Rebirth of America, this is my era

Chapter 177 Daxue meets with the signing ceremony
The first snow in 1978
Earlier than before~
All the ships docked at the Five Lakes~
All covered with a layer of white coat~
In January 1978, a historic winter storm swept across the Midwest of America, with Cincinnati, Cleveland, Detroit and other places all recording historic snowfall.

The storm was caused by a low pressure system that formed in western California. When a warm, moist air mass from the south met a cold air mass from the Arctic, a strong and intense cyclone formed. The cyclone moved northeast along the Ohio River Valley at a speed of one hundred miles per hour, bringing more than fifteen inches of snow to people along the way.

"The sudden snowstorm paralyzed traffic and caused power outages in many areas of America. In the areas where the snowstorm passed, many residents' houses were directly crushed, and the losses in agriculture and animal husbandry were countless..."

"After the disaster, President Jimmy made an emergency speech in Washington, saying that the federal government would provide assistance and resources to the affected areas, and that a delegation from the Federal Emergency Management Agency would depart today to meet with local residents in the disaster area, assess the extent of the disaster, and prepare for subsequent repairs."

All major radio and television networks reported the disaster as soon as possible.

However, just when everyone thought that the sudden snowstorm was just an unlucky accident, another disaster struck in early February. A temperate cyclone formed on the coast of South Carolina and a cold air mass from the Arctic collided violently, bringing a once-in-a-century ice storm to the northeastern region of America, New England, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and New York, all suffered.

When Boston cried and said that their snowfall reached an astonishing 27.1 inches, Providence immediately shouted that their snowfall was even more exaggerated, a full 27.6 inches. This situation of you being miserable and me being miserable made the governors of the states affected by the disaster directly pull out the National Guard.

Order to participate in disaster relief and rescue the wounded.

After the white photo covered with ice and snow was released, Ethan, who was enjoying the sunshine in California, smacked his lips immediately, because on TV, President Jimmy appeared again and made a statement.

"I declare that from now on, all disaster areas hit by the snowstorm will enter a state of emergency, and the federal government will directly mobilize funds and materials to help with rescue... I will set off immediately to New York, Boston and other places to participate in disaster relief... I will carefully record the disaster situation in the disaster area, and after returning to Washington, I will seek additional funding from Congress to help rebuild the disaster area... Finally, I want to say - God Bless America! The great American people will definitely overcome difficulties!"

President Jimmy on TV waved his clenched right fist vigorously.

The impassioned words made Ethan shake his head.

At this moment, Ethan felt from the bottom of his heart that this guy was very unlucky.

In his first year in office, the canal exploded. Although he handled the situation decisively, his approach, which displeased the people, still got him into trouble. Just as he got rid of the turmoil there, a major disaster struck the entire United States at the beginning of the second year. When big cities like Boston and New York were overwhelmed by natural disasters, no matter how well he did in disaster relief, it was difficult to conceal the subsequent criticism caused by the casualties.

"Hey--" Ethan sighed.

Press the internal summons bell to call up Steve Ballmer who was on standby on the fourth floor.

"Donate $100,000 to the disaster area in the name of the company and the chairman. As for where the money will go...see if Jimmy will open a federal fund-raising account."

“If he opens it, then donate there.”

“Then contact the Los Angeles Times and publish a letter of support in the name of the company’s chairman and CEO to publicize the donation.”

"Is it okay for you to write the article?"

"Okay, boss, this is what I'm good at." Steve Ballmer nodded directly.

Donating to disaster areas is a must for a company to grow from small to large. It is an image project that must be done. Donating to Jimmy's account is the only way to fully use the funds for disaster relief. At least that's what Ethan himself thinks.

However, when the Los Angeles Times published Ethan's letter of support, someone was faster. NBC showed the world the post-disaster New York the day after the snow stopped. In the report, a thin old man with glasses and a black coat was interviewed in high spirits on the streets of New York.

"We Rockefellers have lived in New York for a century, and this is my hometown. When my hometown was hit by a disaster, of course I had to be at the forefront of disaster relief. Our Rockefeller Charitable Foundation brought millions of dollars worth of supplies to the New York disaster area, including food, drinking water, warm clothes, and a rescue team of 100 people. I believe these things can help people withstand the pressure, overcome difficulties, and win tomorrow."

