Rebirth of America, this is my time
Chapter 112 The Wisdom of the Johnson Family
However, when you are angry, you are still angry, and when you work, you are still working. When an embarrassing matter has touched the law, Ethan feels that the best solution is to ask a mage for advice.
So, after returning to the company and getting the car, he diverted to Stanford and sought help from Professor Barbara Babcock, the legal instructor of Destiny Game.
When he described the matter clearly, Barbara, who was listening carefully, shook her head, Ethan, I personally feel that this kind of matter cannot be solved legally for the time being. As for the reason, I think the police in Mybida have contacted You made it clear that this is not a labor dispute, but an economic issue.
When California, or the whole of America, needs this group of decadent young people to prop up the entire or part of the low-end manufacturing industry, no matter where the police are, or where the Court judges will not take the initiative to deal with these acute issues.
Because they cannot bear the consequences of rising labor costs, and they have no way to solve the problem of low-end labor shortage, so in this case, even I will maintain the status quo.
‘…’
Ethan couldn't accept this result.
He said: What if we change our thinking? Start from the perspective of their making trouble?
This thought made Barbara laugh, Oh Ethan, if they could really be dealt with from the perspective of making trouble, I think the police in Myobid would have taken action.
These hippies are very cunning. They should have experience in confronting the police. They do not gather at the factory gate for a long time, nor do they rush into the factory to smash it. They only occasionally come to the factory gate to shout a few words. This level of tossing really doesn’t constitute a crime.”
Although the factory is yours, the road outside the factory is not yours, right?
They passed by the factory gate and shouted a few words because they felt uncomfortable.
These are the kinds of rhetoric we can guess.
Speaking of this, Barbara even spread her hands and said helplessly: There is no way, these people have been participating in demonstrations in society since the 1960s, and they may go in and out of the police station more often than you go in and out of school. They have done it many times, so they know how to step on the edge of the law and disgust people.
More importantly, judging from the current situation, their starting point is still acceptable.
They are not malicious vandals, they just want a job, and if I guess correctly, they shouldn't have had any problems at work before, right?
If that were the case, the police would be even less willing to deal with them.
Fine……
Now that the matter was over, Ethan thanked him with a smile, stood up and left.
Since Barbara couldn't solve these things, or even she felt that compromising on the economy for a single accident was a reasonable choice, then Ethan would not continue to delve deeper into the legal field.
After leaving Stanford, he began to look for traces of Jobs. Because he wanted to know how Atari managed these hippies when legal weapons were temporarily unavailable.
And when he found Jobs and told him about the problems he was facing, the sunny boy scratched his head, looked at Ethan with an apologetic look, and said, You want to know how Nolan manages us?
Oh - let me put it this way - Nolan himself is fuming -
Even taking us... ah no, taking the employees in the factory, flying smoke together.
What the fxxk?
This news made Ethan frown, because when he stayed at Atari, he did not see Nolan Bushnell doing such a reckless thing in public!
Are you sure? He was a little doubtful.
Of course! Jobs said: If you don't believe it, you can ask the police in Los Gatos. I remember one time he was driving a Cadillac while blowing smoke, and then he was caught.
I was released on bail after paying a full $10,000!
The police in Los Gatos warned him that if he drove dangerously like this, they would not let him go next time because he is the owner of Atari and would definitely throw him in jail.
When this fact emerged, Ethan immediately understood why there was peace within Atari.
Special code! The boss above him is flying, so what’s wrong with the people below him?
This irresponsible approach was also forgotten by Ethan.
Because no matter which life he is in, he and Yi will always be at odds with Gambling!
But when both legal and realistic channels failed, Ethan immediately ran into trouble. At this moment, he really didn't know how to deal with those inseparable dog-skin plasters.
But at noon, after Evelin, who was having dinner with him, heard these rumors, the girl gave an idea, Ethan, why don't you try to find Thomas?
Because in my memory, in the decades that our family has been running the orchard, there has never been an accident, and no one has ever come to our orchard to cause trouble. And even in the years when gangs were most rampant in San Francisco, Thomas When transporting the navel oranges, we didn’t even pay those people any transportation fees.”
Although I know these two things cannot be confused, but what if?
This suggestion made Ethan's eyes light up.
yes!
There is obviously a landlord in their family!
Nonsence--
It's a grower!
Since Thomas has been working in the fruit growing industry for so many years, he should have some wisdom in dealing with laborers, right?
