Rebirth of America, this is my time

Now that the company's new headquarters has been decided, Ethan Jones decisively moved.

It took a few days to ask Julis Noble to purchase a batch of new office equipment for the new company, and to hire Michael Blanco to take people to move all the project materials from the original company. After Len Massey paid to customize a new facade logo for the company...

Since July 15, 1977, the base of Destiny Game has moved from the mediocre Stanford Industrial Park to the tall Stanford Research Park.

The metallic Kismet sign shines brightly in the sunlight.

The office building was even more crowded.

Oh! Sxxt! Isn't this building specially approved by the old principal?

That's for sure. Didn't the school say it before? Starting this year, the Stanford Research Institute and our school will be officially separated and belong to two independent entities. Even the current president cannot interfere in the operations here. In this case, only Only Principal Terman, the founder, can have an impact here!

MFxxk! Does that mean the rumors in the school are true? Senior Sister Johnson really knows Principal Terman? And the relationship between them is very good?

Oh - isn't this something everyone knows? Weren't you there when our company launched Pac-Man last year? The press conference was all held in the school auditorium!

Uh...I just came this year...

What? That's it - then I have to talk to you! When our company launched Pac-Man last year, a lot of big guys came. Principal Terman personally participated, and his student, the founder of HP People are there too. Wow~ It was really awesome that day. Many people who live in textbooks showed up. It’s really a big loss if you didn’t see it...

Since Ethan was recruited based on the principle of picking the wool first, more than 70% of the employees at the headquarters are from Stanford, so when the company officially moved, they knew the specific differences between the research park and the industrial park. Naturally, they expressed their concern. The exclamation of the truth.

Although they all knew that the school encouraged entrepreneurship before, they never thought that the school could support such enterprises with good development prospects?

Want money to give money?

Want someone to give someone to someone?

Want land and give land?

With this kind of support, even a pig can fly into the sky, right?

Ah, no—

They didn't mean to call the boss a pig!

Because their boss is super handsome~

The employees actually know the little Jiujiu Ethan very well because he looks in the mirror every morning.

But as a man of action, he would not waste time on such trivial matters. And after he sat in his new office, he heard the visitors coming and he had no time to think about anything else.

Yes.

Since the Game of Destiny moved to the Stanford Research Institute campus, many physics professors and optics professors have come to visit. After a brief exchange, they all showed their willingness to cooperate.

At first, Ethan was still there sighing that the name of President Fred Terman was really useful, but after Evelin put aside the host research and development matters for a while, she took a certain amount of time to talk to the professors who came to inquire. After a serious exchange... the girl immediately punched Ethan on the arm.

Why did you hit me? Ethan, who was talking about the good old principal, was a little confused.

Because you are stupid! Evelin said bluntly as she put down the document handed by the professor.

... This answer left Ethan speechless. He really didn't know where he was stupid.

Evelin, who was leaning back in her chair, patted the table and said, Oh Ethan, you don't really think that these professors are here because Principal Terman has special support for us, do you?

That's one of the factors, but it's definitely not the key factor!

The reason why they come is because you are here.

What? Ethan didn't understand.

Evelin rolled her eyes and said: How many professors have we met so far? Five or six? During the interview, every one of them mentioned Chuck Paido. Ralph Bell, and even Steve Wozniak, right?

Before bringing MOS 6502 to the market, people like Chuck Paido were just unknown researchers. To be more precise, they could only be regarded as engineers in the chip field, but since you solved the legal issues of MOS 6502 , after Motorola was unable to pursue their infringement liability, the widespread rollout of MOS 6502 made Chuck Paido and others instantly become the focus of the scientific research community. The professors we met have already said that in the past year alone, Chuck Paido and others have received invitations to join from many associations, asking them to give speeches and give reports.

The same goes for Ralph Bell. Odyssey wasn't a successful product, but after he joined us, we had Pac-Man and Star Wars, which gave his video game patents breakout success. When you repeatedly stated in front of the media that video games were invented by Ralph Bell, and his original intention was to bring happiness to the world... his reputation in the scientific research circle continued to soar at a speed visible to the naked eye! Now the entire How many people in the United States have never heard of his name?”

