Reborn America, this is my time

Chapter 95 This is really spicy Thai pants!
Borrowing an auditorium from Stanford is actually very simple, because the company’s support plan for Destiny Games was personally approved by President Fred Terman. When this relationship arises, let alone borrowing an auditorium to hold a new product launch conference Well, even if the sightseeing tower commemorating the former commander-in-chief of the United States is raised, that's... well, this is really not good.

But this is not important, after all, Ethan is not a villain, and under his declaration, Stanford directly used the oldest memorial church in the school for him to use. In the words of the school, the memorial church and destiny The two names of the game are a good match.

When Ethan got the plan, he was a little confused, because the Stanford Memorial Church was built by Mrs. Stanford to commemorate her deceased husband.Although it is usually open to the outside world, there are very few real commercial activities. At most, it is to hold weddings and funerals for teachers and students in the school, or to give award-winning and promotion speeches to those who have made outstanding contributions in certain fields. use.

And now...

The game company's new product launch conference is held in this kind of place?

How does this sound funny?
But Evelyn felt that there was no problem. In the early morning of April 4, Evelyn tied a tie for Ethan and said, "I have already reported the copy of the game to Teacher Wenton and Principal Fred. The AI ​​performance of the game is very surprising, and I prefer the application of the concept of AI in the game, so, using the memorial church to develop the press conference is what they mean.”

"So that's the case?" Ethan was immediately relieved.

At the same time, he also turned his gaze to the mirror. The figure in a black suit and red tie looked more handsome than Tom Cruise, but even so, he was still not used to it, "I can change Plaid shirt and jeans?"

"I always feel that it's a bit awkward to wear formal clothes today."

Ethan couldn't figure it out, he was a game maker, why did he wear formal clothes during the development conference?

Don't all those who engage in technology do whatever they want!
Especially with a red tie around his neck!
If he went to New York, wouldn't he be recognized as gay by a real estate agent?
However, his proposal was met with a refutation, "No!"

Evelyn clutched his tie and said, "I'm okay with you joking around with a smile on your face, but today you have to be serious!"

"Because in addition to our own people who were invited to come, there are many outsiders who will come to watch today."

Evelyn wasn't lying, because when she reported the completed game, the invitation list for the "Pac-Man" press conference was like the list of gods in myths and legends, with names popping up one after another.

At first, Ethan just wanted to invite some people around him, such as Steven Spielberg who helped him and his father Arnold Spielberg, let them witness the "Pac-Man" To tell them that their help was not in vain, he, Ethan Jones, can really come up with an epoch-making work, and then invite some media to be a witness on the spot, and the whole press conference will be over.

As for the actual sale?
Of course, it depends on the drafts bought from the media!
After the media releases the news, there will naturally be curious merchants who will come to inquire. At the same time, he will also organize manpower to promote the sales. Obscurity alone is much higher.

And at that time, is the real time to negotiate.

But now?

When Ethan drove his favorite Dino 246 GTS, carrying Evelyn, to the memorial church in Stanford, he just entered the backstage to prepare, and the company administrator Damio Dean immediately stuffed a Here is the latest list of attendees.

With a simple sweep, Ethan only felt his head explode.

"Steven Spielberg's father brought an extra person today?" Ethan asked.

"Yeah~" Damio Dean nodded, "That's his friend when he was working at General Electric, and he was also the director of the invention of General Electric's first computer. His name is Homer Oldfield. So I will come because he has a good relationship with Mr. Spielberg, and he is also a friend of President Fred Terman. He worked at the Stanford Research Institute before. It's been a long time, but after hearing that his good friend saved a cross-epoch game, he decided to take a look and see what his friend discovered..."

"Understood...he's a boss..." Ethan murmured to himself.

"Then Professor Ralph Bell brought more people today?" He asked again.

"That's right, after Professor Ralph Bell listened to our game description, he decided to bring his friends to witness the history. They are all the inventors of the brown box of the original version of Mirov Odyssey..." Da Mio Dean answered quickly.

