Reborn America, this is my time

Chapter 49 Good news, Apple is done!Bad news, Jobs is out of a job!
Woz's words made Ethan a little confused, but his help made Ethan very happy.

After eating breakfast happily physically and mentally, humming and singing songs, I packed up the tableware at home.

That little fat guy Woz usually goes to work at Hewlett-Packard, but Jobs...

But he followed Ethan into the kitchen.

At first, Ethan was a little strange, but after he asked Jobs what was going on while washing the dishes, Jobs didn't mean to hide it, and he leaned against the door frame and said directly: "Ethan, last night I simply said After calculation, the cost of a computer motherboard made with 6502 should be only 250 US dollars, while the price of the Altair computer motherboard is 390 US dollars."

"I think you understand what I mean?"

Jobs winked at Ethan: "I just found out that Stephen's computer has extremely high commercial prospects, and then you said that 6502 has a larger commercial scope?"

"Wow~ Isn't this a coincidence?"

"And, I think, only half of what you just said is true?"

"Using 6502 for games? No! No! No! That's too extravagant!"

"So... what you want to do is actually a computer?"

"uh-huh?"

Such a straightforward question made Ethan shake his head with a smile.

"Oh—Steve—" he draws out his voice.

At the same time, propping his hands beside the pool, he said with emotion: "I really don't know what to say, I feel that we have a very high tacit understanding!"

Steve Jobs was right. If 6502 is really in hand, what he wants to do must be to give priority to supplying Apple.

There is no other reason, that is, to maximize the benefits.

Think about it, a computer motherboard loaded with 6502 can sell for more than $300, while a game console can only sell for $199.

In the case of the same CPU price, as long as everyone knows that the former earns more.

As for saying that the core selling point of the game console is the game?
The core selling point of the computer is software!

Once office software is produced, the profit will not be lower than that of games.

Therefore, Ethan would not consider this kind of fruitless problem at all, besides, he wants everything now.

In this case, follow the course of history, first use the computer to squeeze out its profits when the CPU price is relatively high, and then use the game console to harvest repeatedly after the CPU price drops, that is what a businessman should do !

If I had to describe it, it would be like crossing the river by touching the body of the ancestor in the previous life.

"Yeah~"

Ethan's admission also made Jobs very happy, "This shows that our vision is the same!"

Before he finished speaking, he clenched his fist with one hand, pressed down, and made a cheering gesture towards Ethan.

"Hope you succeed!"

"I'm waiting for your good news!"

"Wait!" Seeing that the other party was about to leave, Ethan quickly stopped him and said, "Don't leave in a hurry."

"Since you asked me a question, to be fair, I have to ask you a question too."

"Tell me." Jobs didn't care, "Any questions are fine."

"I wonder, why are you selling computers? Is it because it makes money?"

Yes, Ethan has always been curious about this matter.

In his memory, the media in his previous life have always said that it was inevitable for Jobs to create Apple, because he wanted to change the world since he was a child, but this kind of standard rhetoric of the American dream... ghosts believe it!
After all, Jobs is not a rich second generation!

It's understandable for a guy like Ralph Bell who has achieved financial freedom to talk about dreams.

And Jobs, who was on the verge of survival, was also talking about his dream?

Isn't this bullshit!

Can't afford to eat and still fantasize about a better future?

This is truly sublime and makes me cry!
So, when Jobs pierced the window paper, Ethan wanted to know what was the original intention of this guy to start Apple.

And following his inquiry, Jobs immediately blinked his eyes and asked in confusion, "Ethan, don't you know? I'm about to lose my job..."

"what?"

Ethan was a little surprised, "What did you say?"

Jobs said it again, "I said I was going to lose my job."

"Because Nolan is going to sell Atari."

"What???"

The news made Ethan raise his voice.

He looked at Old Joe suspiciously, "Nolan is going to sell Atari?"

"When did this happen?"

It's no wonder that Ethan would be so surprised, because in his memory, Atari's most famous deed was not using the "Pong" arcade machine to open the door to video games, but bringing joy to the North American people. At the same time, I personally closed it with "Alien ET".

The Atari collapse should be a story that old players have heard.

But now, Jobs told him that Nolan Bushnell was going to sell Atari?

