Rebirth of America, this is my era

Chapter 84 Ethan's Revenge, from Morning to Night

Since Ralph Bell has said this, Ethan can feel free to put aside all his worries.

For the next three days, they briefly played around Nashua.

Since Arnold Spielberg and Ralph Baer had something to say, the two old men acted separately, while Ethan, Spielberg and Jobs got together because of their youth, wandered around Boston and went to Manchester.

They didn't meet again until Arnold Spielberg decided to go home and flew back to Los Angeles.

Since everyone had things to do, they said goodbye after landing. Of course, Spielberg did not forget that Ethan asked him for the Barbra Streisand album. Since he did not have it, they agreed to give it to him in person the next time they met.

After saying goodbye, Ethan sent Jobs home. Then, he returned to Palo Alto with nothing to do. After spotting his sister, he knocked on the door of her villa and happily shared his gains with her.

At the same time, he also asked about the matters related to entrepreneurship application.

This question prompted Evelyn to take out a file bag. Ethan took it and opened it. Inside was the business application approved by Stanford. Just as the two had discussed before, Vinton Cerf appeared in the advisor column. Not only that, Barbara Babcock also became the legal adviser appointed by Stanford University.

This result made Ethan very happy, and when he turned the page, he was even more surprised to find that in addition to assigning teachers to guide their entrepreneurship, Stanford also allocated them a $100,000 entrepreneurship fund, as well as a three-story vacant building on the school's factory campus. Although it was not large, with a total area of ​​just over 17,000 square feet, which is about 500 square meters per floor, it was very luxurious for a start-up company.

"What's happening here?"

Ethan didn't understand.

“Special matters are handled specially.”

Evelyn smiled and said: "After I submitted my entrepreneurship application to the school, the teacher who knew about the situation reported it directly. Because Snake Game was a great success, the school decided to provide targeted support to us."

"Don't worry, there are no vested interests involved, because the application form was eventually submitted to President Terman, and all the conditions were approved by him personally. I was also fortunate to meet him. He said that after the establishment of the Stanford Industrial Park, Stanford has not cultivated a star company, which makes him very regretful, because he really wants to see an excellent company born on this land in his lifetime."

"He felt that our company had such potential, so he was willing to help. At the same time, he told us not to worry, because it was he who helped find customers for HP when it was first established. HP was not well-known at the time, and no one bought their electronic products. It was President Terman who personally called Walt Disney and sold him HP's oscillator. With that income, they were able to stabilize."

concern?

How could Ethan have any concerns?

He wished that more help would come to his doorstep!

He is not a young man who just graduated from school!

Compared with the old-fashioned story of starting from scratch and being self-reliant, he believes more in help from noble people!
After putting the documents away with a smile, Ethan said, "Then the next step is to register the company?"

"Of course." Evelin nodded. "The company could have been registered a long time ago. I have already found an agency to handle it, but we still have a lot of details to finalize. For example, how much money are you going to invest? Do we need to seek external financing?"

The question of financing meant nothing to Ethan.

Because the gaming company is his cash cow, he can't possibly give it to anyone!
This is just like Valve, which owns Steam, refusing to raise funds and refusing to go public!
Those financial people on Wall Street want to suck his blood?

You’re dreaming!
As for how much money to invest...

That depends on Evelyn.

“How much money do you want to invest?” Ethan looked at Evelin with a smile and asked, “Do you have any ideas about this matter?”

“Of course.” Evelin also smiled and replied: “I will invest 300,000, accounting for 30%. You will invest 700,000, accounting for 70%.”

"what do you think?"

This distribution method made Ethan very curious, "Why is it divided like this?"

"Because if I take less, it will be difficult for me to be admitted to Stanford." Evelyn said with a smile.

"Stanford's student entrepreneurship program is to support students of the school to start their own businesses. You are not a student of Stanford, so President Terman has no reason to give the green light to your business. Of course, if you are willing to enroll, I don't have to invest..."

"Okay, Okay, Okay... Stop talking, I have no objection." Ethan waved his hands repeatedly, signaling his sister to stop.

read?

Do not make jokes!
Now is not the time to study!

As for the 30:70 split?

He actually had no objection.

Because he knew that whether it was Barbara Babcock or Vinton Cerf, they were all invited by his sister.

He will have to rely on the other party for future game production.

When the technology and connections are provided by the other party, there is no problem in taking 30%.

While Ethan nodded and cheered, his repeated refusal made Evelin roll her eyes.

I punched him in anger and said, "When will you tell me about your new inspiration?"

"Principal Terman and Teacher Vinton both told me that we should send them one as soon as the new product comes out."

"Because they are very curious about what new ideas come out of your mind when you are eager to solve all the problems and try your best to make games."

At this point, Evelin’s eyes were also filled with curiosity, “To be honest…”

"I'm curious too."

