Reborn America, this is my time

Chapter 76 Planning
As the saying goes, a dog will jump over the wall when it is anxious, and a rabbit will bite people when it is anxious.As long as he is a normal person, he will hold some grudges to some extent.

Ethan is no exception.

Both Don Valentine and Nolan Bushnell put knives on his neck. If he can still pretend nothing happened, then there must be something wrong with the way he travels. He shouldn't be in San Francisco. Instead, it should be in Manhattan, not in the Big House, but in the sewers.

No way, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.

Therefore, when the dust of the infringement lawsuit was settled, Ethan did not enjoy life as before, but got into the study of his new home, sat at the table, spread out a piece of paper, held a pen, and wrote and drew.

Although it hasn't been a year since time travel, Ethan has already made three career plans for himself.

The previous two times were a bit superficial, because at that time he only wanted to make money, and he would get into any industry that would allow him to achieve financial freedom.But now...he has a new goal, he wants to get back the place he lost!
Because of this, a few lines of text suddenly appeared on the paper:

1. Don Valentine - Sequoia Capital.

2. Nolan Bushnell – Atari (Warner Bros.).

3, Mi Luohua.

Putting Don Valentine first was because Ethan felt that this guy was the most dangerous and he was the one who needed to focus on.

Although in Ethan's memory, this guy is mediocre, because his fortune history is the growth history of Silicon Valley.

But after Ethan asked Steve Wozniak, that chubby guy, to find out about Don Valentine for him, he realized that he still knew too little about Don Valentine.

After graduating from college, Don Valentine joined Raytheon Company. Although he didn't stay here for a long time, the starting point was already very impressive. After that, he transferred to Fairchild, where he worked for seven years, and then , he went to National Semiconductor Corporation as a marketing executive.

Before, Ethan felt that Don Valentine's success was just an inevitable step on the wave of the times, but looking at it now, he still has a certain network of contacts. Although he is not top-notch, compared with ordinary people, that It can be more than one level higher.

However, although this guy is dangerous, it is relatively easy to target.

Venture capital venture capital, the emphasis is actually on the project!

If venture capital cannot invest in projects, what is the meaning of venture capital?
So, as long as you can get ahead of Don Valentine and invest in all those companies in Silicon Valley...

Eh!Sequoia Capital couldn't even see his taillights!

Thinking of this, Ethan immediately wrote the phrase investment company after Sequoia Capital.

He wants to enter the same track as Sequoia Capital and crush them to death in the same field!
"Apple is just the beginning, and there is EA behind? Cisco? Nvidia?"

"Cisco came from Stanford, Nvidia came from the old Huang who sells gas stoves, and EA..."

"Hiss... who is the founder of EA?"

"Damn, why can't I remember?"

"Forget it doesn't matter, if it appears, you can definitely hear it."

"Special code~ I'm going to give you all these companies~ I'll see what you vote for~"

Of course, if you want to invest, you must first have money.

Although Ethan has millions of funds in his hands, it is far from enough.

And when it comes to money...

Ethan lowered his eyes again, looking at Nolan Bushnell and Mirov.

To be honest, seeing this combination of one person and one company gave him a headache.

Because Mi Luohua, who owns the patent for video games and training devices, and Atari, who owns the patent authorization, are simply the ultimate dragons in the field of video games.It was only after Ethan was tricked by them that he realized why the North American game companies in his previous life had been deeply involved in computer games. The cows are handed over to others.

As for Nintendo, why can Sega do it?
Ethan wanted to understand this matter.

Although they do not have a long-term authorization for the patent of video games and training devices, this patent is only valid in North America. As a book company, they only need to pay patent fees for North American products.

And what about North American companies?
Because of the nature of the company, they need to pay patent fees to Mirowa when they sell products in North America, and they also need to pay patent fees when selling products in other countries, because their overseas distribution behavior is the export of companies in the United States!

When the fact of this kind of nonsense appears, there will be no one in North America making video games!

Although the later Nintendo royalty system was also tricky, it was already very kind compared to the big pitfall of Mirovah.

And in his previous life, the computer game chosen by the North American company...

"This field is not easy to do..."

Ethan's eyes flickered, and he rested his chin with one hand, feeling a little emotional.

Because this is an area he doesn't want to touch for the time being.

The reason is also very simple, "Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom" has already sneaked away on PC!

Computer games, or computer software, are too easy to pirate!

Moreover, the speed of piracy in this era is actually not much slower than that of the Internet era.

In Ethan's memory, in this era, there was an unlucky ghost who was deeply affected by piracy, Microsoft.

Although Bill Gates and Paul Allen founded the predecessor of Microsoft by transplanting BASIC to the Altair 8800, this software did not make them much money. When the BASIC they wrote flowed to the market, it was quickly rejected The engineers of this day and age cracked it.

