"At 9:15 p.m. PST on February 28, 1997, a Bank of America branch in North Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, was robbed by two masked robbers with loaded guns and 300,000 US dollars from 12 bank employees and 36 customers.

"At 9:38, one robber left through the north gate, and a few seconds later, another robber walked out of the south gate, and at the same time they spotted the police who arrived in time, and without any communication, raised an AKMS assault rifle and opened fire on the police."

"Three civilians and nine police officers were hit five minutes before the shootout, and about 350 police officers were called to the scene at that time, because the robbers were so well armed and wearing homemade Kevlar body armor weighing about 42 pounds that the police's 9mm pistols and Dot 38 revolvers could not cause them substantial damage."

"Due to the lack of firepower, the Los Angeles police requisitioned rifles sold in the gun store and also requested support from the SWAT team, and under the precise and effective firepower, in the end, one robber committed suicide and the other was killed."

"The shootout lasted about forty-four minutes, seven civilians and eleven police officers were injured, fortunately, none of them died, and in subsequent exploration, the police found that at least 1,500 rounds of ammunition were fired at each other."

"After the investigation, we learned that the two robbers were habitual offenders with criminal records, in the early nineties of the twentieth century, they robbed a cash truck in Denver and made a profit of 23,000 US dollars, and a few years later, they robbed the cash truck again and received 125,000 US dollars, although the third robbery failed, but in the weeks after the robbery failed, they robbed another American bank and obtained 750,000 yuan, after that, they robbed another cash truck and obtained 790,000 US dollars, if you add the 300,000 this time, The two robbers robbed a total of six times and committed a total of nearly two million dollars......"

When Roland, who had accompanied Kate to live a two-point and one-line life, saw the news reported, he almost didn't jump up from the sofa in Spielberg's office-

'Hold the grass! North Hollywood Heists? It was the worst bank robbery of the 20th century, and the bloodiest of all the violent crimes of the 90s. I don't even remember that? ’

Free America, gunfights every day, this is not nonsense.

As the largest shooting at the turn of the century, the North Hollywood heist was later made into a movie by Hollywood, and the name was "Emergency 44 Minutes: North Hollywood Crossfire**".

As a brick man who has read thousands of films, Roland has certainly seen this film adaptation, and he was amazed by the clip in the film where the policeman with the G36K, M16A4 and the robber with the AKM shoot wildly.

Although it doesn't look as good as "Terminator", it's better than reality!

Two armed robbers used AKM to educate the world police, making the Los Angeles police who used the M9 lose face, and the SWAT that appeared at the end was even more funny, because they were in regular training, they didn't even have time to change their equipment after receiving an emergency notice, and rushed to the scene wearing big pants.

Imagine wearing casual pants and body armor while using military AR?

The picture is so beautiful, they look like robbers.

During the Los Angeles riots in '92, due to the long duration, it lasted almost a week, and Roland saw this thing for the first time at that time, so he was so frightened that he ran away with his own people, and now......

He was used to the images.

Who told that every time there was a riot, three helicopters would be sent to broadcast live from high in the sky?

After Roland watched the more than forty minutes of shooting, the bloody scene made his blood boil even more.

He is like a pervert, and he thinks that the two robbers who swept the sky and the ground with an AK with a round cake drum are really handsome!

"Because no one died, and if someone died, you wouldn't think so."

After hearing Roland's exclamation, Kate pointed out the problem with Roland's idea, "The two robbers put all the hostages in the bank vault to prevent them from being hit by stray bullets, and all they did was to ask for money." ”

"And they used steel core bullets, which can easily penetrate cars, but none of the police and people died, and they survived under this kind of firepower, which only proves the fundamental purpose of the robbers, just to show their firepower."

"Plus they all have five convictions for successfully escaping, so they think they can run away as long as they don't die."

"But it's because of this that the whole ** becomes extremely exciting!" Of course, Roland knew that what Kate said was the truth, but it was this kind of fact that did not hurt the people that made him feel that this shootout was so cool!

