Reborn America, this is my time

Chapter 188 Some people, he deserves to be raised

Home in a few days.

"Linda—I'm going for a walk—"

"Ah, ah, I can see it, the moon is so bright in the sky, and I even brought a flashlight."

"Ethan went with me too, the two of us won't fall into the pit at the same time, right?"

"Yeah~Dad is right - the workers haven't started digging the foundation yet, where is the hole for me to fall! Don't worry, we won't run into the fields, we will come back after walking, Bye~"

When Evelyn took Ethan's arm and pushed him out the door, the bright moonlight was like a gauze, covering their bodies lightly.Walking slowly along the wooden path in front of the house, an endless vast field soon appeared in front of the two of them. The land here has been leveled. In the next few days, workers will sow cotton seeds in it, up to eight By ten months, they will be able to see the snow-white world.

The reason why they appeared on their own farm was because today was Thomas and Linda's housewarming day. To celebrate, the two brought gifts home for dinner.

Before, Thomas and Linda lived in the center of the small town of Los Gatos. They settled there for the convenience of going to school. When Ethan and Evelyn moved out one after another, they moved their family back to the farm. It became what they most wanted to do.

Of course, this is also the living habit of the vast majority of farmers in America. Since they have land in their hands, why do they live in urban areas?Drilling into the vast and boundless farm, the life without noise, pollution, disturbance, and disputes is simply not too pleasant.

If it weren't for the slope of the navel orange orchard at home, which was not suitable for building a large residence, Thomas and Linda would have moved away long ago, and after Ethan and Evelyn spread all the proceeds from "Snake" to the land , They built houses here because they liked the cotton plains.

The three-storey small building with wooden structure and spacious design with five bedrooms and three halls is not too rich for two people to live in. The reason why they don't design a bigger one is because this place will become a manor in the future.

After three months of busy work, the designers of the Stanford Research Institute have designed the aquarium that Evelyn wanted. It is 33 feet long, 40 feet wide, and has a volume of 100 gallons. If you have turtles, you can even raise whale sharks.When the aquarium is already so huge, naturally other facilities of the manor cannot be left behind, right?After a while of calculations, the first phase of the building with the aquarium would have to cover [-] acres, the second phase of the swimming pool, tennis court and horse farm would have to eat more than [-] acres, and the third phase would add some gardens, golf What about the stadium, the total area of ​​the manor has to be expanded to [-] or more, and [-] acres to build a manor?
The surrounding farmland is at least [-] acres, so it's not conspicuous, right?
The cotton field under their feet was 400 acres when they bought it last year, and there are more than [-] acres of fruit orchards stretching on the surrounding hillsides, which is reasonable.Of course, there is a more important point, that is, the cotton here has always been planted by artificial irrigation, and there is already a water source underground. With the convenience of water extraction, the configuration of artificial seawater is much simpler.

Looking at the flat land under the moonlight, and letting the oncoming breeze caress his body, Ethan, who was walking side by side with Evelyn on the field ridge, asked, "Did the experts at Stanford give you a quotation?"

"Ang, the total cost of the three phases is about 500 million. If we use the best materials, the price will rise by about three to four times, and the annual maintenance fee is about 50..." Evelyn turned her head and glanced Ethan glanced and said, "You should be able to accept this, right?"

"Use the best one." Ethan gave his choice, "If it's not enough, ask the game company to borrow it. Since we live by ourselves, there's no need to save money on it."

"Hey!" Evelyn put her hands in her pockets with a smile, "I thought so too."

After a brief conversation, the two fell into silence again.For a moment, there was only the whisper of the breeze, the frustrating footsteps, and the occasional chirping of insects in the field in the huge world.

Perhaps it was because the silence here was very comfortable, so neither of them said a word.

After they were tired from walking and sat down on the ground, the comfort of looking up at the sky and the Milky Way aroused Evelyn's curiosity, and she swayed and bumped into the people around her.

"Ethan."

"Ok?"

"What did you and Roy talk about that day? I think you've been thinking about it for the past few days."

This question stunned Ethan, who was looking up at the sky, and then smiled, "Is it so obvious when I think? Why can you always see it?"

"Yes."

Evelyn said: "You like to be in a daze during the long exam, and you can tell that you are distracted just by looking at it."

"Then next time I think about it, I must hide and think about it, so that I won't be discovered by you."

The nonsensical words almost made Evelyn choke, the corners of her mouth twitched, and she stared at Ethan with a foolish look, "But if you disappeared, wouldn't it be more obvious?"

Ethan blinked his eyes, "It seems to be the same."

"..."

The dumbfounded appearance made Evelyn a little speechless. She raised her arm and hit the boy's arm. After the boy suffered from pain, he also stopped looking up at the starry sky and rubbed his arm while satisfying the girl's curiosity, "Okay , Okay, I said, I said."

