My arcade is named Caine's Arcade. It's open on weekends only.

我的湯姆熊叫 Caine's Arcade，只有週末開，

And, it's really cheap.

而且很便宜。

Caine does not pass by an arcade without stopping in.

Caine 不會「過湯姆熊 (Arcade) 而不入」，

He loves tickets, playing games. He loves prizes.

他喜歡票券、玩遊戲，

So it was only natural for him to build his own arcade.

他喜歡獎品，

He loves to see how things are built.

所以要建立自己的湯姆熊，對他來說是很自然的。

He takes his toys apart to see how they work.

他喜歡研究東西是如何被製造出來的，

He can't put them back together, but he takes them apart.

他把所有自己的玩具拆開，研究如何運作，

Caine spent summer vacation coming to work with me.

不能裝回去，但他還是拆開了。

We sell auto parts in East LA.

Caine 花了整個暑假來和我一起工作，

My dad has a lot of boxes back there. We ship parts out.

我們在 East L.A. 賣汽車零件。

So I cut them up and make my arcade games out of it.

我爸那兒有很多箱子，

My first game I made is a basketball hoop I got at Shakey's Pizza... and it's really cool.

他把箱裡的零件賣出去，

He taped it onto a box, and he offered people chances to play for a nickel.

所以我把箱子剪開，用來做我自己的 Arcade Game。

He started with that little game, and little by little it got fancier and fancier.

這是我做的第一臺遊戲機，

And eventually it took over the whole store.

籃框是從 Shakey's pizza 拿來的，真的很酷。

I met Caine randomly.

他用膠帶貼到盒子上，

I had to get a door handle for my '96 Corolla, so I pulled into this used auto part store.

然後他以約五分錢的價格提供別人玩。

And I just came across this elaborate cardboard arcade.

他從這個小遊戲開始，

I asked him how much it was to play.

然後一點一滴的改進，這些遊戲越來越酷，

He was like "for $1 you get 4 turns.

最後整間店都擺滿了他的遊戲。

But for $2 you get a fun pass."

我遇到 Caine 是很偶然的。

Well, how many turns do you get with a fun pass? You get 500 turns with a fun pass.

我要幫我 96 年的 Corolla 買門把，

I got a fun pass.

所以我就去了這家二手汽車零件店，

I made this fun pass expire in one month. And you get 500 plays on any of these games.

然後我就遇到了這些精心製作的紙箱遊戲機。

It is a great deal!

我問他玩一次多少？

I started making my office. It has a speaker, so on the other side I can talk through.

他說一元可以玩四次。

I got tokens, my business card, fun passes, and prizes.

但兩元，就可以拿到歡樂券（Fun Pass）

My first prizes I used my own toys, like the cars - my own toys.

歡樂券可以玩幾次？

I used to like Hot Wheels when I was little.

他說歡樂券可以玩 500 次。

I work from the back office, so it kept him out of my hair all summer.

我買了歡樂券。

He would work on the arcade, i would work on eBay.

我做的歡樂券，在一個月期限內，

My next game I built was a soccer game. First of all, it didn't get no goalies.

你可以玩 500 次，這裡的任何一種遊戲。很划算。

People said it was too easy, so I bought army goalies, and there are blockers.

我做了辦公室，這裡有喇叭，所以我從另外一邊也可以講話。

I tell them, "is it easy now?"

我還有代幣、名片、

It's pretty hard, so you get two tickets if you make in here.

歡樂券、獎品！

I give it a 4 stars. Hard game, challenging game. 4 stars.

第一特獎 我用我自己的舊玩具，例如玩具車。

One day, Caine tells me, "Dad, I want to buy a claw machine."

我小的時候很喜歡 Hot Wheel（玩具車廠牌）

I say, "why don't you just build it?"

我在後面的辦公室工作，所以他不會干擾到我。

So he got an S hook and put a piece of yarn on it, and then put a little track on top of the box.

他做他的 Arcade，我在 ebay 上幹活。

And then I said, "What the heck? He figured out how to make a claw machine with a string and a hook."

我做的第二個遊戲是足球遊戲，

Here are some sunglasses. These are the glass I like the most - star sunglasses.

一開始沒有守門員。

He buy calculators to put on every arcade game. I ask, "what's that for?"

大家說這太簡單了。

The calculators right here are for security to see if it's a real fun pass or not.

所以我買了這些玩具士兵當守門員。

On the back, the fun pass has a security number.

這樣子你還敢說簡單嗎？現在可難了。所以你得分的話可以拿到兩張彩票。

So when you go here you turn it around and put the pin number in it.

我評為四星難度，有挑戰性的遊戲。

And press the check mark button and the big number comes out.

