Rebirth of America, this is my time

Chapter 143 I smile proudly~

As soon as he got to work the next day, Ethan Jones called Aaron Massey into his office and asked about the company's current operating status.

Regarding this issue, Aaron Massey directly showed the company's financial statements to his boss.

Although the market demand for Pac-Man arcade machines has become saturated, their sales still increased to a certain extent in the first half of this year. We sold 1,472 machines. In this regard, Revenue was $2,944,000.

To date, its total sales are 17,281 units.

This number can amaze countless game companies, because they may not be able to sell a fraction of Pac-Man in their lifetime of making games. Alan Massey gave a small compliment.

Ethan Jones also smiled and nodded, indicating for him to continue.

The performance of Star Wars launched this year is even better. Thanks to the crazy rush from all over the world, their total sales have exceeded 30,000 units in two months. Although the current increase in orders has slowed down significantly, this game The game generated $61.23 million in revenue for the company.

If production costs, OEM fees, distribution costs and management fees are deducted, our Destiny Game's net profit in the first half of this year can reach 30 million...

Even after deducting the commission from you and the chairman, the net profit is still 25 million.

Allen Massey carefully looked at the numbers on the report and carefully stated the company's status.

This fact makes Ethan Jones very happy.

The company has been in business for half a year, and the profit has exceeded 3,000?

Wow!

Video games are indeed a money-making tool in the legitimate industry!

The commission Allen Massey mentioned is actually the research and development cost of the project.

Although the development teams of Pac-Man and Star Wars only have a few people, regardless of whether it is Steve Wozniak who helped twice or Damio Dean, a company employee who later joined the company, , they all receive the fixed salary provided by Ethan Jones and do not enjoy project sharing.

But this does not mean that two games can be developed with only tens of thousands or even hundreds of thousands of dollars. As a game designer, every time Destiny Games sells an arcade machine, Ethan will take 2.5% of the selling price as a commission. The same goes for Evelin, and the reason for her commission is that the project director R\u0026D.

The reason for this is also very simple. It is mainly to ensure that the company's accounts look real enough. When the IRS comes to audit the accounts, they will not feel that Destiny Game's products have popped out of stone.

Because once the IRS discovers that the research and development cost of a product that has generated tens of millions of dollars in revenue and detonated a market of hundreds of millions is only tens of thousands or even hundreds of thousands, they will definitely ruin the accounts of Destiny Game because they are completely There is reason to suspect that Ethan and Evelyn are using this method to evade taxes.

No way, who makes America’s current tax policy so retarded?

The federal corporate income tax rate tops out at 48 percent.

California's corporate income tax rate tops out at 9.6 percent.

This looks high enough, right?

But the federal personal income tax rate is 70 percent! Compare that to California’s personal income tax rate of 11 percent! Corporate tax rates are as low as grandma’s house!

Ethan and Evelyn can indeed give up their development income and do projects for the company for free to avoid high taxes, but as long as they give up, the IRS will have reason to investigate.

The developer does not charge project development fees because of his status as the boss?

Isn’t this just blatantly not wanting to pay taxes?

In order to avoid being caught by others, they symbolically added five points.

And then operate it as a personal tax avoidance method.

There is no other way, the barrel of the gun is in the hands of the IRS, so it is better to pay more or less.

Of course, even if this is the case, the company's net profit of 25 million is too high.

Last year they diluted a lot of profits by buying land to build employee living quarters, but this year...

How much land can these 25 million buy?

I’m afraid they can’t buy the entire Miabida!

But fortunately, Ethan doesn't have to take care of these things himself. Allen Massey will work with external firms to take care of everything. The reason why Ethan asked about the company today is because he wanted to do something else.

After expressing his gratitude to Alan Massie for his report, he called Julis Noble into the office, I will arrange a job for you. You go and communicate with the school to see if there is any work in our school. Experts who study optical storage, please collect this information and tell me.

Yes, although Ethan kept saying that he had too many things on his hands and was a little overwhelmed, but since the CD was heard, how could he watch from the sidelines?

If this project had nothing to do with him, he would definitely have considered it before getting involved. But when the storage medium of optical discs can be used in many aspects such as film and television, games, computers, etc., he would not have started yet. , then he will feel like a big fool!

Not to mention, Philips is tinkering with this thing!

Since both parties are competitors and Philips obviously wants to continue to work in the gaming field, it is better to strike first than to be beaten passively, right?

As for the application direction of optical storage, he has already thought about it.

With Sony-san's CD player proofing in front, wouldn't he be able to cross the river by touching his head?

Copy D-777 in advance...

Eh! Then wouldn’t he be invincible?

Okay, okay, this is all bullshit.

