Chapter 46: Prelude to TGS

At noon on the second day of the wedding, after having the last lunch on the island, except for those workaholics who hurriedly flew back, under the leadership of Zhang Lexing and Chen Zishan, everyone boarded a luxury cruise ship, ready to enjoy a leisurely time in this paradise resort, including Yang Xinxin and her Mai Jiajun, who rarely came out to spend a vacation together, Steven Spielberg and James Cameron, who happened to have nothing to do, and even forgot to bring their families.

The luxury cruise ship that Zhang Lexing took was a new ship that was launched last year, with a total tonnage of more than 70,000 tons, a total of 13 decks, and a passenger capacity of up to 2,000 people, but this time the ship was actually less than 300 people, and it was not even as many as the crew and service staff on board, but let everyone enjoy a relaxed leisure environment.

The facilities on the ship are quite complete, and the restaurants of various flavors are open 24 hours a day from the moment you get on the ship, as long as you want to eat, whether it is a romantic French meal or a delicious Chinese cuisine, you can taste it anytime and anywhere. There are also a number of unique gourmet shops that offer tempting delicacies such as ice cream, pizza and burgers.

There are plenty of options for those who want to play, from theatres and auditoriums to bars dotted around the ship, and even the Casino Casino on the 12th floor. In addition, there are swimming pools, spas, gymnasiums, multi-purpose courts, libraries and other good places to go, as well as fun play areas specially designed for children, a youth center, and a paddling pool, so you can enjoy the perfect holiday just by being on board for the next few days.

By the time the ship set sail, the sky was already covered with sunset, and after rounding the island of Eleutera, it was already completely dark. The cruise ship slowly sailed to its next destination, Grand Bahama Island, in the darkness of the night. It is one of the main islands of the Bahamas, and its economy is said to be mainly based on tourism, forestry and fishing, and the island is low-lying and overgrown with tall Caribbean pines, and there are white and smooth beaches near the sea, on which there are often thatched pergolas erected by the locals, which are used to make people feel very peaceful.

On the afternoon of the third day, the cruise departed Grand Bahama Island. On the terrace on the fifth floor, Cheung and Chan sit on chairs near the side of the boat, sipping freshly squeezed orange juice while admiring the view of the sea.

"Lexing, I'm not afraid of your jokes, in fact, I still haven't figured out where the Bahamas are?" Chen Zishan took a sip of orange juice and said embarrassedly.

"Oh, I happened to have researched beforehand, so I'll tell you. Zhang Lexing moved his chair to Chen Zishan, hugged her with his right hand, and gestured towards the sea with his left hand and said: "The official name of the Bahamas is the Federation of the Bahamas, which is located on the west coast of the Atlantic Ocean, southeast of Florida in the United States, north of Cuba and the Caribbean Sea. The whole of the Bahamas includes more than 700 islands and more than 2,000 coral reefs, which can be called an archipelago country, where the indigenous people are Indians, but they are basically non-existent, and the current population is mainly black, and the rest are of white European and American descent and a small number of Asians......

The place we visited in the morning is called Grand Bahama Island, and to the west of it there is a free port called Lucaya, which is a free trade zone where ships enter the port without paying taxes......"

"If you don't have to pay taxes, then the Bahamas won't be in a loss. Chen Zishan asked puzzled.

"Although we didn't pay taxes, the large number of ships that came in would lead to the development of other industries, so we couldn't say that we were at a loss. Zhang Lexing explained.

"Lexing, I used to read books that there used to be pirates on this side of the Caribbean, will you have them now, our ship is so big, they won't rob us. Chen Zishan suddenly said worriedly.

"Haha, no, this is a place dominated by tourism, not far from the United States, and there have been no pirates for a long time. Zhang Lexing smiled, gently stroked Chen Zishan's back with his hand, and comforted.

"Le Xing, do you say the legend of the Pirates of the Caribbean is true?" Chen Zishan, who had lost her worries, became curious again.

