Reborn America, this is my time

Chapter 208 The Entrepreneurial Means of the Top Second Generation

"Today, Commander Jimmy went to Niagara Falls, where he listened to the latest report of the special staff of the New York State Department of Health on the pollution of the Love Canal..."

"The commissioner of the New York State Department of Health is convinced that the toxic chemicals in this area will have a major impact on the local ecological environment and the safety of residents. This impact cannot be resolved by the local department. I hope that the federal government can lend a helping hand to save the local population. Residents and children..."

"After listening to the report from the Commissioner of the New York State Department of Health, Commander Jimmy gave an urgent speech at the scene, asking New York State to immediately evacuate the local residents and resettle them properly. Funds, order the Federal Disaster Relief Agency to assist New York State to solve the pollution problem, and will work hard to hold Hooker Chemical responsible. There is no deadline for the whole incident. The commander said that as long as he is still alive, he will definitely let Hooker Chemical be the affected residents Responsible to the end..."

On the evening of August [-]nd, in a hotel in San Jose.Bill Gates and Paul Allen, who were enjoying dinner in the guest room, stopped what they were doing and turned their attention to the TV in the living room.

The CBS news broadcast made the two frown slightly. When the radio anchor said that Commander Jimmy would be held accountable to the end, they shook their heads almost at the same time.

"How many people live there? If I remember correctly, at least four or five thousand?"

Paul Allen withdrew his gaze, looked at Bill Gates, and said: "If you pay the maximum compensation, the cost alone will be 8000 to [-] million, plus the pollution treatment, this matter can't be done without a few hundred million."

"Fortunately, the responsible party is Hooker Chemical. If it were another small company..."

"It is estimated that no one can be found."

When Paul Allen was calculating the compensation, Bill Gates couldn't help but nodded in agreement, but when the other party said that the good news in the whole incident was that someone could be held accountable, Bill Gates immediately smiled He shook his head and said, "Hooker Chemical has sold the company long ago, and the shareholders have already sold off. Now they belong to Western Petroleum. Do you want those people to obediently lose money?"

"Dream."

"That means Jimmy is willing to take care of this matter."

"You know, his predecessors simply refused to listen to local reports."

In fact, the Love Canal pollution incident at Niagara Falls has been exposed for many years, and the cause of the entire incident can even be traced back to the 90s of the last century.

In 1990, [-], a guy named William Love wanted to build a community near Niagara Falls in New York.Since there is no local infrastructure and the technology of long-distance power transmission has not yet been developed, he wanted to build a canal mainly for hydropower and supplemented by transportation, so as to provide a good infrastructure environment for the community on the design map .

At first, financial companies in New York, Chicago and even John Bull were very interested in the project and actively invested funds in it. However, with the advent of the Great Depression in [-] and the emergence of the Knickerbocker crisis, the project here was Stop them all and auction them all off.

Since the 20s, it has been a landfill. In 580, Hooker Chemical Company began dumping chemical waste into it. In [-], they bought a [-]-foot-wide canal Roads, transforming this place into a garbage town exclusive to the company.And dumped nearly [-] million US gallons of highly toxic chemicals, including dioxins, into it over a ten-year period.

If it was just a normal landfill, it would not matter at all, but when Hooker Chemical discovered that the local area had huge real estate development prospects, they quickly leveled the land and listed it.This is not because they want to make money, but because they are afraid of causing local class action lawsuits, and afraid that the local government will let them dispose of the chemical waste that will definitely affect the local ecology and water sources. In the end, the land was sold to the local school.

Although the sale price of this land is only one dollar, there are seventeen exemption clauses in the transaction contract. Hooker Chemical has transferred all the responsibility for the leakage of chemicals to the local government and the New York State government in the form of legal documents. Overhead, then, the nightmare began.

When the schools were all located there, the surrounding community construction was carried out rapidly. The construction of houses, the laying of sewers, and the establishment of public facilities caused all the chemical wastes that had been treated hastily to be leaked. Since the 60s, the Niagara River has even suffered. pollution.

Since the local people didn't know the real situation, they began to look for the reason, and Hooker Chemical, which had been paying attention there, knew that something was wrong, so the shareholders immediately looked for a buyer and sold the company. By [-] , Occidental Petroleum officially took over for unknown reasons, but two years later, something happened. People can already see with the naked eye that the local water source has turned black.

Since then, the investigation has been officially carried out, and the actions of Hooker Chemical have also been uncovered, but unfortunately, no matter whether it is reported to the state government or asked for help from the federal government, all the letters sent cannot get what they deserve. In response, everyone was pretending to be dead until the beginning of this year, after the blizzard swept the East Coast, the significantly increased groundwater level washed out all the buried materials under the ground.

