Rebirth of America, this is my time

However, Ethan was only sore for a while, and then he regained his mental balance.

Because he remembered that there was Xiao Qiao by his side~

Although the four kings of Nintendo, Gunpei Yokoi, Masayuki Uemura, Genhiro Takeda, and Shigeru Miyamoto, are all great, but compared with Steve Jobs, they are not enough. The four generals of Nintendo have only influenced One field, but Steve Jobs conquered multiple industries!

If I had to describe it, it would be that one quarter is better than four quarters!

Hehe~

When this fact appeared, Ethan suddenly felt much more comfortable.

At the same time, he also remembered something——

‘The one with the special code was almost finished! Forgot to buy a special gift for Xiao Qiao! ’

Is Steve Jobs a petty person? Ethan didn't know.

But he believed that when Spielberg got Kurosawa's blessing album, Jobs, who only enjoyed ordinary gifts, would definitely argue with him. Thinking of this, he slapped Hiroshi Yamauchi on the shoulder. , like two good brothers, they hooked up with him.

Ethan, is something wrong? Yamauchi Pu asked in confusion.

Brother, can you do me a favor? Ethan said: I have a friend who is very interested in Buddhist culture, so... do you have any suggestions?

Hiroshi Yamauchi was stunned when he heard the ambiguous words. After thinking for a moment, he realized that Ethan might be asking him if he could get some gifts that represented the Buddhist culture of the book.

And for this...

He is really unfamiliar.

Because he, Hiroshi Yamauchi, was born into a rich generation with a silver spoon in his mouth!

I usually want to play every day, so how can I pay attention to such things as self-cultivation?

However, if you don’t understand, you can ask.

Under Hiroshi Yamauchi's search, he soon found a set of books for Ethan, which were from the Soto Sect's classics collected by Eihei Temple, and were written by Dogen, the founder of the sect, Shohoyanzo.

Of course, Yamauchi Hiroshi would definitely not be able to get that kind of ancient book with hundreds of years of history, but what he gave to Ethan was not inferior, because it was a manuscript copied by the contemporary abbot of Eihei Temple.

It not only perfectly restores the Chinese character features in ancient books, but also annotates and explains them in Japanese.

When these things appeared in front of Ethan, the first reaction in his mind was that Jobs shouldn't be able to understand it, but after thinking about it, he felt that it didn't matter much. After all, Jobs didn't understand Curry either, but He still went on pilgrimage to Curry. Therefore, even if there are differences in language, as long as it is a classic related to Buddhism, he should have the intention to study it, right?

When Ethan, with this idea, returns to the Bay Area at the end of August, and gives Jobs the classics that he suddenly thought of when he was thinking of...

This young man who was barefoot at home was immediately overjoyed!

He opened his arms for a hug and wanted to kiss Ethan twice on the face!

If Ethan hadn't covered it with his arms and repeatedly said that Zen culture emphasizes self-cultivation and cultivation, and remember not to be overjoyed or sad, he might have been spat on by Jobs!

After breaking free, he raised his hand and wiped it away. The fine beads of sweat on his forehead made him breathe heavily.

Oh! Sxxt! Is your special number an alpaca?

If you were an alpaca, I wouldn't dare bring you gifts in the future!

Ethan yelled angrily.

Jobs, who was sitting on the ground, didn't care and said with a smile: Oh Ethan, I'm so happy!

I love your gift!

Jobs' playful smile made Ethan roll his eyes. He was too lazy to say goodbye to this guy, so he patted his butt and wanted to leave, but his intention to leave made Jobs jump.

Ethan, wait!

I still have something I haven't told you!

Jobs shouted sincerely, and Ethan stopped.

When he turned his head and cast a doubtful look at Jobs, Steve Jobs led him into his garage and slapped a stack of documents in front of him.

After a simple scan, Ethan discovered that it was an equity transfer contract in triplicate, totaling two copies. Woz and Jobs decided to transfer 15% of their shares to him for a total price of $50,000.

You... Ethan shook the contract, and he understood what Jobs meant.

Jobs was not reserved. He sat on the table and said with a smile: Ethan, I told you before, there is no way I can repay the $50,000 you gave me.

The company has not been established before, so there is no way to allocate shares to you.

On the day the company was founded, you happened to be working on Pac-Man, so things had to be postponed.

When we registered the company, I already told Stephen that although we each hold 50% of the company's shares, 15% of it belongs to you.

Stephen has no objection. He has already signed the equity transfer agreement.