This is especially true for Steve Wozniak. APPLE computer is an excellent product, and Steve Wozniak is indeed very capable, but the understanding of insiders and the world's knowledge is Two things, right? When you give them 50,000 US dollars to sponsor them to start a company, let them use the game Snake to promote their products, and keep saying in newspaper columns and TV programs, I use It was APPLE, and when I was using APPLE...who in the entire circle didn't know that the Wozniak boy was a big star in the field of personal computers?

Fame, that is the most important thing in the scientific research circle!

The promotion of patents and the conversion of results are the 'money' that professors desire most!

These things may not be very touching to you, but I have a real experience with them.

Evelin looked at Ethan with emotion on her face, How many things can one person research in a lifetime? There are only a few normal people. When the base is already small, how many of those developed patents can be transformed into Products? And after those products are launched on the market, how many of them will become popular?

No.

The girl shrugged, Many people will never be able to stand on the podium to report results.

Because the opportunities are slim, many talents choose to cooperate with companies. When companies provide needs, they provide research. In this case, they may really be researching something they are not interested in, but at the same time, the chance of success will also increase. greatly increase.

But there is another problem in this process, that is, in order to promote their own brands, companies hide reports on those R\u0026D personnel, allowing them to only be active in the circle.

Although these things can already make countless people envious, but you are different, right?

You like to tell the outside world who made our product.

Which developer doesn't want people to know that he developed a well-known product? The world knows him because of the product, and they themselves introduce who they are to the outside world. Those are two different concepts, right?

Evelin raised her eyebrows at Ethan.

Ethan, on the other hand, smiled and shook his head.

Okay!

Ethan understood what Evelin meant.

The bustle in the world is all for the benefit of coming; the hustle and bustle of the world is all for the benefit of the future.

As long as people live, they will have some pursuits more or less.

For capitalists who are coerced by interests, money may be everything, but the way of playing in the academic circle is obviously different. Money is only part of what they want to obtain, not a necessity. The recognition of peers, the recognition of universities, and invitations to various seminars The letter, the list of high-level expert groups after social cases occurred, is the treasure they desire most.

Ethan is indeed not from this circle, but he has done everything an employer should do, even better than most employers in the world. When a practical example of two or three is placed in front of us, four, five or six guys have become famous figures in America...

Ethan felt that with Stanford at his back, he could gain first-come-first-served advantage.

Those professors who have ideas will think that this is a sunflower tree that is easy to spring.

So we take the initiative now? Ethan asked with a smile.

Hmm. Evelin shrugged, These professors all have very good resumes.

Then I'll leave this matter to you? Are you sure who we will use in the end? Ethan was about to leave.

What kind of technology does he know? Now he doesn't even know how long a CD can store content, so asking him to organize the screening of project candidates would be nonsense!

Oh - do you want to exhaust me to death? Evelin was a little helpless, I want to draw the circuit diagram of the host, and at the same time I want to help you see which professor's team is more likely to produce results?

You really want to keep me busy!

And I studied computers, not physics.

Despite the complaints, Evelin still took the job.

Okay, okay, I won't tell you this anymore.

If I have time to argue with you here, I might as well be working.

With that said, she took the professors' materials and walked out.

However, not long after she left the house, she came back again.

Step aside.

She kicked Ethan's boss chair and said, This office is for me. I don't like the one outside. It's too close to the stairs. People will always pass me when they are looking for you. The noise is really bad.

Like before, Ethan also decorated the entire fifth floor as an office for two people.

Because the building provided by the Research Park has a straight structure and only has a staircase at the far edge, the layout will have corridors passing through each office.

Ethan didn't like the sound of footsteps, so he hid in the back.

And Evelin...

Okay, this office is yours.

Ethan stood up on his own initiative, You are the boss, and everyone in the company listens to you.

Humph! Get out! Evelin was too lazy to pay attention to him.

She did feel before that it was a bit silly for Philips to promote optical storage products while tinkering with magnetic storage, but when Ethan told her, Spielberg had made it clear that Philips had found the solution as early as the late 1960s. After MCA wanted to work on light storage together, the girl believed Ethan's analysis.

And in this case, they were beaten inexplicably? Then she naturally wanted to fight back.

Let Ethan leave, just to think about the problem in a quiet environment.

As the office door closed, the girl continued to read the self-recommendation materials of the professors, and Ethan, who walked out of the office, also breathed a sigh of relief. When the product effect has been established and the technical support is provided by Stanford, all that is left is nothing more than smashing. Money makes experiments, and that's what he does best.

