Rebirth of America, this is my time

In the 21st century, pink may be the color most closely associated with gender, because most people assume pink to be 'her' gender, but in fact, the original pink was a color for boys. In humans, During the Renaissance, when the color palette was not rich, pink was blended with ocher powder and white lime to depict the infant Jesus and embellish his skin.

This situation did not change until the 18th century. Louis XV's mistress Pompadour was very obsessed with pink and wore them in public, decorated the house with them, and made them into porcelain. This behavior influenced countless painters, who began to use pink to show the delicacy of court women.

Even so, pink is only a neutral color that is really associated with women. That was all after WW2. The shortage of labor caused by the war made more and more women go to work and enter formal occasions. They need a dress of their own, so pink, once known as delicate and elegant, has become the first choice for most people.

When Xianzong took office, his wife chose a pink dress, and she accompanied Xianzong in clothes of this color during his tenure. Hollywood, which caters to the trend, also bound pink to women, such as Marilyn Monroe's There are a lot of pink clothes in Gentlemen Prefer Blondes.

The most amazing thing is those businesses. In order to cater to women's love for pink, American home appliance companies are crazy about launching pink kitchen appliances. The Barbie doll born in the same era wears a pink skirt. Even Disney is not exempt from this trend. , in Sleeping Beauty released in 1959, Princess Aurora was shown in pink, and was even called the most beautiful princess by Walt Disney.

When the two facts of women's love and business hype appear at the same time... binding becomes inevitable. Therefore, when Damio Dean received a work arrangement from his boss and began to produce Ms. Pac-Man, a game that has a strong connection with women, he used the popular pink as the main color of the game scene. , and spread it to every corner of the game in an exaggerated form.

The big title Ms. Pac-Man on the game interface is pink.

The PLAY function key below is also pink.

After entering the game, the entire maze is pink.

Ethan's eyelids jumped at the sight of girls all over the place, but when the game officially started, he finally breathed a sigh of relief at the sight of Ms. Pac-Man running on the screen.

Because Damio Dean still used the yellow color belonging to Pac-Man as the main tone to create Ms. Pac-Man, and the way to embellish her gender was to add a red bow to her head and an open mouth. I put on some bright red lipstick on the area.

This change that gave the character distinctive characteristics made Ethan very satisfied, because after seeing the game interface, what he was most afraid of was that people like Damio Dean would change the skin of Ms. Pac-Man.

If Pac-Man is yellow and Ms. Pac-Man is pink, wouldn't that be interracial? Moreover, in the original version of Pac-Man they released, there was a female ghost that was represented by pink. When there are already pink characters in the game, how to create a protagonist of the same color?

Not to mention whether this approach is consistent with creative common sense, it is unscientific from a game play perspective. When two characters of the same color appear on the same screen, it is easy for players to misunderstand them.

Since Damio Dean did not make that kind of visual design mistake, Ethan continued to play with confidence, and as he operated, Ms. Pac-Man also started running on the arcade.

then……

Ethan discovered a problem...

The game you made just changed the skin? Why do I feel that there is not much change compared to the original version? In addition to the interface change, the protagonist has changed, the design of the maze has changed, and other... there are other things Changes? If not...why didn’t you get it done for so long?”

Yes!

After Ethan worked for a while, he discovered that the Ms. Pac-Man produced by Damio Dean did not change much compared to the original Pac-Man they launched.

The four ghosts are still being hunted in the same way as in the previous game.

When the hardest ghost code in the game can be copied directly...

Have you been working on a game for several months and haven’t finished it yet?

Is this Nima trying to fish?

Ethan's confusion made others in the conference room laugh.

Boss, please continue playing.

Yes, you can complete the first level first.

There's definitely a surprise here, really!

The words of the people around him made Ethan, who didn't notice the difference, continue to play patiently. But after he cleared the first level and entered the second level, the maze that came into view made his eyelids jump.

Because there are two gaps at both ends of the maze in the second level. There are no beans in this gap, which means that it will not be a normal passage and Pac-Man cannot pass through.