With this thought in mind, after eating, Ethan drove directly to his orchard.
Since it is the golden autumn, it is the first ripening period of navel oranges. When Ethan came to the orchard, the picking scene that came into view played the music of a good harvest.
Workers wearing straw hats with big cloth bags hanging on their waists walked through the forest to pick the fruits.
After filling a bag, they would carry it out and hand it over to the personnel stationed outside to count and classify it.
Put them into baskets according to their sizes, put them on the scale and start weighing.
Every time at this time, Thomas would keep an eye on the dial, for fear of making a mistake and ruining his reputation.
Following his personal confirmation, the fresh navel oranges will be immediately loaded onto the truck and sent to the dock.
Oh Ethan, why are you here?
With the appearance of Ethan, Thomas also stopped what he was doing.
Raising his arm and wiping the sweat from his forehead, he smiled and said, Are you here to experience life? If you want to pick navel oranges, there are cloth bags over there.
You used to like to do this kind of thing the most. When you were a child, you couldn't reach it because you were not tall enough, so you asked me to carry it on my shoulders...
The good old days made Ethan smile, waved slightly, and said: Oh Thomas, if you are in need of someone, just tell me directly. It's not like I won't help you, so there's no need to trick me into being a gangster!
If I remember correctly, you told me before that you would give me a dollar for picking a bag of navel oranges?
The results of it……
You just gave me the money and Linda asked me to pay for the meal!
I've been working hard all day and got nothing!
Hahaha—— Thomas laughed loudly at Ethan's joking words.
He raised his right hand and punched him, and then Thomas said: Okay, Okay, you have grown up and I can't lie to you anymore. Come on, come to me at this time. What's the matter?
We are all a family, and we can't be more familiar with each other, so when Thomas asked questions, Ethan decisively told his difficulties. As he told the story, the smile on Thomas's face gradually faded, and when he finished listening At the same time, he also clapped his hands and signaled the workers to take a break first.
Then he made a big move and asked Ethan to come and talk.
Under Thomas's choice, the two of them stood on a hill. The scorching sun made Thomas take off his straw hat and put it on Ethan's head.
Such a situation made Ethan want to refuse, but Thomas waved his hand.
He took out a pack of Marlboros from his pocket and started smoking.
Wear your straw hat. The sun is very strong. People who don't often work outdoors can easily get sunburned.
After explaining, he continued: Ethan, you said the fired workers came to the factory to cause trouble?
Oh - I knew this would happen -
‘? ? ? ’
Thomas' words made Ethan a little unable to understand.
Thomas, on the other hand, stared at the hundred acres of orchard in front of him and took two puffs of his cigarette.
Sighing: Ethan, let me be honest with you, when I learned that you recruited a group of hippies to work, I knew there would be problems in your factory.
Although Thomas' words sounded a little hurtful, Ethan knew that his uncle meant no harm.
So he smiled and asked, Oh - is it because they have a bad past?
Ethan thought he was right, but Thomas shook his head.
No. He said: I don't discriminate against other people's past, because everyone has been young. When people are at an impulsive age, some crazy ideas will pop up in their minds.
“Some people just think about it, and some people make it a reality.”
You can't say that the former are good people, because they may be in a responsible family, and their parents may have discovered their thoughts and decisively suppressed some bad thoughts.
You can't say that the latter are bad people, because they may have been born in an unfortunate environment. When their thoughts were immature, they did something that was considered wrong by the public, without anyone's guidance. , their mistakes are understandable, they are somewhat remorseful, and even forgivable.”
Then what do you mean... Ethan asked humbly, Oh Thomas, I think I may not have understood what you said. If you said that some hippies can be forgiven, then those who made trouble...
Ethan stretched out his voice.
He felt that he had asked clearly.
He believes that those who cause trouble cannot be forgiven.
Thomas smiled and shook his head. After taking a few more puffs, he threw the half-burned cigarette on the ground, raised his foot and stamped it out, Ethan, you misunderstood what I meant.
I don't discriminate against hippies, but I think it's inappropriate for you to recruit hippies to work.
It's not a matter of cost.
There is something profound about Thomas' words.
But the next second, he waved his hand again and talked about the past——
Ethan, look ahead, who are these people working in our orchard?
Looking in the direction of Thomas's finger, all the moving crowds were white figures.
