Reborn Tech Maniac

Chapter 412 The Plagiarism of ET Aliens
Compared with Tang Huan's busyness in introducing new products and stealing potential resources, Apple, which has been on the market for more than a year and a half, has obviously become a thing that can only talk.

The Apple IIe, which was quickly launched by acquiring the patented technology of the expansion card from Tang Huan, has been fighting in the market for more than a year and is gradually showing signs of fatigue.

It will take a few months for the Lisa computer to be delivered, and the MAC that Jobs boasted of "changing the world" will cost a long way.

Therefore, at COMDEX this year, Apple could only continue displaying the aging 8-bit computer Apple IIe, which was in stark contrast to the 16-bit personal computer promoted by Fangyuan Computer and IBM.

Therefore, Markkula expressed emotion to Tang Huan without hesitation: "Tang, I followed your suggestion and started the Apple IIGS project with 16-bit CPU on the basis of Apple IIe. Now it seems that this approach is very wise. Yes. In another two or three months, Apple will have new products, so you don’t have to wait for Lisa and MAC.”

Tang Huan didn’t want to say much, but just smiled back, because the design of Apple IIGS adopted a series of authorized universal standard technologies such as the Fangyuan computer’s ISA bus, which is a bit similar to the Apple computer in the original time and space, abandoning the POWER processor and embracing the Intel platform. Similarly, the bloodline has mutated silently.

Obviously, Apple IIGS R&D team's choice will definitely speed up the time to market.

However, Jobs criticized this quite a bit. He thought that although Tang Huan basically quit Apple's board of directors, he still affected Apple's product development, which was too funny.

However, Woz, who built the Apple II, supported the choice of the Apple IIGS project team. At the same time, Markkula also strictly prohibited Jobs from approaching the Apple IIGS project team.

In this way, the relationship between the three founders of Apple has become more delicate.

Although Tang Huan felt that the Apple IIGS project team spontaneously approached the Fangyuan computer standard and did a very good job, but because of this, he couldn't praise it explicitly, so he had to pretend to be deep.

After Jobs finished his show at the COMDEX forum, he left Atlantic City without stopping.
It is said that during a speech at Stanford University, he became very interested in Pepsi President John Sculley—John Sculley, so he planned to invite him to be the CEO of Apple, and now he is looking for opportunities to build relationships, It's close.

Tang Huan stayed a day longer than Jobs, and then hurried back to New York to deal with the sudden troubles surrounding ET.

As the saying goes, there are many people who are popular, but "ET Alien" is now in the stage of being extremely popular. Under the attention of everyone, besides praise and criticism, there is another voice.

According to media disclosures, the well-known Indian-Bangladeshi director Satyajit Ray - Satyajit Ray claimed that without his "The Alien" - "Alien" script, "ET Alien" would not have been created at all. would not exist.

In other words, Spielberg created "ET Alien" by plagiarism.

In response, Spielberg responded positively, denying that there was plagiarism, and said that when Rey's script was circulating in Hollywood, he was still in high school.

As a result, "Star Weekend Magazine"--"Star Weekend Magazine" immediately jumped out to slap Spielberg in the face of the critique party, refuted his statement, and pointed out that he had graduated from high school as early as 1965. At that time, he began to work as a director in Hollywood.

In addition to "ET Alien", some people even believe that Spielberg's previous work "Close Encounters of the Third Kind" was also inspired by that "Alien".

Maybe the media didn’t feel that this kind of attack on Spielberg was enough, so they went to Hollywood for an interview. As a result, veteran filmmaker Martin Scorsese—Martin Scorsese and Richard Attenborough—Richard Attenborough expressed his views , that Spielberg was influenced by Satyajit Ray's script.

Martin Scorsese is the guy who directed Jodie Foster's "Taxi Driver" in 1976 - "Taxi Driver", and he also filmed "Raging Bull" for United Artists in 1980 ——"Raging Bull", the results were well-received but not well-received. Although it won an Oscar, the film almost lost money.

Richard Attenborough's work this year is "The Biography of Gandhi". In the original time and space, it was this film that defeated the all-time favorite "ET" at the Oscars, thus winning the grand prize.

With the support of these two people, Satyajit Ray's statement became more and more credible.

I have to say that Spielberg, who is only 36 years old this year, still has too little foundation. If it is the 1990s in the original time and space, whoever dares to jump out and be so aggressive will be sprayed to death.

In Tang Huan's view, the more defensive this kind of verbal lawsuit is, the more trouble it will cause, and it may even affect the box office of "ET Alien".

Therefore, Tang Huan quickly found seven Spielbergs who were dissatisfied and eight who were dissatisfied, in order to coordinate a way to resolve this dispute.

Spielberg still didn't know that Tang Huan came to him because of the alleged plagiarism of "ET Alien", he only thought it was because of the accident of the "ET Alien" video game adaptation authorization.

Although it has been communicated on the phone before, Spielberg still apologized and clarified, "Don, Warner boss Steve Ross bid 3200 million US dollars for the authorization of the video game adaptation of "ET Alien", I think, rather than let this thing lie between you and EA executives to increase the rift, it's better to just give it to Warner."

"You acted in full accordance with our previous agreement, and there is nothing beyond the rules, so you don't have to apologize. I don't feel any discomfort now." Tang Huan waved his hand, "Besides, I can also share this through Amblin Company Profit."

