Rebirth of America, this is my time

Cheers!

The crisp collision sound caused the golden liquid to draw a graceful arc in the air. After a period of discussion with the owners of the North American theater chain, they finally reached an agreement with Ethan that was acceptable to both parties.

The bosses of North American theater chains jointly ordered 8,000 Star Wars electronic arcade machines in exchange for exclusive game time for eight weeks after the Star Wars movie was released. They also promised that they would give Star Wars a free game during the first week of the movie's release. The total number of films scheduled for Star Wars is no less than 39%, and the number of prime time films is no less than 43%.

Since the number of electronic arcade machines they can digest is only 6,000, Ethan's Destiny Game only needs to provide them with the corresponding number of arcade machines before the movie is released. The remaining 2,000 units will be provided to them one week after the movie is released. Pay the full price in-house, but don't need a machine. Instead, store it at Destiny Games. After they find a sale, the buyer they contacted will come to pick up the goods.

To put it bluntly, these people just want to use the more than four million they paid in advance to get four weeks of exclusivity, because when they sell the Star Wars arcade machine, the money paid to Ethan will be paid through other merchants. Ways flowed into their pockets. Ethan actually didn't have much objection to this idea of ​​cheating. After all, the machine was sold to whomever it was sold to. However, in order to curb the frenzied behavior of the North American theater chain bosses in his own place, Yi Sen had no objections to this idea. Sen also requested that each arcade machine be charged an additional one hundred dollars per month for storage, and the time would be counted from the moment the contract is signed.

In other words, no matter how fast the owners of North American theaters sell their products, the cost of the two thousand more arcade machines they ordered will still be 4.4 million. This kind of disguised agent that sells at a higher price than the original manufacturer is Yi. Sen imposed price controls on them. After all, even Lao Huang knows that only by eating alone can you maximize your profits, and letting middlemen make the difference will only make your own products rot in the warehouse.

As the agreement was reached, everyone who had nothing to do with their lives went back to their homes to find their mothers.

But just when Ethan was about to take the bus home, Lucas, the bearded man, grabbed him.

At first, Ethan thought this guy had something to do with him, but when he realized that Lucas just wanted to express his gratitude to him, he immediately waved his hand to say no.

Oh George, that's so kind of you, I was just doing what a friend should do.

And I really think your movie is very good. Believe me, you must stick to it, because in another month, you will see the dawn of success.

Lucas smiled bitterly, I hope so.

Ethan, to tell you the truth, I have actually booked a flight. After today, I will go to Hawaii to stay for a while. Anyway, there is no premiere of the movie, and we don't need media reports and interviews now. , my work is over, and everything else is left to God.”

Different from the situation in later generations where premieres must be held for every blockbuster movie, Hollywood in this era is still very frugal. In other words, regardless of whether it is Fox or Lucas, they all think that Star Wars is For a movie that has been dissed by all walks of life, it’s best not to hold a premiere.

The greatest significance of the premiere is to invite media reporters, industry film critics, and friends from the industry to watch the movie. After paying corresponding favors and some retouching fees, ask them to make some positive publicity for the movie. Good reviews. But the movie Star Wars has been criticized by too many people. When there are only two people in the entire Hollywood, or in the entire North America, who like this movie, it would be inappropriate to hold a premiere. Are you asking for trouble?

The people in North America already know that this movie is about to be released, and North American theaters have agreed to schedule the film, so that they will not hold a premiere and save the public opinion storm for the end. That is what Fox wants to do most.

Staring at Lucas who had lost confidence, Ethan really didn't know how to comfort him at this moment.

After holding it in for a long time, he just patted the other person's shoulder and said, I wish you a good time. Then he set off on the road home with regret.

Although on the way back, Ethan kept lamenting that people's words are terrible, but when he returned to the company, he immediately gave up all this, because a tough battle was waiting for him.

The current time is April 23rd, and there are only 30 days until the early morning of May 25th when Star Wars is officially released. If you want to produce 6,000 electronic arcade machines in these days, what will happen to your destiny? As far as games are concerned, it is actually a very big challenge.

Although Ethan has been running the factory at full capacity since the game was packaged, in the past ten days, 62 front-line employees have produced 1,240 electronic arcade machines at a rate of two per person per day. , but I want to make up for the gap of 4,760 units in the remaining month...

This is impossible no matter how you look at it.

