Reborn America, this is my time

Chapter 128 Announcing the Second Bomb!
[Hollywood Report: Twentieth Century Fox Films and Lucasfilms jointly launched a new film. At the press conference, the founder of Destiny Games, Ethan Jones, lashed out at competitors! 】

[Los Angeles Times: The true meaning of video games is to bring more happiness to the world!Let's see how Destiny Games founder Ethan Jones describes the bright future of video games! 】

[Washington Post: Ethan Jones, the inventor of "Pac-Man" and "Snake", publicly stated yesterday that Atari and Mirov wanted to layer happiness. The purpose of their promotion of home consoles was to give Mass entertainment has set up thresholds, trying to keep some players who love games out. 】

[Wall Street Journal: Destiny Games founder Ethan Jones publicly announced his new game at Fox's new film conference. At the same time, he also said that the era of electronic arcades has just begun. Video games are mass entertainment, and everyone should Having the right to enjoy happiness, Atari and Mirov's arrogance will bring disaster to Warner and Philips behind them. 】

In the early morning of the second day after the conference was held, reports carrying Ethan's views were like a flood that spread across the North American continent.

When Ethan spoke out his thoughts without hesitation and named his competitors without hesitation, his unastonishing and endless remarks were simply the favorite news content of various media.

no way.

Who made such gunpowder-flavored words already attract the attention of countless people?
When a person's speech can be published on the front page without embellishing it, just copying it...

The media who depended on public attention for food really wanted to hold Ethan in their arms and kiss them!

And after the report was released, Ethan's madness was like a stone stirring up a thousand waves, which aroused heated discussions in North America. If we say that before, many media had received money from Warner and Philips, and they crazily advocated elegant The new generation of Dali and Mirova Apollo are good, so now, when Fox recharges successfully, the corresponding argument is like a rocket launch, and it is rampant.

Peacock Channel spoke directly, and NBC’s head host David Brinkley said to the national live broadcast camera: “This morning, I saw the news report of the founder of the game of destiny, Ethan Jones, he was on Fox and Lucas I was intrigued by what was said at the launch of the new film."

"As early as when Mirov and Atari said that the era of electronic arcade machines has passed, I felt a lot of doubts in my heart. At that time, I felt that something was wrong, but I never found the crux of the problem. Therefore, I did not speak out on the hot topic of the current fire."

"But after I saw Ethan Jones's response, I realized where the twisted thing about Mirov and Atari was that they... seemed to be abandoning the public."

"Mirov has never made electronic arcade machines from the very beginning. They have made home consoles from the very beginning, and when did they launch home consoles? If anyone remembers, they will find out, it was five years Before! And what happened to our country five years ago?"

"Our great Tingzong suspended the exchange of U.S. dollars and gold! Because of the ZD war, the oil price in our country has skyrocketed! The mass unemployment and soaring prices caused by this have made us breathless under the huge pressure of life! In this case, even if the Mirov Odyssey product is amazing, so what? When we are running around for food every day, how many people will seriously consider the home game that costs more than 100 US dollars? machine?"

"And when we were in trouble, Atari was born!"

""Pong" swept the entire North American continent and became the hottest video game at that time!"

"Is this success because of how good Nolan Bushnell is?"

"No! It's because interesting video games have brought a ray of light to us who are in the dark! The extremely low price of playing can make us happy in our spare time!"

"Precisely because video games are entertainment for the masses, as long as people want to play, they can play for a while on the machines in the streets and alleys, so it can enter our lives in the shortest possible time!"

"But now?"

"At the beginning of this year, Atari announced that it would officially withdraw from the arcade market, and Mi Luohua had never set foot in the arcade field! Although they kept saying that the future of video games is home consoles, and that is the meaning of the existence of games, But at the same time, they are indeed abandoning the players!"

"I have a set of data in my hand—"

"The electronic arcade machine of "Pac-Man" is priced at 1 US dollars. Last year, more than 2000 units were sold in North America. The annual revenue of Destiny Games should exceed [-] million."

"This income seems to be a lot, right?"

"But do you know how much money the entire Pac-Man made last year?"

"The guaranteed income exceeds [-] million yuan!"

"Seeing this, many people may be surprised, where did the remaining [-] million go?"

"I can tell you very responsibly! That [-] million has flowed into the market again!"

"When players enjoy the game by inserting coins, those coins also flow into the pockets of the owners of electronic arcade machines, those owners of billiard halls, dance halls, and bowling alleys!"

"And those bosses have to hire employees in order to maintain their business. In the process, the income related to the game falls on everyone who is associated with the game!"

"To be honest, when I learned of this fact, I was shocked!"

"Because the existence of "Pac-Man" has caused a positive cycle in our country's economy!"

"Ethan Jones has brought happiness to the people of the country, and at the same time, he has brought thousands of small businesses, and the American people who have obtained jobs to earn money! As the leader of this incident, the game of fate only takes It's less than 5.00% of a game's revenue!"

