《名人傳記》之喬布斯一代創(chuàng)意天才138:賣掉蘋果的股票

He sold his Apple stock

他賣了其蘋果股票

so Steve Jobs had $100 million.

得到1億美元

And he had enough money

因為這樣他擁有足夠的資金

that he could spend money until he was satisfied

可以用來令到每件事

that he was doing everything in the best possible way.

都以他所認(rèn)為的完美方式來進行

So this created problerns for

也因為這樣而令到

for NeXT Computer

NeXT電腦遇上麻煩

because Steve wanted everything to be perfect.

因為喬布斯希望所有東西都完美

While Jobs was busy starting NeXT,

當(dāng)喬布斯忙于開展NeXT時

a computer animation group

電影導(dǎo)演喬治盧卡斯旗下的

part of film director George Lucas' empire - was for sale.

電腦動畫公司正在放盤出售

So George brought Steve Jobs

當(dāng)時喬治盧卡斯

to come in and look at some of this

叫喬布斯去看看

very early comparatively primitive,

他們制作那些比較原始

crude computer animation that they were doing at Lucas.

和粗糙的電腦動畫

And Steve Jobs was blown away

這令到喬布斯感到非常震驚

In 1986, he bought Pixar

1986年,他以1000萬美元

for ten million dollars.

買入了皮克斯動畫制作室

Like NeXT,

和NeXT一樣

Pixar would sell an expensive, high-end computer,

皮克斯售賣昂貴的高端電腦

but it wouldn't sell very well.

不過銷情并不理想

To help make money,

為了賺錢

Pixar's animation team

皮克斯的動畫制作隊伍

made television commercials

除短片之外

in addition to their short films.

也會制作電視廣告

Our small group of animators

我們的動畫制作小組每年也會

was making one small short a year

制作一條動畫短片

that we were primarily showing at Trade shows end conferences.

主要在各大展覽和會議上播出

But, these short films started getting a lot of attention.

不過這些短片開始受到各界關(guān)注

We were nominated for an academy award

我們憑著頑皮跳跳燈短片

in 1986 for Luxo Jr.

在1986年得到奧斯卡金像獎提名

In 1988 we won the academy award

1988年我們的錫玩具短片更榮獲

for best short film for Tin Toy.

奧斯卡金像獎最佳動畫短片大獎

The story for babies and toys and how they mixed together.

講述一個嬰兒和一件玩具的故事，由你追我逐變成一團和氣