bloom america

Chapter 153 Arcade Plan

When she woke up the next day, Catherine felt refreshed, while Elsa had already changed her clothes and was packing up the scattered clothes.

"Christmas……"

Catherine sat up and scratched her head.

The annual Christmas is very lively in the United States. The only place that is slightly quiet is probably Chinatown, right?

In fact, in the eyes of many Americans, Chinatown is like another world, and that world is completely separated from this world.

Taking a deep breath, Catherine jumped out of bed.

As 1966 was approaching, Catherine took another look at the development progress of the various products delivered a few days ago.

The research on low-loss optical fiber has just made a breakthrough, because with the strong support of Catherine, US Telecom has a lot of research funds.

Although American Telecom has not started operations so far and has been giving money, in fact, this is also Catherine's strategy.

As long as low-loss optical fiber is completed, I believe that the Pentagon will soon allocate the second batch of budget, and this will definitely not arouse the resentment of Congress.

If Congress can pass the intercity optical fiber plan, if American Telecom can contract this project, it will definitely become the most profitable company under the Ark Group.

Suddenly, a piece of information caught Catherine's attention.

"this?"

She stood up immediately, then picked up the phone and called DreamWorks.

"What happened to Mr. Bruce Lee?"

Catherine asked.

"Well...Mr. Bruce Lee did have some conflicts with Mr. Eastwood."

More than just some contradictions

Bruce Lee is gone now

Catherine really didn't expect such a problem to arise.

However, Bruce Lee actually did not break the contract because the contract Catherine gave Bruce Lee was very advantageous. One of the items was that if he encountered special circumstances and his filming plan had not yet started, he could postpone it for one year.

We are still filming "Fallout 2", so filming of Bruce Lee's part has not started yet, so he can definitely do this now.

As for whether Bruce Lee will break the contract, Catherine doesn't have to worry at all. Bruce Lee's character is still very guaranteed.

"Green Hornet……"

Catherine never thought that Bruce Lee would be involved in this film again.

She vaguely remembered that it seemed that it was precisely because The Green Hornet did not go well in the United States and its reputation in Hong Kong was generally good that Bruce Lee became disillusioned with the United States and returned to Hong Kong.

Originally, Catherine decided to wait two years to promote Bruce Lee as the first starring role, but now it seems that the plan has to be changed.

What if Bruce Lee finally returns to Hong Kong?

Catherine thought about it, but it was out of consideration that she should start this matter from Hong Kong.

However, today is Christmas and it is not easy to get a job, so Catherine can only postpone things a little.

But after Christmas, the first news Catherine received was about George A. Romero.

Under Catherine's instructions, DreamWorks acquired Romero's "the-lge" company.

Catherine didn't know how the company translated it into Chinese, the underlying image? Or so it meant.

However, Catherine also successfully received George Romero under her banner.

Historically, "Night of the Living Dead" was a black and white movie, but Catherine decided to use panoramic and color modes. This historical movie, which had a box office of more than 30 million US dollars, in the 21st century, has a box office of over 100 million.

And the cost of this movie is not high.

Catherine believes that if a color movie is adopted, the box office of this movie can at least double, because black and white movies at this time are considered "backward" by many people, and they will not watch them at all, especially young people.

people.

In Catherine's view, "Night of the Living Dead" should be a film for young people. Although the biggest market has not been fully grasped, the other party still has outstanding box office, which is enough to show the power of this film.

The subsequent film "Dawn of the Dead" cost only US$500,000, and the global box office reached 55 million, which is definitely a model of success.

This is also the strength of George Romero.

Although "Dawn of the Dead" is very good, what Catherine has always loved is "Resident Evil".

"Resident Evil" is a little different from "Dawn of the Dead". Movies like "Resident Evil" that are related to viruses and technology are very gimmicky. The zombie movies before this were basically related to Haitian voodoo.

There is some connection between them, it should be a "fantasy" movie.

The current script of "Dawn of the Dead" was written by Catherine, because the historical one had not yet appeared. Then she sent it directly to DreamWorks, naming George Romero as the director.

After George Romero was named, it can be said that he was flattered. This young man in his twenties has not yet started to make a fortune.