The communication between Ethan and Roy Disney can actually be regarded as private. After all, the issues involved are too sensitive, but in front of Evelyn, these things have no meaning of keeping secret, right?And under Ethan's narration, Evelyn also had an understanding of Roy Disney's intentions, and then...

She asked curiously: "No, Roy Disney is too courageous, right? If he used some action to save Disney and knocked down Disney's stock price to make you suck it up, wouldn't that be a financial crime? ? You can be charged with insider trading at the lowest level, right?"

"Although their privileges in Florida are very attractive, he is willing to take such a high risk for the position of chairman, even the possibility of being sent to prison? Is he crazy?"

Since the surroundings of the two were extremely empty, thousands of acres of private land could not hide people at all, so Evelyn didn't hide her words when she spoke, and her excitement made Ethan laugh.

"There has never been any financial crime in this world." Ethan shook his head and said: "There are only strong and weak backgrounds. People with strong backgrounds do these things to actively help target companies increase their corporate value. People without strong backgrounds or Those whose backgrounds are down are called crimes.”

"Roy Disney dared to do this because he knew that he would not take any risks in doing so, and since there is no risk in doing this kind of thing, why didn't he do it?"

Ethan turned to look at his sister.

The girl under the moonlight frowned, and after a while, she smiled and shook her head when her brows loosened.

When they themselves use their backgrounds to defend against foreign enemies, it is impossible to accuse others of relying on their backgrounds. The reason why Evelyn was surprised was that the Disney Group had become a public company. When Roy Disney wanted to Known as the Disney Group, he seemed to have little outside help when he was in charge of a public company, but now...

"Then Roy Disney must have had great allies," Evelyn said.

"No one will play all their cards at the beginning of the game." Ethan shrugged.

"So will you work with him?" Evelyn asked.

The next second she said: "I think he is using you, because he has shown you his ambition, he not only wants to cooperate with you, but also wants to have a relationship with Steven and George through you, regardless In the end, whether these can be achieved, as long as you nod, then he can get the bargaining chip."

This analysis made Ethan's eyes light up.

"Oh—Evelyn—seems like you'd be a good fit to run a company—"

He compliments.

"We now...actually think the same..."

He tells.

A few days ago, when Roy Disney said that the Disney Group had long intended to get involved in the live-action film business and was willing to hand over the live-action film business to Steven Spielberg and George Lucas, Ethan Not only saw his ambition, but also saw his use.

Because of this concept, Roy Disney can not only talk to him, but also talk to other shareholders.

As Evelyn said, as long as Ethan Jones shows interest in this cooperation in front of Roy Disney, Roy Disney can contact other shareholders of the Disney Group and tell those people that he has Hooked up with him, Ethan Jones.He, Roy Disney, can bring the strongest video game production capability to the Disney Group, and he can also bring Steven Spielberg and George Lucas, two superstars in the film industry, to the Disney Group .

Although Philips' patent authorization is very attractive, and the expected income of self-made games is also very considerable, but those all take time to realize slowly. Compared with Spielberg, who has made two consecutive films with a box office exceeding [-] million yuan, and Ethan, who has never failed in the field of video games, Philips' patent licensing and expected income from self-made games are simply relying on defense!Because Disney is still a movie company after all!
When these chips are placed in front of Disney's shareholders, shareholders with a little bit of brains will be very interested in Roy Disney's plan, and once more people are interested, they will inevitably unite and try Let Roy Disney bring a bright future to the company.

By that time...

Save Disney didn't even have to start, those shareholders would join Roy Disney in kicking Walt Disney's son-in-law, Ron Miller, out of the company.

And after Ron Miller leaves, Roy Disney, who is in control, will definitely fulfill his promise to Ethan, but how to fulfill it and the degree of fulfillment will actually be a question mark.

More importantly, Roy Disney's approach actually has another advantage.

That is, there is no need to introduce Ethan, who looks more powerful, into the company.

It is impossible for Ethan to hold stocks on a large scale without launching the rescue of Disney campaign.

"Roy is a genius." Ethan said with a smile, "But I'm not a fool."

"The conditions he offered are very attractive."

"But I won't be fooled until I show substantial sincerity."

"Haha~" Ethan's words made Evelyn chuckle, "Are you rejecting him again?"

"Not this time." Ethan confessed honestly, "Roy Disney's expectations of us can bring us a lot when we have already had a bad relationship with many Hollywood companies."

"So I told him, I need to think about it. Then...I called George and Steven these days and told them Roy's desire..."

"What?" Evelyn didn't understand her brother's behavior.

