Chapter 153 Arcade Plan

When she woke up the next day, Catherine felt refreshed, and Elsa had already changed her clothes and was cleaning up the mess.

"Christmas ......"

Catherine sat up, then scratched her head.

The annual Christmas is very lively in the United States, and the only slightly quiet place is probably Chinatown, right?

In fact, in the eyes of many Americans, Chinatown is like another world, and that world is completely separated from this world.

She took a deep breath, and then Catherine jumped out of bed.

As 1966 approached, Catherine looked again at the development of the various products that had been sent in the previous days.

A breakthrough has just been made in the research of low-loss fiber optics, as ATM has a lot of research funding with Catherine's support.

Although American Telecom has not started business so far and has been sticking money, in fact, this is also Catherine's strategy.

As long as the low-loss fiber is done, I believe that the Pentagon will soon allocate a second batch of budgets, and this will definitely not cause disgust in Congress.

If Congress can pass the guò intercity fiber plan, if American Telecom can contract this project, it will definitely become the most profitable company under the Ark Group

Suddenly, a piece of information caught Catherine's attention.

"This?"

She immediately stood up, then picked up the phone and called DreamWorks.

"What's going on with Mr. Bruce Lee?"

Catherine asked.

"Uh...... Mr. Lee did have some conflicts with Mr. Eastwood. ”

It's not just some contradictions

Bruce Lee is now gone

Catherine really didn't expect such a problem.

However, Bruce Lee is actually not in breach of contract, because Catherine's contract to Bruce Lee is very superior, one of which is that if there are special circumstances, if his shooting plan has not yet started, he can postpone it for a year.

is still filming "Fallout 2", so Bruce Lee's part of the scene has not yet started filming, so he can do it now.

As for whether Bruce Lee will breach the contract, Catherine doesn't have to worry at all, Bruce Lee's character is still very guaranteed.

"The Green Hornet......

Catherine never thought that Bruce Lee would be involved in this film again.

She vaguely remembered that it seemed that it was precisely because the screening of the Green Hornet in the United States did not go well and the reputation in Hong Kong was generally good, so Bruce Lee was disheartened with the United States and returned to Hong Kong.

Originally, Catherine decided to sell Bruce Lee as the first starring role in two years, but now it seems that the plan is going to change.

What if Bruce Lee does end up in Hong Kong?

Catherine pondered, but she thought about it, and this matter should be started from Hong Kong.

It's just that today is Christmas, and work is not easy to start, so Catherine can only postpone things a little.

But after the end of Christmas, the first message Catherine received was about George. A. Romero.

At Catherine's behest, DreamWorks acquired Romero's company, The-Latent-Image.

Catherine didn't know how this company translates into Chinese, potential images? Or that's what it means.

However, Catherine is also in line with the lì of George. Romero gave the flag.

In history "Night of the Living Dead", was a black and white film, but Catherine decided to use panorama and color modes. In history, this movie with a box office of more than 30 million US dollars, in the 21st century, has also grossed more than 100 million, and the cost of this movie is not high.

Catherine believes that if the color film model is adopted, the box office of this film can at least double, because black and white movies at this time are considered by many people to be "backward" and will not be watched at all, especially young people.

In Catherine's view, "Night of the Living Dead" should be a film for young people. Although the largest market has not been fully grasped, the other party still has an outstanding box office, which is enough to show the strength of this film.

The later film "Dawn of the Living Dead" only cost $500,000, and the global box office was as high as 55 million, which is definitely a model of success.

This is also the case with George. Romero's strength.

Although "Dawn of the Living Dead" is very good, Catherine has actually always loved "Resident Evil".

"Resident Evil" is a little different from "Dawn of the Living Dead", and movies like "Resident Evil" that are related to viruses and technology are very gimmicky. Before that, the zombie movies basically had some connection with Haitian voodoo, and they should be "fantasy" movies. ,

The current script for "Dawn of the Living Dead" was written by Catherine, because the historical one has not yet appeared. Then she sent it directly to DreamWorks, naming George. Romero came to act as the director.

George. Romero can be said to be flattered after being named, this young man in his twenties has not yet begun to make his mark.

But for Catherine, it can be said that it is very simple to grasp the other party now, but what about later?

