Rebirth of America, this is my era

Chapter 110 Trouble is coming
Since the parties involved had already run away, Ethan naturally would not stay in Jobs' house. He stepped on the accelerator, turned to Los Angeles, and delivered the commemorative album signed by Kurosawa Akira to Jobs' father.

Because Spielberg had told Ethan during the previous phone call that he had left Los Angeles a month ago and was filming in various places in North America. So he could only express his gratitude over the phone. Of course, the excitement could travel thousands of miles and drown Ethan.

After maintaining good relationships with Xiao Qiao and Xiao Si, Ethan returned to the company he had been away from for a long time.

He distributed all the small gifts he brought from his notebook, and the employees smiled happily when they saw their boss again after three months. He had a brief conversation with them, asking about where they went during the celebration and whether they were busy at work on weekdays. Then he returned to his office with the label of being friendly to the people.

He was accompanied by two supervisors who were reporting on their work.

The first person to speak was the administrative director Julis Noble. Because Ethan had asked her to keep an eye on her colleagues, when she opened her mouth, she skillfully reported on the situation of the North American gaming industry in the past three months.

"Milohua acquired two more game companies in August."

"Because those two companies had never produced any hit works before and were not well-known in the circle, we did not find out the specific situation."

"Then, Intel announced a month and a half ago that MILO had purchased a large number of chips from them, with an estimated transaction value of around 10 million US dollars."

"Oh - these people are really -" Milohua's behavior made Ethan shake his head.

"They have cheap chips but insist on using Intel's expensive chips. What do you think they are thinking?" Ethan said with a cheerful tone, taking advantage of the situation.

As he waved his hand, the financial director Allen Massey also took out the sales report and reported the company's operating status to the boss. "Since the official release of Pac-Man in April, the total sales of Pac-Man arcade machines in North America have exceeded 9,000 units in the past five months, reaching 9,483. We are only 34,000 US dollars away from revenue exceeding 19 million."

"At the same time, we still have 360 ​​orders that have not been delivered, and on average there are 60 to 80 additional orders every day. If nothing goes wrong, the total sales of Pac-Man arcade machines will exceed 10,000 units in a month at most."

"During this period, the production costs were 6.49 million, and the sales and administrative expenses were 630,000, including the electronic arcade machines donated to Stanford. After deducting these costs, the company's net profit reached 11.846 million US dollars."

What the hell!

This number made Ethan's eyes light up!
He had always known that video games made money quickly, but he was still a little surprised when he saw the speed of self-production!
Net profit of 10 million in half a year?

Which industry can keep up with this speed of making money?
"very good!"

Ethan smiled and clapped his hands. "You've worked hard. Allen, go copy the bonus model of HP next door. We will directly distribute the year-end bonus according to their maximum standard!"

The decision made Alan Massey and Julis Noble happy.

Because they work hard all year long just for this!

Especially since their two bosses are away from the company all year round, they have to handle all kinds of trivial matters carefully. It seems that they are given a lot of power, but it also makes them very tired.

While the two were smiling and thanking him, Ethan also discovered a problem.

That is the company's production manager, Damio Dean, who has not arrived today.

Although he will be stationed in the factory for a long time after his position change, today is the day the boss returns!
He had clearly informed the company in advance, so why didn't this guy come to meet him?
The shelf is so big?
Thinking of this, Ethan asked doubtfully: "Where is Damio?"

"Is it because the factory is too busy? So he needs to be on duty all day?" Ethan joked. "If that's the case, I will definitely give him a trophy for the best employee at the end of the year."

However, as soon as Ethan's joke appeared, the two people standing there put away their joy at the same time.

Not only that, they looked at each other instinctively.

This situation made Ethan a little confused, and he asked, “What’s wrong?”

"I see you are in a bit of a dilemma?"

"Did something happen at the factory?"

The continuous questions made Julis Noble purse her lips.

She wanted to speak, but was a little hesitant.

This performance made Ethan turn his attention directly to Allen Massey, "Allen, you go."

"Your father has worked with our family for so many years. You should have heard of our principles. As long as no one deliberately makes trouble, the Johnson family will accept and understand it and will not punish you."

Ethan said that was Thomas' way of doing things.

Because fruit is a very fragile product, it is often damaged during cultivation and transportation.

Therefore, Thomas set up some regulations regarding these two points. If the workers follow the regulations normally, Thomas will bear any losses and will not hold them responsible.

When Ethan brought Thomas out, Alan Massey laughed helplessly. He sighed and said, "Ethan, it's not a big deal. There were some minor accidents at the factory. Damio Dean thought there were problems with a few workers, so he replaced them..."

With Alan Massey's narration, Ethan gradually figured things out.

The accident happened because of the hippies he had previously advocated recruiting.

Although those guys behaved very well during the recruitment process, and were also very honest during the first few months on the job because they needed a stable income, time is something that best reveals human nature.