Ethan explained: "Because they have big ambitions..."

Whether it's the memory of the previous life or the contact in this life, Ethan knows that Steven Spielberg and George Lucas have the idea of ​​becoming film giants.

Needless to say about the former, the name DreamWorks is simply beautiful in the world, and the implication of DreamWorks has touched the hearts of countless people. The latter’s Lucasfilm has monopolized Hollywood for a long time. For visual effects production, Lucas is eager to use the power of technology to break through the blockade of the giants, but unfortunately, Sony and the fat man from New Zealand came in without paying attention to martial arts.

When Ethan knew that the two of them just wanted to build their own film company, handing over the olive branch thrown by Roy Disney to them was what Ethan should do best.

It's not about wishing the two of them could go to Disney, it's about showing them your heart.

Because these two guys don't seem to really accept him——

At the very beginning, Spielberg concealed his help in the Ralph Bell incident. On the surface, he liked games, but in fact he was helping Universal against Philips;

After that, there were also problems in the production of the "Star Wars" game. Lucas's project was clearly approved by his own people, but none of them said anything.Ethan felt that he was lucky enough to pick up the "Star Wars" era, but what about the truth?He even felt that Spielberg took him to Fox on purpose that day, because they already knew that "Star Wars" was not favored by outsiders. If it could be made into a game under such circumstances, it might be able to turn around directly;

This is even more so now, when Columbia's thunder exploded, he realized that the special helm of Columbia is their own people!At that time, he thought that Columbia was very good, and he could help himself against Warner when the contract was not signed, but the truth is... Ha ha!
Truth be told, Ethan was kind of on fire after catching out two or three times that these two guys were only half-talking!If it wasn't for these two guys who really benefited from him, Ethan would have scolded him a long time ago!

So when he received Roy Disney's olive branch, he decisively relayed Roy Disney's words to those two people, and he wanted to tell them—

He, Ethan Jones, doesn't 'hide' things from his friends!
He also hoped that these two guys would stop keeping some things from him!
"So... the result?" Evelyn couldn't be happier looking at Ethan's annoyed expression.

In fact, the girl had already discovered that Ethan would always trust some people somehow.

She wants to correct Ethan's problems, but there are many things that cannot be said directly.

And now...

"The result? The result is that after I finished the phone call, Steven came directly with the "Alien" contract, the termination of the contract with Columbia, and the signing of the contract with Universal. Not only did the previously agreed terms remain unchanged, but he also signed A time guarantee, Universal will start production on the film before July, close the filming before January [-] next year, and guarantee that it will be released no later than Christmas next year."

"If work doesn't start before July, he will shoot the movie himself."

"It's a bit tight in terms of time, but he will keep an eye on this project throughout, and even turned down a war movie he wanted to make because of this, and said that he would edit it himself."

"If the North American box office of the film does not reach 5000 million, he and George will not need any producer commissions. Not only that, George also took out "Star Wars". He said that if "Alien" does not have a box office of 5000 million, "Star Wars" He will continue to unconditionally authorize the sequel game to me, and at the same time only take [-]% of the licensing fee, because of the previous incident, now I can sell the "Star Wars" game at will, without any restrictions, whether it is on the computer or on the computer. The last home computer will follow me."

"Wow... Did they know they were wrong? So sincere?" Evelyn's eyes lit up when she heard the string of promises, and she also smiled and said, "Then do you really want "Alien" to die violently now?"

"How is it possible?" Ethan was unconvinced, "Am I that kind of person?"

"Yes!" Evelyn nodded earnestly.

"..." The solemn answer left Ethan speechless.

Staring at his sister for a while, he didn't hold back in the end, and made the sign of the cross in front of him, "Well, you're right, I pray every morning now, and finish "Alien"!"

"Hahaha--"

Evelyn laughed out of tears, and kept patting Ethan's arm with her hands.

But Ethan was telling the truth!

Compared with "Star Wars", "Alien" is a der!
If the end of Alien gets him Star Wars...

Then he would pick Star Wars.

As for "Contra"?
Wouldn't it be over if it was directly changed to "Star Wars: The Legend of Han Solo"?

What about Stallone and the governor teaming up to fight aliens?
Straight into Han Solo to raid the Legion of Darkness!
Anyway, they are shooting biubiubiu with a gun!
And when this kind of game is made...

Not to mention that their hosts will be released two years later than Atari and Mirov!
Even five years later...

That can still sell out!
While Evelyn laughed, she also found a problem, "So, the blockade of North American theaters led by Philips seems to have no effect on us?"

"Because we never planned to make an arcade game for Alien from the beginning?"

"Crack!" Ethan snapped his fingers.

"Yes, you are right." He nodded with a relaxed expression, "We never planned to make an arcade game for "Alien" from the beginning, so they blocked it."

