Rebirth of America, this is my era

Chapter 21 White! Big! Long!
When it comes to game exhibitions, the first thing that comes to Ethan's mind is: white! big! long!

Uh... there's no way.

Who made all the major game exhibitions like to play by the rules decades later?

The Tokyo Game Show was born in 1996. It was the first exhibition to combine video games and beauties. The girls at the "Yakuza" booth have always been a beautiful landscape.

Perhaps because of the geographical proximity and ease of learning, CJ, which was founded in 2004, is not far behind. Almost all exhibitors will invite beautiful showgirls to warm up the audience. The eye-catching curves, hot clothes and sensitive logo placement make the CJ exhibition a success again and again.

It was precisely because these two companies were too crazy that the world's largest electronic entertainment exhibition E3 also began to hire models. In , when the Cologne Game Show was established, they were no longer able to escape the trend and hired showgirls and engaged in cosplay, further combining beauties and electronic games.

Since then, "white", "big" and "long" have become the unique labels of game exhibitions.

And this era...

"Oh! Fxxk! Is this a trade show???"

After breakfast, Ethan followed Frank to the San Francisco Video Game Expo. As soon as he entered the door, he exclaimed, "My God!!! This is something I can watch for free???"

Ethan opened his eyes wide.

The fluttering eyelids are like the shutter of a camera, recording the beautiful scenery around.

And wherever he looked, he saw machines everywhere and huge crowds of people.

Of course, no matter whether it was a single person or a single machine, it would not surprise the worldly-wise Ethan so much. What really surprised him were the girls in front of each booth.

They were groups of cool white girls, wearing nothing more than a Bxa top, a pair of palm-sized TX pants, and a pair of slender high heels. Whenever a tourist stopped in front of the machines they were standing at, these girls would greet them enthusiastically and introduce the products they were standing at to the tourists.

Since he has not experienced it himself, Ethan has no idea about the professional abilities of these girls. However, judging from the facial feedback from those customers who have already tried it, they should be very satisfied at the moment.

'This is a fucking video game convention?'

"This is not serious at all!"

After looking around, Ethan Jones was stunned!

Turning his head to look at Frank, he now felt that he had not come to an exhibition, but had entered a red-light district!

Because this place, except for the disgusting smell of cigarettes and deafening music that are most common in nightclubs, has everything that should and shouldn't be there!
Ethan's surprise made Frank laugh.

He raised his arm, hooked it around Ethan's shoulders, and then pulled Ethan in.

At the same time, he also said: "Yo yo yo! Are you surprised? Why do I feel like this is the first time you have seen such a scene? How old are you this year? Haven't you been to a bar? It's just a showgirl! It's normal to appear in this place!"

"Brother! You have to know where the original arcade machines were sold! The place with the best sales and the most generous payment is Las Vegas! Since the 1950s, Las Vegas has been the favorite customer of California arcade dealers! And in order to cater to those bosses and make them look friendly, these arcade manufacturers use showgirl services like Las Vegas when promoting their machines. Isn't it normal?"

Otherwise, why is it said that capitalism is all about money?
In order to gain more benefits, the second party in the non-monopoly industry simply caters to the other party's preferences!
Customer is god!

We give customers what they like!
When Ethan followed Frank into the venue, the enthusiasm that greeted them was the smell of deodorant.

Although the mixture of various strong fragrances is not very pleasant, and can even be said to be very pungent, but to be honest, when those young ladies in gaudy clothes pinch their throats to act as 'sales', introduce you to the machines in their booths, and teach you step by step how to use them, that gentle feeling is still very good!
after all……

It doesn’t cost money!
Nothing can bring people more happiness than getting something for free!

But while he felt happy in his heart, Ethan's face did not look very good.

Because in front of this old-school sales model, he, who came alone with the arcade machine, looked like a clown.

Tell the truth!

No matter how fun Snake is, it can't be sold in a place like this!
When all major manufacturers are using beautiful women to attract customers, he, Ethan Jones, can't wear a gigolo's clothes and show off his body in public, right?

This is a game expo after all!

Not a gigolo club!
This was indeed the case. When Ethan brought Snake into the venue, no one came to try it out for two hours.

Especially when the background music of "Jingle Bells" came from the speakers of "Snake", the merchants who came to Frank to place orders would only laugh and encourage Ethan, then clapped their hands and left quickly.

Yes, Mr. Foberle, as Ethan refers to him, actually has a booth.

As a seller of hazardous chemicals with a store in downtown San Francisco, the organizers invited him here to help these arcade manufacturers who had just transformed themselves to solve technical problems and provide materials.

It was because Frank was a formally invited guest that Ethan was able to bring the game console in. Not only that, the organizer also gave him a hand during the transportation process. However, if time could go back, Ethan would rather not bring the machine, because it would really be a waste of time to just leave it here!

To be honest, if he has time to sit here and watch the old-school arcade companies hold a party, he might as well go to Sacramento!

