Rebirth of America, this is my time

Ethan met Roy Disney in late August, and it was now early September.

More than ten days may not allow people to solve the problem of the century, but things like conspiring to rebel should have hit it off. Roy Disney thought about it for so long without replying to the letter, which can only prove two questions, either he I'm scared, or I just want to control things for a while, and become the guest.

If it was the former, then Ethan wouldn't bother paying attention to him and just told him to get lost.

And if it's the latter...

Ah--

I, Ethan Jones, am a Paramount-certified troll!

What if you, Roy Disney, think I'm easy to handle? Then we’ll see!

Do you think I will let everyone know about the intrigues within your Disney family?

And when Ethan's straight-to-the-point words got into Roy Disney's ears, Ben was still thinking that it was almost time, and Ethan, who must be a little anxious, suddenly frowned.

‘What? ’

He looked at the think tank beside him with a surprised look.

‘He has reached an agreement with Paramount? ’

He blinked in disbelief.

Although Stanley Gold, who was eavesdropping on the side, had doubts, he still pressed his hands down to signal his friend to calm down. Then he opened his mouth slightly and made a 'cooperation' gesture to Roy Disney.

Oh Ethan—I was just about to call you—

Roy Disney changed his face decisively and spoke with a smile.

The next second, he saw his personal lawyer gesturing 'increase the amount'.

This idea made Roy Disney continue: To tell you the truth, after hearing your plan that day, I wanted to cooperate with you, but because you were so sincere, I also wanted to let you You saw my determination, so after returning to Los Angeles, I began to collect all the information related to video games within Disney, and now, I have obtained the circuit motherboard for the new game.

I was just about to contact you and give it to you, but I didn't expect you to call right at that moment.

What a coincidence!

Oh really? Ethan didn't believe this explanation.

But he does want to see what games Disney has produced, If that's the case, then I'm really touched. I'm very interested in what you have in your hands, so——

I'll send it to you tomorrow morning. Roy Disney said quickly.

Okay, see you tomorrow. Ethan smiled and hung up the phone.

As the beep appeared, Roy Disney raised his head decisively. Before he could speak, his personal lawyer Stanley Gold had already left the office.

After about half an hour, the Jew came back.

As far as I know, there should be something wrong with Paramount itself.

Stanley Gold told him the information he had just learned.

They believe that the game Jack the Ripper has great potential and can make them close to 20 million in net profit, so they don't want to take any risks.

Didn't the New York Times this morning print the New York Police Association's criticism of the game? They also called for a boycott of the game and a federal ban on the game.

If it's just these, then Michael Eisner can handle it with his eyes closed, but they are afraid that Ethan will see the opportunity to attack them...

... This explanation made Roy Disney frown.

What will Ethan do?

“Jack the Ripper bashing?”

But this kind of behavior is useless. They are opponents to begin with.

Roy Disney suddenly felt that Paramount's behavior was a bit silly. When Destiny Games and them compete with each other, isn't criticism from competitors the best advertisement for their own products?

Stanley Gold, however, shook his head.

Roy, you are making things too simple.

If it's just a simple criticism game, Paramount will definitely not be afraid, but what if Ethan changes his mind? For example, he can express regret for the inaction of police associations in other states, or he can strongly support the New York Police Association , saying that they fought bravely to safeguard their own interests.

“What will all the police in America think when he exposes the fact that Paramount used ‘Jack the Ripper’ to step on and shit on all the police in America?”

They will definitely be angry!

They will definitely protest!

They might even organize a strike!

Then……

Paramount is out of luck.

This strange idea made Roy Disney stunned for a moment, Isn't this idea too bold?

But the next second, he closed his mouth.

Normal people may not do such silly things, and may not actively provoke social conflicts, but Ethan Jones is not a normal person!

He is a madman!

A lunatic who dares to turn over the table and not play at any time and anywhere!

Okay, so we wasted two weeks?

This strange turn of events left Roy Disney dumbfounded.

But he didn't care about these things, Forget it, since Paramount has been taken care of by him, let's start formal cooperation. Anyway, we have already got the game.

Since he was determined to cooperate, Roy Disney made complete preparations in advance, and after he handed over the two upcoming games from Disney to Ethan the next morning, Ethan, who was already familiar with the assembly process, Immediately connected the game to the TV.

After a flash, the Disney logo appeared on the screen.

Since Tatum has said before that Disney will launch three video games by the end of this year, Roy Disney brought three circuit motherboards, and the first game Ethan opened... …related to Donald Duck.

This is a light gun shooting game. After entering the game, Donald Duck will tell you that his uncle McDuck's farm has been invaded by wild boars, and he hopes you can help him drive away the wild boars.

Then, a yellow wheat field will appear on the TV screen, and wild boars will continue to emerge from the wheat field. All the player needs to do is to raise the light gun to shoot the wild boar.

