Chapter Eighty-Six: A Treasury of Treasures After Becoming a Microcosm
However, two hours later, gamers from the future, are going crazy......
“Oh,Shit!” When the off-road vehicle driven by Roland was smashed by Spielberg's car for the Nth time, the feeling of annoyance and anger made him hold his head with his hands and scold, "Steven! It's a racing game! ”
"But the problem is, this game doesn't punish the act of damaging other people's vehicles!" Looking at the little guy with sharp eyes, as if he was going to dig a piece of meat from himself, Spielberg, who had already won a 'shameless' victory by forcibly scrapping Roland's vehicle, where is there still the director's posture that usually holds up the guide tube and directs the country?
“Fuck! Crashes should be classified as normal physical collisions, not as winning games by destroying other people's vehicles by crashing! This kind of play is extremely immoral! Roland was not convinced, but if he couldn't win, he could only be incompetent and furious.
Although Roland's mouth was fragrant, Spielberg didn't mind at all, or rather, the pleasure of playing online games with friends was all reflected in the other party's 'can't win and can't kill' rage.
At this moment, he smiled like a child, "Since there is no damage penalty, it proves that my gameplay is okay, and it belongs to the special design of the game developer...... Am I right? Mike? ”
What?
You dare to stand on his side and try it!
While Roland's eyes are capable of killing, and Mohami wants to apologize for the poor gaming experience he encountered, but-
Spielberg is really right, using his own skills to eliminate others is the core gameplay of their game.
"Yes, the ability of vehicles to attack each other is the best feature of our game."
Hearing this, Roland stroked his hair vigorously, "Get out!" ”
If you look at it from the perspective of thirty years later, the game "RPM Racing" is really rotten.
Although Mohami and his team 'borrowed' from the destructive competitive racing game made by Electronic Arts six years ago, adopted the successful experience of the other party, and produced a regular mode, a personal mode, and even like the future Warcraft map editor, you can create your own map and set your favorite route parameters, but its main gameplay is actually to drive a car in an 'infinitely repeated' scene, and over time, it feels like a non-stop circle.
That feeling is like "Lonely Desert Highway" concocted by Pei Qian next door.
Anomalous sand sculptures.
Of course, unlike the kind of game that is purely for losing money, the speed of life and death in the game "RPM Racing" is still very fast, due to the poor feel of operation, the force is slightly larger, which will cause the vehicle under their control to oversteer, so the thrill of completing the event is suddenly replaced by a high degree of mental concentration and unimaginable patience of ordinary people.
However, after adding the setting of the health bar, mental concentration and patience make the real selling point of the whole game reflected, because the controller directly knocks the opponent's vehicle into the explosion, which is also one of the ways to win!
Because of this, when Spielberg and Roland sat on the ground and ran two laps, the gap between the hardcore players and the parental care players suddenly appeared, just like the slogan that was often shouted when playing masturbation in the future-
Team battles (games) can be lost, and Timo (Roland) must die!
A good racing game, in an instant, they played it into a violent motorcycle.
If it's a PS controller, or an XBOX controller, Roland still has the confidence to kill the blind guy next to him.
But the problem is, he is not used to Nintendo's stupid beep controller!
It's really not Roland spraying!
What radio handles, pie handles, vibrator handles, remote control handles, horseshoe handles......
These weird peripherals are all made up by Nintendo!
No way, as a toy company that can make the surrounding fashion trend, Roland really can't use these things!
If he could, he really wanted to shout, "Keys come on!" ”
He thinks that the keyboard is better than this round and straight handle!
"No more playing! Don't play anymore! ”
As someone who can press enter in a 0/9/0 situation and complain to his teammates, 'What a broken server!' My latency is over a thousand! 'The best players, when they can't feel any game experience, Roland dares to smash the plate!
And when he saw that the handle was lost, he got up in a negative mood, picked up a bottle of mineral water and poured it into his mouth, Spielberg, who had already won a lot, had a smile even more on his face, and while putting down the handle, he also leaned back with his head in his hands, "Don't play?" ”
"Isn't this a lot of fun?"
"Mike said you like games, but I didn't expect your interest to last so long?"
"Who said that? Obviously this handle is not easy to use! ”
At this moment, Roland perfectly interprets what it means to throw the pot, and if he can, he even wants to give the quality of Balian.