After Ethan left the company, some hippies showed their true colors. They actually kept their old habits, and every time the factory paid, they would use their salary to buy Coke.

Since the whole United States now knows that the Game of Destiny is backed by Stanford, they didn't try to cause trouble by causing smoke to fly inside the factory while they were in California.

Instead, they eat it alone or in groups after get off work when leaving the factory.

The three supervisors of the Destiny Game all thought that this matter was harmless.

After all, those who have received higher education know that some things are difficult to quit once you become addicted. As long as those guys behave themselves and don't cause trouble, those who play the fate game of cheap labor will have to accept these things. There is no other way, everything has a price.

But the problem is, just because these "smart people" don't cause trouble doesn't mean that others won't cause trouble.

After word spread that one, two, or three people were smoking, the dealers who knew the factory's payroll habits would deliver goods to people's homes on payday and try to sell the goods to other people.

And when this happened... Damio Dean, who was in charge of production, felt that it was not acceptable.

“Although those dealers only come one day a week and never show up for more than 15 minutes because they are afraid of getting into trouble, selling goods to non-smokers is a bit excessive no matter how you look at it,” said Alan Massey. “So Damio wanted to drive them away.”

At this point, Julis Noble also took over.

“But no matter how Damio negotiated with them, the dealers ignored him. Instead, they smiled and called the people who bought cigarettes brothers, saying that they were there to pick up their friends after get off work.”

"They don't confront us head-on," said Aaron Massey.

"But they won't leave either." Julis Noble said helplessly.

"After repeated negotiations failed, Damio had no choice but to tell us that he wanted to fire those guys who were still working hard and recruit new people," said Allen Massey.

"We agreed." Julis Noble nodded, "Then the trouble came."

“Although we compensated those guys in accordance with federal law, they still felt our actions were illegal and said they never caused any harm to the company.”

"They said they had never smoked cigarettes inside the factory, nor had they instigated other workers to smoke cigarettes. They had also communicated with the traffickers and asked them not to come, but the traffickers ignored them. They were innocent and they felt we could not fire them. They asked Damio to reinstate them to their jobs."

"Damio refused."

"Then they came to the factory to protest every now and then."

Julis Noble seemed to think her description was a bit serious, but also seemed to think it was inappropriate. At this point, she paused for a moment, then changed her words and said, "It can't be called a protest. Every time they come to the factory, they block the door, trying to find Damio and get a solution from him."

"In order to ensure the normal operation of the factory, Damio now sleeps there every day."

"Every time those people came, he called the police."

'...'

Ethan frowned after listening to the narration!

He didn't understand why he didn't know about this!
"When did it happen?" Ethan asked in a deep voice.

Now that things have come to this, the two of them will not hide anything.

"About two weeks ago," Julis Noble replied.

"Why didn't you tell me?" Ethan continued to ask.

"Because Damio feels that so far, things are still under control." Alan Massey said: "Production in the factory has not been disrupted, and the company's transportation is also normal."

“They haven’t even come to us yet.”

Alan Massey pointed to the ground beneath his feet.

He was referring to the office space in Stanford Industrial Park.

"MFxxk!"

"If the matter doesn't get out of hand, then it's under control?"

Ethan was almost laughing at this theory.

In his opinion, this kind of disturbance that has already happened and is continuing is out of control!

Damn, these hippies attracted drug dealers?

Those drug dealers want to sell drugs to more people?

What the hell!
He absolutely cannot accept this kind of thing!
Yes! He wanted to get the hippies to take advantage of him, so he used them! He also turned a blind eye to the smoking cessation thing. After all, it was too common in America. In the next few decades, the San Francisco government even publicly provided syringes to those addicts and taught them how to smoke in moderation!

But there are still many ordinary people in his factory!
For example, the drivers of the fleet are all old men who have worked with Thomas for decades. They have been honest farmers all their lives. So far, they are here to help. In this situation, if they are infected, the families of these honest people will basically be ruined!

These people came with good intentions for Thomas' sake!

Then Ethan must ensure that these people can return safely!
Thinking of this, Ethan was furious.

"Has anyone been infected?" he asked, suppressing his anger.

“No.” The two shook their heads decisively. “Damio was watching.”

This result made Ethan feel relieved.

But the next second he said: "Come with me to the factory, I want to see what he is thinking!"

This decision made the two men shut up. At the same time, Alan Massey took the initiative to contribute his Volvo and took his colleagues and boss to Miaobida where the factory was located.

However, just as Ethan was controlling his emotions and constantly reminding himself not to solve the matter with anger, he heard the sound of a police car as soon as he entered Milbida's territory.

This situation made him frown.

And after Alan Massey stepped on the accelerator and drove him to the factory...

That scene made Ethan's eyes go dark!
Because there were five police cars parked outside the factory gate;
Twelve police officers pointed their pistols;

A bunch of people huddled at the factory gate, looking out at the outside world;
Seven or eight people lined up in a row and were forced into the car by police officers in black and white...

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