The entire game lasts for sixty seconds. Players can score as many points as possible during this period. When the time is up, the entire game will end and players need to invest coins again to play.

To be honest, when Ethan saw this gameplay, countless question marks suddenly appeared on his forehead. If the original selling point of Snake was to make money quickly, then now, the game Saving McDuck The selling point is that you can grab money quickly, because this time-based game is no different from cheating money!

The gameplay that ends when the point is reached directly blocks the players’ room for improvement!

A sixty-second round is really worse than a black businessman!

But when Ethan thought about it again, he became happy again.

Friendly businessman takes the initiative to stretch his crotch?

Isn't this a good thing?

I gave you three years to develop, but you couldn't come up with anything decent?

Then don't you deserve to be eliminated?

But before he could enjoy himself for a while, the information given by Roy Disney confused him again.

As far as I know, this game will not be released to the public and will only be placed in Disneyland.

Twenty-five cents a minute is not a lot of money at Disneyland.

Moreover, Ron Miller and the others have also thought of a promotion method. As long as players who play the game can score two hundred points in one minute through shooting, they will receive a small gift.

It might be our Disney cartoon character medal, or it might be a pencil or eraser.

In short, they are all things that cost less than five cents and sell for more than fifty cents.

“In this way, players who participate in the game will feel that they have earned money.”

Such news made Ethan very satisfied.

The price of twenty-five cents for sixty seconds may be a bit expensive outside, but it is extremely cheap in Disneyland. After all, what is not expensive there?

And under such circumstances, what else does Ron Miller want to do that is up to standard and polite?

Isn’t this just picking up money for free?

Then have they calculated how much revenue this business can bring to the group? Ethan asked.

Roy also inquired about this matter. With two parks, each park has a dedicated shooting area and two hundred to three hundred electronic arcade machines. Basically, it can earn 20 to 30 million a year.

The average machine makes a hundred dollars a day?

Anyway, I think this number is very reasonable.

‘…’ Ethan choked for breath.

The cost of 600 arcade machines is only 600,000 yuan!

Can you generate an income of 20 to 30 million a year without counting losses and repairs?

Damn it, this special code is more ruthless than robbing money!

Ethan was envious.

At the same time, he also said: If this is the case, I may not be able to snipe them.

I know, but that's not important, right? Roy Disney said with a smile: Their other two games still have to be sold externally, as long as their sales are reduced.

Roy Disney made it easy, but Ethan felt the pressure.

However, when he opened the Mickey-related game called Mickey Grows Up, he was relieved that the younger gameplay suited Disney's audience.

The gameplay of this game is similar to Snake. At the beginning of the game, the field on the TV screen is empty, and there is only a Mickey head the size of a fingernail in the center.

What the player has to do is to control this Mickey to swim freely and touch various items on the map.

When you touch apples, bananas and pears, Mickey's avatar will grow bigger.

Not only that, but the comment You are awesome will also come from the speakers.

After touching bones, stones, and leaves, Mickey's head will shrink a bit.

At the same time, the cry of Ah - I ate wrong - will also come from the speakers.

The entire game lasts for ninety seconds. If the player eats twenty items within ninety seconds, they will receive a victory salute. However, if the player does not reach the corresponding score within the specified time, then Game Over will occur. A loud sound will also appear.

Although the game is well done, Ethan feels that this thing should be used for preschool children to learn about fruits. It has gameplay, but it has a stronger sense of preaching.

If the first two games didn't allow Ethan to see the design level of the Disney game production team, then the third game really opened his eyes.

The third game is called McDuck's Vault Journey. This game also has a plot, which tells the story that McDuck is the richest duck in the world, with a net worth that exceeds the total wealth created by all humans. Maybe it's because he is so rich that he wants to play a game with people.

McDuck invites humans to visit his treasury. As long as people can get the treasure from it without being discovered by the guards, they can get huge rewards.

At the beginning of the game, a maze similar to Pac-Man will appear on the screen. The character played by the player will appear in the lower left corner of the maze, and the guards of the vault will appear in various places on the screen. The player needs to do Yes, that is to avoid McDuck's guards and get to the center of the map. After taking the treasure hidden inside, go to the exit in the upper right corner of the map to clear the level.

Among them, once discovered by the guards, the opponent will pursue them. At the same time, the artificial intelligence judgment here is also very similar to the fish ghost in Pac-Man. As long as the player is out of the opponent's pursuit range, Then the guard will return to its original position and no longer pursue.

Perhaps because this design will greatly reduce the difficulty of the game, at the same time, Disney designers also added a time limit to the game.

One picture takes two minutes, and those who have not cleared the level at the end of the time will fail.

But if you pass the level, you can continue playing.

