Rebirth of America, this is my era

Chapter 108 The Backdoor Game God
Since the decision to cooperate had been made, Ethan took advantage of the time difference to call MOS Company and told them about his inspection experience.

After MOS held a meeting overnight, they reached a consensus on cooperation and asked Ethan to wait for a few days in the book, and they would send someone to discuss the specific matters.

MOS took over, and Ethan was relieved. In this situation, he also pressed the restart button for his vacation. He asked Yamauchi Hiroshi to lend him a few cars and a few people, so that he could have a good look around the book.

Since both parties were in the honeymoon period, Yamauchi Hiroshi waved his hand and provided five cars and twelve people, bringing the overt security for Ethan to the extreme.

Under the guidance of these locals, Ethan went to Lake Ashi, which was formed by a volcanic eruption three thousand years ago, overlooked Mount Fuji opposite, and climbed up to see the distant view the next day.

I also went to Hokkaido and stayed for a few days at Lake Akan, the largest hot spring lake in Japan.

I went to Nara again and saw the herd of deer that the Nintendo staff mentioned.

Then we took a detour to Okinawa to evaluate the differences between Eastern and Western beaches...

It was not until August 10 that the people from MOS called him and said that all the details of the contract had been negotiated. Ethan then rushed back to Kyoto and officially signed the contract with Nintendo.

In the agreement between the two parties, Ethan established a production company called Nintendo Kyoto Semiconductor in his personal name together with Nintendo. Nintendo held 70% of the shares and Ethan held 30%. But at the same time, Ethan also enjoyed a veto power over matters such as share issuance, shareholder changes, company sales, company debt, and selection of main business customers.

After the company was established, Nintendo signed a licensing agreement for 6502 with MOS in the name of the company. The term of the agreement was ten years, and the agreement would be automatically renewed upon expiration unless there were special circumstances.

During the negotiations between the two parties, many clauses were added and completed.

For example, the chip license issued by MOS only includes production rights, not R&D rights.

Nintendo Kyoto Semiconductor can only produce chips according to the drawings provided by MOS and cannot modify, adjust or re-develop the original chips.

Yamauchi was able to accept this clause, but at the same time they also put forward two of their own demands.

The first requirement is priority agency.

If MOS releases new products in the future, Nintendo Kyoto Semiconductor will have priority to enjoy the right to be the agent of the new chips in the notebook. Of course, if other companies bid, then under the same contract conditions, MOS must give priority to Nintendo.

The second requirement is the right to customize chips.

Because Nintendo Kyoto Semiconductor does not have the R&D and design rights for the chips it represents, when Nintendo specifies the basic chip and requires MOS to modify and customize it for them according to Nintendo's needs, MOS must agree, and the R&D time cannot exceed the industry standard, otherwise Nintendo Kyoto Semiconductor will automatically obtain the R&D and design rights for the chip.

When these detailed terms appeared in front of Ethan, he was very satisfied with Yamauchi's argument, because this was negotiation. After learning that MOS had no objection, celebratory laughter rang out.

"cheers--"

Ethan, Yamauchi Hiroshi, and the representative sent by MOS raised their glasses at the same time.

"Ding Dong——"

The pale yellow liquid collided in the air, making a crisp sound.

"Oh Ethan, we're a family from now on!"

After signing the contract, Yamauchi Hiroshi changed the way he addressed Ethan.

Not only that, he also put his arm on Ethan's shoulder, and at the same time, he signaled his subordinates to hold out two boxes, "This is what you want."

These words made Ethan a little confused, but after taking a look, well...

Each of the two boxes contains a collection of Kurosawa Akira's film records, totaling more than a hundred pages, which display every work of Kurosawa since his debut in color.

There are also two different sentences written in Japanese on the cover of the booklet.

What I wrote to Steven Spielberg was: Thank you for liking my work. I have also seen your "Jaws", which is an excellent movie. I admire your control over the audience's hearts.

What I wrote to George Lucas was: "American Graffiti" allowed me to understand the lives of young people in California in the 1960s. You filmed it very well. I look forward to your next work and thank you for your love for me.

This kind of social signing surprised Ethan. He put down the gift, opened his arms, and hugged Yamauchi Hiroshi. "Thank you, my friend! I am pleasantly surprised by your preparation!"

