Rebirth of America, this is my time

At the beginning of 1981, a lot of things actually happened.

For example, on January 1, the federal government announced that it would adjust the national minimum wage.

It has increased from the original $3.1 an hour to the current $3.35 an hour.

Based on forty hours per week, the minimum weekly salary for a job cannot be less than one hundred and thirty-four.

The emergence of this decision immediately caused countless labor-intensive enterprises to complain.

Because those capitalists feel that their labor costs have increased again.

But if calculated based on fifty-two weeks per year, the minimum wage in America is only US$6,968 per year. With prices soaring now, this money can only keep people alive at best.

For another example, the hostage crisis that lasted for 444 days came to an end within minutes after Lingzong took office. This greatly increased the reputation of Lingzong, who had just taken the oath, and made Renzong, who had just abdicated, look like a joke.

A few weeks later, Lingzong directly introduced his liberal economic theory and turned his first promise during the election into reality, which was to cut federal spending and reduce taxes for the people of America.

This made countless people smile.

For example, a few days after Ling Zong announced tax cuts, a piece of news was sent from Buckingham Palace.

Their prince...

Finally getting married!

And the princess...

It is said that she is a nanny?

"Oh! This is simply unbelievable! The prince of Great Britain wants to marry a nanny? This is simply a big joke! Is this something that the Empire on which the Sun Never Sets can do? The prince is really embarrassing his mother. ! It’s an embarrassment to his grandmother!”

March 1st.

When the rising sun spread its golden rays across the land, a long queue formed at the door of the registration venue jointly organized by Destiny Games and the National Football League.

Although the surroundings of the venue are the same as two years ago, there are countless signs with cartoon characters from the Destiny Game, and the logos and flags of all sponsors are also swaying in the wind, but at this moment, what people are talking about is not a game at all. Instead, I have been listening to epic gossip for almost a week.

"No, No, No, No, that's not what happened..."

When a middle-aged white man in his 40s or 50s pointed out Jiangshan and criticized Fang Qiu with passionate words in the crowd, a young girl on the side who heard the ridicule immediately shook her head and retorted, saying: "The Diana who married Charles was also an aristocrat. , his father was an earl.”

"Their union is both free love and a well-matched match."

"So, this marriage will not be a shame to the royal family."

"Oh come on!" The sudden debate made the old white man glance sideways at the young girl, and then he said loudly: "Although I didn't know Earl Spencer a few days ago, these days , "The New York Times" and "USA Today" almost stripped him naked!"

"This guy was a viscount seventy-five years ago! He got the title by working as a retainer for the king and queen! Although his father was an earl, he had no military exploits from the first generation. Moreover, it was said in the news , did their family’s first-generation baronetcy come through acting?”

"You just performed some kind of "Alsopp" for the then royal heir? Did you make those guys laugh? That's why you became a noble?"

"Oh! This counterattack story is so interesting!"

"My ancestors were actors, let's see how I can counterattack and become a princess?"

"Ha ha ha ha--"

"This promotion is so funny, isn't it?"

The old white man clapped his hands and looked around.

Then, countless roars of laughter echoed through the sky.

Although decades later, the princess who died in a car accident had great public opinion in Europe and the United States.

But now, in this era where no one knows anything.

The marriage between her and the prince was simply a hilarious piece of gossip.

First, because the status of the two sides is really too disparate. Even though she is also a noble, a noble with no power and only a name is even more miserable than a commoner.

In the case of insufficient income, they also need to spend a lot of money to maintain the pretense of being aristocrats. This kind of behavior of pretending to be fat makes their lives just look more glamorous.

The second reason is that after World War II, Daiying could no longer maintain the reputation of an empire on which the sun never sets.

The Suez crisis showed their weakness.

Then, they met the biggest nightmare in their history, America's supervillain, the ultimate master of world diplomacy, the destroyer of cod, the protector of territorial waters, and the richest third party who wandered between the East and the West. After the world country Iceland completely lost the confrontation...

They don't even have the guts anymore.

