Reborn America, this is my time

Chapter 140 Something is wrong

"Ethan, what do you think is wrong with this?"

When he got home that night, Ethan told Evelyn the latest developments.

And after he showed the machine Spielberg sent, Evelyn, who didn't know why, asked suspiciously: "Oh Ethan, I don't think I understand what you mean."

"COLOR TV GAME is not a CPU game machine, isn't that a good thing?"

"As a board game console, is there anything wrong with it being like Mirov Odyssey?"

"Mirowa Odyssey is, after all, the world's first commercial home game console. When people want to imitate it, subconscious plagiarism is an inevitable thing."

From Evelyn's point of view, Ethan's surprise was a bit strange.

When they learned that Nintendo launched COLOR TV GAME, what they were most worried about was the design concept of this machine. If this machine is similar to the new generation and Apollo, then they will be in big trouble, because it means This means that Nintendo has become the third company after Atari and Mirova to be a big step ahead of them in the implementation of projects in the game field.

But when they confirmed that COLOR TV GAME is just a circuit board arcade machine, this threat should be eliminated naturally, Ethan shouldn't be so nervous, at least in Evelyn's view, this kind of nervousness is unnecessary, "because we It should be on the same track as Nintendo now."

"If they want to develop a CPU mainframe."

"No, No, No..." Ethan shook his head, and said, "Evelyn, it's because Nintendo doesn't produce CPU consoles that there is a problem with this matter."

"What?" Evelyn's forehead formed a chevron, and she didn't understand what Ethan meant.

Ethan stared at the girl and said seriously: "I ask you, when we went to the book last year, did Nintendo's president Hiroshi Yamauchi clearly stated that even if we rejected him, they would try their best to get the MOS 6502 in the book?" Chip agency rights?"

"Yeah~"

Evelyn nodded and said, "For this reason, he took us to see his... ancestral house?"

"Yes! He even took us to see his ancestral home!" Ethan said seriously: "When he desperately wants to get the chip, does it mean that he thinks that the chip is the future? If he doesn't think Chips are the future, and he has no reason to be crazy about getting a chip agent, right?"

Those tongue-twister words stunned Evelyn for a few seconds.

After thinking for a moment, the girl narrowed her eyes.

"I understand what you mean." Evelyn said: "Ethan, what you mean is that when a person thinks that chips are the future, he won't pursue a machine like the Odyssey at all, right?"

"Especially Odyssey is not selling well in North America."

"Bingo!" Ethan snapped his fingers, "That's what I want to say!"

Ethan thinks Nintendo's current behavior is very strange!Why would these guys make board game consoles when they already licensed the MOS 6502 from him?
It doesn't make sense!
If circuit board game consoles are the current version answer, and Mirov Odyssey is selling well in North America, setting off a trend, then Nintendo has no problem making circuit board game consoles.

But the problem is that Mirov spent three years on the Odyssey product before pushing their global shipments to 35 units.

Even if the gross profit of this product is 50.00%, with such a low shipment volume and such a long delivery time, this project is not worth doing for Nintendo.

Not to mention, the gross profit of this project is not even 30.00%.

When the production cost of a multi-game circuit board is [-] dollars, if you have spare time to make a circuit board game console, it is really better to make an arcade machine!

After all, Nintendo has its own venue, and they can maximize all the profits of the arcade!
Therefore, when Ethan found out that the COLOR TV GAME was not a CPU game console but a circuit board game console, a strong doubt flooded his mind.

"To be honest, I have a feeling now that Hiroshi Yamauchi and the others should have been working on the home game console COLOR TV GAME before they got the authorization of MOS 6502 last year, or in other words, when the machine COLOR TV GAME and Odyssey So like when..."

Ethan elongated his voice.

Although he was very reluctant to speak out his guess, but after a while, he decided to tell the worst result, "They may have obtained the authorization of Odyssey."

Such words made Evelyn close her eyes.

The whole person leaned back and sank into the soft sofa.