"It should be true, I heard that before the American Revolution, there were many pirates here, but then they all disappeared. Oh, and when it comes to Pirates of the Caribbean, I think of a story. Zhang Lexing said about the rise, and said the movie version of "Pirates of the Caribbean" that he still had some impressions of: "This story takes place in this sea, about the 17th century, when the Caribbean Sea was still a necessary place for the caravan fleets of the European continent to reach the Americas......

The unruly Jack Sparrow is a famous pirate captain active in the Caribbean, and he owns the fearsome 'Black Pearl' pirate ship, and for him, the most comfortable life is to sail the 'Black Pearl' in the Caribbean Sea, freely robbing passing ships. Unfortunately, he was betrayed by his own men, and his Black Pearl was stolen...... Barbossa, who stole the Black Pearl, and his crew were cursed with evil for plundering the cursed gold Aztec coins, turning them into moonlit skeletons......

…… After reclaiming his beloved Black Pearl and putting down the cursed Captain Barbossa, Captain Jack Sparrow did not live a peaceful life, because an even greater trouble came to him, the legendary immortal David Jones, a terrifying devil in the depths of the ocean, who sailed through the waves with his Flying Dutchman, intending to pay a blood debt from Captain Jack......"

Although Zhang Lexing's "weakening", the ups and downs of the plot still deeply attracted Chen Zishan, so that she was completely fascinated by it, and even the drink cup in her hand almost forgot to put it back on the table. Just as Zhang Lexing said that "Captain Jack Sparrow's friends Will and Elizabeth and the undead pirate Barbossa went to Singapore together, intending to persuade the pirate king Shao Feng", a crisp applause and a familiar voice came from behind them, "Zhang, I haven't heard you tell a story for a long time, but I didn't expect it to be so attractive." ”

Zhang Lexing looked back and saw that it was Steven Spielberg and James Cameron, both of whom were holding a glass of wine in their hands, as if they had just walked over from somewhere nearby.

"Steve, Jim, you're here too. How, how did the trip feel. Zhang Lexing greeted happily.

James Cameron raised his glass and said with a smile, "It feels like rum!"

"yes, that's great. Steven Spielberg also agreed, and then walked up to Zhang Lexing and said: "Zhang, the story you just told is also very good, why don't you think about writing it into a script, I believe it must be very popular." ”

Zhang Lexing then remembered that the series "Pirates of the Caribbean" seems to be a few years away before it will be made into a movie, and now it is just an ordinary Disney tour project, maybe even the script has not been filmed.

"This script should still be very interesting! Who will make this story into a script?" Zhang Lexing thought in his heart.

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In the following days, the cruise ship visited Nassau, the capital of the Bahamas, on New Providence Island, Paradise Island across the Nassau Sea, and the uninhabited Grand Strapu Island. During this period, the guests on the cruise ship gradually left one after another, and when the last stage of the trip was completed, because the people were almost gone, Zhang Lexing and Chen Zishan simply changed to a luxury yacht and enjoyed the discounted "two-person world".

The duo spent almost two weeks in the Bahamas before hopping on their own private jet to Valencia, Spain, where they were ready to change boats and sail to Neverland for two to continue their honeymoon.

During this time, several shocking news came from the Japanese gaming world on the other side of the world. The first is the much-talked-about Final Fantasy 8, which set a new sales record of 2.18 million copies on the day of its release, becoming the undisputed No. 1 home video game today. Immediately after that, the thief-hearted SNK company launched the color screen handheld NEO? GEOPocketColor, which intends to continue to wrestle with Nintendo, even put down its own reserve in order to compete for the odds, saying that its competitor Capcom will join the development camp of NGC's handheld console.

Subsequently, on March 2, an even more shocking news was announced, Sony Computer Entertainment held a press conference called "PlayStation Meeting1999", which changed the previous secrecy and officially announced the basic data of the subsequent models of the PS game console.

According to President Ken Kutaraki, "...... The successor model of PS will no longer be just a game console, but a "home entertainment computer" that integrates games, movies, and music...... The successor will be tentatively named "PS2", and the main processor is a 128-bit EE processor jointly developed by Sony and Toshiba, which is more capable than the current advanced computers and workstations...... Polygon processing capacity of up to 75 million polygons per second...... Using DVD as the storage medium for the game has a larger capacity to enrich the performance of the game...... The program will be compatible with existing PlayStation games...... It is expected that the listing price will be controlled within 50,000 yen......"

