Rebirth of America, this is my era

Chapter 283 Komodor's plan, Yamauchi Hiroshi's reliance
“Why did things turn out like this?”

“Why did so many accidents happen last month?”

"Oh no!"

"One incomprehensible thing can be called an accident, two incomprehensible things can also be called an accident, but when three or four incomprehensible things happen at the same time, they are no longer accidents, but blatant targeting!"

“But if it’s targeted, then there must be goals and demands, right?”

"From the current situation, their target is us, but what are their demands?"

"Just kill us?"

"This is not the behavior of a qualified businessman!"

"Because before the vested interests are confirmed, simple cooperation will only lead to harm from partners!"

Although August 1, 1979 was a working day, neither Ethan nor Evelyn went to the company.

At this moment, they were staying in the study room at home, staring at the whiteboard in front of them with serious faces.

Above, all the problems they encountered in the past month are recorded in a timeline format.

From the launch of Sony's Walkman to the major Japanese game companies scrambling to release their new games, in just 31 days, they heard a total of five "bad news".

No matter who it is, no one can accept this frequency of accidents happening every week. When all the accidents have traces, even if Ethan uses his feet to think, he can know...

Everything in front of me is a conspiracy!
Although Ethan didn't understand why Sony was the one that blew the horn of war, and he didn't know how many people were in the Warner Alliance formed by Steve Ross. Because according to the current situation, Sony, Philips, Komodo, Rockwell, Casio, Oracle, Taito, Namco, Ron Miller, and that special code are all in the same group, but these are not important anymore, right?

Since they have already made their move, regardless of whether they are united or not, Ethan will analyze the current situation according to the worst-case scenario. After his careful analysis, problems arise.

Like Evelyn, up to now, he had no idea how these people wanted to beat him to death, or what they were seeking.
Sony and Philips' goals should be the clearest.

Ron Miller's goal is also very clear.

Apart from these three, the goals of others became extremely strange.

Take the cooperation between Casio and Comodor for example. From the current situation, Ethan and Evelyn can only analyze that the Warner Alliance wants to use charity as a way to hit the overseas revenue of their Destiny game.

Because Komodor and Rockwell contributed their own chips and also supported a number of Japanese game companies, but from the current intelligence, they did not ask for anything in return.

Everything at the moment proves that they are doing things that harm others and do not benefit themselves, which is actually contrary to their identity as capitalists, so there must be something wrong.

In addition, the unexpected sale of Columbia Pictures also left the two men somewhat confused.

Because if Columbia Pictures releases the news later, Roy Disney will drive down the stock price of Walt Disney Group. Although the stock price of Walt Disney Group will still rise back to the market-recognized range after the transaction price of Columbia Pictures is announced, this is different from the current temporary announcement that directly blocks the stock price of Walt Disney.

In the former case, the stock price fluctuations will give Ethan Jones an opportunity to buy stocks.

In the latter case, a direct closure of the market would completely block Ethan Jones' path to buying goods.

Although Columbia Pictures and their Destiny Game do have a grudge, the real leader of this transaction is Goldman Sachs! If it didn't agree, the news that Columbia Pictures had found a buyer would not have been spread. Since it agreed, could it be possible that...

"Goldman Sachs has also joined the Warner Alliance?"

Evelyn folded her arms and changed her posture.

His brows were furrowed, and he stared at the whiteboard for a long while.

She didn't find any clues, so she turned her head and looked at Ethan.

At the same time, Ethan, who heard the noise, also looked over at her.

Their eyes met, and both of them saw confusion in each other's eyes.

"It's outrageous, isn't it?" Ethan smiled bitterly.

“Very outrageous.” Evelin nodded seriously.

But even if they all felt that what happened in the past month was too magical, since it had already happened, the right thing to do was to find a way to solve it. After they stared at each other and thought frantically, the mess of facts made Evelin stand up.

Ethan was a little surprised by the sudden action. Under his gaze, the girl simply erased the contents on the whiteboard, then picked up a marker and started writing while talking.

“Although these things are related, they cannot be thought of together.”

"Because the motivations of each party are different."

"It's just that their enemies are us."

"So it looks like they are working together."

"In this case, if we want to sort things out, we have to separate everything."

"The first one is that on July 1, Sony released the Walkman... Philips and Sony officially announced that they would cooperate to develop digital optical discs... Do you have any other ideas on this matter?"

Looking at the extremely scribbled words on the whiteboard and listening to the crisp knocking sounds, Ethan came to his senses and shook his head. He said, "The purpose of the two companies should be very simple, that is to beat us to death and get the right to speak on digital discs... Of course, Philips may have more demands, because we are old rivals, and they have wanted to make games from the beginning..."

