Reborn America, this is my time

Chapter 75 Closing
Perhaps it was because Mirov's leadership wanted to prove themselves too much, so Sidley Austin's lawyers appeared in front of Ethan early the next morning, and they told Ethan that Mirov's representatives would meet tomorrow morning Arrived in San Francisco and wanted to start negotiations at ten o'clock.

Ethan agreed, and then sent a message to the two parties.

On one side is Professor Barbara Babcock. As Ethan's attorney, she needs to go to the scene to participate in the negotiation and help review the contract. Ethan is extremely polite to this mage who has helped a lot.The other party was Atari. When facing them, Ethan's attitude was very bad. The content of the message can be summed up in two words - pay!
Facing Ethan's vulgar threat, Nolan Bushnell and Don Valentine were very annoyed, but in order to successfully sell the company and prevent their hard work from being ruined, they still held a meeting at noon. I found them with two documents.

One is an early termination agreement about "Snake Game", and the other is a statement of infringement liability.

The former is generally nothing special. The only thing that can be noticed is the sales of "Snake Game". After Atari's revision, the sales in the Midwest of the United States were changed from less than 350 million to In the early 800s.

So far, the total sales of "Snake Game" in North America have exceeded 500 million.

Ethan Jones and Evelyn Johnson's dividends also soared from 130 million to 220 million.

The latter said that because of Atari's own negligence, it violated Mirov's patent, and they would bear all compensation for it.

Of course, there is also an upper limit, 150 million.

Barbara reviewed the contract and made sure there was no problem, so Ethan and Evelyn signed it. At three o'clock that afternoon, when Ethan went to Wells Fargo to check the accounts, his personal account also had a real-time Updated 110 million.

This number made him smile and shake his head, "It's still the IRS bull beep!"

"As soon as the issue of reporting tax evasion and tax evasion was mentioned, Atari immediately knelt down!"

"Aren't we a million dollars younger?"

"It seems that they didn't intend to pay for compensation themselves in the first place!"

Yes, Ethan Jones discovered a problem when Atari made up the difference between the Midwest region and the ZD region.

The money lost by Atari seems to be equivalent to the amount claimed by Mi Luohua.

If it wasn't for those messy things before, Ethan would only think it was a coincidence, but now...

HE...TUI!

After receiving the money, Ethan's back became much straighter, and the negotiation with Mi Luohua the next day was carried out with a smile.

At the beginning, the representative of Mi Luohua wanted to make a fuss about the non-sale agreement and come up with a one-year deadline similar to Atari's, but when Ethan took pictures of Atari's infringement liability statement in front of them Afterwards, Mi Luohua's representative stopped farting in an instant.

"Mr. Jones, since the compensation is borne by Atari, shall we directly set the amount to 200 million?"

The representative of Mi Luohua is full of greed.

"It's too much, it's unreasonable. I think 120 million is enough." Ethan shook his head.

Mi Luohua's representative continued to fight, "I can't explain this number to the general manager, so, 180 million?"

"I know what you're thinking, you just want to take Atari's money, so I'll give you a little more, 130 million."

Ethan is very generous.

However, in the next second, Mi Luohua's representative shouted again: "Mr. Jones! Don't you hate Atari?"

When Ethan heard this, how could he bear it?

"The upper limit of compensation I agreed with Atari is 150 million, all of which will be given to you. But I have a request. After we reach a settlement, when you buy the press release, you must push all the responsibilities to Atari. body. Can you?"

"you sure?"

"Sure!"

"Sign the contract!"

"Sign the contract!"

This dragging made the lawyers of Sidley Austin stunned.

They have been in the industry for so many years, and have never seen an infringer take the initiative to pay compensation.

And looking at it like this, the compensation is still paid by Atari?
What's happening here?
They can't figure it out.

Although Professor Barbara was a little better than them, but not much, after the matter was over, when Ethan sent her home, she also asked curiously on the way: "Ethan, you directly follow the agreed upper limit and Mi Luo Hua signed a compensation contract? Aren't you afraid that Atari won't be able to pay?"

"Why are you afraid?" Ethan said with a smile, "I just let Atari spit out all the money I earned."

"The North American revenue of "Snake Game" is now 500 million. Based on the profit margin of 30.00%, the amount Atari earned from this project should be 450 million. And Evelyn and I started from this project The upper share reached 260 million, that is to say, after deducting the share, there is still 190 million left for Atari.”

"Even if they pay 150 million yuan in compensation, they still have 40 yuan in income."

"Although this amount of money cannot cover Mi Luohua's subsequent claims, at the same time, Atari has also tampered with the accounts."

"They must have hidden money, so they must be able to afford it."

"Since everyone has already torn their faces, why should I keep that income for them?"

"I admit that I don't like Mi Luohua, but their rights protection behavior is no problem, and they act according to the law. I accept it."