They are all white people, right? Before Ethan could speak, Thomas sighed: I don't like to recruit those MXG Americans, and I don't want to recruit those African Americans. Because many times, blindly saving labor costs, for an orchard, It’s not good for a farm, it’s not good for the agriculture industry as a whole.”
“I know you may think my views are strange, but this is the life wisdom my father left me, and after I have lived according to his wisdom for so many years, I found that what he said is indeed right.
“My father told me that farming in America is not about cultivating land, but about using people.”
Because every time we provide a job to the society, the society will give us some power and value, and the specific manifestation is the right to vote.
The right to vote? Ethan was stunned when he heard this.
Because he doesn't know what this thing has to do with hiring people.
His daze also made Thomas laugh. He hit Ethan on the shoulder angrily to signal him to come back to his senses, and then said: You are thinking about the general election, right?
smaller!
Look ahead!
“Because that kind of thing is still too far away from us farmers!”
Ethan laughed sheepishly.
Because when the word ‘voting rights’ appeared, the image of two old men in their seventies who had their dogs brained off for a job immediately appeared in his mind.
In his view, this is the best demonstration of ‘voting rights’.
Thomas obviously didn't mean this. He put his hands behind his back and continued: Although general elections are far away from us, local elections are very close to us.
“Whenever a local council seat opens up, the guy who wants to be in office needs our votes.”
At this time, they will need us farmers who can provide a lot of jobs to the society.
At this point, Thomas paused.
Turning his head to look at Ethan, he believed that his child had understood.
And when their eyes met, Ethan also laughed.
He pursed his lips and said: So, is this the reason why no one has ever come to trouble us as my sister said? Because you have raised a group of people, and these people all have families.
Yeah! Ethan's words made Thomas laugh and said, Ethan, you are right! This is the reward we receive after providing jobs to the society!
“We have seventy-six permanent workers at home!”
“Behind every worker, there is a complete family!”
We calculate based on an average of five people per family, seventy-six positions represent 380 votes!
And coupled with their simple propaganda, the actual number of people who can be radiated is definitely thousands!
“That kind of vote count may not make a difference in a state election.”
For San Jose as a whole, this kind of vote won't make a difference.
But if it were placed in the area where we live——
Then we can decide a person's future!
And when the person we elect takes office, no one will come looking for trouble for me!
The respected congressman will seek re-election! He will seek promotion!
As long as he thinks the future is bright, he will help me deal with my troubles!
In the end, whether he goes up or down, it has nothing to do with me, because as long as the system is inconvenient and the position of councilor is still there, then I can safely grow navel oranges here!
Thomas looked at Ethan seriously and said, Oh, my son, now you know why I think something will happen to your factory, right? The trouble I'm talking about is not that employees are causing trouble, but that the way you employ people is destined to make things worse. The factory is facing problems.”
In order to keep costs down, you hired hippies, and the hippies are a group recognized by society as difficult to discipline. In this case, even if they have the right to vote, the legislators will not pay attention to you because they do not believe you. It has that kind of influence.”
And I'm different.
I don't use MXG because many black workers don't have the right to vote.
I don't use African Americans because they won't vote with me.
I only use my own people!
Because they are the only ones who will be influenced by their own race!
And if you are like me and hire this kind of person from the beginning, then I believe that the police officer who emphasizes economics with you will decisively arrest the dealers and troublemakers before you know what happened!
Then throw it to the prosecutor!
The prosecutor will file a lawsuit as soon as possible!
They will make you fully feel their sincerity!
After these words appeared, Ethan had a deep admiration for Thomas, or the grandfather he had never met before!
Let your employees become the voting power for the left and right legislators to come to power?
This is crazy——
Is this something that a guy who hasn’t read much can think of?
The direction of this venture is not business at all, but ZZ!
At the same time, Ethan had a new doubt, But Thomas...
“How can you guarantee they will vote with you?”
and……
Your employment method... will make the orchard's profits drop to freezing point, right?
When these words appeared, Thomas burst out laughing.
He patted Ethan on the shoulder, and then took the lead down the hill.
Returning to the navel orange loading point, I yelled at the guys who were still resting in the room: Is it comfortable in there?
Comfortable- a uniform voice came out.
Then can you work? Thomas shouted again: If you don't work, we may not be able to deliver thirty loads of goods before dark! I want to pay you overtime wages, but I want you to go home and eat more. !”
After these words appeared, the workers inside immediately jumped out.
Stop pushing, stop pushing!
