[American Entertainment] Born to be passionate

At 1:[-] p.m., Edmondo and Rui Fan boarded the car to the headquarters of DreamWorks. They didn’t have to pick up Anderson, because Anderson lived closer. Facing the risk of traffic jams, know that the roads are full of cars on Christmas Eve.

Along the way, Edmundo was extremely excited, and he kept talking about the things he encountered during the filming. Rui Fan was only interested in himself, and he was too angry last night to cause 'work', so he kept suppressing his desire to yawn .Unfortunately, Rui Fan was still exposed when he passed a certain intersection.

"Why, because you have to think about how to put me in a lunatic asylum on the grounds of mental illness, so you didn't sleep, okay?" Edmundo sarcastically said with a smirk, he still remembered the matter of consulting with the psychological clinic, "seriously , Rui Fan, even if I go to a mental hospital, you won’t be able to get my money, because I’m thinking about giving all my property to my son George through a will.”

Rui Fan was shocked by his son's statement at first, but after a few seconds he realized that it was a dog at all, and then he realized that he had no room to refute in the matter of psychological counseling, so he could only humbly and politely smile.

"I don't want your money, Dudu, I'm sorry that I took your information to a clinic for identification without authorization. I just heard wrong information and didn't realize the mistake for a while." He said softly, "If you are going to be imprisoned mental hospital, then I will go with you, so you won't be alone."

"Then shall we stage a real-life flight over the madhouse?" Edmondo continued his mocking tone and continued the second half of the sentence, "You know it's impossible to prove that you don't have mental illness time, and you are even willing to do it for me." Mental hospital, so you really love me."

Rui Fan smiled again. "Yes." he replied.

"Well, that's too bad, I don't feel that you love me as much as you say, you don't even want to open your eyes when I'm talking about "Resident Evil"." Edmondo said very meanly, he is Intentionally, "Don't use last night to make excuses, I'm as tired as you, even to clean up what you left last night-speaking of which you didn't use condoms several times last night, if I was a girl you should think about it now Pregnancy problem."

Rui Fan didn't intend to defend himself, the mean Edmondo was more charming than usual, to be honest, he was very happy to see the other party show his shortcomings without reservation in front of him.And—it would be even better if Edmundo could conceive, he likes children, and he is good at starting his own family, with Edmundo.

He wished a child could tie him to him, and it was a bit shameless to say that, but he couldn't deny that there were moments when he had similar dark thoughts.But of course, Rui Fan didn't intend to talk to Edmund Dominic about the topic of children. Based on what he knew about him, if he said something at this moment, he might be kicked out of the car directly by the other party.

But before Rui Fan could speak, the cell phone in Edmondo's inner pocket suddenly sang. This call was as he expected, but it was a few days late.It was Mr. Masahiko Yoshida, the copyright manager of Capcom, who was unable to reach an agreement on the distribution and dividend distribution of "Resident Evil".

Edmundo answered the phone cheerfully: "Good morning, Mr. Mahiko, I believe you must have received the news that my movie will be screened in-house soon. I really hope that your representatives are here. This movie symbolizes Our win-win."

Yoshida Masahiko ignored his taunt. "I'm here to ask you one last question," he said with his weird Japanese pronunciation, "Are you willing to modify the contract? Regarding all the profits after the film is released, Capcom, as the copyright owner, can give 45% of the profits." , this is a final friendly inquiry, and my advice - take it."

"45%? I bought the complete adaptation rights. I found an investment to shoot this movie. You told me that I can only get 45%? This is absolutely impossible." Edmondo dismissed this, " The amount of subsidy that the United States is willing to give homeless people is more generous than yours, not to mention that my contract is not signed for nothing."

"If you think about it, we will prosecute you for commercial espionage." Masahiko Yoshida said, "When the time comes, the release of the movie will be affected, and no one will get any money."

"Ha! Angel investors reasonably foreseeing the future will be regarded as commercial espionage | Capcom's vision is only so short. Okay, then you go to sue, DreamWorks' legal department is not paid for nothing. "Edmondo's attitude was tough. "Everyone knows the speed of international economic disputes. By the time the trial starts, the film has already made all the money it should have made, and you still won't get anything."

