Reborn America, this is my time

Chapter 169 Stealing Home!

"Mr. Jones, thank you very much for taking time out of your busy schedule to meet me."

"Oh, don't be so polite, please sit down."

"Thank you."

"I read your resume, I am very interested in your life experience. You were born in 21? [-] this year? Wow, you are one year younger than me? But now you have graduated from Harvard And also double major in Applied Mathematics and Economics?”

"Oh Mr. Jones, you are overrated. Compared with your achievements, I am just a kid who can read a little bit. Yes! I took two degrees at Harvard in four years and just graduated this summer. I Also captained the Harvard football team and editor of the Literary Society for the Harvard Crimson and the Harvard Advocate . . . "

"Wow~ It's really a very rich college life."

"Yeah~ I think so too..."

"I want to know, why did you choose our company? The position you are applying for is still a secretary? With your experience, it should not be difficult to find a position for Guan Peisheng in some large companies, right?"

"You're right, I had already received an offer from Procter & Gamble before I came here, but after hearing that there was a job offer from Destiny, I gave up decisively, because when I was studying at Harvard, I witnessed the "Pac-Man" devouring the campus Scene, your game seems to have a different kind of magic. At that time, I wanted to explore the birthplace of legends. And I also have plans to study at Stanford. I went to Harvard because my dad liked it. Compared with Harvard , I actually prefer the young Stanford. To tell you the truth, I plan to apply for Stanford’s MBA after working for a while. I think, compared with Procter & Gamble, the work experience of the Destiny game may be more accepted by the teachers here. ? And, I also like Hollywood..."

"Oh - you're right." Ethan laughed.

At this moment, he was leaning on the sofa, facing a bald man in a blue T-shirt. This guy had a very rich face, and his facial features could even be squeezed together when he was talking, making him look very funny.Not only that, but he also has the self-confidence of the proud son of the American people that day.

Just for these points, Ethan really likes him.

But before officially accepting him, Ethan has one last question.

"Since you are from Harvard, you should know the famous people in your school?"

"Bill Gates, do you know?"

"The one who provided the BASIC software for the Altair 8080?"

When these words appeared, the big boy sitting opposite Ethan was stunned.

Ethan had a panoramic view of the bewildered reaction, stood up with a smile, and stretched out his right hand towards the other party.

"It seems you know it, right?"

"That alumnus of yours did a good job."

"Steve Ballmer, you are welcome to join the game of destiny."

That's right!

The bald head that can make Ethan stunned is the future Clippers owner, Steve Ballmer!
After seeing his resume, Ethan was stunned, because he couldn't understand why the guy who helped Bill Gates win trillions came to him to apply for the job?

You know, Harvard is more than 3000 miles away from Stanford!
It takes a day to fly!
After Ethan finished reading the resume submitted by Ballmer, he realized that he was really attracted to this bald man, because this guy was a Jew.

Ballmer grew up in a Hebrew school. Just from the description on his resume, he can see his feelings for his own race. He also has a cousin who is in Hollywood. A regular cast member on Saturday Night Live.This relationship made Ballmer very interested in Hollywood and wanted to become a director in the circle, so after graduation, that is, this summer, he came to Hollywood, hoping to rely on his literary literacy shown at Harvard. The career of a screenwriter.

Unfortunately, there is no shortage of stories in Hollywood, so his attempt to enter the industry failed.

After spending several months unable to find a way to enter the industry and avoid starving to death, he wanted to find a job to make a living, so he cast a wide net to submit resumes, and finally, Procter & Gamble offered him an olive branch.

Just when he was about to go to work in Cincinnati, the recruitment notice of the game of destiny attracted his attention. Based on the idea that he could do it anywhere, the climate in California was milder, and the boss was still a tycoon, he directly let go of Procter & Gamble’s pigeons. , departed from Los Angeles and drove to Palo Alto.

This kind of weird dream-chasing journey is something to watch. Ethan grinned. Although he understands that this guy probably came for his relationship with Spielberg, he still decided to accept the bald-headed Ballmer. , not for anything else, just because this guy is funny.

As for whether this guy will join Microsoft like he did in his previous life?

Ah--

It's not that Ethan is arrogant.

