Reborn America, this is my time

Chapter 144 Grandpa is Coming!
Now that the company's new headquarters has been determined, Ethan Jones decided to move.

It took a few days to ask Julis Noble to purchase a batch of new office equipment for the new company, and to ask Michael Blanco to bring all the project materials of the original company over by means of additional employment. After Ren Massey paid for a new logo for the company's facade...

Since July 1977, 7, the base of the Destiny game has moved from the mediocre Stanford Industrial Park to the tall Stanford Research Park.

The metallic Kismet signage shines brightly in the sunlight.

The office building was even more crowded.

"Oh! Sxxt! I'm afraid this building was not 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 are officially separated and belong to two independent entities. Even the current principal cannot intervene in the operation here. In this case, only Only the founder, Principal Terman, can make an impact here!"

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

"Oh—isn't this a well-known thing? Weren't you there when our company released Pac-Man last year? The press conferences were held in the school auditorium!"

"Uh... I only came this year..."

"What? That's it--then I want to talk to you! When our company launched "Pac-Man" last year, there were a lot of big bosses. President Terman personally participated, his student, the founder of Hewlett-Packard People are there too. Wow~ That day was really awesome, many people who lived in the textbooks showed up, you didn't see that it was really a big loss..."

Since Ethan recruited based on the principle that if you want to squeeze the wool, you have to squeeze it to the end, more than [-]% of the employees at the headquarters are from Stanford, so when the company officially moved, they knew the specific difference between the research park and the industrial park. Surprised by the facts.

Although they all knew that the school encourages entrepreneurship before this, they never thought that the school would be able to support enterprises with better development prospects to such an extent?
Want money for money?

Want someone to give it to?

Want to give land?

This special one, with this kind of support, even a pig can fly into the sky, right?
Ah no——

They didn't mean that the boss is a pig!
Because their boss is super handsome~
The little Jiujiu Ethan in the hearts of the employees is actually very clear, because he looks in the mirror every morning.

But as a doer, he would not waste time on such trivial things that should be taken for granted.And after he sat in the new office, the visitors who heard the sound made him have no time to take care of other things.

Yes.

Since the Destiny game moved to the campus of the Stanford Research Institute, 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 feeling that the name of Principal Fred Terman was really useful, but after Evelyn put aside the development of the host for a while, she took a certain amount of time to meet with the professors who came to inquire. After a serious exchange... the girl immediately punched Ethan on the arm.

"Why did you hit me?" Ethan was a little confused when he was talking about the good old principal.

"Because you're stupid!" Evelyn bluntly put down the document handed by the professor.

"..." This answer made Ethan a little speechless, he really didn't know how stupid he was.

But Evelyn, who was leaning on the back of the chair, patted the table and said, "Oh Ethan, you don't really think that these professors are here because Principal Terman has given us special support, do you?"

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

"The reason why they come is because you are here."

"What?" Ethan didn't understand.

Evelyn rolled her eyes and said: "So far, how many professors have we met in total? Five or six? During the interview, each of them mentioned Chuck Paddle and Ralph Bell, and even Steve Wozniak, right?"

"Before the introduction of MOS 6502 to the market, people like Chuck Pedro were just unknown researchers. To be more precise, they can only be regarded as engineers in the chip field, but since you solved the legal problems of MOS 6502 After making Motorola unable to pursue their infringement responsibilities, the widespread rollout of MOS 6502 made Chuck Paido the focus of the scientific research community. The professors who met with us have already said that in the past year alone, Chuck Paido and the others have received invitations from many associations to give speeches and reports."

"It's the same with Ralph Bell, Odyssey wasn't a successful product, but after he joined us, our Pac-Man and Star Wars made his video game patent a 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 In the United States, how many people have never heard of his name?"

"Steve Wozniak is even more so. APPLE computer is an excellent product, and Steve Wozniak is indeed very capable, but the understanding of the insiders and the world's knowledge are different. Two things, right? When you give them $[-] to sponsor them to start a company, let them use the game "Snake" to promote their products to the outside world, and keep saying in newspaper columns and TV shows, I use It's APPLE, when I'm using APPLE... who in the whole circle doesn't know that the Wozniak kid is 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 achievements are the 'money' that professors most desire!"

"These things may not feel deeply to you, but I have real experience."

Evelyn looked at Ethan with emotion, "How many things can a person research in a lifetime? There are only a few normal people. Given the small base, how many of those developed patents can be transformed into products? And after those products are introduced to the market, how many of them can catch fire?"

"No."

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

"Because the opportunities are slim, many talents will choose to cooperate with enterprises. Enterprises provide demand, and they provide research. In this case, they may really be researching something that they are not interested in, but at the same time, the probability of success will also increase." greatly increase."