What guy doesn't love guns?

That kind of picture of a tongue of fire and a bullet casing falling to the ground, how handsome!

Although Roland played AR at the annual Guns Week before filming "Terminator 2", it was a wilderness target after all, and compared to the act of sweeping the streets with an automatic rifle, it was simply a younger brother......

Normal people can't do things like guns on the streets, and it's this impossibility that transcends the boundaries of the law that makes people feel happy, if not, the shooting game won't be the best-selling game in the world.

V Society's "Counter-Strike" has been popular for more than ten years, and the "Counter-Strike: Global Offensive" that was made up after that is not worried about selling, even if "Call of Duty" gets worse and worse, it will not affect their sales, plus "Battlefield", "Demolition Six", "Borderlands", "Armed Raid", as long as you are a gamer, you must have played shooting games!

Not to mention the dream of a shootout among the 300 million primary school students, until 20, it was still providing penguins with a huge cash flow!

If you can't play with guns in reality, then you can have fun in the virtual world!

It's like 'everyone has a jade dragon in their hearts, and everyone has a brokeback mountain in their hearts', what boy doesn't have a dream of firearms in his heart? The guy who hasn't used a toy gun to slap the classroom glass doesn't have a childhood, right?

"So ......" Behind the desk, the hand that flipped through the documents had stopped, looking at the guy who cast a yearning look at the TV screen, holding his hands together, and Kevin, who was lightly resting his jaw, asked suspiciously: "Don't tell me, after watching these pictures, you are going to apply for a gun license next year, and then play with guns, right?" ”

"I have to remind you that the gun laws in California are different from those in other places, and you can't play with a license."

Of course, Roland will apply for a gun license when he becomes an adult, and he will definitely play with it, after all, it is better to ask for others than for himself, there are many bodyguards, and he will not hand over the last line of defense to others, but he really doesn't want to play with guns now.

If, when he first heard the news, he had a kind of forgotten accident and chagrin, and after seeing the crossfire picture, he was attracted by the fierce scene, then after reading the news report, another name popped up in his mind -

"No, I don't want to play with guns right now."

Roland turned off the TV, leaned over to his desk, scanned the countertop, and asked, "Where's my phone?" ”

"Whoa."

Kate took the bag hanging on the back of the chair with her backhand, took out Roland's mobile phone and handed it to him, and at the same time, she also instructed: "It's better not to donate directly to this kind of thing, because the public facilities have not caused huge damage, if you really want to maintain your image, then go to the police officers, visit the injured, and bring them some gifts." ”

"After all, the criminals have been shot dead by the police, and they handled the whole thing very beautifully, and we can't donate anymore in the name of fighting crime, and Bank of America is not short of money, so caring about the direct participants can make your image more accessible to the people."

"Mua, I'll go with you then."

Although Kate would have been mistaken, Roland still smiled and kissed her on the cheek.

"Hey? I've figured out that your favorite thing to do is to be lazy. ”

Kate, who discovered Roland's essence, pushed him away with a look of disgust.

Hearing this, Roland smiled and did not speak, but sat opposite Kate and dialed Mike Mohami's phone.

"Hi, Mike, did you have a good time taking a week's annual leave?"

"Oh? Someone wants to make up for it? So you connected all their personal leave this year and gave them half a month? ”

"It doesn't matter, you're the general manager, and these things are up to you......"

"I called this time just to ask, did you have any eyebrows about the acquisition that I talked about at the annual meeting?"

"Haven't started looking yet? Ah, that's fine, you guys take your time to find ...... Yes? Yes, yes, I just heard the name of a game and thought it sounded like a game, so I wanted to ask you if you know which company made it......"

"Uh...... The name of the game is Grao......"

That's right, after watching the news and calming down, there was only one name left in Roland's mind-

Los Santos!