Seeing Tang Huan speak so openly, Spielberg's mood also became happier. He happily took out a manuscript and handed it to Tang Huan, "Tang, this is my draft for "ET Alien Are you interested in the idea for the sequel written by People?"

""ET II: Nocturnal Fears"——"ET 2: Night Fears"..." Tang Huan read the title softly, and then began to read the plan.

The content is that Elliott and his friends were kidnapped by evil aliens, and then tried to contact ET for help.

After watching it, Tang Huanning pondered for a moment, then slowly said: "Steven, the "ET Alien" currently being screened can be described as perfect, and its artistic appeal can even surpass political Barriers, ideology and other secular obstacles, I have a plan to push "ET Alien" to China and even the Soviet Union."

"This plan is too grand..." Spielberg's eyes straightened, "Is it feasible?"

"It's up to people, how will you know if you don't try it?" Tang Huan smiled slightly, and then his face straightened, "To be honest, Steven, your idea of ​​"ET 2: Fear of the Night" is not just about destroying the original work. Nothing but childlike innocence.”

Spielberg blushed when he was told, and after a moment of silence, he smiled convincingly, "It must be admitted, Don, although you are not a professional film practitioner, you have a very unique vision. There's no need for a sequel."

"It's fine if you agree." Tang Huan laughed heartily, "To be honest, "ET Alien" is so popular now, I really want to make a sequel and make more money."

"But you didn't make that choice." Spielberg showed curiosity, "Don, you are very different from the Hollywood bosses I know, I guess if someone else sat in front of me, After seeing this concept plan, I will definitely support it with both hands.”

"Steven, do you know where the first bucket of money in my career came from?" Tang Huan asked leisurely.

"Of course I know." Spielberg raised his eyebrows. "The father of spreadsheets, of course, invented spreadsheet software. In fact, this has become an inspirational legend."

Tang Huan was so praised that he laughed, "Then you may not know that writing software is actually an art. How to combine codes is the most concise and efficient. It tests the skill of every programmer, just like a movie is to a director. Same."

Speaking of this, Tang Huan made a chic gesture, "I like making money, but I don't like to destroy artistry at the expense of it."

Spielberg, who suddenly realized, nodded in admiration, "Don, it may be because of your quality that I feel very happy to cooperate with you."

"I hope that even if the video game adaptation authorization of "ET Alien" falls into the hands of Warner, it will not lose the fundamental of artistry." Tang Huan seemingly inadvertently changed the subject, reminding meaningfully, "Atari is now The mentality of making video games is very bad, and it is not an exaggeration to say that they are eager for quick success, and the quality of their works is even inferior to third-party game developer Activision.”

"Understood." Spielberg nodded deeply, "When I was negotiating the deal with Steve Ross, I asked to retain the right to choose the "ET Alien" video game development team, as well as other details. It is estimated that it will take a month before the two sides can fully reach an agreement."

That's right, Atari's development cycle for the "ET Alien" video game has been shortened by one month, and it's hard not to be in a hurry.

When I continue to promote the influence of the movie "ET Alien" in the world, Warner will inevitably increase its resource investment in this game project, then Atari will die faster, and Warner will also The loss was even worse.

It's really cool to hide behind the opponent and let bloodletting secretly.

A smile appeared in Tang Huan's eyes, he got up and opened a bottle of red wine, and had a drink with Spielberg.

"Steven, I heard that recently you were accused of plagiarism because of "ET Alien", and you had a face-to-face debate with some people?" Tang Huan began to talk about the real purpose of this meeting.

Hearing this, Spielberg looked depressed and annoyed, and opened his mouth to say something, but in the end he just shook his head and sighed, "Hollywood's water is too deep."

"I believe in your ability and character." After Tang Huan said something sincerely, he changed the subject and expressed his attitude firmly, "But I hope you can jump out of this vortex of disputes and don't give any information to the media. room to continue.”

"Are you worried that this farce of public opinion will affect the box office of "ET"?" Spielberg looked directly at Tang Huan and asked.

"It is indeed for this reason." Tang Huan nodded frankly, "From the current popularity of "ET Aliens", it will be similar to last year's annual box office champion "Raiders of the Lost Ark", and it will be released until the end of the year .In such a long time, I don't want the box office of "ET Aliens" to be affected by off-site factors."

"Okay, I'll listen to you." Spielberg, who was getting more and more angry with Tang Huan, nodded and agreed with an aggrieved expression, "But even if I am willing to give up, the other party may not stop."

"I will ask Mike Medavoy, the president of Orion Production Company, to come forward to reconcile the matter in private, and use money to silence their restless mouths. The interests of these people are nothing more than the same." Tang Huan smiled lightly, At the same time, I couldn't help but sigh with regret.

To be honest, Tang Huan sincerely hoped that in addition to personally jumping out to accuse the so-called plagiarism, big Hollywood companies could also join in the fun, so as to completely offend Spielberg.

But it is a pity that Hollywood bigwigs, including old rivals like Warner, have no leisure to talk about this idleness at all.

"I got you a special screening of "ET Alien" at the White House. There are big-name audiences like the president and his wife. Let me see who dares to talk about it!" Tang Huan snorted disdainfully.

Hearing Tang Huan's arrangement, Spielberg, who was still a little dazed, suddenly lifted his spirits.

Didn't you say that my "ET Alien" is suspected of plagiarism, so what if the president and his wife watched it specially?
As soon as Tang Huan sent Spielberg away, secret news came from London, England, and the big fish was caught.

(End of this chapter)