Rebirth of America, this is my era

Chapter 117 Boss, I want to make games
Just as Ethan was muttering that even if he was the president of America, he couldn't be busier than himself, the first dividend from the "Snake" book was transferred to him by Nintendo.

Just as Yamauchi Hiroshi said before, the first installment, 4.2 million US dollars, not a penny more or less, appeared in Ethan and Evelyn's personal accounts in the form of half and half.

With the dividends in place, Evelyn's estate plan was officially put on her agenda.

According to Evelyn's original idea, she wanted to buy a piece of land in California, or in the Bay Area, and then invite a designer to come and inspect it. Based on the actual situation and combined with her own ideas, she would design an ideal residence in her mind.

However, when she told Thomas about her idea and wanted him to help her find out if there was any suitable land for building a house near the Bay Area...

Thomas's surprised words almost blew the roof off.

"What?"

"Are you planning to buy a piece of land and build a separate estate?"

"Oh! Are you crazy? This will cost a lot of money!"

Thomas' eyes were as big as copper bells, his brows were furrowed like the abyss, and surprise flashed across his face, and he almost had the words "Are you idiots?" written on his face.

This behavior made Evelyn a little puzzled. The girl didn't understand why her father would react so strongly to her behavior of earning her own money and spending it herself. However, Ethan, who had seen the wisdom of his uncle, felt that Thomas should not object to the construction of the manor.

"Thomas, what you mean is..." Ethan looked puzzled and asked humbly.

As expected, as Ethan asked, Thomas put away his surprise and knocked on the table with a painful look on his face. "Evelyn, Ethan, I know you can make a lot of money now, but no matter how fast you make money, you can't waste it! I don't object to you wanting to build a manor, but I object to you buying land just to build a manor!"

"If I were you, I would definitely buy an agricultural land and build a manor on it. In this way, I can pay less land tax..."

It turns out that in America, the calculation method of land tax varies according to the type of land use. If the nature of a piece of land is residential or commercial, the owner of the land needs to pay land tax according to the municipal valuation and tax ratio. Although the municipal valuation is generally lower than the actual market value, it is much higher than agricultural land.

Take the land under Thomas' name for example. One hundred acres of land has a current market value of only $200,000, and the municipal valuation is only one-third of the original value, so the tax base is $60,000.

The property tax rate in California is between 1.25% and 2%, so the tax Thomas needs to pay each year generally fluctuates between US$750 and US$1,200.

And because agricultural land is exempted by 90%, this way...

The amount he actually paid out in a year was only a little over a hundred at most!
"So, if you really want to buy land and build a manor, my personal suggestion is to buy a piece of existing agricultural land, or buy a piece of wasteland whose hydrology, climate and terrain are suitable for agricultural production, and then certify it as agricultural land when going through the formalities..."

"Then, you can use that piece of land to build a manor."

"The only thing you need to pay attention to is that since it is agricultural land, some agricultural production must be carried out, and some agricultural transactions must be carried out every year, otherwise..."

Thomas raised an eyebrow at the two of them.

"The county government may not take care of it, but no one can guarantee that someone will report it."

These words made Evelin feel relieved.

Then he moved to Linda's side, hugged her arm, and said loudly: "Linda——"

"You take care of Dad!"

"I was scared to death just now!"

"I thought he was going to scold me!"

“Okay, okay, take care of it…” Evelyn’s annoying tone made Linda, who had been listening, laugh heartily. “I’ll beat Thomas up in a minute to vent your anger…”

While they were joking, Ethan's thoughts suddenly diverged.

Because Thomas' words reminded him of a big boss in his previous life——

Amazon founder Jeff Bezos.

After Jeff Bezos became rich, his favorite thing to do was to buy land. He did not buy wasteland, but various farmlands. He owned hundreds of thousands of acres of land in Texas, and finally, it became the launch base of Blue Origin. The most important thing is that when a reporter visited Blue Origin, he accidentally discovered that there was a pasture area outside the rocket launch base, where cattle were raised.

When Ethan first saw this news, he complained that raising cattle outside a rocket launch base was a bit like a modern version of playing the lute to a cow.

Does it mean that after a cow witnesses a rocket taking off, its meat will become firmer?
But now, he feels that he has guessed the truth. The biggest use of cows is tax reduction.

'These rich people really like to play with flowers~' Ethan sighed in his heart.

Since Thomas was quite experienced in buying land and building manors, Ethan didn't worry about it. He just let the father and daughter do whatever they wanted. All he had to do was sign and pay the money.