But for Catherine, it can be said to be very simple to grasp the other party now, but what about in the future?

Bruce Lee's incident has made Catherine realize that talent is not equal to character. Bruce Lee's character is not bad, the most important thing is his stubborn temper. If it were not for the conflict with Eastwood, it would not be like this, but if

When I met people like Mark Zuckerberg, the founder of Facebook, not only could I not use it, but I was even pushed further away.

Therefore, when Catherine wants to promote directors and actors, she must now pay attention to one important thing: character.

However, you cannot rely solely on your character. You must also have a complete contract to increase the cost of betrayal by directors and actors.

Carrots and sticks must be used at the same time to achieve the greatest effect, so Catherine decided to provide rich rewards to those who signed such a contract.

The sense of belonging to the company is also very important. Cultivating team loyalty is also very helpful for the development of the company.

Catherine has really benefited a lot from Peter Drucker, the father of modern management. After being trained and taught by him for a period of time, Catherine's methods have become quite good.

"Professional lawyer team, professional legal fighters." Catherine wrote these two sentences in her notebook.

After settling these matters, Catherine came to Intel Corporation again.

Because the first vcd disc has appeared.

But looking at the CD, Catherine frowned.

"Is this the finished product?"

The twenty-inch disc in front of me is even more exaggerated than a laser disc, and it is single-sided and can only store forty minutes.

"Because the technical problem still needs to be solved, this is the only way we can do it now." The technician explained.

Indeed, the current technology has not reached that level, and there is still a long way to go before it can become a 120mm optical disc.

"If we estimate optimistically, it will take about a year."

The technician said so.

"Okay, then I'll wait."

The basic finished product has come out, and Catherine once again wrote a report to the Quality Supervision and Management Office.

She explained the benefits of compact discs to the Pentagon.

Optical discs can record a large amount of video data, and the storage time is much longer than that of video tapes.

Now that we have real objects, many things can be easily solved. At least, the demonstration to the Pentagon can be completed instead of empty words like before.

In fact, the military industry is the most profitable industry, especially manufacturers such as fighter jets and tanks.

But Catherine didn’t have that accumulation, so it was impossible to start from scratch.

You know, the drawings of the Phantom fighter alone weigh dozens of tons.

Without sufficient technical accumulation, it is impossible to make money in this area. Catherine does not have the ability to draw the engine drawings alone - it weighs at least several tons.

But without the military industry, it doesn't mean that Catherine can't make money.

Catherine knows the needs of people in the future, so she can make products in advance. As a "pseudo prophet", if Catherine can't make money, she might as well die in a headlong collision.

Then, Catherine came to check on the progress of the Nimbus.

Things are not going well here. For data discs, the bit error rate is too high. Even if error correction is performed, it still won't work. Moreover, there are also problems with the new generation of CPU research, so the researchers of the Nimbus Game Console are temporarily useless.

Things to do.

In desperation, Catherine temporarily postponed the Nimbus game console plan and began to think about its arcade version for Xbox.

It has been two months since Xbox was released, and third-party manufacturers have gradually begun to appear.

Because Catherine adopts the "royalty" policy used by Nintendo and reviews all games, Catherine is very confident about the quality.

And Catherine has fully learned the lessons of Nintendo, so the restrictions on third parties are not too big.

Having a game console does not necessarily guarantee success; you must also have sufficient game software support.

Historically, PS game consoles defeated n64 because they had sufficient third-party support.

Catherine also set a rating standard in advance for games. However, the performance of Xbox is not very good, so it is difficult to express horror content, so most of the games are for all ages. But does Catherine know that Atari

It was defeated by H-type games, and the display effect of that game was worse than that of Xbox.

So Catherine had to be cautious in this regard.

The company is now making good progress in PPU research and is able to make something more dynamic than before. It is precisely for this reason that prompted Catherine to develop the idea of ​​​​developing an Xbox arcade version.

Compared with the Japanese and Chinese, Americans actually prefer action games, especially sports games, so the later sales of Wii have always been higher than those of PS3 and Xbox360 in Europe and the United States.

Football, basketball, especially America’s favorite football, this is what Catherine is planning to add to the xbox arcade version.