Because this means that each worker needs to work an extra four hours of overtime every day for thirty days without a break, even though the United States' Labor Standards Act allows this to happen. But the workload of twelve hours a day for thirty consecutive days can only be achieved when we talk about dedication.

When this problem arose, Ethan immediately called the company's administrative director Julis Noble, production director Michael Blanco, and his sister to discuss countermeasures.

After he described the problems faced by the company, Julis Noble spoke first and put forward her own idea, How about we recruit immediately?

The production of electronic arcade machines is very simple. Now we can recruit people and train them to be on duty in a few days.

As long as we recruit enough people, our production capacity will definitely be able to keep up.

However, as soon as she finished speaking, Evelyn Johnson directly rejected it, No.

“We can’t recruit at this time.”

Because we cannot guarantee that the workers we recruit now are all reliable.

Warner and Philips are looking at us, they can do anything.

If they let people set fire to our warehouse, then even if we win the lawsuit in the end, it will not make up for the losses caused by missed opportunities...

Yes, this is the biggest headache for Ethan.

He wants to recruit, but he doesn’t dare.

At this juncture, what he fears most is those big companies playing tricks on him.

As for outsourcing production?

There are many companies throughout North America that can take orders, but how many can you trust?

When Evelin pointed out the problem, the office of Destiny Game suddenly fell into silence. Ethan, Eveli and Julis were all thinking about ways to break the situation, and Michael Blanco...

He hesitated and had something to say.

After thinking again and again, the gray-haired middle-aged man raised his hand like a primary school student.

Ethan, I have an idea.

‘? ’

These words made Ethan, who was leaning on the sofa, raise his head and said in surprise: Oh Michael, do you have any ideas? Just say it, we are all our own people here...

Before he finished speaking, the two ladies present also cast their eyes on him. Under the stares of the three people, the biggest man in the field looked shy and said with some embarrassment:

“Ethan, I don’t think we need to recruit anyone.”

If you need us to work overtime, then we can actually accept sixteen hours of work a day, because we have lived this kind of life before, a life of constant vigilance.

When we set foot on the battlefield, we worked around the clock, but now we just keep making circuit motherboards, soldering them together, and then installing them...

This kind of work is very easy for us, and more than 20 of us work overtime for eight hours a day, so we can actually make up for the missing production capacity in the factory, right?

After all, it's not like the remaining people aren't working.

‘! ’

When these words appeared, Ethan was immediately stunned!

He stared at the gray-haired Michael for a long time, then stood up with a smile, opened his arms and hugged him, Oh Michael... thank you... thank you very much...

Thank you for helping me at this time...

Don't worry, I won't pay you a penny less than the salary you should pay. All overtime will be calculated as three times, and your year-end bonus will also be doubled!

Ethan, you don't have to thank me... Michael shook his head, It's you who accepted us and brought us a new environment. What I want to do most now is to maintain this new home. If I go on, of course, I believe that their thoughts will be the same as mine...

Since last Christmas, Michael Blanco told Ethan that some of his fellow veterans also wanted to come here to make a living. So far, thirteen of them have come here one after another.

Although there is still a certain gap between the total number of people in this team and the workers originally recruited, in the battle, no one is afraid of these guys who have been on the battlefield and have blood-stained hands.

The fastest guy even understood the production of arcade machines in just one day. After a week of trying, that person's production speed was already comparable to that of a master craftsman who had been working for several months.

If these people are willing to solve Ethan's problems and accept the endless repetitive work, then in Ethan's eyes, the so-called inability to keep up with production capacity will just be a joke.

And the fact is...

is also like this.

When these veterans who had been ostracized by society and had no room for survival learned that the sons of their comrades wanted them to help, the brightly lit factory in San Francisco at four in the morning was the best response.

On the first day, they played a hundred arcade machines with an average of six hours of rest per person!

The next day, after taking the chicken blood injection, they even produced 120 units!

On the third day, their eyes were bloodshot and they were so excited that they scared the other young people in the factory!

When the Beat Generation meets the Abandoned Generation, the former is obviously no match for the latter.

And on the fourth day...