Since Pac-Man can't enter, it must be a sanctuary for ghosts, and well...

is also like this.

When Ethan controlled Ms. Pac-Man to eat up nearly one-third of the beans on the second level map, a white ghost suddenly appeared in the dark passage closest to him, and it headed towards him like a madman. It ran wildly towards the location of Ms. Pac-Man. No matter where Ethan hid, it would chase after her, and its moving speed was obviously faster than the normal Ms. Pac-Man, so it only took seven or eight seconds. In no time, he caught up with Ms. Pac-Man who was running away.

Just as it was about to catch Ms. Pac-Man, its body suddenly paused, as if it had been hit by a sunflower acupuncture hand. Then, its body gradually dimmed and disappeared from the map.

This situation made Ethan, who thought he would die, breathe a sigh of relief. At the same time, the sudden sense of urgency also made him laugh and curse: Hua Q! Is this your change? A random event added?

'Random events? ’

This phrase made everyone present feel a little stunned.

But the next second Damio Dean smiled and explained: Oh boss, yes - under our design, we added some crazy ghosts to the game Ms. Pac-Man.

The first level, which is the same as the previous game, is to allow players to adapt to the operation.

“The second level is the real beginning. When Ms. Pac-Man eats one-third and two-thirds of the beans on the map, crazy ghosts will appear in the passages on both sides, eager to kill Pac-Man. Ms. Beanman...because in our setting, the beans in the maze are closely related to them...

After receiving Ethan's arrangement, Damio Dean held a closed-door meeting to solicit opinions from colleagues in the department on the production of the sequel to Pac-Man.

As they brainstormed, they raised questions one after another.

Some people say that since Pac-Man can gain supernatural powers after eating beans in the corner of the map, why can't the ghost who captures him use this power?

As ghosts living in the maze, they should have discovered the way to develop divine power. If not, how could they be resurrected in the maze?

Therefore, under their design, dark passages appeared on both sides of the map, connected by ghosts that relied on absorbing the power of map beans to survive. When Ms. Pac-Man ate a certain number of beans, she felt the loss of power. They will go crazy and want to fight Ms. Pac-Man, and what the player has to do is to survive ten seconds, because after ten seconds, these crazy ghosts will fall into their fate due to the decline of power and disappear from the map. middle.

In addition, some people also said that since Pac-Man can eat beans and can eat ghosts after gaining divine power (colliding ghosts to kill them), then it should be able to eat everything.

Therefore, in their design, some score markers can be randomly placed on the map in subsequent levels. When the player controls Ms. Pac-Man to eat those score markers, they can directly obtain the corresponding points instead of eating them with ordinary ones. Beans generally accumulate one point at a time.

Some people even said that since Ms. Pac-Man is a female-oriented game, some female-oriented techniques should be added, such as setting up a special prop, such as dancing shoes. When Ms. Pac-Man eats it, her speed will speed up, but if she is touched by a ghost, they will get a debuff that makes playing games worse than dancing, spinning in circles for about five seconds...

As they talked, Ethan's imagination opened up one after another.

Allowing the ghost to successfully capture Ms. Pac-Man, Ethan put down the game and turned to look at his subordinate, with youthful vitality written all over his young face.

Are you going to put all these ideas into Ms. Pac-Man? he asked.

We are going to add two to three, because according to our calculations, adding two to three functional algorithms should be the limit of MOS 6502. Because of the chip's computing power limit, it cannot allow us to use all the inspiration. Make it... Damio Dean said.

How much time do you need?

The Ms. Pac-Man project is actually a project that all of us participate in together. After making Need for Speed, Windfall and The Rescue, all of us can concentrate on it. At most …Three to five months? We should be able to finish it.”

Okay, you go ahead and do it. Although this game is the sequel to Pac-Man, it is also your child, so I decided that after this game is launched, 5% of its sales revenue will be yours. This bonus will accompany you throughout your life. Even if some of you leave Destiny Game in the future and this game is still being sold, I will transfer the money to your card. If there are still people playing this game in a hundred years, then Your children and grandchildren will still receive the benefits of its existence.”

