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Chapter 590 Everyone Wants to Improve

“The Last of Us is a doomsday story that comes at the perfect time, presenting a realistic apocalypse scenario just as we are getting used to a new normal in doomsday lore.

Most importantly, it’s a heartwarming (and very violent) story.”

After the premiere, the latest batch of film reviews were published online. Traditional media newspapers have to wait until the next day to typeset, but online, as long as there is a computer and an Internet connection, you can write anytime.

This is why popular film critics on the Internet can quickly replace traditional newspaper film critics. If this trend continues, film critics who make a living from TV programs will not be able to hold on.

Faced with the impact of the Internet, some people stick to tradition, while others begin to seek change. But the tide of development will not be diverted by the will of a small group of people, and the previous world will never return.

Just before the premiere of The Last of Us, YouTube made an attempt to live stream the video for the first time. Although the live stream was only half an hour long, it was accompanied by various problems such as unstable images, freezes, and out-of-sync audio and video.

But this not-so-successful live broadcast caused a sensation in Silicon Valley and Wall Street. People seemed to see the rise of a new media and entertainment model, although they didn't know what it meant.

When the live broadcast ended, the stock price of Banana Company, which owns YouTube, rose by 8.2 percentage points, which shows that capital is optimistic about live broadcast.

Of course, if you want to live broadcast, there are still several problems that need to be solved.

The first thing is a stable network. If the live broadcast is stuck, the audience will not be able to stand it after a long time.

Another issue is the image quality. Currently, the video quality on YouTube has developed to a resolution of 720P, but it is still not enough for live streaming.

One obvious problem is that high-quality images require high network speeds, but 720P is still too blurry and unstable. So better quality and higher network speeds are needed.

However, YouTube's successful live broadcast still gave hope to many Silicon Valley companies, and several companies that have nothing to do with Gilbert Jr. are planning to do something similar.

Even Microsoft, in which Gilbert Jr. had shares, wanted to get involved. Bill Gates called Gilbert Jr. several times to discuss the prospects of the live broadcast industry and asked if they could cooperate.

But Gilbert Jr. declined. Bill Gates already had enough shares in the banana company, and Gilbert Jr. didn't want him to increase his holdings.

Another unexpected thing is that after the success of YouTube live streaming, the largest adult website in North America announced that it would engage in live streaming business.

The website promises that it will invite many porn stars from the San Fernando Valley to broadcast live and perform for the audience on the spot.

The gambling city of Las Vegas is also not willing to be left out. Several famous hotels jointly announced that they will establish a gambling platform in the form of live streaming on the Internet.

Gilbert Jr. also left a message on the official Banana account of the Royal Palace Casino: "One less ad slogan, should add a sexy dealer, dealing cards online."

The casino was overjoyed and thanked Gilbert Jr. immediately, giving him a reward. They even reserved the best VIP suite for him and welcomed Gilbert Jr. to Las Vegas.

But just like drugs, gambling is something that Gilbert Jr. hates, so he never goes to Las Vegas and forbids people around him to gamble.

As for why I came up with an advertising slogan for the casino, it was purely because it was interesting.

The emergence of video websites and live broadcasts has brought another change to Hollywood. There is a special channel for film and television on YouTube, which has already released many movies and TV series.

Although the clarity is not high, it has fewer ads. As long as the internet speed is fast enough, you can watch it online. There are ads when the TV is playing, and ads can be inserted halfway through.

DVDs require equipment, and you have to buy or rent the discs.

But it is very convenient to play it online. As long as you have a computer, a laptop will do, and you can watch it anytime with an Internet connection. You can also cache it and watch it offline.

More importantly, as Apple was about to launch the first generation of so-called smartphones, Gilbert Jr. began asking Banana and Watermelon to adapt the phone.

The request to move computer software to mobile phones may sound outrageous, but any smart person can see the business prospects here.

One more thing is that the Android system team acquired by Xigua Company has been doing very well and has reached cooperation with several mobile phone manufacturers to install the Android system on them.

All of a sudden, Apple's mobile phone system, Nokia's Symbian, Android, and other miscellaneous systems appeared on the market, announcing to people the arrival of the smartphone era.

For Hollywood companies, what they need to consider now is how to find their own path as content creators in the era of rapid development of the Internet. After the premiere, Gilbert Jr. held a conference call with senior executives from Disney and Warner in the hotel, and the content of the meeting was only a small part of "The Last of Us".

More content is to discuss future plans.

"I think that online video will be the mainstream in the future, and streaming platforms deserve our attention."

Gilbert Jr. said bluntly: "Streaming media will completely change the ecology of Hollywood and change the existing pattern of Hollywood.

As a traditional Hollywood film company, we have to find our own path in the new era.”

Warner Bros. and Disney both agreed, though a few board members felt Gilbert Jr. was deliberately exaggerating the role of the Internet.

Everyone knows that Gilbert Jr. is a tycoon in Silicon Valley. The purpose of his doing this is to get more shares of the two companies for his own use.

But what Gilbert Jr. said is not without reason. The example of film critics is a good proof that if you don’t want to be eliminated by the times, you have to keep up with the times.

After the conference call, Gilbert Jr. felt a little tired.

Holding a cup of tea, he went to the balcony to look at the night view of Manhattan.

You can hardly see any Manhattan scenery in Queens. There are only gangs that rob people on the road and various underground transactions.

But don't worry in Manhattan, it's one of the safest areas in the United States.

It can be said that if real-life CS games start to happen in Manhattan one day and crime and violence are rampant, it means that the end is near.

Ivanka came back to New York once in a while, so Gilbert Jr. gave her a day off so that she could go back to visit Donald. Naomi Watts, who had nothing to do, coaxed Elian to sleep and acted as Gilbert Jr.'s temporary assistant.

"The midnight show has just started. Judging from the feedback from investigators from theaters across the country, the situation is pretty good." Naomi Watts followed to the balcony with a laptop in her hand.

Now with the Internet, theater surveys are no longer as troublesome as before, and Gilbert Jr. can always know the theater audience's feedback on the movie.

But little Gilbert didn't care about this very much. He said, "Naomi, let me tell you an interesting story."

"What an interesting story."

"This story is about a family from China working in New York. One day, when the husband came home from get off work, he was robbed by a few black men.

The husband took out all his money, but the black robbers were still not satisfied and even took away his clothes and pants.

The only thing that escaped was a pack of cigarettes on the husband's body, because the black robber smelled it and thought it tasted bad, so he did not take it.

My husband regarded this cigarette as a bad luck cigarette, and later switched to American cigarettes and stopped smoking this cigarette. "

"And then?" Naomi Watts didn't understand what the story meant.

"Later, the husband was robbed by the same gang of black men again. Strangely, the black men did not rob his wallet, but instead looked for cigarettes.

They found that their husband did not bring the cigarettes from last time, and they were immediately dissatisfied, so they beat him up and left.

The wife later asked her husband why he didn’t bring the cigarette that day, and the husband said it was a bad luck cigarette, and he thought he could avoid disaster by not bringing the cigarette.

Naomi Watts asked curiously, "What kind of smoke is that?"

Little Gilbert pointed to the commercial opposite and said, "Look, that's it."

Naomi Watts took a closer look and saw two big Chinese characters written on the billboard: China...

(End of this chapter)