Reborn America, this is my time

Chapter 202 Tempest
Ethan is actually concerned about everything related to MOS 6502. After all, the best chip in the world is what allowed him to really enter the video game and personal computer industries, and lead the way in these two industries.And when the video game industry and the personal computer industry were booming, the 6502 that supported them also sold well. Around September last year, the total shipment of 6502 has exceeded 100 million. In May of this year, It even broke the record of 150 million, and the people who bought it include countless individuals besides major computer companies and video game companies.Because when cheap chips flood the market, even the general public is filled with endless enthusiasm for technological advancement.

But even if Ethan has the specific sales data of MOS 6502, his understanding or participation in Chuck Paduo Chip Company and their parent company MOS is still very little, which caused this situation The reason... that is the split of the founding team of MOS 6502.

When the R&D team of MOS 6502 parted ways due to the distribution of benefits, Ethan, who initially intervened in the project as a white knight, was a little embarrassed.

Before, when he helped these people solve their legal problems, what he showed was the stalwart figure of "I use my hands to make your dreams come true". Ethan, who rescued them with a glorious image, was inappropriate on any side.

Therefore, when Ethan learned that the R&D team of MOS 6502 had split up and left, even if he really wanted a [-]-bit chip from the bottom of his heart, he couldn't urge Chuck Paido. When Pai Duo puts pressure on him, he will make regular phone calls to maintain the relationship between the two parties, and let other matters follow the fate, that is his only choice when maintaining his image.

Ethan thought that no matter what he did, he would be rewarded.

Not to mention rewriting history, I got a 32-bit chip that was not available in my previous life.

How can he use the cheapest [-]-bit chip in history that he had in his previous life?

But now?

While he was ignoring him, the major shareholder of MOS actually made big news for him?

This Nima's!

Fxxk you!

"Rockwell started out as a truck bearing company. After earning the first pot of gold, they began to get involved in other fields and invented the world's first power miter saw, which is the first in the civilian manufacturing industry. Even if they keep these foundations, they will be regular customers of "Fortune" five hundred miles, but they didn't, but crossed into the aircraft manufacturing industry, merged with North American Airlines, and acquired the largest printing company in North America. aircraft supplier, then swallowed up Collins Radio, a leader in avionics, and transformed itself directly into an aerospace manufacturer, developing rockets and spacecraft specifically for our nation's space program..."

"Alan Bradley's company started with compression resistors, and then their acoustic sieve was selected by NASA and became a member of the Apollo program..."

"On the surface, Rockwell's acquisition of Alan Bradley is aimed at Alan Bradley's industry in the defense field, but in fact it is not the case, because Alan Bradley has been involved in the programmable logic controller industry as early as 1970. At that time, they needed a stable manufacturer, so they acquired a majority stake in MOS that year. At the same time, Rockwell last year It has been announced that it will enter the computer industry..."

"So, according to our guess, Rockwell's acquisition should be aimed at 6502, because now the whole world knows that it is easy to use, it not only makes the game of fate make a lot of money, but also allows Apple Computer to spend more Put it elsewhere to improve your market competitiveness..."

On the way to Mountain View, Steve Ballmer read the contents of the "Wall Street Journal" to Ethan, who had no intention of reading the newspaper, and when Ethan learned that the Rockwell company had announced After making a strategic plan and officially getting involved in the computer field, he sighed forcefully and leaned his head heavily on the headrest of the car seat.

As a man of two lifetimes, he knows that when a large company wants to get involved in other fields, the best way to get involved in the target industry is to acquire a bunch of companies related to the target field. Spend a certain amount of money to buy a certain market share, then Much faster than starting from scratch.

It is precisely because this kind of acquisition can help a company achieve cross-border operations in the shortest time, so it must be kept secret before the acquisition is proposed to avoid being discovered by competitors.

