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Jobs's sense that his investments in Pixar might actually pay off was reinforced
接下來的一次活動進一步加強了喬布斯認為對皮克斯的投資會有所回報的想法，
when Disney invited him to attend a gala press preview of scenes from Pocahontas in January 1995 in a tent in Manhattan's Central Park.
那是在1995年1月，迪士尼在曼哈頓中央公園一處帳篷里舉行了電影《風中奇緣》的新聞發布會，喬布斯受邀參加。
At the event, Disney CEO Michael Eisner announced that Pocahontas would have its premiere
在現場，迪士尼CEO邁克爾·艾斯納宣布，《風中奇緣》的首映式
in front of 100,000 people on eighty-foot-high screens on the Great Lawn of Central Park.
將在中央公園的大草坪舉行，將采用80英尺高的巨幅屏幕，觀眾將達10萬人。
Jobs was a master showman who knew how to stage great premieres, but even he was astounded by this plan.
喬布斯本身就是表演大師，知道如何舉辦一場成功的首映式，但即使是他都被這個計劃震驚了。
Buzz Lightyear's great exhortation—"To infinity and beyond!"— suddenly seemed worth heeding.
巴斯光年的那句口號--“飛越太空，宇宙無限！”--突然看似值得留意了。
Jobs decided that the release of Toy Story that November would be the occasion to take Pixar public.
喬布斯決定，那年11月發布《玩具總動員》的時候，就是皮克斯上市的最佳時機。
Even the usually eager investment bankers were dubious and said it couldn't happen.
然而，即使那些一貫非常積極的投資銀行家也都覺得不靠譜，認為那根本不可能。
Pixar had spent five years hemorrhaging money. But Jobs was determined.
皮克斯燒錢已經燒了5年。但是喬布斯決心已定。
"I was nervous and argued that we should wait until after our second movie," Lasseter recalled.
“我有些緊張，我認為我們應該等到第二部電影推出之后，”拉塞特回憶說，
"Steve overruled me and said we needed the cash so we could put up half the money for our films and renegotiate the Disney deal."
“史蒂夫否定了我的建議。他說我們需要錢，我們可以用一半資金做電影，然后跟迪士尼重新談合同。”