Bruce Lee's matter has made Catherine have a heart, talent is not equal to character, Bruce Lee's character is not bad, the most important thing is temper. If it weren't for the conflict with Eastwood, it wouldn't be so, but if it was for Facebook founder Mark Murphy. People like Zuckerberg not only can't use themselves, but they have to play far away.

So, when Catherine wants to promote directors and actors, she must also pay attention to one important thing now: character.

However, you can't rely entirely on character, you must also have a perfect contract, which will increase the cost of betrayal of those directors and actors.

The turnip and the stick must be used at the same time for the greatest effect, so Catherine decided to pay those who signed such a contract also richly.

A sense of belonging to the company is also important, and cultivating team loyalty is also very conducive to the development of the company.

From the father of modern management, Peter. Drucker, Catherine really benefited a lot, and was transferred by the other party. After teaching for a while, Catherine's methods are quite good.

"A professional team of lawyers, professional legal thugs." Catherine wrote these two sentences in her notebook.

After all these things were done, Catherine came back to Intel.

Because the first VCD disc has already appeared.

But looking at the disc, Catherine frowned.

"Is this the finished product?"

The 20-inch disc in front of me is even more exaggerated than the laser disc, and it is also single-sided, and can only be stored for 40 minutes.

"Because the technical issues still need to be solved, this is the only way to go." The technician explained.

Indeed, the current technology is not up to that level, and there is still a long way to go to turn it into a 120mm disc.

"If you are optimistic, it will take about a year."

So said the technician.

"Okay, then I'll wait."

The finished product of the foundation has come out, and Catherine again wrote a report to the Office of Quality Supervision and Management.

She explained to the Pentagon the benefits of the CD-ROMs.

Optical discs can record a large amount of video material and keep it for much longer than a videotape.

Now that there is a physical object, a lot of things can be easily solved, and at the very least, the presentation to the Pentagon can be completed, instead of empty words, as before.

In fact, the military industry is the most profitable industry, especially manufacturers such as fighter jets and tanks.

But Catherine didn't have that accumulation, and it was impossible to start from scratch.

You must know that the drawings of the Phantom fighter alone are enough to be dozens of tons

Without sufficient technical accumulation, it is impossible to make money in this area, and Catherine is not capable of drawing the engine by herself - it weighs at least several tons.

But the absence of a military industry does not mean that Catherine cannot make money.

Catherine knows the needs of people in the future, so she can make the product in advance, as a "pseudo-prophet", Catherine might as well be killed if she can't make money.

Then, Catherine came to check on the progress of the light wheel.

In this place, it is quite unsmooth. If you count jù discs, the error rate is too high, even if it is corrected, it still can't work. And there are also problems with the new generation of CPU research, so the researchers of the optical wheel game console have nothing to do for the time being.

In desperation, Catherine postponed plans for the Halo console for the time being, and instead began to think about an arcade version of its XBOX.

XBOX HAS BEEN ON SALE FOR TWO MONTHS, AND THIRD-PARTY MANUFACTURERS HAVE GRADUALLY BEGUN TO APPEAR.

Because Catherine uses the "royalty" policy used by Nintendo to review all games, Catherine is very sure of the quality.

And Catherine has fully learned the lessons of Nintendo, so the restrictions on third parties are not too big.

Having a game console doesn't always mean success, and you need to have enough game software to support it.

Historically, PS consoles beat N64 because there was enough third-party support.

Catherine also set a rating standard in advance in terms of games, but the performance of XBOX is not too good, so it is difficult to express the horror content, so the vast majority of games are all ages. BUT CATHERINE KNEW THAT ATARI HAD BEEN DEFEATED BY AN H-TYPE GAME, AND THAT GAME HAD A WORSE DISPLAY THAN XBOX.

So Catherine had to keep an eye on it in this regard.

The company is now making good progress on PPU research and being able to make something more dynamic than it used to be, and it is for this reason that Catherine got the idea of developing an arcade version of the XBOX.

Compared with the Japanese and Chinese, Americans actually prefer action games, especially sports games, so the sales of the later WII have been higher than PS3 and XBOX360 in Europe and the United States.

Football, basketball, and especially Americans' favorite football, these are all things that Catherine is ready to add to the XBOX Arcade Edition.