"What you said is true?"

Chen Chong suddenly stood up and accidentally knocked down the pen holder on the table, spilling all over the floor. However, he didn't care and stared at the thin man in glasses standing opposite the desk.

"Really." The man in glasses nodded firmly, with a hint of smug expression on his face, and said, "Uncle Six personally agreed."

"Okay, great!" Chen Chong clenched his fist, made a small jab, and praised: "Rofu, you have made great contributions!" (Note 1)

Chen Chong's film magazine plan has completed one-half. The Weekly "Movie Time" has been released, and the response is pretty good. It has been on the market for three days and sold more than 4,000 copies. The sales volume is more than the two issues of the short-lived "Movie Biweekly".

However, the weekly magazine is a popular fashion film magazine after all. As long as there are well-informed journalists and photographers with good skills, they can be started soon.

Chen Chong doesn’t care much about "Movie Age" at the moment, and the sales volume is still too small. Only when the sales volume per episode exceeds 100,000 will it be considered a little bit of climate and will be helpful to future plans.

So most of his time in the magazine, he spent most of his time in the monthly magazine "First Movie Review", and there was no big problem with editing. Chen Baisheng, Li Chuotao, and Luo Weiming, the seeds left by "Movie Biweekly", are all literary and artistic people with great taste. The key problem is the lack of stable and high-quality manuscripts.

Since its birth, Hong Kong movies have been popularized and commercialized, with an lingering grassroots kitsch. Therefore, many elites in the cultural world only watch foreign language films and rarely pay attention to local Hong Kong movies. This situation is similar to martial arts novels. Although it is popular in the entire Chinese world, mainstream elites in the literary and artistic world rarely pay attention to it. (Note 2)

Regarding this, the diary left by his ex-girlfriend records a story: One day he met a professor in the Chinese department on campus and chatted about Jin Yong. The professor said, "I have never read Jin Yong's books." The ex-girlfriend Chen Chong asked, "Does he include his martial arts novels?" The professor replied, "Is that considered a novel?" (Note 3)

Hong Kong films have a roughly such status in the eyes of elites in the literary and artistic circles, so it is a bit difficult to find high-quality manuscripts in Hong Kong.

This situation made Chen Chong helpless. Although several senior film critics such as Shi Qi and Luo Ka agreed to write the article, if there were only a few authors of the magazine, it would be too niche. If it were a niche, it would not have the influence.

So he plans to take a two-pronged approach. On the one hand, through Chang Aijia, he contacted Taiwanese filmmakers and scholars. The humanistic atmosphere in the Taiwanese film industry is relatively strong. On the other hand, he is planning to interview a big shot in the film industry on his first issue, "The good style will give me the best", borrowing the big shots and the status of the world to expand the influence of the magazine.

Because of Shu Qi's relationship, the magazine and Jiahe have a lot of contacts. Chen Chong originally planned to interview Zou Wenhuai. Unexpectedly, he recently went to the United States to discuss cooperation plans with the senior management of Fox Film Company, and then looked for Wu Siyuan. He was far away in Taiwan and assisted Tsui Hark in filming "The Butterfly Transformation" and could not find time. (Note 4)

Chen Chong was just worried about this, but unexpectedly, the newly recruited editor Rover made great contributions - he persuaded Run Run Shaw and agreed to accept an interview with the magazine.

With Run Run Shaw's status in the film industry, it is a great thing to be interviewed by Run Run Shaw in the first issue.

Run Run Shaw was living in seclusion, and he couldn't even interview his own magazine. The magazine had no connections at Shaw Brothers and could not find a powerful contact person. Therefore, he agreed that interviewing him was a fantasy, so he simply didn't even try it. Unexpectedly, Rover actually completed this impossible task.

"Rofu, you are really good." Chen Chong calmed down and asked curiously: "How did you come into contact with Uncle Shao Liu?"

"I have worked as a voice actor at Shaw Brothers before. Uncle Six can speak Cantonese. Every time he attends an event and gives a speech, he will ask me to read the manuscript to him, and then he memorizes it, so he has been in contact with it several times." Rofu put on his glasses and said with a shy and proud smile: "I just gave it a try. Uncle Six agreed immediately, and I was also surprised." (Note 5)

"You really have you, you're brave enough!"

Chen Chong took out the checkbook from the drawer, signed a neatly, tore it off, handed it to Rover, and said, "This is my personal reward for you. When the interview is completed, the magazine will give you another reward."

"Mr. Chen, I don't want money." Rover shirked: "If I could take me with me during the interview, I would be satisfied."

"Okay, you will be interviewed with me at that time." Chen Chong made a final decision, and he stuffed the check to Rover and said, "If you have any merits, you will reward you. If you don't take this, how can I motivate others in the future."

