Rebirth of America, this is my era

Chapter 109 Learning Machine Project
However, Ethan was only sour for a moment, and then he regained his mental balance.

Because he remembered that he still had Xiao Qiao by his side~
Although the four kings of Nintendo, Gunpei Yokoi, Masayuki Uemura, Genyo Takeda, and Shigeru Miyamoto are all very awesome, they are not as good as Steve Jobs. The four kings of Nintendo only influenced one field, but Steve Jobs dominated multiple industries!

If I have to describe it, one quarter is better than four!

Hehe ~
When this fact came to light, Ethan felt much more comfortable.

At the same time, he also remembered one thing——

'I almost failed! I forgot to buy a special gift for Xiao Qiao!'

Was Jobs a petty person? Ethan didn't know.

But he believed that when Spielberg received the blessing album from Kurosawa, Jobs, who was only treated as an ordinary gift, would definitely argue with him. Thinking of this, he patted Yamauchi's shoulder, and put his arm around his shoulder as if they were good brothers.

"Ethan, is there something wrong?" Yamauchi asked in confusion.

"Brother, can you do me a favor?" Ethan said, "I have a friend who is very interested in Buddhist culture, so... do you have any suggestions?"

Yamauchi Hiroshi was stunned by the ambiguous words. After thinking for a moment, he realized that Ethan might be asking him if he could get some gifts representing the Japanese Buddhist culture.

And for this...

He really wasn't familiar with it.

Because Yamauchi Hiroshi is a rich second-generation who was born with a silver spoon in his mouth!

We usually want to play every day, so how can we pay attention to things like self-cultivation?
However, if you don’t understand, you can ask.

After searching for a long time, Yamauchi Hiroshi soon found a set of books for Ethan. They were the classics of the Soto sect collected in Eihei-ji Temple, the "Shoboganzo" written by Dogen, the founder of the sect.

Of course, Yamauchi Hiroshi could not get those ancient books with hundreds of years of history, but what he gave to Ethan was no less impressive, because it was a handwritten copy written by the current abbot of Eihei-ji Temple.

It not only perfectly restores the characteristics of Chinese characters in ancient books, but also provides annotations and explanations in Japanese.

When these things appeared in front of Ethan, his first reaction was that Jobs would not understand them, but he thought it didn't matter much, after all, Jobs didn't understand Curry, but he still went to Curry to make a pilgrimage. So, even if there are differences in language, as long as it is a book related to Buddhism, he should be interested in studying it, right?

When Ethan returned to the Bay Area at the end of August with this idea in mind, and sent the classics he had specially thought of to Jobs…

This energetic young man who was walking barefoot at home was suddenly overjoyed!

Open your arms to give a hug, just want to give Ethan a kiss on the face!
If Ethan hadn't covered his face with his arms and repeatedly stated that Zen culture emphasizes self-cultivation and that one should not be too happy or too sad, he would probably have been spit in the face by Jobs!

After breaking free, he raised his hand and wiped the dense beads of sweat on his forehead, making him breathe heavily.

"Oh! Sxxt! Are you an alpaca?"

"If you were an alpaca, I wouldn't dare bring you gifts anymore!"

Ethan yelled angrily.

Jobs, who was sitting on the ground, didn't care and said with a smile: "Oh Ethan, I'm happy!"

“I love your gift!”

Ethan rolled his eyes at Jobs's playful look. He was too lazy to argue with this guy, so he just patted his butt and wanted to leave. His intention to leave made Jobs jump up.

"Ethan wait a minute!"

"I still have something to tell you!"

Jobs' shout was so sincere that Ethan stopped walking.

When he turned his head and cast a puzzled look at Jobs, Steve Jobs took him into his garage and put a stack of documents in front of him.

With a simple scan, Ethan found that it was a stock transfer contract in triplicate, a total of two copies. Wozniacki and Jobs decided to each take out 15% of the shares and transfer them to him for a total price of $50,000.

"You..." Ethan shook the contract. He understood what Jobs meant.

Jobs was not reserved, he leaned back on the table and said with a smile, “Ethan, I told you before, there is no way I can pay back the $50,000 you gave me.”

"The company had not been established before, so there is no way to allocate shares to you."

“You were working on Pac-Man the day the company was launched, so it had to be postponed.”

"When we registered the company, I told Stephen that although we each own 50% of the company's shares, 15% of it is yours."

“Stephen has no objection. He has already signed the equity transfer agreement.”