Then, Commander Jimmy learned of this.

Then, he formed an investigation team and sent commissioners to start the investigation.

Although his evacuation decision and accountability are very imposing, but...

Bill Gates didn't believe it could be done.

"Do you think Occidental Petroleum will deny this account?" Paul Allen asked curiously.

"If they are willing to admit it, then their business cannot be so big."

Bill Gates nodded and said: "There are former senators on their board of directors. The man named Gore in Tennessee is the director of Occidental Petroleum and the general manager of Occidental Petroleum's subsidiary in Tennessee. His son Gore It's the current member of Congress from Tennessee."

"In addition, they are located in Houston and they also maintain a close cooperative relationship with the former director of the CIA. His son George Jr. seems to have opened an energy company in Texas last year? He didn't drill a single well in the oil field, and the income was already gone. It’s millions. Isn’t Occidental Petroleum paying for the sales that appear out of thin air? Occidental Petroleum doesn’t care whether he can dig oil or not. As long as they know that Little George makes money, Old George will be happy. That’s enough gone."

"Jimmy wants to hold them accountable when Occidental Petroleum has people in both parties?"

"Honestly, it's hard."

"No one dared to really investigate Occidental Petroleum thoroughly, so things can only drag on forever."

"And if someone really dares to check..."

"Then the first thing they need to do is to be mentally prepared."

“Mental preparation to meet God.”

Bill Gates spread his hands.

"Hahaha--"

Those down-to-earth words made Paul Allen deeply moved.

"Old capitalist?"

He smiled and said: "Compared with Western Petroleum, Wall Street's methods are moderate."

"Hmm." Bill Gates nodded in agreement, "Ethan Jones is not under too much pressure now, after all, those people dare not really risk their lives with him."

For the general public, Ethan Jones is a pig in the limelight. After only a few years of wasting time after graduating from high school, he was so lucky that he soared into the sky.

Even if he does not preach to the outside world, the public will feel that he is another embodiment of the American dream.

But for the N generation like Bill Gates... you are talking nonsense, right?
Two years ago, Warner and Philips sued Destiny Games for reputational infringement and the case has not yet been heard. Is it possible to cover the mouths of Warner and Philips?
Afterwards, Fred Terman urged other universities to purchase their arcade machines for teaching. Is this kind of behavior that can open up the education market in a few words?
When your grandparents didn't suffer for your family, you still want to dream of the American dream?

Let's cast a good tire in the next life!

It is precisely because of knowing all this that after hearing the success of the Destiny game in the past two years, Bill Gates is calm and not surprised at all.And when Steve Ballmer approached him and told him that Ethan Jones wanted to invest in him...

His first reaction was that Ethan was looking for new allies.

After all, his mother is also a Wall Street person.

And the ordinary people don’t know that Wall Street is eager to eat Ethan Jones alive.

In this case there is an investment that Bill Gates really does not want.

Or, before coming here, he even thought Ethan Jones was a little ridiculous.

Obviously it's you, Ethan Jones, who can't stand the pressure of Wall Street and wants to find foreign aid!
Turns out you want to invest in my company?

Is this something in your head, or do I look like an idiot?

If not they wanted to know what project Ethan would give them...

They won't come!
"But his inspiration is really good, isn't it?"

Now that they were talking about business, Paul Allen had no intention of continuing to eat.

He threw away the knife and fork and put his arms around his elbows to support the table, leaned forward slightly, and said: "I always thought that Steven Spielberg's evaluation of Ethan Jones was a bit too exaggerated. He said that Ethan Jones It’s bragging to hear that you can see tomorrow’s video games just by closing your eyes.”

"But now I have to admit that what he said makes sense, because once the spreadsheet Ethan mentioned is made, it will definitely be a sensation in the world!"

"Spreadsheets are truly a tool that helps people solve problems!"

"Spreadsheet is indeed a thing that can bring convenience to people's life!"

“Even though there may be a certain learning cost behind this!”

"But that's not important, is it?"

"Compared with the sustainable convenience of the future, learning now is acceptable."

"At least for large companies, government departments, this is an excellent innovation."

When Ethan took out the inspiration of the spreadsheet, Paul Allen's first reaction was to be a special mother!Because this thing is not only creating people's demand for computers, but also bringing convenience to humans.

Paul Allen even felt that as long as they can successfully develop a spreadsheet, they will be able to achieve financial freedom in a very short period of time. This speed may not be comparable to the fate game of sitting on a rocket and soaring into the sky, but it surpasses Apple Computer That was an absolute breeze.

More importantly, they don't have to worry about the software being pirated at all.

