Christmas is followed by the New Year, and just after the holiday, Zhang Lexing received a message from DreamWorks that Chris Carter has completed the casting work and has also completed the filming of an episode, which is called "The Navigator", which belongs to the pilot episode.

Why Chris Carter made a pilot episode in the first place, listen to Eddie Bergner's explanation, it has something to do with the American television broadcast system. In the United States, TV dramas are usually initiated by the producer, but if you want to really shoot the series, you need someone to invest, but no one in this commercial society will definitely want to be a living Lei Feng, since you have invested, of course you want to make money. If the series wants to make money, it must be broadcast on the TV network, but the heads and brains of the major TV networks are not fools, and it is impossible to arrange a schedule for your episode just by listening to the producer's creative talk, so this kind of pilot episode (Pilot) shot in advance came into being.

Now that DreamWorks has an episode of "The Navigator" in hand, the most important thing at the moment is to try your luck on the major TV networks and find one that is willing to accept it. After all, it was Eddie Bergner's suggestion to shoot a TV series, so he personally contacted the major TV networks, and he didn't want to make himself a laughing stock because he was not a person. With Eddie Bergner's connections, the three major television networks CBS, ABC, and NBC are not missing, and even some relatively small Fox Broadcasting Company (FOX), HBO Television Network (HBO), Turner Television Network (*), etc. The X-Files aired on the ABC television network. It's just a coincidence that the timing is unfortunate, so it can only be scheduled to start airing in September of this year (this is the beginning of every season of the American television network). But it's not a bad thing for Chris Carter, leaving him plenty of time to reselect the cast and refine the script for the first season, which is enough for him to easily arrange the filming plan.

However, these things don't need Zhang Lexing to worry about, anyway, some professionals are in charge, and the only thing that needs to be concerned is whether the series will make money from filming, after all, this filming costs DreamWorks money, of course, this will not be known until at least after the first season starts in September.

Putting down "The X-Files" for the time being, Zhang Lexing has something new because he received an invitation letter. The invitation, written by Tripp Hawkins, reads: "...... Mr. Zhang Lexing was invited to attend the new product launch conference scheduled for January 21, 1993 at 9 a.m. at the Hilton Hotel in Redwood City, California ......", and the final payment was signed by Tripp Hawkins, CEO of 3DO.

Since Tripp Hawkins left EA in 91, Zhang Lexing hasn't seen him for a long time, but he didn't expect him to start a new company quietly, and the name seems to be quite familiar, but I don't know what the new product mentioned in the invitation is, Zhang Lexing decided to take a look.

However, now that there are almost two weeks to go before January 21, Zhang Lexing is not in a hurry to go over immediately, and it is not Zhang Lexing's habit to visit in a daze, so he called Russell Market Research Company again, hoping to learn about Tripp Hawkins's new company in advance.

When Zhang Lexing was about to leave for Redwood City, a detailed investigation report was delivered to him. The report reads: "Tripp Hawkins officially left EA on October 20, 1991, and a month later established **SG (SanMateoSoftwareGames Inc.) in Redwood City, California, with plans to engage in game development on consoles, and the company's main capital came mainly from Tripp Hawkins himself. On May 22, 1992, the name of SG changed to 3DOCompany, and the company received capital injections from Matsushita, AT&T, Time Warner, Universal Pictures (MCA), EA and other companies, with an unspecified share structure. According to the investigation, shortly after Tripp Hawkins founded **SG, he recruited David Niddle and Robert Mikal, who had participated in the development of the Amgia multimedia computer, from Commodore International (which had developed the famous Commodore* personal computer), and suspected that 3DO may be working on the development of game consoles......"

I didn't expect Tripp Hawkins to make such a big battle after leaving EA, and I didn't expect EA to invest in Tripp Hawkins' new company after driving him out, Zhang Lexing couldn't help but look forward to this meeting.

Redwood City is very close to San Jose, just over half an hour's drive away, and when Zhang Lexing and his bodyguards arrived at the Hilton Hotel southeast of Redwood City, it was still ten minutes away from nine o'clock to attend the new product launch.

took out the invitation letter, and Zhang Lexing successfully entered the venue. The venue is located in the banquet hall on the second floor of the Hilton Hotel, which has been rearranged and divided into new product launch area, VIP area, media area, staff area and other areas. In the middle of the new product launch area, where a few staff members are doing the final checks, there is a large table in the middle, the top of which is covered with a large red silk cloth, as if there is something important underneath.