If it were someone else, he would definitely think that Roland is unusually worthless now, but for Spielberg and Mohami, this kind of behavior is normal - competitive games, if you don't complain when you lose, is it still called love games?
Just like the square jungler, the gold medal lecturer who talks about me every day, treats every game with a normal heart, and is called going to work; Faker learns Doinb to change support after the game, that's called playing games!
Because of this, after seeing that Roland was not convinced, Spielberg, who was interested, invited him to his house and duel again.
For Spielberg's proposal, Roland naturally would not refuse; Not only that, but he also pulled Mohami on, wanting this game developer who was about to himself off to see what kind of fun the game was!
However, after he walked around the Spielberg family's arcade.
A cruel reality was just in front of him.
He really can't play these old arcade machines!
Even if he loved games in his previous life, he had never touched an Atari game console!
And in this case, want to beat Spielberg in what he excels at?
Isn't there a hole in the brain?
However, after losing an unknown number of games in a row, Roland finally found a game that seemed to be able to win him.
The action class can't beat you, and the unfamiliar level of the break class, then we can play Tetris!
As a guy who can casually play hundreds of thousands of points with a Nokia phone, Roland feels that he can't lose!
And his idea is obviously correct.
As an 'old-fashioned' who is not very accustomed to using computers, Spielberg has not yet become familiar with the operation, and Roland's score has already broken through the five-digit mark, so after giving up debugging, he and Mohami stared at the computer screen left and right, and when they found that the various blocks that suddenly fell in Roland's hand were obedient like a Scottish round-faced chick, the feeling of surprise was the same as the score, accumulating, soaring into the sky......
While watching the game, the two also paid attention to Roland himself.
That kind of immersive, focused expression makes hardcore gamers and game developers smack.
The two of them believe that in this field, perhaps only time can defeat Roland.
Because of this, at dinner, when Roland, who won Spielberg, was happily nibbling on the steak, the joy on his face was like winning the first prize, and he almost didn't tell the world that Spielberg was his own defeat!
However, although he didn't scream in front of Spielberg, Roland, who had already played the game, pointed out at the dinner table, "Mike, you guys are doing a pretty good job in this game......
"It's just that this feel has to be changed......"
"It's too hard to get started, it's too hard to operate, okay?"
"I think you'll have to cut the sensitivity in half."
"A guy like me who can easily control Tetris can't get started quickly, if you hand over this kind of game, I guess anyone who has bought and played it will scold you......"
Although Roland in his previous life did not dare to set foot in the stage area of 'winning and his parents are alive if he wins, and if he loses, his family tree will ascend to heaven', but as the strong king of the first district, he will still be able to provoke him - the operating rules that do not meet my mind are anti-human, and he still understands this.
Of course, he's not talking about it now.
After all, Mohami is his own person, and it is not in the interests of Roland to destroy their company.
And the feeling problem he talked about, even Spielberg felt the same way.
Don't look at this guy who has won a lot of money against Roland, but that's also with nearly two decades of video game experience.
If you want RPM Racing to be a game, you can't just try to please hardcore gamers.
If you want to make a game that the public likes to play, at least you have to let people of all ages, guys of all levels of operation, have to have a certain game experience, before the company is not bigger, you can't be like the future "Battlefield" series, "Dota 2", exclude those white players, no matter how good their revenue is, they can't surpass the "Call of Duty" series and "LOL".
Just like when Taobao was first launched and the Taobao APP was first launched, Jackma had to get started by himself.
Let the program ape do it with a product, and there will definitely be an accident.
After all, in their opinion, many operations are actually very simple!
Why don't the public understand?
Isn't that because they're stupid?
If it were someone else, Mohami would certainly not listen to them.
It's a game we've made, it's your business!
But now, the guys who think there is a problem are Roland and Spielberg, and the situation is different.
To put it mildly, the game follows the two of them's request, even if it can't be sold, Mohami doesn't have to worry about the development funds of the next game, as long as these two people like it, they can throw a small 100,000 to them, and they can moisten their heads to develop, and what if it's popular? That proves that the experience of hardcore players is very useful!
When the time comes, you can make money, and you can continue to play games......
Therefore, in Mohami's opinion, as long as it is changed, it will definitely not be a loss!
