Reborn America, this is my time

Chapter 94 Industry News, Invitation List, Angry Oscars!
Thursday, June 1976, 4.

On this day, Steve Wozniak was pulled away by Steve Jobs. As for the reason, Ethan also knew that it was to start Apple.

For this kind of thing, Ethan has no intention to take care of it for the time being, because after half a year, he went online again and visited his loyal company.

To be honest, Ethan feels that his company is doing very badly. It has been in business for half a year, and there is not a single piece of business. He has to pay two administrative staff and a financial staff full shift salary. The good thing about money, how could he not come across it in his previous life?

In a daze, he even thought he was Boss Jia.

The person disappeared, but the wages were still paid, which perfectly explained why the boss needs to be fired the most in a company...

Because without him it would be the same!
But it didn't take long for this idea to disappear.

Because when he showed up at the company with a freshly baked "Pac-Man" arcade machine in Thomas's Ford pickup truck, the male executive Damio Dean, who got the news, greeted the financial manager Alan Macy very discerningly. , Moved the machine off the car and sent it to the company.

This behavior of the leader shitting me and handing over the paper made Ethan feel very comfortable.

What made him even more comfortable was the presentation of tea by another administrator, Julis Noble, after he entered the office.

Although Ethan has not arranged any work for them in the past six months, the girl in business attire is holding a stack of documents and reporting their recent work results to Ethan—"Mr. Jones, although in the past six months, Our company has not carried out any business, but at the same time we are not idle, we have been collecting information about the industry."

'Um? '

Ethan was very interested in this topic, and asked, "What's the news in the industry? What's there?"

Retreating for half a year in the non-Internet era is no different from being isolated from the world. Ethan really doesn't know what's going on outside.

Facing his inquiry, Julis Noble immediately opened the document in her hand and said, "Mr. Jones, after sorting and identifying, we feel that there are three pieces of news that you should be very interested in."

"The first piece of news is the list of video game sales last year, published by the Wall Street Journal."

"In this list, our company's "Snake Game" ranks first in North America with an installed capacity of 1 units."

'Yo... yes! '

Ethan is very satisfied with this result.

Although the game "Snake" brought him a lot of trouble, but at the same time, it also allowed him to gain countless money and praise.

When he first chose it, Ethan's starting point was that it was easy to make and easy to make money, but after going through all these twists and turns, he hoped that "Snake" could get some positive and positive reviews.

This is not because he seeks profit and fame, but because he wants to let those who covet "Snake" know...

You read that right!

"Snake" is an awesome game!

It won the national sales champion in [-]!
Eh!
The point is that the copyright is still in my hands!

Are you angry?

Hahahaha...

Ethan smiled secretly in his heart, with a little complacency on his face, and at the same time, he also became interested in all the contents of the list.

"So, who are the next ones?" He asked.

Julis Noble immediately replied: "No.2 is a game invented by Liben Game Company Taito. It's called "Speed ​​Race". Eight thousand units were sold."

Ethan has heard of this game, it is a racing game, there are two different versions of single player and double player, although it cannot be compared with the racing games of later generations, but in this era, the quality of the game is still very good not bad.

"No.3 is "Tank" released by Kee Games, with a sales volume of [-] units."

Ethan also knows this game. It is a two-player confrontation game. Two players control different tanks to attack the opponent in order to defeat the opponent. Sounds familiar, right?Because it is the true predecessor of the FC classic game "Tank War".

"No.4 is a table tennis game released by Meadows Games, with a sales volume of 5 units. No.10 is a game released by Atari before reaching a settlement agreement with Mirov, called "Gran Trak [-]", with a sales volume of [-] units. A thousand units."

"And the game sales of the six to ten games are all [-] units estimated by the "Wall Street Journal", which has no reference value..."

With Julis Noble's report, Ethan also had a simple understanding of the North American game industry in 1975.

Although it seems that the current game industry is full of flowers and a hundred schools of thought contend, because the games on the sales charts come from different companies, but after a few years, these companies will disappear, not only because they are not in Ethan's past life memories, but also Because these companies can't pay high patent fees to Mirov, while making great strides to make their products move from the circuit board era to the CPU era.