Ethan looked at them with a smile.

The guys in front of him looked dull at first, then ecstatic.

Because everyone knows the value of the name Pac-Man!

It is clearer that a 5% sales bonus is more sincere than profit sharing!

thank you boss……

Some guy reacted.

thank you boss!

The guy who followed the trend suddenly appeared.

thank you boss--

The uniform sound made Ethan think he was visiting a strip club.

Okay, Okay, Okay, go ahead and get busy. At the end of this year, I want to see it go on the market.

Ethan pressed his hands down to signal them to calm down, and left the conference room with his hands behind his back.

Human imagination is actually infinite. It is never humans themselves who limit imagination, but the restrictions around humans that cannot turn imagination into reality.

Before the birth of video games, the scientists who invented the computer never thought that a tool like a computer could be played in this way. After the popularity of video games, no one who grew up with the times thought that video games could still be played in this way. .

Video games have always belonged to the field of art, and in this circle, the first one to take advantage of it may be able to make a lot of money, but the guys who follow behind to show their fantasy are equally great, precisely because of their complement. This world will be colorful.

That's what these guys in Destiny's R\u0026D department do.

And since they have good inspiration, they should take the money.

What the hell!

“What about Disney, Paramount, MGM and Philips United?”

I'm holding Activision's neck with my left hand, and holding EA's life with my right hand!

You guys are here to fight me!

If Ethan was still very angry this morning, after watching the game produced by the R\u0026D department, his body and mind suddenly felt much better. Even if those three companies can plagiarize, so what? The most talented people in the entire circle are in his hands. When new products appear one after another, those who simply imitate will die!

Hum~

He walked into the office happily and leaned back comfortably on the boss's chair. The soft feeling made him happy. But just when Ethan was preparing to formulate a release plan for the new game, Steve Ballmer... The bald head suddenly appeared again.

Boss, someone wants to visit you.

Looking at the smiling face, Ethan was speechless.

At this moment, he even felt that the bald man had installed a probe in his office!

This guy would show up just after he finished something? People who know it know that he is doing it for work, but people who don’t know it will definitely think that he is trying to make someone angry!

Who? Ethan asked helplessly.

Roy Disney, Steve Ballmer said.

What? This name surprised Ethan. After staring at Ballmer's bright and shining head for a few times, he asked, Did he explain his purpose?

He said you must not want to see him.

...

The childish provocation made Ethan purse his lips, shook his head and said, Let him go.

You heard that right, tell him to get out.

Bring him my words intact.

Roy Disney was right, Ethan really didn't want to see him at this moment.

After Steven Spielberg told him about Disney's palace fight, even if Ethan thought about it with his feet, he knew that Roy Disney's purpose was nothing more than to make an ally.

But Ethan doesn’t want to be an ally with this guy who once put a bounty on him!

If Disney wants to buy Snake, Okay, this is normal business behavior, and everyone can sit down and talk together. But when Disney is interested in Snake and doesn't want to negotiate business with him, the copyright owner, then ...Isn’t this an obvious robbery?

You want to steal my things, why should I give you a good look?

I'm not sick!

Ethan's order also made Steve Ballmer turn around and leave.

If he had just arrived, he would definitely have expressed surprise, but after what happened last time, he is now able to remain calm despite the collapse of the mountain. When everyone in Rockefeller can be beaten out by the boss, …Roy Disney? Which onion are you?

Just when Ethan thought that this boring episode would end with his own words, Steve Ballmer came back after a while.

Not only that, he also brought a document.

Let me bring this to you before Roy Disney leaves.

He said you don't see him normally, but he will still show the sincerity that should be shown.

The ambiguous words made Ethan take the file and opened it. Good guy, the cover with the Philips and Disney logos printed on it made him raise his eyebrows.

Turning back quickly, the contract terms that came into view made Ethan look up sharply.

Are you sure this person is Roy Disney?

I am sure.

Damn it!

Ethan was shocked!

He really didn't expect that Gong Dou could fight like this!

Roy Disney's behavior can be regarded as betraying the company's trade secrets!

