Reborn America, this is my time

Chapter 34

After returning to Atari, Steve Jobs took the initiative to find Nolan Bushnell and expressed his thoughts.

When the boss of Atari learned that Ethan Jones intended to lead the team for cross-state delivery, he just discussed with Don Valentine and agreed.

Walking up to Ethan, he said, "Since you are willing to bring Steve to make money, Tang and I will naturally have no objections, because after you join, we can sell more game boards at the same time. "

"But one thing I have to say in advance, the labor fee for delivery is the same for everyone. Seven dollars for a circuit board, Don and I will not take more, and we can't give you more. I know this matter will be very serious. Compared with the direct commission, there is not much profit at all, but if there is no delivery step, we will have no more profit to make. We are making money for ourselves. I think you understand me Mean, Okay?"

Nolan Bushnell holds out his right hand to Ethan Jones.

"Ok." Ethan accepted with a smile, "I have no problem."

"Very good, Ethan, you are welcome to join."

Nolan Bushnell also laughed, and at the same time he patted Ethan on the shoulder, saying: "You should rest well these few days and recharge your spirits, because after a few days, you will experience, what This is the real country on wheels!"

Ethan admitted that he did not understand Nolan Bushnell's words.

But he still did it, and he stayed at home to rest well for the next few days, without doing any physical work.

When the time came to May [-]th, Steve Jobs also came to call him. After waiting for Ethan to come to Atari with him, Ethan walked into Nolan Bushnell's office. Saw a map of the United States hanging on the wall.

On it, three lines were drawn with a red pen.

The first is from San Jose, California, all the way south, through Arizona, New Mexico and Texas, then north, and finally stops in Oklahoma.

The second one also starts from San Jose, heading east all the way, first going to Nevada, then to Utah, passing through Colorado, reaching Kansas, and finally turning north and stopping in Nebraska.

The third one still starts from San Jose, but it goes directly north, first to Oregon, then to Washington, then east to Idaho, on a diagonal to Montana and North Dakota, and finally to South Dakota, at Wyoming terminated.

After seeing everyone arrived, Nolan Bushnell patted the plan book on the conference table, and said with a smile: "Brothers! After a week of testing, the market response of "Snake Game" is very good, with 80.00% of the state The above entertainment places have at least one "Snake Game" game machine, and some bosses told us that at the wildest time, a machine can earn $150 a day, and those customers are eager to get higher scores , to drive at a faster speed."

"Because of the popularity of "Snake Game", stores near California, Arizona, Nevada, and Oregon who got the news called us, hoping that we could deliver the game motherboard in the shortest possible time."

"So starting today, we're going to be very busy for the next month."

"Because according to the normal spreading speed of the news, the news that "Snake Game" made the bosses of the entertainment city madly profitable will spread to the central region of America in a month at most, so I followed the fastest route and drew this The delivery map, the bottom one is also the easiest one belongs to Ethan, the central area belongs to me, and the northern area will have to trouble Tang.”

Speaking of which, Nolan Bushnell also sent a delivery list to everyone.

Then he made a fist with five fingers and slammed on the table, "Come on! Brothers! It's time to grab money!"

When Ethan opened the list that Nolan Bushnell handed over, he finally understood what the other party said before, what it meant to experience a country on wheels in the true sense.

Because the frequency of round-trips on the delivery list can only be described as terrifying!

On the first day, Ethan and Jobs will set off from San Jose to Arizona with a 100 yuan game motherboard. Their first goal is Yuma County, which borders California.

The nearly 350-mile journey takes about six hours, starting at eight in the morning and arriving at two in the afternoon.

Due to the small population here, they only need to replace 24 circuit boards here for merchants who have placed orders.

Two people work together, if it is fast, it can be finished that night.

then……

Here comes the show.

After replacing the motherboard, they need to go overnight to Tucson, Pima County, on the edge of Yuma County.

Supplying remaining gaming motherboards to Arizona's second largest city.

If they set off at night, they would surely see Tucson at four o'clock in the morning.

It will take a day or two at most to get the rest of the motherboard replaced.

It's a ten-hour drive from Tucson to San Jose.

Therefore, the plan suggested that, if possible, Ethan and the others had better return to Los Gatos in the afternoon of the fourth day.

After a simple rest for one night, according to the order status of these days, take the corresponding number of game motherboards and head to Phoenix, the capital of Arizona.

Seeing this, Ethan's teeth started to hurt!
Because Nolan Bushnell didn't schedule a break at all!
Or……

All breaks are on the road!

The six-hour trip from San Jose to Yuma was a break for engineers.

After arriving, the engineers worked for a few hours, and it was the driver's rest time.

And when the driver took everyone to Tucson, the engineers could rest again.

After settling in Tucson, the time for the engineers to work is the time for the drivers to take a nap.

Although the battle line is very long this time, because they will stay in Tucson for 24 to [-] hours, it does not matter, because during the ten hours when the driver drives back in one breath, the engineers can be on the car again. have a good rest.

To be honest, this kind of continuous rotation arrangement is really insane!

If you complain to the trade union, you will definitely be fined to death!
But when Ethan left with Jobs and another Atari employee, the rest of the people who were not selected showed regret.

No way, who made Atari give too much?
With a four-day business trip, they can get nearly two months' income of ordinary people!

This kind of treatment is really not comparable to ordinary jobs!

As for being tired...

That is the benevolent see benevolence and the wise see wisdom.

On the first day of driving for six hours, Ethan thought it was okay, and joked with Jobs and the others along the way.

But in the early hours of the morning, when driving late at night, the butt hurts, it doesn't feel like my own.

When they returned after delivering the goods, Ethan felt that his body was riding on the car, and his soul was chasing after him.

The numbness from the depths of his heart made him very uncomfortable.

But at the same time, his heart is also very happy.

Three days, 100 yuan game motherboard, this kind of business without contact, makes people feel comfortable physically and mentally!

What's more, while he was delivering, Nolan Bushnell and Don Valentine were running!

300 yuan for three days!
Single block 72!
After a simple conversion, you know that you can draw [-] US dollars here!
In the following month, Ethan basically lived in this painful and happy life. He went to Phoenix, but he didn't appreciate the prosperity of Phoenix, and he didn't have time to gaze at the ruins of the Spanish fleet when he arrived in Albuquerque. After leaving Houston, I didn’t get a glimpse of the charm of the space city. I visited Oklahoma City, where...

Well, it's true that there are no large Indian footprints here.

(laughs~
Although he didn't taste the beauty of these cities, Ethan was also very satisfied.

Because after this month of running around, he always felt that he had spread the green ocean to the world.

After running the last trip, he just wanted to go back impatiently, back to Los Gatos, back to Atari, and wanted to know how many copies of "Snake Game" had been sold in the past month.

However, when he drove to the Las Vegas border and put Steve Jobs in the bathroom because of the third urgent problem, the guy who went to the gas station to solve the problem came back straight away with his pants in his hands a few minutes later.

In his hand, he was waving a newspaper.

"Ethan! Ethan!! It's in the newspaper!!! We're in the newspaper!!!"

"They covered the Snake Game! They covered the Snake Game!!!"

Such a call made Ethan Jones raise his eyebrows.

After taking a look, the first thing that catches the eye is the logo of the Los Angeles Times.

And on the sub-page of the newspaper, a very clear headline was typed in bold black font——

[The little green snake sweeps the West Coast]

(End of this chapter)