My share was signed after I found a lawyer.

Now, since you are here, take your things away...

Jobs took out a pen from his coat pocket and handed it to Ethan.

This situation made Ethan laugh heartily.

When the rustling sound appeared, the company called Apple Computer had an additional owner.

At the same time, the assets under Ethan’s name have also grown a bit:

At this moment, he is the major shareholder of Destiny Games, owning 70% of the shares;

Is a shareholder of Chuck Pedro Chip Company, owning 20% ​​of the shares;

Is a partner of Nintendo Kyoto Chip Company, owning 30% of the shares;

He is also an angel investor of Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak, and owns 30% of Apple Computer...

Ethan didn't know how much these things were worth.

But it doesn't matter.

Because he, Ethan Jones, is not interested in money~

Hehe~

After returning the contract belonging to the company, Jobs, and Woz, Ethan casually asked: Steve, why did you suddenly ask me to sign? Did something happen to the company?

In fact, after giving Jobs $50,000, Ethan never learned anything about the company.

It’s not that I don’t want to, it’s that I don’t have the chance.

He happened to have time today, so he asked casually, and his words made Jobs smile and fish out an account from the drawer and push it in front of him.

Yes, something happened to the company. Jobs said proudly: The sales of APPLE 1 exceeded expectations. Stephen thinks this business has great prospects, so we are going to take off like a plane!

Opening the accounts, the records are like spring rain, nourishing a sapling to grow.

Although Apple was founded less than half a year ago, they have already sold 2,683 APPLE 1 units, and their total revenue has exceeded US$1.8 million!

Although this sales volume cannot catch up with Altair, which was released in January 1975, among start-up companies, this number can already be called heaven-defying!

What's more important is that while countless companies are looking for ways to sell, Apple's name has spread throughout North America with the help of Pac-Man!

And this is something that makes all companies envious!

After all, no matter how good the product is, it still needs to be promoted!

Ethan is very satisfied with this report.

He simply flipped through it without looking at it carefully. After closing it, he said again: Do you have any plans?

certainly!

When facing Ethan, Jobs had no intention of hiding anything and said directly: Stephen and I have discussed that I am going to rent an office and recruit a few permanent employees, because before I always asked friends for help. I asked them to help me assemble the computer on a piece basis... Then, we also received feedback from some customers. Stephen will solve some minor problems in APPLE 1 and try to upgrade it in some categories, so as to strive for success in the future. We will launch better new products next year...

Perhaps it was because the future was so beautiful that the naked eye could see it, so when Jobs talked about his career, his eyes shone. He talked endlessly about his arrangements to Ethan and introduced himself and Woz. Division of labor, and elaborated on the idea of ​​​​helping friends to hire them to work.

Ethan has no problem with these arrangements.

But when Jobs talked about Woz and said that he wanted to develop some games on new versions of computers in the future, Ethan, who heard this strange idea, said, Stephen wants to develop computer games?

Why?

This idea made Ethan a little confused.

Because he is a gamer himself!

In this case, Apple wants to play games again?

What the hell is this!

His doubts made Jobs wave his hands repeatedly, Oh Ethan - you got it wrong -

Stephen didn't want to develop games, and he didn't have the inspiration to develop new games. He just wanted to use computers to embody some of the old games on the market, those circuit board games.

Because of this, it can help us sell more computers.

Jobs waved his hands and explained their idea to Ethan——

Stephen should have told you before that I wanted to sell computers to more ordinary people.

But I haven't found a way, I haven't found a suitable solution.

Because at that time I didn't know what ordinary people could do with computers after buying them.

But the development of Pac-Man gave Stephen and me new ideas.

We feel that if we can add some games to the next generation of APPLE, we may be able to attract ordinary people who are interested in games to buy computers.

Because for them, this is just a gimmick for computers to be used at home. They don't have to go out and enjoy short gaming sessions on the roadside for twenty-five cents a time. They can do it at home, on a warm sofa. , appreciate the joy of the game...

‘…’

Isn’t this special code for a home game console?

Jobs’s train of thought made Ethan’s eyesight go dark!

Good guy!

Labor and management are so kind to you, but you are so stupid that you want to kill me?

Ah, Steve Jobs, I really misjudged you, a guy with thick eyebrows and big eyes!

At this moment, Ethan had a toothache.

Because he simply didn't understand the difference between Jobs's thinking and home game consoles.

