Rebirth of America, this is my time

Hello Aribadi, welcome to Good Morning America...

In the early morning of November 1, 1978, ABC host David Hartman and his partner Sandy Hill, wearing round glasses, greeted the American people who got up early through the cable broadcast signal.

After a few brief exchanges, the two got down to business.

Let me see what interesting news there is today...

David Hartman pretended to turn over the manuscript in front of him, making a chirping sound, and then he shouted with surprise: Wow - look what I saw?

Ethan Jones, the founder of Destiny Games, announced yesterday that they will hold a press conference at the end of this year to introduce their new products to the public? Unlike previous offline conferences, this time he will use TV Talk about your game directly to the people of America through live broadcast?”

Oh my God!

This is really big news!

The startled voice made Sandy Hill raise her eyebrows. After hearing the message read by David Hartman, she immediately uttered a stage soprano, What?

Will Destiny Games release a game this year?

Oh - this is such a surprise to me! Because I have always been a big fan of theirs!

Really? Do you also play Ethan Jones's game? David Hartman cast an unexpected look at his partner, I always thought I was the only one playing in the entire stage.

Of course! Of course I play! Sandy Hill nodded: Whether it's Snake, Pac-Man, Star Wars, or Windfall or Snake 2, I play all of these. Have played...

My favorite is Pac-Man. The feeling of fighting against artificial intelligence is really great! The feeling of being chased by those ghosts is even more exciting!

It's a pity that because I am busy at work, I have never seen the Win display.

Speaking of this, Sandy Hill was a little disappointed.

David Hartman immediately spoke and comforted: It doesn't matter, I haven't seen it either.

In other words, there should be very few people in the world who have beaten his game so far.

Everyone is the same.

David Hartman spread his hands as if they were in ruins.

“Hahaha——” This classification made Sandy Hill laugh out loud, and he nodded and said: “So, what magic power does Ethan Jones have that allows us to keep playing his games? ?”

Maybe because it's fun?

David Hartman raised his eyebrows and said, But it could also be sincerity.

He creates games that make people feel tense and exciting!

The games he creates allow people to experience the joy of concentration!

The games he created even more explain the meaning and value of hard work!

This kind of positive feedback that you can achieve breakthroughs as long as you work hard is really great!

I can't wait to go thirty days later!

Because I really want to know what kind of surprises Ethan Jones will bring us.

Now that Ethan has decided to take the lead in public opinion, punching Clark Kent, America's most popular superhero, and kicking Walt Disney, America's fairy tale kingdom, he will naturally bring forward the publicity related to it. Get on the horse.

While negotiating live broadcasts with the three major radio and television networks in North America, he also purchased promotional soft spots from these guys. He obtained the resources of Good Morning America ​​from ABC, and bought two of them from NBC and CBS. A minute and a half of the evening news broadcast.

Since television media cannot cover everyone, he also contacted traditional print media and put the news that he would release a new work in thirty days in the Wall Street Journal, New York Times, Los Angeles Times and Chicago Tribune on the front page.

When Ethan waved his hand and poured out one million US dollars for publicity, the two phrases Game of Destiny and Ethan Jones appeared in the public eye like snowflakes.

For example——

[Destiny Game Officially Announces, Merry Christmas Will Continue This Year]

For another example——

[After two years of silence, Ethan Jones releases a new work]

For example -

[One model a year, Ethan Jones vows to refresh history]

What's more, there was a title that even Ethan himself felt 'ashamed' of -

【December 1st, God comes】

Although after four years of operation, the name Ethan Jones is already known to everyone in America, but there has never been such a news broadcast like this.

And almost instantly, people in America also discovered something very interesting.

Destiny Game...you finally act like a company!

In the past, Destiny Games sold games directly to the market and never announced the release time of new games to the public; although this approach allowed people to play the game as soon as possible, at the same time, the surprise that suddenly appeared was also Countless fans will be caught off guard.

Although compared with the future, the current era of entertainment can be said to be extremely scarce, no matter which era it is, there are all kinds of happy consumption channels. After spending money like crazy...

One day, they suddenly discovered that Ethan Jones had released a new game?

When I dug into my pocket, the fact that my pocket was whiter than my face was extremely embarrassing.

When they turned around again, they were extremely envious of other people's crazy tasting.

To be honest, in the past few years, whenever someone found out that Ethan Jones had a new game but they couldn't play it because of early purchase, they wanted to grab Ethan Jones by the collar and push him down. Put some education on the wall and ask Ethan Jones why he doesn't promote his product.

But now—

Oh - Ethan Jones finally knows how to run a company! This really touches me!

