Reborn America, this is my time

Chapter 19 Three Rejections
In fact, before coming to Eksidi, Ethan was already mentally prepared to fail.

Because in the past two months, he has witnessed what kind of life the game developers of this era live in Mi Luohua.

Ethan works as a marketing specialist with a weekly salary of eighty.At present, similar jobs on the market basically pay this salary.

And what about the engineers who make video games?
Like Pete Kaufman said, they were paid two hundred dollars a week.

On the surface, the status of engineers is much better than that of salesmen, and their salary is [-] times that of them.

But the problem is, there is a commission for sales.

Engineers are all dead wages.

Yes!No matter how good the game is!These guys don't get a penny!

And this was almost impossible to happen in Ethan's previous life!
You know, in the future, an explosive game will allow countless people to realize the freedom of wealth!
The programmer of "Glory of the King" has an annual salary of one million, and Xu Zhuce, who made "Fantasy Westward Journey" for Ding Sanshi and then left the pig farm to start his own company, can even raise a football team!

But in this day and age, no one cares about these people.

Almost all practitioners believe that the reason why people like video games is because of their extraordinary charm, and it is also a manifestation of the general public's curiosity about new things.

Under this concept, bosses who are eager to make money will naturally not pay developers too much salary, and when someone comes to the door with their own ideas?

Buying out at a buyout price is the kindness in their eyes!
No way, capitalists are all the same.

Therefore, Ethan Jones was not discouraged even if Eksidi refused to share the cooperation.

All the way south, stop and go along Highway [-] for six hours, and finally arrived in Los Angeles at four o'clock in the afternoon.

He didn't intend to visit the Hollywood Walk of Fame, nor did he want to look at Beverly Hills. After arriving in the most prosperous city in California, Ethan drove his car directly into the gate of Sega.

In later generations, the Liben Sega known to the world, in this era, is actually the well-known American company.

It was officially established in 1940. At the beginning, their business was not so serious. They manufactured slot machines and then sold them to the military base in Honolulu for the soldiers stationed there to gamble.

Later, because of the emergence of the "Gambling Equipment Transportation Act", slot machines were not allowed in America, so Sega expanded its business to Liben and sold slot machines to the military base there. After the business was saturated, it even went to Southeast Asia. By extension, the object of service is still the American soldiers in the military base.

It wasn't until the 60s that the U.S. Air Force, which was annoyed by them, finally got angry, and launched a strong blow to this kind of gambling business that entered the army. Sega was (un)willing (can)feeling (how) ), in order to evade responsibility, the founder sold Sega to a company of Liben. It was not until then that the nature of the company changed.

Of course, this is just cover, and the vast majority of the shares are still owned by the American people.

Therefore, when Ethan came to visit with a gluttonous snake, he was received by a white man.

After seeing the effect of the snake-eating game, the white man in a suit and leather shoes showed greed in his eyes.

"Mr. Jones, twenty thousand dollars?"

"It's impossible." Ethan Jones shook his head and refused, saying, "I didn't even accept Eksidi's offer of [-] yuan."

"Oh! This is really a pity!"

The white manager smiled and said: "Mr. Jones, I admit that "Snake Game" is a good game, but at the same time, I also want to tell you frankly that I don't think any company on the market will accept your sharing proposal. If you If you really want to enter the video game industry, I suggest you make your own machine and sell it yourself, and never show this machine to other companies, because it will easily lead to the tragedy of "Pong."

Although the Sega manager's wording was very cautious and his tone was very sincere, but Ethan Jones knew that this guy was just a smiling tiger, and wanted to inquire about the registration of the game copyright from his own mouth.

If he was very nervous, then Ethan believed that after sending him away, Sega would definitely rush out a draft imitation within a day and go to the Copyright Office to register the copyright.

Ethan Jones' answer to this common mall tactic is simple.

"Sir, thank you very much for your reminder, and thank you very much for your kindness, but I think that in this place in California, no one should be out of their minds to plagiarize my work. Before coming, Barb from Stanford Law School Professor La Babcock has already evaluated the rights and interests of this product, and she said that when we face plagiarism, we can successfully defend our rights [-] percent."

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Ethan's answer surprised Sega's manager.

"Mr. Jones, are you from Stanford?"

"No, I'm not from Stanford, but this work is."

Ethan smiled slightly and said, "Because the inventor is very busy, he asked me to help sell it."

"..."

The white supervisor was stunned for a moment, then smiled and said, "It seems that I am worrying too much."

"Good luck."

"Thank you."

Since Sega was unwilling to cooperate, Ethan left directly.

Continue south to San Diego and talk to Gremlin here.

As a game company that was established almost at the same time as Exsidy and has already produced all the arcade machines in the San Diego area, like Exsidy and Sega, it is also full of interest in Snake, but the conditions offered are actually the same. .

It is impossible to share, only to buy out.

