Rebirth of America, this is my time

I got chills, they're multiplyin'

(My inner excitement cannot be contained)

And I'm losin' control

(I'm about to lose control)

'Cause the power you're supplyin'

(Because of the power you give)

It's electrifyin'

(Powerful)

When the dynamic music came on, John Travolta, wearing a black suit, pink shirt and shiny leather shoes, immediately jumped into the center of the basketball court. On the screen, he pretended to comb his hair with both hands, with an exaggerated expression. Volley stroked the nose of his plane.

As the lyrics appeared, he also turned around 360 degrees, lunged, raised his chest, put his hands on his waist, and made a gesture like a cowboy waist cum, and discharged wildly towards the surroundings.

This situation caused a burst of screams in the cinema.

Many girls were holding their chests and leaning on the sofa, with suffocation written all over their smiling faces.

The boy whistled and leaned forward, staring at the screen with his eyes wide open. It seemed that he was looking forward to the arrival of the heroine, but it was more like he was trying to remember John Travolta's dance and refused to let it go. Every bit of it, in their opinion, learning these should be very useful in picking up girls.

Unfortunately--

None of the above has anything to do with Evelin.

When John Travolta appeared for the first time and showed his profile to the audience in front of the screen with a cigarette in his mouth and raised the corners of his mouth, Evelyn's facial features suddenly tightened.

“Oh Sxxt—this guy’s smile is so greasy!”

This was her assessment at the time.

When the director perfectly displayed John Travolta's evil smile in a close-up of his face, trying to give the audience a feeling of electric shock, Evelyn immediately shook her head and complained.

Don't you think his chin is weird?

It looks like an ass no matter how you look at it.

After John Travolta showed the world his ability as the King of Dance, twisting his hips and pushing his body hard to continuously discharge... Evelyn directly elbowed Ethan, Don't look.

Why?

He's so naughty, don't imitate him.

Um?

You are already more handsome than him. If you were more coquettish, others would not be able to survive.

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Although Ethan deserted during Evelin's speech, which made the girl very unhappy, the girl would still accept the invitation normally... Uh, okay, he was bragging.

When he asked to watch a movie, Evelyn didn't want to come at all.

If Ethan hadn't waved his hand and said to the graduates of the School of Engineering, Today's consumption will be paid for by Mr. Yi, Since everyone is interested in John Travolta, then I will book the venue for everyone. Watching a movie', then it is estimated that after the celebration, Evelin will go home feeling very angry.

Although John Travolta is a bit grumpy, the movie is pretty good.

While Ethan was laughing, Evelin also commented: “It’s unrealistic and exaggerated.”

The movie Grease actually tells the story of American high school students in the 1950s. The male and female protagonists played by John Travolta and Olivia John met during the summer and then fell in love, but because of the end of the summer vacation And having to separate made the heroine a little sad.

But due to an accident, the heroine transferred to the hero's school, and the two met again.

When they fell in love during the summer, the male protagonist made the female protagonist feel like a very gentleman. However, after she went to school with the male protagonist, she realized that the so-called gentleman was just a disguise for cheating, and the male protagonist was just a little gangster, so the female protagonist Want to forget him. After some twists and turns, the two got back together. The male protagonist became a good boy in order to cater to the girl, while the female protagonist became a bad girl in order to cooperate with the male protagonist.

The final outcome is that the lovers finally get married.

Ah, no, this description is a bit inappropriate.

Because if this matter is left in the Internet era, it will be a blessing and a lock.

To be honest, the plot of this movie is terrible. Like all Hollywood campus youth movies, the high school students here only know how to drive cars, fight, go on dates, skip classes, pick up girls, and have sex. But maybe it’s because the bad movies are so good. But the songs and dances in it are very touching, and the charming disco dance steps are still imitated by people even decades later.

The reason why Ethan suddenly asked to watch Grease was not only because the movie had just been released, he had seen a lot of reports related to it in the past period, but also because John Travolta He was impressed by the actor.

Pulp Fiction, Face/Off, and Broken Arrow are all his favorite movies.

Of course, Scientology sucks.

Bye~see you when we have the chance~

Okay, okay, you're welcome to play with me.

Yeah, I'll stay in school for another two years.

After watching the movie, Evelin said goodbye to her familiar classmates.

Although during her master's degree, she spent at least three-quarters of her time in the company, never went to school at all, and never took many credits, she showed up every time in school. When you are alone, there will always be acquaintances who smell the smell of success and come to strike up a conversation.

