱无章的网站进行分门别类。建立一个网页目录,上网者可以轻易地在这个目录网站里找到自己想要的咨询。” Chris nodded, expressed clearly, but to the first two quite shocking ideas, Chris thought Eric this tentative plan not many commercial values, a table of contents website according to groups. Although the usability is very strong, but, seemingly imitates to be also easy, it is estimated that is very difficult to achieve single hegemony. 克里斯点了点头,表示明白了一些,不过相对于前两个比较惊艳的想法,克里斯觉得艾瑞克这个设想并没有多少商业价值,一个分门别类的目录网站。虽然实用性很强,不过,貌似模仿起来也非常容易,估计很难做到一家独大。 Eric can also look, Chris should this tentative plan treats as the first two projects finally ‚add’, but, he does not have urgently to explain anything, makes the fact give Chris one pleasantly surprised, but previous life Yahoo market value same time browser company and dozens times of online mailbox service company. 艾瑞克也能够看得出来,克里斯应该是将自己最后这个设想当做前两个项目的‘添头’了,不过,他也没有急着解释什么,就让事实给克里斯一个惊喜吧,前世雅虎的市值可是同时代浏览器公司和在线邮箱服务公司的几十倍啊。 Their interest abundant talked about the night in this roadside cafe, although according to the western time of Eric comparison custom calculates that is early morning 34 o'clock, but Eric did not think the exhausted, young body as well as the sufficient exercise makes Eric maintain the abundant individual energy, occasionally stays up several all night not to have any issue. 两人兴致盎然地在这家路边咖啡厅里谈到深夜,虽然按照艾瑞克比较习惯的西部时间来算已经是凌晨34点钟,但艾瑞克并不觉得疲惫,年轻的身体以及充足的锻炼让艾瑞克一直保持着充沛的个人精力,偶尔熬几个通宵都不会有什么问题。 To Eastern Time before dawn two o'clock, Chris and Eric in coffee shop service person ‚hidden bitterness’ in the vision sets out to leave, the night Manhattan street appears chillier, but has not affected their mood slightly. 一直到东部时间凌晨两点钟,克里斯和艾瑞克才在咖啡店服务员‘幽怨’的目光中起身离开,深夜的曼哈顿街头显得更加清冷,不过丝毫没有影响到两人的心情。 „For these days you found time to plan to write, when the AOL matter handled, I arranged these three companies as soon as possible, was right, since you had already had these ideas, you did think the good name?” Finally distinction time, Chris asked. “这几天你抽空将计划书写出来吧,等美国在线的事情搞定,我尽快筹备这三家公司,对了,既然你早就冒出了这些想法,那你想好名字了吗？”最后分别的时候,克里斯问道。 Eric shows a smile of wicked interest: „ Naturally, three companies called ` Internet Explorer( inter separately 艾瑞克露出一个略带恶趣味的微笑:“当然,三家公司分别叫‘网络探险者（inter explorer), Hotmail and Yahoo( Yahoo). ” explorer）、hotmail和雅虎（yahoo）。” ...... …… Over the next few days, Eric and Chris continue to wrangle on the cooperation condition with AOL Steve Case, 64 th Oscar also held in the Los Angeles musical center on March 30. 接下来的几天,艾瑞克和克里斯继续与美国在线的史蒂夫.凯斯就合作条件进行扯皮,在此期间,第64届奥斯卡也于3月30日在洛杉矶音乐中心举行。 Has attained 12 Oscar nominations «Dances with Wolves» as this has not attained accidentally including the best picture, best Director and best actor seven awards, because receives the Oscar advantage good news to be exciting, «Dances with Wolves» movie Box Office rebounds once more large scale, screens the 15 th week, has attained 1 more than 1 million USD Box Office in less than 1500 theaters, total Box Office also broke through 150 million, this business outlook makes all people shock the Box Office result of feature film acquisition Eric does not favor. 作为这一届拿到了12项奥斯卡提名的《与狼共舞》毫无意外地拿到了包括最佳影片、最佳导演和最佳男主角在内的七项大奖,因为获得奥斯卡的利好消息刺激,《与狼共舞》的电影票房再次大幅度反弹,上映第15周,在不到1500家影院拿到了1100多万美元票房,总票房也突破了1.5亿,这部商业前景连艾瑞克都不太看好的剧情片取得的票房成绩让所有人大跌眼镜。 