The sudden package made her nerves tense instantly, and the spontaneous connection made her think about everything, "You mean, Nintendo knew about MOS 6502 from Mirov?"

"We went to the book, did Mi Luohua actually mean?"

"At that time, Mirov was already developing home consoles based on the CPU, but they were afraid that we would continue to launch new games, and that we would be able to launch a blockbuster game like "Pac-Man", so they wanted us to Stay away from North America, and use some chores to distract us, so that we can better get ample time for development and release?"

"And the evidence is that..."

Having said that, Evelyn opened her eyes and looked at Ethan sharply, "Last year, before we left North America, Mirov was already buying game companies aggressively?"

Although Evelyn communicated with Ethan in a questioning tone, the words between the lines were full of affirmation.

"Yeah—"

Ethan is very happy that his sister understands him.

He looked at his sister without hesitation, and said, "If I remember correctly, we already thought that the acquisition behavior of Mirov and Atari was very strange, right?"

"Because there is absolutely no need for them to promote the company's business aggressively before the bicentennial celebration, when all sectors of society are relaxing for celebration."

"At that time, we thought they were taking advantage of the fire, but now it seems that they just want to complete some acquisitions while the public opinion ignores them."

"And shortly after we heard the news, Hiroshi Yamauchi appeared."

"At that time, we were not wary and thought it might be an accident, but now it seems..."

Ethan pursed his lips, his meaning was very clear.

Evelyn took over the conversation, "It does seem to be premeditated."

"He said at the time that he appeared in Boston to watch the sailing boats in the book, but it seemed that he said this specially for us, because you were very interested in sailing boats at that time."

"And then, he took the initiative to invite us to the book."

"And this trip cost us more than a month."

"When we came back, something happened at the factory again, and then you have been busy with those messy things for a long time. If it's just these things, then forget it. The most deadly thing is..."

"I remember you told me that the trafficker who started the whole incident has not been found yet?"

Evelyn stared at Ethan with a serious face.

And Ethan...

He smiled and nodded.

"Yes, my dear sister, those traffickers have not been found so far."

The four eyes met, and doubts suddenly arose.

At this moment, they feel that everything they have experienced is not right!

They felt that the occurrence of the above four events was beyond their expectations!

And when four events that can be called accidents occur one after another...

In fact, this special code can no longer be called an accident!
It's just that they couldn't find a reasonable explanation at that time, and those things had to be dealt with, so they could only forget the cause of the matter.And now, with Nintendo showing COLOR TV GAME, a product that is extremely similar to Mirov Odyssey...

Ethan Jones felt that all accidents were man-made!

If Mi Luohua found Nintendo...

Then these coincidences all make sense!

"They have been targeting us from the very beginning! They want to use CPU hosts to directly defeat us! They need a surefire victory! That's why they will do everything possible to hold us back and prevent us from developing new products!" Yi Sen took a deep breath, and expressed his guess in a heavy tone.

"As for whether Atari and Mirov are in the same group?"

"I do not know about this."

"But now I believe that these things must be caused by them!"

Although there is no evidence, the reasonable guess still makes Evelyn nod her head.

After connecting things together, she really felt that what Ethan said made sense.

However, after a while, a smile appeared on her face again.

"Ethan, if all the accidents we experienced were caused by Mirov and Atari, then our current success would be even more powerful, wouldn't it?"

"Under their siege, we actually made "Star Wars"?"

"Wow……"

"This thing sounds cool!"

The girl winked happily at Ethan.

Now she really thinks that this younger brother who has been bullied by her for many years is very powerful.

Under the meticulous encirclement and suppression of big companies, can they still survive?Not only that, but they even counterattacked with thunder?This kind of thing is even more refreshing than the heroic script in Hollywood!
But unfortunately, the girl's praise did not bring Ethan's smile back.

Still with a straight face, he said, "Oh Evelyn, I don't think things are that simple."

"Mirov and Atari are doing this just to release their new products smoothly?"