Ethan knew that the optical disc product was not easy to make because it would infringe on the interests of tape drives and would also cause a fight with the developers of optical storage. By that time, they would not be facing opponents like Atari and Milover. Well, multinational companies such as Sony, Panasonic, and Philips will definitely roll up their sleeves and end it personally, but even if they have many enemies...his enemies also have many enemies!

When the great wisdom of Philips repeatedly jumps across the existing industry...

MCA, who has wasted countless patent hours because of them, can become teammates!

As long as we can win over American music as a content producer, the optical disc industry can still play~

Oh no!

His potential teammates include Steven Spielberg and George Lucas!

When the number one IP in North America is nestling beside me...

How can I make that sheep shine?

Of course, planning can never keep up with changes. Forming a team to make a product is the most important thing for Ethan to do right now. We will talk about the rest later.

After arranging the gold mountain he accidentally unearthed, Ethan, who was in a happy mood, finally had time to deal with the unfinished business, and the first one was Vinton Cerf's entrustment.

When he went to Arlington to meet with Vinton Cerf, the professor was very dissatisfied with a start-up company in Santa Clara and hoped that Ethan and Evelyn could help investigate. After returning to California, Ethan gave the job to Julis and asked her to find out about the software development company. If it weren't for Nintendo's sudden trouble, he might have replied to the professor long ago.

Now, since the urgent matters at hand have been taken care of, he naturally asked Julis for information about the software company. When he found out, that company was really developing a database in accordance with the requirements of the CIA. At that time, he directly asked Julis to send the collected registration information and information obtained from on-site inquiries to Vinton Cerf in the form of fax.

With a crisp beep, the green light on the fax machine turned on.

After a while, a piece of text was printed by a dot matrix printer.

Okay, I get it, thank you Ethan.

The professor's reply made Ethan snap his fingers, and then he went to work on the second thing.

And that was the relocation of the company's headquarters.

At present, there are three departments in the headquarters of Destiny Games. The administrative department led by Julis Noble has twenty-four staff members who occupy the entire first floor of the company. The finance department led by Alan Massey has seven staff members. employees, they share the second floor of the company with the eleven people from the game research and development department led by Damio Dean, while the third floor is the exclusive office of Ethan and Evelin.

Although the building that the old principal approved before is still sufficient, ten to fifteen people can be accommodated on the first floor, and one can still be recruited on the second floor, but if the optical storage research laboratory that Ethan wants to set up is moved in, Then it seems a bit crowded here, so it is necessary to change the location.

During his search, he fell in love with the land to the north of Stanford Industrial Park.

Since this area has not yet been developed, you can even see the Santa Cruz Mountains from a high place. The comfort of being next to nature makes Ethan very happy.

After he reported his needs in the name of Evelin, the teachers at the Stanford Entrepreneurship Center quickly received the review and approval report.

In just one day, the old principal called him over.

You want the land next to Mountain View? Why? It's all wasteland over there.

Because the scenery is nice. Ethan said truthfully, When I went to Arlington last month, I visited Teacher Wenton's office. The environment there is very beautiful.

There are mountains, water, gardens, and a big fountain.

Ethan gestured to the old principal.

The words that sounded like a joke made the old principal smile and nod, Okay, Okay, then the land to the west is yours. How much do you want? Fifty acres or a hundred acres?

Oh...one hundred acres is a lot...

As soon as Ethan rolled his eyes, the image of his own farm popped up in his mind.

He briefly imagined that if a headquarters were built in Thomas's one hundred acres of orchard...

Damn it! The picture was so beautiful that he didn’t dare to look at it!

You also know that it's a hundred acres?

Ethan's words made the old principal glare at him, Are you starting a business?

You changed your headquarters this time because of business expansion, right? Then you started asking for mountains, water, and gardens? Then next time you change places, will I give you the land in the Santa Cruz Mountains?

We at Stanford have 1,200 acres of land there, which are all ecological reserves.

If you build a headquarters there, you will definitely listen to the chirping of birds to work and step into the sunset to get off work.

Is this okay? Ethan's eyes widened with anticipation.

‘…’ The old principal was stunned for a moment, then grabbed the crutch beside him and threw it at Ethan.

Hearing a snapping sound, Ethan dodged and the crutch fell to the ground.

The two people, who were almost three rounds apart in age, finally couldn't hold it back and started laughing.

The old principal knew that Ethan was talking nonsense.

Ethan also knew that the old man was joking.

After laughing, the old principal also brought up the business, Oh Ethan, I heard that you have been in contact with the teacher who studies optical storage in the school recently?

Yeah. Ethan nodded without hesitation.

You want to study optical storage?

So be it.

Is there a project?

It's a bit immature.

Although Ethan did not mention any useful information in the conversation, for Fred Terman, a professor who was completely involved in the explosion of technology, this was actually enough.