After throwing this matter out, the 1976 election entered a critical period. When the official voting began, Ethan also cast his own solemn vote in the San Jose constituency.

Of course, he also called on his friends to vote for the governor of Georgia.

With the arrival of November 2, the Governor of Georgia successfully ascended to the top without any surprise. A few days later, Barbara Babcock sent out party invitations to her friends. According to Evelyn, the Master had received accurate information that her final position would be Attorney General, and the time of taking office...

“It should be next year.”

Evelyn smiled and said, “Barbara is leaving next year, and Vinton is leaving too.”

"One goes to the DoJ and the other goes to the DoD."

The girl was a little sad.

Ethan, on the other hand, said with emotion: "Oh - Barbara goes to DoJ? Vinton goes to DoD? This is really great! They all have bright futures!"

Evelin nodded at these words.

But before she could agree, Ethan said, "But you are different—"

"You still have to stay in school and wait for your diploma."

"…" The girl was stunned by the half-joking words.

The next second, her face darkened, "What are you talking about?"

"I have a bright future, too!"

"At least——"

“They don’t have as much money as I do.”

Ethan laughed out loud at this argument.

Because he clearly remembered that Evelin had been determined to pursue academic studies before.

But now...

Under the influence of money, girls also pursue material things!

However, before Ethan could laugh for a while, the angry Evelin raised her right hand and hit Ethan hard several times, "I made you laugh, I made you laugh!"

Although Ethan joked about the appointments of Barbara and Vinton, he did not forget to prepare gifts to congratulate them.

And on the night of the party, the wizard even got drunk.

Since it was the end of the year, Ethan had no interest in working. After asking the factory and confirming that the dealer had not come yet, he told Michael to be careful and then put the matter aside. He celebrated his birthday at the end of November and prepared for the upcoming Christmas in early December.

Unlike last year's simple greetings during the busy research and development, Ethan bought gifts for everyone this year. The men received a Parker pen and a box of local Riesling wine, while the women received a Tiffany handbag and a bottle of Chanel perfume.

If you can deliver it in person, do so. If you can’t deliver it in person, then send it by mail.

The employees in the company...

The three supervisors received a year-end bonus of 50,000 dollars. As long as the employees participated in the production of "Pac-Man" throughout the whole process, they would receive a reward of 10,000 dollars each. If they came in the second half, they would receive 3,000 dollars each. This amount was actually given specifically to Michael and his colleagues.

Not only that, on Christmas Day, Ethan held a party at his home and invited Michael and others to join him. Although they answered awkwardly, they had a lot of fun.

At the party, they also held up bottles of wine and looked forward to the future——

"If I can learn how to make arcade machines this year, I will definitely be able to bring my child back next year!"

"The house is already built, I can find a wife next year!"

"Oh, I think differently than you do. I just want a child..."

Ethan smiled at the simple wish.

Because at this moment, he felt that there was something called hope before his eyes.

After the party, when Michael left, he also took Ethan aside to talk for a while.

To sum it up briefly, some of his comrades who had retired from the army also wanted to come and work after learning of Ethan's identity. They did not ask for the same treatment as Michael, but only hoped to have a stable job and an identity that would not be bullied by outsiders.

Ethan naturally agreed to this request.

"Oh Michael, just let them come over."

"Since he is one of us, I will definitely help him if I can."

"You don't have to worry about a lack of jobs, because in addition to the Destiny Game company, I also own a computer company and a chip company. There will definitely be jobs, and the salary..."

“I try to be impartial.”

Michael was overjoyed by this promise and thanked him repeatedly.

And after that, Ethan also realized the wish that he had not realized the year before.

Before, when Snake was not released, Ethan was planning to go hunting.

But it was delayed due to various things.

Things are different now. With nothing to worry about, he and his family went to Texas, where the people are tough.

Here comes an exciting winter hunt.

It was not until the end of January that they returned to California. At this time, Damio Dean also found Ethan and said cautiously: "Boss, I want to make games."

"Hey..."

"I've come to terms with it!"

Ethan was happy.

However, before he could open his mouth to praise her, Julis Noble rushed in.

"Boss, something bad has happened!"

Thanks to [The Wolf Head in the Wind] and [The Taoist Who Moves Mountains] for the reward of 500 Starting Coins, and thanks to [The Fisherman of Agriculture and Rural Areas] for the reward of 100 Starting Coins.

PS1, some content was deleted in the background after the previous chapter was released, so some people may find it incoherent when reading it. For example, as the reader 'ProvidencE' said, the paragraph you are reading is not in the wrong order, but has been deleted again. I will try my best to make it more fluent.

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