Rebirth of America, this is my time

Thomas's help in times of need really relieved Ethan's urgent need. In the era when the logistics industry did not develop rapidly, long-distance cargo transportation was a nightmare faced by all production companies.

Why did Atari only sell 8,000 units of Pong after three years of sales?

That's because they can't find the right person to deliver it!

When a company finds a group of trustworthy drivers, free delivery within the United States can be achieved. Although it takes two days to drive from San Francisco to New York without eating or drinking, when a product sells for two thousand US dollars , but the cost is less than 500 US dollars, then no matter who the boss is, they can increase the distribution cost appropriately to capture all profits.

Yes!

Ethan is not going to sell circuit boards anymore!

This is not only because the production of Pac-Man uses new processes. When the CPU is involved, on-site replacement and debugging of the circuit motherboard will become more troublesome, but also because selling arcade machines is more profitable than selling circuit boards.

According to the current pricing, the gross profit of an arcade machine is US$1,500, and the circuit board can last US$500.

Based on a distribution quantity of 10,000, the profit of electronic arcade machines is 15 million, while the profit of circuit boards is only 5 million.

Although this algorithm is very rough and can even be said to be extreme, the extreme gap is so terrifying.

Previously, due to limited conditions, various game companies could only make corresponding choices.

But now, with the latest technology, the strongest creativity, and the most reliable fleet, of course I want them all in exchange!

When all the one-stop links of procurement, production, and distribution were connected, the whole Destiny Game factory was in full swing. In just fifteen days, Ethan had already delivered a batch of voluntarily purchased items from major universities. There are thousands of arcade machines, and in this process, social orders are also coming in one after another. There is no way, North America is so big, there are always some vendors who are willing to pay for a taste after seeing the news reports.

And these are the first people to eat crabs...

Make money right away!

Hello! Destiny Game? Do you still have Pac-Man in the arcade? We want fifty units here in Sacramento!

Yes, yes! We purchased it jointly from several merchants!

Oh! Sxxt! Who doesn't know that your games are super fun! Merchants in San Francisco have said that one of their machines can make at least one hundred and fifty dollars a day! Unlike the previous games, which only attracted boys, The situation is different! Many girls like to play this game! Do you know that as long as someone plays the game, there will be many people around! A lot of people! A lot of people!

Aha? Are you asking about other games?

Whose store has other arcade machines in front of it now?

Isn't it a waste of electricity if no one is playing?

Even your boss, the one named Ethan...Ethan...Ethan Jones! Yes, yes! No one plays the Snake Game he made! Now people only want to play your new game Snake Game Bean Man》!”

Oh! Hua Q! Can you stop asking! Deliver the goods to us! Deliver the goods to us!

What? Distributed delivery may take several days?

Oh! No! You just need to deliver the goods to one place for us! We will pick them up ourselves! That's all we can do!

When this conversation reached Ethan's ears, he suddenly smiled as brightly as a flower.

Sure enough, as long as the product is good enough, it can change people's living habits!

Fixed point delivery?

Merchant pickup?

oh!

This is something that many sellers don’t even dare to dream about!

Looking at the extremely busy office, Ethan waved to Julis Noble who had just answered the phone.

What's the matter? Boss?

Perhaps because she has been too busy recently, the girl's face was full of exhaustion, and her voice seemed a little hoarse when she spoke.

Such an appearance made Ethan look apologetic.

Oh Julis, I'm sorry, because of my wrong judgment, your workload suddenly increased.

In order to make up for my mistake, I have decided to give you an additional bonus of five hundred dollars this month.

At the same time, I am also preparing to recruit a group of employees, including about four to eight administrative staff, to reduce your work pressure.

I wonder if you would like to be the supervisor of this new batch of people?

Such words made Julis Noble blink her eyes.

She suspected something was wrong with her ears.

But the next second, joy flashed across his tired eyes, Oh, my boss, you finally did something good.

“In the past half month, I’ve been answering the phone like crazy!”

There are dozens of them every day, okay!

The most important thing is to record the address! Record the demand! Communicate with the factory for production! Communicate with the fleet for delivery!

This is really...

Oh God, I can finally relax!

The girl's words made Ethan smile and nod.

Now that the company is on the right track, the positions that should be there can no longer remain vacant.

Regarding production issues, Ethan was going to hand them over to Damio Dean, a guy from the Stanford School of Engineering. All matters related to order records, goods distribution, and business reception were placed under the administrative umbrella and handed over to Julis Noble.

As for financial and cost issues?

That's all in Aaron Massey's hands.

After three days of operation, the staff size of Destiny Game suddenly increased a lot, adding four women, two men, six administrators, and one man, one woman, and two accountants.

Looking at the company, which was small but well-equipped, Ethan felt a sense of accomplishment in his heart.

Although he has been born in two lifetimes, this is his first time starting a business.

And this is what you can do when you start a business for the first time...

He is still quite awesome!

Just when Ethan was thinking that he could finally take a break after being busy for a long time, the phone in the office rang again.

When he picked up the call, he realized that it was Chuck Paido.

Hello~ Chuck, what's the matter? Ethan was in a good mood, so he joked directly, Are you going to celebrate the success of Pac-Man for me? Oh - I don't have time recently - —I’m very busy now—hahahaha~”

However, just as his laughter subsided, Chuck Paido's heavy voice came from the other end of the phone: Oh Ethan, I also want to celebrate the success of Pac-Man with you, but I really don't have it right now. At this time, there was something wrong at the factory.

It's on fire.