"Okay."

Ethan's words made Evelyn take notes.

When the two phrases 'digital disc industry standard' and 'video game' appeared, the first problem seemed to Evelyn to have been solved.

"Next, the second thing is the sudden alliance between Casio and Komodor..." Evelyn tilted her head and looked at Ethan, "What do you think of this matter?"

“I still don’t understand this.”

Speaking of this, Ethan suddenly changed his posture from lying to sitting, and said seriously: "We do have a grudge against Komodor, but this hatred will not make them voluntarily give up the interests of the company."

"You know, they spent nearly 6502 million to get MOS ."

"I think so too." Evelyn nodded in agreement and then asked, "So do you think Casio has anything that Komodor needs?"

"Or in other words, what can Casio bring to Comodor?"

This question made Ethan frown.

He carefully recalled the Casio information that Steve Ballmer had compiled for him, and then raised his eyebrows when he learned that Casio had started developing computers more than ten years ago.

“I don’t know what Casio can bring to Komodor.”

“But I know that Casio and Comodor’s businesses in computers may overlap.”

"Where's the information?" Ethan's words made the girl stretch out her right hand.

Without hesitation, I started looking.

After a moment, Ethan handed over the document compiled by Ballmer.

After glancing at it once or twice, Evelin shook her head, “No.”

"What?"

"Even if Casio had been researching computers ten years ago, Steve Wozniak's technology was something they could look up to. Their alliance with Komodor would not allow Komodor to immediately surpass Apple, so... this alliance is meaningless."

Evelyn put the file down.

The scrutinizing gaze fell on Ethan again.

“So why should they cooperate?”

"What else can Komodor get?"

The continuous denials and questions made Ethan hold his head.

To be honest, he didn't know what Casio could bring to Komodor, because in his previous life he only knew the Casio brand and never understood it in depth.

But even if he didn't have the cheat of past life memories at this moment, this matter still had to be done!
Because this is related to the development of the enterprise!
So, Ethan closed his eyes, covered his cheeks with his hands and said, "What else can Komodor get? When Casio's technology can't help him defeat Apple, what he is planning may not be in Casio, but in Neon, in other companies..."

"If we expand our perspective to the entire country of Japan, we may not be able to find the answer even if we search for a year, so we must start with Komodor and see what he needs most."

"What they need most right now is undoubtedly a computer comparable to the Apple II."

"And this is something that can be accomplished with existing technology in North America alone."

“It’s just that there’s no advantage in entering now.”

"Because Apple has already gained a certain market share and Microsoft is also in our hands, if Comodor wants to overtake, there is only one way to go, that is..."

Having said this, Ethan suddenly stopped.

The next second, he, who was still holding his head in thought, suddenly stood up.

"MFxxk! Are these guys trying to lower the cost of the computer?" Evelyn didn't understand.

Ethan suddenly turned around, picked up the telephone receiver on the desk, and called Steve Ballmer. "Steve! I don't care what you are doing now! Put down your work immediately! Find Neon's semiconductor industry planning for me! The sooner the better! The sooner the better!"

Evelin was confused by his crazy behavior.

Ethan had no intention of explaining. He leaned against the desk and tried hard to recall the accumulation of his previous life.

When information related to the US-Japan semiconductor war in the 1970s and 1980s appeared in his mind like a passing flash, Ethan's breathing suddenly became rapid.

While waiting for Steve Ballmer to call back, he said that he had not found any information about Japan's semiconductor industry plan. He only found that in 64, Japan's Ministry of International Trade and Industry took the initiative to establish a very large-scale integrated circuit technology research institute with almost all of Japan's outstanding electronic companies, and this year launched a Kb storage that is the same as Intel's top technology, and its price is % cheaper than Intel's...

Ethan took a deep breath.

"I know what Komodor is doing."

He looked at his sister solemnly.

"what?"

Evelyn didn't understand.

"They are playing with fire." Ethan expressed his judgment while controlling his emotions.

When Ethan tried his best to describe in the most popular language possible the fact that Komodor was seeking cheap semiconductors from Neon, Evelyn was surprised at first, then understood, and said, "If that's the case, everything can be explained clearly..."

"The price advantage can indeed enable them to launch a counterattack."

"?" Ethan was a little surprised by his sister's acceptance. "Aren't you surprised?"

"Why are you surprised?" Evelyn was puzzled.

"Don't you think my ideas are a little outrageous?" Ethan asked instinctively.

Because his judgment is based on his memories of his past lives!
Why did Evelyn think his analysis was correct when the semiconductor war had not yet begun?

Ethan didn't understand.

His inquiry caused Evelyn to shrug.

“Why should I feel that’s outrageous?”

