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Chapter 11 A Trip to Los Angeles

Jester's plan to sell his Arcade with "American Cubes" in Los Angeles was not that smooth at the beginning.

At the beginning, the owners of two arcade amusement halls heard Jester's purpose and even laughed at "American Cubes" for being crazy about being crazy about gains and losses. A 19-year-old child knew what to do in games, and then he directly rushed out of it with a swearing and scolding.

This frustrated Jester, who thought the plan would be foolproof.

Because he had a lot of calculations and thought of all the possibilities, he didn't expect that the other party might even make a conclusion without even reading the content of the game.

But there is an old saying that goes well: misfortune is the place where blessings depend.

When he found a third arcade game store called "Jeddy's House" near Baldwin Park on West Covina Street, it was warmly welcomed by the owner of the store.

This feeling seemed to make Jester feel that he was a big star and was recognized by fanatical fans.

Before he could figure it out, Jester asked carefully before he found out that the owner of the game store called Jedi Spark visited his friend's house in Costa Mesa a few days ago. After hearing the popularity of "American Cubes", he specially queued up to try it out. Unexpectedly, he was deeply attracted by this game and became a fan of this game.

Originally, he planned to order a few arcades called "American Cubes" after returning to Los Angeles. In addition to his special love, he was a professional arcade practitioner who followed a relatively senior electronic game player in this era.

In addition to the owner of an arcade game store, he undoubtedly saw the huge business opportunities in Tetris.

He felt that if he could launch this game in Los Angeles first, he would definitely make a lot of money. As far as he knew, he had not heard of any arcade game store in Los Angeles that has this game.

Because such a popular game is like a fireflies in the dark night, it will inevitably cause a sensation once it is launched.

But the problem arose. What he unexpectedly thought was that when he returned to Los Angeles and asked the Schwell company that he had been ordering, he learned that there was no arcade he mentioned in their company called "American Cubes".

This reply surprised him. Didn’t the maker of that game let Schwell, the largest entertainment equipment seller in California?

This is impossible!

Thinking of this, he quickly contacted several other sales companies and received the same reply. They did not have an arcade product called "American Cubes".

But this did not make Jady Spark give up. He planned to go to Costa Mesa again and ask the supermarket owner who had five "American Cubes" arcades carefully where he got such a fun game.

Unexpectedly, Jester actually came to the door by himself.

What does it mean that when a person is sleepy, someone immediately sends a pillow.

What does it mean to encounter rain after a long drought? What does it mean to meet an old friend in a foreign land?

That's it.

So Jester was very warmly welcomed by Jedi Spark, especially when he heard why those big dealers didn't quickly distribute the goods, he immediately cursed. Those dealers were really a group of SBs with no eyes.

Of course, when he heard Jester say that a unit of $5,000 and paid the full payment in advance, he rolled his eyes and felt uncomfortable on his face as if he had eaten a fly. His eyes looked at Jester, as if he was looking at a SB, but fortunately, he still wanted to buy an arcade from Jester, but there was no obvious leak.

Jester didn't care. He now realized that the price he gave was indeed a very deceptive for him, a famous designer.

It is impossible for any sales company to agree to his offer.

But he did not regret it, because "American Cubes" is worth the price, and he never had the idea of ​​selling gold at a low price and letting others get a bargain.

Things were even smoother than Jester expected. Jedi Spike didn't even have to conduct those three days of trial operation to see how this game was. After all, he had personally seen how popular this game was in Costa Mesa, so he immediately decided to buy all five machines. He also promised that several of the friends he knew also opened arcade game halls, and he would definitely sell "American Cubes" to them.

However, he also asked by the way, can the price be cheaper? For example, 3,000 US dollars, this price is also very high in arcade machines, and a machine costing only 5,000 US dollars is really expensive.

After hearing this, Jester just smiled, and then firmly refused the other party's request.

He had said before that "American Cubes" are worth this price, and he never sells gold at a low price, and he doesn't need others to sell it.

But Jester also made a special statement that the price of $5,000 this time is the friendly price. When this game became popular, it was not just this price.

After hearing that Jester had no intention of reducing the price, Jady Spike agreed with a little unwillingness.

After delivering five machines to Jady Spike and getting a full 25,000 US dollars, Jester did not go back directly. Although time is very tight for him now and there are many things he needs to do, such as developing the next game, etc., then again, he is not short of such a little time.

Jester had never been to Los Angeles in his previous life. I don’t know how charming this place, known as the most beautiful city on the West Coast, was to make up for the regrets of his previous life. Jester planned to have a good tour. He also wanted to go to his alma mater in this world, UCLA, a name that shines brightly in the entire world’s university rankings. When Jester was still Li Ming, he could only see from afar but not play with it.