And this...is a good thing for Ethan!
As a player, he naturally hopes that the more games on the market, the better.

As a businessman, what he wants to do most is to strangle his friends and businessmen to death!
"What about the other two news?" Ethan asked, "Could it be some kind of ranking list?"

The leaderboard is something that changes the soup without changing the medicine, just listen to it once.

After he asked, Julis Noble shook her head decisively and said:

"No, Mr. Jones, the other two messages have nothing to do with the leaderboard."

"The first news is from Mi Luohua. At the end of November last year, Mi Luohua officially announced that the Odyssey, the first-generation home machine, will be officially discontinued at the beginning of this year. At the same time, they will release a new product this year."

"And a month ago, they announced that the new machine Mirov Odyssey 300 will meet the public this summer. According to them, there will be three built-in games in this game machine, namely "Tennis" and "Hockey" And "Squash", at the same time, they also designed three different levels of difficulty for the game, which are novice, intermediate and expert. In their words, their design is a revolution in the game industry, because before that There is no game that can be divided into difficulty levels."

"Not only that, but they also said that this division of difficulty is more friendly than our "Snake", because it allows players to gain real choice, allowing the game to return to the essence of fun, rather than the pain of masochism."

'WTF? '

The news stunned Ethan for a moment.

Is Mi Luohua going to release a new machine?
Moreover, the adjustment of the difficulty of the game is also regarded as the focus of publicity?

And stepped on him at the same time?

This……

Ethan didn't know what to say.

And the third news made Ethan even more surprised...

"The third news is related to Atari. The founder of Atari, Nolan Bushnell, announced that they will launch their new game "Brickbreaker" in two months, that is, in June. Nolan Bushnell said that this game is the best work since the birth of Atari, it is a truly infinite stream game, much more fun than our "Snake"..."

Having said that, Julis Noble looked at Ethan anxiously.

Because she felt that Ethan would be angry after hearing Nolan Bushnell's slapstick words.

But when she cast her eyes on Ethan, what she saw was the boss who suddenly laughed.

That's right!

After hearing that Mirov is about to release a new machine and that Atari is about to release "Brickbreaker", what Ethan wants to do the most is to laugh!

The three families who co-authored their feuds and grudges squeezed together again?

Ethan admitted that "Brickbreaker" is an excellent game, and the difficulty adjustment of Mirov Odyssey 300 is a milestone idea in the history of the game, but no matter how awesome they are, it is impossible to have "Pac-Man". "The anthropomorphic AI Niubi!
He just finished "Pac-Man", only to learn that the two rivals are about to release a new product?
hiss……

This situation...

Doesn't that force him to be a good person?
"Okay, I know."

Thinking of this, Ethan nodded with a smile and said, "Julis, you have done a good job. I will give you bonuses at the end of this year."

"Then, I came back to the company to tell you that the company's new product has been developed. Next, our company needs to apply for a provisional patent for the new product, and then hold a press conference."

"You let Damio Dean handle the patent application."

"As for the location of the press conference, please help me contact Stanford to see if there is a large lecture hall or auditorium that can be borrowed in the school. If there is, then we will discuss the time to use it. If not, then we will directly build it downstairs. a desk."

"The new company has limited resources, so it's understandable to be rough, right?"

"As for the participants..."

Ethan took out a list from the briefcase he was carrying and handed it to the other party, "I have drawn up a list here. After you confirm the location of the press conference, send invitations to them according to the time of the press conference."

"Then……"

"Add Nolan Bushnell and Mirov to me!"

Yes!

Regarding the release of "Pac-Man", Ethan didn't intend to invite Atari and Mirov to participate.

He's not some kind of devil, so let's forget about revenge.

But now, since these friends still want to bully him, then he will be a good person and help them save operating costs!

He's already showing Pac-Man in front of both companies, and if they're releasing something new under the circumstances, that's their own problem, right?

hehehe~
Of course, Julis Noble didn't know what her boss was thinking.

At this moment, she only knows that the company that has been on hiatus for half a year is about to get busy again.

Nodding her head in agreement, she was busy when she went out, but after a while, she came back again.

"What's wrong?" Ethan was a little surprised.