I'm coming!
While thinking about it, an old man in his sixties brought Thomas a straw hat.
Put it on Thomas, it's too sunny.
Thomas took it with a smile and thanked him at the same time: Oh, you are still kind to me.
Then, he asked casually: By the way, if I remember correctly, we have known each other for thirty years?
These words made the old man stunned for a moment, and then asked: You were born in 1930, right?
right.
Then we have known each other for forty-six years. The old man laughed. We have known each other for as many years as you are this year, because I have been working with your father before you were born.
Oh yes! I forgot about this! Thomas suddenly realized, slapped his forehead and said, You watched me grow up! And then you watched my child grow up!
Yes, yes... The old man nodded with a smile, and at the same time moved his gaze to Ethan, Time flies so fast, when I was young, Thomas, you were still a child, but in the blink of an eye, Little Ethan has become a celebrity.”
However, no matter how fast time flies, we are still the same as before... Thomas, if it hadn't been for your father to help me, our family might have starved to death on Black Thursday, but now, my grandsons have all joined the army... And you are also a good person. After so many years, when many farms have been using mechanical tools and many orchards have reduced their manpower, you are still willing to hire us...
You Johnsons are all good people...
When the old man recalled the past with emotion, Ethan also began to look around.
When he discovered that the workers working in his orchard were all elderly, at least in their forties, Ethan immediately understood why Thomas could ensure that these people could vote with him, and he knew better. , why Thomas’ orchard can only make thirty to fifty thousand dollars a year.
Because in the land of America, not everyone can enjoy government relief!
Not everyone is willing to wallow in the mud and spend their entire life in a muddle-headed state!
There are still people who want to marry and have children, and there are still people who want to escape poverty!
When Thomas, or rather the Johnson family, lends a helping hand to these people, they will naturally be grateful!
Maybe every time they vote, they really don't know whether the person they choose is good or bad, but they also know very well that as long as they vote with Thomas, their lives will never change!
This……
For ordinary people, it is already the real and best choice!
After a brief chat with the old man, Thomas returned to his job.
Ethan picked up a cloth bag, hung it on his waist, and went into the woods to pick navel oranges.
Whenever workers saw him, they would greet him with a smile and ask why he came to help.
For this kind of question, Ethan would smile and say that he just had time. As he answered, the workers also showed envious smiles on their faces. While working, they complained to Ethan about how much their children were. Disobedient', and at the same time said that Thomas is very happy, raising a girl who is in college, and a son who can make money...
By about four o'clock in the evening, thirty carts of navel oranges had been filled.
The workers waved goodbye to Thomas, and Thomas waved to them with a smile.
When he turned his attention to Ethan again, he also said: Ethan, I have never read a book, but I know one thing. The most valuable thing in our family is this one hundred acres of land.
“As long as the land remains, our family cannot be poor.”
So I don't care at all whether I earn more or less. As long as the money I earn every year is enough for my expenses and there is still a balance, that's enough.
My father once told me that it doesn't matter if he doesn't get rich. As long as there is land, future generations will always be rich. It doesn't matter if I didn't go to school and don't understand business. As long as I don't invest the money I earn, I will continue to If you buy some land and ensure that it is not abandoned, the next generation will always have a chance.
So, I have been telling you before that if you are willing to study, then study. If you are not willing to study, then watch the garden with me. As long as we continue to operate like this, there will always be someone in our family who is willing to study and has a business mind. of.
“That’s when these lands will be of maximum value.”
“And until then, these workers are our greatest asset.”
“Because they can help us preserve these lands.”
I think this principle is also applicable to your company.
Because your game company is not going to pursue extreme profits now.
I don't think there is any need to pursue extreme profits.
Because when you can convert your social jobs into voting rights that can be used, you will hold the sharpest gun in our country in your hands!
These expenditures will allow you to do better business!
If you can create a hundred such jobs, then you are an excellent entrepreneur.
If you can create a thousand of these jobs, you can definitely peek into the statehouse.
And if you can provide ten thousand, one hundred thousand, or even one million such positions...
Thomas paused.
He smiled and said nothing.
And Ethan shook his head with emotion.
Because he knew that Thomas was right!
The most valuable thing in the whole family is the more than one hundred acres of Silicon Valley land!
Compared with the year-on-year appreciation of real estate, all the crops here can be said to be unprofitable!
No matter how much labor cost is deducted, the special code cannot compare with the appreciation of the land!
