Rebirth of America, this is my era

Chapter 86 Recruitment
Whether it was the wrath of the Milova management, the anger of Nolan Bushnell, or the rage of Don Valentine, Ethan Jones could actually imagine all these reactions.

After all, he released the news just to irritate people. In this case, if he didn't imagine the enemy's indignant reaction after receiving the news and imagine the other party's jumping up and down, then what was the point of him releasing the news?
He would never do anything to waste public resources!

Since he has occupied public resources, he has to make himself happy!
And after thinking about it——

"Hehehe~"

Ethan Jones let out a long sigh and immediately felt refreshed both physically and mentally.

After having fun, Ethan did not forget his business. Since the company had been established, the necessary framework should be built. But even though he had lived two lives, he had never really managed a company. So, with reference to Atari, he copied its corporate structure and set up four departments in the company, namely administration, finance, production and sales.

The first thing to be established is naturally the administration.

Administrative recruitment is neither difficult nor easy. Although this job does not require too much professional knowledge most of the time, the diversity of matters involved makes the actual operation of this job feel extremely complicated.

Therefore, Ethan wants to recruit several employees with certain communication skills and good patience.

If it were a normal recruitment, this department alone would take up a lot of Ethan's time, because before the advent of the Internet, recruiting people was really troublesome. It was either to place an advertisement in newspapers and magazines, or to communicate with local human resources service companies. This communication mode that cannot transcend time and space will really make people in the new era feel helpless.

The efficiency is too low!
Fortunately, Ethan is located in the Stanford Industrial Park.

With the support of the Stanford Entrepreneurship Office, I directly raised my request to the teachers and got a list of job applicants after initial screening.

I made a simple selection and asked the teacher to notify them to come for the interview.

At nine o'clock the next morning, seven job seekers appeared in the first-floor lobby of Kismet.

After interviewing them one by one, Ethan selected two of them.

The first one is Damio Dean, an undergraduate student at Stanford School of Engineering who just graduated this summer. He is a tall and thin young man. He was chosen because he showed his love for Snake Game without hesitation during the interview.

Ethan was impressed by the richness of his words and the sincerity of his tone.

Of course, what impressed Ethan even more was that this guy directly said -

"Oh Ethan! I spent at least five hundred bucks on Snake Game!"

"I've played it at least two thousand times!"

“Although I haven’t completed the game yet, I will continue! Because I believe I have the ability to do it!”

Well! Ethan also believes that such fanatical game fans can definitely be competent for the work of security!
If anyone expresses dissatisfaction with the game here, this guy will kick the troublemaker out without him saying a word!
The second is Julis Noble, an undergraduate student at Stanford School of Humanities, a blonde girl with blue eyes.

The reason why she impressed Ethan was that the major on her resume was philosophy.

This major made Ethan curious, and when he asked her why she chose philosophy, the girl said -

"Because my parents and my family are all devout Protestants, they taught me to bathe in the Holy Light devoutly since I was a child. At the same time, I also received education in school. The teacher told us that we are a free country and everyone has free will. When I accepted these two ideas at the same time, I became confused. If we are a free country and everyone can have free will, then why do my parents guide me to believe in something? And if we are not a free country, parents, friends and teachers can instill various ideas into us at will, then why do teachers in school tell us that people are free?"

“I don’t understand this, but I want to understand this.”

“So, when I applied to college, I chose the philosophy department.”

"Because I want to know, are our thoughts pure? Do we really have free will?"

Ethan was stunned when he heard these words!

Then he gave a thumbs up in his heart.

It is truly amazing that people in America in the 1970s were able to realize that freedom is not freedom.

People who are good at finding faults are definitely suitable for administrative positions.

What a thoughtful person!

Now that the decision had been made, Ethan took out the contract and signed it with them.

Weekly salary: two hundred, annual salary: nine thousand six hundred.