When the name Rockefeller appeared, Ethan's eyes widened like bells and his ears stood up like antennas. Although the other party did not reveal his true identity, Ethan could now draw Lawrence Rockefeller's appearance. After discovering that the guy who had scared him for a long time was also involved in disaster relief, he immediately smacked his lips, feeling a little uncomfortable.

When he donated one hundred thousand to the disaster area, Rockefeller donated one million?
"What the hell!"

“Is this the foundation of the largest family in North America?”

"I'm jealous!"

Ethan felt a little jealous.

After all, who wouldn’t wish they were born in Rome?

And the act of rushing to the front line—

“What a showman!”

"How hypocritical!"

"Humph!"

Ethan made a sound with the tip of his nose and turned off the TV, too lazy to watch it anymore.

…………

"Mr. Jones, your company's video game Pac-Man has set off an escape craze in our country. Now, the streets and alleys of our country are full of the fleeing yellow men. This is the latest report, please take a look."

While the ice and snow were carving America, Nintendo President Hiroshi Yamauchi's son-in-law, Minoru Arakawa, also came to Palo Alto with the cooperation financial report. After the two parties had signed a minimum guarantee agreement, the fact that they had to pay whether the game was sold or not made the sales of Pac-Man arcade machines become extremely wild.

Sixty thousand units were sold in half a year, which is even higher than the annual shipment volume of "Star Wars".

Even though Nintendo has already made two advance payments before, this dividend is still very considerable.

The guaranteed minimum of 10 million is absolutely a sure thing, and such a huge cash flow made Ethan nod slightly.

"Well done." He gave his evaluation.

"Thank you." The condescending tone made Arakawa Minoru continue to smile, "The chip company has also started to operate at a high speed. The shipment volume in the second half of last year reached 250,000 pieces..."

Unlike the almost crazy rights protection environment in North America, there is no video game patent protection in Japan. Therefore, when Ethan Jones drove the green snake to occupy the island for a whole year, and then used the yellow Pac-Man to conquer the island country with a devastating force, the crazy money-grabbing behavior made the local video game producers in Japan unable to sit still, and they emerged like mushrooms after a rain.

Taito, Namco, Konami, and SEGA all came out and announced their own video game production plans. Since the cheapest chips on the market were from Nintendo, in order to control their own production costs, before occupying a certain market share, they did not think about the problem of being enemies with their competitors and directly ordered 6502 from Nintendo.

Your company wants 6502, and his company wants . With a simple division, the production volume of in Nintendo directly exceeded . In addition, computer demanders like Nintendo Electric also placed orders. The huge orders made Nintendo's Kyoto chip production plant run at full capacity, producing chips day and night.

Even though we can’t earn half the money from the game no matter how many chips we sell, it doesn’t matter, right?

Occupying foreign markets with low-priced goods has its own special term in economics.

Although Ethan did not think so much at the beginning, after being frightened by Rockefeller, he decided to kill all the colleagues who could be killed, and control those who could not be killed as much as possible. That was his real thought.

You've already started a business and you're still thinking about being kind?

Isn't this like being slaughtered like a pig?
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"Are you used to living in the book?"

"Hmm - the running-in is going well -"

"You didn't run into any big trouble, did you?"

"Oh—not yet—even linguistics is going well."

"Wow, that went so well? You're not in love with that, are you?"

"Boss, what are you thinking about? How could I possibly like that place? You know, I've experienced four earthquakes in the past few months I've lived there! Although they were all minor earthquakes, the living environment there is too bad. I can work there, but can I settle down there permanently? Uh... forget it..."

"Then why didn't you come back for Christmas this year? Didn't I tell you before you left? You can come back once a quarter and take a half-month break each time, and the company will reimburse your travel expenses."

"Isn't this to avoid my family? They didn't approve of my business trip to Honjo from the beginning. If I come back at Christmas, my dad will definitely catch me and scold me to death." After seeing off Nintendo's Arakawa Minoru, Ethan welcomed Julis Noble, the former executive director of his company and the current director of Nintendo Kyoto Chip Company. Although this girl has lived in Honjo for a few months, her dress has not changed much since she left North America, and even her expression is roughly the same, but the details of her speech have changed a little, with a few more...

Maybe it’s a confidence thing?
Like Arakawa Minoru who brought the financial report, Julis Noble also came back to report to Ethan the information she had collected in the notebook. Under her watch, Nintendo's current operation was still normal, and the game console cooperation they had mentioned before...