If it's just cracking, it doesn't matter. The real headache is that engineers in this era are full of sharing spirit.

When the first cracked version appeared, the signs of sharing burst out, and the subsequent development made Bill Gates crazy.

The Altair 8800 sold [-] units per month, but what about Bill Gates' BASIC?
The total sales volume is only more than 100 copies!
This obviously unreasonable growth rate made him extremely angry!
And this is actually a true portrayal of the market environment in this era.

Of course, here, things are not over yet.When Bill Gates discovered that his software had been stolen, the young and energetic guy did a very awesome thing, that is, bought a page in a magazine and sent an open letter to computer enthusiasts.

Although the wording is not up to the level of cursing, Bill Gates called those sharing behaviors plagiarism.

This kind of vocabulary is a great shame to those guys who have received higher education. Many people even angrily exposed Bill Gates' background, saying that he and Paul Allen are the thieves!

Because the BASIC language was invented by Dartmouth College Dean John Kemeni and Mathematics Department teacher Thomas Katz. When they released the language, they stated that this is a free sharing for the education and popularization of computers. , I didn't think about making money!

But Bill Gates and Paul Allen started charging after a simple modification!
This kind of behavior is called plagiarism!
When this kind of scolding appeared, no one bought the BASIC sold by Altair.

When MITS, the producer of Altair, paid Bill Gates, Bill Gates was even more angry.

Because in one year, he only earned [-] US dollars.

This special is not as much pocket money as his father gave him!
Who are you insulting?

Things got more interesting after that.

At the beginning, in order to better sell BASIC software, Bill Gates established the company in Albuquerque, New Mexico, where MITS, the manufacturer of Altair, was located. Pulled Paul Allen home, moved the company to Seattle, and released harsh words-'Even if I starve to death!Die outside!Jump from here!I also no longer do personal service! '

Then, this tough guy stayed silent for two years, and received an order from IBM in a way that he knew everything.Later, he came up with a business model that directly authorized hardware manufacturers to use their own operating systems.It wasn't until his business conflicted with other companies that he reluctantly embraced personal service and issued a 'ah!It smells so good! ' exclamation.

When a person with a prominent family like Bill Gates can't deal with piracy, Ethan is even less likely to use technology to challenge humanity.

So, if he can, he doesn't want to do computer games before the Internet age.

In this case, if you want to make money through the field of games, and strangle Atari and Mirov by the way, you have to use some magic.

"You still have to contact Ralph Bell first."

"Show him 6502 and show his sincerity in making video games."

"Get a patent?"

Now that he had made up his mind, Ethan went directly to the kitchen with the paper in his hand, turned on the gas stove, and set it on fire.

Then, the cat went to the supermarket, and a wave of crazy purchases came.

When I got home, I even cooked myself and made a 'big' meal.

With the roar of the car, he also got out of the house and invited his sister who had just finished school and wanted to go home.

"Wow~ are you inviting me to dinner?"

"Why is it so rich?"

Looking at the pasta pizza, steak, french fries, salad and mushroom soup on the table, Evelyn snorted a few times.

"You don't have anything to ask me, do you?"

"But why do I remember that a few days ago, someone said that he couldn't listen to anything?"

Ethan's face froze when he heard the weird words.

He took the initiative to filter out the unfavorable words in the second half, and acted with pain on his face.

"Oh Evelyn~ Is it possible that I am such a utilitarian person in your heart?"

This remark made Evelyn shake her head decisively.

"How is it possible? You are a very kind person in my heart!"

Ethan smiled happily.

However, he heard Evelyn say again: "So you just want to treat me to dinner tonight, right?"

"Aren't we going to talk about something else?"

"Huh?" Evelyn winked at Ethan.

There is a kind of meaning that if you don't agree, I won't eat it.

And this kind of words that blocked the way back made Ethan decisively admit defeat, he quickly opened his mouth and stopped pretending——

"Oh Evelyn~ You're right~ I just need you tonight."

"I was the one who swelled that day, Okay?"

"Goose goose..." The quick face change made Evelyn laugh heartily.

Raising her eyebrows, showing her confidence, she filled a bowl of mushroom soup, and the milky smell made her shiver.

"Okay, tell me, what do you want me to do for you?"

Now that Evelyn has already asked the question, Ethan, who doesn't even want to face, will naturally not twitch and express his needs.

He asked Evelyn if he could ask Vinton Cerf if he knew Professor Ralph Bell.

It doesn't matter if you don't know each other, just ask an acquaintance to help you connect.

That's right, Ethan is not going to come directly to the door.

After all, the effect of finding the door by yourself is not as good as word of mouth from friends!