Masahiko Yoshida didn't seem to be threatened, he snorted coldly. "This is the last warning, remember your decision, Mr. Edmondo, I hope you will not regret it." After finishing speaking, he hung up the phone.

But it doesn't matter, since both parties don't care about the other's threats, there is nothing to continue talking about.

Before the other party finished speaking, Edmondo threw the phone under the car seat, waved his hand like chasing flies, and then lay on Rui Fan's lap. "Listening to stupid people talking for too long, I have a headache, hurry up, press my temple." He ordered, "I will sleep for a while, and wake me up when the company arrives."

Rui Fan is happy to do that.

After about 40 minutes, they arrived at their destination.The two made out in the backseat and got out of the car after sorting their clothes. At this time, there are still 2 minutes before the screening starts at 15 o'clock.Anderson had already arrived at the scene. He had a very speculative chat with a woman, and it seemed that he was ready to start a new relationship.

By the way, just two months ago, after the incident in Rio, Anderson caught Angelina Jolie having sex with two men behind his back while he was gone, so Decisively break up.Edmundo praised this decision, and gave Anderson a watch worth 20w for it.

They walked into the screening room, and most of the insiders who had come to participate in the screening had already arrived, and Edmondo shook hands with them.

"I can't believe it, this is your movie, Dudu, why don't you seem to be paying attention at all, you're almost late, you know-oh." Anderson complained and suddenly noticed the hem of the clothes that the two hadn't had time to smooth out, he I was stunned for a moment, and then showed a disgusted expression, "It seems that the next time you are asked to participate in an important event, you must be separated from your men. Can you not bear it for a minute?"

Edmondo took Rui Fan to his seat, and then he patted his manager on the shoulder. "You're wrong, Andy, of course we can bear it for a minute," he said. "What we can't bear is the whole afternoon."

Rui Fan snickered, and Anderson almost couldn't come up. He glared at the two of them, and then made a threatening gesture of wiping his neck. "Don't let me catch you doing little tricks at the movie screening," he said savagely, "I won't save you, remember it!"

However, there was a problem when the screening officially started. As soon as 2 o'clock arrived, the screening hall went dark, but the strange thing was that the audience waited for 3 minutes, and even the title did not appear, let alone the feature film.

Just when everyone was wondering what was going on, a small door next to the screen opened, and 5 or 6 men in suits poured in from outside. They first came to the host of the screening and whispered to him What, then trotted all the way to Edmondo, who was the director, and the leader leaned into his ear, and told him a shocking news.

"The film to be screened today has been artificially destroyed. You'd better go backstage."

……

Backstage, in the monitoring room, Edmondo frowned, watching one of the videos repeatedly.The footage showed a man in a brown coat flowing into the projection room, and then using the pocket knife he carried with him, he cut all the film in the box.

Now the prisoner has been caught by security personnel, but he only said that he wanted to do it for personal reasons, because the loss is not big, so even if he faces charges, the court will not punish him excessively.

"I don't understand, why did he do this?" Edmondo asked inexplicably, "When I asked him just now, he also said that he didn't hate the movie, he didn't hate the original game, and he didn't hate me. So what was his reason for doing this?"

Anderson shrugged as he sat in the swivel chair. "Maybe it's true, as he said, he's having a bad day, so he always wants to destroy something to have fun," he said. "It's very common for people like this to be unhappy and not see others happy."

"So—is it an accident?" Rui Fan said with some uncertainty, and he also watched the surveillance video repeatedly, "Don't you think this is a bit too coincidental, Dudu."

"Coincidence? What do you mean?"

"You answered a phone call in the car before coming here. It was the copyright company of your film. That's right." Rui Fan said, "I heard it very clearly. The man said that if you don't revise the contract again To make you regret it."

Being reminded by him like this, Edmundo also connected the two things. "You mean Capcom?" he asked, "Capcom is a game company, or is it Japanese, and they have the ability to do this kind of thing?"

"I just think it's a coincidence, and I didn't say it must be the fault of Capcom." Rui Fan said seriously.