"Hahahaha..." Ethan's address made Yamauchi Hiroshi laugh. "These are just small things. If you need anything in the future, I can help you contact Kurosawa Akira and invite him to the United States!"

Now that everything was done, Ethan prepared to go home.

But before he left, he wanted to do one more thing.

That means officially checking in in Kyoto.

Because he didn't want to get too involved in the contract negotiations between MOS and Yamauchi Hiroshi, fearing that both parties would be affected by his presence, after arriving in Kyoto, he only visited the Yamauchi family's ancestral home and Nintendo's production line. This simple tour made him feel a little regretful.

When he expressed his thoughts, Yamauchi Hiroshi immediately said that he was very familiar with Kyoto and the only places worth visiting were Kiyomizu Temple, Kinkaku-ji Temple, Arashiyama, Gion and Shimogamo Shrine.

The place he most recommends is Gion. Although it is the birthplace of geisha culture and Kabuki, after so many years of development, it has become a nationally famous entertainment district.

"There is our country's most traditional folk art performance, Rakugo. Rakugo artists use humorous language to tell small stories in life. It doesn't matter if you don't understand, because during the performance, the actors will make exaggerated movements on the stage. At the same time, there are also some traditional singing, dancing and acrobatic performances."

"If you are interested, I can go with you."

"I am very familiar with that place because I used to go there often when I was a child."

Ethan was not interested in this kind of cultural attraction that required certain language skills, but Evelyn was full of curiosity. In order to satisfy her, Ethan had to accompany her. Of course, Yamauchi Hiroshi's idea of ​​accompanying was politely declined by them. After all, the old man was an outsider and there would always be a barrier if he followed them.

After arriving in Gion, they found a theater that the locals said was excellent and listened to it for a while. Even with a translator present, Evelyn couldn't understand the regional and cultural jokes thrown out by the actors.

So she could only leave with regret.

Fortunately, there really was the acrobatic troupe and dance troupe that Yamauchi Hiroshi mentioned nearby. When this kind of body art that everyone can understand appeared, Evelyn was also amused by the actors' funny movements.

"This is fun." She patted Ethan's arm and giggled.

If Ethan didn't have memories of his past life, he would be as curious about these things as Evelyn, but unfortunately, he did, so he didn't find them interesting.

After a brief stroll with Evelyn, Ethan suddenly felt that this place was not worth coming to. Just as he was thinking about finding an excuse to drag his sister away, the sound of a guitar suddenly came into his ears.

It was upbeat bluegrass music.

As the guitarist continued to strum, the unique American country style was like a breeze, blowing through the hearts of the audience.

This situation surprised Ethan.

Because he didn't expect that he could hear popular American country music in the gathering place of traditional Japanese culture that Yamauchi Hiroshi mentioned?

What is this ghost?

When Ethan thought that it was a tourist from the United States who was communicating with the performance team using music and scripts, he turned his head and saw an Asian youth wearing sunglasses.

The young man had long hair parted in the middle and reached his neck. He wore a white T-shirt, blue jeans and a fashionable bowler hat on his head.

This kind of dress is simply the American country style.

Especially in front of him, there was an open guitar case.

The way they make a living by performing is really similar to the street artists in the United States.

"That's interesting!" Ethan thought this guy was very brave.

As a Bentian, aren't you afraid of being beaten for playing American music in the Bentian traditional performance area?

Ethan was full of curiosity and wanted to give him a thumbs up for his courage.

After the other person finished playing a song, Ethan took out his wallet from his pocket, pulled out two twenty-dollar bills, and put them into his guitar case.

His actions also earned the man's repeated thanks, "Thank you sir!"

"Thank you for your generosity!"

Although his choice of words was correct, his book-like spoken language still made Ethan laugh.

"Oh, you're welcome." Ethan waved his hand.

Because his sister was watching the performance, Ethan started a conversation with him, "If I heard correctly, you were playing bluegrass just now?"

“Yeah!” The man nodded and said, “Bluegrass music, Doc Watson’s music.”

Doc Watson is the master of American country folk music.

In Ethan's previous life, he was hailed as one of the greatest guitarists in American music in the late twentieth century.

He also won the Grammy Award for Best National Album for two consecutive years in 1973 and 1974.

Although Ethan had never heard of his songs, he knew him, so after the man nodded, he also gave a thumbs up and said, "I also play the guitar a little, so I know you play it well."