"Got it...it's a bunch of thighs..." Ethan marked it in his mind.

"Then, Steve Wozniak's father also came?" Looking down, he found a new note.

Damio Dean immediately reported, "Yes! Mr. Woz's father also came. Not only that, he also greeted Principal Fred Terman after he arrived. I heard that Mr. Woz's father My father was involved in research on missile propulsion systems at the Stanford Research Institute."

"Okay...you all have a good father..." Ethan sighed with emotion.

Then he glanced down again, and saw—"William Hewlett? David Packard? Are they here?"

These two are the founders of HP.

"Yes, two teachers, Hewlett and Packard, were in California recently. They donated the Terman Engineering Center that our school is building. They came back to check last year's engineering audit report."

Damio Dean explained: "Because the timing was quite coincidental, they decided to come and have a look. At the same time, they also wanted to know what President Fred Terman took a fancy to after decades. A business..."

'...' Ethan really has nothing to say about Fuck now.

'What are these things? '

'Ah bah bah bah...'

'What kind of bosses are these?Why do these people appear at a game conference? '

Ethan couldn't laugh or cry.

But at the same time, he also knows that most of these people want to see what kind of AI can be created by human's current civilian technology.

Although the concept of AI is not unfamiliar to them, Ethan even believes that if these people really want to write AI code, they will definitely be better than Evelyn and Woz, but the era of Naihe is a cruel meat grinder .

In the same era, there are countless people who understand technology, and at the same moment, the same inspiration will emerge on the huge earth, but only when inspiration and technology really collide, it can create the most brilliant sparks!
And whoever can combine technology and inspiration first will stand at the top of the wave!
"Oh... It seems that I was right not to choose "Space Invaders..."

'When the gears of fate turn here, it's my right to be on the show...'

Ethan pursed his lips and suppressed a smile, trying hard to restrain the happiness in his heart.

However, just when he felt that the next thing was very easy and he only needed to introduce the game to the big guys present, he had just arrived at the entrance of the corridor and was about to take the time to step on the stage, but the comments from the outside made him Some dry mouth.

Even if he was a human being in two lifetimes, he didn't seem to have experienced these things.

He has never spoken in public, let alone in front of a bunch of bigwigs.

This strangeness made him a little nervous.

'Extraordinary... How could Jobs' psychological quality be so good? '

Ethan suddenly remembered the hippie.

Because he clearly remembered that last time this guy promoted "Snake" in front of hundreds of people.

Not only was he not afraid, but he flew up interacting with the people below.

That kind of ease really made him a little...

"Hei! Hei! Hei!"

Suddenly, a call interrupted his thoughts.

Ethan turned his head to take a look, good guy, the usual spirited guy looks like a dog in his special clothes today.

"Wow~ Ethan~ You are so handsome today~" Jobs, who was wearing a suit and long hair and shawl, spoke first.

"Why are you here?" Ethan was very strange.

"Let me take a look!" Jobs replied quite naturally, "You're going to be on stage soon, so I'll come and see you."

"WTF? You didn't come to see my jokes, did you?" Ethan suddenly felt something was wrong.

"..."

"Oh! Sxxt! Am I that bad? I thought you might be nervous, so I came here!" Jobs rolled his eyes, then hooked Ethan's shoulder, and said, "Don't be nervous, brother, the speech is actually A very simple art..."

"When you are on the stage, you are the center of attention, at that time you may be afraid, afraid of saying something wrong, saying some wrong words, afraid of making a fool of yourself in front of the people below, because you want to present the most perfect Show yourself to everyone, and that's where a lot of people get nervous."

"To overcome this, it is actually very simple. I will not tell you to calm down and speak slowly. I will tell you that it is okay even if you are nervous, because you can just speak short sentences. You don't have to be like those speeches at large gatherings. , Speak a long paragraph of words, even if the people sitting below are all elites, you only need to use the simplest words to describe the meaning you want to express."