"This kind of reason sounds too outrageous."

"Because whether it is Apollo or the new generation, they are machines that cross the ages. It is impossible for Atari and Mirov to not know how powerful their products are."

"When the products they come up with can scare us, normal confidential research and development is enough, and there is no need to use those dirty methods to hold us back."

In Ethan's view, unless the leaders of Mirov and Atari are time-travelers, it is impossible to guard against themselves like green hats, even if they are afraid that they will continue to make "Snake" and "Eat Snake". It’s a game like Beanman, but it’s too nonsense to use foreign aid and the tricks of the next three lanes to distract yourself.What's more, they are not time travellers, if they are also wearing clothes, they would have already copied and flew if they had the money and technology, how could they wait for themselves there?
and so……

"Anyway, I think... There must be something strange about things going wrong." Ethan clasped his arms.

But the girl smiled and shook her head.

"Oh Ethan, I think you may be too tired and think too much."

"Isn't this what is often said in the military that strategy despises tactics?"

"Although we are rivals, I think Atari and Mirov have done a good job."

She felt that Ethan had some persecution paranoia.

When Mirov's top management has been optimized by Philips, and Atari's founder Nolan Bushnell has been kicked out by Warner, everything is over.

"Even if their actions are disgusting, they have paid a corresponding price, haven't they?"

"The thing that gives us the most headache now is actually Nintendo, right?"

"If we knew that they were called by Mi Luohua..."

"Then I will definitely not vote for your cooperation."

Evelyn's words made Ethan even more painful.

Special code!
He thought he was wary enough of Nintendo!

But he still didn't expect that Nintendo is actually a ghost!

At the beginning, when Hiroshi Yamauchi met him, he openly stated that he had cooperated with Mi Luohua, and also publicly said that he regretted the conflict between Mi Luohua and him, but for the development of the company, he had to No, hope he understands blah blah blah blah...

At that time, Ethan felt that this guy could handle him.

At least put everything on the table, instead of pretending, pretending to be stupid, and waiting for him to clarify everything before he is ashamed to explain.

In the subsequent trips to the book, whether it was project arrangements, accompanying explanations, or full of desire, this guy always had his sincerity written on his face.

Can……

The ghost imagines that his cooperation with Mi Luohua is so deep!
Not only is there a collaboration on the light gun, there might even be a collaboration on the machine!

This kind of deep bond is like eating shit to Ethan!
so disgusting!
To be honest, Ethan really doesn't know what kind of mentality he should use to treat Nintendo.

He admitted that Nintendo is indeed a good partner, because they have been very active in paying money. So far, the amount settled for him on the two projects "Snake" and "Pac-Man" is It has exceeded 1000 million US dollars.

But if all the cooperation is carried out on the basis of deceptive cooperation, then he feels that their cooperation will not be able to continue, he will take the initiative to tear up the contract, and he will not let Nintendo make money on its own while secretly laughing I was stupid.

"Nintendo will type up the cooperation report for the first half of this year this month."

"I've already spoken to Alan Massey, and I will meet with their people at that time."

"Some things have to come to an end."

Ethan made a decision, and at the same time, he changed the subject.

"Stop talking about these disgusting things, did you read the machine drawing I gave you that day?"

Although Ethan was shocked by the possible cooperation between Nintendo and Mirov, it didn't mean that he would lose his mind and wait for the news there.While Spielberg helped him get COLOR TV GAME, he also drew some home consoles according to the pictures in his memory.

As for his 'design' on home consoles, Evelyn really has something to say.

"Oh Ethan - your ability to design games is really great, but things like machines..."

"I think you'd better let me do it alone."

Speaking of this matter, Evelyn's face was full of helplessness.

"Does the drawing you gave me have any practical significance?"

"When you said you were going to give me the blueprint, I thought you were going to give me some kind of circuit board!"

"Take a look at the results, you really don't even know what the central processing, image controller, sound generator, and BIOS chip are!"