In this case...
Protecting land is indeed the best option.
Secondly, just make some money!
Oh Thomas... you are right... Ethan nodded with emotion, I admit that not asking for your opinion on building the factory was my biggest mistake...
Oh—my child—there is nothing wrong—
Thomas opened his arms, hugged Ethan in his arms, patted his back, and said, As the same saying goes, everyone has their youth, and everyone has a process of growing up...
“Before my father imparted this knowledge to me, I also felt that cost-saving was a good way because it would allow me to earn more.”
And you know, how my father taught me this lesson?
Because of some things, I was very dissatisfied with a worker because he was disabled and worked slower than normal people. He was just slow, not lazy. He was still very serious about his work, but I felt that this was not possible, so I carried my father behind his back. , fired him.
When my father found out, he became furious. He grabbed me by the collar and dragged me to the worker's house. Then I discovered that the weekly salary the worker received was the only expense for their family of five.
Although they can live on relief, a stable job allows them to not have to constantly travel for relief, because a church will not distribute relief every day. Only by constantly changing venues can it meet the needs of life. At the same time, they want to If you want to eat, you have to drag your family with you and keep queuing up.”
When we give him a job, it is equivalent to giving him a stable job. His wife can find some odd jobs, and his children can also help out.
But if I don't give them a job, they might never get back up.
That day, my father asked me to apologize to them.
I did.
I cried and begged them for forgiveness.
And then, among the twenty or so people delivering goods to you now, two are his children, and one of his grandsons is very smart and good at studies. I got him a letter of recommendation and asked him to go Harker Middle School, other than that, I didn’t give them any financial help.”
That child was indeed provided by the family, and it was also their family's hope.
And you know, last year, when you and Evelin's Snake was a hit, and I gave them some gifts to celebrate, what did the two brothers say?
They asked me, boss, since your child has become a big shot throughout the United States, will he open a company like Atari? If he can open a company, what kind of professionals will be needed?
They want that child to choose the major you want when applying for college, because they think there will be nothing wrong with following you...
Of course, I didn't reply to him because I haven't read the book myself. I just told them that I will tell you about this when I have time...
It is for these reasons that when you need a driver you can trust, I can call you this group of people.
I have to thank my father for this, right?
Without his education, I think I would be worried about employment now.
At this point, Thomas stopped.
He patted Ethan's back gently, as if he was remembering the past, but more like he was lamenting the future.
And Ethan also felt a sore nose.
Before, when he went to visit Nintendo in Benzi, he was still sighing that Hiruna Yamauchi was the winner in life.
What you want is what you want.
But now that I look at it...
But he ignored many people.
After blowing his nose, Ethan felt a little regretful at this moment.
If he hadn't taken the Atari model for granted when building the factory, and hadn't done everything he could to cut costs, then maybe... the situation would be much better now.
So, everything is too late, right? Ethan was a little regretful.
He felt that Thomas said so much in the hope that he would pay attention in the future.
And his words made Thomas ask a rhetorical question: Oh Ethan - why do you think so? Why do you think so?
Because I have recruited those hippies into the factory. Ethan said: Then I fired a few 'thornheads',
When these things happen, then we just have to live with it, right?
‘…’ Thomas was stunned for a moment by these words.
Then Thomas, who was holding Ethan in his arms, laughed.
Oh - child - there is a remedy for everything -
There are no unsolvable problems in this world, only idiots who want to delay them.
“If you want to solve a problem, you can do it now.”
‘? ? ? ’
These words made Ethan raise his head.
When he stared at Thomas's face and cast doubtful eyes on him, Thomas didn't explain. Instead, he loosened his arms, took off a bunch of keys from his waist, and threw them away.
Go and help me bring the Ford parked at the door.
At the same time, he also pointed to the twenty boxes of navel oranges left on the ground and said, Next, help me load them into the car.
I'm going to call Linda and tell her that she won't be home for dinner tonight.
Oh, by the way, you also have to find a way to tell Evelin that you won't go back tonight.
Because you are going to come with me soon.
Come with me to receive the last gift your father left for you...
Note: ① Nolan Bushnell did indeed fly smoke, and he took his subordinates with him. This was publicly revealed in The Biography of Steve Jobs. ②The method of electing members is different in each state. In California, I checked, and they have free elections, and people who have the right to vote can vote freely.
PS, it’s tonight, people are about to get wet.
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