"For example, if you designed the welcome language for admission as 'Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to the new product launch site of the Destiny game', then you can completely change it and say 'Good morning, gentlemen and ladies ...', divide a sentence into three sentences, or even break up short sentences, so you don’t feel nervous when you speak like this?"

'? ? ? '

Ethan briefly tried it, and then he realized that it seemed to make sense!

However, when he asked Jobs how he knew this kind of wording, Jobs suddenly spread his hands and said——

"I made it up..."

"Because I'm never nervous about a scene like this..."

"Oh! Sxxt! Get out of here!" Ethan's eyes darkened, and he almost kicked Jobs.

'What the hell! '

'Cheat me! '

However, after Jobs' slapstick, Ethan suddenly felt much more relaxed.

And the guy actually said something useful before Jobs went out.

"Ethan! The so-called speech is to let the people below listen to what they like to hear!"

"If you don't know what to say, then you show your product. When your product is powerful enough, it can cover up all your speech flaws!"

"Finally, there is one more thing..."

"Although today is your game's new product launch conference, it is also a commendation meeting for them to accept the results, Okay?"

Ethan was taken aback by such words, and then smiled and said, "Okay."

He conceded that Jobs was right about that last point.

When the time came to ten o'clock in the morning, Ethan also walked into the auditorium under the signal of Julis Noble, another employee of the company.

After the 40th-century Spanish-style relief appeared in front of him, the dark figures in the [-]s below were actually friends, right?
"Ladies and gentlemen, good morning, welcome to the new product launch event of the Destiny game..."

Ethan raised the microphone, and at the same time let go of the anxiety in his heart. Although he had written the manuscript, now he felt that he could write it off by himself.

As Jobs said, a speech is nothing more than a few hours.

First of all thanks -

"Thanks to Stanford University for its support, and President Fred Terman for his help. It is because of your kindness that our company can obtain the current excellent R&D environment..."

The old principal of Stanford, who had never met Ethan before, nodded slightly after hearing this, and a slightly appreciative smile appeared on his chubby cheeks.Although Ethan didn't understand his meaning, he also knew that the old headmaster was not surprised.

"Thanks to Professor Ralph Bell for his generosity, and Mr. Arnold Spielberg for his selflessness. Without you, our company simply cannot continue to make games..."

The two old men who had been named smiled and raised their hands, and made a simple gesture to Ethan. After that, they also looked around, accepting the kind smiles from the people around them.That happy look seemed to come from the heart.

"Thanks to Mr. Chuck Padow and the MOS 6502 team led by him for their persistence and hard work. Without the CPU you provided, we would not have been able to complete this game at all..."

Chuck Paido is the most face-saving person at the moment. He immediately stood up, put his hands together, and shouted at Ethan: "I want to thank you too! Ethan! Thank you for your help! Thank you for using my chip !"

As soon as these words came out, there was a lot of applause at the scene.

Because everyone present knows exactly what this sentence means.

Although the shipments of personal microcomputers still have not shown explosive growth, after half a year of dissemination, the entire scientific community has known that MOS 6502 is the cheapest and most usable chip on the market today.

And the person who made chips really affordable was Ethan Jones.

Nodding with a smile, Ethan said again: "Thank you, Professor Vinton Cerf, under your teaching, my sister has learned a lot of computer skills. Without your teaching, we would definitely be able to make games. There will be countless difficult problems..."

"Thanks to Steve Wozniak, without your help, the development of this game will definitely take more time, and also to his partner Steve Jobs, because the two of them developed APPLE Computers are our important R&D tools..."

When Ethan read the names of these people, he could clearly feel that the people below were constantly smiling at him, and applauding the professors who were named, although many people were not the same as Ethan. Acquaintance, but it doesn't matter, right?Because most of the people who can come here are brought by friends, and in front of friends, fame is indeed more important than Lee.