"Well, it's really doubtful." Edmondo lowered his head and thought, he licked his lower lip, "We assume this is Capcom's trick, so what can they gain by destroying the adaptation film, Film can be copied infinitely, they will not be ignorant of it. Unless—"

Unless they're trying to get everyone's attention with this one, and then blame it on the backup film. The post-production of the movie "Resident Evil" has just been completed. DreamWorks is eager to tell shareholders the results and analyze how much money they can get after the release, so they didn't start a strict backup plan at all, and even several copies were stored in the same place.

If this is the case, the situation is bad.

The three immediately realized that something was wrong, but just as they were about to go upstairs to check, the man in the suit appeared again. "There's a fire in the storage room," he said, "and we're trying to salvage the film inside, but -- please be prepared."

Edmundo's face has never been so gloomy as it is today, and he is angry.

……

This incident alarmed many high-level people in the building. When a few people rushed over, there were many people around the storage room. The fire had already been extinguished. Judging from the scene, the scale was not large.

However, just when Edmondo was about to let go of his heart and think that this was an accident, several people came over and told him that not only the film of the final film was burned, but also the original film he brought back from the studio last year was affected. , the extent of damage is estimated to reach 50%.

Unfortunately, surveillance around the storage room showed that no one entered or exited before and after the fire.

"How dare they! In my place, break into my company, destroy my film, and ask me to pay them!" Edmondo was furious, and he called Masahiko Yoshida who had just threatened him , but a mechanical female voice came from the opposite side after the connection, which is tantamount to adding fuel to the fire.

"I want to sue them! Let them go to jail! Pearl Harbor decades ago, DreamWorks now, God, do the Japanese really not know how much weight they have? The economic crisis is not enough to teach them how to behave? Think they can buy Down to Manhattan—stupid and bad, I'll find their evidence, and then you won't even get the game!"

Edmondo, who was angry, fired the map gun at the Japanese, and didn't stop him until Spielberg arrived after hearing the news. "I understand your anger, Edmondo, but now we have no proof that Capcom did it, and you can easily be caught like this," he said.

Edmondo said: "Evidence? I don't need evidence. No one would do it except Capcom. Trust me, they did it."

"Please, calm down, this matter is very complicated. Even if we find evidence later, shareholders don't want this matter to be blown up. Bigger means exposure, means more public opinion, and means more justice And there is no money to be made." Spielberg said, "Also, many excellent employees in our company are from Japan, and what you just said is very rude and even broke their hearts."

Edmondo still didn't appreciate it. He said angrily: "They feel broken? What about me? I shot for 59 days and post-production for nearly 200 days. The film was destroyed in such a fire. , who will comfort my broken heart?"

As he said that, he was about to rush into the ruins to find his old film. At the critical moment, Rui Fan made a move, and he stopped the impulsive Edmondo.Then with a sort of relieved smile, he took a small object from his pocket, like a pendant, and held it to Edmondo's eyes.

"Don't worry, it's not completely gone. I converted them into digital versions for backup before sending them to the final rendering, and it's inside this little thing." Rui Fan said, "This thing is called a USB flash drive, and I got it from China. Yes, it's very convenient, I always carry it with me."

Edmondo was stunned.

Of course, everyone at the scene was stunned.

After half a minute, Edmondo jumped on Rui Fan, hooked his neck and gave him a super deep French kiss. The crowd applauded and applauded. The atmosphere at the scene was as enthusiastic as they were married.Among them, Anderson had the biggest reaction.Yes, the agent who warned them not to mess around in the screening room.

"I fucking love you so much, little Phoenix." Edmundo, who had kissed enough, still refused to let go of Rui Fan's neck, "I forgive you all your sins, did you hear what I said, dear , I will never be angry with you again, and I would like to thank you, thank you!"

This is the first time Rui Fan enjoys being the center of attention.