This fact also made Ethan Jones smile and shake his head, expressing his refusal.

After hitting the wall three times in a row, Ethan Jones has actually visited the game dealers in Southern California. If he wants to continue, he can only go all the way north. Before that, he drove a thousand miles back and forth first. Went home.

The tired appearance got the family's concern, and after listening to his story, Thomas immediately put down the knife and fork.

"Oh Ethan, actually I don't understand, does arcade business have to cooperate with other companies?"

"I mean, can't we do it ourselves?"

"Evelyn may not have the time, but it shouldn't be a problem to hire a few apprentices to assemble it?"

"If it's because of money, I can invest one hundred thousand for you."

"You know, We are a family."

Evelyn thought her father's suggestion was a good one.

At the same time, with her elbows on the table, she also said: "How about I submit another entrepreneurship application to the school? If I start a company in my name, Stanford can provide a free entrepreneurial space. This is not troublesome. It is very common for students to start a business, and the teachers in the school can directly sign it, and the school can also sponsor [-] US dollars."

"Oh, Thomas, Evelyn, thank you."

Ethan at the dinner table clasped his hands and thanked with a smile, "But... no need..."

"As for the reason, I told you before that if it was two years ago, when there were not so many electronic arcade machines on the market, Thomas, if you said you gave me 20, I would definitely ask you for 20. I have 40, and I will definitely ask you for [-], because the more money we have, the more we can seize the opportunity."

"But now, it is impossible to use money to occupy a large-scale market. Thomas, the electronic arcade machines purchased by merchants in entertainment venues for more than 1000 dollars are like shipping carts in our orchard. Like, you buy a delivery truck for $[-], and after only using it for three to five years, someone tells you to replace it entirely, would you like to?"

"uh-huh?"

Ethan snorted softly.

The question related to vital interests made Thomas shake his head decisively, "I will break the salesman's neck!"

"Although I can afford it, that's not how money is spent!"

"Yeah~" Ethan nodded with a smile, "So, it's not about money now."

"It's a question of market acceptance."

"I think you should know this, Thomas."

"Yeah." Thomas nodded.

"Then what are you going to do now?" Although Ethan doesn't make money now, and even encountered troubles on the way to make money, Thomas liked Ethan's current state very much, "Is there anything I can do to help?"

"To be honest, I like your current state very much."

"I'm much more energetic than when I went to work."

"Thank you." Ethan thanked with a smile, and said at the same time: "Thomas, if you really want to help me, then lend me the Ford for a few more days. There is still a company in Saramento, I will go and see them Whether to cooperate or not."

And just when Ethan was recalling what the company in Saramento was called, the jingling phone suddenly rang.

Thomas got up to answer the phone, said a few words and then shouted at Ethan: "Ethan, I'm looking for you."

"Looking for me?" Ethan was very strange.

Because he clearly remembered that he didn't leave numbers for Sega and Gremlin.

"Did Exidi change his mind?" Ethan Jones muttered to himself.

But after he answered the phone, there was a voice on the other end that he didn't want to hear at all.

"Ethan Jones? I'm Frank! Frank from San Francisco! Do you remember me?"

"Oh, of course I do, Mr. Forbele."

Frank's voice upset Ethan.

Because he remembered the threat he had encountered that day.

That's too bad!

Ethan said angrily, "Is there anything you can do for me?"

"Hi! Bro! I don't like the nickname you give me!"

The person in charge of the San Francisco Electronics Supply Company on the other end of the phone let out a strange cry, and then said: "But since you are about to apologize to me, I will forgive you first!"

"..."

The inexplicable words made Ethan Jones' head full of black lines.

"I don't understand what you mean. Brother, if you have nothing to do, I'm going to hang up."

"No! No! No!"

Ethan Jones' threats elicited screams, and the guy on the other end raised his voice, "Don't hang up! Or you'll regret it! Mirovah boy, if I remember correctly, your company should Didn't get an invitation to the upcoming video game expo in San Francisco? And I! Great Frank! Have an invitation!"

"Brother, I misunderstood you last time! So I decided to use this invitation letter to apologize to you! How about it, do you accept it?"

　Note: ① In particular, game developers in that era were at their best with a weekly salary of $200, that is to say, their salary was at most $1979 a year, and there was no other share.This is what David Crane, the founder of Activision, said personally. They were the first in the global game circle to independently develop games and then negotiate with publishers for a share. At that time, it was 1971. ②Gremlin: Gremlin, born in 1976, the most famous game is "Blockade" in 1976, which is one of the two most popular games in Mimi in 1982. No one may know this name, but its evolutionary version is called " Greedy Snake".Back then, "Blockade" was a two-player version. Two people controlled a snake to crawl on the screen. Whoever hit the wall first or the other would die. There was no concept of eating.Later, the company was acquired by Sega in [-].

　　
　
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