四星！

That's how you know it's a real fun pass!

有天，Caine 和我說，

My dad started the business in 1955. We have used auto parts.

「爸，我想要買夾娃娃機！」

Most of our business has gone online because we really don't get the walk-up traffic like we used to.

我說你怎麼不自己做看看呢？

So Caine's chances of getting one customer is pretty hard.

所以他把 S 形鉤子上面綁一條線，

Caine is always waiting in front, sitting on his little chair and trying to convince people to play.

然後在箱子上面挖一些軌道，

But not too much luck.

我說：「老天！他真的想出來怎麼做抓娃娃機！用繩子和鉤子！」

Caine's Arcade grand opening!

這是我的太陽眼鏡，我最喜歡的。

But he never gets discouraged. He is always sweeping up and dusting off the game. Waiting for customers.

星星墨鏡。

He only wears his shirt on Saturdays and Sundays when he comes open up his arcade.

他買計算機，裝在每臺遊戲機上。

And he is really proud of his shirt because he thought it up and he designed it.

我問他那是幹嘛用的？

When Caine got back to school from vacation, he kept telling everybody that he got an arcade, and nobody believed him.

計算機是用來檢查歡樂券（fun pass）是不是真的。

So he won't wear his shirt to school because he's afraid that kids might tease him about it.

歡樂券背後有安全碼。

He told them, "hey I got my arcade!" But they're like, "yeah, yeah sure."

你來了以後先開機，輸入 PIN 碼，

So one day, my secretary comes running into the office, "George, you'll never believe it! Somebody is playing in Caine's Arcade."

然後按這個勾勾按鈕。

And I go, "no way!" I was looking through the security camera and watching him.

然後密碼就出現了！

I'm playing miniature soccer, miniature basketball.

這就是檢查歡樂券真偽的方法。

And then, when you score a point, he would crawl into the box and he pulls out these little tickets out on the side of the cardboard.

我爸在 1955 年開始做汽車零件行，

Like a real arcade, game tickets come from the bottom.

我們賣二手的汽車零件。

And I was like, "this kid is a genius."

現在大部分的生意都是在網路上做的，

Nirvan came back one day when Caine wasn't here and told me, "you mind if I make a short film about Caine's Arcade?"

因為現在沒有以前那麼多步行人潮了，

And I said, "well, actually, it's kind of a little joke around here, because you are his only customer."

所以 Caine 要找到一個顧客的機會非常少。

I was blown away. Caine has only sold one fun pass?

Caine 總是坐在他的椅子上，在前面等待，

Like the fun pass is an awesome deal.

並試著說服讓人們玩他的遊戲。

So Nirvan says, "well, what if I could get him a couple of customers?"

但運氣沒那麼好。

I said, "that would make his day. If you could get him one customer, he would be happy.

「Caine's Arcade 開張喔」

And at that point, we hashed a plan to invite everybody in LA to come play at Caine's Arcade.

不過他從不氣餒，

The idea was to do a surprise flashmob of Caine's Arcade on Sunday afternoon.

他每天都打掃清理遊戲機，等待客人。

I was thinking, "who is gonna come down to a junk yard on Sunday afternoon in East LA? Who's really gonna show up?"

他只在週末來開店的時候穿這件 T-shirt，

So then I made a little facebook event which a friend posted on HiddenLA which has over 230,000 fans, and all of a sudden it just started going viral.

而且他對這件衣服非常驕傲。

Nirvan put it on the internet, and all of a sudden, within an hour, we had NBC news here.

因為是他自己想出來、自己設計的。

Then it hit the front page of reddit, which is like being on the front page of the internet.

當 Caine 暑假結束後回學校上學，

I started reading the comments. "I wish I could be there - I live in New York. I wish i could be there - I live in Europe." And then I go, "wow!"

他和大家說他自己有一座湯姆熊。

It was getting big.

沒人相信他。

The plan is I am going to take Caine to Shakey's Pizza. We are going to play some arcade games.

所以他不會穿這件 T-shirt 到學校，

We are going to eat lunch, while Nirvan sets up a big surprise party.

因為他怕那些死小鬼取笑他。

Caine has no idea what we're doing, and when we get back, he is going to have the biggest surprise of his life.

你知道，他和那些死小鬼說「我有了自己的湯姆熊耶！」

And the idea is to get as many people as we can to come out to Caine's Arcade, and just make his day.

「對，對，當然———」

Caine is dying to have one customer show up to his arcade.

有一天，我的秘書跑到辦公室說：

So Caine is going to be the most surprised little boy in the whole wide world.

「George，你相信嗎，有人在 Caine's Arcade 玩！」

Hey, we're ready.