Ah - I no longer have to suffer because I spent money in advance and didn't get to play new games!

December, right? Christmas? Oh—I love the holidays!

Save money, save money, save money! From today on, I will not play Jack the Ripper!

Although Ethan Jones's main business is video games, as long as it is related to art, there will be fans pursuing it, and when these groups who can spend five or six billion in cash for Ethan Jones a year start to save While money is waiting, other industries are experiencing a shrinkage in income as if they have seen a ghost.

The first industry to see decline is the cheapest entertainment at the moment - movies.

Regardless of the fact that it is a project with a big name, similar to The Wizard of Oz starring Michael Jackson, The Rider starring Jane Fonda, and Paradise Lane starring Sylvester Stallone;

There are still works by famous directors, such as The Conjuring directed by Richard Attenborough;

Or an imported film, Drunken Master from Hong Kong;

There has been a decline in the number of moviegoers.

The next thing affected is music.

Except for Barbra Streisand and Alice Cooper, all other artists who chose to release albums in November have had their album sales expected to be lowered by major data media.

This situation made countless singers curse, but——

No one dares to criticize the status quo in front of the media!

After all, Ethan Jones is a ruthless man who can rant against Warner bosses in front of the media!

When the biggest bosses in the music industry are frustrated by Ethan Jones, their managers, their contract companies, and their bosses will teach them how to behave.

The third industry affected is video games.

When the big devil in the industry has stuck out his butt and is ready to give birth...

A person like Xiao Zuanfeng could only tremble.

Snapped--

Ron Miller, Walt Disney's son-in-law, dropped the report in his hand.

The curve that was even more ugly than the stock market made him rub his face vigorously.

He forced himself to calm down, but unfortunately, the anger was already burning, and only blood could calm it down!

Wow--

Unable to bear it any longer, he stood up suddenly and said, Let's start announcing it too!

Then call the bosses of North American theater chains! Call the merchants who operate arcade machines in various cities!

Let them come to California on November 28th to attend our new product launch!

right!

Let's go ahead!

“Since Ethan Jones insists on grabbing December 1st, let’s sell it first!”

Let's see if he dares to change the time!

Fxxk you!

In fact, when Ron Miller learned that Roy Disney had secured a powerful ally in Ethan Jones, he rushed to Roy Disney's house and asked him why he did this.

But unfortunately, Roy Disney didn't care about him at all.

Just went on vacation.

The situation made Ron Miller want to eat him alive.

But alas, he couldn't.

Under such circumstances, the only thing he could do was to force Ethan Jones and grab the goods, and he also believed that with the Disney brand, he still had the possibility of winning.

When Ron Miller changed the release time, Steve Ross also saw the overwhelming advertisements, but unlike Ron Miller...

Putting down the newspaper in his hand, he looked at his subordinates in front of him and said: We will also hold a new product launch conference on December 1st, and we will invite the bosses of North American theater chains and arcade purchasers from major cities. In the afternoon, let them see and play our Superman with their own eyes.

In the evening, after they watched Ethan Jones's new product launch conference in the hotel...

I believe they will make the right choice.

Steve Ross, who was holding Superman, felt that I had the advantage.

Following his instructions, Warner's staff also turned to work.

In addition to Warner and Disney, several other companies in the entertainment industry are also paying attention to Ethan Jones's movements, or in other words, when Ethan Jones extorted 10 million from Allen Bradley , at this moment, anyone who can open their eyes is looking at Palo Alto.

But what does all this have to do with Ethan?

Even if the bosses of North American theaters have called him to tell him that Disney, controlled by Ron Miller, has sent them advance invitations, Steve Ross, who owns Warner Bros., will sell merchandise before his press conference, Ethan There was no wave in my heart at all.

After doing the necessary publicity, he stayed in his own field to look at cotton.

The white snow that fills the sky and the ground is the flag held high by the enemy on December 1st.

Why do I feel that you are not nervous at all?

Evelin, who was leaning on the recliner, turned to look at Ethan.

Although the game has not been fully repaired, Evelin just doesn't want to work recently, so when Ethan handed over the company's affairs to the bald man Steve Ballmer, she also chose to fish.

Why are you nervous?

Ethan, who was wearing sunglasses and resting his hands on pillows, asked softly.

This rhetorical question made Evelin laugh, Aren't you afraid of failure?

Afraid. Ethan was very honest. If we fail this time, we will be humiliated.

People across America will know that we lost.

This will be very detrimental to future business development.

So? Why aren't you worried now? Evelin wanted to study Ethan's strange psychology.