Because as long as the software is produced, the first purchasers will definitely be those large companies and government departments. When the purchaser has a legal entity, it is very easy to pursue accountability.

"This project will get us out of a situation where the company can't make money, won't it?"

Paul Allen raised his eyebrows and looked at Bill Gates with joy.

Listening to those words full of joy, Bill Gates sighed, "Alas——"

Then nodded, "Paul, I know that's a good idea, but..."

"Why doesn't it belong to us?"

Bill Gates leaned back, looking directly at his friend while playing with the fork in his hand.

At this moment, he had already let go of the excitement he had pretended to be when he first met Ethan.

"If the inspiration was ours, we wouldn't have to pay Ethan Jones."

He looked at his friend without hesitation.

That's right!When Bill Gates discovered that spreadsheets were explosive, his first reaction was to copy special codes!As for cooperation?Don't even think about it!

You Ethan Jones didn't make something, so who knew the inspiration was yours?
You Ethan Jones did show us spreadsheet inspiration today, but financial spreadsheets are so common!I said that I was researching this thing a long time ago, and you can't find a reason to refute it!Why accept investment if you can swallow it all by yourself?

"Is this okay?" Paul Allen's eyes lit up.

"I don't want to split the money." Bill Gates spread his hands.

Such words caused a happy smile to appear on Paul Allen's face, and his eyes under the lenses flashed crazily, as if he was thinking about the feasibility of the idea, but more like weighing the benefits.

After a moment-

Paul Allen said: "Now everyone knows that Fred Terman will protect them to death. If we plagiarized, those professors at Stanford Law School will definitely help them with the lawsuit."

"I have my dad." Bill Gates shrugged and said, "The game of fate is in California, and our company is in Washington State. Both places have jurisdiction over the case."

"If they sued in California, we would lose for sure, but we can defend against the delay, and as long as our software sells well, the final compensation is just a little bit of money for us."

"If they filed a lawsuit in Washington state, they would enter our home court, and with my dad, they would not be able to win the lawsuit even if Stanford made a move."

"As for filing a federal lawsuit on the grounds of interstate infringement?"

"It doesn't matter much, does it?"

"As I said before, as long as the time drags on long enough, even if we lose, we will still win."

The self-confidence of his friend made Paul Allen nod his head, and then he said: "What if you don't directly sue? But use other methods to strangle? Your family has a lot of property. If you really offend Fred Terman, then he will attack your family's industry in all directions."

"Although Ethan Jones is not his grandson, he has done these things for HP before."

"Texas Instruments was hammered by him, so he lost the government order."

"And the reason why he helped Destiny Games to block Philips was not only because Philips' previous actions were indeed a little too much, but also because Philips had many businesses that overlapped with HP, and hitting Philips was actually helping the people around him and helping him. Those two students."

"I have my mother." This question made Bill Gates say with a smile: "Let's not talk about HP, even if it's Thor and Lockheed, what can they do together? This doesn't threaten us at all."

"If it was an old-school capitalist like Occidental Petroleum, then I would still worry about their retaliation, but the new capital that has only been born in the past few decades...they have no ability to threaten!"

The unabashed words made Paul Allen even happier.

He kept nodding and said: "Okay, Okay, Okay..."

"That way I'm relieved."

In fact, after coming out of Palo Alto, Paul Allen was thinking about cooperation. Like Bill Gates, he didn't want to pay for the BASIC interpreter if he could keep it for himself.

It's just that Ethan Jones has a strong background, so he doesn't know how to bring this up.

But now, when Bill Gates took the initiative to say that if he copied it, he copied it, and Ethan Jones couldn't find trouble for himself at all, and the big stone in Paul Allen's heart fell.

"Then we refused?"

"Refused."

However, just when Bill Gates and Paul Allen were about to abandon Ethan and let this guy their age taste the entrepreneurial means of America's top second generation, at nine o'clock that night, Steve Ballmer came to the hotel and knocked on the door of their room.

"Steve, why are you here?"

Bill Gates looked at his old classmate with a strange expression.

Although they didn't know each other for a long time, and they only really got along day and night during the two years at Harvard, but Steve Ballmer's personal ability still impressed Bill Gates.

When he was dragged away from Harvard by Paul Allen to start a company, Bill Gates also told Steve Ballmer that they must work together if they have the opportunity in the future.

He thought this would come true, but when his friend joined the Destiny Game...

It may be very difficult to get him to change jobs.

When faced with Bill Gates' inquiry, Steve Ballmer smiled, patted his briefcase, and said, "My boss asked me to send you a contract."

"What contract?" Paul Allen frowned, feeling that something was wrong.

"Investment contract."