Under such circumstances, Carl Icahn's favorite hostile takeover in the financial field has become the most commonly used method by large companies. They first sweep the market, and after exceeding 5.00%, they raise their cards to make an offer. Finally, even if competitors want to deal with it, it will be too late.

Of course, this kind of behavior will also catch the target company by surprise.

"Okay, okay, I understand, this is not an intelligence problem."

Ethan waved his hand, signaling Ballmer beside him to stop reading.

He worked in finance in his previous life, and he understands that when a giant really wants to acquire a company, it is impossible for them to let the outside world discover their sweeping behavior, because there is no need to publicize the acquisition of a company's stock in small batches. And this is also the weakness of listed companies.

Since this kind of cheating can't be prevented, Ethan won't lose his temper about this kind of accident, and now he just wants to go to Chuck Paduo's company to see the latest situation.

And when he arrived at Mountain View City, the first thing he saw was the endless chip factories.After three years of development, the place has grown from two or three kittens to a flock of ducks.

Although this place has never belonged to him personally, and he has not come here many times, but...

It's important!

"Mr. Jones, why are you here?" Ethan's sudden visit caused the white man who had been the general manager of the company to run out of the office in a hurry. The years have left deep marks on his body. It made him bald, his face greasy, and his belly full.

Such a change made Ethan feel a little emotional. After staring at him for a while, Ethan said, "Let's see." At the same time, he also asked, "Is it okay here?"

"Everything is fine! Everything is fine!" The round-cheeked general manager looked like a Maitreya Buddha, and said with a smile: "Mr. Jones, it is really thanks to you. It has been rising year after year, and if nothing else, it will definitely hit a new high this year."

Such words made Ethan nod slightly, and the happy tone of the general manager of Chuck Paduo also made him realize a problem. The news of Rockwell's acquisition didn't seem to reach here.

But that's normal, right?

Before the advent of the Internet age, all news delivery was so slow.

And since there is no news of the acquisition, it means that there will be no changes in the factory.

This fact made Ethan wake up with the feeling that he had gone wrong.

But in the next second, he shook his head again, trying to shake off all the thoughts that popped up suddenly.

Slow message delivery doesn't mean events will slow down.

In this day and age, by the time the general public hears a piece of news, it may have been several days since the incident related to it, so—you still have to run!
Thinking of this, Ethan smiled at the general manager, "Do you have time to show me the factory?"

"Of course!"

The fat manager raised his right hand and said, "Please!"

Under his leadership, Ethan also wandered around the Chuck Paddle Chip Company. Fifteen delivery rooms were built in the nearly ten-acre factory area, with a total of thirty production lines.

With full efforts, after removing waste chips, tens of thousands of finished chips can be produced every day.

Deducting the holidays that must be taken off, this production capacity can also meet all the needs of the current market.

This fact made Ethan aware of it.

In the computer field, Alan Bradley is really worth being acquired.

"Have you been in touch with your parent company lately?"

After visiting the factory, Ethan followed the fat manager to his office.

After taking a sip of the tea made by the other party himself, Ethan also asked what was on his mind, "Has Chuck been in touch with you recently? I think he should be very happy after seeing his chips go on sale, right?"

"Oh—Mr. Jones—"

"You're right, I also think Mr. Paddle will be excited about what he has achieved."

The fat manager cheerfully agreed with Ethan's words, but at the same time he said regretfully, "But unfortunately, I haven't communicated with him for a long time."

"The last time we met was at the annual meeting last year."

"?" The words made Ethan raise his brows, "Haven't been in touch for half a year?"

"Yes." The fat manager nodded and said, "I was the one who submitted the reports to the parent company in the factory area. I went there every month, but I never saw Mr. Paduo."

"People at the parent company always say he's busy."

"Of course, I can understand this matter, after all, he is researching sixteen-bit chips, right?"

Fat Manager can understand Chuck Paddle's busyness, but Ethan can't.