Maybe there's a new-school arcade company out there that would be willing to work on Snake?
However, Ethan was very depressed, but Frank was in high spirits.

She kept looking around at the sisters at each booth.

Not only that, whenever he finds a type he likes, he will try to pee himself away.

He asked Ethan to help watch the booth, while he ran over to the booth where his favorite sister was and played a few games.

Ethan strongly condemned this inhuman behavior, and just when he was thinking about whether he should find an excuse to leave after Frank came back and teach this young boss a lesson...

A figure suddenly appeared in front of him.

This is a young man wearing a cowboy hat and sunglasses, a floral T-shirt on the upper body and bell-bottom pants on the lower body.

After taking a look at the booth logo, he asked curiously, "San Francisco Electronic Supply Company? Hello sir, do you sell materials here? The kind used to make circuit boards?"

“Yeah, sell it.”

Ethan was already very familiar with this process. He was so familiar with it that he thought he was the owner of a San Francisco electronics supply company!
He patted the record sheet on the table and said, "What materials do you want? Just write it down here, pay attention to the product name and quantity, and leave your contact information. We will contact you within three working days to discuss picking up the goods."

"Okay, okay, thank you." The man leaned over to write.

The long hair flowing down made Ethan move his body.

Because these days people who wear floral shirts and have long hair are basically hippies.

He didn't want to get involved with such a restless guy, lest he get into trouble.

'Oh no! Hippies?'

This word made Ethan look at the other person a few more times.

Then, an interesting idea suddenly popped into his mind.

'Isn't Mr. Furber always afraid of something happening?'

'Eh! '

'Now can we give him something to do and have fun?'

Ethan thought that if he told Frank later that the guy who came to buy chemical materials was a hippie with very conspicuous clothing, wouldn't this timid guy be nervous to death?
While Ethan was daydreaming, the hippie man with long flowing hair also finished writing the list.

He nodded at Ethan in a friendly manner, then turned his gaze to the Snake arcade machine nearby.

He seemed to be attracted by the exquisite appearance, or perhaps he was stunned by the background music of "Jingle Bells". In any case, he stared at it for a long time before he spoke, "Sir, is this the video game launched by your company?"

"Ah...I guess so..."

When this was mentioned, Ethan immediately perked up, “If you’re interested, you can try it.”

At the same time, he took out a dozen coins from his pocket and said, "No money."

"Thank you." The hippie with long flowing hair picked up a twenty-five-cent coin and threw it in. As the screen flashed, he began to concentrate on playing.

At the beginning, because he didn't understand the game mechanics, he died like all the guys who tried to play "Snake".

But after spending a few coins, he figured out the rules of the game and gradually got on the right track.

Use both hands to fiddle with the joystick regularly.

Under his operation, the little snake on the screen ate the white dots again and again.

At the same time, he fell into silence as if he was possessed by a ghost.

Although the exhibition site was very noisy.

But Ethan could feel the rhythmic crunching sound of food always ringing in his ears.

This scene surprised Ethan.

Because he didn't expect that this hippie gentleman could actually withstand three waves of game acceleration!
It was not until the fourth wave of acceleration came that he could not control the snake in time and had to watch it crash into the wall!

"Oh! Fxxk!"

He waved his fist and cursed!
"It's just a little bit close!"

He stamped his feet in anger!

Ethan, who witnessed all this, thought he was very awesome.

Because this guy is the only one in the past few days who has reached 40 points with only four coins without being familiar with the mechanics of Snake.

Just as Ethan was about to praise him, the hippie-like man suddenly stood up straight and looked around.

Ethan Jones was puzzled by the look of a thief, but the next second, the man gave the answer.

He leaned over, unplugged the game, and then came up to Ethan Jones and whispered, "Sir, I'm glad to meet you here. Please forgive my rudeness, because I'm very excited now."

"Sir, since you brought Snake Game to the exhibition, that proves that you want to sell it, right? If you have this idea, then how about we get to know each other?"

At this point, he touched his butt and took out a wallet from his pocket.

"this is my name card."

Ethan Jones was very happy to hear such a straightforward attitude.

He originally thought he was going to return empty-handed!
But I didn't expect...

Or does anyone know the goods?

When he took the business card with a smile, glanced down, and prepared to discuss cooperation with this hippie gentleman...

Good guy!
The words on the business card made him stunned!
He rubbed his eyes, somewhat unbelieving!
Because it says:

Atari electronic engineer——Steven Paul Jobs.

Note: ①The concept of showgirl has existed for a long time. It is very common in America to invite beautiful women to walk on the runway in major exhibitions. However, the neutral meaning of showgirl is actually what we say here. In America, showgirl refers specifically to striptease performers. In 1995, Hollywood even made a movie about strippers called "Showgirl". So, I don't know which genius at the time directly used this derogatory word that has existed in America for hundreds of years for publicity.

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