When he came to the door, he could only introduce himself like this——

'Hello, Professor Bell, I am the inventor of "Snake Game", nice to meet you. '

Dry, no highlights!
Friends to introduce, that is this style of painting——

'Ralph, look what you've done!How many gamers have been killed by your patent?Every guy who wants to make a video game can't get around it!This one is Ethan Jones, the inventor of the "Snake Game". As soon as the game he made brought happiness to people, Mi Luohua sued him, which made him lose money and pay for it. Forbidden, now, even if you want to make a new game, you can't do it...'

Eh!This is very moist!

This kind of appearance, the main point is to distract one's mind!
After Evelyn finished listening to Ethan's words, the girl who understood the meaning immediately agreed.

After all, she also tasted the sweetness of the game.

The income from the "Snake Game" project is divided equally between the two.

In less than half a year, she received a total of 130 million.

This speed is really faster than robbery.

While agreeing, the girl asked again: "Are you planning to start your own game company?"

"Of course!"

"Are you having an idea again?"

"Uh... well..."

"Then are you short of money?"

"What do you mean?" Ethan looked at Evelyn strangely, "You want to invest?"

"Yeah~" the girl smiled and said, "I think the game market is very interesting, and investment can avoid tax."

Although Ethan hadn't thought about attracting foreign capital, could Evelyn's money be called foreign capital?

Obviously it's domestic capital, okay?
Moreover, after participating in Atari's sales operation, Ethan discovered that in this era of games, the more money the better.

If they can build a production site on the east coast and west coast, then they don't have to find distribution painfully.

"Of course!" Ethan agreed, "It just so happens that I didn't name the company, why don't you provide a name?"

"Wow~ Give me the naming rights?" Evelyn asked with a smile.

"Yeah~" Ethan gave a thumbs up, "You are the boss!"

Evelyn said: "Then give me the positions of chairman and CEO. I will appoint you as president, and you can work."

"Yes!" The smile on Ethan's face widened.

"Really?"

"real!"

The crisp answer made Evelyn giggle.

Shaking his head, he said, "Okay, Oaky, I'm not joking with you anymore, you can think of the name yourself."

"After thinking about it, tell me that I will apply to the school for entrepreneurship subsidies in the form of student entrepreneurship."

"At that time, please ask Wen Dun to be the instructor, so...the trouble may be less."

"And after putting Stanford's name on it, when you go to discuss cooperation with Professor Ralph Bell, he will definitely be affected."

That's right!

This is the real reason Evelyn wants to invest!
After being hammered by Mi Luohua's unreasonable legal iron fist, the girl also found out that if it has something to do with it, she is a big idiot!
Why did Don Valentine and Nolan Bushnell dare to target them unscrupulously?
Isn't that why they didn't really hang up the banner!

Where is the strength of the real benefits in the preaching of the mouth?

"Hmm~" Ethan, who had already heard the smell, smiled like crescent moons, "Thank you."

However, these dry words made Evelyn roll her eyes, "Oh Ethan, you are so dishonest."

"No sincerity? Oh, I get it~ Do you still want Barbra Streisand's album? I'll buy you a vinyl collection!"

Ethan is so proud now!
Eh!There is money!
Evelyn gave him a hammer, and said, "You are even more dishonest."

Then, he said, "Just go shopping, do you have time at night? Go to the movies with me?"

"There's a new Mike Corleone movie coming out. What's it called Dog Day Afternoon? Let's go see it together?"

"Oh! My classmate said that Mike was handsome and funny in that movie!"

Ethan was taken aback by this invitation.

After thinking for a few seconds, he realized that the Mike Corleone Evelyn was talking about was Al Pacino.

The title of the movie is "Hot Day Afternoon".

Ethan has never heard of this movie, so it's good to join in the fun in the past.

"No problem, we'll eat for a long time." Ethan agreed.

At the same time, he also felt in his heart that those translators in the previous life were really awesome.

It perfectly captures the elegance of Xindaya.

The literal translation of Dog Day Afternoon, how can it sound good on a hot day afternoon!
And if it is a word-by-word translation, it will be even more funny!

　Note: ①The game companies in North America did not make video games because of Mirov's lawsuit.The victim of the patent fee mentioned in the article is CBS. They didn’t sell games in North America at the beginning. They wanted to see how other companies fought lawsuits, so they distributed goods in Europe. After Luo Hua found out, Mi Luohua directly sued them for evading the payment of patent fees by exporting intellectual property rights, which made CBS stop doing it. ②After Sega was acquired by Hayao Nakayama, it directly changed the nature of the company, and moved its headquarters from California to Benzi. Before the move, the SG-83 in 1000 was only sold in Tuao and New Zealand, and it was not sold in North America at all. Then it was sold in North America. ③What happened to Bill Gates is actually the epitome of personal software in that era. Those big hands were sharing software for free, which made this young man so angry.

　　PS, a new volume has been opened, the status is a little bit wrong, and the writing is not smooth. I will make adjustments at noon today and tomorrow. If it makes everyone feel uncomfortable, I would like to apologize here.

　　
　
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