Steve Ballmer opened his briefcase, took out a stack of documents and handed it over.

After the two of them read it, the harsh terms made them shake their heads who were not prepared to accept the investment.

"100 million 30.00%? This is impossible!" Paul Allen said loudly: "No matter how powerful his inspiration is, before it has been tested by the business, the inspiration is just inspiration!"

"Yes, if he thinks his inspiration is valuable, then do it himself."

Bill Gates closed the hastily scanned document and said, "Since he, Ethan Jones, has confidence in his project, he can just recruit programmers to write it himself, why should he ask us?"

"Steve, to be honest, after I came back, I discussed it with William and decided not to accept your boss's investment." Paul Allen handed back the document in his hand.

Bill Gates also nodded, and said apologetically, "Sorry, Steve."

"I know our decision will make all your work these days in vain, but we have a clear plan for our future, and Ethan Jones' ideas are not in our plan."

In the eyes of Bill Gates and Paul Allen, their decision will make Steve Ballmer very unhappy, after all, they are not accepting after listening to the inspiration of Ethan Jones. The decision to invest, if they want to refuse from the very beginning, then just don't come.

But for the greater good, they decided to take Steve Ballmer's wrath at this point.

however……

When they cast apologetic looks at Steve Ballmer, Steve Ballmer rubbed his hands in embarrassment and said, "William, Paul, how about you read the contract?"

"Why?" Bill Gates and Paul Allen were puzzled.

"Just watch until the end."

Steve Ballmer didn't explain, just let them do it.

This kind of trickery made the two of them very confused, and when they reopened the contract and read it from beginning to end, the investment allocation in the contract made them look up suddenly.

"Ethan doesn't pay a penny, but just takes 20.00% based on inspiration?" Bill Gates asked loudly.

"Yes." Steve Ballmer nodded.

"Whose is the remaining 100 percent of the million?" Paul Allen wanted to know the answer.

As soon as the question came up, Steve Ballmer pulled another document out of his briefcase.

When the two looked at the cover, the title on the first line made their pupils constrict!

[Memorandum of cooperation between Ethan Jones and Lawrence Rockefeller on joint investment in Microsoft]

"He brought Wenlock in?!" Paul Allen lost his voice for a moment.

"Yes." Steve Ballmer nodded.

"When did it happen?!!" Bill Gates breathed heavily.

"I just found out." Steve Ballmer said: "But according to my boss Ethan Jones, after deciding to invest in you, he has already contacted Wenlock."

"Because they had a fairly smooth cooperation on Apple's investment before, when Wenlock learned that my boss Ethan Jones found them a project that he would participate in, they reported the matter To Mr. Lawrence Rockefeller, and..."

"It is said that Mr. Lawrence Rockefeller is very interested in this new cooperation..."

"pat..."

Paul Allen shook his hand, and the document fell to the ground.

Such a sound was like the starting gun in a [-]-meter race, making Bill Gates turn his head with difficulty.

When he discovered that his childhood friend Paul Allen was also looking towards him...

They all saw shock, surprise, panic and helplessness in each other's eyes.

At this moment, they already know that it is impossible to plagiarize inspiration.

Because when Lawrence Rockefeller knew about this inspiration, even if Bill Gates’ father and mother were awesome, he wouldn’t be able to copy it!
There is no need for a lawsuit for this thing. As long as Lawrence Rockefeller calls the companies who want to buy their software and expresses that their products are infringing, they will not buy them!

Moreover, once Lawrence Rockefeller said that his old Gates family stole his things, their family's face would really be ashamed!
'Special code! '

Flames burst out of Paul Allen's eyes.

'Special code...'

Bill Gates sighed helplessly.

Bill Gates, who picked up the contract again and stared at it for a long time, unwilling to give up his excellent inspiration, finally nodded.

"Fine--"

"we accept."

　Note: ①The Love Canal incident led to Jimmy’s introduction of the “Superfund Act”, which also allowed Americans to see the traditional art skills of capitalists for the first time. ② Some people said earlier that it is too outrageous that both the donkey and the elephant invest in the two parties, but Occidental Petroleum is the most typical example of two boats.Before the millennium, before Gore announced his candidacy, it was revealed that his family held a large number of Occidental Petroleum stocks, and Occidental Petroleum was on the list of George Jr.’s big benefactors. The millennium case was about Occidental Petroleum. Fighting each other, it doesn't matter who wins or loses, he will win anyway. ③ Gates’ character design is taken from Microsoft’s founder Shion. Those who change the world are generally included in the Inventor’s Hall of Fame. Even Walt Disney has entered the Hall of Fame for improving the camera. It can only be said that Gates is not an ordinary person.

　　
　
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