And his confused expression was noticed by Jobs. Jobs, who was still immersed in his own world, instantly realized that Ethan had misunderstood him, so he quickly said: Oh Ethan——

Don't look at me like you want to kill me!

We don't sell games! We don't make home consoles either!

We just want to develop games and sell computers by giving them away!

‘? ’ Ethan still didn’t understand.

Jobs didn't show off, and said directly: Our plan is like this. Stephen will write the game on the computer, but he will not store it in the computer. Instead, he will record the written code on cardboard, and then put those The jammed paper is given to the user.”

“Isn’t it useless for ordinary people to buy computers now?”

But when these jams with games appear, they will be able to buy computers!

Because they can write code on our computer according to the tutorials on the card. If the steps are correct, they will find that the code they wrote becomes a game!

When such a rewarding situation occurs, it will not only increase the public's interest in computers, but also avoid lawsuits from other game companies by teaching computer programming!

What's more important is that this way of entering codes does not take up computer storage space! We don't have to worry about the computer space being too small to accommodate more games!

In the eyes of users, a computer bought for a few hundred dollars can play all arcade games on the market! In terms of product promotion, this is also a gimmick implant!

Speaking of which, Jobs' face was filled with excitement.

Because he thinks his idea is awesome!

But Ethan was stunned!

Use computer programming to sell home computers to the public?

What an outrageous idea!

wrong--

This special code is obviously a genius idea!

Because for people who don’t understand computers, programming is a very painful thing, and they don’t have such painful needs. Before the birth of major office software, or in other words, even if office software was born, before they Before it became truly popular, the public's demand for computers was still very small.

How to expand the market in this case?

Then we can only use interest as the driving force and the points that people are most interested in as a gimmick to attract people to come and pay!

And video games are what people are most interested in right now!

Ethan doesn’t know how many people will come to pay for it when Jobs puts this inspiration into reality, but he believes that this kind of educational and entertaining inspiration will definitely stimulate a group of people to try it!

Before, it was playing games.

Now, that's trying to make a game.

When a series of codes are entered, the computer screen turns into a game interface...

That sense of accomplishment is unparalleled!

At the same time, Ethan remembered another thing.

Using games to drive computer sales seems to be just the first and simplest level!

The real core…

That special code will go down in history!

Thinking of this, he immediately patted Jobs on the shoulder and said, Tell Stephen.

Don't copy anything else, just copy my Snake Game.

Is this okay? Jobs was shocked.

He didn't understand why Ethan changed so quickly.

Ethan, who wanted to understand, smiled and said, Of course!

I am not selling Snake Game in North America now, so your plagiarism will not affect my interests at all. Not only that, your behavior is still promoting me!

You think, in the next few decades, when these young people grow old, they will look back on the past and remember that when they were learning computers, the first programming software they came into contact with was Snkae Game. Oh - that was a What kind of scene?

Me! Ethan Jones! And you! The founder of APPLE! Those are all memories of the times!

‘? ? ? ’

That's right!

Ethan tasted the product carefully and then realized something was wrong!

Game programming may indeed be able to promote the sales of home computers, but more importantly, it can make players deeply remember the game that they once made by themselves!

Making games is different from playing games!

The latter, that is simple and refreshing!

Once the threshold is passed, it begins to enter the Buddhist time!

As for the former, that is full of achievements!

After the time-consuming and laborious study, the successful display is the best compliment!

Although it is only a moment, it can be remembered for a lifetime!

And when this angle of leaving a mark in history appeared, Jobs was stunned.

He blinked at Ethan, his head seemed to be a little down.

But the next second, he reacted and jumped to the ground, and jumped out in a flash!

Oh - I'm going to find Stephen -

I'm going to find Stephen!!!

The crazy voice and shadow made Ethan smile and shake his head.

To be honest, this plan was just something he said casually, and no one knew whether it would work or not.

However, the current Snake Game does not generate much profit in North America.

In this case, being able to advertise for Apple...

That can be considered a beautiful thing.

Of course……

If the free snake can become a good memory for people when learning computers...

Then Ethan can reluctantly accept the fact that the little snake can leave his name in history!

after all……

The copyright belongs to him!

Hehe~

Note: ① Computer games in the 1970s were indeed spread using paper cards at the beginning. The developer first writes the game himself, then prints the confirmed code on paper cards and sells it to people who want to buy it. ② Woz and Jobs did promote APPLE 2 by plagiarizing games. The game Woz copied was called Arkanoid.

PS, I’m updating today. I have something to do in the afternoon, so I don’t have time to type.