Rebirth of America, this is my era

Chapter 52 Sister is back~
Although Ethan Jones was full of complaints, he actually had an immature idea in his mind.

As for what?

It's like what Dad said - "To beat magic with magic."

Of course, legal issues need to be resolved by a wizard.

But even if Ethan Jones had a target, he didn't want to bother Barbara for the time being.

The reason is very simple. If the capitalists in modern industry exploit the surplus value of the workers, then financial capital sucks the huge profits of these capitalists, and its main purpose is to get something for nothing.

If MOS promises that after Ethan Jones helps them solve the patent problem, they will give Ethan Jones a protective license for the 6502 product, for example, Ethan Jones will enjoy the exclusive production rights of 6502 in the next year, then Ethan Jones will definitely be more active than anyone else in protecting his own interests.

But according to the shared thinking of those people, this kind of thing should never happen, right?
So Ethan Jones decided to wait, wait for MOS to solve the problem itself, and wait for everyone to eat together after the dust settled.

He admitted that he was just such a vulgar person.

He is willing to contribute to changing the world, but before that -

"You have to let me have the first soup anyway, right?"

…………

Since there was nothing going on with Wozniak and the great career envisioned by Jobs had not made much progress for the time being, Ethan Jones decided to leave first. He didn't want to be a light bulb in front of Wozniak, who was already single, nor did he want to glare at the sulky old Jobs.

When he got into his Chevrolet again, Ethan felt that the past month had been a dream.

On the surface, he met Wozniak, got Apple, and touched Kingsoft, and is expected to achieve financial freedom within five years.

But what is the reality? Wozniak is very nice, Apple smells good, Kingsoft looks very close, but the financial freedom code is so far away!

He was busy for a month and felt that he had gained a lot, but not a single project was finalized.

Although this fact was very frustrating, Ethan only struggled with it for a while and stopped thinking about it.

There must be a way when you reach the mountain!

We should be happy as human beings, why torture ourselves?
Even if he can't accomplish all the things listed above, he can still make games, right?
"Hey! That's the good thing about foresight!"

"There are many ways to retreat!"

…………

This thought made Ethan decide to go home and copy the next game.

No, it’s about designing the next game.

And when he returned home with a smile on his face, he was overwhelmed by surprise as soon as he entered the door.

"Wow! When did you get back?"

In the sight, Evelin, who was wearing a white dress, was curled up on the sofa watching TV, with one hand on her chin, looking lazy.

The unexpected shout made the girl look up. After seeing the dusty figure at the entrance, the girl said in surprise: "Oh~ Ethan~ You are finally back!"

Before he finished speaking, Evelin took advantage of the situation and ran over.

She was smiling and was about to give Ethan a hug, but the sour smell made her take two steps back.

Covering his nose with one hand and flapping his hands with the other, he said in surprise: "Oh! Sxxt! Ethan, are you going to MXG to do business? Why are you like a refugee?"

What Evelyn meant by going to MXG to do business was actually the border industry plan that the United States and MXG had come up with to prevent illegal immigration.

During WW2, due to the invitation of millions of young and middle-aged men to join the army, there was a serious shortage of agricultural labor in the United States. In order to solve this problem, the US government came up with the "MXG Agricultural Labor Program", which allowed MXG farmers and workers to enter the southwestern United States to engage in agricultural work.

This plan was readily accepted by MXG because they believed that it was a perfect plan of 'labor for dollars'. MXG could not only gain benefits from the workers, but also solve the explosive unemployment problem. Therefore, after the plan was signed, millions of temporary immigrants rushed into the southwestern states of the United States.

But after the end of WW2, the return of the labor force made the local residents very dissatisfied with temporary immigrants. The native American people believed that temporary immigrants had taken away their jobs. So under pressure from anti-immigration groups, the "MXG Agricultural Labor Program" was finally declared over after twenty-four years of implementation.

Although a lot of temporary immigrants were cleared out, the market environment brought about by cheap labor made local labor very dissatisfied. Local American workers could not accept the unethical jobs given by capitalists, and capitalists did not want to provide better and higher-paying jobs. Therefore, in order to ensure the normal circulation of low-end production industries, MXG and the United States came up with a border industrialization plan.

MXG allows the United States to invest in and build low-wage assembly plants on its side of the border. To do this, the United States needs to hire a large number of workers from MXG to solve MXG's employment problems.

After that, the image of half heaven and half hell appeared in photos of major media in later generations.

And what Evelyn meant by going to MXG to do business was actually that she felt that Ethan had a smell that was common among outsiders.

This is indeed discrimination, but... who cares?
Such words made Ethan look down.

Although he has taken a shower and changed clothes every day in the past month, many problems are unavoidable in the hot summer.

In addition, this body is white, and the sweat glands on the skin are relatively developed, so -

"Oh Evelyn! Although I understand what you mean, I still have to correct you! Please be careful with your words!"

“Get lost!” Evelin didn’t tolerate him, she glared at him, then rushed him upstairs, “Go take a shower!”

"I don't..." Ethan wanted to say something.