Although only then the theater distribution rights of movie, but defers to performance of «Dances with Wolves» Box Office in the North America native place and overseas, this movie estimated that can attain global to surpass five hundred million USD total Box Office, according to share agreement that initially signed, Fox minute from this sum of money to the profit of near 100 million USD. Regarding Fox, this is equal to similar that last year Film Industry service gained 50% great sums of money with picking, even knew the colleagues of inside story to tease Murdoch to have a good daughter on some party. 虽然只有影片的影院发行权,但按照《与狼共舞》在北美本土和海外票房的表现,这部电影预计能够拿到全球超过五亿美元的总票房,根据当初签署的分成协议,福克斯将从这笔钱中分到将近一亿美元的利润。对于福克斯来说,这笔相当于去年电影业务盈利一半的巨款跟捡来的差不多,甚至很多知晓内情的圈内人都在一些派对上调侃默多克生了个好女儿。 In addition, because Eric has been ahead of time for one year 《The Silence of the Lambs》. Did not have the competition of Jodie Foster, Susan Sarandon also to rely on TG's «Thelma & Louise» has taken best Heroine smoothly, simultaneously «Thelma & Louise» has also won the best Original Script prize. 除此之外,因为艾瑞克将《沉默的羔羊》提前了一年。没有朱迪.福斯特的竞争,苏珊.萨兰登也凭借tg的《末路狂花》顺利拿下了最佳女主角,同时《末路狂花》还拿到了最佳原创剧本奖。 «Thelma & Louise» success in pairs in commercial and art, making more people note TG this Film Studio comprised of three girls. Although clearly knows that the TG secret supporter separately is Firefly and Fox these two big giants, but many investor Kyes frequently contact three females, tries to buy stock or invest. 《末路狂花》在商业和艺术上的双双成功,使更多人注意到了tg这家由三位女郎组成的电影公司。虽然明知道tg幕后的支持者分别是萤火虫和福克斯这两大巨头,但还是有很多投资人凯斯频繁地接触三女,试图入股或者投资。 Alone. Sets up Film Studio, even if occasionally some movie obtained the good achievements, because monopolizes the seven big distributors of channel to fall behind to be divided, causes these Film Studio for the shoots new movie. Has to finance outward. 独.立电影公司哪怕偶尔某部电影获得了好成绩,但因为垄断着渠道的七大发行商拖欠分成,使这些电影公司为了拍摄新的电影。不得不对外进行融资。 However, regarding TG, this issue does not exist completely, TG's movie by Fox or the Firefly release, can attain to be divided on time . Moreover, even if lacks the fund as before, Eric or Murdoch are glad to invest, therefore these try to hold share of the TG's investor to be all disappointed to return. 不过,对于tg来说,这个问题完全不存在,tg的电影无论是由福克斯还是萤火虫发行,都能够准时拿到分成,而且,就算依旧缺少资金,无论是艾瑞克还是默多克都非常乐意进行投资,所以那些试图参股tg的投资者无一不失望而回。 New York, because the cooperation intention of both sides is quite urgent. Firefly invested reached the preliminary agreement with AOL smoothly, but, the concrete investment amount conducts the detailed negotiations by the Chris team and Steve Case. 纽约这边,因为双方的合作意向都比较非常迫切。萤火虫投资顺利地与美国在线达成了初步协议,不过,具体的投资金额会由克里斯的团队与史蒂夫.凯斯进行详细的谈判。 Meanwhile, Eric had also determined invests the plans of 8000 USD to the Emily Brighton investment company, this digit is Eric, Chris and Emily discusses together. 同时,艾瑞克也确定了向艾米丽.布莱顿的投资公司投资8000美元的计划,这个数字是艾瑞克、克里斯和艾米丽一同商议出来的。 One week later, Eric left the Chris three project plan books, then hurried back to Los Angeles. 一星期之后,艾瑞克留给了克里斯三份项目策划书,便赶回了洛杉矶。 The arrangement of «Mr. & Mrs. Smith» is smooth, because is at the Hollywood first part movie, Wu Baige appears incomparably attaches great importance, all affairs big or small personally will participate. Methodical that the enduring scenery of movie, the selection of scene design as well as supporting role is conducted, it is expected that in late April, waits for Nicole and Pierce Brosnan these two leads in ‚agent school’ the firearms training ended. The movie can begin shooting smoothly. 