Rebirth of America, this is my era

Chapter 34: A Month of Travel

After returning to Atari, Steve Jobs took the initiative to find Nolan Bushnell and told him his ideas.

When the Atari boss learned that Ethan Jones was interested in leading a team to deliver goods across state lines, he simply discussed it with Don Valentine and then agreed.

He walked up to Ethan and said, "Since you are willing to help Steve make money, then Tang and I will naturally have no objection, because after you join, we can sell more game motherboards in the same period of time."

"But I have to make one thing clear in advance. Regarding the labor fee for delivery, everyone is the same. A circuit board is seven dollars. Tang and I will not take more, and we can't give you more. I know this is very hard work, and compared with the direct commission, there is not much profit at all. But if there is no delivery step, we will not have more profit to make. We are making money for ourselves. I think you understand what I mean, okay?"

Nolan Bushnell extends his right hand toward Ethan Jones.

"Ok." Ethan accepted with a smile, "I have no problem."

"Very good, Ethan, you're welcome to join us."

Nolan Bushnell also laughed. He patted Ethan on the shoulder and said, "You should rest well and get enough rest these few days, because in a few days, you will experience what a country on wheels really is!"

Ethan admitted that he didn't understand what Nolan Bushnell said.

But he still did it. He stayed at home for the next few days to rest and did not do any physical work.

When it came to May 10th, Steve Jobs also came to call him. After waiting for Ethan to follow him to Atari, as soon as Ethan walked into Nolan Bushnell's office, he saw a map of the United States hanging on the wall.

There were three lines drawn on it with a red pen.

The first route starts in San Jose, California, and goes south through Arizona, New Mexico, and Texas, then north, eventually stopping in Oklahoma.

The second route also starts from San Jose, goes east, first to Nevada, then to Utah, passes through Colorado, reaches Kansas, and finally turns north and stops in Nebraska.

The third route also starts from San Jose, but goes directly north, first to Oregon, then to Washington, then east to Idaho, diagonally to Montana and North Dakota, and finally turns to South Dakota and ends in Wyoming.

After everyone arrived, Nolan Bushnell patted the plan book on the conference table and said with a smile, "Brothers! After a week of testing, the market response to Snake Game is very good. More than 80% of the entertainment venues in the state have at least one Snake Game machine. Some bosses even told us that at the wildest time, a machine could make $150 a day. Those customers are eager to get higher scores and drive faster."

"It was precisely because Snake Game was so popular that stores near California, Arizona, Nevada, and Oregon called us after hearing the news, hoping that we could deliver the game motherboard to them as soon as possible."

"So starting today, we will be very busy for the next month."

"Because according to the normal speed of information spread, the news that Snake Game made casino owners make crazy profits will be spread to the central region of America in a month at most. So I drew this delivery map according to the fastest route. The bottom one, which is also the simplest one, belongs to Ethan. The central region belongs to me, and the northern region will have to be handled by Don."

Speaking of which, Nolan Bushnell also sent a delivery list to everyone.

Then he made a fist and slammed the table, "Come on, brothers! It's time to grab the money!"

When Ethan opened the list Nolan Bushnell handed him, he finally understood what the other party meant by experiencing a real country on wheels.

The frequency of trips back and forth on the delivery list can only be described as horrific!

On the first day, Ethan and Jobs and others set out from San Jose to Arizona with a hundred game motherboards. Their first target was Yuma County, which borders California.

The journey of nearly 350 miles takes about six hours. If we set out at 8 a.m., we will arrive at 2 p.m.

Since there aren't many people here, they only need to replace twenty-four circuit boards for merchants who have placed orders.

If two people work together, it can be finished that evening if it's quick.

then……

The sexy one is coming.

After replacing the motherboard, they needed to go to Tucson, Pima County, which is adjacent to Yuma County, overnight.

The remaining gaming motherboards were supplied to Arizona's second largest city.

If they set out at night, they would definitely be able to see Tucson at four in the morning.

It will take one to two days at most to replace the remaining motherboard.

It only takes ten hours to drive from Tucson back to San Jose.

Therefore, the plan suggested that, if possible, Ethan and his team should return to Los Gatos on the afternoon of the fourth day.

After a simple rest for one night, according to the order situation in the past few days, he took the corresponding number of game motherboards and went to Phoenix, the capital of Arizona. Seeing this, Ethan's teeth began to hurt!
Because Nolan Bushnell never scheduled any time for rest!
Or……

All the rest takes place on the road!

The six-hour journey from San Jose to Yuma is a break for the engineers.

After arriving, the few hours that the engineers work are the driver's rest time.

While the driver took everyone to Tucson, the engineers could rest.

After settling in Tucson, the engineers' working time is the drivers' rest time.

Although the battle line this time was very long because they would stay in Tucson for eighteen to twenty-four hours, it was not important because the engineers could have a good rest in the car during the ten hours the driver drove back.

To be honest, this kind of non-stop arrangement is really insane!

If you complain to the union, you will definitely be fined to death!
But when Ethan left with Jobs and another Atari employee, the remaining people who were not selected showed regret.

There is no way, who asked Atari to give too much?
With just a four-day trip, they can earn nearly two months' income for an average person!

This kind of treatment is really incomparable to that of ordinary jobs!

As for whether you are tired or not...

That is, the benevolent sees benevolence and the wise see wisdom.

Ethan felt that the six-hour drive on the first day was okay, and he joked and joked with Jobs and others along the way.

But in the early morning, when driving at night, my butt hurts so much that it doesn't feel like my own.

When they returned after delivering the goods, Ethan felt even more that his body was in the car and his soul was chasing behind.

The numbness that came from deep within made him very uncomfortable.

But at the same time, he was also very excited.

In three days, I made a gaming motherboard for one hundred yuan. This kind of deal, which requires no personal contact, makes the people who do it feel happy both physically and mentally!

What’s more, while he was delivering, Nolan Bushnell and Don Valentine were also running!

Three hundred dollars for three days!
Seventy-two bucks a piece!
A simple conversion shows that you can draw $21,600 here!
In the following month, Ethan basically lived in this kind of painful and happy life. He went to Phoenix, but did not appreciate the prosperity of Phoenix. He went to Albuquerque, but did not have time to gaze at the ruins of the Spanish fleet. He came to Houston, but did not get a glimpse of the charm of the space city. He visited Oklahoma City, where...

Well, there really isn't a lot of Indian presence here anymore.

(laugh~
Although he did not experience the beauty of these cities, Ethan was very satisfied.

Because after a month of running around, he always felt that he had spread the green ocean to the world.

After finishing his last trip, he couldn't wait to go back, back to Los Gatos, back to Atari, to find out how many copies of "Snake Game" had been sold in the past month.

However, when he drove to the border of Las Vegas and let Steve Jobs go to the bathroom because of an urgent need, a few minutes later, the guy who went to the gas station to solve the problem rushed back with his pants up.

In his hand, he was waving a newspaper.

"Ethan! Ethan!! We're in the newspapers!!! We're in the newspapers!!!"

"They covered the Snake Game! They covered the Snake Game!!!"

Such a call made Ethan Jones raise an eyebrow.

When I took it and took a look, the first thing that caught my eye was the Los Angeles Times logo.

On the newspaper's sub-page, a very clear title was printed in bold black font:

Green snakes sweep the West Coast

(End of this chapter)