Reborn America, this is my time

Chapter 223 Qi!gas!gas!
"Can any of you tell me! What's going on with the special code now!"

An hour later, in the conference room of Warner Communications.

Steve Ross, chairman of Warner Group, had veins on his neck. He knocked on the table angrily and launched a spit attack on everyone present——

"Why did Ethan Jones suddenly decide to release a new game at the end of this year?!"

"Why can Ethan Jones summon the owners of North American theater chains to sell them electronic arcades?!"

"Why was Ethan Jones able to get past our blockade?!"

"Why did Ethan Jones have time to snipe us?!"

"Hasn't he been entangled by countless enemies in the past half a year?"

"How did Ethan Jones target us in this situation?!!"

"what?!!!"

The heart-rending roar made everyone present instinctively frown.

At this moment, everyone was sitting upright with their eyes, nose, nose and heart in mind, not daring to say a word.

In fact, when these people received a call from Steve Ross and learned that Steve Ross asked them to rush to the headquarters for a meeting urgently, they felt that something was wrong and began to inquire about the reason.

then……

They then learned that the chairman was cursing Ethan Jones.

When this information appeared, everyone was stunned!
Because they couldn't understand, how could Ethan Jones have time to provoke them?
You know, since the New Year, Ethan Jones has been very busy under their layout——

Whether it’s the thunderstorms in Colombia or the femidi pie pulled up by Philips;

Whether it’s MGM’s new tour or Alan Bradley’s backstabbing;

All these things keep Ethan Jones busy!
When Ethan Jones transforms into a firefighter and keeps putting out fires...

How could he have time to pay attention to Warner Communications?

Moreover, judging from the words and attitude of Chairman Steve Ross, Ethan Jones seems to have discovered that they are the masterminds behind the turmoil?
But this-

"It makes no sense!" A director of Warner Communications spread his hands and said, "We all know what Ethan Jones has been through in the past nine months."

"Those things happen very reasonably, and we rarely get involved. Normal people will be exhausted mentally and physically after dealing with one of these. They will only feel that they are very unlucky, but what about Ethan Jones? He is doing everything After everything was taken care of, you suspected us?"

"It's impossible!"

"Yes." Another director also nodded: "If I remember correctly, we only contacted two people from beginning to end. One was Kirk Kerkorian, the boss of MGM, and the other was from Philips North America. CEO Cornelis van der Krugt.”

"It's impossible for the two of them to leak the fact that we're joining forces."

"Then in this case, it is impossible for Ethan to target us."

"unless--"

"Is there a ghost?"

When this judgment appeared, everyone in the conference room looked stern.

When their external allies are not short of money and just want to strangle Ethan Jones with their own hands...

You can imagine the probability of leaks from these people!
All the problems that arise in this situation may be the result of their internal fun!
Therefore, when the idea of ​​'inner ghost' came up, Steve Ralston, who was so angry that he couldn't sit down at all, looked around. His eyes swept over the directors around him one by one. These people who had fought with him All the old people in the world looked calm at the moment.

This fact made him nod slightly.

While waiting for him to focus on the remnants of Warner Brothers...

The CEO of Warner Bros. Pictures quickly puffed up his chest and said: "Steve, this matter has nothing to do with us. Although we are responsible for the finalization of "Superman", I have never contacted North American Theaters have mentioned our video game of the same name."

"I have been waiting for your order. Without your order, it is impossible for me to tell any outsider about our video game linkage plan. Moreover, if it is really me who leaks the secret, then the news about our production of the "Superman" game Rumors have already spread all over the place, right?"

This explanation made Steve Ross ponder for a while, and then nodded in agreement.

There is indeed the possibility of leaks from Warner Bros. Pictures, but if they leak the secrets, the impact will definitely not be as peaceful as it is now. Moreover, so far, no one from Warner Bros. Pictures has seen the game "Superman" The specific content of the game, when they themselves didn't know what game the brother company had made, it was impossible for their leaks to make Ethan so alert.

"So..." Steve Ross drew out his voice.

He set his sights on Atari's current CEO, "Is that you?"

This question made Atari's CEO shake his head violently, and spoke quickly to avoid his responsibility, "Steve, the game "Superman" was developed in secret."

"So far, few people in Atari know about this."

"We haven't mass-produced this game yet!"

"We've been waiting for your orders!"

His words were also recognized by everyone present.

Although Atari's current CEO only joined Warner Communications after Nolan Bushnell was 'fired', everyone knows that as an ordinary professional manager, he has no guts to betray Atari. White Shore by Steve Ross.

Perhaps to the real big guys, Steve Ross is just a little Karami, but in the eyes of ordinary people, this guy who started out as a gangster is already a man of extraordinary abilities.