"My share was also signed after I found a lawyer."

"Now that you are here, take the things away..."

Jobs pulled a pen from his jacket pocket and handed it to Ethan.

This situation made Ethan laugh out loud.

When the rustling sound appeared, the company called Apple Computer had one more owner.

At the same time, Ethan's assets also grew:

At this moment, he is the majority shareholder of Destiny Game, owning 70% of the shares;

He is a shareholder of Chuck Pete Chip Company, owning 20% ​​of the shares;

He is a partner in Nintendo's Kyoto Chip Company, owning 30 percent of the shares;
He was also an angel investor of Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak, and owned 30 percent of Apple Computer…

Ethan had no idea how much these things were worth.

But this is not important.

Because he, Ethan Jones, is not interested in money~
Hehe ~
After handing back the contract that belonged to the company, Jobs, and Wozniak, Ethan casually asked, "Steve, why did you suddenly ask me to sign? Did something happen in the company?"

In fact, after giving Jobs $50,000, Ethan never learned about the company's situation.

It’s not that I don’t want to, it’s that I don’t have the chance.

Since he had some time today, he just asked casually, and his words made Jobs smile and take out an account book from the drawer and push it in front of him.

"Yes, something has happened to the company." Jobs said proudly: "The sales of Apple 1 have exceeded expectations. Stephen thinks this business has great prospects, so we are going to take off like an airplane!"

Opening the account, those records are like spring rain, nourishing a sapling to grow healthily.

Although Apple was founded less than half a year ago, they have already sold 1 APPLE s, with total revenue exceeding million US dollars!

Although this sales volume cannot catch up with the Altair released in January 1975, among startup companies, this number can already be called amazing!
More importantly, while countless companies were looking for sales methods, Apple's name had already spread throughout North America thanks to Pac-Man!
And this is something that all companies envy!
After all, no matter how good a product is, it still needs to be promoted!

Ethan was very satisfied with the report.

He simply flipped through it without looking at it carefully, and after closing it, he asked again: "Do you have any plans?"

"Of course!"

When facing Ethan, Jobs had no intention of hiding anything and said directly, "I have discussed with Stephen. I am going to rent an office and hire a few permanent employees. Before, I asked friends to help me assemble computers on a piece-rate basis... Then, we also received some feedback from customers. Stephen will solve some minor problems with Apple 1 and try to upgrade it in some categories, and strive to launch better new products next year..."

Perhaps because the future was so beautiful that it was visible to the naked eye, Jobs' eyes lit up when he talked about his career. He talked incessantly to Ethan about his arrangements, introduced the division of labor between himself and Wozniak, and elaborated on his idea of ​​helping his friends and hiring them to work.

Ethan saw no problem with these arrangements.

But when Jobs mentioned Wozniak and said that he wanted to develop some games on future new computers, Ethan, who heard this strange idea, said, "Stephen wants to develop computer games?"

"Why?"

This idea made Ethan a little confused.

Because he makes games himself!

In this case, Apple wants to make games again?

What the hell is this! His doubts made Jobs wave his hands again and again, "Oh Ethan - you misunderstood -"

"Stephen didn't want to develop games, and he didn't have the inspiration to develop new games. He just wanted to use computers to present some old games on the market, those circuit board games."

"Because it helps us sell more computers."

Jobs waved his hands and explained their idea to Ethan -

"Stephen should have told you before that I wanted to sell computers to more ordinary people."

"But I haven't found a way, I haven't found a suitable solution."

“Because at that time I didn’t know what ordinary people could do with computers after buying them.”

"But the development of Pac-Man gave Stephen and I new ideas."

"We thought that if we could add some games to the next generation of Apple, we might be able to attract ordinary people who are interested in games to buy computers."

"Because for them, this is a gimmick that allows them to use computers at home. They don't have to go out or sit on the roadside to enjoy a short gaming session at a price of 25 cents per session. They can stay at home, on a warm sofa, and enjoy the joy of gaming..."

'...'

Isn’t this special code a home game console!
Jobs's idea made Ethan's eyes go dark!
Good guy!
I've been so good to you, and you actually want to kill me?

Ah, Jobs, I really misjudged you, this guy with thick eyebrows and big eyes!
At this moment, Ethan had a toothache.

Because he simply didn't understand the difference between Jobs' ideas and home game consoles.

Jobs noticed his confused expression. He was still immersed in his own world and realized that Ethan had misunderstood him. So he said quickly, "Oh Ethan——"

"Don't look at me like that with eyes that want to kill me!"

