It's a pity that Roland thinks a little too much.

When Sony learned that Roland wanted them to invite Yoshiki Okamoto and Kitaka Funamizu to build the game together, they directly expressed their helplessness because their family knew about their own affairs - they had been wooing Capcom for a long time, but people were still waiting, not only that, but pulling the core producer of "Street Fighter" to make another fighting game, Capcom could agree to have a ghost!

Isn't this eating and having nothing to do, making oneself a god to beat oneself?

Is it because the market share of "Street Fighter" is too high?

Or do you think that the opponent of "Mortal Kombat", which was born in 92, is not enough to watch at all?

Whatever they thought, at least they couldn't do it when it came to borrowing.

In this way, having experts with engineering aircraft support is already the greatest help they can give.

Faced with this situation, the Big Three of Roland and Blizzard have nothing to regret.

If no one comes, then they will be upside down, and it is difficult for a living person to suffocate to death?

Although the Blizzard triumvirate can't really do ACT, but it's always good to learn from each other's strengths and weaknesses in "Street Fighter" and "Mortal Kombat", right? The game mode is divided into story and battle, the story mode is copied from the comic plot, and the villain is also arranged according to the order of appearance, as for the battle, "Street Fighter" 'light, medium, heavy' six attack buttons they definitely can't do, but it doesn't matter, we are a superhero with a comic book foundation, and it is not enough to change it to "The King of Fighters" who accumulates blue fast throwing skills?

Since it is ironclad that he can't make Liu Jialiang's sense of martial arts, it's like Xu Laowei learning to pursue dazzling and elegant!

If you don't have the realism of punching to the flesh, then make up for it with gorgeous combos!

As for balance......

The laziest thing to do is to set the damage of the same key skill for each character to the same first, and then fine-tune it.

Since The King of Fighters hadn't yet been released, Roland spent a whole week in Blizzard's office.

After all the developers understood the skill stream he described, they had never seen this kind of gameplay, and they were all silent, and no one knew whether the game developed according to Roland's idea would be successful.

Of course, starting from scratch is a gambling process, and the real point of confusion for them is actually the portrayal of skills, "If you think we have to make a lot of skills for each character?" ”

"According to the number of eight characters in "Street Fighter", a character with four ordinary small skills and two big skills, here are forty-eight skills, just the skill drawing, it seems that it has reached the capacity of the memory cartridge, if you add the texture of the story mode, I am afraid you can't do it."

"Six skills for one character? Too much. In the face of such an inquiry, Roland shook his head directly, "Three ordinary small skills are enough, and then with the two striking methods of 'light and heavy', the skill released by one energy is relatively cool, and the final skill released by three energy is absolutely cool, as for the problem of storage, it depends on Sony." ”

If you don't make a decision, you will dump the pot...... Bah! It's an indecision to find an expert!

Roland only knew that letting the Blizzard triumvirate do traditional fighting games would only make a big pounce, but all he could do was to provide these professionals with another direction.

To put it bluntly, in terms of games, he is just a player who has played enough, as for Jeff Kaplan, who went from an unemployed Internet mob to a Blizzard designer, tinkered with a copy of the Blackstone Abyss, led the team to kill the "Titan" project, and then used the leftovers left by "Titan" to make "Overwatch" deeds, he can't do it.

After all, people are a model of a strong mouth, and Roland-

When it comes to game production, it's a mouthpiece at best.

After seeing the behavior of the big boss at the top who not only beeped, but also dumped the pot on others, the team members who participated in the meeting in the curved office all laughed heartily.

They know that Roland is not the kind of guy who leads an expert at all, he just provides an idea, how to do it, or it is up to the production team to decide on research, if it is feasible, then develop it, if it can't be done, then PASS this idea.

As a result, by the time Roland left, the game plan had not yet been finalized.

However, he is not worried, the cost of developing games in these years is far less exaggerated than in later generations.

It doesn't matter if you don't think about it for a while, just take the money and toss them, no matter how much you burn, you won't need three or five million a year.