Not only that, as the level progresses, some interesting props will appear on the map:

For example, after eating a round pill, the guards on the map will receive a blinding DeBuff, and they will not be able to see it even if the player shows it off in front of them;

For example, after taking the triangular pill, you will gain the speed force and be able to run away in a flash;

Another example is the cube pill. After eating it, the player will immediately enter the vault.

When Ethan experienced these contents, he sincerely felt that no matter what era it was, human wisdom could not be underestimated. Although the game McDuck's Vault Journey plagiarized the game of Pac-Man gameplay, but at the same time they did add a lot of novel and rich designs.

If you compare Ms. Pac-Man and McDuck's Vault directly, Ethan can't even see the big difference. At the same time, Disney, the brand, can crush Pac-Man. s attack. To put it bluntly, if Destiny Games only released Ms. Pac-Man in December, they would probably be in the gutter.

But it's a pity...

‘It’s impossible to achieve overtaking in corners by simply borrowing from others! ’

‘When I come out with version T0, you guys can’t beat me at your level! ’

When Ethan played all the Disney games, he immediately felt relieved.

Under the siege of its peers, Ms. Pac-Man may not be able to gain the same attention from the public as Pac-Man and Star Wars before it, but Alien Contra can.

When public opinion is all focused on Contra, the sudden increase in traffic can make him become a fat man in one bite. At that time, what about McDuck's Journey to the Vault? Superman in what hypothetical state? Then let him go aside and play in the mud!

That's it?

Then we win.

Ethan put down the joystick and said with a smile.

His words also made Roy Disney, who was standing by, smile.

Okay, Ethan, I feel relieved with your words.

Roy Disney rubbed his hands and said, Then I will help you make an appointment with the boss of the North American theater chain? This may take more than a week, so please be patient.

No problem. Ethan nodded with a smile.

He can afford to wait.

With the departure of Roy Disney, the world has returned to peace. Ethan, who has been busy for a long time, finally returned to the state of having nothing to do at work and play after get off work.

Perhaps it was because he didn't want to do anything after he was paralyzed, so he resumed the good habit of going home for dinner every night. Aunt Linda's cooking skills, which she liked to cook by herself, were still so good, and after eating, he went to the top of the building for a meal. Lying down, it feels really wonderful to see the endless starry sky everywhere you look.

In these leisurely days, Ethan also transformed into a melon field.

Tasted the melons in the field.

On September 18, America's Attorney General officially announced an antitrust investigation into MGM's acquisition of Columbia Pictures, requiring the management of both parties to fly to Washington to report to the Clayton Antitrust Investigation Committee of the Department of Justice. State the specific details of the acquisition.

Although the content of the inquiry was not made public, Ethan heard that MGM's management was severely mistreated by people from the Department of Justice. When MGM's management said that their acquisition of Columbia would not affect the Hollywood landscape because they had already sold most of their film production-related properties, the guys from the Department of Justice immediately replied, Now that you have gradually You quit the film production industry and switched to the hotel business, so why did you want to acquire Columbia Pictures?

According to Barbara, MGM's management was immediately confused when they heard this question!

Their purpose in acquiring Columbia is to return to Hollywood!

Now people from the Ministry of Justice ask him why he wanted to acquire it?

What do you want him to do?

Later, when MGM and Columbia Pictures both said that the merger between the two parties would not have an impact on the entire industry, the people from the Ministry of Justice asked again, You just say there will be no impact with your mouth, but it does not mean that there is really no impact. Right? How about you call all Fox, Paramount, Disney, Warner and Universal over and let us listen to their opinions?

If they don't have any objections, then what are we discussing?

MGM didn't even give a shit, saying that it needed to go back to prepare materials and talk about it next time.

When Ethan heard this, he almost laughed like crazy!

Although he did not witness this, he could imagine the reaction of MGM and Columbia management when they heard about the mental retardation during questioning.

That’s definitely a WTF look!

No way, who let him watch the video of Zhang Nan going to Capitol Hill to accept questioning?

The question that messes with people's mentality is purely to disgust people.

If MGM's melons are still very sweet, then another thing is regrettable.

On September 25, a Pacific Southwest Airlines Boeing 727 collided with a private jet over San Diego, California, killing all people on board the two planes.

Not only that, after the plane wreckage fell, innocent people on the ground were also affected. Seven ordinary people were directly killed, including two children.

In addition, homes in downtown Santiago were also severely damaged, with 22 homes destroyed and nine people injured as a result of the impact damage.

When this accident occurred, news related to it was immediately spread by various media.

Some media said that this was a tragedy caused by the private plane's failure to comply with air traffic control instructions, because the private plane's flying altitude was below 3,500 feet, but the accident plane privately raised it to 3,700 feet. above;

Some media said that this was a mistake by the air traffic control center. Before the disaster, the air traffic control center's conflict alarm system had been flashing, but because the system often made errors, the air traffic control center ignored it;

Some people even said that this was a murder because the pilots of Pacific Southwest Airlines had seen the private plane before the accident, but because they were on a mission, they had already received a settlement fee to kill some people on the plane. people, so they took this opportunity to have a mid-air collision. In other words, if there were no private planes, the Boeing would also suffer an air crash today.