Compared with the game of fate, the current Microsoft is a small Karami.

After Steve Ballmer completed the entry procedures, Ethan arranged a job for him, asking him to collect information from the outside world according to the four categories of current affairs, technology, finance and entertainment every day.Although Ethan did not explain the priorities of his work, he did not tell Ballmer the specific company he wanted to follow, but this guy who could get two Harvard degrees in four years thought about it for a while, and then came up with a priority.

At nine o'clock in the morning on the second day of work, he had already walked into Ethan's office with the newspapers he had sorted out, and reported to him the latest situation he had collected.

"Boss, in terms of current affairs, there are two pieces of news that you should be interested in... The first piece of news is related to our vital interests. This month, the European Patent Office will be formally established. From then on, patent applications in many European countries will be handled by This department is in charge... The second news is that Commander Jimmy officially signed the "Community Reinvestment Act"..."

The European Patent Office is an intergovernmental cooperation organization established this year in accordance with the European Patent Convention. It is headquartered in Munich and covers [-] countries including Britain, France and Germany.The purpose of its establishment is to facilitate companies and individuals to apply for their own invention patents on the European continent, to promote the commercialization and promotion of inventions with a simplified process, and to promote the economic development of the European region.

The Community Reinvestment Act is a federal law in America designed to encourage banks and savings institutions to provide credit services to low-income and middle-income communities. The goal of President Jimmy is to eliminate the red line when issuing real estate loans as much as possible. In order to provide more American people with a place to live in, many opponents said that lowering the mortgage standard may make financial institutions lend indiscriminately and induce a series of financial crises.

These two points are not very attractive to Ethan.

After expressing his understanding, he waved his hand.

"In terms of technology, there are three companies that I'm focusing on today."

"The first is Motorola. Since their chairman blessed MOS at the end of [-], they strategically gave up the layout of the civilian chip field and devoted themselves to their mobile phone business. , but recently, they restarted their research institute located in Phoenix City. Judging from the current market reaction, they seem to have seen the huge potential of civilian chips, and they are unwilling to give up potential profits, and want to return to this market..."

"The second company is AMD. At the beginning of this year, they announced that they would cooperate with Siemens. After several months of negotiations, they finally finalized a specific cooperation plan. Siemens will purchase 20.00% of AMD's shares to guarantee their cooperation. Being able to regain a competitive edge in the chip space..."

"The third is Intel. After releasing their third-quarter financial report, their stock prices have risen slightly without clear bright spots. This market reaction is very strange..."

Ethan had heard a little about Motorola, because he had a direct connection with Motorola's Chairman Galvin, and knew that they looked down on the personal chip business.

And now, they want to turn back?
late!

He really didn't know about AMD, but this guy actually had contact with Siemens?Is it possible that Siemens in this era also wants to manufacture central processing units?

As for Intel's strange reaction, he was even less aware of it.

Since crossing, he has not had any contact with this company.

When cheap chips are available, he really ignored this future chip giant.

However, the age of ignorance has passed, and now he let go of his ears.

"Keep watching these three companies, I want to know their every move." He ordered.

"Okay." Steve Ballmer pulled out the pen pinned in his jacket pocket.

Make a mark on your notepad.

Then, continue to report——

"There are no bright spots in the financial sector. Our Dow Jones index is still falling, but Warren Buffett has been very good recently. His article about inflation published in May this year has once again become the talk of the media. Of course , Mrs. Graham's contribution is indispensable, after all, the whole country now knows that Mrs. Graham likes him, right?"

"Fortune" magazine published an article "How Inflation Deceives Stock Investors" written by Warren Buffett in May of this year, which described in detail the impact of inflation on the stock market, and explained his own opinion on Compound Interest Views.

As soon as the article was published, it attracted extensive discussions among financial professionals, but unfortunately, before the public heard insightful views, this article was washed away by the voice of public opinion.

The reason is also very simple, "Star Wars" is here.

In the face of "Star Wars", any voice of reason is small, and in this case, Warren Buffett can only retreat to the fringes of public opinion with hatred.But with the decline of the topic of the times and the continued economic downturn, his articles were turned up and discussed by good people. Unfortunately, after talking for a while, people paid attention to Warren Buffett again. Gossip.