《史密斯夫妇》的筹备非常顺利,因为是自己在好莱坞的第一部电影,吴白鸽显得无比重视,事无巨细都会亲自参与。电影的堪景,场景设计以及配角的选拔都进行的有条不紊,预计四月下旬,等妮可和皮尔斯.布鲁斯南这两位主角在‘特工学校’的枪械训练结束。电影就能顺利开拍。 Because does not use to «Mr. & Mrs. Smith» extremely worries, Eric has then placed during the majority of energy the arrangement of «Jurassic Park», the «Jurassic Park» most important part, is the design of dinosaur image. According to paleontologist's return to original state to dinosaur fossil, in fact Tyrannosaurus Rex or velociraptor, the image of primitive image in memory differs very in a big way. 因为不用对《史密斯夫妇》太过操心,艾瑞克便将大部分精力都放在了《侏罗纪公园》的筹备当中,《侏罗纪公园》最重要的一部分,便是恐龙形象的设计。按照古生物学家对恐龙化石的还原,实际上无论是霸王龙还是迅猛龙,原始的形象跟记忆里的形象相差很大。 Memory of Eric in light of mind. And has held the multiple discussion with several paleontologists together, has determined most important several image of dinosaur. 艾瑞克结合脑海中的记忆。并且与几位古生物学家一起进行了多次的探讨,才确定了最重要的几种恐龙的形象。 Regarding the «Jurassic Park» special effect, because although Eric does not count the technical research and development of cost to invest, «Jurassic Park» carries on the manufacture by CG Special Effects completely the words, the technology did not have the too major problem, but actually requires the massive time, after all, nobody used the entire cg way to manufacture very lifelike dinosaur monster before, starts over from the beginning, needs to spend very big time and energy carries on the technical exploration, in addition the Stan Winston book is the expert of model special effect, had pondered an advantages success and failure, the Eric quick decision, according to the previous life Spielberg's way, is carrying on the operation with the way that the model and computer special effect unify. 对于《侏罗纪公园》的特效,虽然因为艾瑞克不计成本的技术研发投入,《侏罗纪公园》完全以cg特效进行制作的话,技术方面已经没有太大问题,但却需要大量的时间,毕竟,以前还没有人用全cg的方式制作过非常逼真的恐龙怪兽,从头做起,需要花费很大的时间和精力进行技术探索,再加上斯坦.温斯顿本就是模型特效的专家,思考了一番利弊得失,艾瑞克很快决定,按照前世斯皮尔伯格的方式,用模型和电脑特效相结合的方式进行着操作。 After this decision, situated in the Playa Vista huge work room , the massive model special effect designer put into the manufacture project of dinosaur model quickly. The dinosaur model that needs to use is not a simple spatial shell can be solved, besides the lifelike contour and skin, the dinosaur also needs to use the complex mechanical operations installation, the dinosaur model of but, to the computer special effect, doing this is very cost-effective . Moreover, in any event, the model appear the computer special effect of present stage is more lifelike. 这个决定之后,位于普雷亚维斯塔的巨大工作室里,大量的模型特效设计师很快投入了恐龙模型的制作工程。需要用到的恐龙模型并不是一个简单的空壳子就能解决的,除了逼真的外形和皮肤之外,恐龙内部也需要用到复杂的机械传动装置,不过,相对于电脑特效,这样做出来的恐龙模型还是非常划算的,而且,无论如何,模型都要比现在阶段的电脑特效显得更加逼真一些。 In the busy work, the day passes by day-by-day, «Mr. & Mrs. Smith» that in the intensive arrangement «Jurassic Park» process, in mid April, Disney and Columbia cooperate in Los Angeles official starting, but at the same time, Firefly summer another movie of files, «The Mask» that plays the lead by the TG manufacture, Jim Carrey and Claudia Schiffer also smoothly heats bamboo strips for writing material, the digital domain has taken over the special effect manufacture work of «The Mask» quickly. 忙碌的工作中,日子一天天过去,紧张的筹备《侏罗纪公园》的过程中,四月中旬,迪斯尼与哥伦比亚合作的《史密斯夫妇》在洛杉矶正式开机,而与此同时,萤火虫暑期档的另外一个电影,由tg制作、金.凯瑞和克劳迪娅.希弗主演的《变相怪杰》也顺利杀青,数字领域很快接手了《变相怪杰》的特效制作工作。 