As for why?
Very simple!
Can sit here, which one has not achieved wealth freedom?
oh yes...

Steve Jobs.

Special code, careless, no flash.

After thanking you, it is natural to introduce new products.

Although the environment today is not as noisy as it was in Atari at that time, unless the people below are really shocked, it is impossible to cooperate with him for some interaction, but this is even more unimportant, because Ethan has confidence in his products——

"The product we launched today is called "Pac-Man". The inspiration for creating it comes from "Snake."

"At the beginning, when "Snake" was launched, we received feedback from some players. Some players felt that a snake eating alone on a plane would look very lonely in the empty screen."

"So, I improved it a bit, turning the snake into a human, and turning the empty map into a maze."

"And what he has to do is to eat the food in the maze."

"When the villain has eaten all the food in a maze, it can enter the next level."

"Then, it'll keep eating it."

"If you use the words of the "Los Angeles Times", I still retain the greed in human nature in this game."

"But there is no way, who made me greedy?"

"I want all my work to go viral."

"Oh, by the way, there is another person on the scene who is more greedy. That person is Steven Spielberg. When I called him that day, he told me that his next movie will definitely explode because he I will use my own works to educate those who look down on him, and tell them what is called a real movie!"

Having said that, Ethan paused.

"Hahaha……"

As he expected, the scene suddenly burst into laughter.

"Crash..."

At the same time, the applause of approval also appeared.

And Fred Terman, who was sitting in the front row, also spoke at the right time, asked to pass a microphone, and said, "Oh Ethan, I think your words are a bit wrong, because those who can sit here are all greedy... "

"I have lived here for 70 years. I have seen Stanford grow from nothing, but I still hope that this place can become better. Isn't my idea greedy?"

"Although David and Bill no longer manage HP's daily affairs, they also hope that HP can become a century-old enterprise. Isn't this greedy?"

"I've heard about the deeds of Professor Chuck Pai Duo. He hopes that computers can be used by the public. Isn't this greed?"

"There is also Professor Ralph Bell who is here today. He would rather let you make games without charging patent fees. He wants to bring more happiness to the public. Isn't this even more greedy?"

Speaking of this, the voice of the old headmaster suddenly rose.

There was a burst of laughter at the scene, and at the same time there was applause of approval.

More cooperative jokes——

"Ethan, Fred is right, only greedy people can achieve success!" said Homer Oldfield, General Electric's computer director, sitting next to Arnold Spielberg.

"Who doesn't want to be famous in history?" The MOS developers next to Chuck Pedro laughed.

"If the pursuit of better is greed, then we at HP are willing to be greedy to death." David Packard, the founder of HP, said loudly.

After these echoing voices passed, Fred Terman continued: "So, Ethan, I always think that your "Snake Game" is very good. From the starting point, it is in line with human characteristics. And today's game, I don't think you will let us down..."

Having said that, the 76-year-old man stopped.

And Ethan didn't hesitate, and continued on the topic, "As Principal Fred and everyone said, today's game is actually more greedy, because I hope its name can be heard all over the world." .”

He ripped off the curtain on the Pac-Man machine beside him.

Following his movements, an arcade machine with four ghosts chasing Pac-Man appeared in front of everyone.

"The concept of our game is simple..."

"The player controls the villain, trying to find his own way of survival by eating all the beans in the maze."

"At the same time, there are four guardians in the maze, and they are working hard to protect their homeland."

"This red ghost has a bad temper. I call it persistent, because after finding the player, it will keep chasing the player's footsteps, trying to drive the player out of his home."

"This pink ghost is a mischievous girl. I call it Precognition, because it can come to the destination in front of the player and ambush it."

"This blue ghost is a clever ghost. I call it containment, because it will cooperate with the red companion to double-team the player."

"And this orange ghost is the most neutral embodiment of human nature. I call it loose, because unless the player really provokes it, it will not attack the player."