…………

After handing over the known difficulties to those who can generate electricity with love, time is also passing.

Early in the morning of June 13, Roland, who turned on the TV to listen to the news according to his habit, heard a piece of news.

Late at night on June 12, a murder occurred in a luxury residential area west of Los Angeles.

In front of a house, people found two deceased, two of whom died in a miserable state, covered in blood, and had their throats cut by sharp objects.

One of them is also the ex-wife of football star Simpson.

When Roland heard the name Simpson, he immediately understood that this was the most publicized criminal trial case in the history of America, and as the trial of the century in which there was no doubt about the guilt, his story was later made into a documentary "Simpson: Made in America", and won the Oscar for Best Documentary Feature.

Roland was not familiar with the whole incident, in addition to knowing that Simpson was finally found not guilty, he also knew that the lawyer Simpson hired at that time was called the Dream Team; Simpson burned at least 50,000 US dollars a day just to get himself out intact, and because of their final victory, the lawyer who defended him, Alan Dershowitz, also became famous, so much so that Comrade Chuan Jianguo directly invited the other party to defend himself during the impeachment period.

Of course, this may also have something to do with the fact that Simpson is a good friend of Chuan Jianguo.

In addition, Roland actually knows a gossip that is not a gossip.

The Mosaic team of the Mosaic League, which was loved by the kneeling basketball children who surrendered faster than France, made it to the finals in '94, but when the police chased Simpson and dispatched a large number of patrol police cars and helicopter teams to conduct a carpet search, the media responsible for the live broadcast of the finals directly cut off the signal source and broadcast the video of the Los Angeles police arresting Simpson in real time, and the whole process lasted for several hours, until Simpson dropped his pistol and walked out of the car that night and was arrested.

However, this kind of mixed racial discrimination case can only make Roland recall such an incident, for him, the progress of the whole thing actually has little to do with him - whether it is a suspicion of guilt or a big victory in money, he is not interested, if he has this spare time, he might as well care more about Utah's passage of the 'polygamy decriminalization' bill?

Caring about this is more relevant than caring about Simpson's wife murder, right?

It's a pity that just when Roland had an attitude that he didn't care about himself, reality gave him a slap in the face.

Because movies can never be separated from the people, it will never be a one-person thing.

Within 48 hours of the incident, the whole incident quickly fermented - at the age of 20, Simpson crossed the line to create a world best in the 4*110 yard relay, and stepped on the professional football field as the champion, and later became the first person in the league to sprint more than 2,000 yards with the ball in one season, and was selected as an All-Star six times The LOVE O.J.'s sign was full of solidarity and racism, which became their slogan.

Fans believe that Simpson was wronged, and they believe that their idol was framed.

And the murderers are those white people!

If they weren't murderers, then why did they arrest Simpson in the same way they arrested terrorists?

Isn't it because they want to harm him?

It is precisely because the outside world situation is too chaotic that the premiere of "The Lion King", which was originally scheduled to be held at Disneyland on June 15, was pinched by Disney, although they really want to hype it up under the banner of Roland's participation in dubbing, but all the cable media and paper media are reporting on Simpson's wife murder case, in this case, let alone the premiere, the movie can be screened smoothly Thank God - no way, in the case of black people everywhere marching wantonly, Are you going crazy to push a white dubbed animated movie? Isn't this special code looking for trouble?

So—

Roland, who had long been prepared for the business platform, was unexpectedly unemployed.

To be honest, when he received an apology call from the chairman of Disney himself, Roland was stunned.

He doesn't have such a in his memory!

Isn't "The Lion King" the highest-grossing animated film in the world before "Frozen"?

Why is it so difficult to even release it!

This Disney is poisonous!

After being beaten twice in a row, why are you so unlucky?

If Disney knew about Roland's secret thoughts, they would definitely vomit blood.

It's clear that we've been beaten! How do you feel like you're a victim!