I remember that he had also longed for photos of the blue big bear statue of UCLA countless times, but he did not expect that the identity he obtained after his rebirth was a UCLA student.

It can be considered as fulfilling his dream of another world in disguise.

Los Angeles is the largest city in California and the second largest metropolitan area in the United States. In 1769, when the Hispanics were searching for Monterey Harbor along a river, they named the river they crossed "The Queen's Angels River", which is the Los Angeles River. Twelve years later, 12 Hispanic families settled here; after several years, they named the place "The City of Angels".

This is where the city of Angels comes from.

To be honest, if you don’t have time, it’s very difficult to visit Los Angeles because there are many iconic classic attractions here, ranging from east to west, from south to north, with a huge span.

No matter which one you miss, it will make people feel that it is incomplete to come to Los Angeles once.

Don't believe it? I can tell more than a dozen names casually, all of which are famous places in Los Angeles and have many fans.

Avenue of Stars, Grand Theatre of China, Madame Tussauds, Graffith Observatory, Disney Concert Hall, Grammy Museum, Staples Center, Getty Museum, Venice Beach, Santa Monica Beach, Beverly Hills, Rodel Street, Universal Studios Hollywood, Sunset Avenue…

Do you need more?

Jester wanted to go a lot, but he didn't have enough time, so he had to choose the Sunset Avenue he wanted to go the most, and the rest were the next time.

Fortunately, after a while, he planned to go back to Los Angeles so that he could also visit again to make up for his regrets.

It was not because of the school’s start when he returned to Los Angeles. This year, because of the Los Angeles Olympics, many of the school’s dormitories will be given to delegations from many countries, and the school’s holiday has been extended by nearly one month.

Instead, his grandfather was preparing to organize some Chinese gatherings on the West Coast. When the Olympics were at the same time, he hoped to cheer for the Chinese delegation.

This is a good thing and it is also unshirkable. Moreover, at this Olympic Games, Xu Haifeng shot down the first gold medal in the Chinese Olympics, and the Volunteer March resounded at the top of Olympus for the first time.

Jester, who wanted to witness this historical moment, agreed without hesitation to his grandfather that he would definitely attend it.

Time seemed to be unable to take anything away from here. Jester, who had seen photos of Sunset Avenue in later generations, stood on the streets of Sunset Avenue and suddenly felt this kind of sigh.

The 1980s Sunset Avenue in Los Angeles was as prosperous as thirty years later, with traffic, crowds of people and noisy.

The entire Sunset Avenue is very long. This famous street passes through Eck Park, Lake Sylvie, Luce Ferris, Hollywood, West Hollywood, Beverly Hills, Homeby Hills, Bessa Bay, Brentwood, and BMW Hill Gardens.

It extends from Figueroa Street in downtown Los Angeles to the Pacific Coast Highway located in BMW Hill Gardens. This street has long become a symbol of Hollywood celebrity culture, and Sunset Avenue has long become synonymous with Hollywood's starlight.

After being reborn in this world, Jester has been in the small town of Costa Mesa. The tranquility and tranquility are the characteristics there. He has not yet felt the prosperity of the international metropolis in this era. However, in Los Angeles, he really felt it while taking a sightseeing bus to explore the Sunset Avenue.

Although he looked at the cars, billboards, people's clothes, words, shop dresses, etc. on the streets, it felt like he had traveled through time and space. Compared with the scene in his mind that thirty years later, it was like the old photos in the movie, and it had a strong sense of historical accumulation.

It seems that the word history is no longer an illusory concept in front of him, but a real existence.

That's it. Sitting on the bus is like a quick visit to the most prosperous and famous Sunset Avenue on the West Coast in 1984. Although such a sightseeing is simply impossible to appreciate the charm here.

Jester looked at the scenery outside, but deep inside, it was like waves, surging.

The first time, after his rebirth, he had an idea that he had never had before. Although he had made a copycat Tetris before, he planned to make a super Mario in hell in advance, and even wanted to create his own game empire... But it seems that what he did was just to follow the steps of history and repeat the history that had happened, just like playing a game that simulates history.

But at this moment, it was here that he clearly realized that this was a real and living world.

This is a completely different era, and here is not history, but some, just the future.

He raised his head slightly and faced the sky. The subtle wind blew across his face, and even on the hot summer day, it made him feel a hint of refreshing coolness.

Jester closed his eyes slightly, and his hands clenched into fists.

This is his, Jester Lee, a brand new era.
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