As soon as Ethan got up from the bed, he received a call from Julis Noble who was stationed at the company for work. The other person asked him to turn on the TV, and then Ethan saw this report——

According to the latest news obtained by our reporter, the new work of Ethan Jones, the founder of Destiny Game, seems to be difficult to release because the movie related to it is controversial. George Lucas, who once produced American Graffiti The sci-fi movie has not been popular among its peers. As far as we know, whether it is Fox staff, friends of George Lucas, or the bosses of North American theaters, they all have different opinions after watching this movie. They expressed their pessimistic attitude. Although they did not comment on the game, how a movie that even industry insiders are not optimistic about was produced on a video game is still worth pondering...

There is no airtight wall in the world. Even if Fox takes every precaution, it cannot block all news. After holding it in for a few days, the unfavorable remarks about the Star Wars movie were still exposed by the media.

Although Ethan didn't know whether the media discovered this news themselves or whether it was collected by Warner and Philips, it didn't matter anymore, because when these media said that Star Wars was lame and not worthy of being made into a game , they were actually on the opposite side of Ethan.

Fox naturally responded to this statement as soon as possible. He said that what the media said was a false report. They have reached a screening agreement with North American theaters and will release it on May 25th. Movies, not only that, theaters have also given them the treatment of first-tier blockbusters.

As soon as this news appeared, another commentator on TV said——

Fox's behavior is very abnormal, because we all know that a movie is usually scheduled to be released on Friday every week, because the next two days are public holidays, which allows the new movie to attract enough box office .The first week of a movie is actually three days: Friday, Saturday, and Sunday. This year, May 25th is Wednesday, and the movie is released just after the public holiday and before the new holiday arrives... No matter how you look at it, it means that North American theaters are not optimistic about this movie.

And under this circumstance, the wave of public opinion set off by Ethan Jones is a bit like advertising his own games and movies...

Fox was right. Since Ethan had punctured the lung tubes of Warner and Philips, it was impossible for them to make Ethan feel better. Although they were the ones who started everything, but now, under the U.S. knife offensive, those The paid media seemed to be blind, attributing the birth of the wave of public opinion to Ethan, accusing him of arrogantly occupying public resources and advertising some rubbish works.

Since everyone had already lost their skin, and Ethan had quarreled with both families in front of the media, when these smear reports appeared, no media came to stay at the door of Ethan's house or outside the company. In Fox's words, the current media must have received money, but Warner and Philips' request was that they should not come over for interviews and not give Ethan a chance to speak.

When this situation similar to the account ban in his previous life appeared, Ethan really laughed.

He never expected that at only twenty-two years old, he would have the qualifications to wear a yellow robe!

As for this kind of gagging behavior, Ethan was not ambiguous. He directly recharged his own money, dialed the editorial phone number of the Los Angeles Times, and said to the editor he had worked with before:

I have news to publish, please give me an impromptu interview.

You will say this when you publish the newspaper tomorrow. Electronic arcades and movies are different from home consoles. It is art that exists on the roadside. The North American people can make a decision after appreciating the quality of the game. I dare to say it openly. The games are on display in front of everyone. I would like to ask, do Warner and Philips dare to take off their pants? Do they dare to release all the games on home consoles and let the public evaluate the games first and then pay?

If you don't dare, then get out!

Then, as a reward, I can tell you that the North American theater chain has signed a purchase contract with me for eight thousand electronic arcade machines. The electronic arcade will come out together with the movie. Please stop staring at me, Warner and Philips, because I 's new game has already earned 16 million!

Naturally, the Los Angeles Times will faithfully publish such breaking news.

no way……

Who makes the media have no moral integrity?

If there is a piece of news in the world that can make their sales skyrocket, as long as the news has nothing to do with their boss, then they will definitely publish it without hesitation!

As for whether their behavior will lose the interests of some recharge owners?

Oh - stop joking!

As long as there is traffic, there will be investors!

When the Los Angeles Times released the news that 8,000 units of the arcade machine had been sold and asked for reviews, the smear campaign related to the Star Wars movies suddenly became less frequent.

Because both Warner and Philips know that what Ethan said is the truth.

When the public can test the content of a project before entering the payment link, then no matter how the media smear it, it is all in vain.

However, this does not mean that they will stop.

When the time came to May 2, the gate of Destiny Game's factory was blocked.

We are staff of the California Department of Labor. We have received reports from relevant personnel that your factory has violated labor laws, including but not limited to working hours of more than eight hours a day, working hours of more than 40 hours a week, and every five hours. Workers were not provided with thirty minutes of free meal time during the hour, and there was no normal segmentation of daily work...