"Thank you, Mr. Chen.

"Let's do it, go and call the editorial team of the monthly magazine in." Chen Chong ordered: "Let's have a meeting and discuss the topic during the interview."

"OK."

As soon as Rover left, the phone rang on his desk.

"Hello?"

In the magazine, Chen Chong deliberately created a relaxed and suitable working environment, so he did not use the secretary to transfer the gimmick, and the phone was called directly to the desk.

"A Chong, Xinxin and I will go shopping together tonight, maybe I will go back later."

"Okay, I know."

After hanging up the phone, Chen Chong couldn't help but sigh that Li Kaiyuan was really a perfect lover.

Since the two had sex, every night, if they got off work normally and had no ambiguous activities, she would come upstairs and watch TV and chat with Shen Chong. She would go home to bed at around 10 o'clock. If there was anything, whether it was overtime or socializing, she would notify Chen Chong in advance. However, she was not as obsessed with and clingy as ordinary girls in love. In addition to occasionally showing the charming side of women, she was basically the same as before. She did whatever she should do and said whatever she should say. She was very independent and left a lot of private space for Chen Chong.

After the meeting with the editors, I checked the time. It was almost six o'clock. Chen Chong packed up a few items, left the magazine and prepared to go home.

Ann Hui took the crew to Macau to film the scene where Chang Ai Jia tracked down the details. She could have finished the filming that day and returned to Hong Kong. However, Chen Chong looked at the shooting progress very ideal. Recently, everyone was a little tired, so she gave the crew a day off and asked them to play in Macau for one day and reimburse their food and accommodation. However, if they went to gambling, they would be responsible for their own profits and losses.

There are no work samples to watch tonight, and there are no soft girls to hold. It is rare to be quiet. After returning home, I can quietly write the current affairs analysis article about the Vietnam War that I was not satisfied with many times.

However, Shen Chong's plan went bankrupt.

As soon as I opened the door, I heard the sound of "beeping" masturbation - the landlord Wen Renjie came. Since his wife became pregnant, this guy stuffed the game console to the sunken place and ran around from time to time to have fun.

But today, he not only came alone, but also brought a foreigner.

"A Chong, you're back." Wen Renjie dropped his handle, jumped up, and asked impatiently: "Is it you the co-author of the Rubik's Cube article in the latest issue of "Scientific American"?"

"It's me." Chen Chong asked strangely while putting down his backpack, "What are you excited about?"

"I'm not excited, it's my master who is very excited." Wen Renjie introduced the foreigner sitting on the floor, holding the handle to greet Shen Chong, "This is my master James, James Rover." (Note 6)

Then he said in English: "James, this is my friend, Shen, who wrote the article with Gardner."

The foreigner wearing glasses stood up, opened his mouth, widened his eyes, and looked very exaggerated and surprised. He held Chen Chong's hand, shook it vigorously, and said in English quickly: "Hello, I'm very happy to know you. I'm a huge fan of Gardner. Have you ever seen him? What does he look like?"

Chen Chong couldn't stand the foreigner's enthusiasm. He got rid of his hand and asked Wen Renjie in Cantonese: "He is like this in normal times?"

Wen Renjie was speechless and just nodded.

Weird things are everywhere...

In order to deal with the foreigner, Chen Chong took out a photo of him taking a photo with Gardner in Cleveland County. When the guy saw the photo, he seemed to have an exaggerated expression like a magician who saw a naked goddess, which made Chen Chong feel that he was quite cute.

"Okay, if you like it, give all these photos to you." Chen Chong took out a few photos of Mr. Gardner occupying the main picture and handed them to the foreigner.

"Thank you, thank you." The foreigner thanked him without saying a word, and then gave Chen Chong a big bear hug, "Chen, you are my best friend."

Damn, when will we all become friends...

After talking to the foreigner for a while about meeting with Gardner, Chen Chong deliberately guided the topic and talked about electronic games.

After chatting for a while, Chen Chong asked casually: "James, if I want to develop a game running on Atari VCS, do I need to submit an application to Atari Company??"

"It shouldn't be necessary." James thought for a while and said, "When I returned to the United States last month, I heard that four guys in the game development department were dissatisfied with the new boss, quit the company, and then founded an independent game production company to develop games running on Atari VCS." (Note 7)

"Really?"

"It should be true. If you want to know the details, I will ask you for information next time when I go back to the United States."

"Okay, thank you."

"A Chong, do you want to develop a video game?" Wen Renjie asked, "Aren't you making a movie?"

"It doesn't conflict with making movies and making video games." Chen Chong put his feet on the coffee table, held the back of his head with both hands, and said leisurely: "I have a few fun ideas. I want to make the game, it will be fun."

"What's the idea?" James was very sensitive to the game, "Tell me it."