"that's it……"

"Mirov and Atari still want to say that Ethan Jones is using arcade machines to gain profits?"

"This is really farting!"

"I think Mirov and Atari want to grab all the benefits?"

"Because when they release the game as a home console, most of the benefits will flow into their pockets! And maybe this is why they criticized Ethan Jones for disrupting the market? Because they are afraid that others will find out the truth!"

When this sharp comment appeared, the people in North America were all dumbfounded!
Because under the bombardment of public opinion from Warner and Philips, they have heard countless comments about the high price of arcade machines in the past two months. Many people have even felt that playing a video game for tens of cents is a scam. , but now...

Fate game didn't make money?
Instead, he led thousands of people to make money?

Atari and Mirov want to make all the money?
So they are the real dragons?

Oh! Sxxt!

How could such a thing happen to special codes!

And when the Peacock TV took the lead, ABC, which is inextricably linked with it, did not show weakness. Their gold medal host Harry Risener also expressed his own comments on the incident.

The host who had reported the assassination of Le Zong held the same point of view as NBC's David Brinkley, but his words were more tendentious.

"Viewers! Although as a media practitioner and as a news anchor, I should always maintain a neutral attitude, because only in this way can I bring you more objective reports, but the scolding battles in the past few weeks are really true. It makes me unbearable! I beg everyone here, keep your eyes open, and don't be fooled by Atari and Mirova!"

"They are the culprits who want to empty your wallets!"

"They are the real demons who want to control the source of your happiness!"

"And Ethan Jones and his game of fate?"

"So far! Have you ever seen him take the initiative to attack any opponent?"

"no!"

"Ethan Jones has only made games so far, and has only released news related to games! And such a person who wants to bring happiness to the public is now being suppressed by Atari and Mirov. This kind of thing , It really makes people angry!"

Such words have brought great shock to the people of North America!

At this moment, they felt that what ABC said made sense!
Since the green whirlwind brought by "Snake" swept across North America, it seems that Ethan Jones has never appeared in public in front of the media!
Every time news broke out, there was a new work!
And when a producer is diligently making games...

His competitors are endlessly slandering him?

Oh—this kind of thing is too special and disgusting!
Suddenly, the voice of protest suddenly rose!

Those players who have regarded "Snake" and "Pac-Man" as the mainstay of leisure in the past two years have complained about the shameless behavior of Atari and Mirov!
At the same time, Atari and Mirova, who were punched in the face by Ethan's angry punch, were also a little confused, because they didn't know why Ethan Jones got mixed up with Fox?
According to their intelligence, Ethan Jones only walked into Fox's gate for the first time a few months ago, that is, at the beginning of this year!

And now...

The game they jointly developed is going to show up?
MFxxk!When did this happen!
How come they don't know at all!

Unlike Atari and Miro Warner's surprise on the project, at this moment, the CEO offices of Warner Bros. and Philips were full of quarrels.

Although they have been playing the offensive of public opinion for many years, they have long been very proficient. Even in the past operations, they have overturned the car many times, but like this time they were pointed at their noses by their competitors. They have never encountered such things.

And what I have never encountered before is...

"MFxxk!"

"Ethan Jones, how can he say that we look down on ordinary people???"

In Warner’s office, CEO Steve Ross roared angrily at his subordinates, “Are there still people in this world who don’t know how the film industry develops? Don’t they know that without the support of the public, Might the film industry cease to exist?"

In fact, like electronic arcade machines in video games, the movie industry was originally coin-operated.

The earliest film projection machine in the world is Edison's 'movie mirror', which is a device similar to a telescope, and the audience can only watch the image on the film through a small hole.

Due to the limitation of the window, only one person can watch at a time, so in order to ensure profitability, the initial setting of this project is that it can only be started after the coin is inserted.

It is precisely because the general public is curious about this simple form of entertainment that the accelerated development of the film industry has been promoted, and because the film industry can only follow the profit model of small profits but high sales, the huge income is Relying on the huge flow of people piled up.

So in this case, Ethan said that Warner Bros. dislikes ordinary people?
Oh--

What is the difference between this special and smashing their jobs?
This kind of remarks is simply the revenge of killing the father, and they are irreconcilable!

"Deny! Prosecute! Find out!"

Warner Bros. CEO Steve Ross yelled at his subordinates—

"Hurry up and hold a press conference to deny all the accusations made by Ethan Jones!"

"Let the legal department directly file a lawsuit against Destiny Games, saying that their founder Ethan Jones has slandered and slandered us Warner Bros. and its subsidiary Atari!"

"Oh yes!"

"Sending a lawyer's letter to NBC, ABC, and Fox! Who asked them to report these things? Ask them to apologize to us for our public apology and compensate us for the loss of our reputation!"

"Finally, find out what Ethan Jones' new game is for me!"

"Since we have chosen to step on it, let's step on it to the end!"

"We must never let his new game resound in North America!"

Warner Bros. on the west coast is busy in a hurry, and Philips on the east coast, which is separated from it by a continent, is also raging with anger in their office at the moment.