Anyone with any sense would know that these people are here to look familiar.

But Evelin didn't care.

In her opinion, anyone who can seriously obtain a master's degree is not too bad in ability. If things go smoothly in the future, he will definitely be able to make some achievements.

Just be friendly with these guys, and maybe you'll be able to use them one day?

After saying goodbye, she got in the car to go home and leaned back in the back seat. Evelin was a little tired after a busy day.

The girl yawned while looking at Ethan and said, I'm going to Washington tomorrow. Please book a plane for me and go there when I wake up.

These words aroused Ethan's curiosity, Why are you going to Washington?

Go and see Wenton. Evelin rolled her eyes and said, I told you before, I wanted to choose him as my mentor, but he left.

But these are not important, right? Since you have graduated, let's go see him. I originally wanted to call him, but his ears are not convenient for hearing calls, so I might as well go there.

This reason made Ethan nod his head, Okay, I'll talk to Steve later.

Oh, by the way, can I go with you?

No, I'll go and come back the same day. I'll have a meal with him at most and not stay there.

Charter flights are nothing new for them now.

After all, if you squeeze into a plane with a bunch of people according to the flight schedule provided by the airline, you are not only wasting your life but also torturing yourself.

As for buying a plane?

How about we buy a Boeing? I think the 747 we took last time was pretty good.

Okay! This suggestion cheered up Evelin who wanted to close her eyes and take a nap.

But after thinking for a while, she gave up and said, Forget it, let's not buy it yet.

A 747 costs US$25 million!

Now the company has to spend money everywhere, so let's rent a plane first.

After our home machine is launched, we will decide whether to buy it or not.

Although they never refuted Fortune magazine's statement of 100 million a year, the two of them never took this propaganda seriously. They were still very confident after seeing the real accounts.

100 million in cash a year is simply nonsense, because arcade sales in the United States are obviously different from those overseas, and that kind of profit margin cannot be directly applied.

Of course, after excluding production costs, personnel wages and company benefits, they can indeed earn tens of millions of dollars a year, but that money is not enough for them to easily support a Boeing, and it will cost them to continue production. Money, the company needs to spend money on research and development, it needs to spend money on daily maintenance, and it is an indisputable fact that the more money you make, the more money you spend when enemies are around you.

Oh, right--

And movies!

Thinking of this, Evelin said again: How is the filming of your movie going?

“Can it make money like Grease?”

When he mentioned this, Ethan immediately shook his head like a rattle.

I don't know either.

I didn't care about it at all.

Tomorrow is Sunday, the day after tomorrow is Monday, the day after tomorrow I'll ask.

I'll talk to you after I ask.

... This result made Evelin curl her lips, hummed twice, and closed her eyes.

Ethan is telling the truth. He has indeed not taken care of Alien. This is not because of how much he trusts Spielberg and Lucas, but because he simply does not have time to take care of it.

The last time I heard about Alien was the last time, when Gary Kurtz, the president of Destiny Pictures, reported to him the preparation status of the film and told him that the project had entered the casting stage.

After that, mid-term elections, new product launches, spinach contamination in Atlantic City, sister's graduation ceremony... these things left him no time to even care about the development of Apple, let alone movies. It’s something I don’t understand at all.

And since Evelin asked, he called Destiny Pictures on Monday, and then he discovered... that the president of his own film company was actually in California?

No, why are you in Los Angeles?

Ethan was shocked.

Shouldn't you be in London keeping an eye on projects?

He was puzzled.

And his doubts were quickly answered by the other party.

Boss, the Alien project is on track. Casting has ended, the first batch of props has been produced, and Universal is trying to find a way to charter a plane to transport things to London... Steven is watching over London now, and I and I George came back to discuss Star Wars 2 with Fox...

Because this time he doesn't want to be a director...

As for the reason...

“Then it’s still Colombia’s fault…”

Although the Colombian check fraud case and cover-up case have not yet had a result, and judging from the current situation, there may not be a result in the future, the impact of this incident is very bad.

At least that's the case for George Lucas.

When the Star Wars project is a little dirty, and the reason for the uncleanness is related to the culprit of check fraud, how to save this project becomes a science.

Before the check fraud case occurred, he could safely and boldly produce and shoot movies, because at this time he was invincible. After he brought unparalleled visual shock to the people of America, shooting the sequel himself would not only firmly establish the Consolidating his status as a god can also attract more viewers into the theater. After all, the original team's gimmick of creating a sequel is full of sincerity.