"Mr. Jones, there is a guest who needs your personal invitation," said Julis Noble.

"What?" Ethan didn't understand.

"Who?" He wanted to know who was such a big name.

"It's Mr. Steven Spielberg," said Julis Noble. "He's so angry right now that we can't send him a letter."

'? '

Hearing Julis Noble's words, Ethan was stunned.

And when Julis Noble took out a copy of the Los Angeles Times, he was even more shocked by the bold headline on the front page.

Because it says—

[Hollywood upstart, "Jaws" director Steven Spielberg rants that the Oscar Academy doesn't understand movies! 】

Take a look, the news inside is even more explosive——

[At the just-concluded No.40 Eighth Academy Awards Ceremony, "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest" swept all its opponents, winning Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actor, Best Actress and Best Adapted Screenplay in one fell swoop Five awards. 】

[For this result, the new Hollywood director Steven Spielberg was very dissatisfied. He said that the Academy of Oscar judges did not understand movies. "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest", or Stanley Kubrick's "Barry Lyndon", "Hot Afternoon" starring Al Pacino, "Nashville" directed by Robert Altman, that can't compare with his Movies that set records on a par! 】

[At the same time, he also stated that he will never participate in the Oscars again in the future! 】

'Fuck!Are you so brave? '

The "Los Angeles Times" report blinded Ethan's eyes.

He never imagined that after a few months, this guy Spielberg would start arguing with Oscar?

When such a situation arises, it is no wonder that Julis Noble dare not send a letter!

Because whoever does this will show cowardice!

Of course, Ethan would only be surprised, not afraid.

After reading the report, he was full of curiosity and decisively called Spielberg.

Because Spielberg didn't know the number in the company, he didn't get through at first, but after Ethan made a few more calls and asked Universal's staff to help with the transfer, the panting voice also entered. In his ears—

"Oh Ethan, I'm sorry, I didn't know you were calling."

"Oh, it's not your fault, because I forgot to give you the company's phone number."

"Did you call me this time for something? I'm busy now..."

"Because of the Los Angeles Times?"

Upon hearing the name, Spielberg immediately raised his voice——

"Yeah! These bastards have misunderstood me!"

"I haven't been nominated for an Oscar this year. Why should I complain that the Oscar Academy doesn't understand movies? Am I sick?"

"That's what I said in an interview at the time. I said "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest" is great, but commercially he can't compare to my "Jaws". The highest-grossing movie! It’s even the world’s first movie with a premiere box office of over [-] million! Can’t I say that I’m amazing?”

"and then……"

"That bunch of son-of-a-bitch reporters said I said Oscar doesn't understand movies..."

"Oh! Sxxt!"

"This really is a bunch of sons of bitches!"

Hearing Spielberg's explanation, Ethan laughed immediately.

But there was no sympathy in his mouth, but he continued to yell: "Ah? Is that so? I wanted to support you..."

"I'm ready to let people from the company contact the Los Angeles Times. I want to buy a front page headline saying that you Steven Spielberg will be the greatest director in our country! "Jaws" is just the beginning! The whole of Hollywood in the future will tremble under your rule!"

"Ahem..." Ethan's arrogant words made the guy on the other end of the phone cough non-stop.

Putting away the anger in his body, Spielberg said: "Oh Ethan, although I feel the same way, but things like movies still have to be spoken in movies. I'm going to shoot a new movie in May, wait for the new movie After I come out, I will tell them what a movie is!"

This confidence made Ethan laugh.

'Sure enough, every successful person has a firm heart. '

He secretly sighed in his heart, and then said: "Really? Then you are really lucky."

"What?" Spielberg didn't understand what Ethan meant.

Ethan didn't hold back, and said directly: "It's very simple, the new game has been made, and I'm going to hold a new product launch conference."

"Steven, may I be honored to welcome you at the scene?"

The voice fell, and there was a silence on the other side.

Not long after, a roar came out——

"Oh—Fxxk—"

"You've finally finished the new game?"

"Do you know that I have been waiting for you for half a year!"

"Oh no..."

"I am willing!"

"When is the press conference? I'll bring someone to blow you away!"

(End of this chapter)