Of course, there seems to be something wrong with always talking about games at the dinner table.
After recording the opinions of the two veteran players, Mohami took the initiative to find a topic and chatted with them about his old business.
And when Mohami asked Roland whether the project "Home Alone" would make a sequel, and the newsgroup film community had discussed this issue many times, Spielberg, who already wanted to break the epitome of his life, said while swallowing beef: "This matter has to wait until the release of "Terminator 2" to talk about it." ”
"If Terminator 2 hits, I'll let Catherine [Kennedy] try to call you fifteen million."
"If you lose, it depends on the situation, but the guarantee will also give you 10 million."
"You don't have to worry about the film company's affairs, although you signed a CAA, but I will let Catherine handle all kinds of invitations, what's more, you're not short of money now, right? It doesn't make much difference a little earlier and a little later. ”
Fifteen million?
When Roland and Mohami heard this number, the two of them immediately smacked their tongues.
Roland is afraid that in the whole of Hollywood, the group of people with the fastest salary promotion, right?
But......
It's normal to think about it.
In his previous life, Macaulay Carl King could call a sky-high price of 8 million just with the movie "Home Alone", and now, Roland has two UR bases, and Spielberg himself asked people to talk about the salary, if the money can't go up, then there will be ghosts!
"But ......"
"What if Fawkes refuses?"
After taking a sip of the juice, Roland asked the doubts in his heart.
Although Fox is the most famous 'wronged boss' in Hollywood, he is not a fool!
Give Roland 15 million, and the production cost will probably soar to 30 million!
However, in the face of Roland's inquiry, Spielberg did not raise his head, and while cutting the steak, he said directly: "If you refuse, you will refuse, are you still afraid that there will be no project?" Just shoot with us......"
"Lang's [Howard's] next project is 'Earth Ambition', which starts in May, do you want to go?"
"Learn from him, how to change from a child star to a director?"
"Robert (Zemeckis) is talking to Paramount about Forrest Gump, if you get it, you can play the young Forrest Gump, if you want to improve your acting skills, I'll let Tom (Hanks) teach you."
"Francis (Coppola's) 400 Years of Vampire Horror has been talked about, don't you like his films? If nothing else, it will be launched in October, and you can go straight over, and this movie is also invested by Sony. ”
"There's also "The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones", which I co-produced with George (Lucas), but this is a TV series, so you shouldn't be interested, right?"
"Robin (Williams) is still going to voice Disney's Aladdin, are you interested in animation? If you're interested, I'll ask him to take you to Disney to have a look, and it doesn't matter, the chairman of their group and I are friends. ”
"Oh yes, "Jurassic Park" hasn't started casting yet, have you seen the storyboard, are you interested in the little boy in it? It's Dr. Hammond's grandson......"
The continuous project name, Mohami was stunned when he heard it.
Hold the grass!
Is Roland's status in Spielberg's heart so high?
Can you go to any project?
In the eyes of ordinary people, those projects that only A-listers are worthy of tearing are simpler than eating and drinking in Spielberg's mouth, of course, if it's just that, then forget it, now what does it mean for Roland to look at it?
You know, a lot of techniques that come from stealing teachers are inexplicably learned just by looking at them!
If Roland knew Mohami's thoughts, then he would definitely bow to him, thank you for this 'turtle grandson'.
If it weren't for Mohami moving out of the game console and cleaning up Spielberg's favorite, Roland, would definitely not use the game to touch this guy's moldy head, and once the game is not mentioned, Spielberg will definitely not treat him with the current attitude.
Of course, even if Roland is full of 'gratitude' for Mohami, this emotion will not be able to be stretched in this life, so while listening to the name of the project, he naturally didn't care about Mohami who had fallen into the melon-eating crowd BUFF.
Because for him, the projects Spielberg said are too attractive!
"Earth Ambition" is the love work of Tom Cruise and Nicole Kidman, "Forrest Gump" can surpass the epic work of "The Silence of the Lambs", and "400 Years of Vampire Horror" really embodies what it means to be 'mountains without tombs, heaven and earth are together, but dare to be with the king!' "Aladdin" is Disney's turnaround work that has been in decline for many years......
Compared with the above projects, he is naturally most interested in "Jurassic Park".
Although he knew that this script would definitely be changed, when it was changed, he would talk about it!