This……

'Hasn't Nolan Bushnell had anything to do with the Atari debacle? '

Although Ethan knew that such a thing was possible, he always felt that there was something wrong.

While he was showing his confusion, Jobs also spread his hands and told the whole story.

It turned out that after Mi Luohua formally sued Atari, the top management of Atari was in a state of despair.

Because everyone knows that this is a losing case, and Atari will definitely exit the game with a sky-high fine.

Although in the end, with the efforts of Nolan Bushnell, Atari and Mirov reached an out-of-court settlement, but the fact that new games could not be released within a year made Nolan Bushnell somewhat disheartened.

He wanted to sell the company while Atari was still worth money, so as not to leave with nothing after bankruptcy.

In the days after the lawsuit ended, he had contacted several buyers, including Disney and MCA, who were all interested in Atari.

Especially Disney, they have a natural arcade marketing point.

Disneyland is the best place in the world to store electronic arcade machines, because they have the fan base that is most receptive to new things in the world, and this group also has a strong purchasing power that other groups cannot match.

For this reason, Disney quoted a purchase price of 2000 million to Atari, which has a certain value.

In order to compete with it, MCA, which also wants to enter the game field, bid 2000 two million.

At that time, Nolan was about to agree, because he would be able to walk away with at least $500 million.

"but……"

At this point, Steve Jobs shrugged and said, "Accidents happened."

"Nolan asked me to go to the exhibition, just wanting to write my own sales pitch, but unexpectedly, I found you."

"When Nolan saw "Snake Game", he wanted to negotiate this business first."

"He feels that a successful agency business can make Atari more valuable."

"And now, that is the most valuable moment for Atari."

Ok!

Ethan understood.

No wonder Nolan Bushnell and Don Valentine immediately changed their agency contracts to one year after being pissed off by him when they were negotiating contracts. But I didn't expect...

So they just want to increase the value of the company?
No wonder Nolan Bushnell was very happy to pay when he asked for a share...

This is probably to let the giants see that Atari maintains a good cooperative relationship with him, right?

Ah--

Business is business!

Thinking of this, Ethan shook his head with emotion.

"So, you just want to find a way out for yourself? Want to start a company?" He refocused his attention on Jobs.

"Of course!" Jobs nodded, "I have discovered that people like me are only suitable for starting a company by themselves."

"It's impossible to work part-time."

"Because I always think the boss is an idiot."

"Okay." Ethan nodded and said, "The last question, when did you know about this?"

This question made Jobs frowned, and after thinking about it for a while, he said: "Ethan, I can swear, I only heard this news this month, and it wasn't Nolan who told me about it. It was a friend of mine, a friend at MCA, who told me."

"Please forgive me, I can't say his name because he has a special status in MCA."

"I can only say that my relationship with him is very good, but because it involves commercial secrets, I want to keep it secret for my friend."

"Okay, Oaky, you misunderstood, I don't mean to blame, thank you for the news." Jobs' words made Ethan explain, and at the same time he said: "Good luck. If you need my help, just say .”

"Thank you, brother." Jobs breathed a sigh of relief and raised his right fist, "I won't be polite to you."

"Please feel free." Ethan bumped into him without wiping his hands.

When the crisp patter sounded, both of them laughed.

Then, Steve Jobs left the house.

As for going to work?

Ethan didn't know either.

However, when the sudden roar and excited screams appeared together, Ethan Jones was deeply moved by the cries and wolves. He never expected that the birth of Apple would be so sloppy, let alone that, The way to intervene is so simple.

"Is this a success?"

"Is it right?"

Ethan Jones muttered to himself.

His eyes narrowed even more with a smile.

But the next second, he was a little upset.

Because he always has a feeling, a feeling of being put together by Nolan Bushnell.

"Hopefully it's an illusion."

　Note: ① After Mirov sued Atari, Nolan wanted to sell Atari. This is what happened in reality.As for the reason, it was relatively simple. Nolan wanted to find a good father for Atari, because he felt that he could not stop Mi Luohua's lawsuit.As for finding Disney, this is also very simple. Nolan likes Disney very much. He actually ran to California to find a job at Disney, but he failed.But even if he failed to apply for a job and failed to sell the company, in the end, when he sold Atari and reopened the restaurant, the logo of the restaurant he opened was still a mouse.This is really deeply in love.

　　
　
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