Although it seems to be much higher than the median income of more than 5,000, if you really calculate it, it is just the average salary in the industry.

As the two signed the contract, Ethan also took out a list of items that had been prepared for them to complete. The contents written on it included but were not limited to customizing the company's doorhead, purchasing daily necessities and office supplies for the company, registering social insurance for the company's employees, etc.

When it comes to social security, Ethan is a little annoyed, because in social security contributions, the company pays 6.2% and the employee pays 4.2%, which seems to be very little, but the payment basis is based on the employee's salary, and there is no minimum payment base.

Therefore, most employees can only accept the actual payment...

Hey!
It's all money!

After handing over the trivial matters in the company to the newly recruited administrative clerk, Ethan turned his attention to the financial department.

To be honest, Ethan wanted to recruit financial staff directly from Stanford at first, because he thought it was very convenient. But when he told Evelyn about this idea, she directly said that Thomas had already found an accountant for them. "Thomas has already found an accountant for us. He is the son of the accountant of our agricultural trade company."

"I'm in my thirties and have been in the industry for eight years. Previously, I worked for a production-oriented electronics company in Mountain View."

“Thomas said this man could be trusted because his father had been doing the accounting for our family for almost thirty years.”

"There has never been a problem. When the IRS conducted a random inspection before, it passed perfectly."

Since Thomas has already found the candidate for him, Ethan will not be polite.

I dialed the number in my hand and invited the other party to meet.

He was a slightly plump middle-aged man named Allen Massey. Like most Americans, he had a corn belly.

When Ethan asked him what he was going to do after taking over the startup, the guy said very sincerely -

"Boss, although we are a game company, we are essentially an industrial manufacturing company because we will be involved in the production of arcade machines. So I will first establish a production ledger for the company based on the thinking of an industrial manufacturing company, which will involve cost accounting."

"From what I can see right now, I can do it alone, but I believe that recruitment will definitely be necessary in the future because I have confidence in your game."

After chatting for a while, they seemed to get along well, so Ethan took out the contract and signed it with him.

Since his weekly salary in his previous job was already $320, Ethan gave him a raise to $400.

Therefore, his annual income can reach 19,200.

Looks expensive, but...

The finance position will be more expensive in the future.

This is the United States, and this position is with the IRS.

After finalizing the administration and finance, Ethan put a stop to the company's recruitment matters.

Because there is no need to rush in the two links of production and sales.

Let's talk about production first. Previously, when he was observing Atari, Ethan had discovered that Nolan Bushnell used hippies to make arcade games and circuit boards. When this kind of socially recognized beatniks could do these jobs, Ethan had a good idea.

As for sales...

This is even easier!

He himself is the best salesperson!
When the inventor of Snake Game released a new game...

This name alone is enough to attract countless businesses!
As I said, if you want to make money, become famous first!
Once you become famous, buyers will naturally come to you!

As for delivery?

If possible, he would most like customers to pick up the goods themselves.

The Apple effect can save more costs!
“So, now all we need is the product?”

After confirming that the company had been successfully established by him, Ethan also retreated into the office of the chairman, CEO and president on the third floor.

Sitting down in the boss chair, the comfortable feeling made him squint his eyes.

After enjoying himself for a while, he took out a piece of paper from the drawer and prepared to create a game.

However, after he pulled out the pen and started writing for a while, his right hand suddenly stopped again.

Because at this moment, he suddenly realized that he seemed to have too many choices?

"Hiss... this is giving me a headache!"

Ethan took a deep breath and contributed his little bit to global warming.

On the white paper in front of him, there were three items at the moment:

Tetris

Space Invaders

Pac-Man

Note: ① Atari actually hired a large number of hippies to make arcade machines and circuit boards. Jobs even explained that the hippie movement was declining at that time, and many hippies needed a job, but they didn't have any outstanding skills, so their prices in the market were relatively cheap. Well, this is actually the cost control of capitalists.

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