Hey! I have money!

After handing over the technical problems, Ethan was just about to take a breather when the appearance of a curious baby interrupted his thoughts of rest. Jobs, the guy, got into the new building of Destiny Game like a thief. After wandering all the way to Ethan's office, this guy with long flowing hair even exclaimed, MFxxk! Ethan! Are you actually opening a company here now?

Oh - this building is much more handsome than our Apple headquarters!

Your office is so spacious!

Oh! Sxxt! Is there a TV here?

What is this machine? Why haven't I seen it before?

Oh! No! Is this the video tape of Jaws? Why is it round? It's not a tape? Is this... a CD? Steve Jobs screamed again and again.

Oh Steve - why are you here?

Looking at the guy who looked like Cos Grandma Liu, Ethan had a strange look on his face.

He did notify his friends before moving, but because the move was sudden, he decided not to hold a party to celebrate, and repeatedly asked not to give himself gifts. Those people respected his idea and expressed their congratulations verbally, and Xiao Qiao was naturally one of them.

If Ethan remembers correctly, this guy promised fully at the beginning that he would not come to join in the fun, but now... that figure is looking around, why does it feel like he has stepped on something?

Ethan, don't you welcome me here?

Jobs said sadly: As a brother, I can't even witness the relocation of your headquarters?

Oh - this really hurts me!

Also, could this be a gift from Steven to you?

He can give you gifts but you tell me not to give you gifts?

Ah - my heart hurts -

Jobs covered his chest and fell backwards, looking as if he was having a heart attack.

Seeing this situation, Ethan's head was covered with black lines. The corner of his mouth twitched and he scratched his head, waving his right hand to keep signaling, Steven, tell me, what do you like about me?

Can you take it yourself?

Really? Jobs, who was lying sprawled on the sofa, opened his eyes to a slit.

Of course! Ethan, who couldn't stand his exaggerated performance, surrendered directly.

Lend me this building? Let me experience what it's like to work in the Stanford Research Park?

...

Ethan stared at this smart guy for a few moments.

Then he squeezed out two words, Get out.

Oh - this is really uncomfortable! Jobs yelled.

He stuck out his tongue and passed out on the sofa.

And just when Ethan thought this guy was going to make a fuss, he had already gotten up from the sofa.

Okay, no more fun. I'm here to see you today, to satisfy my curiosity and see what the Stanford Research Park is like.

By the way, I'll bring you Apple's semi-annual report.

Jobs smiled and sat on the chair in front of his desk.

Then he pulled out a rolled document from his lower back and handed it to Ethan.

Since there has been a lot of commotion before, the files at this moment look a bit like rotten pickles.

Fxxk you! Ethan scolded him helplessly.

If the report doesn't look good, you're dead!

How can it be!

Jobs looked confident, As long as I'm here, Apple's financial statements will never be bad!

What Steve Jobs said is true. Although APPLE 2 was only sold for two weeks in the first half of the year, its sales increased linearly. As of June 30, its shipments had exceeded 6,000 units. , at the same time, the number of pre-orders exceeded 4,000 units, and the company's revenue exceeded 7 million.

Based on the current momentum, the company's marketing director predicts that Apple will be able to sell at least 40,000 units of APPLE 2 this year, and its annual operating income is expected to reach 50 million.

And the biggest contributor here is Ethan Jones.

Just like Evelin said, if Ethan is fine, just say that the machine used in the Destiny game is Apple. Apple computers can make video games. There is no threshold for using Apple computers. If you buy it, you will get a game code manual, which will make you love it from the source. Programming... Then this machine will never sell so well.

Fifty million?

Ethan was really shocked by this number.

Special code, my Star Wars has only sold 60 million now!

He was a little sour.

Jobs laughed loudly and said: Oh Ethan - don't be like this, APPLE 2 and Star Wars are completely two different products. The goal of APPLE 2 is to penetrate into American families, and the goal of Star Wars It is to occupy all public places that can be occupied.

“Family is definitely bigger than the occasion.”

So Star Wars may start quickly, but APPLE 2 can also catch up quickly.

Of course Ethan knew these facts, and his complaints were just out of emotion. He felt that no matter how well the game sold, it could not compare to computers. As he continued to scroll back, he also discovered a problem.

