Rebirth of America, this is my era

Chapter 96: Sell, sell, sell!
[The producer of "Snake Game" has released a new game! "Pac-Man" has become popular in North American colleges! ]

[The greatest work in the history of video games has been born! Yellow Pac-Man has won praise from countless professors! ]

[The era of artificial intelligence has officially arrived! Pac-Man is the perfect application! ]

[Famous Hollywood director Steven Spielberg said: "Ethan Jones is the most creative game producer I have ever seen! When he closes his eyes, he sees the future of video games!"]

[Ralph Bell said: "Ethan Jones proved to me that the era of circuit boards is dead and that video games will move towards refinement. I am very glad that I witnessed his arrival with my own eyes."]

After the launch of "Pac-Man", in just two days, related promotional materials spread throughout America. The New York Times, the Washington Post, and the Los Angeles Times, the three major North American daily newspapers, all reported on the game "Pac-Man". The wording was so wild and the words were so exaggerated that everyone was stunned.

At some point, people who bought these three newspapers even wondered if Ethan Jones, the producer of Snake Game, had paid these newspapers at the same time? Otherwise, why would these newspapers all praise his new work Pac-Man?
Regarding this, Ethan Jones just wanted to say that he charged it, but not completely.

The reason why I say it was charged is that on the day of the "Pac-Man" press conference, he did invite some media to witness it.

As for why there was no charging, it was because Principal Fred Terman, who had already seen the game demonstration, felt that those California tabloids were too lagging and it was too slow to use them to deliver news, so he personally stepped forward and brought in editors from the three major newspapers.

When those guys who play with pens are invited to attend the press conference while being paid and witnessing the miracle with their own eyes, they start to brag about it like "Wow, Wow!". Especially when the participants at the conference are all big names in the field, the report will be even easier to write.

To be honest, when Ethan first started the interview, he felt that all this pomp and circumstance was a bit excessive.

but……

Cough cough cough...

But his strength is there, so he can't keep a low profile!
After all, America does not believe in the compromise that Mr. Zhou Shuren talked about. America's value is pragmatism!
So, Ethan just pretended to be a little bitch.

Well, it's just as tiny as a fingernail, not worth mentioning.

hehehe~
Of course, as Destiny Game gained fame, it also received a flood of orders.

Although the new product launch was held on Sunday and the reports in the three major North American newspapers appeared on Wednesday, the company's fax machine was out of service by the time get off work ended on Friday because they had received more than sixty orders in just two days for a total of one thousand machines.

That's right!

Within two days, the Destiny game had sold one thousand arcade machines!
The reason why faxing, a high-end ordering method, was used was purely because the people who placed the orders were all North American universities! When those universities learned that the concept of artificial intelligence, which had been proposed for 20 years, had actually been interpreted in the civilian gaming field, almost everyone called to verify the facts. After waiting for the industry leaders who had attended the press conference to confirm with them one by one...

Placing an order becomes inevitable.

Of course, there are only so many North American universities capable of supporting AI research. Theoretically, it is impossible for them to ask for a thousand arcade machines. But why do many universities turn to President Fred Terman when they seek confirmation?

When he heard that these guys wanted to order machines, President Fred Terman immediately said:
"An arcade machine can only be used by a few students at a time. Your school has so many students, and it would be a waste of time to have them queue up to use it. Therefore, a minimum order of ten machines can ease the pressure on teaching."

"Besides, an arcade machine is not expensive, only two thousand dollars, and ten arcade machines are only twenty thousand dollars. In the field of scientific research, this money can't produce anything at all, but now, twenty thousand dollars can allow those students who only know how to study to touch the latest cutting-edge inspiration! It can allow students to get more excellent ideas! So...what do you think about buying it?"

"purchase?"

"Okay! Place your order!"

"What? Just the circuit board?"

"Oh! Sxxt! You guys are Harvard! Can't you even come up with $20,000? Aren't you ashamed?"

"Still want circuit boards? I tell you there aren't any!"

"As long as I, Fred Terman, am at Stanford, our company will never be able to sell circuit boards!"

"Game of Destiny is our star enterprise! You can't trample on our school's support projects like this!"

"That's it. I've decided for you. Harvard will take 20 units! I'll only give MIT 15 units!"

"I'll help you piss them off to death!"

"Bye!"

This kind of sales promotion really opened Ethan's eyes!

He is worthy of being the man who poaches Harvard girls on the Harvard campus!

This is too cool!
The price jumped from $1,200 to $2,000, and the declaration of not selling circuit boards, made Ethan extremely grateful to the old president. He simply waved his hand and decided to donate 20 Pac-Man arcade machines to Stanford for their... research?
Well, Ethan actually thinks that when the game appears, there may be more people addicted to it.