"In your drawing, there is only the shell of the machine!"

"If you want me to draw the inner board and design the wiring of each interface against the machine shell you designed, then you should do it yourself."

Evelyn glared at Ethan angrily.

Ethan was a little embarrassed.

Previously, when he was thinking about which machine to copy from his previous life, he discovered that machines are different from games. The latter can allow technicians to get their points by describing the content of the game, while the former does not If you understand the technology, it is really impossible to describe the hardware in the machine.

So all he could copy was the shell of the machine.

When he handed over the drawings to Evelyn, he knew that he might be scolded, but after he was scolded, he felt that he could still save it.

So, he said stiffly, "Didn't I draw the controller for playing the game?"

"That thing should be able to be built against each other, right?"

"Hmph..." Evelyn didn't bother to talk to him.

"If I didn't have those handles, I would have beaten you long ago!"

Although Ethan is not the kind of person who likes to be an outsider and lead an insider, he still wants to ask about the development of the mainframe. After all, this is the company's most important strategic plan at present.

However, when he followed Evelyn into the study and looked at the densely packed sketches for a few times, he couldn't understand anything, so he gave up strategically, and decisively handed over the matter to Evelyn.

And in this kind of matter, Evelyn is also very caring.

Since she formally designed the machine, she never went to school anymore, just like when she was developing "Pac-Man" and "Star Wars", she stayed at home every day.

Although this kind of long-term leave behavior seems a bit wrong, but Evelyn doesn't care, because Principal Fred Terman has publicly stated that the school will not prevent her from graduating.

In the words of the old principal, the game "Pac-Man" is worth the thesis of countless graduates. When the market-oriented products have been recognized by the industry and outside the industry, if Evelyn If you can't graduate, there are not many people in the American colleges and universities that can graduate.

The old headmaster even asked Evelyn if she wanted to do a PhD.She couldn't fall in love with the basic courses, and the old headmaster had thought up the research topic for her, and it was called "When artificial intelligence meets video games-based on the world's first video game that uses artificial intelligence logic algorithms" Pac-Man "AI Linear Research".

Hey ~
I copy myself.JDP
Since Evelyn is willing to devote all her attention to game development, Ethan is relieved, and after he came to the company, those people in the content development department are also working in an orderly manner.

Ethan didn't arrange specific tasks for them, but just asked them to write those interesting ideas into plans according to their own preferences and inspirations and hand them over to him. After he had gone through them, he would decide whether to put those plans into reality. .

Ethan doesn't know whether the future game company will work in this way, but he knows that this kind of behavior that allows creators to express themselves may better stimulate their desire for expression.

What he needs now is a group of artists, not engineers. He needs these people to help him build a huge game content library to ensure the smooth release of home consoles.

Ethan's wages for them were not low.

Each person's annual salary is 5.00 knives, and they also enjoy a [-]% project commission.

Of course, under the cultivation of the company, the copyright of the games they developed also belonged to the company.

After looking around and confirming that the entire company was operating in an orderly manner, Ethan finally returned to his office.When he was leaning on the soft boss chair, the divergent thinking brought him countless discomforts. The three names Nintendo, Atari, and Mirov were like ghosts, lingering around his head all the time. This made it impossible for him to calm down to think and work.

After being haunted by that negative emotion for a long time, Ethan couldn't help but called Julis.

"I give you a task."

"Go and help me collect all the information about Atari and Mirov over the years."

"What?" Julis Noble didn't understand what the boss meant.

"All the news?" She was a little surprised.

"Yeah! All the news!" Ethan nodded seriously, and said, "I need all the news since their birth, the more complete the better! Whether it's their own official release, or some clueless tabloid reports, I want them all !"

Yes, Ethan Jones still feels that these companies are a little too careful.

He always felt that something was wrong, but he didn't know where it was.

Therefore, he had no choice but to resort to the skills he was best at in his previous life, which was also the basic skill of financial migrant workers... Data analysis.

(End of this chapter)