Because everyone in America knows that Warren Buffett is not a stock god at all, he is just a little boy who was spotted by the head of the "Washington Post" Catherine Graham.

Catherine's father is the former chairman of the Federal Reserve and the first president of the World Bank. Eugene Meyer, her great-grandmother, is from the Kuhn Buhler family, and her grandmother is from the Newmark family, the Jewish rabbi in Los Angeles. People, the "Washington Post" is just a toy for the princess, and one of the most brilliant things the princess did with it was reporting Tingzong's wiretapping incident under pressure.

Because there was no stone hammer at the beginning, the "Washington Post" was naturally suppressed by the commander in chief. When the stock price plummeted, the Omaha country bumpkin Warren Buffett bought its stock frantically, pressing all his net worth He raised his card directly, and after he spent all the funds in his hands, the "Washington Post" released the stone hammer by coincidence, and the stock price skyrocketed.

In just half a month, Warren Buffett netted tens of millions.

If it was just these, then he would definitely be investigated, because insider trading might be involved, but after he got rich, Mrs. Graham invited him to join the company's board of directors, personally took her to various high-end dinner parties, and In front of everyone, he threw the key of his house to him.

With the protection of Mrs. Graham, no one dared to trouble Buffett. The most embarrassing thing is that at the beginning of this year, Mrs. Graham also published a letter, which was written by Buffett’s wife Susan. In the letter, Susan stated that she allowed her to associate with her husband, and she believed that the two were truly in love... After that, Buffett even openly lived in Mrs. Graham's New York home. When a reporter interviewed him When why did he stay away all night, Lao Ba said that he was just studying bridge skills with his wife.

When these things happen, Warren Buffett's personality is rotten in the eyes of the Americans!But no one cares about all of this, because everyone wants to hug the rich woman's thigh!
Compared with his financial management skills, people are more concerned about how to hang the rich woman!

and this……

"Well, that's financial news, too."

"But don't report such well-known things in the future."

Ethan made his own criticism.

"Okay." Steve Ballmer nodded obediently, and then said: "Boss, the entertainment news is very simple. In the next few months, there will be an eye-catching movie in Hollywood. That's your friend's work, Close Encounters of the Third Kind..."

Yes, after ten months of tossing, [-] is almost over.

Close Encounters of the Third Kind could have been released in the summer if it wasn't for George Lucas' recutting of Star Wars, but it's because Steven Spielberg is taking advantage of his privilege that "Close Encounters of the Third Kind" will be scheduled for Thanksgiving at the end of the year.

To be honest, Spielberg's behavior is extremely bad for the investors. If "Close Encounters of the Third Kind" hits the street, he will definitely be stepped into the ground by the investors, but unfortunately...

Star Wars exploded.

This allows investors to experience the feeling of eating shit.

But this is not important to Ethan. He attended the premiere of "Close Encounters of the Third Kind" as scheduled, and then spoke to the reporters, "If you say, George Lucas promoted the development of the "Star Wars" game." was born, then "Close Encounters of the Third Kind" is the source of inspiration for the game. This movie will definitely satisfy the curiosity of all Americans, because Steven Spielberg uses his lens to tell the public about a series of decades Years of Alien Stories."

"It will be the box office champion in the second half of this year!"

"What? You asked me why I didn't say it was this year?"

"Because the box office champion in the first half of the year is "Star Wars"!"

"As long as I add enough attributives, they are all champions, right?"

Ethan opened his arms and took Xiao Si and Xiao Lu into his arms.

The master Duan Shui's words also made the two of them laugh out loud.

In Ethan's wild words, "Close Encounters of the Third Kind" also officially set sail. It scored more than 200 million at the box office in the first weekend, and it won more than 300 million in the second week. It fell in the third week, but it still reached 300 million. The total box office of the entire first month directly exceeded 1000 million.

As a movie with an investment cost of close to 2000 million, this first month's performance has been able to make money steadily, but compared with "Star Wars", it is still a little bit worse.

Still, a movie like Star Wars is hard to come by, right?

The dividends of the times will only favor the first guy to eat crabs, and the rest of the followers?
They don't deserve fame.