We also want to schedule films in large quantities, but the situation doesn't allow it!

It's a pity that Disney and Roland will only bury their thoughts deep in their hearts.

Under Roland's questioning, Disney also said the temporarily modified screening arrangement, "Now it can only be a regional screening." ”

"We don't allow overt racism in our Disney brand marketing."

"So it's impossible to do it on a large scale, because we can't guarantee that the ads we're going out will be accepted by the parents who support Simpson, and if they're going to wonder why they don't use black dubbing, then the film ......."

Although the other party did not finish speaking, Roland understood the meaning.

Animated films are the lifeblood of Disney Studios, and Disneyland is one of their three pillar industries.

Roland had no way to solve this kind of emergency, so he could only resign himself to watching Disney change its promotional plan.

However, before he hung up the phone, he remembered one more thing, "Eh, eh...... Wait a minute......"

"Is there anything else?"

"I want to ask, did we schedule the premiere at Disneyland in California?"

"That's right!"

"If we don't do it now, will Disneyland still be open?"

"Our tendency is to take a day off."

"A day off? Isn't that a waste? When Roland heard this, he suddenly became energetic, "In this way, tomorrow on the fifteenth, you lend me the park to play for a day, and I will give you the staff salary for this day, and in line with the principle of waste utilization, you will be exempted from the venue fee." ”

“……”

For Roland's proposal to reuse waste, the other end of the phone was instantly silent.

At first glance, it seems to make sense, but when you think about it, this thing is not like that!

The premiere could not be held, and the park was closed for a day for some reason, which lost a day's tickets and profits from food and peripherals.

Of course, the salaries of the personnel who should be opened still have to be opened.

And now, if the park is lent to Roland, on the surface, someone has paid the salaries of the personnel, and the loss is the income from tickets and food, but if you calculate carefully, what kind of water and electricity, it is also money!

When the door is closed, the water and electricity losses are smaller, but if you do......

Lao Tzu drives the motor of the Ferris wheel for you alone?

Lao Tzu opened a fun fountain for you alone?

Is it better to burn water and electricity at a cost!

However, Disney is not easy to refuse!

A+list wants to play, which is actually a good thing.

This shows that their Disney brand is still doing very well!

After thinking about it again, you can't blame Roland, so after thinking about it for a few seconds, the other party agreed with Roland's idea, "This was originally an accident, the money is not needed, if you want to play, you can come tonight." ”

Roland wants to go to Disney?

Are you kidding!

He just made Disney's closure more meaningful based on the principle of consumption and not waste.

Well, let's talk - in fact, Roland has long promised the three sisters who like Disney to take them to Disneyland on the day of the premiere of "The Lion King", and now that "The Lion King" is not premiering, then play, you still have to play!

He's a man of his word!

What's more, he doesn't have any psychological pressure when he picks up Disney's wool!

…………

Just when "The Lion King" was affected by public opinion and had to be changed from a full-line release to a regional screening to reduce the potential scolding that might occur, Roland still underestimated this turmoil, because there was far more than one movie affected by Simpson's wife murder.

Of course, "Forrest Gump", a movie that promotes truth, goodness and beauty, is not afraid of the storm of public opinion at all, and on June 23, the thunderous California premiere - you black people talk about racial discrimination, but if you provoke "Forrest Gump", then we can still say that you discriminate against people with disabilities! In the '90s, America enacted the Disability Act, which prohibits discrimination against people with disabilities and guarantees equal rights for people with disabilities.

And now, when you are fighting for your rights, you want to call on the public to ban watching a film about the beautiful minds of people with disabilities? Aren't you breaking the law? You can pursue your rights, but others can't?

The point is that Simpson, like Gan in "Forrest Gump", has suffered from hypochondria since he was a child, from getting rid of orthotics to running all the way to college, this is the best tribute, those who support Simpson's protest against discrimination will not attack this movie at all, so that "Forrest Gump" was released smoothly.