In this case, in America, is it a kind of political correctness to insult Britain, but not to accept being insulted? That will become their source of happiness!

"You really are a savage!"

The young girl stared at the old white man with an angry face and shouted: "You are insulting others!"

"No quality at all!"

"Quality?" This word made the old white man laugh even louder.

His eyes swam and he carefully looked at the guy in front of him who was about the same age as his own child.

He asked teasingly: "Do you think the prince is qualified?"

"Or do you think the guys who can join the royal family are qualified?"

"Oh - girl - you are so interesting -"

"You must have read too many Disney fairy tales and think you can become Cinderella, right?"

"Those guys have been sucking blood and eating flesh from ordinary people for many years!"

"So why should I think from their perspective?"

"You think they are a good match, but you think this kind of thing might happen to you! A girl who works as a nanny can become a princess? Wow! This is a fairy tale in reality!"

"But I'm telling you, it's all bullshit!"

"They won't be happy!"

"Their union is a joke!"

"Because among the three channels for class jump, marriage is the most unreliable!"

"Or God will bless you and let you be born in Rome!"

"Or God bless you and make you lucky in life!"

"As for marriage?"

"ha--"

"Rich people are not bound by love!"

"Not to mention the royal family!"

"There is no love there at all!"

"Right?"

At this point, the old white man turned his head.

"Yeah~~~"

Chi Guoguo's question received unanimous approval from the people around her.

When the girl found out, all the onlookers gave her joking looks.

Her chest immediately heaved and she left the scene angrily.

Her departure also made the guy in line laugh and continue chatting.

It was as if everything just now didn't exist.

"I'm so angry! I'm so angry! I'm so angry!"

However, as soon as the girl was far away from the crowd, she found a corner and stopped.

Looking at the team in the distance, she gritted her teeth.

At this moment, she only felt a fire burning in her heart, not only because the disgusting group of old white men had just destroyed the fairy tale wedding in her mind with their hateful machismo. The reason why she came to line up today was to sign up to participate in the national video game competition.

As a loyal fan of the Destiny game, she has played the Ms. Pac-Man game for a long time.

As a fan of Princess Leia, she has played and watched "Star Wars" many times.

To be honest, she was actually a little disappointed when she learned that the National Video Game Competition held by Destiny Games was held every two years. Because she wanted to put Princess Leia on the competition stage.

Under the watchful eye of the nation.

According to the plan announced by Steve Ballmer in the early 1980s, "Starry Sky" is the first game for Johnson's home console. The possibility of holding the second national video game competition based on it is definitely higher than The Empire Strikes Back is much bigger.

In this case, no matter how much she desires.

It will have to wait until three years before we can see Princess Leia in the competition.

This also ensures that Destiny Games will not launch a more influential game in the next three years.

However, these are her expectations.

Because after "Destiny Cube" appeared, she knew that as long as Ethan Jones died suddenly, "Destiny Cube" would definitely become the best in the history of the video game industry.

When a game like "Destiny Cube" that can really be played infinitely appears, "The Empire Strikes Back" may not be on the stage of the competition, but...

Who would have imagined that Ethan Jones, the new assistant who replaced Steve Ballmer, actually announced that the two games of "The Empire Strikes Back" will also become this year's competition games.

This surprise made her extremely excited.

According to her vision, this is a reflection of Destiny's continued embrace of female players.

But unfortunately, as soon as she signed up this morning, she met a bunch of low-ranking men.

This is really...

Too unlucky!

"MFxxk! These guys are going to hell!"

She complained through gritted teeth, and then she began to feel pain again.

"Hey - when will these guys be finished?"

"I still want to sign up!"

But before she could finish her words, an angry voice suddenly emerged.

"Yes!"

"These guys are really disgusting!"

"With the large number of people, these old and boring concepts are being instilled in us here!"

"It pisses me off!"

This voice of support attracted the girl's attention, and she turned her head. Then, she saw a woman who was a few years older than herself, but with maturity written all over her body.