"It should be true. Because after I went to Kyoto, I found that the production line of their game consoles was not in the factory under Nintendo's name, but in the OEM factory in Kawasaki."

"Of course, this does not rule out the possibility that they deliberately changed the factory."

Julis Noble said.

"Yeah." Ethan had expected this result. Since Yamauchi Hiroshi dared to say that he was very wronged, they should not be afraid of being investigated, so - "Let's leave it at that for now. From now on, you only need to pay attention to their sales, and don't check anything else."

"Ok."

"Oh, by the way, one more thing."

"Boss, just tell me."

"Please put other gaming companies in your country on the watch list. I want to know what gaming products they have released and their sales figures."

"Okay, boss. No problem." Julis Noble replied quickly.

The next second, she said, "Oh, boss, when you mention this, it reminds me of something. Hiroshi Yamauchi of Nintendo invited me to dinner on New Year's Eve and told me a piece of news. He said that Sega in our country has already felt the severity of the living environment in North America, so in order to continue to survive, they may let their subsidiary reverse acquire our headquarters."

"Oh—" Ethan knew about this, but he still gave the order, "Keep an eye on it. Collect all the information from Nintendo regardless of whether it's correct or not, Okay?"

"Okay."

"And he's helping me keep an eye on another company, Sony."

"Sony?"

"Correct."

"Why? Are they going to make games too? But I haven't heard any rumors about it?"

"it works."

"……no problem."

Keeping an eye on Sony was not just a sudden idea of ​​Ethan, because when he decided to do optical storage, Sony, a competitor that was already researching optical discs, would naturally be on his target list.

Not for any other reason, just to be on guard.

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Perhaps the arrival of Nintendo brought the God of Wealth to Ethan. After meeting with Arakawa Minoru, the final news of the investment decision finally came from Wenlock.

With the signing of the contract, Steve Wozniak and Steve Jobs' shares were diluted from 35% to 31.5%, while Ethan Jones' shares were diluted from 30% to 27%.

The remaining 10% is held by Wenlock.

Of course, this shareholding ratio is estimated to not last long, because after Roger Colien from PepsiCo is officially poached by Wenlock, Apple will formally establish an option reward system, and at that time, everyone's shares will be further diluted.

However, there is no way around it. After all, there are few companies in the world that can reap the market with the power of just a few people. Sometimes, if you want to grow bigger, you have to learn to share.

What? Someone asked why not share the Destiny game?

Damn it! I dared to ask Rockefeller to get out when I was only 22 years old!

I want to give it, but no one dares to take it!

cut--

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"So, you're free now?"

As soon as Ethan came back from Cupertino, Evelyn came into his office holding a wooden box.

"Yes, what's wrong?" Ethan nodded, a little surprised.

With a glance, the circuit board in the wooden box appeared in his sight.

"The machine is finished?" He reacted with some excitement.

“Hmm?” Evelyn tilted her head.

Although the girl did not give a clear answer, Ethan had already jumped up from the soft boss chair, took the wooden box with a smile, rushed to the TV, unplugged it, and wanted to connect the host.

Unfortunately, the crude sample did not describe the function of the connector at all.

After scratching his head for a while, Ethan turned his head decisively and shouted: "I won't--"

"..."

Evelin didn't know whether to laugh or cry because of his behavior of calling his mother whenever he was undecided.

"Get out of the way." She walked over and kicked Ethan away from the motor.

She squatted down, picked up the cables in the wooden box and wanted to explain their functions, but when the words came to her lips, she gave up the intention of attending the class because she had discovered that if Ethan really wanted to learn, he would have learned it long ago.

If not...

How did a guy who didn't go to college get his financial knowledge?

Since there was no need for teaching, it was naturally finished with a few rubs. As the cables were connected and the TV was turned on, a burst of snow suddenly appeared on the slightly curved screen.

After pressing the red power button in the wooden box, a snowflake-like picture began to flicker. After about three or five breaths, the TV screen became dark. Then, a logo of a destiny game appeared in the center of the screen like snorkeling on shore.

It stayed on for about five seconds, and then the screen suddenly switched, and three groups of English phrases with numbers appeared at the top of the screen.

1.Snake Game
2. Pac-Man
3. Star Wars
When this interface appeared, Ethan's breathing suddenly became heavy.

The girl smiled and picked up a palm-sized wooden box. "Try it?"

"hold head high."

Ethan took it without hesitation.

(End of this chapter)