The time to the summer files already less than two months, Firefly and Disney also starts to carry out more intensive propaganda work for the principal movie of summer files. Naturally, several other big Film Studio naturally have also joined in this marketing war. 时间离暑期档已经不到两个月时间,萤火虫和迪斯尼也开始为暑期档的主打影片进行更加密集的宣传工作。当然,其他几大电影公司也理所当然地加入了这场营销大战中。 When «Mr. & Mrs. Smith» starting, Firefly initially with the Columbia cooperation, the Columbia two helmsmen accept Firefly another secret condition also to start to implement. 在《史密斯夫妇》开机的同时,萤火虫当初与哥伦比亚合作时,哥伦比亚两位掌舵人答应萤火虫的另外一个隐秘条件也开始实施。 Actually, the operation of this matter is not too complex, after Peter Guber and Eric have carried on several private talks, has decided on the specific plan. 其实,这件事的操作并不是太复杂,彼得.古柏和艾瑞克进行了几次密谈之后,就确定了具体的方案。 In April, on common Hollywood specialized magazine, Columbia announced to the outside, to reduce the Columbia operation cost, Columbia in six months, one after another will lay off 2000 people, and also will abrogate some Columbia not too important departments. 四月份,在一份不太起眼的好莱坞专业杂志上,哥伦比亚对外界宣布,为了降低哥伦比亚的运营成本,哥伦比亚将在半年之内,陆续裁员2000人,并且还将裁撤一些哥伦比亚不太重要的部门。 The lay-off too big echo of outside to Columbia, after all, the Columbia Film Studio these two years achievement truly non- worried thoughts is not hot, but also has created consecutively for more than two years of loss, the measure of lay-off appears very righteous, if Japanese concerned about the initial commitment, cannot meddle the Columbia operation, perhaps already adopted the staff cut measure cost reduction. 外界对哥伦比亚的这次裁员并没有太大的反响,毕竟,哥伦比亚电影公司这两年的业绩确实不愠不火,还造成了连续两年多的亏损,裁员的措施显得非常理直气壮,如果日本人不是碍于当初的承诺,不能插手哥伦比亚运营的话,或许早就采取裁员措施降低成本了。 However, although most people do not understand the true situation, but the so large-scale sound, how likely does not bring to the attention of Hollywood colleague, when Columbia announced that the when first week of this news, will be located in directly the subsidiary companies in Latin American Brazil, Argentine and Columbia several countries are closed directly, many people have realized some differences. 不过,虽然大部分人都不明真相,但如此大规模的动静,怎么可能不引起好莱坞圈内人的注意,当哥伦比亚宣布这个消息的第一周,直接将位于拉丁美洲巴西、阿根廷和哥伦比亚几个国家的分公司直接关闭时,不少人就意识到了一些异样。 Must know, because although Latin America universally is hostile to the United States policy, causes, although is very close with United States in the region, but the Hollywood movie wants to enter Latin America, actually compared with entering on Europe market wanting difficult dozens times. 要知道,虽然因为拉美普遍敌视美国的政策,使得虽然在地域上与美国无比接近,但好莱坞电影想要进入拉美,却比进入欧洲市场要难上几十倍。 But even if this, abrogated these subsidiary companies completely also appears extremely, after all, Latin America, although sealed up, actually as before was a super big market of 1 billion population, the future potential will have no bound, like Eastern Europe, after Eastern European drastic change, opened to the Eastern European market of Hollywood movie resistance instantaneously, had Film Studio of foundation to obtain in Eastern Europe compared with other Film Studio more superiority, but the situation in Latin America obviously was also so.( To be continued.) 但即使是这样,完全裁撤掉这些分公司也显得太过了一些,毕竟,拉美虽然封闭,却依旧是一个1000000000人口的超级大市场,将来的潜力无可限量,就像东欧,当东欧剧变之后,原本对好莱坞电影非常抗拒的东欧市场瞬间打开,原本在东欧有基础的电影公司可以获得比其他电影公司更多的优势,而拉美的情况显然亦是如此。(未完待续。) ... ...
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