"We don't sell games! We don't make home consoles!"

"We just want to develop games and sell computers for free!"

'? ' Ethan still didn't understand.

Jobs didn't keep the secret any longer and said directly, "Our plan is this: Stephen will write games on the computer, but he won't store them on the computer. Instead, he will write the written codes on paper cards and give those paper cards to users."

“Now, isn’t it useless for ordinary people to buy computers?”

“But once these cardboards with games on them come out, it will be useful for them to buy computers!”

“Because they can write code on our computer according to the tutorial on the card. If all the steps are correct, they will find that the code they wrote has become a game!”

"When this kind of situation with gains occurs, it will not only increase the public's interest in computers, but also avoid lawsuits from other game companies by teaching computer programming!"

"More importantly, this method of inputting codes does not take up computer storage space! We don't have to worry about the computer space being too small to accommodate more games!"

"In the eyes of users, a computer purchased for a few hundred dollars can play all the arcade games on the market! In terms of product promotion, this is also a gimmick!"

At this point, Jobs' face was filled with excitement.

Because he thinks his ideas are awesome!
Ethan was stunned!

Using computer programming to sell home computers to the public?

What an outrageous idea!

wrong--

This special code is obviously a genius idea!
Because for people who don’t understand computers, programming is a very painful thing, and they don’t have such a painful need. Before the birth of major office software, or even if office software was born, but before they were truly popularized, people’s demand for computers was still very small.

So how to expand the market in this case?
Then we can only use interest as the driving force and use the points that the public are most interested in as a gimmick to attract people to come and pay!
And electronic games are what people are most interested in right now!
Ethan didn't know how many people would come to buy when Jobs put this inspiration into reality, but he believed that this kind of educational and entertaining inspiration would definitely stimulate a group of people to try it!
Before, it was playing games.

Now, that’s trying to make a game.

When a series of codes are entered and the computer screen turns into a game interface...

That sense of accomplishment is incomparable!

At the same time, Ethan remembered something else.

Using games to boost computer sales seems to be just the first and simplest level!
The real core...

That would be a name that will go down in history!

Thinking of this, he immediately patted Jobs on the shoulder and said, "Tell Stephen."

"Don't copy anything else, just copy my Snake Game."

"Is this possible?" Jobs was surprised.

He didn't understand why Ethan changed so quickly.

Ethan, who had figured it out, smiled and said, "Of course!"

"I'm not selling Snake Game in North America right now, so your plagiarism doesn't affect my interests at all. Not only that, but your actions are actually promoting me!"

"Imagine, decades from now, when these young people are old, they will recall the past and think back to when they were learning computers and the first programming software they came into contact with was Snkae Game. Oh - what kind of scene will that be?"

"Me! Ethan Jones! And you! The founders of APPLE! Those are all memories of the times!"

'? ? ? '

That's right!

Ethan tasted it carefully and found something wrong!
Game programming may indeed boost the sales of home computers, but more importantly, it allows players to deeply remember the game that they created with their own hands!
Making games is different from playing games!
The latter is simply refreshing!
Once the threshold is passed, it’s time to start a Buddhist lifestyle!
As for the former, it is full of achievements!
After all the time-consuming and laborious learning, the successful demonstration is the best reward!

Although it only takes a moment, it can be remembered for a lifetime!

But when this angle that would go down in history appeared, Jobs was stunned.

He blinked at Ethan and his brain seemed to be in a state of malfunction.

But the next second, he reacted, jumped to the ground, and ran out!
"Oh—I'm going to go find Stephen—"

“I’m going to find Stephen!!!”

The crazy sound and shadow made Ethan laugh and shake his head.

To be honest, this plan was just something he said casually, and no one knew whether it would work.

However, the current "Snake Game" does not really generate much profit in North America.

In this case, being able to advertise Apple...

That's also a beautiful thing.

Of course……

If the free little snake can become a fond memory for people when they are learning computers...

Then Ethan could reluctantly accept the fact that the little snake could go down in history!

after all……

The copyright belongs to him!

Hehe ~
Note: ① In the 2s, computer games were indeed distributed on paper cards. Developers first wrote the game themselves, then printed the confirmed code on paper cards and sold them to those who wanted to buy it. ② Woz and Jobs did promote Apple by copying games. The game that Woz copied was called "Breakout".

PS, only one update today. I have something to do in the afternoon and don’t have time to write.

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