"Isn't it true that there will inevitably be a conflict between our country and Japan?"

"Also, last year, Fortune magazine published an article about Japanese spies operating in the Bay Area to steal semiconductor chip information. It cited the case of Toshiba's acquisition of Hilco to obtain microwave technology and produce high-performance radars, as well as the case of Hitachi hiring former IBM engineers to obtain IBM's latest disk drives, and the case of Sony infiltrating our Stanford to steal laser technology from the laboratory managed by the president. We knew about these things before they were publicly reported."

"so……"

"You said they are vigorously developing semiconductors?"

"Commodor, having learned the news, wants to take this opportunity to overtake others?"

"They traded the central microprocessor for product support from Neon Enterprises?"

“Isn’t this a very reasonable judgment?”

“…” Ethan was confused.

Evelyn's frank attitude made him blink.

Then he realized that he was making things too complicated.

For ordinary people, the semiconductor war is a matter of the future, but for those in the industry, the war has already started, but the confrontation between the two sides is not fierce, so it has not been known to everyone. When the general public knows about these things...

The war has already entered a white-hot stage.

It's like investing in stocks.

When the vegetable selling ladies all know how to make money in the stock market, the turning point of blood loss will soon come.

"So...is this problem solved?" Evelyn returned to the whiteboard and marked 'cheap computers' on the collaboration between Komodor and Casio.

Ethan nodded instinctively at the question, but he shook his head frantically the next second.

“No, No, No… This matter has not been resolved yet.”

"First of all, if Komodor is really looking for cheap computers, then we currently have no means to counter it, because Japan, which is developing memory chips with the strength of a country, will definitely surpass Intel, Texas Instruments and other companies in terms of research and development capabilities."

“They’re definitely going to make something that’s good and cheap.”

“When Komodor gets those chips, they can get a price advantage…”

"But this is not what we need to consider right now, right?" Evelyn interrupted before Ethan finished speaking: "Our top priority right now is to analyze the specific demands of these people. Only when we know what these people are planning can we make a targeted counterattack."

"And this is step two, okay?"

“No.” Ethan still shook his head and said, “Even if counterattack is the second step, the analysis related to Casio is not over yet. Because we still don’t know how Casio pulled all the local manufacturers in Japan into its camp overnight.”

"Although we all know that Japanese manufacturers will be very united when facing external problems, Nintendo's Yamauchi Hiroshi is not an ordinary person. He has his own deterrent power in Japan."

"Even if Nintendo's chips are not self-developed but authorized, those Japanese manufacturers should not cancel the orders without saying hello, because Yamauchi Hiroshi is not a kind person!"

"Aren't they afraid of Yamauchi Hiroshi's revenge by doing this?"

"You mean, Yamauchi Hiroshi is also involved?" Evelyn narrowed her eyes.

Then the girl felt that there was nothing wrong with Ethan's analysis.

because--

They all knew that Yamauchi Hiroshi was unwilling to be lonely.

Previously, Yamauchi Hiroshi had betrayed and plagiarized while forming an alliance with Philips. Now, if they join forces with Casio, it would just be a repeat of what happened before.

It's like I'm familiar with it.

“But if Yamauchi Hiroshi gets involved, it means they have found a better profit point.”

"Just like they decisively abandoned Philips in the beginning, because cooperating with us would allow them to earn more."

"But right now, I don't see any advantage for Nintendo."

"Or in other words, there is no company in the industry that is better than us."

"At least when it comes to video games."

Evelin's thoughts turned suddenly, and she spoke her mind.

Her analysis also made Ethan purse his lips and smile, "Really? But what if they have their own research results? What if they develop a game console that is more shocking than a home console?"

“Isn’t this possible?” Evelin frowned slightly.

She thought Ethan was just daydreaming.

Ethan went to the desk and opened the safe in the desk drawer.

At the same time, he also said: "Evelyn, remember the game inspiration I showed you before? It was the "Destiny Cube" that you said MOS 6502 could not handle."

“If only this game could be played in my hand…”

“What do you think the world will be like?”

Having said this, Ethan also stood up.

He handed over the "ideas" of the past half month to his sister.

When the palm-sized sketch of the game console came into Evelyn's sight, the girl, who was still wondering what the machine Ethan described looked like, suddenly looked horrified!
And when she turned the page and saw the description...

This imaginative idea made Evelin look up suddenly!
"What is this?"

“It’s called a handheld.”

“Is this your inspiration?”

"Yes and no." Ethan smiled and said, "I said yes because the plan in your hand was indeed made by me. I said no because there are too many smart people on this earth. I must be more than one person with the same idea, so I think..."

"This may be what Yamauchi Hiroshi relies on."

(End of this chapter)