Under the guidance of the staff, Zhang Lexing came to the VIP area and took a seat. Most of the people in the VIP area were invited by Tripp Hawkins, usually the CEO or chairman of a game development company, but there were a few people Zhang Lexing knew, such as MicroProse's Oriental-faced CEO Gilman Louie, EA CEO Larry Probert, and Richard Garriott, who EA just acquired last year, Origin, and other representatives, in addition to the representatives of 3DO's major investors. The media area next to it is full of media reporters who have been invited to come, all of them are spears and cannons, and even a few of them are carrying cameras, and the lineup is also quite strong.

The time came to nine o'clock, and the new product launch conference officially began. Accompanied by a burst of live music, Tripp Hawkins walked up to the booth, microphone in hand, made a few innocuous jokes, and then went to the large table in the middle of the booth, and the drums followed. Several staff members in the audience closed the curtains of the banquet hall one after another, and the light became dim, and the three spotlights of "Kaka" hit the big table in the middle of the booth almost simultaneously.

Tripp Hawkins grabbed the red silk cloth on the table with his right hand and said, "...... So that's the latest product we're releasing today, and what exactly is it?"

Accompanied by Tripp Hawkins' words, the drumbeat became more and more intensive. Suddenly, Tripp Hawkins pulled off the red silk cloth, and a black machine appeared in front of everyone's eyes, and the media area suddenly flashed with light.

Tripp Hawkins said loudly into the microphone, "Guys, this is our company's latest product, the epoch-making game console - Real3DOInteractionMultiplayer (3DO interactive composite game console) ......", and the media area flashed wildly again.

At this time, the staff in the audience opened the curtains of the banquet hall again, and the spotlights were turned off at the same time. Several staff members brought a large-screen TV to the booth and connected the 3DO game console to the TV as quickly as possible, and then turned on the power of the TV and the 3DO game console.

The copyright notice first appeared on the large-screen TV, and Zhang Lexing noticed that there was also the word "Panasonic" on it, which seemed to be produced by Panasonic, and then the game screen appeared.

Meanwhile, Tripp Hawkins loudly introduces the 3DO console: "...... This machine uses the * bit RISC processor produced by Motorola, and the computing frequency is 66MHz, which is the fastest game console at present...... The screen resolution is as high as 640×480, and the same screen supports more than 16 million colors, which is the best game console at present...... Support for textured materials, with large memory and video memory...... Up to 32 channels of high-guarantee PCM sound, the most realistic game console available...... Our design concept is that Audio→Video → 3DO are connected, and Audio and Video are not going their own way, but making them interact with a new pattern, which can produce very sophisticated CG and movie playback effects......"

Accompanied by the voice of Tripp Hawkins, various game images are constantly flashing on the large-screen TV, and the dynamic CG cutscenes, coupled with the carefully matched video and music, form a perfect fusion effect, which immediately attracts many attention. Of course, there must be no Zhang Lexing in this.,After all, it's also a well-informed person.,Even the kind of game that claims to be a movie-level picture effect in the future has seen a lot.,This kind of 2D picture plus a little blurry video and a little music sound effects for the occasion or something can't be seen by pediatrics at all.。 But this time, Zhang Lexing figured out what Tripp Hawkins was up to, it turned out that he was not addicted to developing on Genesis (MD American version of the console), and wanted to pour a game console himself, but unfortunately at this time, the #DO company didn't know that game consoles were not so fun.

After the press conference, the media full of harvest were thinking about how to write about today's news on the front page tomorrow, and Zhang Lexing used his previous friendship with Tripp Hawkins to book a 3DO game console, of course, this is not because he likes #DO game consoles, but purely for collection.

Soon after, 3DO, which had spent a lot of money on R&D to develop the 3DO game console, was reorganized into 3DODelaware and successfully listed on the NASDAQ. Tripp Hawkins successfully made a lot of money from the stock market, his pockets were bulging, and the hole in R&D expenses was filled, and the further development and future production of the 3DO game console was no longer short of money.

In mid-February, Sony held a press conference to announce the launch of a new generation of 32-bit next-generation game consoles, tentatively named "PS-X", at which a Sony spokesperson also revealed that the PS-X program has received support from heavyweight software development companies, but cannot disclose the details for the time being due to the need for commercial confidentiality. At the press conference, Sony also showed a shocking gameplay demo of a giant Tyrannosaurus rex, with powerful light and realistic skin textures that are unimaginable in the current gaming world, and the PS-X program has won the favor of many game developers at once.

The competition between next-gen consoles has quietly begun......

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