How could he do this to bring down Walt Disney's son-in-law?

Damn it!

This is too special and nonsense!

After staring at the bald man for a few times to make sure he wasn't lying, Ethan quickly read the documents in his hand. As he flipped through them, the details of the cooperation between Disney and Philips appeared in front of him.

In the next ten years, Disney will obtain a patent license for the production and production of electronic arcade machines from Philips subsidiary Milowa for a fixed price of $100,000 per year. But at the same time, Philips also requires that video games produced by Disney be logged on to their home consoles when they need them.

Although the term need is very vague, the two parties agreed on several need situations in the contract. For example, the sales of electronic games produced by Disney exceeded one million U.S. dollars, which means that the shipment of electronic arcade machines reached 500 units. Another example is that the electronic games produced by Disney had a certain impact in America and were used by the three major It has been reported in the New York Times, Washington Post and Los Angeles Times, or it has appeared in local newspapers more than twice. As long as these agreed conditions are met, Philips has the right to let Disney bring games to its own console.

They also have an agreement on the share of the game after it is logged on to the console. Philips will take 30% of the credits for the game, and the remaining 70% will go to Disney, and the expenses incurred from the sales will be borne by Philips. It is covered by those thirty mention points, and the production costs, that is, the magnetic cassette costs, are borne by Disney itself.

Such favorable conditions made Ethan nod secretly.

He has already seen Philips' intention to kill him in this contract.

If Philips were not determined to stab Ethan Jones to death, they would not have signed such a money-losing contract, and since the money-losing contract has been signed, then...

Both sides are determined to fight to the death.

Take this document and burn it.

After reading it, Ethan wanted to process the file.

But then I thought about it, he still had to do this himself.

Forget it, do you have a lighter?

Yes. The bald Ballmer immediately took out a lighter from his pocket and handed it over.

This situation made Ethan a little curious, Do you smoke?

No. Ballmer shook his head decisively.

Then why do you carry a lighter with you? Ethan was puzzled.

Because I think you may need it, boss. Ballmer replied very seriously.

... Ethan was stunned for a moment.

Then he waved Ballmer out and burned the document with a lighter.

Looking at the rising flames, he felt a little emotional.

Is the habit from the previous life still a bit useless?

Anyone who works in finance knows that a lighter is always easier to use than a paper shredder.

Not only is it easy to carry, but it can also permanently destroy some unwanted things.

The only thing that can restrain it is the Great Memory Restoration Technique.

With the disappearance of the documents, all traces of Roy Disney's arrival were wiped out by Ethan. After returning to his seat, he began to doubt again. Disney is just a company with a market value of more than one billion. For the sake of this company's At the helm, is it necessary for the Walt Disney family and the Roy Disney family to fight so hard? Can you even sell company secrets?

Ethan couldn't figure it out.

He wanted to find out.

After some tangle, he decided to give Steven Spielberg a call.

When the call was first connected, this guy thought that Ethan was here to rush for Alien, so he kept saying that he would meet with Sidney Shenberg within the next few days and that there would be no problem in starting the production of Alien.

After Ethan explained his purpose, the guy stopped his impatience and said, You want to know why Roy Disney and Ron Miller fought?

Simple, a country within a country! Who doesn't want this?

WTF? The simple description left Ethan unresponsive.

But wait until Steven Spielberg mentions Disneyland in Florida...

Ethan understood everything immediately.

‘Fuck! How could I forget the Disney throne? ’

Note: ① Some people may not believe it, but the original Ms. Pac-Man was made by 6502. This game was not produced by Namco. It was originally a pirated version made by players. After making it, they thought it was good, so they sold it to the Pac-Man agent in the United States at the time. Because the agents of Pac-Man were anxiously waiting for the sequel and wanted to make money at the time, after discovering Ms. Pac-Man, they thought it was good and sold it directly as a genuine copy, and it became a hit. Since the game is a player-made version, the original version uses the 6502 chip. Don’t ask why, it’s just cheap. In 1981, the retail price of this chip was only a few dollars, and any hobbyist could make it.