"Who are you?" The girl was a little confused.

"Oh! I'm here to sign up too."

The young woman pointed to the team in front and said: "I'm just in front of you, and I just heard your discussion. To be honest, those people's opinions are like maggots in the sewer! It's disgusting!"

"So, when you left, I left too!"

"I really don't want to be around those people!"

"I'd rather rearrange!"

"I don't want to have to deal with ear contamination there either!"

In a few words, the young woman had already explained her origins clearly.

And her words also made the girl's face soften, and her eyes showed excitement, as if she had found a soulmate.

After some exchanges, the girl learned that the other party wanted to perform in "The Empire Strikes Back" just like her, which made her very happy.

At the same time, she was also very distressed, because judging from the current situation, today they...

It's all for nothing.

However, her point of view made the young women shake their heads, "No, No, No... Even if we don't sign up today, we can still play games!"

"You mean "The Empire Strikes Back"? Oh - I originally wanted to go to the arcade and play a few games after registration ended, but now... I'm not in the mood." The girl sighed.

"Who said 'The Empire Strikes Back'? I'm talking about the new game!" the young woman raised her voice.

"New game? "Destiny Cube"?" The girl looked confused.

"Oh God -" Before the girl could finish her words, the young woman screamed.

"Sister! Do you live on Mars?"

"I'm talking about Destiny Games' new game! Ms. Pac-Man II!"

"And Star Wars: The Legend of Princess Leia!"

"That's Ethan Jones' game that just came out recently!"

"You don't know about such a big thing, right?"

The girl's eyes widened as she listened to the continuous questions.

The downtime looked like a machine stuck due to retrieval.

After a moment, she shook her head hard without finding any useful information in her brain.

"Sister - I - I don't think I've really heard of these games -"

"Besides, every time Destiny Games releases a new product, doesn't it hold a nationwide press conference?"

"It seems that Ethan Jones has not appeared on TV recently..."

"Yes! Because this is a game they released secretly!" The girl's doubts made the young woman laugh and said: "For Ethan Jones, the most important thing at the moment is the national competition."

"No matter what happens, it can't take away the headlines from the national competition."

"So, their game release this time was carried out quietly."

"And those games were not released in arcades, but on consoles."

This explanation made the surprise on the girl's face fade a lot.

But at the same time, the host platform also made her frown, "Host? But I don't have one..."

"Hey! It doesn't matter if you don't! We can go to the console room to play!"

The girl's words made the young woman smile and said: "If you are interested in these games, then I will take you to see them? It's not far, just over here..."

Half pulled and half dragged by the young woman, the girl finally arrived at a small shop next to the stadium.

As the glass door opened, rows of neat TV sets appeared in front of her.

Under each TV, there is a Johnson home computer connected to it.

That neat appearance looks quite shocking.

But that's not the point. What's really eye-catching is the shelf facing the door.

It was filled with cassette boxes the size of books and the width of a finger.

If you look closely, you can see that almost all the cassette boxes are marked with the Destiny Game logo.

"Are these games of Destiny?"

The girl was a little unbelievable.

The boss standing behind the counter nodded and said, "Yes."

"Why are there so many?"

"Because Ethan Jones already entered the industry in 1972!" the boss said: "You wouldn't think that "Snake" was his first work, would you?"

"Ah - is that so?" The girl felt that she had entered the door of a new world.

"Of course! If you don't believe it, you can try it first..."

The boss pointed to the machine beside him and said, "Twenty-five cents an hour."

"If you're not going to play, then don't waste your time here."

The girl hesitated at the harsh words.

But in the end he took out five coins from his pocket.

Then, the boss asked her to choose her own cassette.

After hesitating for a long time, she finally chose the "Legend of Princess Leia" with the "Star Wars" logo.

Sitting in front of the console, she breathed a sigh of relief at the familiar startup animation.

Reading the cassette, the letters that come into view are indeed the style of the game of destiny——

"Leia is the princess of the planet Alderaan and one of the important leaders of the rebels..." (End of Chapter)