A middle-aged man in uniform came to investigate holding up his ID.

That menacing look showed that there was something fishy at first glance.

When Ethan heard the news, he immediately jumped up from his seat in the office and drove straight to the factory location, fearing that there would be a physical conflict between his uncles who defended him and those from the Labor Bureau.

After all, he himself knew that these people were working while holding their breath.

And after they have actually killed people and gained a new life, they are not afraid of any government employees.

Anyone who dares to cause trouble, they really dare to copy!

If someone locks down the factory, they will definitely shoot if they have a concealed carry license!

But when Ethan arrived at the factory, he found that the guys at the California Labor Department were so sprayed by Michael that they couldn't even lift their heads. Did you receive a report? Oh! Can you tell me which idiot reported it?

All our payroll documents are here! Our bank receipts are here too!

We did work more than twelve hours! We did work seven days a week! But Ethan paid us a weekly salary that was three times the overtime rate that was far more than what is required by California law!

Our basic salary is three hundred dollars per week! After making ten arcade machines normally, we can get fifty dollars more for each additional arcade machine we make!

We now make an average of seven hundred dollars a week for doing so much!

What idiot would report a situation like this? Huh?

That's right, when Ethan said he was giving out money, he really was giving out money.

After being taught by Thomas, he already understands the operation of American society. He understands that industry is the most influential industry in this land. Although the wealth they create may not be as much as the financial industry, they are raised in a geometric manner. The power of finance will definitely be greater than that of finance.

In this case, Ethan, who was already running a hugely profitable industry, would naturally not be polite.

Not to mention, giving money to these uncles is more useful than giving money to ordinary people.

Because they already have faith in their hearts.

When Michael threw those salary data in the face of the California Department of Labor, those government employees who couldn't fault it could only leave in despair. This scene made Ethan give Michael a thumbs up, and the other party Well... there are two sticks erected.

But it's a pity that they haven't been happy for a few days yet.

On May 5, the California Air Resources Board, California Environmental Protection Agency, San Jose Air Quality Management Bureau, and San Jose Water Quality Control Board jointly came to inspect the factory’s pollutant emissions. “This process takes three to five days. Please stop working and cooperate.”

How could Ethan accept such an unreasonable request?

He refused directly.

The four departments did not play tricks and directly took out the documents from the state government and demanded that Destiny Games stop work immediately. If they did not cooperate, they would apply for coercive measures.

Ethan was really annoyed by this kind of harassment. While asking Michael to block the idiots outside the door, he called his sister again and again to tell her that he needed Stanford's help.

When Evelin learned that accidents occurred in her factory every three days, and it became more and more annoying, she felt troubled and went to shake people off. About two hours later, a Volkswagen came speeding up.

The people in the car apologized to Ethan apologetically, and then asked the people from the Environmental Protection Agency...

You guys with special numbers, get out of here!

Can you also check the factory of Destiny Game?

“Principal Terman’s phone calls went to the governor!”

He wants to know what's going on!

What are your expressions? Are you aggrieved? I didn't know you took money for the special code?

I'm telling you! Don't say it's you! Even if the bosses of Warner and Philips are here! You have to get out now! We welcome normal competition, but if there is chaos...

Then stop it all!

Yes, Evelyn went directly to Principal Fred Terman.

Because in this world, his words are more effective than any command.

Although the old man has retired now, as long as he is still alive, the American scientific community will have to give him face! He may not be able to influence public opinion, but he can shut up big companies!

As for the reason?

From the day his teacher founded Thor, and from the time he cooperated with Lockheed, what flows in his body is the noblest blood of America!

Is the matter done? Evelin asked Ethan when she went home that night.

Yeah, it went very well. Ethan nodded with a smile, When you move out of Principal Terman, Warner and Philips won't dare to disgust people anymore...

Just like what Ethan said, when Warner and Philips played Ethan's true trump card unbelievingly, they disappeared completely like a mouse seeing a cat.

In the following time, Destiny Games received an extremely relaxed production environment, and managers from North American theaters also came to pick up the goods according to the scheduled pick-up time.

The extremely smooth work made Ethan feel truly relaxed, and when the time quietly came to May 25th... he took his sister out of the house early in the morning.

Because he wanted to see it with his own eyes...

Star Wars is on the altar!