At the press conference, the PS2's powerful image processing capabilities were demonstrated through game presentations specially created by Namco and Sony Entertainment Computer, and "Tekken 3" and Reiko Nagase, which were expressed in real-time graphics, perfectly conquered all the audiences at the scene, and brought them unlimited reverie space for PS2.

Sony's press conference was held vigorously, and Nintendo was not to be outdone by coming up with its own counterattack weapon, on the one hand, it attracted Sega to develop a game for it, and on the other hand, it followed Sony's press conference and also held a press conference on the follow-up models of the N64 game.

Howard Lincoln, president of Nintendo of the United States, revealed some secrets of the follow-up models at the press conference, responsible for the development of the new generation of consoles is a team called "Art-X", they were also responsible for the development of the N64, although Howard Lincoln did not specifically describe the performance parameters of the new console, but he swore that the performance of the new generation of consoles is at least the same as Sony's PS2, or even better in some aspects. The most surprising thing is that Howard Lincoln said that the new generation of consoles will use media other than cartridges, and as soon as this news came out, many developers who had developed games for Nintendo consoles, and were forced to compress the game content due to the limited capacity of the cartridges, compressed and compressed, couldn't help but burst into tears, how many years of anticipation, they finally looked forward to the day.

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The time slowly came to March 18th, the day before the opening of the Spring Tokyo Game Show (**S). It was just getting dark, and on the streets of Nishi-Asakusa 2-chome, Tokyo, Takashima Okamoto was hurrying forward, his mood both nervous and excited. He was nervous because he heard an important news today, worried about what an accident would happen, and excited because he thought of the large amount of money that was about to be paid, and he couldn't help himself.

Takashima Okamoto is a commercial detective, or to put it mildly, it can also be called a commercial spy, three months ago he undertook an investigation project of a large company, I thought it was not difficult, but I didn't expect that after more than two months, there was no gain at all, and the employer did not urge him, but Takashima is also a man with self-esteem, and he is not willing to accept such a failure at all.

Fortunately, things took a turn for the better last week, and an unexpected chance encounter gave Takashima Okamoto a glimpse of the hope of completing the investigation project, so he disguised himself and blended into the office building in Nishi-Shinjuku 2-chome, Shinjuku Ward, and finally managed to get what he needed during the day. Takashima Okamoto was excited, and although he couldn't understand what the "AlternateFrameRendering" and "InverseDiscreteCosineTransform" mentioned in the document meant, the entire document looked like it and the eye-catching "DreamBox128TechnicalManual(V1.02)" on the cover The text is exactly the same as the photo given to him by his employer, and it is definitely the thing he has been looking for.

After returning to his nest in Nishi-Asakusa, Takashima Okamoto called his employer and made an appointment for a meeting in the evening, and now he is there to make the appointment. After walking for a while, Takashima Okamoto suddenly thought of Tomoko's beautiful face and the white and plump devil body that he was deeply fascinated by, a woman who made him spend more than half of his income every month.

"When I get the reward this time, I'll find Tomiko tonight, and then I can ......" Takashima Okamoto thought about it, and couldn't help but swallow his saliva.

Suddenly, a huge brake sounded, a black business car suddenly stopped next to Takashima Okamoto, the door slid open, he instinctively felt bad, but before his body could react, two strong hands stretched out from the car, dragging him directly into the car, and then the door closed, and the business car drove away quickly along the road.

"First...... Gentlemen, did you recognize the wrong person?" asked Takashima Okamoto with a dry smile as he looked at the few strong men sitting on his left and right and in front of him.

"That's right, we're looking for you, Mr. Takashima. A young man sitting in front of him with a cynical expression on his face patted his face with his hand and said with a happy smile: "When you left the office building today, it seems that you took something that does not belong to you, and now it is in your briefcase, right?"

Takashima Okamoto's whole heart sank at once, and he involuntarily let go of the briefcase in his hand......

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