Rebirth of America, this is my era

Chapter 205 I believe there is Qin Shi Huang in the world!

Human memory is not completely reliable. No matter how impressive an object or an event is, as time goes by, there will be certain deviations in people's memory of these things or events.

For example, Pikachu's tail is pure yellow, with no black.

but--

Ethan believed that he could not have been wrong about the reasons why Bill Mensch left MOS.

Because he was sad for a long time after hearing about this. He thought that these guys who gathered together because of their dreams could still create miracles, but he did not expect that these people would also go their separate ways because of interests.

At that time, he even borrowed a phone from Chuck Pete and sent his blessings to these guys.

If such a clear memory is wrong, what else can he remember correctly?
Not to mention, Evelin was also beside him at that time.

"You remember it too, right?" Ethan looked at his sister seriously.

"Yes." Evelin nodded affirmatively.

"So one of them must be lying." Ethan's eyes widened.

“Affirmative.” Evelin raised an eyebrow in agreement.

"Uh...excuse me...can I understand what you are talking about?"

Ethan and Evelyn's strange conversation left Bill Mensch a little confused.

As he asked, the two people who were still looking at each other turned their eyes to the man almost at the same moment. The creepy look made Bill Mensch shudder, and before he wanted to ask, Ethan had already spoken, "William, what's going to happen next may make you very angry, so I hope you can calm down before that, Okay?"

“……” Bill Mensch frowned at the words of giving someone a taste of their own medicine.

"Okay." He nodded doubtfully.

After he said that he could control his emotions, Ethan continued, "William, do you remember the phone call I made to you before? The one I made using the MOS landline to wish you the best of luck in the future? At the time, Chuck told us that you left because of chip profitability issues..."

"Wow--"

When Ethan told him what he saw that day, Bill Mensch, who had been extremely calm, suddenly jumped up!

His eyes were wide open like copper bells, his ears were erect like antennas, and he looked at Ethan in shock.

"Shit!"

He yelled loudly, "Chuck said I left the MOS because of money?"

"MFxxk!"

"This guy is such a son of a bitch!!!"

"MOS has run out of money! Alan Bradley is unwilling to add even a penny! Under this circumstance, I proposed to use the revenue from MOS 6502 as the development fund for the next generation of chips! But they disagreed! They thought this was not feasible! That's why I left!"

Bill Mensch roared in excitement.

As he tells the story, a story Ethan has never heard before emerges.

Ethan already knew that Allen Bradley bought shares in MOS because he wanted to get involved in the computer war, but in fact, they never really experienced a war because they bought shares in MOS in 35, and in the same year, HP launched the epoch-making product HP-.

Eighteen months later, HP introduced the HP-65.

When learning about the calculator wars, Ethan had already learned from the fat boy Steve Wozniak that HP's two products not only made a sensation in the entire calculator market, but also crushed other competitors. Under such circumstances, Alan Bradley, who had just entered the industry, suffered a huge loss.

If they were not rich, MOS would have filed for bankruptcy long ago. But even if they were rich, they did not want to keep maintaining this mess of MOS, so they wanted to cash in. At this time, Chuck Petrus and others appeared and brought a central processing unit production plan to MOS.

Unfortunately, Allen Bradley, who had already lost a lot of money in the field of civilian semiconductors, did not want MOS to engage in any central processing unit research. It was not until Chuck Peteau and others said that they had rich professional experience and did not need too much R&D funds that Allen Bradley reluctantly agreed.

Then, the 6501 came out.

Then they were sued by Motorola.

This fact made Alan Bradley numb.

But soon, 6502 gave them hope of turning things around.

Because Ethan helped them solve their legal problems.

Because Ethan made their chips sell like hotcakes.

"But even so, they are unwilling to let me continue my research!"

Bill Mensch said angrily: "Because they just want to sell the company!"

“They just want to make money!”

“They don’t want to take the risk!”

To be honest, Ethan could understand Alan Bradley's idea. When a leader with obvious advantages emerged in a fiercely competitive red ocean market, it would be wise to withdraw decisively. But understanding does not mean accepting, because -

Chuck Padre told him that they were developing a sixteen-bit chip!
This special R&D fund is actually the profit of the chip manufacturing company!
What the hell, he hasn’t received any dividends from chips yet!
Thinking of this, Ethan said, "Chuck told me before that he is developing a 16-bit chip..."

"He can't do anything!" Bill Mensch sneered, "Can he?"

Although Ethan felt that what Bill Mensch said was most likely true, after being deceived repeatedly, he no longer dared to trust anyone.