He pushed up the glasses on the bridge of his nose and said in a calm tone: If you are really interested in optical storage, then I suggest you move the company directly to Palo Alto.

The reason is simple, because the headquarters of the Stanford Research Institute is there. If you have any research, you can go there directly. The equipment there is definitely the most complete and advanced in the entire West. Moreover, there are many optical storage patents there. If you like it, you can buy it directly...

What the old principal said is true.

When he founded the Stanford Research Institute, he defined it as a non-profit scientific research institution. The fundamental purpose of its establishment was to use scientific results to promote economic development here.

Driven by this creed, the institute will undertake research and development projects from government agencies, commercial enterprises and private foundations, and will also directly transfer past research results.

Because they are generous and generous, many companies come to select products every year, and the more products they buy, the more companies open near Stanford.

In fact, when Ethan decided to make optical discs, he considered the research institute, because Evelin told him that the initial improvement of the optical discs was completed at the Stanford Research Institute, and he even thought about waiting for the R\u0026D team to be formed. After that, I went directly to the research institute to buy some fun.

There is no way, who makes him rich!

By making company profits, you can not only pay less taxes, but also lay a solid foundation for the long-term development of the company.

And now, the old principal suggests moving the company there directly?

He also said that the machines there can be borrowed?

Oh—the houses in that place are no longer in the Stanford industrial area!

Is this okay? Ethan asked with a smile.

Why not? The old principal shrugged and said, The better you develop, the more it proves that my original decision was correct. For someone like me who has half a foot in the coffin, how can I close the coffin? Seeing the praise of the world before your eyes is the most wonderful thing in this life.

“Money after death is not money, honor after death is not honor, right?”

My teacher closed his eyes among the flowers.

I want, too.

The old principal is seventy-seven years old this year.

Although this age is actually the prime of life for the rich, because excellent medical conditions can ensure that they live to an age that is unimaginable for ordinary people, Fred Terman has been frail and sick since he was a child, and the tuberculosis he contracted when he was young is even more devastating. The root of the disease was in his lungs.

He didn't know how long he could live.

But he knew that he wanted to leave as vigorously as his teacher.

The day after he was called over by the old principal, people from the Stanford Research Institute contacted Ethan. They provided Ethan with a five-story building, and that...

This is actually our backup office building.

The deputy director, a middle-aged white man, introduced to Ethan: Our institute currently has more than a thousand researchers. Of course, we will definitely recruit more in the future, so our building has been under construction.

This building was only built last year. It was originally intended to be opened after a major project was approved. But since the principal said that it is possible for you to transform from a game company to a technology company, he will contact us more in the future. So this building I’ll give it to you to use first.”

As for the lease period...

The principal says it's up to you.

“It’s a dollar a year anyway.”

As long as you don't cancel the company, you can keep using it.

Of course, no subletting is allowed.

Oh, by the way... the building in front of this building is our optical research laboratory. If you work here, it is very convenient to use the laboratory.

Ethan smiled and took the key handed over by the other party.

Now he fully understands what it means to have a helping hand and avoid ten years of detours.

Of course, as a multi-millionaire, he is not stingy.

The day after signing the contract, he asked Aaron Massey to donate one million dollars each to Stanford University and the Stanford Research Institute in the name of the company and his sister.

Two million is a lot these days.

Its purchasing power can even enable four hundred families to live at normal levels for a year.

But Ethan doesn't care!

If we set up a factory in the Stanford Industrial Park before, it was just to become a member of Stanford's school-enterprise co-construction plan.

So now, opening a company on the site of Stanford Research Institute is a real endorsement from the school!

This is not something that two million can buy!

When the company opened here, Ethan really wasn't afraid of any Hollywood rules!

If Warner and Philips dare to sway people, will the media dare to accept it?

A professor is randomly picked up here, holding either a Lockheed project or a Boeing project, an order from General Motors, or research sponsored by Dow...

When all these giants are involved here, how dare the media come?

Hehe~

With his hands on the rooftop railing and looking down at the research park, Ethan was in a good mood.

Thanks to [Peanut Planting Duck] for the 3,800 starting coins.

Note: ① In the 1970s, the highest personal income tax rate in Laomi was 70%. This was lowered by the Great Society Plan in 1964. It was previously 91%, and then Lingzong lowered it to 50% in 1981 and 50% in 86 year is 28%. Regarding the fact that shareholders also need to receive wages for R\u0026D, Woz said that when he was selling Apple 2, his weekly salary was 600, not including product dividends. He actually didn’t want to take that much money because the tax rate was too high. It's high, but if you don't take it, it's really easy for big red companies to be investigated by the IRS. Because back then, I could save more than 30 points in taxes just by starting a company without using my brain. ②D-777 is the tenth anniversary model of Sony CD Walkman, released in 1994.