《名人传记》之乔布斯一代创意天才138:卖掉苹果的股票

He sold his Apple stock

他卖了其苹果股票

so Steve Jobs had $100 million.

得到1亿美元

And he had enough money

因为这样他拥有足够的资金

that he could spend money until he was satisfied

可以用来令到每件事

that he was doing everything in the best possible way.

都以他所认为的完美方式来进行

So this created problerns for

也因为这样而令到

for NeXT Computer

NeXT电脑遇上麻烦

because Steve wanted everything to be perfect.

因为乔布斯希望所有东西都完美

While Jobs was busy starting NeXT,

当乔布斯忙于开展NeXT时

a computer animation group

电影导演乔治卢卡斯旗下的

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

电脑动画公司正在放盘出售

So George brought Steve Jobs

当时乔治卢卡斯

to come in and look at some of this

叫乔布斯去看看

very early comparatively primitive,

他们制作那些比较原始

crude computer animation that they were doing at Lucas.

和粗糙的电脑动画

And Steve Jobs was blown away

这令到乔布斯感到非常震惊

In 1986, he bought Pixar

1986年,他以1000万美元

for ten million dollars.

买入了皮克斯动画制作室

Like NeXT,

和NeXT一样

Pixar would sell an expensive, high-end computer,

皮克斯售卖昂贵的高端电脑

but it wouldn't sell very well.

不过销情并不理想

To help make money,

为了赚钱

Pixar's animation team

皮克斯的动画制作队伍

made television commercials

除短片之外

in addition to their short films.

也会制作电视广告

Our small group of animators

我们的动画制作小组每年也会

was making one small short a year

制作一条动画短片

that we were primarily showing at Trade shows end conferences.

主要在各大展览和会议上播出

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

不过这些短片开始受到各界关注

We were nominated for an academy award

我们凭着顽皮跳跳灯短片

in 1986 for Luxo Jr.

在1986年得到奥斯卡金像奖提名

In 1988 we won the academy award

1988年我们的锡玩具短片更荣获

for best short film for Tin Toy.

奥斯卡金像奖最佳动画短片大奖

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

讲述一个婴儿和一件玩具的故事，由你追我逐变成一团和气