But Evelin was faster than him and showed her shining fist. "Want to be beaten? Aangha?"

"...Okay, I'll wash it."

Based on the principle of family harmony, Ethan went straight upstairs.

About twenty minutes later, when he reappeared in a refreshed outfit, Evelin's smile rekindled.

"This is right~"

The girl moved and made room on the sofa.

Although Ethan sat over, he had a poker face, almost writing a note saying No Trespassing.

In this situation, Evelin picked up the Lays potato chips and Happy Water on the table and passed them over.

When she saw that Ethan didn’t take it, she stuffed the snacks directly into Ethan’s hands and said, “What? Are you angry?”

Ethan still ignored her.

The silent attitude made Evelin laugh and shake her head. She ran upstairs and came back with a bang.

During this process, a gift box appeared in her hands.

"Here, it's for you." "I got it while traveling. I thought you would like it."

Although it is customary in America to bring gifts to people around you when you go out, when Ethan opened the gift box, the clothes inside still made him scream in surprise.

It was a very ordinary T-shirt, with the 1975 Seattle Music Festival even printed on the chest. But at the same time, next to the logo, there was a signature that was extremely scribbled - Ray Charles.

"Oh! Sxxt! Is this Ray Charles' autographed T-shirt?"

"Yeah~"

"How did you get it?"

"He asked for it at the music festival. Although he was not very mobile, he was still very enthusiastic. He signed more than a thousand copies on the spot, right?"

Ray Charles is a national treasure singer in the United States. He has won many Grammy Awards and was ranked in the top ten of the "100 Greatest Artists of All Time" selected by Rolling Stone magazine.

Although Ethan had never heard of his songs in his previous life, he had seen the movie "King of Soul" which was based on him.

Jamie Foxx performed well and Ethan liked it very much.

And this signed T-shirt——

"Oh, thank you." Ethan accepted it with a smile, "This gift is indeed a surprise!"

“Not angry anymore?” Evelin snorted twice.

"Have I ever been angry?" Ethan asked doubtfully, blinking his big eyes and trying his best to show his sincerity.

Evelin wanted to curse at this shameless behavior.

But before she could start to criticize, Ethan noticed something was wrong and changed the subject.

"Evelyn, can you tell me where you went this time? The gift you gave me made me curious about your trip."

The blunt question made Evelin roll her eyes.

She kicked Ethan angrily, then she stood up again and searched the display cabinet in the living room.

Then, a photo album appeared in front of Ethan.

Touching the cover of the album, a smile appeared on Evelin’s face.

It seems to be recalling the good times of the past month, but it also seems to be expressing the joy in one's heart.

"Oh Ethan~ Let me tell you, this trip we had was really exciting!"

"We went to Seattle first and attended the music festival there. In addition to my brother Ray, there were many other singers performing there!"

"Look! This is a live photo! This is the Heart Band!"

"Really! The atmosphere there is great! Much better than in San Francisco!"

"After the show, we walked south along the Colorado River. Look, the scenery here is so beautiful~"

“Look, this photo was taken at Rock Arch Park!”

"How's it going? Does it look good?"

The photo Evelyn was referring to was a photo taken in front of a sandstone arch.

The deep orange rocks, which were formed 300 million years ago, are a magnificent sight in America.

Although photos of this age simply cannot capture its fine texture and true charm, that doesn’t matter, right?

Because what Evelyn asked was not whether the arch was beautiful, but——

"Hmm."

After glancing at the photos, Ethan nodded decisively and said, "It looks good, especially this floral dress, which suits you very well."

"Oh! I like this dress, too!"

Evelyn narrowed her eyes and smiled.

“I bought this at Gap for only $9.9.”

Ethan smiled and nodded, breathing a sigh of relief at his sister's joy.

As Evelyn told his story, Ethan's travel route also popped up in his mind.

Starting from San Francisco, head north, then diagonally south, and finally return from the coastline on the Arizona side.

He really envied the ease of traveling across half of the United States.

After Evelyn excitedly shared her joy with Ethan, she also curiously asked about Ethan's whereabouts.

She wanted to know if Ethan really went to MXG.

Ethan, of course, strongly denied this speculation. At the same time, feeling that there was nothing to hide, he directly explained his daily life.

When Evelyn learned that Ethan went to Hawaii after receiving the profit from Snake Game, she exclaimed in surprise. She said that no matter how good the inland was, it was not as relaxing as an island vacation.

But when Ethan talked about it, he actually only played with it for half a month, and spent the rest of the time working on computers with his friends. At the same time, they also found a CPU that seemed to be usable, but had patent issues...

The girl, who was still smiling and listening, suddenly frowned.

"What did you say? A CPU forty-two dollars?"

The girl stared at Ethan with wide eyes.

"Yeah, what's wrong?" Ethan asked back.

"What's wrong?" Ethan's words stunned the girl for a moment.

Then he raised his voice, "Ethan, you asked me what's wrong? I also wanted to ask you what's wrong with you?"

"Why are you telling me this now?"

"Such a big thing, why didn't you tell me earlier?"

(End of this chapter)