Ethan pointed to the pattern on the arcade and introduced to everyone.

And every time he introduced a ghost, the faces of everyone present would become serious.

Because everyone knows that this is the AI ​​show they most want to see.

After Ethan's introduction, all the tech-savvy bosses narrowed their eyes.

When this scene appeared, Ethan also knew that the time had come.

He directly turned on the electronic arcade machine.

For the convenience of display, this arcade machine still uses an external connection handle.

Following his actions, the game soon reached the first level.

Under his control, the yellow Pac-Man ran out from the middle room, and kept eating along the track of the beans on the map.

After eating about ten beans, the red ghost suddenly started to chase after the yellow Pac-Man.

No matter how the yellow Pac-Man flees, the red grumpy will never give up and is always chasing after him.

Not only that, the speed of the red ghost will also become faster and faster as the number of beans on the field decreases...

When one-fifth of the Doudou on the scene was eaten, the surging pursuit really felt like a reckless man!
"Although the algorithm is simple to write, the inspiration is powerful."

A comment popped up from the guest seats below.

And just when people wanted to agree, the pink ghost suddenly moved out.

As soon as she appeared, she rushed towards the player's direction, but unlike the red ghost, she didn't mean to chase after him, but came to the player's body, wanting to ambush.

Not only that, but the pink ghost reacts every time the yellow Pac-Man changes direction.

She will change position to ambush the player with better posture.

The most amazing thing is——

"This pink ghost still detours???"

That's right!When a wall on the map separated the positions of Pac-Man and the pink ghost, the pink ghost directly followed the direction of Pac-man and chose to ambush by taking a detour!
At first, people didn't see anything strange.

But when the red ghost drove Pac-Man to the position of the pink ghost, the foresight of the ambush immediately surprised everyone on the scene——

"Oh!!! There's something wrong with this algorithm!!!"

"This is not a literal match! The algorithms of the red ghost and the pink ghost are crossed!!!"

And just when the guests thought that the algorithm of the pink ghost was already very good, because the dynamic computing power was completely a manifestation of the powerful CPU.

In the next second, the yellow Pac-Man has eaten two-fifths of the beans on the map.

Then--

The blue ghost that triggered the condition jumped out of the haunted house!

then--

It became the most beautiful cub in the audience!
Because it uses vector calculations to attack the player from the other side of the red ghost!

When the real outflanking appeared, everyone present frowned!

If it's just these, it's not really smart!

When the blue ghost gave up the path where the pink ghost was, and went to other forks to intercept Pac-Man...

The three-person anthropomorphic operation surprised the bigwigs who have been engaged in scientific research for many years——

"Oh! My! God! — how long have you been writing this algorithm?"

"Oh—when we've been emphasizing the learning of artificial intelligence, why didn't anyone think of games as the best display?"

"Although this is a game for you, you can produce a thesis! And your game can be used as a teaching in the engineering colleges of major universities! What is the logical thinking of a machine? What is artificial intelligence? Although we still can't Turn the machine into a brain, but this kind of logical judgment of hunting is the best embodiment of the actual machine!"

Although it has been discussed below, Ethan did not stop.

Because of the orange ghost, that is the guy who really understands human nature.

When Xiaocheng entered the map, everyone present knew how human-like this AI was!
Once the player enters its hunting range, it will work hard as if it has been stalked by the boss at work!

And if the player is out of his hunting range, it will start fishing just like a worker discovering that the boss has disappeared!
Once the player enters his hunting range more times in a short period of time, it will also have a retaliatory 'high-efficiency' work just like countless PTSD patients who have been frightened by the boss DeBuff!
After waiting for the player to get away from his pursuit for a long time, it started fishing again!

When this came to life, alive and well, on arcade screens...

Even though the more than 40 people present were mentally prepared, they were still surprised!

"This is indeed the real application of AI technology in games!"

"Although we all have the ability to write this kind of algorithm, but...we really don't have this inspiration..."