And when the suspicions of everyone present were eliminated, a feeling called sadness also surged into their hearts. They couldn't figure out why things turned out like this.

They don't know even more, how much does Ethan Jones know about their plan?
Just when they were puzzled, another director spoke up, "So, is it possible that Ethan Jones simply wants to build Disney?"

"After all, Roy Disney has been looking for him many times."

"Moreover, with our intervention, his projects have repeatedly jumped between Columbia Pictures and Universal Pictures. This behavior is actually very dangerous, so he needs a film company of his own?"

This idea made the eyes of most people present brighten.

They think it makes sense.

However, just as they were about to speak in agreement, Steve Ross shook his head violently.

"This is impossible!" he shouted.

The categorical words made everyone at the scene a little confused, but Steve Ross shut his mouth and stopped talking about his judgment. As for the reasons...

When Ethan Jones arrogantly stated that he had to hold back his opinions, Steve Ross felt like his head was struck by lightning!Nor would he believe that Ethan Jones was just using his words!
And when he thought of this, Steve Ross waved his hands irritably!

"He must know our plan!"

"Don't say anything else!"

"He must have known our Superman movie had a game!"

Since Steve Ross was so sure, others stopped speculating. When this fact was confirmed, the feeling of powerlessness without finding the reason also made everyone not want to delve further into this topic. A man with gray hair of directors looked at Steve Ross and asked, “Do we have a plan for this?”

"I mean, will Ethan Jones' new game affect us?"

"If his new game will have an impact on our "Superman", then we may have to change the schedule of movies and games, but if we are confident that we can beat him..."

"Then even if he already knows everything, it doesn't matter, right?"

"We have been enemies for a long time anyway."

The straightforward words made everyone present nod frequently.

Having experienced fighting in shopping malls, they understand that direct confrontation is the normal state of competition in this industry, and in the entertainment industry, it is extremely common for multiple movies to fight in one schedule.

In this case, as long as they are confident in their own products, they can give it a try. Only if they feel guilty will they change the schedule. As for a must-win battle where everyone has the upper hand?

Well this...

So far they have never seen it.

What's more, they have put so much effort into recruiting Ethan Jones, isn't that because they want to prepare for the film and game joint venture at the end of this year?When Ethan Jones was in a hurry under their repeated attacks, he had to use overseas results to deal with MGM's public opinion...

What game can Ethan Jones, who has only now discovered that they have laid out everything, come up with at the end of the year?
Did Ethan Jones, who was hastily prepared, want to confront them head-on?

Oh--

come here!

The director's words made Steve Ross take a deep breath. He had actually understood for a long time that when things reached this point, a head-on confrontation was inevitable.

The reason why he was angry was purely because Ethan Jones's performance just now was so unpleasant!He wants to vent his anger!He wants to tear everything in front of him to pieces!
And since there is no insider in the company, then...

Only by strangling Ethan Jones to death can he truly vent his anger!
Thinking of this, he had calmed down and put his hands on the table and said:
"Of course Ethan Jones' decision will impact us!"

"But this impact allows us to step on him and regain Atari's world number one!"

The confident words made everyone present feel relieved, and just when they wanted to ask the chairman what their "Superman" game would look like, Steve Ross, who understood that it was time to reveal everything at this moment to stabilize the morale of the army, took the picture He got off the table and raised his chin at Atari's CEO.

Following his instructions, the guy who had brought the game with him after receiving the notice of the meeting quickly stood up and left the conference room. A moment later, an electronic arcade machine was pushed in by the staff.

The shape of this machine is no different from the electronic arcade machines on the market. Not only that, the vertical painting of Superman flying is also very exquisite. Unfortunately, no one at the scene is interested in the appearance.

Perhaps because he knew that everyone just wanted to know the content of the game, Atari's CEO immediately powered on the machine as soon as it was in place. When he pressed the power button, the classic BGM of "Superman" rang out - then came out from the speakers.

The uppercase Superman appeared on the screen. He tapped the confirmation button on the control panel and heard Duang's voice. The Superman logo flashed as if struck by lightning. Then, an anthropomorphic world appeared in front of everyone. before.

The dark blue background represents the sky, and the rolling gray squares represent the towering metropolitan city. The dark blue figure spliced ​​with mosaic and the red jersey hanging behind it make him identifiable at a glance. Identity - Clark Kent.

When this picture appeared, the Warner executives at the scene all opened their eyes wide!

"Oh! Sxxt!" The director who had previously said that Warner might have a mole, put his head in his hands and shouted, "MFxxk! Is this our game?"