Not only that, even if there was no hype because of the wrong wind direction, the box office on the first weekend still exceeded 30 million.

And compared with it, the most unlucky is "The Shawshank Redemption".

Why?

In the Simpson wife murder case, the protagonist Simpson is a successful person at the peak of his life, but he is accused by the police of killing his ex-wife and his ex-wife's male friend, and is suspected of being the only real murderer.

In "The Shawshank Redemption", the protagonist banker Andy is also a successful person at the peak of his life, and he was also accused by the police of shooting his wife and her lover, and was finally sentenced to life, but he was wronged.

The coincidence of history made Castle Stone Pictures, which invested in the production of "The Shawshank Redemption", directly scolded her mother!

Andy is a fictional character! But The Simpson is real!

If "The Shawshank Redemption" is a big hit......

Is this open interference in the administration of justice?

They didn't want to interfere with the administration of justice, because the last event that sparked a heated discussion and the major media outlets cut the tapes to gain huge ratings caused the Los Angeles riots of '92!

A new round of war two years ago?

Los Angeles won't let them go!

And Sony, who made the publicity for Castle Stone Pictures, was even more confused by this sudden incident!

I just want to make a good movie, why is it so difficult?

As a result, Sony, which had sanctions and bans in the past and standards in the future, did not think about continuing to make enemies and cause trouble.

"So you're not going to release the film?"

When Roland received a call from Sony, who informed him that the heroine's audition list had been released, and asked him and the truck driver to arrange time to participate in the audition torture, Roland, who had eaten such a big melon from Mike Madavoy, was confused.

Although he has always felt that "Forrest Gump", which promotes the American dream, is more suitable for winning awards than "The Shawshank Redemption", this is not the real reason why "The Shawshank Redemption" rushed to his grandmother's house at the box office, right?

He always thought that "The Shawshank Redemption" was too outrageous at the box office, because if no one really liked it, it would be impossible to overturn the case in the future just by virtue of the Oscar nomination, and now that I look at it, it turns out that it is blood mold?

If it is really because the impact of Simpson's wife murder case is too great, the North American theater alliance is really likely to suppress this movie, after all, if Los Angeles riots twice in five years, none of them can withstand the fist of settling accounts after the fall.

It's a bit unfair to do that, but—

No one can bear the black cauldron of another riot!

"Publicity and distribution are normal, and no advertising is done." Mike Medavoy sighed in the face of Roland's inquiry.

He handed the list of heroines in his hand to Roland, and said helplessly: "This movie will definitely lose money, at least 20 million." ”

Hearing this, Roland, who took over the list, didn't even browse the names on it.

Instead, he frowned and asked, "You don't want to lose money?" ”

"Who wants to lose money!" Mike Medavoy rolled his eyes and replied angrily.

"That'...... How about selling it to me? Roland asked tentatively.

"Huh? Do you want to buy? Mike Madavoy felt that Roland had taken the wrong medicine, "What are you buying this movie for?" ”

Hearing what the other party said, Rolandon knew that there was a play, "We are now partners with Sony, isn't it a matter of course to help friends solve difficulties?" ”

Mike Medavoy pouted, an expression of hell believing you.

Roland also felt that he was hypocritical when he said this, so he continued: "Okay, actually, I want to buy the film library of our film company, after all, it is adapted from Stephen King's works, and the collection is ......"

Mike Madavoy really thinks Roland's brain is broken.

What's wrong with collecting, you have to collect a movie that is bound to lose money?

However, Roland has said so, and he is not good at persuasion.

After thinking for a while, after seeing that Roland had no intention of repenting, he nodded and said, "How much do you bid?" ”

"How much does Castle Stone Pictures want to sell?"

"Of course they want to sell it for 25 million dollars! I don't want to lose a beautiful knife! ”

"That's not good, it's too expensive, at least get a discount."

"How much cheaper do you want?"

"Ten million cheaper? Sell it to me for fifteen million? Global Copyright? ”

"Deal! I think they'll agree! ”