While answering, Roland did not forget to talk to Spielberg about his company.
After learning that Roland's guardian, David, who had brought out the essence of a businessman to the fullest, had already begun to think about avoiding taxes for Roland, Spielberg, who put down his knife and fork, immediately laughed.
"But the problem is, you're signing the brokerage contract in your own name."
"Within two years, any of your projects will be carried out in your own name."
“What?”
"Is there no way to avoid taxes?"
Roland, who was also happy because he won Spielberg in playing games and was able to smoothly enter and exit any Jewish gang project, suddenly had a long face, if he couldn't avoid taxes and wanted to invest in the name of the company, then he actually had to pay two taxes!
Pay the income tax first, and then the income obtained from the investment will have to pay taxes!
This special code is simply a blood loss!
Looking at Roland's bewildered look, Spielberg actually didn't have much to do.
Although he could negotiate with CAA and let them terminate the contract peacefully with Roland, ......
Liquidated damages are still inescapable.
If liquidated damages are included, the money that is double taxed with Roland is actually not much different.
Even if America's economic contract is not as pitiful as Mr. He broke the news in the show in the future, let alone signing a hundred people, slowly spending ten years, and making a profit by earning liquidated damages, even a contract of more than five years, there is no here.
But it is precisely because of the short time that the price of liquidated damages is still quite high, unless it is really a tear in the face, otherwise no one wants to pay this money, which is not only troublesome, but also easy to cause tongue.
In this way, whether Roland's economic contract is present or not actually has little impact.
After hearing Spielberg's explanation, Roland was relieved.
Although he was very unhappy to pay two taxes, he was not short of money!
Many people think that in the entertainment industry, singers make the fastest money, and singers are among the best in the income rankings of artists, but in fact, the money earned by the real head bosses is not a film contract.
In Roland's memory, Spielberg swept away 250 million dollars with "Jurassic Park" alone.
You must know that this is still the money obtained when the global box office has not yet exceeded one billion, and a large part of the investment is obtained from the world.
And like what later Shi Huang fans said, what Will Smith cow beep, no one can beat the box office......
But he didn't earn as much as a fraction of Spielberg's.
After all, Marvel's "Men in Black", which shows his funny skills, is just one of the many resources in Spielberg's hands......
Compared with a copyright boss like him, no matter how much money he makes, he can't adapt the fate of tearing up with his former owner.
The most feared thing about the mixed circle is that there are no resources.
Now that you have resources, pay more taxes and pay less taxes, in fact, it's all the same.
What's more, the brokerage contract will expire in June 92, and he won't be able to deduct a few dollars for more than a year.
"Oh yes, at the Golden Globe Awards dinner earlier, Francis and Martin told me that Michael wanted me to shoot the music video?" After letting go of money-related matters, the conversation at the dinner table is more casual.
"But, after all this time, they don't seem to have replied to me?"
Spielberg obviously knew about this for a long time, picked up a napkin and wiped his mouth, he shook his head and said: "I had already filmed, I asked them to record and shoot the MV first." ”
"You wait until the filming of "Captain Hook" is finished and then go, just make up a title."
"Michael's problem is very troublesome, it has little to do with racism, you know that someone wants to deal with him."
"It's very complicated, it doesn't matter if you go to shoot a MV, just don't get involved, although for my sake, they won't target you, but the people's mouths are not so easy to gamble on......"
"Francis and Martin really think things too simply, they don't know the inside story, so they tell you the matter first."
"Anyway, you just don't care about that, you should make movies, you should play games."
If it's movies and games, Spielberg may talk freely, but he doesn't want to talk too much about the race issues related to Michael Jackson, after all, it's not their business!
Although it is said that it is necessary to resist acts of racial discrimination.
But when people talk about racism, isn't it racism?
This kind of contradiction that goes deep into the bones has nothing to do with them, Spielberg knows who he should speak for, and he will not do anything beyond the boundary, and he will not let others fall into the pit.
Since Spielberg said so, then Roland didn't care.
Anyway, he doesn't have any talent for singing, even if he goes to shoot the MV, it will be played as if he was filming.
As the business came to an end and dinner drew to a close, after meeting Spielberg's wife and children to say hello, Roland took the script of "Jurassic Park" and asked Mohami to send him home.