Reborn America, this is my time

Chapter 204 Bill Mensch
Phoenix, Arizona is located on the northern edge of the Sonoran Desert. Although the climate is hot, the natural beauty is good.Ethan has been here a few times before, but he didn't appreciate the beautiful scenery here, because those trips were all accompanied by the sale of "Snake".When he and Xiao Qiao hurriedly delivered the goods to the merchants who ordered arcade machines, the green knife was the most beautiful scenery in the world, at least they thought so at the time.

And now...

When powerful enemies were waiting for the giant to make moves, no matter how beautiful the scenery was, he had no intention of admiring it.After landing, he and his sister went straight to the city, looking for a place to live for the 6502 R&D personnel.

The Phoenix-based developer, Bill Mensch, attended Temple University with an associate's degree and the University of Arizona with a bachelor's degree in electrical science.

At the beginning, this guy worked for Filco under Ford Motor Company as an integrated circuit designer, and then moved to Motorola, joined Chuck Paduo's R&D team, and contributed to Motorola's chip engineering. It was going to MOS, and human civilization officially entered the computer age.

To be honest, in the past few years, Ethan has not had a deep relationship with him. After all, Chuck Paido is the first inventor of MOS 6502.And after Chuck Pai Duo said that after the members of his team left one after another, in order to maintain the relationship between himself and Chuck Pai Duo, Ethan just made a phone call with them to express his regret, and then he was like a passerby. In general, disconnected.

Therefore, when Ethan found the address according to the address he got in the last contact, he was actually disturbed, because he didn't know whether Bill Mensch still lived here after a year.

But after Ballmer's big bald head knocked on the door according to his instructions, with a low beep of the buzzer, the small wooden three-story building also turned on the lights.There was a crash, and a window on the right side of the second floor was pushed open by an arm, and a slightly resentful voice came out.

"Who?"

This question made Ethan speak quickly, "William?"

In the next second, he reported himself again, "It's me! Ethan! Ethan Jones—"

The words made the body leaning out of the window pause, as if recalling who Ethan was, but more like confirming Ethan's identity in the dark night, after a while, the thick upper limbs retracted, and there was a rush The sound of footsteps suddenly sounded, and after about ten seconds, the closed door on the first floor was pushed open.

When a figure with whiskers, slightly bald forehead and glasses appeared, Ethan breathed a sigh of relief.The guy who appeared first looked around to confirm the number of people coming, and then focused his gaze on Ethan outside the fence.The eagerness to visit in the middle of the night made the man laugh, but the daughter who was by Ethan's side made the man ask unexpectedly, "Evelyn? You're here too?"

"Yes, William, I'm here too." Evelyn raised her right hand and waved at him.

At the beginning, after helping the R&D team of 6502 solve the infringement problem, these people personally visited California to thank Master Barbara Babcock, and Evelyn also met with them at that time.

Although they didn't have close acquaintances, they knew each other, and Evelyn's wave made Bill Mensch quickly step forward and opened the gate of the fence, "You guys came here earlier than I thought."

This sentence did not surprise Ethan and Evelyn.Because as long as they pay attention to outside news, they, as smart people, will naturally be able to deduce the best way to break the situation.

"So you fell asleep?" Ethan asked familiarly.

"Of course." Bill Mensch nodded with a smile. "I originally thought about going to bed early tonight and getting up early tomorrow, because you may come over tomorrow morning."

"But I didn't expect that you would come here less than twelve hours after Mokodor announced the acquisition of MOS. This speed... really surprised me."

Stretched out his right hand, shook hands with Ethan, and then Bill Mensch got out of the way.

"Since you're here, let's go in and talk about it. But I have to declare in advance that you came too fast, and I haven't prepared anything to entertain, and I don't have anything at home."

"Oh~ William, you are too polite." Evelyn smiled and shook her head to express her indifference.

And Ethan turned his head to look at Ballmer, "Buy some?"

Such a clear statement made Ballmer nodded quickly and left with his bodyguards.

This action made Bill Mensch smile, he nodded cheerfully towards Ethan, and took the remaining two people home. After they sat down in the living room on the first floor, Bill Mensch also started A fruit plate was taken out of the refrigerator in the kitchen, and three bottles of water were taken out.

"Since you can come here at this time, let's be direct."

"You can ask me anything you want to know."

"I dare not say that I know everything, but I dare say that I must know more than you."