"Oh No—Oh No—" the director who had said Ethan Jones shouldn't know about Warner's plans kept shouting, "How could we ever make something like this?"

"Is this what Atari has achieved in the past year?"

"Oh God! There is such a thing! How can Ethan Jones beat us!"

The sudden sound seemed to pierce the sky!
The words full of emotion made everyone at the scene nod their heads!
Because since the birth of video games, all video games on the market are basically top-down games!Although designers have brought players one wonderful character after another, they are all just bunches of pixels!But now?Their Atal uses pixels to create a person!

Yada created a city using pixels!
Yada created a world using pixels!
If Ethan Jones is a genius, he has used "Snake", "Pac-Man" and "Star Wars" to show people one vivid world after another, but -

No matter how vivid those worlds are, all people see is darkness!
You can only use your imagination to fill in the gaps in the game!

But now - players don’t have to think about it!

Because Warner Communications has already done all of this!
When the living world is placed in front of players, players can enjoy the beauty of it!

"How to play this game?"

The director who had previously reassured Steve Ross not to get too entangled quickly stepped forward and wanted to experience it.

Following his inquiry, Atari's CEO also introduced their secret weapon to everyone present, "The gameplay of this game is actually very simple. Players will play the role of Superman in the city of Metropolis. Find pieces of the bridge that were blown up by the villains, then take down the entire criminal gang.”

"The operation of the game is also very simple. The player will use the up, down, left and right movement of the joystick to control Superman. Each step of the player will cause Superman to take off directly. When Superman touches the edge of the game, the entire game will be refreshed, allowing the player to enter Next map.”

"When the player collects all the bridge fragments and fights off the criminals, they will have cleared the game, and the countdown on the game screen is the player's available play time."

Under the explanation of Atari's CEO, the content of the "Superman" game was presented to Warner executives like a scroll——

Superman's old enemy Chrys Luthor once again carried out a terrorist attack on Metropolis, blowing up the metropolis's seaside bridge.The player's goal is to collect bridge fragments to repair the Waterfront Bridge, and then capture Clay Luthor.In this process, players also need to face many threats.

For example, take the Kryptonite satellite: There is a satellite in the universe that carries Kryptonite. It will release energy to attack Superman. When the green ray falling from the sky hits Superman, the player will die as a result.

Another example is villain attack: As a super villain in DC, Cress Luthor can release rays that make Superman unable to fly. Superman can only remove the Debuff by finding his girlfriend.

When the CEO of Atari demonstrated the gameplay that had never been seen on the market one by one...

All the executives at Warner felt that they had a chance to win!

"No matter how powerful Ethan Jones is, he can't beat us, right?"

"Even if he is a genius! There is no way he can enter the tablet world across the game!"

"And he has been dragged down by all kinds of things this year! Where does he have time to make games?"

When his companions gathered around the arcade with excited faces and chattered about what kind of sensation this game would have after it was released, Steve Ross, who had already played the game, also laughed.

If he was really angry with Ethan Jones before, then now...

"Ethan Jones, do you want to confront me?"

"Okay! I'll give you this chance!"

"I am determined to strangle you to death with my own hands!"

Steve Ross, who was leaning on the table with his hands, looked ferocious!
He didn't want to make the war so bloody!
But unfortunately-

Ethan Jones must die!

Then you can't blame him for being cruel, right?
When the executives of Warner Communications witnessed their own excellent games, they knew that Atari would regain its glory and left the company with satisfaction. But just as they were thinking about how to promote it to make Ethan Jones When his death was even worse, Steve Ross, who was still unhappy, called the Disney Group and said in a tough tone——

"Ron Miller! Is your special code a waste? Roy Disney has already reached a cooperation with Ethan Jones, and they are going to snipe your game in December!"

"If you can't control Roy Disney, then get out of here!"

"You're really embarrassing Walt Disney!"

After spraying Ron Miller, Walt Disney’s son-in-law, Steve Ross dialed the number of the CEO of Philips North America and cursed at the guy on the other end——

"Cornelis van der Krugt! Are you blind or deaf?"

"The alliance you formed has been broken by Ethan Jones! Ethan Jones is about to sell his video games to North American theaters!"

“Paramount, MGM and Disney didn’t stop it!”

"Next Ethan Jones is going to step on and shit on your Philips heads again!"

"You are so embarrassed!"

"Bang!" Steve Ross hung up the phone hard.

At this moment, he suddenly felt that Ethan Jones had a really special time before!

This kind of behavior of catching people scolding them and not speaking to them is a really special way to relieve anger!
Steve Ross is relieved, but Disney and Philips are confused.

When Cornelis van der Klucht, CEO of Philips North America, learned that the alliance he had formed collapsed, he immediately picked up the phone and wanted to know the inside story.

then--

"We, MGM, are now being watched by the U.S. Department of Justice!"