This time last year, when you learned that Lawrence Rockefeller was eyeing Apple, you were extremely nervous. But now, in the same situation, you are very... calm?

Oh - Evelin - This inquisitive behavior made Ethan turn his head.

He pulled down the sunglasses from the bridge of his nose with his index finger, a smile flashing in his beautiful eyes.

I know what you're thinking.

To your question, I just want to say -

Even if God came down, Steve Ross and Ron Miller couldn't win.

They all lose!

Because I'm not going to save them.

‘? ’ Evelin was stunned for a moment by the words that turned around so quickly.

But when she came to her senses, she immediately started to giggle.

arrogant!

Evelin gave Ethan a dirty look, then walked back to the house in slippers.

Ethan, on the other hand, continued to lie down and enjoy the warm winter in California.

Nervousness is actually an emotion that everyone has. It just depends on the time, events and frequency of occurrence. When facing Lawrence Rockefeller, Ethan would be nervous. That’s because the surname Rockefeller is unmatchable. , and now, when he only faces Disney and Warner...

Ah--

Ethan lay at home until the end of November, until Roy Disney called him on the evening of the 28th and told him that Ron Miller's new product launch conference was a success, and the order amount on site had exceeded 2,000. After tens of thousands of dollars, he left California and headed to New York.

While preparing at ABC's Manhattan Broadcast Center, he also received a call from Steve Ross. This old man who had learned bad things personally reported the good news to Ethan.

Ethan Jones, our Warner product launch conference is over.

“All the merchants who came to the conference have the intention to place orders.”

Sales are expected to exceed 20,000 units.

Now, the pressure is on you.

This result made Ethan narrow his eyes with a smile, and when Steve Ross was about to hang up the phone, Ethan said first: Mr. Ross, if I were you, I would sign the contracts with those merchants within an hour. , and emphasized high liquidated damages in the contract, as for the reason...

If you don't sign now, your order will be gone in an hour.

Ethan's words made Steve Ross laugh.

That extremely arrogant attitude impressed Steve Ross even more.

Ethan Jones, I hope your game is as tough as your mouth.

After saying this, Steve Ross hung up the phone heavily.

This fact made Ethan shrug his shoulders, enter the ABC studio according to the time, and stare at the schedule above the camera according to the knowledge points he learned in the previous rehearsal.

When everything calms down...

Already prepared, he smiled at the dark camera.

Hello Aribadi, good evening everyone...

I am Ethan Jones, the founder of Destiny Games...

After a brief self-introduction, Ethan also followed the prepared process to introduce the new products that Destiny Game will launch next to the audience in front of the TV. And with the emergence of Ms. Pac-Man, everyone who watched the live broadcast was shocked by the gameplay that changed the soup without changing the medicine!

What? Is this Ethan Jones' new game?

In the Paramount conference room, Michael Eisner looked surprised!

Oh! Sxxt! He did a live broadcast all over China just for this thing?

MCA's headquarters, Steven Spielberg's Blessed Sidney Sheinberg is incredible!

Hahahaha - we won! We won!

At the home of Walt Disney's son-in-law, Ron Miller, the guy who had been nearly pissed off by Roy Disney for the past two months jumped up from the couch in an instant!

That's it? That's it?

Destiny Game's new product is actually the sequel to Pac-Man?

Hahahahaha——

He is the real clown!

Ron Miller looked up to the sky and screamed, waving his hands in the air and making a fist.

After a while, he breathed heavily and laughed softly: Roy——

Go to hell you!

At the same time, in Warner's chairman's office, Allen Bradley's headquarters, Komodo's New York company, Morgan's top floor on Wall Street...

Those guys staring at the TV screens were all grinning from ear to ear like Ron Miller.

Like Ron Miller, they want to label their TV presence.

clown!

Steve Ross shook his head.

And just when everyone thought that the next few dozen minutes would be very long, after the promotional video of Ms. Pac-Man ended, ABC TV station gave Ethan a close-up.

The guy who was more handsome than Leonardo DiCaprio and Liang Tang combined pursed his lips and said with a smile: I know that the game Ms. Pac-Man will make some people excited and some people disappointed.

“Excited people will think that this is a very good game that will allow them to spend a happy Christmas, while disappointed people will think that I, Ethan Jones, may have lost my talent because it is now far from Star Wars. It's been a year and a half since the release of Pac-Man, and I only picked Ms. Pac-Man, the sequel to Pac-Man, as this year's title.

Here I want to thank the people who like Ms. Pac-Man, thank you for liking this game, and I also want to thank the people who are a little disappointed, because you desperately want to make me better.