The confident words made Ethan and his sister look at each other.

Both of them saw surprise in each other's eyes.

Because before they came, what they wanted was to ask Bill Mensch to come out of the mountain and continue to provide them with cheap chips, but now... Bill Mensch not only guessed their purpose, but also seemed to have something they didn't understand. intelligence?This is special...

That's interesting!
Suppressing the doubts in his heart, Ethan looked at the other party with a smile, "So you're not surprised?"

"Are you talking about Rockwell buying Alan Bradley? Or Commodore buying MOS? Or ... both?" Bill Mensch asked.

"Both," Ethan said.

"Then I'm still a little surprised." Bill Mensch opened the mineral water, took a sip, and said: "Because I didn't know that Rockwell had the intention to acquire Allen Bradley, or that I I only know that Commodore has been in contact with MOS since [-] and expressed its willingness to acquire."

What the fuck? ? ?

Ethan was shocked!

Komodor had contact with MOS as early as [-]?

Why didn't he know about this?
"William... are you kidding me?" Ethan was a little disbelieving.

Bill Mensch shrugged coolly, and asked back: "Why should I joke about this kind of thing?" Seeing that Ethan didn't reply, he said: "Besides, after the MOS 6502 fire, the company that communicated with MOS did not It’s not just the Komodor company, besides them, companies like Tandy, they also contacted us, ah, no… they contacted MOS.”

Smart, that's the least important factor when it comes to success.In other words, there can be no truly stupid people who can make a career in the business field.

Ethan knows that if he grasps the MOS 6502 chip, he grasps the future of the computer industry and the video game industry. Even if others have no memory of the future, they also know how much reality a cheap and easy-to-use chip can bring to them. Benefit.

Therefore, when Ethan used the MOS 6502 chip to create amazing games one after another, and Apple created infinite possibilities with the MOS 6502, companies that wanted to enter the field of video games and the personal computer industry focused on this patent. They want to buy MOS company to achieve once and for all.

But in the face of the influx of contacts, MOS Technology almost all refused.

It's not how loyal they are to Ethan Jones, but because their big boss Alan Bradley feels that MOS Technology still has room to grow.

"Alan Bradley, the major shareholder of MOS Technology, feels that cooperating with you can make the value of MOS Technology continue to expand. Your success with MOS 6502 is the best advertisement for MOS 6502. Because the more you sell MOS 6502 If there are more, the value of MOS Technology will be higher, and when this value expands to a certain level, it is the most sensible decision to sell the company, because that can maximize the benefits.”

Bill Mensch said with a smile: "So, in the past few years, MOS has been developing quietly. This development is not only waiting for the continuous expansion of the computer industry and the video game industry, but also showing its own strength to other companies. value, forcing them to quote a higher price.”

"And they're right, right?"

"If I remember correctly, when Komodor came to MOS in 1000, the market value of MOS was only 2000 to [-] million US dollars, but today, they have all risen to more than [-] million."

"More than a year!"

"Close to 50.00% increase!"

"This has outperformed 90.00% of financial products on the market!"

"And what did Ellen Bradley do?"

"They didn't do anything."

"They just gave you 20.00% of the chip production company."

Bill Mensch spread his hands.

And his words made Ethan a little breathless.

Before coming here, he still had a good impression of MOS technology, because the low-priced chips they offered helped him gain unparalleled competitiveness in the computer field and the video game market.

So now...

He really wanted to hug these guys to death with one punch!

Special code!
This group of people regarded his use of 6502 as an external advertisement from the very beginning?

From the very beginning, this group of people wanted to prostitute his influence to sell the company?

This Nima's!

Although the achievements of Destiny Games, Apple Computer and MOS Technology all come from mutual help, this help is only the result of equal cooperation, right?

If they had planned something wrong from the start...

Isn't he, Ethan Jones, being taken advantage of?
As for the shares of Chuck Pedro Chips?

Special code!
He didn't take this thing for nothing, okay?

In order to get this thing, he owed the archmage Barbara Babcock a huge favor!At the same time, Motorola has been staring at me!
'Grass! '

Two villains had already appeared in Ethan's mind.

One of the hot guys was hitting another guy.

wrong.

It was grabbing that person's ankle, and constantly swung it up and threw it!

"William...you mean, Alan Bradley didn't think about making chips from the beginning?"

Ethan asked.