WTF? These words made Ethan sit upright.

There's something wrong with our chip production line? Is it on fire?

Oh! Sxxt! Isn't this a burn?

Isn't it serious?

Ethan suddenly became anxious.

Because in his memory, it was normal for chip factories to catch fire!

Whether it’s TSMC, Hynix, Samsung, or Micron, as long as you’re making chips, your home is on fire!

The reason for this is not clear to Ethan, because he is not a professional in this field.

But one thing he knew was that their MOS 6502 had no intention of increasing the price!

And when they don't want chip prices to rise, something happens to the factory?

Special code!

I'm afraid Intel didn't start this fire!

And just as Ethan was making random guesses, laughter suddenly came from the other end of the phone——

Hahahaha - Ethan - you were scared by me, right -

It's not a problem with the production line! It's not a problem with the production line! It's because the orders are overwhelming! It's because the orders are overwhelming!

Did you know? After Pac-Man was launched! Orders for MOS 6502 increased by 500%!

Seventeen game production companies have already ordered chips from us!

Wow... I really didn't expect! The chip I designed can be used like this!

And in order to cope with the orders, the company has added two more production lines!

If nothing else happens, our chip sales in the first half of this year will reach 50,000!

‘…’

Chuck Paido’s excited words left Ethan speechless.

With the special code, he thought the production line of his own chip company had burned down!

The result was an explosion of orders?

this……

Pretty good!

To be honest, Ethan did not expect that the appearance of Pac-Man would drive the sales of MOS 6502!

After all, this kind of game that relies on programming is not something that a circuit board game company can play.

But since those companies want to be involved, he can't stop them, right?

If he were just an ordinary game company, he would definitely be a little anxious.

But the problem is...

The cheapest chip production line on the market is his!

Colleagues buy chips?

Then shouldn't it be Intel, massage parlors and Motorola that are worried?

Hehe~

Ethan felt so happy that he wanted to laugh, but he didn't want to laugh too loudly.

Because that would be too rude!

While he was depressed, Chuck Paido added: Oh Ethan, in addition to the surge in orders, I have one more thing to tell you. Our team has already discussed it and wants to continue to develop and develop. Sixteen-bit chip.”

So the company's dividend distribution... probably won't happen in the next two years.

R\u0026D upward?

This is a good thing for Ethan.

Because he has been a man for two generations, he has witnessed with his own eyes the improvement in productivity brought about by technology.

Although he knew that the design of Chuck Paido in his previous life did not defeat Intel's Hand beaten.

The term low-end may not sound good, but for a game company like Ethan, it has unparalleled appeal.

Because in this way he will have an unrivaled cost advantage.

So, after hearing Chuck Paido's proposal, Ethan smiled and said, Oh Chuck, I told you, that's your company.

From the day I decide to support you, I will not place any restrictions on your research and development.

Because I, like you, are looking forward to technology changing the world!

There was silence on the other end of the phone.

After a moment, Chuck Paddo chuckled and said, Thank you.

I won't keep you waiting.

In a year at most, I can show you a 16-bit CPU.

Because I also want to know what you will use it for.

After hanging up the call with Chuck Paido, Ethan happily started writing in the office.

no way!

The happiest thing in the world is that your competitors are rushing to give you money!

And just when the corner of Ethan's mouth was almost grinning to the back of his ears, the phone on the table rang again.

When I picked it up, Steve Jobs's roar came out——

Oh Ethan! Do you know! Do you know! We have received five hundred orders! Five hundred orders for APPLE 1!

We sold 666 units! There are more than 300,000 yuan here!

I have never seen so much money in my whole life!

And do you know why our orders suddenly surged?

That's all because of Pac-Man!

After many game companies learned that Pac-Man was made with APPLE 1, they wanted to buy APPLE 1 and try to develop games!

“After learning that Pac-Man was made using APPLE 1, many computer enthusiasts want to buy it for programming!”

real!

When I got the call, I was stunned!

I never thought that Pac-Man would have such an advertising effect!

Ethan was also shocked.

He never thought that he, a bad game maker, could be involved in three industries?

Pac-Man advertised APPLE 1?

what is this?

Is it a mistake?

That’s outrageous!

but……

he likes!

Electronic games, central processing units, and personal microcomputers are all rising industries!

How can you guys sleep at such a young age in your company?

Get up and roll them all for me!

Thanks to [cjll] [book friend 20171206211516411] for the 100 starting coins.

Note: ① In reality, Chuck Paido did develop a 16-bit CPU, but he did it after leaving MOS.

PS1, in response to a question in the comments, it was the norm back then for hippies to make game arcades. This should have been noted before. This is a topic that both Nolan Bushnell and Steve Jobs have said. As for why they work so well, there is currently no official explanation. There are two reasons why I personally seek verification. The first point comes from the book 1973: Rock and Roll at the Crossroads, which states that in 1971, the hippie culture was already showing signs of ebbing. Although there were more children with long hair in high schools, There are fewer groups of people on the road. By 1973, a third of the stores in Haight Ashbury, the hippie mecca, were closed due to reduced foot traffic. At that time, the hippies who had returned to the normal track needed a job, so they entered the labor force in large numbers. The second reason comes from Steve Jobs’s own memories. He said that many hippie families were not bad, so they were able to work well after returning to life. However, because they had been separated from society for a long time, they could only find jobs in newspapers such as the San Jose Mercury News. Information, of course, there are some people who get too angry while playing. Even though they work, their final salary is spent on psychedelic drugs.