"However, there is another problem in this process, that is, in order to promote their own brands, the company hides the reports on those R&D personnel and makes them only 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 a well-known product is developed by himself? The world knows him because of the product, and they themselves introduce who they are. Those are two different concepts, right?"

Evelyn raised her eyebrows at Ethan.

And Ethan shook his head with a smile.

Ok!

Ethan understood what Evelyn meant.

The prosperity of the world is for profit; the hustle and bustle of the world is for profit.

As long as a person is alive, there will be more or less pursuits.

For capitalists who are coerced by interests, money may be everything, but the academic circle is obviously different. Money is only a part of what they want to get, not a necessity. The recognition of peers, the recognition of universities, and the invitation of various seminars The letter, the list of senior expert groups after the social case, that is the treasure they most desire.

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

Ethan felt that with his back to Stanford, he would be able to take advantage of the near water.

Those professors who have ideas will think that this is Sunny Flowers and Trees Yiweichun.

"So we're taking the initiative now?" Ethan asked with a smile.

"Hmm." Evelyn shrugged, "The resumes of these professors are all good-looking."

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

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

"Oh—are you trying to exhaust me?" Evelyn was a little helpless, "I'm going 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 kill me!"

"And I studied computing, not physics."

Although complaining, Evelyn still took over the job.

"Okay, okay, I won't talk to you about this."

"It would be better to work if I have time to argue with you here."

As she said that, she took the professors' materials and went out.

However, not long after she went out, she came back again.

"Step aside."

She kicked Ethan's boss chair, "This office is for me. I don't like the one outside, it's too close to the stairs, and people will always pass me when they look for you. It's really bad to be noisy."

As before, Ethan also turned the entire fifth floor into an office for the two of them.

Because the building provided by the research park is a straight structure with only one staircase on the far side, so there will be corridors passing through each office in the layout design.

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

And Evelyn...

"Okay, this office is yours."

Ethan took the initiative to get up, "You are the Boss, and the company listens to you."

"Hmph! Get out!" Evelyn didn't bother to talk to him.

In the past, she really felt 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 MCA as early as the end of the 60s. After fiddling with light storage together, the girl believed in Ethan's analysis.

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

Letting Ethan leave was just to think about problems in a quiet environment.

With the closing of the office door, the girl continued to read the self-recommendation materials of the professors, and Ethan, who walked out of the office, was also relieved. When the product effect has been established and the technical support is backed by Stanford, all the rest is nothing but smashing Money for experiments, which is exactly what he does best.

Hey!Grandpa has money!

After handing over the technical issues, Ethan was just about to take a breather, but a curious baby interrupted his resting thoughts. This guy Jobs sneaked into the new building of the Destiny game like a thief. After wandering all the way to Ethan's office, the guy with fluttering hair exclaimed even more, "MFxxk! Ethan! Are you starting a company here now?"

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

"Your office is so spacious!"

"Oh! Sxxt! There's also a TV here?"

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

"Oh! No! Is this the "Jaws" videotape? Why is it round? It's not a tape? This is... a disc?" Steve Jobs screamed.

"Oh Steve - why are you here?"

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

He did inform his friends before moving, but because the housewarming happened so suddenly, he decided not to hold any party to celebrate, and repeatedly told him not to give himself gifts.Those people respected his ideas and verbally expressed their congratulations, and Xiao Qiao was naturally one of them.

If Ethan remembered correctly, this guy had fully agreed at the beginning, saying that he would not come to join in the fun, but now...the figure looking around, why does it feel like stepping on the spot?

"Ethan, you don't welcome me, do you?"

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

"Oh—this really hurts me so much!"

"Also, isn't this a gift from Steven?"

"He can give you gifts, but you tell me not to give them?"

"Ah—my heart hurts—"

Jobs clutched his chest and fell backward, looking as if he had suffered a heart attack.

Looking at Ethan in such a situation, his head was full of black lines. He scratched his head twitchingly at the corner of his mouth, and kept waving his right hand to signal, "Steven, tell me, what do you like about me?"

"Can you take it yourself?"

"Really?" Jobs, who was sprawled on the sofa, opened his eyes into a small slit.

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

"Lend me this building? Let me also experience the feeling of working in the Stanford Research Park?"

"..."

Ethan stared at this smart man for a few moments.

Then squeezed out two words, "Fuck off."

"Oh -- this is really too uncomfortable!" Jobs yelled.

Tongue stick out, passed out on the sofa.

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

"Okay, let's not play. I came to see you today, to satisfy my curiosity, and to 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 the desk.

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

Due to the turmoil for a long time 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 is this possible!"

Jobs looked confident, "With me here, Apple's report will definitely not be bad!"