"Can't say, can't say." Shen Chong shook his head, "unless you become employees of my company and sign a confidentiality agreement."

"Don't keep it a secret." Wen Renjie said dismissively, "My master is very powerful. If you tell me the idea, maybe you can really make it."

"I'm afraid you'll make it." Chen Chong smiled and said, "Each of my ideas is worth hundreds of millions of dollars, how can I tell you casually?"

"Pretending to be a terrible person, just brag!" Wen Renjie didn't believe it, "Adali VCS research and development cost 100 million US dollars. After selling it for two years, it has not recovered the cost. Ah Chong, just think of an idea, and it can be worth hundreds of millions of US dollars?"

Chen Chong didn't argue, and talked with James about some issues in game development.

Have you never eaten pork, and can you still see pigs running? Although the computer courses in Chen Chong's previous life were a mess, many of his classmates joined a game development company after graduation. When chatting together, they always talked about professional topics. Chen Chong himself couldn't do it, but at least he knew some basic knowledge and could barely judge a person's professional ability.

After chatting, Chen Chong probably knew why Wen Renjie admired this foreigner very much. This guy is proficient in electronics and is good at programming, and has a quick thinking and broad thinking. He is a good person with good food.

When the two said goodbye and left, Chen Chong grabbed Wen Renjie and said, "Brother Jie, please help me watch your master. If he has the idea of ​​resigning or changing jobs, please notify me as soon as possible."

"What are you doing?" Wen Renjie was stunned and asked, "A Chong, are you really going to make a video game?"

"Of course." Chen Chong looked at him and said, "Brother Jie, you are the same. If you want to change your work environment, come to me."

"good."

After seeing off the two of them, Chen Chong found a close-fitting notebook and wrote down two lines of words on it.

“Pac-Man.”

“Tetris.”

Later generations of home game console manufacturers, such as Nintendo and Sega, all adopted confidential locking systems. Game developers must sign contracts with manufacturers to obtain verification key chips that must be included in the cartridge before they can develop the game. Otherwise, even if they are developed, they will not be able to run on the console.

Chen Chong just asked James specifically and learned that Atari VCS does not have a so-called confidential locking system at all. Its technical specifications are public. In theory, anyone can freely develop and sell games running on it.

This is a huge cake... Atari VCS sales exceeded 10 million units, and its revenue in 1981 was twice that of Hollywood!

Chen Chong naturally would not let go of such a big cake. He was going to take out two super works of the history of electronic games, "Pac Man" and "Tetris", to attract money.

"Pac-Man" is a game released by Namco on an arcade platform in 1980. It soon won the love of players at all levels, including women and children, with its cute image and extremely high playability, and became popular all over the world.

After the release of "Pac-Man", it has been very popular. In more than 30 years, more than 1 billion people around the world have played this game. The elf with a big mouth wide open has also become one of the most successful and most recognized game characters in the world.

And Chen Chong remembered that in the Atari nostalgic post he had read, the origins of "Pac-Man" and Atari VCS were mentioned.

In 1982, the subsequent version of Atari VCS, Atari 2600, was still the most popular home game console in the world, but the competitive pressure in the market is getting greater and greater, so Atari spent a huge amount of money to purchase the transplant copyright of Pac Man, intending to take advantage of the influence of this world's most popular arcade game to win the war for home game consoles.

Unfortunately, Atari's marketing department was too eager for quick success and rushed to release "Pac-Man", which had not yet been completely transplanted and had huge flaws, early, resulting in a disaster in the history of electronic games.

Atari's management has high hopes for "Pac Man". With only 10 million game consoles sold worldwide, it produced 12 million Pac Man cartridges in advance, hoping that it would drive the sales of game consoles. However, due to the poor game transplantation effect and the bad reviews, only 7 million sets were sold. The remaining 5 million sets were shipped to the desert in Mexico for buried and destroyed, causing huge losses, and became one of the causes of Atari's rapid development from glory to collapse.

Think about it, the incomplete transplantation alone and the bad reviews can sell 7 million copies. So what kind of madness will the perfect version of Pac Man developed on Atari VCS?

With current technological level, cartridges are high-tech things, and piracy does not exist, and each one is valuable, with amazing profit margins.

As for Tetris, do you need to say more? Everyone on earth knows...

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Note 1: Rover here is a pseudonym because I still write on the Internet without any plaster.

Note 2: See the description in "Hong Kong New Wave Movie". After the New Wave, the mainstream of the Hong Kong intellectual community began to pay attention to Hong Kong movies.

Note 3: According to Rover's blog records.

Note 4: According to Zou Wenhuai's interview, perfunctory.

Note 5: According to Rover's blog post.

Note 6: Here we pay tribute to the squirting god james.
Chapter completed!