When the compensation conditions offered by Steven Spielberg and George Lucas gave Ethan the urge to tear up "Alien", Ethan instantly realized that he seemed to be angry for nothing.

Because they planned to make "Contra" into a console game from the very beginning!

The blockade of Philips, Disney, MGM, Paramount, and Warner Communications seems to be cutting off his financial resources, but it is actually saving him!

If he sells the arcade machines of "Heavenly Fortune" into the theaters now and makes a fortune, then when "Alien" comes out, if he doesn't put "Contra" in the theaters, then the theaters can't fight him?
Therefore, rather than being threatened by the North American theaters when the movie is released, it is better to be kicked out by Philips now, because in this case, he, Ethan, will become a victim!
And at that time, if "Contra" sells well, then the North American theaters will definitely fight the Philips alliance to the end, after all, cutting off people and money is like killing parents!
At that time...

All he has to do is watch the play.

This special thing is really that the mountains are heavy and the water is full of doubts, and there is no way out, and there is another village!
'hey-hey! '

'No matter how you look at it, I won the deal! '

'What a genius I am! '

"Since the Philips blockade is in our favor, what are you thinking about these days?"

Evelyn was even more curious.

"I'm thinking about a sentence." Ethan said: "What Roy Disney said."

"When we communicated that day, he told me that power does not come from the giving of superiors, but the obedience of subordinates. I think what he said is quite reasonable."

"So I went to the factory these few days and chatted with Michael and the others, and then I found that almost everyone is waiting for me to release a new game. They want to make money, and they want to help me deliver..."

"Because they said that since Philips and MGM are united, they may trouble us during our delivery. After all, Kirk Kerkorian is behind the Italian Mafia. And Many truck drivers in North America are of Italian descent."

Recalling what he saw and heard when he went to the factory that day, Ethan felt a little mixed in his heart.

In the off-season of business, when there was not much business, these guys didn't all stay in the factory, but went to the shooting range in San Jose in rotation.

In the words of factory director Michael Blanco, what these people are best at is actually not making any circuit boards, but carrying guns on the field.

After returning from Asia, many people can only sleep with cold guns.

They want to get away from it as much as possible, but if necessary—

"When we pick it up, we will be more proficient than many people." Standing in the office on the second floor of the factory, Michael Blanco pointed to the workers who were making circuit boards below and said: "After hearing that Philips and MGM have cooperated Afterwards, I communicated with them, saying that they may get another job in the future, that is, the delivery driver and the accompanying security officer."

"They said there was no problem, they were willing to take the job, and if anyone along the way dared to cause trouble, the people they would hit would not dare to show their heads."

"Actually, if you don't come to me these days, I will go back to you. Although we know how far we should go, you also know that guns are not controlled by human will, so you put Let’s dismantle the factory from the game company, we can do some things, but we can’t talk about it, right?”

"After the split, if something really happens, you can just kick us out. We only have one requirement, if you can get people, try to get them. If you can't, or if no one gets them, then give them home. Send a sum of money, the number is up to you, anyway, we don’t have any major needs.”

"Those people in the federation don't want to see us all the time, and other people don't give us jobs. You support us. We know you are good, but we can't use your money for nothing, right?"

Having said that, Michael Blanc turned his head and looked at Ethan with a relaxed expression...

But Ethan pursed his lips and said with emotion: "This shit has been entangled with me for several days. We originally wanted to demolish the factory, but when they said that, I feel that we are quite inhuman."

This remark made Evelyn open her mouth. She seemed to have something to say, but she couldn't make a sound.

After a while, she sighed.

Gazing at the bright moon in the sky, he murmured: "Take it down..."

"Benefits remain the same."

"Employee equity incentive plan extended to 30.00%."

"Helping them get Apple orders."

"Some people...he deserves to be raised."

This remark caused Ethan to nod again and again. While he was looking up at the galaxy, Evelyn said again: "I'm very lucky this time? Although there are many unlucky things, there are also many thunderstorms around me."

"Yeah, whether it's Columbia's check fraud or Philips' joint targeting, we've seen a lot..." Ethan agreed with emotion, "This feeling is like playing minesweeper, if you don't understand When it comes to rules, you never know where the next thunder will be..."

Ethan expressed his feelings with a smile. At this moment, he even felt a gray interface appeared in front of his eyes, but in the next second, his smile froze on his face.

"Oh! Fxxk..." He turned to look at his sister under the moonlight.

The girl who was looking up at the night sky with her hands behind her back also turned her head tacitly.

"You—" the girl's pupils were filled with amusement.

Ethan didn't care, and said excitedly: "I know what game is suitable for our console!"

(End of this chapter)