And as soon as his words came out, Evelyn reached out and grabbed his arm, took his hand into her arms, then held his palm and interlocked his fingers.

because……

Ethan's voice was a little hoarse.

That feeling is like a traveler in the desert, smoking with thirst.

"Yes." Bill Mensch could understand Ethan's current mood.

He nodded and said, "Because the chip industry doesn't make money."

"The purpose of Alan Bradley's stake in MOS is to intervene in the calculator war. They need a reliable company to produce their own semiconductor chips for them. After the calculator war is over, the significance of MOS' existence is for Alan Bradley. It's not that big for Radley."

"After the calculator war ended and before the arrival of the computer age, Alan Bradley already had the idea of ​​selling the company, but he couldn't find a buyer. When we joined MOS, we developed a new product based on Motorola's 6800. After 6501, the fact of the infringement made them even more angry."

"To be honest, Ethan, if it weren't for your appearance to help us solve the legal problems of 6502, then Alan Bradley would probably kill us. Similarly, it is also because of your appearance that you let Alan Bradley sees a bigger possibility..."

"Potential to make big money."

Bill Mensch looked at Ethan with a smile.

Those simple words made Ethan very sad.

But just when he opened his mouth to continue asking, he found that he couldn't make a sound.

Such a situation also made Evelyn pinch his palm and said, "William, if everything is as you said, then I can't figure it out at all."

"Since Alan Bradley didn't want to make chips from the beginning, but just wanted to sell the company through the gimmick of chips, why didn't they consider us?"

This question made Ethan nod his head.

This is what he wants to ask.

And Bill Mensch tilted his head and said, "It's very simple."

"Because it's more profitable to sell to Komodor."

"When I was still in MOS, Komodor's offer to Alan Bradley was a share swap merger, and Alan Bradley could directly own nearly [-]% of the shares of Komodor Commercial Company .”

"Although I haven't asked you, everyone knows that this price is not what you can give, right? It is impossible for you to exchange shares with Apple or Destiny Games and Alan Bradley, and in Of all the acquisitions, cash purchases are worthless for big companies."

"I will sell the company to you and get the shares of the new company. In doing so, I can not only enjoy the premium brought by the acquisition, but also grab future market share."

"This kind of win-two deal is much better than just taking cash."

When this fact appeared, Ethan laughed out loud.

That is anger, but also admiration.

It really is a capitalist society!

All operations are based on money!
Although Ethan was very upset at the moment, he admitted that Alan Bradley did nothing wrong.

we can even say……

They played well!
And if Bill Mensch isn't lying, then...

"So Chuck Paddle knows about it too, right?" Evelyn asked.

"I know about this, how could he not?"

"Is that why he avoided us?" Evelyn told what happened today.

And when Bill Mensch learned that Chuck Paido had gone missing after the takeover case broke out, he was stunned for a moment, and it took four or five seconds before he laughed.

"Hahaha--"

"Chuck is avoiding you guys? This guy is so funny—"

"As for the reason why you want to know him hiding... I haven't contacted him for a long time, and I don't know the real reason, but I can tell you one thing, Komodor asked Alan When Bradley made an offer secretly, there was a special requirement on their quotation sheet, that is, after the acquisition is completed, Chuck Pai Duo must serve the new company for at least three years."

"This treaty is a prerequisite for Komodor's share-for-share takeover."

"As for why they ask for such..."

"I think you should know better than me?"

Bill Mensch looked at the two with a smile.

The corners of Ethan's lips curled up into a smile.

But the eyes shot out from the eyes are full of coldness.

When a bunch of titans stand behind Komodor...

Of course Ethan knows what these people want to do!
When there are only a few chip sellers on the market...

Firmly grasp the cheapest chip 6502, firmly grasp the inventor and patent owner of the chip, and then you can choke the throats of all colleagues!

Although this kind of thinking is a bit outrageous in decades, after all, people can no longer accept the B board for a computer worth 5 yuan.But in the early stage of an industry's development, lowering the price is the most important thing!As for performance?We have to wait until it becomes popular before we can talk about it!
"So... Chuck accepted?" Evelyn asked coldly.

If Evelyn can understand the things Bill Mensch said before, she is really a little angry now, because the previous things were all done by Alan Bradley. When the majority shareholder has a special will, the workers can only accept it.

But if Chuck had decided to go to Komodor since '[-]...

Then this is Chi Guoguo's betrayal, right?
Her question made Bill Mensch sigh.