Of course, in the end Edmondo apologized to the Japanese employees who were offended, and everyone was happy.However, he does not intend to let go of Capcom, who is playing tricks, and he reserves his views on this game company. What gamers like is the game itself, not the game company, and the game is created by those designers, so ——

"I'm going to play a game with them, and take away their future capital. Playing information warfare, it's like who can't do it." Sitting sideways on the chief office chair in the conference room, Edmondo said, "Now They must have got the source of the film. Capcom thought that we had no film, so we had no capital to negotiate with them. They will initiate negotiations soon. I want to keep the last card and watch them on the negotiating table. Green as a pickle!"

No one had any opinion on this. Those present in the conference room were either Edmondo's acquaintances or shareholders of the company. They had the same position and pursued the same goal.

"Gentlemen, this time we will not only stand up and make money, but also tear our enemies apart and kneel down and beg for mercy." Edmondo narrowed his eyes dangerously, and after drinking a whole pot of coffee, He called his assistant to get a new phone number, and then called Shinji Mikami who was far away in Japan.

Shinji Mikami was not in a good mood on the phone, and there was a hint of guilt between the lines. Edmondo quickly realized that the other party must know something.

In fact, the current Mikami Shinji doesn't know much about the destruction of the "Resident Evil" movie. His guilt towards Edmundo stems from his failure to develop the game well.At this time, Capcom had just signed an agreement with Sega (game console company), saying that it would share the sequel of "Resident Evil" with the other party, but Sony offered a higher price, and Capcom immediately agreed with them. An agreement was signed.

In addition, Capcom also responded to the players and made every effort to package Shinji Mikami in full accordance with the requirements of the stars.These operations prevented Shinji Mikami from developing the game purely. In his heart, this was to let down Edmondo who discovered him and paid him back then.

"I'm sorry, Edmondo, I can't stop them." Shinji Mikami said, "They are high-level, I'm just a developer, I have to do what they want me to do, I'm really sorry."

"It's okay, it's not your fault." Edmondo comforted, and then he changed the subject, "I was thinking—uh, Mikami, is this telephone line used by you personally?"

Shinji Mikami was stunned for a second. "No, this is the company's phone. I haven't bought a mobile phone yet." He replied, "But I do have a private line, which was originally used to call my family."

"Very good, just use it." Edmondo said, "Call me with it in 5 minutes. I have something very important to discuss with you."

Shinji Mikami hung up the phone, he leaned back in a daze, and slumped on the office chair.He took a few deep breaths, then raised his head, looked over the board he used to discuss the game plot with his team members, and over the cabinets containing figurines and sundries, and finally looked at the watch on the wall.

What could be the problem?

As soon as the time came, Shinji Mikami couldn't wait to grab the phone and make a call, but Edmondo's first sentence stunned him.

"I want to set up a studio for you, dedicated to game development."

"What, what?" Shinji Mikami thought he had heard it wrong, "You, Edmundo, can you say it again?"

"I said, I want to fund you to set up a studio." Edmondo said patiently, "You can bring your best friends from Capcom, trust me, this studio will never cut you budget, or ask you to speed up the production. Make interesting games exactly according to your ideas, and as before, I am responsible for paying the money. But this time, all copyrights belong to me, and the dividends of peripheral products can be negotiated .”

It took Shinji Mikami two full days to realize what Edmondo wanted, he hesitated, but soon, Capcom strongly informed him that he was going to participate in the comic exhibition, and promised players at the comic exhibition The "Resident Evil" series will be a series production.

This matter made Mikami Shinji make a decision, and he called Edmondo. "I figured it out, Studio, I'll listen to you," he said. "I'm tired of being thrown around like a commodity. I want to make my own game."

Edmondo had expected the result a long time ago, and he smiled. "Welcome," he said. "Let's make good games that are really popular with players."

When the game "Resident Evil 2" was officially released, Shinji Mikami resigned from the company, and Capcom executives were furious, but they couldn't help it. They couldn't keep Shinji Mikami who was determined to leave.At the same time, Shinji Mikami also took away several of his most trusted team members, namely Hideki Kamiya, Yuyuki Kobayashi, and Jun Takeuchi.

At this time, they just had a new idea, about an old man holding a big knife to deal with demons. They left Capcom with this idea, so Edmund made an extra hit. The copyright of the game, its name is "Devil May Cry".