「真的假的！」

In about a minute, he is going to ride here.

我透過監視器看他們。

Hey Caine, can we go home early today? We had no customers.

我玩了迷你足球、迷你籃球。

No.

當你得分時，他會鑽到箱子裡，

No?

然後把彩票從箱子裡吐出來。

Come on, Dad's tired!

就像真的遊戲機一樣，彩票從下面出來。

No can do! No can do?

然後我就覺得這小鬼是天才啊！

We're back Caine.

Nirvan 有天來的時候 Caine 不在，他和我說：

Wow! What's going on over here? Haha. Huh?

「你介意我拍一部 Caine's Arcade 的短片嗎？」

[ cheering ]

我說你在開玩笑吧，你是他唯一的顧客耶。

We finally got some customers here.

我很驚訝 Caine 只賣了一張歡樂券，那實在是超划算的！

[ cheering ]

所以 Nirvan 說，如果我可以幫他找到一些顧客呢？

WE CAME TO PLAY.

我說，那太棒了，會讓他很高興的！

[ cheering ]

就算只有一個顧客，他就會很高興了。

Alright everybody, this is Caine.

所以那時我們就計劃邀請 L.A. 的所有人來 Caine's Arcade 玩。

Hi Caine! [ cheering ]

我們想要在週日下午來個 Caine's Arcade「驚喜快閃團」

Caine, this is everybody. All these people came to play your arcade. Did you know they were coming?

那時我想，有誰會來這垃圾場，禮拜天下午！超無聊的東洛杉磯！有誰會真的出現啊？

No.

然後我就建立了一個 Facebook event，

Are you ready to run your arcade?

有朋友貼到 hiddenLA （某 FB 社團，有 23 萬個成員）

Yeah.

然後瞬間就像病毒一樣地傳播出去了。

Alright, what did you guys come here to do?

Nirvan 放在網路上，在一個小時之內 NBC 新聞就來採訪了。

WE CAME TO PLAY!

然後就登上 reddit 首頁，那就像登上整個 internet 的首頁一樣。

Good. Welcome to Caine's Arcade.

我開始讀到很多回應，「我好想去！可是我在紐約！」

[ song ]

「我好想去！可是我在歐洲！」

Well the "C" could be for Cardboard

（瞠目結舌）

And the "A" could be for Arcade

這下子搞大了。

But the "A" could also be for Auto Parts

計畫是，我帶 Caine 去 Shaky's Pizza。

Cause in his Pop's shop's where it's made

我們會玩一些湯姆熊遊戲機，吃個午餐。

And the "I"'s gotta be for imagination

同時 Nirvan 去準備這個驚喜派對。

Of which this kid's got a lot

Caine 不知道我們在搞啥鬼。

And the "N" oughta be for Noggin'

當我們回去時，大驚喜！

Where the idea first got thought...

我的計劃是找超多人來 Caine's Arcade 玩，

But then the "E" (Oh yes the E!)

讓他渡過難忘的一天。

Oh yes the "E" (Oh yes the E!)

Caine 超渴望有客人來他的遊樂場，

Well the "E"'s gotta be for Everybody

所以 Caine 將會是世界上最驚喜的小男孩。

(That's you and me!)

準備就緒，

Cause Everybody is who's invited

差不多一分鐘後他就會來了。

To come on down and play

嘿，Caine，今天能早點回家嗎？沒顧客上門啊。

If you've got the pluck to try your luck

不行！

Come on down to Caine's Arcade

不行？拜託啦～爸爸好累～

Oh Caine's Arcade (Caine's Arcade!)

不行！

Oh Caine's Arcade (Caine's Arcade!)

不行嗎？

It's the best cardboard arcade ever been made (Ever made!)

我們到啦，Caine

So grab yourself a fun pass

Wow，發生了什麼事？（裝傻）

And y'all come on down and play

ㄏㄏ（傻笑）

If you've got the pluck to try your luck

我們終於有客人啦～

Come on down to Caine's Arcade

「我們來玩的！」(We came to play)

[ cheering ]

大家好，這是 Caine。

First of all, I want to know how you got all of these people.

Caine，這是大家。

Are those your friends?

這些人是為了在你的湯姆熊玩才來的，你知道他們會來嗎？

So when I came back, I was like, "is this real life or was I just dreaming?"

不。

So I came out and there were real people in real life.

你準備好營業了嗎？

Like they're really playing the games.

是！

I saw a lot of people, and I was like, "I don't know." It's probably a little parade around somewhere.

好的，你們是來幹嘛的？

And they were all like that... when i was right here. So I thought they were cheering for me, and they were.

我們來玩的！

And I was proud.

讚，歡迎來到 Caine's Arcade。