"Is that so?" Evelyn's words made Ethan laugh. "So you're all looking forward to my new work?"

"Oh - this is really stressing me out -"

"But I have confidence."

"Evelyn, let me give you a few days to think about it. I'll see what game to make."

Evelin frowned when she heard these words.

Because she heard the ambiguity in Ethan's words. Think about it?
See what game to make?
"Oh Ethan, don't you have a lot of ideas in your head?"

Evelin asked suspiciously, “Why do I feel like you have the intention of switching from wholesale to retail?”

Ethan certainly has lots of inspiration!
After all, what is in his mind is the accumulation of a world!

It's just that he couldn't pretend to be so arrogant, so he could only smile and say nothing.

After the share ratio is determined, the company officially begins registration.

With the help of the agency, Kismet obtained its business license on November 1975, 11.

Evelyn Johnson, who holds 30 percent of the shares, serves as the company's chairman and CEO.

Ethan Jones, who holds 70 percent of the shares, will serve as president.

Later, on Monday the 17th, the startup fund promised by Stanford was delivered to Ethan in the form of a check.

Not only that, they also brought Ethan the keys to the vacant building in Stanford Industrial Park.

A ten-year lease contract was signed with Ethan, with the cost as low as one dollar a year.

In return, Kismet promised to give priority to recruiting employees from Stanford. In the future, if the total number of the company's employees exceeds 100, then after deducting the basic worker ratio, the proportion of Stanford personnel in the company cannot be less than 20%.

After finishing all this in a hurry, Ethan got busy with the most important things again.

At two o'clock that afternoon, the technical consultant employment invitation and employment contract drafted by the lawyer and signed by Ethan flew from Palo Alto to Professor Bell in Nashua, New Hampshire by fax.

It was a long-term contract with no fixed term. As long as Professor Bell was willing, he could continue to serve as Kismet's senior technical consultant. For this, Kismet would pay him a certain consulting fee every year. The first five years were US$50,000 per year, and the fees thereafter would depend on the situation. However, starting from the sixth year, a minimum bottom line was set, and the annual consulting fee would not be less than US$100,000.

To be honest, this amount of money is actually very little.

Because Ralph Bell's annual salary at Sanders was over $200,000.

This is the 200,000 yuan in 1975, not the 200,000 yuan in 1923!
In addition, he has licensed out a lot of his patents, so he is actually very rich.

But this price was actually proposed by them themselves.

In his words, that is - 'Ethan, I don't care how much money you pay me, as long as the games you make satisfy me, I will stay in your company forever, because I like playing games, and I also hope that everyone in the world can play good games.'

When these words came out, Ethan readily accepted them.

After waiting for an hour, the receipt of acceptance came out from Ethan's fax.

The contract signed by Ralph Baer himself will be sent by mail, which will take about two weeks.

Of course, if he uses FedEx, he may have to wait for a courier named Chuck to deliver the package to his door.

After finishing all this, Ethan called Professor Ralph Bell again.

On the phone, he said -

"Professor Bell, there is something I would like to ask for your opinion on."

"Oh Ethan, just go ahead."

"It's like this. I want to send a statement to Mi Luohua to inform them that I have established a game company. Then, I will also tell them that I have invited you to become my company's technical consultant."

Such words stunned Ralph Bell on the other end of the phone.

After about three or four seconds, a knowing laugh came out of the receiver.

"Oh Ethan! I know what you mean! Sure! Just send it directly! Milohua's random prosecution is a bit disgusting. If it were me, I would give them a slap in the face!"

"Do not--"

"I want to slap him right now!"

"They were asked to crack down on plagiarism, but they just had to strangle everyone! This is really disgusting!"

"Well, let me give you a suggestion. Didn't the Los Angeles Times publish your report? Just go to them and ask them to do an exclusive interview with you. I think they will definitely agree!"

"Call me when the time comes! You must call me!"

Ralph Bell's reaction made Ethan smile and shake his head.

Well, I am still a passionate person.

But if that’s the case, then it’s easy!

After hanging up the phone, Ethan found the contact information of the Los Angeles Times in the Yellow Pages and called them.

After the call was connected, he said directly: "I am Ethan Jones, the inventor of Snake Game. I have an exclusive interview, please do it for me... After the termination of the cooperation with Atari, I have now established my own company and reached a cooperation with Professor Ralph Bell, the inventor of MILO Odyssey, who is now a senior technical consultant of my company."

That's right!

After getting the upper hand, the thing Ethan wanted to do most was to disgust people!

He wanted to dance the fact that he had successfully stolen the house in front of Mi Luohua's face!

What's the saying that it's never too late for a gentleman to take revenge?

I bother!

I, Ethan, seek revenge from morning till night!

(End of this chapter)