Principal Fred Terman, who had seen the effect before, made the final decision with a smile.

At the same time, he stood up and tremblingly came to the arcade, wanting to appreciate the AI's performance in the game up close.

If there is the first one to come forward, then there will naturally be a second one to follow.

Ralph Bell jumped directly in front of the arcade. When he observed the movements of Ethan's controller and the way the four ghosts were chasing in the game, the smooth pursuit made him laugh.

"Oh Ethan - is this special one a gift from you?"

"Your game is really good!"

"Great for making me feel like the best thing I've ever done in my life is to be a consultant to your company!"

There is a second one, so naturally there will be a third, fourth, fifth...

Although the big shots gathered at the scene, Steven Spielberg was not afraid and came directly to Ethan's side.

"Oh! Fxxk! I've never seen a game like this in my life! This looks so interesting!"

At the same time, he also wants to experience the latest game, "Oh Ethan... my good brother... let me play..."

In the next second, he thought of something out of his mind again, "That's right! Did you promise to give me an arcade game machine before?"

"Is this one mine?"

"Can I take it away later?"

Before Ethan could answer, there was a growl, "Oh Steven - calm down!"

That was the voice of Arnold Spielberg.

"How can I be calm? Is this game really special and interesting!" Spielberg didn't listen to his father at all.

He nudged Ethan lightly with his body, trying to take the external handle from his hand.

Such a situation made Ethan a little dumbfounded.

Since the game had already been shown, he didn't insist any longer, and just sent the handle out.

And when he faced the guest seats again...

The almost all-closed figure and the longing eyes startled him!
But the next second, he was happy again.

Because he knew that this press conference was a success!

"Do you like it?" Ethan patted Chuck Paido on the shoulder and said with a smile, "It's made with your chips."

"Oh—this is our honor!" Chuck Paido hugged Ethan and laughed loudly: "Ethan! Thank you! You proved the usefulness of MOS 6502 for us!"

After hugging him back, Ethan came to Ralph Bell's side again, and immediately embraced him with his arms.

"How about it, Professor Bell, are you satisfied with this game?" Ethan smiled and patted his shoulder.

"Arnold is right, you young people's brains are more flexible than ours." Ralph Bell also opened his arms and hugged Ethan, "Thank you, you have provided me with a new idea, the circuit board Maybe the time has really passed..."

Such words made Ethan laugh and nod.

To be able to pretend to be beeping in front of these big guys, that's really...

Thai pants are hot!
Of course, there is another cooler thing waiting for him than pretending to be beeping.

When Ethan looked around, he found that there were two people still in the guest seat.

Not only that, but at this moment they are already dumbstruck, staring at the front with blank eyes.

In such a situation, Ethan made a slight detour and jumped behind them.

Then, he opened his arms and hugged the two of them directly.

Then, he smiled and said, "Nolan, I haven't seen you in half a year, how are you doing?"

"Come here today and see my game, what do you think?"

That's right, one of the people Ethan hugged was the founder of Atari, Nolan Bushnell!

After hearing Ethan's words, the guy's eyes widened immediately, and he turned his head with difficulty.

Shock was written in those bloodshot eyes.

"great……"

He spat out his evaluation with difficulty.

"Oh thank you." Ethan smiled and nodded in thanks.

Then, he turned his gaze to another person, "This gentleman from Mirovah, what do you think?"

As soon as these words came out, the old man in the white suit gasped heavily.

After a while, he finally said: "Very...very good...very good..."

"Thank you." Ethan smiled and narrowed his eyes.

Patting on the arms of the two with both hands, he said happily: "It's really my greatest honor that you two like it."

He bowed slightly, then left.

The handsome figure made the two of them clenched their fists.

But a moment later, the sudden weakness made them arch their backs.

Because they know, this is Stanford!
They know better...

None of the special codes of the guests at the scene can be offended!
(End of this chapter)