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Before the Disney board got a chance to approve the merger, however,
然而，在迪士尼董事會通過收購決議之前，
Michael Eisner arose from the departed to try to derail it.
邁克爾·艾斯納有些動搖，并試圖阻止這次合作。
He called Iger and said it was far too expensive.
他打電話給艾格說這個價格太貴了。
"You can fix animation yourself," Eisner told him.
“你可以自己解決動畫片的困境?！卑辜{說。
"How?" asked Iger. "I know you can," said Eisner.
艾格問：“怎么解決？“我知道你可以的。”艾斯納說。
Iger got a bit annoyed. "Michael, how come you say I can fix it, when you couldn't fix it yourself?" he asked.
艾格有些生氣了?！斑~克爾，你自己都解決不了，憑什么認為我能做到？”
Eisner said he wanted to come to a board meeting,
艾斯納說他想召開一次董事會來反對這次收購，
even though he was no longer a member or an officer, and speak against the acquisition.
即使他已經不是董事會成員了，也不算是公司高層。
Iger resisted, but Eisner called Warren Buffett, a big shareholder, and George Mitchell, who was the lead director.
艾格拒絕了，但是艾斯納給公司的大股東沃倫·巴菲特和董事會主席喬治·米切爾打了電話。
The former senator convinced Iger to let Eisner have his say.
這位前議員說服了艾格，讓艾斯納表達自己的意見。
"I told the board that they didn't need to buy Pixar
“我告訴董事會，我們不需要買下皮克斯，
because they already owned 85% of the movies Pixar had already made," Eisner recounted.
因為我們已經擁有了皮克斯制作的85%的動畫片?！卑辜{說道。
He was referring to the fact that for the movies already made, Disney was getting that percentage of the gross,
他指的是對于皮克斯已經推出的電影，迪士尼已經可以從收入中獲得一定比例的分成，
plus it had the rights to make all the sequels and exploit the characters.
有權制作所有電影的續集，并擁有所有卡通人物的版權。
"I made a presentation that said, here's the 15% of Pixar that Disney does not already own.
“我對他們說，現在皮克斯只有15%不屬于迪士尼，
So that's what you're getting. The rest is a bet on future Pixar films."
所以你們將得到的也只有這15%。其他的就要看皮克斯接下來的電影如何了?！?/div>
Eisner admitted that Pixar had been enjoying a good run, but he said it could not continue.
艾斯納承認，皮克斯運營得很好，但是他認為好景不會太長。
"I showed the history of producers and directors who had X number of hits in a row and then failed.
“我向大家列出了歷史上屢獲殊榮，卻又走向失敗的制片人和導演名單。
It happened to Spielberg, Walt Disney, all of them."
都是斯皮爾伯格、沃爾特·迪士尼之類的人物?！?/div>
To make the deal worth it, he calculated, each new Pixar movie would have to gross $1.3 billion.
他還計算了一下，要讓這筆生意做得值得，皮克斯的每一部新片的收入必須要達到13億美元。
"It drove Steve crazy that I knew that," Eisner later said.
“我知道我把喬布斯氣瘋了?！卑辜{事后回憶道。
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| presentation | [.prezen'teiʃən] |
想一想再看 n. 陳述，介紹，贈與 |
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| animation | [.æni'meiʃən] |
想一想再看 n. 活潑，有生氣，卡通制作 |
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| calculated | ['kælkjuleitid] |
想一想再看 adj. 計算出的；適合的；有計劃的 v. 計算；估計； |
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| director | [di'rektə, dai'rektə] |
想一想再看 n. 董事，經理，主管，指導者，導演 |
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| annoyed |
想一想再看 adj. 惱怒的；煩悶的 v. 使煩惱；打擾（annoy |
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| approve | [ə'pru:v] |
想一想再看 v. 批準，贊成，同意，稱許 |
聯想記憶 | |
| exploit | [iks'plɔit] |
想一想再看 vt. 剝削，利用，開拓，開采，開發 |
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| row | [rəu,rau] |
想一想再看 n. 排，船游，吵鬧 |
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| convinced | [kən'vinst] |
想一想再看 adj. 信服的 |
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| senator | ['senətə] |
想一想再看 n. 參議員 |
聯想記憶 |
