Rebirth of America, this is my era

Chapter 79 Number One Player
In fact, when Ethan discovered that the walls of this office were covered with movie posters of "Amblin" and "Jaws", he had already guessed who the guy who was working hard in front of the "Snake Game" arcade machine was.

When the other party revealed his identity, Ethan smiled and stretched out his right hand to shake it vigorously.

"Steven? Steven Spielberg?"

“Who is the hottest director in Hollywood right now?”

"Oh! Nice to meet you!"

While shaking hands, Ethan also felt a little emotional.

He felt that if he had thought more about it at the beginning, considering that MCA owned Universal Pictures and that the most popular director at Universal Pictures was Spielberg, who made "Jaws", then he might have been able to guess who was helping him.

Because in his previous life, Spielberg was recognized as the world's number one player.

This is not only because he made the movie "Ready Player One", but also because he fell in love with video games at the beginning of their birth. The most amazing thing is that from 1972 to 2023 when Ethan traveled through time, Spielberg's love for video games has never diminished. In the eyes of many people, this guy who has led the trend of the times many times is the king of the world in the film industry, but in front of many game producers, he abandoned all of this.

In his previous life, when Ethan was paying attention to the gaming industry, he saw reports that Spielberg went to the release site of Shenmue and asked Suzuki Yu for his autograph. He also heard that after the release of Metal Gear Solid, he praised Kojima Hideo for becoming a first-rate director if he were to make a movie. He also knew that he liked the story of BioShock and wanted to make it into a movie.

When this decades-long love appears...

Ethan could also understand why this guy told him the MCA secrets without hesitation.

To others, this behavior is very crazy, but to him, it is very normal.

Because of his deep love for video games.

"Oh Ethan, you said it's nice to meet you?"

"Of course!"

“Hahaha – this is the best news I’ve heard today!”

He opened his arms with a big laugh, gave Ethan a hug, then held his shoulders and said excitedly:
"A few months ago, maybe in April? Steve told me that Atari was going to release a new game."

“This game is different from all the other games out there because it can be played by one person.”

“Also, this game is very special because the difficulty of the game will continue to increase as your skills improve.”

"When I heard these words, it felt like there was a pair of big hands scratching my heart."

"Because I really want to see what kind of game it is, where the difficulty increases as the player's skills improve!"

"You know, most of the games on the market now are for two people, and the difficulty is the same. Once you play a few times and master the rules, it's no fun!"

"So on the day it came out, I had someone buy one for me, and then..."

“I discovered a new world!”

Spielberg's eyes lit up.

Then, he frowned again and asked in confusion: "What was I doing at that time?"

"Uh...I think I'm planning on the release of Jaws?"

"Yes, yes, yes! That's it! My Jaws was released in June this year! And your game came out in April this year!"

At this point, Spielberg raised his voice again and laughed at Ethan, saying, "Jaws is my most important movie this year and the movie that has received the most investment since I started making movies. For all directors, when such a life-determining masterpiece is about to be released, they will be very nervous, but I am not, because I have always been playing your game! Playing Snake Game!"

"Because it's so fun! So fun that I want to know how to make the snake's body cover the entire screen!"

"It's you! It's your game that got me through the most stressful moment of my life!"

"Oh Ethan! You know what? When Steve told me Atari was targeting you, I went straight to Sidney!"

"I even wanted to rush to Los Gatos and yell at Nolan! Because he is a thief!"

"Not only did he steal Professor Ralph Baer's copy of Ping Pong, he's trying to steal your copy of Snake Game!"

"If Steve hadn't held me back, I would have definitely gone over and punched him twice!"

"but……"

"Thank goodness everything is back on track, right?"

"You're all right, oh—I'm so glad!"

Ethan's head swelled when he heard the Gatling-like words.

At this moment, he didn't even know how many words Spielberg had just said.

But whether you heard the content clearly or not is actually not important.

When Spielberg patted his shoulders vigorously and tried hard to control his eyes and not let the tears of excitement fall...

Ethan already knew what he should say.

"Oh Steven, I know you're happy, and to be honest I'm happy right now too."

"Because I never thought that the hottest Hollywood director at the moment would be my fanatical fan."

“I just want to say thank you now!”

"Thank you for liking my game!"

"At the same time, I would like to add a suffix."

Ethan looked at Spielberg, a genuine smile appeared on his face, and he said, "I like your movies, too."

Ethan wasn't lying! In his previous life, he grew up watching Spielberg's movies.

He will never forget the first time he watched "Jurassic Park" on VCD.

When the lifelike Tyrannosaurus Rex appeared, the young boy was stunned on the spot!

Because he simply couldn't understand how dinosaurs, an extinct creature, were photographed!

From then on, he began to try to search for information about the director named Steven Spielberg on the VCD disc.

Yes, that’s right, it’s a pirated disc, a pirated disc that came from Hong Kong.

Then, he found "Raiders of the Lost Ark", "ET the Extraterrestrial" and "Close Encounters of the Third Kind" in the video store.

Then, as time passed, movies such as "Saving Private Ryan", "Minority Report", "Catch Me If You Can", and "The Terminal" entered his field of vision and became part of his growth.

To be honest, even though he has grown older and gained more experience, every time he watches Spielberg's movies, Ethan is shocked because he simply cannot understand why there is such a director in the world who can handle different styles of film content?
Especially when he learned that Spielberg made "Schindler's List" in the same year as "Jurassic Park", he was completely stunned! Because these two movies are simply the two extremes of business and art!
It is completely understandable if an excellent creator makes films of completely different styles at different stages of his life.