But even if Steven Spielberg is in the limelight again, the slow box office revenue still makes Hollywood giants very dissatisfied. Even if it is approaching Christmas, they are still in meetings.

Disney——

"Is that Sidney guy still holding on?"

"He just refuses to force Steven Spielberg and Ethan Jones to communicate about our cooperation?" Ron Miller, Walt Disney's son-in-law, asked his own question.

"Yes." Dunn Tatum nodded.

"Sidney said he couldn't order Steven Spielberg."

"He said they were not subordinate to superior."

"Tch——" Ron Miller showed a straight face.

"Is the relationship between the two of them Schrödinger's cat?"

"When Sidney himself needs Steven Spielberg, they are the leadership relationship, right? Once outsiders talk about it, then they are close comrades in arms?"

After a mocking sentence, Ron Miller said again: "Forget it, leave them alone."

"We make video games ourselves!"

Paramount——

"But how can we solve the patent issues involved in video games?"

Michael Eisner casts a puzzled look at Barry Diller.

And Barry Diller laughed, "This is your business, right?"

"Whether it's learning from Ethan Jones, getting a license directly from the patentee Ralph Bell, or buying a license from Mirov, like Atari, it doesn't matter."

"I only have one request."

"That's cheap."

"I heard that Ethan Jones' authorization from Ralph Bell is only a few hundred thousand?"

"Our Paramount price can be more expensive than him, but it must be cheaper than Atari."

"As for what you do, I don't care."

MGM --

"Boss, I understand, let's do it ourselves."

After receiving a call from boss Kirk Kerkline, MGM President Daniel Melnick directly wiped the sweat from his forehead, "I will find a solution to the patent issue."

"Okay, don't worry, but we, MGM, will get involved in any business that makes quick money!"

Warner Communications——

"That's right, that's the latest investigation report."

"Okay, you're welcome."

"You guys helped me before, I, Steve Ross, always remember."

"Yeah, if it happens, I will definitely come to New York to attend your celebration banquet."

"Patter—" Steve Ross hung up the phone.

Then put his hands together and leaned on the tip of his nose.

All living beings in Hollywood, Ethan, don't know, because at this moment he is preparing to welcome the arrival of [-]. After signing the salary and bonus slips made by the personnel department, Alan Macy can give according to this. The employees in the company have issued year-end bonuses.

He is not stingy, even a guy who has been working for two months can get an extra month's salary in red envelopes.

And just when Ethan was about to tidy up the things and stop all the projects in the company, so that the big guy could work in the next year, the bald Steve Ballmer suddenly broke into his office.

"Boss, something happened."

'...'

Ethan shook his hands and looked at the bald head with anxious eyes, "What's wrong?"

He was a little scared at the moment, because Julis Noble had only been gone for two months!He has only enjoyed peace for more than 60 days!And then it's going to be thin again? ? ?
And Steve Ballmer raised the newspaper in his hand, saying: "The Wall Street Journal published an article that the New York investment company Venrock has contacted Apple Computer and has investment intentions."

"WTF???"

The news made Ethan jump.

'Fuck! '

'This special code is not channeling at all! '

'This is someone stealing the house specially! '

　Note: ①Steve Ballmer's cousin won an Emmy, named Gilda Radner (Gilda Radner), he is indeed Jewish. ②The Kuhn Loeb family is a bank, the most influential group of banks in the United States in the [-]th century, a direct competitor of Morgan, merged with Lehman in [-], and was acquired by American Express in [-]. ③Jacob Newmark of the Newmark family is one of the most influential Jewish scholars in the [-]th century, and his title is the giant of American Jewish academic circles. ④ It was well known by the media at that time that Lao Ba realized the class transition in person.In other words, Mrs. Graham herself didn't mean to hide it.

　　PS, regarding the timing of the canal treaty, I got the date from the canal history data of the Ministry of Commerce, which says 'on September 1977, 7, the United States was forced to sign a new "BNM Canal Treaty" with BNM (also called the Torrijos-Carter Treaty) and the Treaty Concerning the Perpetual Neutrality and Operation of the BNM Canal. ', as for why Du Niang Baike says September 9th?I don't know this either.

　　
　
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