Ethan had no intention of listening to the groundless speculations from the media. In San Diego, he said that this was the most serious air crash in the history of California and the most serious air crash in America. He hoped to obtain federal assistance to rebuild the destroyed North Park community of San Diego and After Edward Street, he asked Steve Ballmer to publish a letter of support in the Los Angeles Times in the name of the company, and at the same time donated 200,000 to a temporarily formed aid agency in San Diego in the name of the company's chairman. U.S. dollars in aid.

Although they had done this kind of thing many times before, Evelin's feeling was different this time. When the hot fireball fell from the sky, helplessness and panic would arise spontaneously.

Are you saying those people suffered from pain when they died?

Evelin moved her eyes away from the TV and looked at Ethan.

There are probably no people in the sky, but there are people down there...

I don't know either.

Ethan shrugged.

Perhaps it was because this case was too heavy, but it was also possible that the incident of the plane colliding in the sky was too outrageous. Ethan could clearly feel that the world around him was gloomy.

After all, America is a country with an extremely developed aviation industry. When a case like a plane collision occurs, no one knows whether such a disaster will happen to them in the next second.

However, this tragedy did not affect Ethan for too long. Just two days later, Roy Disney brought the bosses of North American theaters to Palo Alto. They wanted to see the new products of Destiny Games.

When Ethan showed them the finished Ms. Pac-Man, the brand-new level design, more novel gameplay, and very exciting content convinced them, who had never seen McDuck's Vault Journey determination.

Those bosses made a simple total and said that they could eat 15,000 units. At the same time, they would also follow the previous cooperation model and launch these arcade machines to the market uniformly the day after Destiny Games held a new product launch conference. And this time they are seeking market protection time...

for one week.

In other words, if Ethan held a new product launch conference on December 1, 1978, then the major theater chains would take out arcade machines to make money on the 2nd, and before midnight on December 9, the market would Other merchants on may not own Ms. Pac-Man.

Naturally, Ethan had no problem with this request. When he took out the contract and wanted to sign it with everyone, the bosses said that the matter would have to wait and they would have to make a few calls.

Ethan understood that these people wanted to contact the film industry giants in Hollywood. They were afraid that such purchases would cut off their own financial resources, and Ethan, who was prepared for it, readily agreed.

Under his watch, the bosses were very considerate and first called Fox and Universal. After receiving a positive reply, they then contacted Paramount, MGM and Columbia. Then they discovered that All the guys surrounded by Ethan actually let go.

This situation surprised the theater owner.

But they were smart and didn't think too deeply about it at all. They just nodded towards Roy Disney, and after waiting for the other person's happy smile, they took it as Disney's agreement.

Ever since, these people wanted to conquer Warner with surprise.

Then...

After just two sentences, a roar came from the receiver.

Even though Ethan was far away, he heard the heart-rending roar——

“What the fuck???”

“You want to purchase Destiny Game arcade machines???”

Who allowed you to do this!!!

The sudden roar made the theater owners instinctively turn their heads.

They want to escape the sonic assault from the receiver.

This sight made Ethan step forward and extend his left hand.

The theater owner who wanted to be liberated quickly handed over the microphone.

After waiting for the guy on the other end of the phone to finish yelling, Ethan raised the receiver and said, Hello~

This greeting made Steve Ross stand up instantly in the office of the chairman of Warner Communications.

Who? he asked subconsciously.

But the next second, he said again: Ethan Jones!

Hahahaha—— Ethan laughed after his identity was revealed.

Long time no see, Steve Ross. He greeted the other person.

Before anyone could reply, Ethan added: Now I am determined to help Roy Disney, so I chose to release the game in December and compete with Ron Miller and the others.

And this time, I want to sell the game to North American theaters.

I guess you're okay with that, huh?

The slightly light question made Steve Ross frown suddenly!

He turned his head and glanced at the calendar on the table. The circle on December made his eyes widen!

Ethan Jones!

The low voice proves everything!

And Ethan also raised the corners of his mouth happily, Mr. Ross, do you have any opinions?

If there is, then please hold it in~

Bah! As soon as Ethan finished speaking, he hung up the phone.

The next second, he waved his hands kindly to the North American theater owner next to him.

Our Mr. Ross has no objection.

MFxxk!!!!!

At the same time, Steve Ross, who heard the busy signal, directly turned off the phone in front of him!

Ethan Jones——

I***!!!!!

Lean forward and wave your arms fiercely!

Wow!

Snow-white documents are flying all over the sky!