Because people's perception of the world changes over time.

But can you switch back and forth between business and art in the same year?
This is crazy...

It sounds like cheating!
Ethan didn't understand it at the time, but now he feels that he might be lucky enough to witness it all. And all of this was brought to him by Jobs...

Uh……

Steve Jobs?
and many more!

Why didn’t this guy tell him in advance that his friend in MCA was Spielberg?

Thinking of this, Ethan suddenly turned his head and looked to the side with a fierce look in his eyes.

At this moment, Jobs folded his arms like an old father, watching his friends say hello to each other.

The sense of accomplishment of allowing the king of one field to meet the king of another field brought a smile to his face.

And when he noticed that Ethan suddenly turned his head and stared at him, he immediately asked curiously: "Ethan, is there something wrong?"

"Why are you looking at me like that?"

"Why didn't you tell me before that the person who helped me was Steven?" Ethan asked directly.

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This question made Jobs look confused and asked puzzledly: "You didn't ask it either!"

"Can't you tell me without me asking?"

"You didn't ask me why I said that!"

"Then don't say anything now. After the company is established, I will deduct one year's dividend from you first."

"WTF?" Jobs was shocked.

He didn't know what was wrong with Ethan.

When Spielberg, who didn't understand, asked about his doubts, Ethan smiled and said, "Oh Steven, we're fine."

"I just think it was a bit too much for Steve to not tell me who you were in advance."

"If I had known from the beginning that you were helping me, I would have definitely come to you and thank you after I finished the lawsuit against Milohua."

Spielberg narrowed his eyes and smiled when he heard these words.

"Oh~ Ethan~ Don't be like this~ You are really too polite~"

“I just did what I wanted to do.”

Jobs rolled his eyes, too lazy to bother with someone like Ethan who had a sudden illness.

While they were talking, Spielberg's stomach suddenly rumbled.

Corresponding to this is the hands of the wall clock, which shows four o'clock in the afternoon, which is somewhat inconsistent with Spielberg's belly.

This voice also made him look embarrassed, and he said, "Oh~ After I came to Universal today, I played games here because I felt that I could complete the game, but I didn't expect to play for several hours, so... I didn't eat lunch..."

He spread his hands.

"Is it such a coincidence?" Spielberg's words reminded Ethan of what happened just now. He said with emotion, "We left home around 9:00 to 10:00 in the morning. We thought we would be here by 2:00 in the afternoon and would have something to eat before looking for you. But we didn't expect Los Angeles to be so congested."

"Because we were worried that you might not be here, we came directly here."

"I'm hungry now too. If you don't mind, shall we go out for dinner together?"

"Oh - is that so? That's really a coincidence." Spielberg nodded and said, "We can eat together, but we don't have to go out."

"We have a cafeteria in Global. They should be preparing dinner now. We can just go over there."

"Of course, if you want to go out for dinner, that's fine too. I can take you to MK, which is director Chaplin's favorite restaurant."

“When Raymond (Chandler) was alive, he used to go to that store.”

“Their filet mignon and sole are both amazing!”

"Then let's eat in the cafeteria today." Ethan made his choice.

At the same time, he said, "Of course, I mainly want to see the interior of your Universal. This should be okay, right?"

"Of course!" Spielberg, who wanted to have dinner with his idol, nodded decisively, "I have the final say over Universal now."

But when he was about to lead the way, he suddenly stopped and said, "Ethan, before we go to eat, can you fulfill a wish of mine?"

"what?"

"Can you give me an autograph? Just sign this arcade machine."

"of course can!"

Ethan took the marker and signed his name on the arcade machine.

He also wrote: On October 1975, 10, ______ officially passed the customs, witnessed by Ethan Jones and ______.

After writing this sentence, he gave the pen to Spielberg first.

The other party gladly accepted it and signed his name in the blank space before the official clearance.

Then Ethan motioned for Jobs to come over.

Let him put his name in front of the witness.

This situation made Jobs very happy.

Because he didn't expect Ethan to give him so much face.

You know, "Jaws" is the most popular movie at the moment. It made 7 million US dollars in the first week of its release, making history. It broke 100 million in just 59 days, becoming the first movie to break the 100 million box office since the birth of the movie!

"Snake Game" is not far behind, with sales of 15 million in half a year, which translates into several hundred million in game revenue!

When this history-making person left a blank space on the game console, he was able to participate?
'Oh Ethan—'

'You're such a good brother!'

Jobs thought to himself.

Then he signed his name happily.

Note: ① When Jobs was selling products at Atari, he met Spielberg, who was not famous yet. Because of games, the two had a very good relationship. When Jobs bought Pixar from Lucas, it was all Spielberg who introduced them. The most amazing thing is that Bill Gates also wanted to acquire Pixar at that time. He was even willing to bid 2600 million, but after Spielberg said that Jobs wanted it, Lucas directly sold Pixar to Jobs for million. ② Spielberg really loves games. In real life, he once wrote a strategy book for "Space Invaders". On the first page, it was written "I hope that the readers who see this book are game fans." When filming "ET", he directly brought his "Donkey Kong" arcade machine into the group. In reality, he had a very good relationship with Atari. When Atari launched the home console , he authorized his debut work "Fast and Furious" to Atari, allowing Atari to make the movie into a game.

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