"You want us to influence North American theaters again?"

"MFxxk! Is your special brain sick?"

"Clap!"

MGM hung up the phone.

"We at Paramount are in trouble now! How can we influence North American theaters again?"

"What? You said the NYPD statement will only boost sales of our game?"

"Oh - if you think so, then we have to contact the New York Police Association!"

"I will tell them that it was you Philips who asked us to do this!"

"What a fool!"

"Clap!"

Paramount also hung up.

Two consecutive reprimands made Cornelis van der Krugt, CEO of Philips North America, start to doubt life - no!It is obvious that Philips controls the patent rights of video games!But now, why does he feel that he is the one who owes the debt?
Why are these authorized guys so tough on each other?
And just when he called Disney for no apparent reason and wanted to make a last-ditch effort...

"Go away!"

Ron Miller yelled on the other end of the phone: "I don't have time to talk to you!"

"I'm going to purge Disney of the traitors now!"

"pat-"

The phone hangs up again.

The repeated roars made Cornelis van der Klucht somewhat confused. In order to solve the doubts in his mind, he summoned his subordinates and asked them to collect intelligence.

When he discovered that in the past year, Ethan Jones had gone crazy and overturned the negotiating table of Lawrence Rockefeller's family, spraying MGM so hard that it could not take care of itself, threatening the Ford Foundation, Carnegie The foundation, Citibank and Morgan guaranteed Komodo, and once again began to act as an annoying troublemaker, just when the Walt Disney Group was in a state of panic...

Countless question marks popped up from his head.

“Oh Sxxt…”

"Is this guy mentally ill?"

Cornelis van der Klucht looked at his subordinates in surprise.

At this moment, he only felt that his opponent... ah, no, it was the guy who brought his predecessor down. He was a madman who bit anyone he met!
The guy who helped him collect intelligence nodded and said: "Before, in [-], when Ethan Jones had not really become famous, he had already threatened Nolan Bushney, the founder of Atari. Er and Don Valentine helped themselves pay the infringement fees."

"The point is, they really helped Ethan Jones."

"Later, after Ethan Jones found Ralph Bell and signed a consulting contract with him, he directly announced the matter in the newspaper, just in case we didn't know about it."

"And then, when Pac-Man was released, he invited Nolan Bushnell and us to go watch it... and it was... spectacular..."

"???"

Ethan Jones's behavior made Cornelis van der Krugt open his mouth.

At this moment, the airborne manager from the Netherlands finally understood why he had been sprayed just now.

When a person finds out that he has been caught and bitten by a madman, no matter who goes up to say hello, they will scold him so much that even his mother cannot find him.

"MFxxk!"

Cornelis van der Krugt knocked on the table!

What's the matter!
But the next second, he felt something was wrong.

"Ethan Jones is going to release the game again at the end of the year? He's not going to invite me, is he?"

When the whole world knows that Ethan Jones loves revenge, who would be willing to be targeted by him!

"I don't know." The Philips staff shook their heads quickly.

This situation worried Cornelis van der Krugt.

As an airborne leader from the Netherlands, he came here with mixed seniority, not to embarrass himself!

And just when he was anxiously praying that Ethan Jones, a lunatic, would never find him, for this reason, he could ignore Hollywood, which was already in chaos...

Ethan didn’t think of this small role at all.

After signing an order with North American theaters, he asked Steve Ballmer to contact the three major radio and television stations, ABC, CBS, and NBC, and wanted one of these three to provide the TV station on December [-], Eastern Time. Live broadcast across the country from [-]pm to [-]pm on Friday night.

To do this, he could charge the radio station a nominal fee of one dollar for the broadcast.

That's right!

After the production of version T0 has been completed, Ethan is not planning to hold any offline press conference!
He wants to broadcast live!

Live broadcast across the country!

He wants everyone to know that all the things made by those friends are garbage!
As for charging a dollar?
Ethan Jones is so popular in America that he doesn't charge for his last TV trip?

Wouldn’t that be equivalent to being prostituted for free by capitalists?
And you want to prostitute him Ethan Jones for free?

Ah--

nonexistent!

　Note: ① The real "Superman" is a side-scrolling flight game. It is a colorful side-scrolling game before the concept of 'side-scrolling game' appeared.Although the collapse of Atari has become an important moment in history, Atari's technology cannot be questioned, or in other words, the technicians at that time really found a way to do it despite the lack of hardware. A fun game, but the real problem is Warner.The size of "Superman" is only 4KB.Because it doesn't have blended textures, it's just a simple application of color blocks.

　　
　
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