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Jobs flew down to have lunch with Disney CEO, Michael Eisner, who was stunned at his audacity.
喬布斯飛去跟艾斯納共進午餐，艾斯納被他的大膽驚呆了。
They had a three-picture deal, and Pixar had made only one. Each side had its own nuclear weapons.
他們之前簽的是三部電影的合同，皮克斯剛剛制作了一部。雙方都有自己的撒手锏。
After an acrimonious split with Eisner, Katzenberg had left Disney and become a cofounder, with Steven Spielberg and David Geffen, of DreamWorks SKG.
當時，卡曾伯格在跟艾斯納決裂后已經離開了迪士尼，斯蒂芬·斯皮爾伯格和戴維·格芬一起創立了夢工廠。
If Eisner didn't agree to a new deal with Pixar, Jobs said,
喬布斯說，如果艾斯納不同意跟皮克斯重簽合同，
then Pixar would go to another studio, such as Katzenberg's, once the three- picture deal was done.
一旦原定的三部影片完成，皮克斯就會去跟另一家電影公司合作，比如卡曾伯格的新公司。
In Eisner's hand was the threat that Disney could, if that happened, make its own sequels to Toy Story,
而艾斯納手里的砝碼則是，一旦那樣，迪士尼就會自己制作《玩具總動員》的續集，
using Woody and Buzz and all of the characters that Lasseter had created.
使用胡迪、巴斯以及所有拉塞特創造的角色。
"That would have been like molesting our children," Jobs later recalled.
“那就像是要猥褻我們的孩子，”喬布斯后來回憶說，
"John started crying when he considered that possibility."
“約翰一想到那種可能性就哭了。”
So they hammered out a new arrangement.
最終雙方達成了和解方案。
Eisner agreed to let Pixar put up half the money for future films and in return take half of the profits.
艾斯納同意皮克斯為將來制作的電影注入一半資金并享有一半利潤。
"He didn't think we could have many hits, so he thought he was saving himself some money," said Jobs.
“他不認為我們會制作出很多大片，所以他認為他給自己省了些錢。”喬布斯說，
"Ultimately that was great for us, because Pixar would have ten blockbusters in a row."
“這個安排最終對我們非常好，因為皮克斯接下來會連續制作出十部大片。”