So, in order to thank you all for your love and for your expectations, next, I will show you a brand new game, its name is Starry Sky.

The inspiration for this game comes from a movie called Alien that I invested in last year and will see you next summer. That movie made me full of imagination about the unknown starry sky. I can't express it in words. Describe it, so those of you who like me and support me, please watch it for yourself...

The excessively long forward pan made those happy guys in front of the TV look serious.

And when they saw a staff member holding a machine the size of an A4 paper box appear in the center of the screen, the concept of a home game console made everyone stand up!

MFxxk!

Ron Miller's eyes widened.

He felt something was terribly wrong.

Steve Ross quickly came to the TV, grabbed the upper edge of the TV with both hands, and threw himself on the screen, as if he wanted to get in! Come to the live broadcast in New York! See with your own eyes the box that Ethan Jones holds in his hands that is very similar to the new Atari generation!

At the Philips headquarters, CEO Cornelis van der Klucht, who was also watching the live broadcast, frowned! Although he doesn't care about the results of Philips North America, but——

Is Ethan Jones going to beat Mi Luohua to death directly?

His mouth trembled and he muttered.

Oh Sxxt! Why am I so unlucky!

He held his head in his hands, panting wildly.

But no matter what these people's reactions were, Ethan didn't care at the moment.

After plugging the home console into the TV, with a snap of his fingers, the director who received the command immediately zoomed in on the live broadcast camera and framed the TV screen into the frame.

When the logo of Destiny Game appears in thousands of households in America...

Ethan Jones's voice also penetrated everyone's ears along the TV signal.

My sister, Evelyn Johnson, the other founder of Destiny Games, spent a year and a half developing this home console.

“To thank her for her help and support, I named the machine Johnson.”

I don't want to introduce its parameters here, and I don't want to introduce its development process, because this machine carries the game I want to show and the game she made - Starry Sky.

When the word Starry Sky appeared again, people watching the live broadcast found that the picture on the TV screen moved, and the name Starry Sky in the game menu flashed for an instant, and then the screen went black, and the keyboard clicked. The sound of banging was also heard.

Then--

Green words appeared on the screen: AD 2633...

Although many Americans appearing in front of the TV at this moment have not received a complete education, the art of video games is the last thing that needs the blessing of language!

If you don’t understand the language of the movie, then you won’t understand the whole story!

If you don’t understand the language of music, then you may only be able to listen to the melody!

But video games are different!

Even if you can't read the text, you can still play!

Because this thing——

have! hand! At once! OK!

So, when people in 1978 who had not yet fully experienced the baptism of the computer age saw the loading special effects similar to The Matrix...

Regardless of whether you have played computer games or not, you will be shocked by the special codes!

What is this?

Oh - what is the effect of this?

After the opening plot of Starry Sky was shown, the sound of the helicopter and the protagonist Bill Lance falling from the sky, as well as the green earth, the endless starry sky, the dense jungle, and the dark abyss made the viewers of the live broadcast even more excited. Everyone stand up!

Waiting for them to see Bill Lance holding a gun, gesturing up and down with the muzzle of the gun, firing bullets, walking forward and backward, and doing somersaults on the spot...

A tsunami-like exclamation swept across America in an instant!

Oh my God! Mom! Did I read that right? Is this a game?

A white man holds his head in his hands.

Oh my God! Oh my God! Oh my God! Is this a video game? Why is it like this?

A black man squatted on the sofa.

Oh! Sxxt! This special code is a miracle!

A fat man has hugged the TV.

Mom! I want it!

A seven or eight-year-old boy pointed at the screen.

At the same time, Walt Disney President Ron Miller, who had already opened the champagne before, felt his eyes darken, his legs softened, and he fell directly to the ground.

Steve Ross, chairman of Warner Communications, was leaning against the screen, staring at the picture with splitting eyes. His fingers were like claws, and veins popped out on the back of his hands, as if he wanted to scratch the TV, but more like he wanted to relieve the fear in his heart.

Paramount president Michael Eisner stretched his neck as long as a wax goose.

In the offices of Universal, Fox, MGM, Columbia, Morgan, Goldman Sachs...

The figures were as stiff as bells.

And Cornelis van der Krugt, CEO of Philips?

He picked up the phone receiver on the table and pressed the numbers on it with trembling fingers.

After a while of transfers, the call came to Europe on the other side of the ocean.

With a trembling voice, Cornelis van der Klucht reported to the chairman of the group on the other end of the phone: Boss, our North American Philips may lose 100 million in the next year.

His words were in a crying tone, and he stared at the TV screen with red eyes.

because--

I seemed to have seen God.