Taking a deep breath, Ethan asked, "Do you have any evidence?"

"Does he have a chip?" Bill Mensch immediately raised his eyebrows and asked.

This question choked Ethan, and just when he didn't know how to answer, Evelyn said, "William, if I remember correctly, the day we called you, Chuck showed us his idea for the sixteen-bit chip..."

Ethan nodded quickly at his sister's words.

The two men's pursuit made Bill Mensch snort coldly, and he got up and left.

He ran upstairs quickly, and a moment later he came back with a stack of manuscripts.

“Isn’t this what he showed?”

Bill Mensch handed the manuscript directly to Evelyn.

The girl took it and looked at the extremely detailed circuit diagram, which made her frown.

Although Ethan didn't know how to make chips, he knew that these manuscripts should be fine.

And since the manuscript is fine...

Then there is definitely something wrong with Chuck Petrus!
After waiting for Evelyn to look up again, Bill Mensch, who had already gotten the answer he wanted, turned around and rushed to the wall-mounted telephone in the entrance hall, picked up the receiver and started dialing.

After a while of transfers, he finally got a response with some impatience...

No one knew what the guy on the other end of the phone said, but after listening for a while, Bill Mensch, who was leaning against the wall, gasped and began to curse:
"Hua Q! Chuck—did you tell Ethan that I left MOS because of money?"

"Oh! Sxxt! You said you were working on sixteen-bit chips?"

"Wow~Wow~Wow~Who told me that Alan Bradley didn't support it?"

"Who told me that they didn't want to make a 16-bit chip at all?"

"MFxxk! You son of a bitch!"

"Is there a single word of truth coming out of your mouth?"

Ethan didn't know how he left Bill Mensch's house, but he knew that before he left, Bill Mensch was smashing things in the house angrily.

As for the reason?

When he roared and wanted to confront Chuck Petrus, the other party hung up the phone directly.

This fact made Ethan realize that perhaps many things were simply false from the very beginning.

"Extraordinary! Doggy stuff!"

After returning to the hotel, Ethan leaned on the sofa and muttered angrily.

"what are you saying?"

Evelyn threw her handbag into the safe and looked up to see Ethan waving his fist.

"You're swearing." Ethan sighed heavily and said, "I thought guys with dreams were all good people, but judging from the current situation... humph..." Ethan sneered twice and stopped talking.

Evelyn could understand his helplessness, because Ethan seemed to have been unlucky since the end of last year.

It started with a surprise attack from Wenlock, who wanted to invest in Apple with a huge offer, and Steve Jobs, the founder of Apple, had not told Ethan about this matter at the first time.

If we say that this incident happened under certain circumstances, it was because the holiday was about to start and Steve Jobs didn't want this kind of thing to ruin Ethan's rest time. And after Ethan learned about this, the two Steves also handed over the negotiation authority to Ethan. The main point was trust to the end, but what happened after that?

Steven Spielberg Hides…

George Lucas hid...

Chuck Petrus also hid...

Tell the truth!

Evelin didn't know why Ethan was so unlucky!
The guys around me are all acting!
This speed and scale is even more outrageous than Judas' betrayal of Jesus!

but--

"These are not important anymore, right?"

Evelyn walked over to sit across from Ethan and said, "It's meaningless to delve into whether Chuck Petrus lied or not, because we can now be sure of one thing, that is, Allen Bradley and MOS will never sell the 6502 patent to us."

And her words made Ethan laugh, "Yes, because of HP."

In his previous life, Ethan once heard this saying: Choosing a friend is choosing an enemy.

When they were firmly tied to Stanford and when President Fred Terman was willing to endorse them publicly, all enemies of these people would become their enemies.

Before, Ethan might not have had any intersection with them, because they might not be in the same field. But now, once there is a business connection, the enemies in his camp will definitely not show mercy.

When HP suffered tens of millions of losses from Allen Bradley in the calculator war, Ethan knew with all his might that Allen Bradley would never sell the chip patent to him.

As for the claim that selling to Komodor will bring higher profits?
hehe--

he!
Ethan Jones!

Now I would rather believe that there is a Qin Shi Huang in this world!
I don’t believe what these people say!

In this case, Chuck Petrus's statement that their products are too expensive and Apple's computers are too expensive is probably false. He is just saying that they don't want to sell the chips to him.

And when the attitudes of both the patent inventor and the patent owner are so clear...

Things will be easier.

"Now that they have chosen their side, let's fight to the end."

Ethan spread his hands and sneered, "Before, I thought it was fair to MOS and Chuck Pete to ask someone to reprint the chip, but now it seems... Humph!"