If Warner Bros. was furious because Ethan accurately poked their buttocks, then Philips was angry because all the products they sold were consumer goods for the public!

Regardless of whether it is lighting products such as energy-saving lamps, or electronic products such as televisions, shavers, and laser discs, or various music products released by Polygram, they all regard the general public as the ultimate Customer's consumer products!Only medical equipment is purchased in bulk!

And in this case -

Ethan says they have contempt for the average consumer?
The specific manifestation is maliciously pulling and stepping on electronic arcade machines when manufacturing home consoles?

Oh! My! God!

"Sue! Sue directly! Sue Ethan Jones immediately!"

"We must not allow this kind of talk to continue! What we are doing is mass consumer goods! We must not let the public feel disgusted with our brand!"

"Then, contact those arcade buyers to find out what Ethan Jones' new game is! Since he attacks us mercilessly, then we will fight him to the end!"

In this roar, two world-renowned companies located on the east and west coasts of the North American continent almost made the same decision.On the afternoon of April [-]th, Warner and its subsidiary Atari, and Philips and its subsidiary Miravo held their respective press conferences.

At the press conference, they expressed strong protest against Ethan Jones' false accusations, and informed all the media, asking them to stop disseminating false news, while repeatedly claiming that they would take legal action to defend themselves image and reputation.

And when Monday, April [-]th came, they also filed a lawsuit very decisively.

When Ethan received the subpoena from the San Jose court, he had a big smile on his face.

"Is it uncomfortable? It's right to be uncomfortable!"

"Since you guys dare to pee in my face, don't blame me for shitting on your heads!"

After handing over the subpoena to Julis Noble and asking her to seek help from Stanford's Entrepreneurial Guidance Office, Ethan then entered the company's R&D office and stared at the final packaging of the game.

That's right!

Ethan didn't take these two lawsuits to heart at all!

In other words, when Ethan Jones got the announcement plan formulated by Fox, he already knew that if he followed the plan of the other party, no matter what he did, he would be sued by Warner Bros. and Philips , but Ethan doesn't care about these things.

Because when he sprayed his competitors through the defense with his mouth...

Then this must be the most beautiful thing in the world!
Moreover, letting the two families jump their feet in anger was originally the first bullet in the game's announcement.

As for the second round...

On April [-], the electronic arcade machine of "Star Wars" was officially packaged.

Ethan personally pasted the classic poster with Luke Skywalker holding the lightsaber high, Princess Leia in front of him, and Darth Vader as the background on the machine, and then called Fox.

In the afternoon, the fat supervisor who got the news flashed to the Destiny Game, and checked the effect of the finished product with a bunch of colleagues.

When they found out that the final real machine effect of the game was as good as they had imagined, the second step in the announcement and release officially started.After returning, they got in touch with all parties involved in the plan, and then informed Ethan Jones to come to Century City, Los Angeles for an appointment on April 23 with the electronic arcade machine of "Star Wars".

Ethan had no objection to such an arrangement.

And when he showed up at the designated place with the designated product at the designated time...

What he saw was one luxury car after another.

And George Lucas in a suit and bow tie.

Smiling and hugging each other, Ethan walked into Fox's screening room again. Although he had already reached a cooperation agreement with Fox, there were still faces in the screening room that he thought were unfamiliar.

But it doesn't matter, because Fox executives and Lucas will introduce everyone's background to him.

Along with their narration, Ethan also greeted several important people.

They are GCC owner Richard Smith, Mann Theaters owner Ted Mann, and AMC owner Stanley Duwood.

That's right!

The second step in Fox's announcement plan is to let Ethan Jones bring the "Star Wars" game to participate in the "Star Wars" movie screening held for North American theaters!

At the same time, what Fox wants to do is also what Ethan Jones needs to do, and that is to sell the electronic arcade machine "Star Wars" into thousands of commercial theaters in North America!

　Thanks to [Yishan Daojun] for the reward of 600 starting coins, and thanks to [Nanwu Oh Miduo Buddha] [book friend 20210502084351705] [cjll] for the reward of 100 starting coins.

　　Note: ① GCC is the general movie theater chain in the United States. It was established in 1935. In 76, there were almost 500 screens in the whole meter. ②Mann Theaters is the Mann movie theater line. It first inherited the theaters sold by Fox due to the Paramount Act. In 1972, it acquired the National General Corporation (NGC) of the United States, and the number of theaters was close to [-]. ③ AMC is the one bought by President Wang's father. ④The reason why the arcades mentioned in this article became popular in North America is their own industry summary. The prosperity of the North American electronic arcade industry is actually following the context of the times. The impact of the economic crisis has made people need cheap entertainment, which is cheaper than movies. The game has naturally entered the stage of history.After that, the reason why Atari's machines sold well was because the living standards of the North American people gradually recovered. The large group of gamers has always been rational, and they will go wherever the cost-effectiveness is high.

　　PS, no more

　　
　
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