Because Chuck Padow seems to have been working on sixteen-bit chips since '[-]?
It has been seven or eight years now, and in a few more months, Nezha special codes can be born, but Chuck Paido hasn't researched the sixteen-bit chip yet?
This is not right!

No matter how many people from the original team leave, that's not right!

"Oh, so that's the case." The strange message that suddenly appeared made Ethan say with a smile on his face: "But keeping one's head buried in research will make people feel very stressed."

"So, you call the company now?"

"Tell Chuck that this year's sales can still break through?"

"It just so happens that I haven't seen him for a long time, and I also want to hear his happy laughter."

Such words made the factory manager hesitate for a moment, but with Ethan's gentle smile, he still agreed to the proposal, and after he picked up the receiver to make a call...

But he found that the secretary who answered the phone said that Chuck Paido was not in the company.

"Aren't you there?" the factory manager asked.

"Yes, Mr. Pai Duo is on a business trip recently." The secretary on the other end of the phone replied.

"Oh—this is really a pity—" the factory manager hung up the phone with a sigh.

This result also made Ethan express his disappointment. After staying in the factory for a while, he called the company's financial director and his personal accountant, Alan Massey, and asked him to check this year's report. Staring here while he himself returned to Palo Alto.

"Somewhat something is wrong."

Looking at the big bald head in front of him, Ethan said: "Chuck is on a business trip? Why is he a technician? And he doesn't go on business early or late, but why is he on business at this time? Isn't this a little funny?"

Ballmer, who had witnessed all this with his own eyes, also nodded in agreement, and at the same time suggested: "Boss, why don't you call and ask? See if Mr. Pai Duo has conflicts with the manager here?"

To be honest, Ballmer's proposal is simply bullshit.

When the majority shareholder of Chuck Paddle Chip Company is MOS, Chuck Paddle has conflicts with the general manager of the company named after himself?Isn't this a brain disease?
If this general manager makes Chuck Paido unhappy, wouldn't it be over if Chuck Paido just replaced him?It's not without power!Why avoid it?

But Ballmer's words still made Ethan pick up the phone, and after he dialed along the record, the answer he got was different from what he just heard.

"Mr. Jones, Mr. Pai Duo specifically told us a few days ago that his research and development is at a critical stage. He can't meet anyone during this time. I'm sorry."

"?"

This answer made Ethan frowned.

Ballmer, who was listening on the sidelines, opened his mouth slightly, beeping in bewilderment.

If they were a little surprised by the acquisition offer they heard this morning, Chuck Paido's reaction now made them aware of the abnormality, because according to the normal situation...

"According to normal circumstances, when Chuck Paido learned that the major shareholder of his company might be acquired by someone, he should take the initiative to contact the people around him to inform him of this fact, instead of disappearing suddenly like now, Let alone continue to study chips there."

Ballmer said with a serious face: "Thinking differently, if my boss is likely to change, then I will definitely not be able to work with peace of mind. I want to understand the field that the new boss is currently involved in. I want to understand What the new boss thinks about our existing business, I want to know whether the new boss will abolish projects and lay off employees, when I don’t figure out all this..."

"It's impossible for me to work."

Ballmer's thoughts are the attitude of normal people.

Ethan can understand and accept.

But when he accepted it, it also meant that he really felt that there was something wrong with Chuck Paido.

"But where is the problem?" Ethan couldn't figure it out.

Just as he was wondering if he wanted to make a trip to MOS, Ballmer rushed in again at four o'clock that afternoon, an hour before he got off work.

In the stormy period, Ethan was able to accept his unreasonableness, and as he raised his head, Ballmer also said loudly, "Boss, something went wrong again..."

"Jingle Bell!--"

Before he could finish speaking, the dedicated line on Ethan's desk rang.

While pushing the white paper in front of him to the bald head, he picked up the phone receiver.

Then he saw Ballmer scribbling away.

Then, he heard a roar——

"Ethan!!! Did you watch the news???"

This is Xiao Qiao's voice.