As he spoke, Ethan stood up and walked towards the bathroom.

"Now that things are clear and the enemy has appeared, let's rest early."

"We'll talk about the rest tomorrow."

"I believe William will make the right choice."

Just as Ethan thought, at eight o'clock the next morning, before he even got up from bed after going to bed at four o'clock, Bill Mensch had already found him at the address he left last night.

After seeing Ethan in his pajamas, the engineer, who had calmed down, said, "Ethan, I know why you came to me. You want me to provide you with cheap chips. I can promise you that. I can even customize chips for you according to your requirements. But at the same time, you have to meet my needs. You need to give me some money so that I can continue to research chips."

Ethan smiled at the hearty deal, "Okay."

At the same time, he also has to protect his own rights and interests. "You start a company, and I invest in you."

"You take care of research and development, and I'll take care of production."

"You are the inventor of the patent, and the company is the patent owner. At the same time, the company must unconditionally authorize all patents to Destiny Game, okay?"

The concise and clear request made Bill Mensch nod, "Okay."

The bearded guy stretched out his right hand and said, "Kill them."

With this thought in mind, Ethan shook hands with him and said, "Kill them."

Since both parties had the same goals, the details of the cooperation were easy to finalize. It only took one day for Ethan to sign a contract with Bill Mensch.

In the next month, the two parties will set up a company called Western Design Center in Arizona. Bill Mensch will invest in technology and own 49% of the shares, while Destiny Game will invest 5 million and get the remaining 51%. Ethan Jones will serve as the chairman and CEO of the new company, and Bill Mensch will be the senior technical expert of the new company.

At the same time, Michael Blanco Manufacturing, which has been spun off from Destiny but still belongs to Destiny, will create a chip production plant under the guidance of Bill Mensch.

In the future, Ethan will not hand over the production of chips to any outsider.

As for why not hide your identity?

Ah--

He's already been hit in the face, why are you still hiding your identity?

Since these guys want to choke him, he will spit in their faces!

Tell them—

no way!

With the signing of the contract, Ethan finally breathed a sigh of relief, shook hands with Bill Mensch and said goodbye. Then he rushed to Cupertino and told the two Steves the latest situation.

When Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak learned that MOS and their major shareholder Allen Bradley had a deep hatred with HP, they almost jumped out of their seats.

They are eager to know whether Apple will replace the chip because of this incident.

And said the problems caused by replacing the chip -

"If we want to change the chip, the current machine will have to be redesigned."

"This is a very long process and is very detrimental to our expansion."

But when Ethan said that the matter had been resolved and the chip would be available soon, the two guys immediately breathed a sigh of relief, but at the same time they also expressed dissatisfaction with Chuck Pete's concealment.

"So Chuck was using us from the beginning, right?"

Steve Wozniak said: "If he was designing us from the beginning and wanted to use us to sell chips from the beginning, then he is such a terrible person!"

"What do you mean by horrible? People like this deserve to be killed!" Steve Jobs corrected the mistake in Wozniak's words, "If all this is true, then I will do everything I can to kill them!"

Ethan did not comment on the two people's remarks.

After leaving Cupertino and returning to Palo Alto, Ethan met Arakawa Minoru who had been waiting for a long time.

Tell him the truth, tell him that he has lost control of Chuck Pete Chip Company, and tell him that Alan Bradley may cut off the license to Nintendo Kyoto Chip Production Company.

When Ethan thought that Nintendo would be angry about this, Arakawa smiled and said, "Mr. Jones, our president said that you will definitely find a way to get new cheap chips."

“So we don’t really care about these things.”

"If Nintendo Kyoto Chip Manufacturing Co., Ltd. has really lost its authorization, please give us the authorization for the newly acquired chips. For this, we are willing to cooperate with you in the lawsuit."

"?" Ethan was a little surprised by Yamauchi Hiroshi's choice.

Arakawa Minoru's narrowed smile made him nod slightly, "Okay."

"Then I won't bother you anymore." Arakawa Minoru bowed and left.

The gradually disappearing back figure also made Ethan curse in his heart -

'Old bitch!'

Although Nintendo did not take the opportunity to make trouble, Ethan did not think that they were good people. Just as he was wondering what Yamauchi Hiroshi was planning, Steve Ballmer appeared at the door of his office and said, "Boss, Allen Bradley has issued an announcement..."

Note: ① The company founded by Bill Mensch in real life is called Western Design Center. It is very common in America for patent owners to start a new business and directly copy the products of their former employers. Those who dare not copy are basically those whose former employers have such backgrounds that they can be directly eliminated.



(End of this chapter)