"In this case, I would rather Mi Luohua get the money than let Atari hold the profits."

"Because of Atari, disgusting."

Hearing Ethan's words, Barbara shook her head again and again.

And when she pursed her lips and felt that Ethan was not as kind as she imagined, Ethan who was driving asked her another question, "Mr. Barbara, do we have one more thing to solve? "

"whats the matter?"

"Your attorney's fees."

When the word "lawyer's fee" appeared, Barbara was stunned for a moment, and then said with a smile: "I also have a problem with this matter, so I will pay it according to the minimum standard, and file a case with the Lawyers Association. As long as they don't seek I'll just take the trouble."

There is a minimum fee standard for practicing lawyers in the United States, and the association does not allow them to file indiscriminately.

But in the end, it is up to the lawyer to decide whether to charge more or less.

Like Barbara Babcock, if she followed the market conditions, her hourly consulting fee would be sky-high, and the middle class can't afford it these days.She charged at the lowest price because she never took out orders at all, and only acquaintances helped to maintain the relationship.

When the agency agreement was signed before, the above amount was concluded in this way.

But if she doesn't accept it, it's impossible for Ethan Jones not to give it, right?

After sending Barbara home, Ethan Jones also asked through the car window: "Mr. Barbara, when will your case collection be released?"

"At the end of the year, what happened?"

"I want to buy [-] copies, and then donate them to some colleges and municipal libraries in the west along with other books. Although I don't know the law, I think the case collection you wrote will definitely have educational and demonstration significance, and will give The masses bring enlightenment."

This proposal made Barbara stare at Ethan for a long time, and finally laughed, "Oh Ethan, I like your gift."

"Since you want to donate books, I won't be polite to you."

"I'll let you know when the book comes out."

"Okay, Teacher Barbara, I'll wait for your news." Her smile made Ethan give a thumbs up, and then waved his hand.

Then he stepped on the accelerator and returned to his aunt's house in a hurry.

Photographed the settlement agreement in front of Thomas and Linda, and said loudly: "Thomas, Linda, the matter has been settled~"

He wants to reassure the elderly who care about him.

Then he picked up the phone at home and contacted the friend who had asked about this before and comforted him:
"Hey Frank...it's settled...really~ didn't you hear it from my words? I'm so happy now~"

"Oh Chuck...Thank you, thank you for your concern...It's all a misunderstanding...Yes, yes, yes..."

"Hi Steve...Thank you so much for your help...YES! You got me out of this!"

He wants to reassure his friends who help him.

After declaring his safety and thanking him, Ethan only felt relaxed.

That night, he whetted his appetite and ate two chickens.

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Mi Luohua's work efficiency is actually very fast. On the morning of September 22, he reached a settlement with Ethan. On the morning of September 24, Ethan, who was eating breakfast and turning on the TV at home, heard the news——

"According to the information obtained by our reporter, on September 1975, 9, Mirohua and Atari signed a settlement agreement again, and the two parties reached a consensus on the infringement of "Snake Game". The amount of compensation involved may have exceeded 23 million. At the same time, after the infringement was confirmed, the two inventors of "Snake Game" also terminated their cooperation with Atari. Since the three parties were unwilling to accept interviews, So we don't know the specific details of this matter, but even so, we still want to ask Nolan Bushnell here, why did Atari infringe multiple times in a short period of time?"

"Does Atari have to go through infringement after infringement to grow?"

"Could it be that Atari can only gain benefits if it walks on the edge of the law and plunders other people's wealth?"

"If this is the case, we advise Nolan Bushnell to cancel the company as soon as possible!"

"Although the United States is a country that pursues liberalism, and California also has a comfortable atmosphere of freedom, this is not an excuse for Nolan Bushnell to ignore the law time and time again!"

"If he leads Atari to continuously trample on the law, then the final harvest must be severe punishment by the law!"

The report made Ethan look up with a smile.

Such a directional diss can be seen as a manuscript bought by Mi Luohua himself.

If nothing else, this is still Atari's compensation?
Ethan was even happier when he thought that Atari would be very angry after seeing the news that he had exchanged his compensation.

There's no way, he's just a layman, and he likes this kind of revenge.

And when the time came to September 28, another shocking news spread throughout the United States——

According to ABC reports, Warner Bros. will acquire Atari for $500 million. After the acquisition is completed, Warner Bros. will become the sole shareholder of Atari, and Nolan Bushnell will continue to serve as the CEO of the company. .

This fact made Ethan, who was leaning on the sofa, stretch.

The decline in Atari's valuation is the best gift for him.

And the comfort brought by the soft sofa also made him squint his eyes——

"It's finally over." He smiled.

"Then next..."

"It's my turn to kill you!"

(Volume [-]: The Origin of Everything Atari End)

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