What Jobs said was true. Although the Apple 2 was only sold for two weeks in the first half of the year, its sales were rising in a straight line. As of June 700, its shipments had exceeded [-] units. , At the same time, the number of reservations has exceeded [-] units, and the company's revenue has exceeded [-] million.

According to the current momentum, the company's marketing director predicts that Apple will sell at least 2 units of APPLE 5000 this year, and the annual operating income is expected to reach [-] million.

And the biggest hero here is Ethan Jones.

As Evelyn said, if it wasn’t for Ethan, he would say that the machine used in the Destiny game is an Apple, Apple computers can play video games, and 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 on the Internet...then this machine will never sell so well.

"5000?"

Ethan was really shocked by this number.

"Extraordinary, my "Star Wars" has only sold 6000 million copies now!"

He's a little sour.

But Jobs laughed loudly, and said: "Oh Ethan—don't do this, Apple 2 and "Star Wars" are completely two products. The goal of Apple 2 is to break into American families, and the goal of "Star Wars" It is to occupy all the public places that can be occupied."

"Family is definitely bigger than occasion."

"So "Star Wars" may start fast, but Apple 2 can also catch up fast."

Of course, Ethan is aware of these facts, and his complaints are just out of emotion. No matter how good the game sells, it can't compare to the computer. When he continued to flip back, he also found a problem.

In the documents submitted by Jobs, there are not only Apple’s semi-annual report, but also a report on the current status of the personal computer market. It is mentioned that the hottest personal computer is not Apple 2, but the TRS-80 launched by Tandy. , according to the data collected by computer dealers in various places, their current market share is 40.00%, and their shipments this year are expected to reach [-] units.

The reason for this result is also very simple, that is, they are sold cheap enough, and the price of $390 can really break through all competitors.

Not only that, APPLE 2 also has an enemy, that is, PET launched by Commodore International.Compared with APPLE 2, their price is also very cheap, currently only 790 dollars...

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, the most expensive apple sold was indeed 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 were successfully listed when they were sold at the most expensive price. When Apple was listed on NASDAQ, the grassroots-born Jobs really became The living American dream, this is the biggest gimmick that people are impressed with him.

Afterwards, what made Apple a legend was the story of Jobs returning to Apple and making a comeback. In Hollywood movies, it was even more inspirational than the reformed Forrest Gump. When the iPod and iPhone, which changed the world, appeared, Apple was It has become the last apple in people's memory.

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

It is precisely because he knows this that Ethan doesn't care about the fact that Apple still hasn't become the market leader under his support. After all, as long as Woz is still in the company, they have time.

After handing the report back to Jobs, Ethan smiled and said, "Steve, you guys are already very good at selling a computer for more than 1000 dollars and selling it to the second place in the market."

"And I believe that you can be even better."

"Hahaha——" Ethan's words made Jobs narrow his eyes with a smile.

"Oh Ethan, I knew you'd understand me—"

"Of course, I also believe that we can be even stronger!"

"Stephen is working on five and a quarter floppy disks. If he can add that thing to our computer, then we can really promote mature application tools to the outside world!"

"Instead of just giving them codes like now!"

After chatting with Jobs for a while, the guy who was still watching Apple sales decisively slipped away.

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

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

Like Jobs, who is so smart, this guy also came to submit the semi-annual report.

Unlike Apple, which is second in the market, the current MOS chip has already become the number one in the entire rice market.

When Destiny Games used more than 3 pieces of 6502 in the first half of the year, Apple directly ordered 1977 chips, and there were still many computer manufacturing companies in the market eager for low cost. In the first half of the year, 15 chips were sold.

Among them, the purchase price of Ethan and Apple is 22 dollars, and the wholesale price is 250 dollars, so their total revenue is [-] million dollars.

Although this number is not as good-looking as the 6000 million or more of the Destiny game, nor as dazzling as the 700 million or more of Apple, but as the core productivity of major companies, this shipment makes Ethan very satisfied.

After understanding the financial reports of the companies under his name one by one, Ethan was finally able to rest for a while.

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

Because he knows that the current self must save energy and save taxes.

Next, there is another tough battle waiting for him.

And the fact is the same. When the time came to July 27th, Ethan, who was lying in the orchard, received a call from Alan Massey, "Boss, the people from Nintendo came with the semi-annual report."

Such words made Ethan take a deep breath, and asked in a deep voice, "Who is this person who came back?"

"It's still Minoru Arakawa before." Allen Macy replied.

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

"I'm coming here."

Pat, Ethan hung up the orchard's phone.

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

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

'Nintendo? '

'Grandfather is here! '

　Errata: In the previous chapter, it was written that the age difference between the principal and Ethan was almost three rounds. I made a mistake. I thought one round was 24 years old, but in fact the difference was almost five rounds.

　　
　
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