"Ethan, I know you are angry now, but I hope you will remain calm in the future."

"Chuck's a nice guy."

"He wanted to tell you about this at first, but before I left, he decided not to. The reason is very simple, because your products are too expensive."

"WTF???"

Ethan, who hadn't made a sound for a long time, cursed.

He shouted at the top of his voice, "What kind of bullshit reason!!!"

At this moment, he was like an enraged lion. If Evelyn hadn't pulled him, he would have rushed up and grabbed Bill Mensch by the collar, trying to make him speak clearly.

"Okay, okay, okay..."

"Calm down, calm down, calm down..."

Bill Mensch lowered his hands and said, "It's very simple..."

"Because you raised the price of arcade machines!"

"Do you remember what was the first game you guys made with the 6502?"

"It's Pac-Man!"

"What's their selling price?"

"It's two thousand dollars!"

"And what is the price of your first game "Snake"?"

"That's just over $1000!"

"The appearance of the 6502 has brought down the hardware cost of the game, but instead of lowering the price of the game, you have even increased it a lot. This makes Chuck very sad!"

"And after that, Apple Computer's pricing shocked him even more!"

"When the Altair 8800 sold for a few hundred dollars with an Intel chip, Apple with the 6502 is even more expensive than them?"

"Chuck just can't understand!"

"To be honest, if it weren't for you helping us solve the chip infringement problem, then Chuck would have cut off the chip supply to you a long time ago! Although he communicates with you happily every time, he is actually very sad Yes! Because you are not bringing cheap things to the world at all!"

"..." Bill Mensch's roar stunned Ethan!
At this moment, he only thinks that this matter is outrageous, his mother opened the door for outrageous, outrageous home!

Chuck Paido avoids him because Destiny arcade machines and Mac computers are too expensive?Doesn't fit the idea of ​​cheapness when they promoted 6502 at all?

This Nima's...

"Oh Sxxt! What's the reason!"

Ethan can't figure it out!
And when there was an obvious conflict between the Chuck Paddle in Bill Mensch's words and the Chuck Paddle in Ethan's cognition, a question suddenly popped up in Ethan's mind.

Of these two identities, which one is Chuck Paido who is closest to life?

Thinking of this, Ethan took a deep breath, looked at Bill Mensch with a serious expression, and said in a serious tone: "William, I want to ask you something, please answer me truthfully."

"Tell me." Bill Mensch smiled and said, "As long as it's not a major secret, I can say it."

"Why did you leave MOS?" Ethan clenched his palms when he asked.

It seems that only in this way can you feel the power.

And his question made Bill Mensch blink his eyes, and said: "So it's the problem? I thought it was something!" He smiled, and then asked: "The reason why I left MOS Chuck didn't Tell you? Because I want to continue to develop 6502-bit chips but MOS doesn’t let me, I think [-] has greater potential and can be applied in more fields, but they don’t support me, so I left.”

boom! ! !
When this explanation appeared, Ethan's pupils shrank instantly!
He turned his head with difficulty, and cast a shocked look at his sister!
And Evelyn, who was also looking back, clenched his hand!
Because both of them found out, this answer is different from the reason they heard before!

You know, before Chuck Pai Duo told them——

Bill Mensch left because of money!

　Note: ①Bill Mensch and Chuck Paido are both regarded as pioneers in the personal computer industry, or in other words, 6800, 6502, without him, it is impossible to make it, because the basic circuits of those chips are all made by hand. drawn.In a book called "Edge: The Rise and Fall of Komodor" published in 06, it was written that Mensch should be the most powerful chip layout engineer in the world. When making chips in the 70s, he was on a rectangular dining table. Draw the circuit diagram of those chips and then solder the transistors, in this case they are zooming out with a microscope after the test is successful.An exaggerated comparison. ②The reasons why Mensch and Paido parted ways in reality are very contradictory.Pai Duo said that Mensch wanted money, and Mensch said that he just wanted to make a 6502-bit chip but MOS didn't allow it.No one knows the truth of the matter, because Paido has passed away, but one thing can be confirmed, Mensch did not brag, in reality, he rubbed out the follow-up 65-digit version of 816, and that chip is WDC [-]C[-] . ③Alan Bradley took a stake in MOS for the calculator war, and wanted to sell the company after being blown up. In reality, they also sold MOS to Komodor for this reason, and Komodor The capitalists behind Modor did lock Pai Duo for three years.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)