But now, he has to cut ties with Star Wars.

Because no one knows when the investigation related to the check fraud case will fall on him, Lucas. In this case, it is inevitable to ensure that the money-making project is not affected.

Therefore, naming himself as a producer and hiring another director became what he had to do.

Because of this, after confirming that there were no problems with Alien, he rushed back to California from London with his producer Gary Kurtz.

As for the thing about Alien...

Spielberg, who feels the deepest guilt for Ethan, is watching.

Of course, according to them, it will definitely be released next winter.

After waiting for Ethan to tell Evelin about these twists and turns, Evelin, who had returned from Washington, D.C., sighed directly, Do you think they are really reliable?

The girl wants to know the answer.

Oh - stop scolding, stop scolding - how did I know things would be like this -

Ethan also scratched his head speechlessly and complained: This check case is really disgusting!

The dissatisfied complaints made Evelin take a deep breath. She wanted to say something, but finally gave up, And now? She pursed her lips and asked, That's it?

Then what else can we do? Ethan understood what his sister meant and spread his hands helplessly, Things are already like this, we can only let them continue to develop.

And the only other relationship we had in Hollywood besides them was Roy Disney.

And that guy...

Forget it, let's not talk anymore——

Ethan waved his hand and dropped the topic.

He admitted that he was troubled now!

He just didn't understand. Why did the check fraud case in Colombia suddenly appear?

Without this unexpected incident, the movie might have started filming long ago!

His relationship with Steven and George would not be what it is now!

If you say that MGM wants to acquire Columbia, then just do it directly!

Why do you have to engage in a hostile takeover to knock down the other party's stock price and reduce your own acquisition costs?

Of course, this kind of saving money is a good way for capitalists, but if your special code affects me, then this is a bad idea!

‘Specially for Mom! ’

Ethan cursed in his mind: ‘A bunch of people competing against each other! ’

And when Ethan was full of anger at MGM's actions that affected him, with the arrival of July 1st, a thing that had been paying attention to him finally appeared.

MGM held a new game press conference at its Los Angeles headquarters.

Those who were invited to come were either the directors of North American theater chains or the owners of major audio and video stores in America. If they were not MGM's partners across the country, they were the big bosses of Las Vegas. With their appearance, MGM's game producers also began to talk about their creativity on stage.

The first thing to introduce is their core product, Tom and Jerry.

The gameplay of our game is similar to Snake but not the same.

In a wide-area map, there are two game characters, Tom and Jerry, and depending on the version of the game, players can gain three different ways to play.

Let's talk about Tom's gameplay first. When the player chooses to play Tom, his goal is to control Tom to capture the AI ​​Jerry on the map. When this condition is met, he will win.

The criterion for failure is that our countdown is cleared. Each of our games has a time limit of ninety seconds. If the player has not reached the goal when the time reaches zero, they will fail.

Jerry's gameplay is opposite to that of Tom. The player who controls it must avoid the pursuit of AI Tom.

Its failure condition is to be captured by Tom, and its victory condition is to persist for ninety seconds.

The third way to play is two-player battle, and this way is simpler.

That's one player playing Tom and one player playing Jerry.

Tom catches Jerry, Jerry hides from Tom.

Either catch successfully or hide successfully...

When Ethan, who was guarding the base camp in Palo Alto, held the receiver and listened to Roy Disney's story on the other end of the phone, what he saw with his own eyes made him close his eyes while sitting in the office.

Because he knew that the enemy was coming!

They used serious products and shook their fists!

Note: ① Grease was a hit in that era. It was the box office champion for 78 years. Even now, many years later, their theme song has 400 million views on YouTube. ②In reality, the first draft of the script for The Empire Strikes Back was completed in March 1978. Then the screenwriter of that draft passed away, and Lucas hired a new screenwriter to improve the script. At this time, Lucas wanted to film it himself, but after the Fox president who supported him was brought in for an interview in June, Lucas immediately cut off the film and invited his teacher to come. shoot. His teacher refused at first, but after there was a thunderstorm in Colombia in September and MGM quickly offered to acquire it, his teacher decided to help him make this movie. According to major media reports, Lucas had no time to film The Empire Strikes Back due to company affairs, and even busier than him were the friends who helped him obtain the full rights to Star Wars. (The timeline in the article has been slightly modified)