"I'm watching, what's the matter?"

Ethan turned his attention to Ballmer while answering the question.

And the bald head had already held up the paper.

[Commodore International proposes acquisition to MOS! 】

Such news made Ethan's pupils shrink suddenly.

When he glanced at the bald head and wanted to confirm, Steve Jobs on the other end of the phone had already shouted, "Commodore International just announced that it has held 5.00% of the shares of MOS! They will MOS launches acquisition!"

"They are direct competitors of our Apple!"

"If this deal is done, it will definitely be a huge blow to us!"

"No! Not just Apple! And your video games!"

boom--

Ethan felt like his head was going to explode!
What the hell!

Two people robbing a company?
What kind of international joke is this special code!

But no matter how shocked he is, he also knows that he can't show any abnormalities at this moment.

Take a deep breath.

Force a smile.

"Are you talking about this?"

He said in a calm tone: "It's not a big problem, give me some time, this matter can be easily resolved."

"Really?" Classmate Xiao Qiao was dubious.

"Of course." Ethan said, "Wait for my call."

"Okay." Jobs breathed a sigh of relief.

After hanging up the phone, Ethan stared at Ballmer with wide eyes.

"Is this really special?" Ethan asked loudly.

"Yes boss!" Ballmer nodded: "The latest news."

"MFxxk!" Ethan cursed.

And just when he was about to think about countermeasures, the phone on the desk rang again.

"Jingle Bell--"

Such a fact made Ethan shake his head, picked up the phone, and said, "Hello?"

"Mr. Jones, I wonder if Commodore International's acquisition of MOS will affect our Nintendo chip production company in Kyoto?"

The guy on the other end of the phone is Arakawa Minoru.

"Mr. Jones, our Nintendo Kyoto Chip Production Company has always produced and sold MOS 6502 chips according to your and Mr. Chuck Padow's wishes."

"We have been working hard on the promotion of MOS 6502."

The hard question made Ethan's face shudder.

Although at this moment he wanted to grab Arakawa Minoru by the collar and punch him in the face twice, but he knew he couldn't do that, "Of course there will be no problem, we have a contract. This is just a small accident , it will be resolved soon. You just have to wait a while and find out that everything is business as usual."

"Okay, Mr. Jones, we at Nintendo believe in you."

Arakawa hung up the phone.

"Oh!"

The beeping busy tone made Ethan drop the receiver on the phone.

"MFxxk!"

He cursed again, then looked at the bald head, and continued: "Go and check for me..."

"Jingle Bell--"

The reappearing bell sounded like an invisible big hand, choking Ethan's breathing instantly.

The continuous interruption made him stare at the landline on the table with an angry face.

After realizing that the phone that rang this time was not his dedicated line but the company's internal line, he immediately picked up the receiver and shouted: "Who is it! What's the matter!"

The sudden roar seemed to startle the staff on the other end of the phone.

After a pause of two seconds, the voice of the administrative girl came.

"Old, old, boss... yes, yes, someone called you..."

"Who?" Ethan asked in a bad tone.

He knew there was something wrong with his emotions, but he just couldn't control them.

And his inquiry received an unexpected answer.

"Yes, the other party said, he, he is the CEO of Motorola, Luo, Robert Galvin—"

"?"

This name surprised Ethan.

Because he didn't know what Motorola's CEO was calling at this time.

However, even if Ethan felt that this guy was busy, he still had to answer the call at this moment.

"Come in."

Ten seconds later, Robert Galvin's voice entered Ethan's ears.

And the first sentence he spoke made Ethan's eyes go dark——

"Mr. Jones, good afternoon, would you like a chip?"

With such words, Ethan clenched his right hand tightly.

Staring at Ballmer with tearing eyes, the veins on Ben's slender and fair neck popped.

'Grass! '

He yelled silently in his heart——

'damn it! '

'A pack of wolves! '

(End of this chapter)