Once robbed cash trucks, banks, just to get rich robbers with AKM to rob the bank, fully armed and the police fire, the powerful firepower so that the police could not raise their heads, had to call air support, finally, the robbers were killed in the process of escaping, this ** is not the Pacific Standard Bank errand?

The robbery plot of the North Hollywood robbery and "Give Him Love" is too mother-in-law, or rather, it is still unclear who else hasn't bought "Give Him Love 5", not only the Los Angeles area has been copied, but even the plot is a real case!

Earlier at Blizzard's annual conference, Roland told Mike Mohami that they were going to watch the studio be acquired.

This is indeed a casual remark.

Because Blizzard in the previous life was able to become bigger and stronger even if it did not pass the acquisition.

But now—

Roland remembers that one of the things he regretted after crossing over was that he had to wait decades to play "Give Him Love 6".

At that time, he thought, when he has money in the future, he will buy rock stars and let them develop them.

Now that he has money, the real cases of Los Santos are all in front of him, if he still can't think of it......

That's definitely not deep enough.

However, when Roland said the idea of acquiring the other party, Mike Mohami gave him unexpected news.

"No problem, Roland, I'll let Cole Niederham take our place."

“What？ What does this have to do with Kohl-Nedhan? ”

"Grao is produced by DMA Software, based in Edinburgh, UK! Isn't IMDb's headquarters right next to Edinburgh? Wouldn't it save time and effort to let him talk about it for us? It's all your company anyway......"

Speaking of this, Mike Mohami seemed to remember something, and added, "What's more, aren't you going to the UK to film soon?" Cole said, when you come to England, I will accompany you to Edinburgh, saying that a female writer you know has written almost enough, and since you are going to go there, wouldn't it be easier for him to report directly to you? ”

Hold the grass ......

Do you guys still have a bit of an independent company face?

Yes, Blizzard and IMDb are both my private property, but I don't have the idea of merging you at all!

In the case of independent operation and independent accounting, how do you do the same as a conjoined baby?

Group companies are not as tired as you, right?

As for female writers?

Isn't that Harry Potter?

Although he secretly complained in his heart, there were still scenes, and at the end, he also gave a message.

"After the acquisition of DMA Software, it was renamed Rock Star."

"However, this is just the name of the production company, and when the game is released, it has to be called Blizzard."

"Our company's games can only be branded with the name of Blizzard, and I hope that the name Blizzard can be made into the world's top 500."

Roland hung up the phone in a chic manner, and Kate, who had listened to the whole process, showed a smile like a twisted mouth in the emoji.

"How much are you going to spend on the company?"

"It shouldn't cost much, right? That company didn't make a big deal. Roland replied very happily, "Moreover, after deducting R&D expenses, Blizzard's own funds have exceeded 100 million, and it is still very easy to acquire a company, even if it doesn't work, then let them take out a loan, they can be weaned, and I don't need to invest money like crazy." ”

"Really? But if you spend so much money, will you be able to build a zoo for Lizzie in two years? Kate pointed out the problem.

Hearing this, Roland smiled confidently and handed his mobile phone back to Kate, "Building a zoo is ......"

"I'm pretty sure of that right now."

Roland is certainly sure, because the acquisition of Rock Star is a one-time pay, a lifetime return.

As soon as the "GTA" series came out, rock stars became cash cows, and there was no need to throw money into it like Blizzard at the beginning to support their research and development, you must know that the sales of the first generation of "GTA" started with two million copies, and from the third generation, people's sales were tens of millions, and the 2K stock price that only knew how to play skin change every day was all raised by "GTA".

Now that there are game companies that can feed milk, Roland, who wants to build a zoo, is actually much easier, he won't invest a penny in Warcraft Film and Television, and Overwatch Venture Capital has already sucked enough blood, and Interstellar Records is a good-looking empty shell......

In this way, let alone building a zoo, even if you buy and buy at the same time as building a zoo......

He's not short of money either......

Hey, this kind of empty life where you can buy whatever you want is really boring......