Among the documents submitted by Jobs were not only Apple's semi-annual report, but also the current status report of the personal computer market. It mentioned that the most popular personal computer at the moment is not actually APPLE 2, but the TRS-80 launched by Tandy Company. , according to data compiled by computer dealers from various places, their current market share is 40%, and their shipments this year are expected to reach 100,000 units.

The reason for this result is also very simple, that is, they sell it cheaply. The price of $399 is really able to defeat all competitors.

Not only that, APPLE 2 also has an enemy, which is PET launched by Commodore International. Compared with APPLE 2, their price is also very cheap, currently only $799...

These facts made Ethan nod secretly.

Although he doesn't know what the initial development of the personal computer industry looked like, he knows that at the beginning of the development of home computers, Apple, the most expensive one, was not the market leader.

The reason why they can be remembered by the world is that, to put it bluntly, they gained a lot of fans and successfully went public despite selling at the most expensive price. When Apple was listed on the Nasdaq, Steve Jobs, who was born in the grassroots, really became a celebrity. Living the American dream, this is the biggest gimmick that impresses people about him.

What later made Apple a legend was the story of Steve Jobs' return to Apple and its comeback. In a Hollywood movie, it would even be more inspiring than the magically modified Forrest Gump. When the iPod and iPhone appeared that changed the world, Apple It has become the ultimate apple in people’s memory.

Of course, there is also the story of them and Microsoft’s good neighbor Xerox.

Precisely because he knew this, Ethan didn't care about the fact that Apple still didn't become the market leader despite his support. After all, as long as Woz was still in the company, they would all have time.

After handing the report back to Jobs, Ethan smiled and said: Steve, you are already very good when you sell a computer to the second place in the market for more than a thousand dollars.

And I believe you can be even better.

Hahaha—— Ethan's words made Jobs smile and narrow his eyes.

Oh Ethan, I knew you would understand me-

Of course, I also believe we can be even better!

Stephen is working on the five-and-a-quarter floppy disk, and if he can add that thing to our computer, then we can really promote a mature application tool to the outside world!

Instead of just giving them codes like now!

After chatting with Jobs for a while, the guy who still wanted to keep an eye on Apple's sales decided to leave.

Before leaving, he also took away the CD player and CD that Spielberg gave to Ethan, saying that he would go back to study them and return them to him in a few days.

Regarding this fact, Ethan could only shake his head helplessly, and soon after seeing him off, Ethan welcomed another old friend, the general manager of Chuck Paido Company.

Like Steve Jobs, this guy is here to submit his semi-annual report.

Unlike Apple, which is second in the market, MOS chips now rank first in the country.

When Destiny Games used more than 30,000 6502s in the first half of the year, Apple directly ordered 50,000 chips, and there were many computer manufacturing companies on the market eager for low costs, Chuck Padre Company only started in 1977. In the first half of the year, 150,000 chips were sold.

Among them, the purchase price of Ethan and Apple is US$12, and the wholesale price is US$22, so their total revenue is US$2.5 million.

Although this number is not as good-looking as the more than 60 million of Destiny Game, nor as dazzling as Apple's more than 7 million, as the core productivity of major companies, this shipment volume makes Ethan very satisfied.

After understanding the financial reports of each company under his name one by one, Ethan was finally able to take a break.

I went to Thomas's orchard to relax for a few days and enjoy a rare leisure time.

Because he knows that now he must conserve his energy and save taxes.

Next, there is still a tough battle waiting for him.

And this is also true. When the time came to July 27, Ethan, who was lying in the orchard, received a call from Aaron Massey, Boss, the people from Nintendo are here with the semi-annual report.

Such words made Ethan take a deep breath and asked in a deep voice: Who is this person coming back?

It's still the same Minoru Arakawa as before. Aaron Massey replied.

The name made Ethan laugh, Okay, let him wait for me...

I'll come right away.

Snap, Ethan dialed the phone number in the orchard.

At the same time, he picked up the sunglasses hanging on his collar and pushed them up the bridge of his nose.

Looking at the handsome figure on the glass, he snorted.

‘Nintendo? ’

‘Here he comes! ’

Correction: In the previous chapter, I wrote that the age difference between the principal and Ethan was nearly three rounds. I made a mistake. I thought one round meant that they were twenty-four years old, but in fact the age difference was almost five rounds.