However, Ethan didn't have the heart to care about these things for the time being, because when a large number of orders appeared, what he needed to pay most attention to was production and distribution. According to Ethan's original plan, the sales of "Pac-Man" should be a step-by-step process. First, hold a new product launch conference, and then recruit people to promote it. During the promotion process, buy factory workers to produce, so that the inventory can be reduced to a minimum.

There was no way. Who made him feel at the time that no matter how awesome Pac-Man was, it would take time for it to become popular?

But when Stanford granted him the use of Memorial Church and President Fred Terman decided to participate, Ethan smelled something unusual, so he immediately ordered Damio Dean to purchase the factory as soon as possible and hire workers to start production ahead of schedule.

So, ten days ago, they took over a two-acre abandoned electronics factory in Sunnyvale for $100,000.

Five days ago, we recruited thirty circuit board engineers with experience in plate making.

Like Nolan Bushnell, Ethan also provides jobs for idle people in society, and he chose the hippies who need social support, so they received some humanistic care in terms of expenses. Each person was paid $100 per week, and each person only needed to make ten arcade machines for him within five days and eight hours. If the efficiency was improved, he would give him an extra $15 bonus for each additional machine made. Well, to be honest, it was simply cheap and easy to use.

As for the materials...

That's even simpler.

Chuck Petrus Company was able to take care of all of Ethan's chip needs, and Ethan purchased the consumables for making circuit boards from the San Francisco Electronic Supply Company. Yes, at this time, Ethan thought of his dear Mr. Foberle who had been offline for a long time.

But when Mr. Furber drove his beloved car to Stanford, he was completely angry!

Because Ethan didn't invite him to the Pac-Man launch!
But when Ethan took a marker and drew a Pac-Man on his white T-shirt, signed his name, and explained that this press conference was a technical exchange, so it was not easy to invite him, and then promised to give him a Pac-Man arcade machine so that he could play it slowly in the store, the extremely vigilant Mr. Foberle just snorted a few times arrogantly and didn't bother with Ethan.

Of course, what needs to be emphasized will still be emphasized——

"Ethan! If you don't call me next time, we can't be friends anymore!"

This kind of angry words made Ethan smile and nod.

"Okay, okay, okay, I'll definitely do it next time, definitely do it next time."

The production problem is easy to solve, but the transportation problem is very troublesome because electronic arcade machines are very valuable and cannot be easily transported.

And just when Ethan was worried, Thomas took the initiative to help.

"Ethan, there are seventy-six permanent workers in our orchard, twenty-seven of whom have been working with me for ten years."

"These people all have families and children, and you can be completely assured of their character."

“Moreover, these 27 people all have experience driving trucks because they help me transport navel oranges to the dock every year.”

"So, if you are short of manpower over there, they can help you deliver the goods."

"But you have to pay them a normal salary. For example, when I asked them to help me transport goods, the subsidy for each person was ten dollars a day, and it was calculated based on the total round trip distance. If you can accept this, then I can talk to them."

"If you still feel that you don't have enough manpower, I can help you borrow some people. Do you remember those uncles and aunts before? They were the ones I took home to drink after Snake Game became a big hit. They have veteran employees who have been working there for more than ten years, and many of them can drive trucks. I'll talk to them, and each of them can lend a dozen people. In three days, I can put together a fleet of a hundred people for you."

Whoops!

This is really like someone offering you a pillow when you feel sleepy!

"Oh Thomas, I love you—"

Ethan smiled and hugged Thomas, "No need to borrow anyone for now, the twenty or so people in our family are enough for now."

"Salaries are no problem, I won't give them less!"

"I'll give them whatever standards you give them!"

"But...if you ask them to help me, what will happen to the orchard at home?"

Ethan's concern made Thomas wave his hand and said, "Don't worry about the orchard. I can recruit some more people to help temporarily."

"Then we should pay for this." Ethan quickly expressed his opinion.

Thomas smiled and shook his head, saying, "Oh Ethan, I can still afford these wages!"

"Your company hasn't recovered the funds yet, so don't increase your expenses!"

"Just work hard so that I can brag to my friends when we go out drinking!"

"I hope I can introduce myself like this when the time comes - I, Thomas Johnson, have trained the richest man in the world!"

"Hahaha--"

Thomas laughed so hard at this that he clapped his hands on the table.

And Ethan couldn't stop smiling, and kept shaking his head, "Don't worry, Thomas, this day will come."

"Then you can tell others that you raised the richest man in the world with your own hands."

"Hahahahahaha—" Thomas laughed even louder.

"Dong dong dong!" He clenched his five fingers into a fist and started knocking on the table.

There were still tears in his eyes.

(End of this chapter)