The movie Juno began!
The first scene showed two young high school students on screen.
Paul Rick (played by Ryan Reynolds)
Juno (played by Jessica Chastain)
They were standing together, looking a little nervous.
"A good start!" someone in the audience whispered. Many people smiled, remembering when they were young and crazy.
"I wish I had an experience like that," John Lasseter whispered to his boss, Steve Jobs.
"Come on," Jobs said, rolling his eyes. "With you... no one would be interested."
Lasseter shrank back in his seat. Jobs was always so mean!
The movie continued...
Two months passed in the story.
In a store...
"You've tested it three times," the shop owner said to Juno. "Don't doubt it."
What?! Juno couldn't believe it. How could this happen?
"Shut up, old man!" Juno snapped at him. "I drank two liters of orange juice on the way here! I really need to pee. Give me another pregnancy test. I want to try again."
The shop owner wasn't mad. He just laughed. "On the fourth test, you shouldn't be surprised, right? It's all true."
"Who knows," Juno grumbled. "It hasn't been confirmed yet."
A few minutes later, Juno came out of the restroom. She looked miserable.
"Now there's the result," she said, holding up the test. "The positive sign is really unbelievable."
She was pregnant.
Unable to accept it, Juno stormed out of the store. When she got home, she tied a rope to a big tree outside, thinking about hanging herself. But the rope broke with just a gentle pull!
Actually, she didn't really want to do it. She was just being dramatic.
The audience in the theater was excited.
"Are they being idiots?"
"Haha! That's just bad luck."
In 1996, not many movies talked about teen pregnancy so openly. Juno was fresh and interesting, and the audience was hooked.
...
The next scene...
Juno needed to tell her best friend, Leah.
But...
As the boss of Wald Pictures, Zane had asked the director to change this part. Instead of calling on the phone, he wanted Juno to use ICQ to chat online!
This was a "product placement" ad for his other company!
Juno turned on her computer, logged into ICQ, and typed: "I want to commit suicide."
Leah: "Is this Juno?"
Juno: "No, I'm Morgan Freeman. Did you hide human bones?"
(A/N: This was a joke from a movie.)
Leah: "Hehe. Are you serious?"
Leah didn't believe her at first. She thought Juno was just being weird. But when Juno told her about the three tests, Leah was stunned.
"Oh my god! Damn! F***~!" Leah typed. "Do you need help finding a clinic? I helped Becky find one last year."
...
In the movie theater...
The audience was confused.
"Wait... how are they chatting on the internet?"
"It's not email!"
"Is there really 'instant messaging' software like that?"
"Cool!" a young girl exclaimed.
Many young people started whispering excitedly. They were more interested in the cool chat software than the movie!
"Zane," his girlfriend Adriana Lima asked, "is this software called ICQ? It's really interesting. Is it available to buy?"
Zane smiled. This was exactly what he wanted.
In 2020, chat apps like WeChat or WhatsApp were normal. But in 1996, chatting instantly online was a brand-new, amazing invention!
"Lima," Zane said, "ICQ hasn't been released yet. But it will be in just a few days."
"Oh, really?!" Lima said, suddenly happy. She couldn't wait to try it.
Of course, other people were watching, too.
The bald man from before (Jeff Bezos!) leaned over to his assistant.
"Go find out everything about ICQ for me right now," he ordered. "I want the information before the movie ends. Or don't bother coming to work tomorrow."
"Yes, boss!" The assistant ran out of the theater, terrified.
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