This compliment made the Asian man smile shyly.

"Thank you for the compliment, sir."

After a brief chat, Ethan found that this guy was a taciturn person.

He answered whatever Ethan asked, and when Ethan praised him, he just nodded and smiled. He was not lively at all.

This kind of character is really meaningless.

Just as Ethan was about to end this boring conversation and turn around to find his sister, a loud shout suddenly came into his ears.

It was a passage in Japanese, and Ethan didn't understand it.

When the middle-aged man who spoke jumped in front of Ethan and found that Ethan was talking to the man, he bowed and apologized: "Smith Masai..."

Ethan understood this.

The middle-aged man who broke in felt something was wrong and quickly changed his words, "Sorry, sir."

"It doesn't matter." Ethan didn't care about the interruption.

At the same time, he also realized that the middle-aged man who suddenly appeared and the guitar man were obviously in the same group.

Since they are friends, Ethan feels a bit like an outsider.

But before he could open his mouth to say that he would not disturb her anymore, another voice came over.

"Oh Ethan—I knew I'd see you here—"

I turned around and saw, oh my god, why is Yamauchi Hiroshi here?

As if he saw Ethan's doubt, but more like he was happy after the contract was signed, after walking up to Ethan and saying hello, Yamauchi Hiroshi half-jokingly told him the purpose of his visit.

"Don't worry, I have absolutely no intention of following you."

"After you left, an old friend of mine came to the company to find me and said he wanted me to help his son find a job at Nintendo."

"This kind of thing is not a big deal for me, so I said if it's convenient, we can meet first, and then my friend told me that his son should be performing here now."

"When I heard about Gion, I thought you might be here, so I decided to follow him to take a look. It would be great if I could see you. If I can't, it means we are not destined to be together."

While speaking, he shook his finger at the middle-aged man who had yelled earlier.

When Ethan looked in the direction of Yamauchi Hiroshi's finger, he saw that the young man who had been playing bluegrass music took off his sunglasses and hat at the middle-aged man's scolding.

When the thing hiding the identity disappeared, that handsome face almost made Ethan jump!

What the hell!

The guy he chatted with for a long time turned out to be Shigeru Miyamoto!
When the guy who was praised as the God of Games in the book in the previous life appeared, Ethan felt that he was really unlucky. In one trip to the book, he actually saw all four mythical gods of Nintendo.

But Yamauchi Hiroshi's words also made him curious, because in his memory, Shigeru Miyamoto was not a second generation!

Under his indirect questioning, Yamauchi Hiroshi also told the truth -

"What do you think he does? Oh—he's just an ordinary English teacher."

"As for when we met... that was decades ago."

"I didn't grow up with my parents because they divorced when I was very young, and my mother lived with my aunt for a long time due to personal reasons. So, my grandparents were the only ones around me during my childhood."

"Because my grandfather created Nintendo and built an empire of hanafuda and playing cards, he hoped that I could take over and continue Nintendo's glory. So, when I was young, he made special requirements for me in all aspects, hoping that I could live according to his way."

"But I didn't like it. I just wanted to live a simple life when I was young, so I ran away from home and socialized with people outside."

“And it was at that time that I met Shigeru Miyamoto’s father.”

“We played well because I wanted to play and he would play.”

"So... even though I returned to Nintendo, we still kept in touch..."

OK...

This history made Ethan feel deeply moved.

He never imagined that the tyrant of Nintendo would still care about friendship.

He never imagined that the legendary God of Games actually entered Nintendo through the backdoor!
Looking at Shigeru Miyamoto, who looked nervous and bowed to Yamauchi Hiroshi, Ethan, who once again witnessed history, shook his head.

What the hell is this!
How come this Yamauchi Hiroshi is like a chosen one, with all kinds of talented people coming to him to join him!

This world is so unfair!

It’s so sour!

Note: ① Shigeru Miyamoto did get into Nintendo through the backdoor, or he simply couldn't find a job at that time. He didn't study at all in college, just went out to play, and his favorite thing was to sing and play like the Beatles. ② Hiroshi Yamauchi's father was also a son-in-law, who left because he couldn't stand the old Yamauchi's discipline. It is very common to find a son-in-law in a manga, and it is a feature of a manga to have a son-in-law adopted by his father.

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