Reborn America, this is my time

Chapter 102 Be cautious
However, even if Ethan discovered the source of inspiration for "Space Invaders", he didn't intend to create it right away.Because it is only mid-June now, and it has only been more than a month since the official sale of "Pac-Man".Although research and development of new products can keep the company competitive forever when the huge profits have not yet been fully captured, but the fundamental law of aspiring to the top of the industry is to release new products stepping on the tide of the times.

So, when "Close Encounters of the Third Kind" and "Star Wars" are in production, and it's still early before the release...

Ethan is not in a hurry~
After finding out that he was not interested in making movies, Ethan stopped bothering Spielberg, but went shopping with his sister in Los Angeles.

I went to the beach of Santa Monica first, and saw the crowded scene while enjoying the beautiful sunshine. Thanks to the amusement park there, there are Ferris wheel and roller coaster to play, otherwise it would really be a special forces tour , punch the card and leave work;
I also went to the Walt Disney Concert Hall and listened to a performance by the Philharmonic Orchestra. The master of the baton was the famous Zubin Mehta. It happened to be Tchaikovsky’s special performance that day. From the Fantastic Overture From "Romeo and Juliet" to "Sorrowful Gun" in B minor, Ethan has not appreciated these things before, but if the money is spent and the person depends on it, does it feel different?

And in order to listen to the musical, Ethan also temporarily bought a formal suit.Although he kept complaining about troubles during this process, he was really shocked when he found out that there was a figure of "Pac-Man" near Westfield Century City, a shopping mall in Los Angeles!
You know, this is a haunt of high-end brands!

Tiffany, Gucci, these brands have stores here!
When the popular entertainment such as "Pac-Man" appears next to the brands that talk about style every day...

No matter how Ethan looked at it, he felt a little unbelievable!

At a certain moment, he didn't know whether it was his own bull beep, or the boss here was too good at playing!

And when this happened, Ethan, who was still troubled by listening to dramas, suddenly became happy again.

Musicals are serious?

It doesn't matter!
Over time, video games that become classics end up on the show floor.

After staying in Los Angeles for less than half a month, the two directly abandoned the car to buy a ticket and flew to New York at the end of June.

Because the coming Fourth of July is the bicentennial anniversary of the founding of America.

Although there is also a celebration team in Los Angeles, the momentum in New York is even greater. In addition to the exquisite fireworks flying over the city, there is also a large international fleet of tall sailing ships gathered here to celebrate with the people in the port.

After coming here, Ethan not only saw the Amerigo Vespucci, which was made of black canvas and belonged to Italy, but also saw the sailboat that sailed the longest distance in the world, from XBY The Juan Sebastian de Elcano, and the weather-beaten Krusensten, which was built by Hans Cat and was finally lost to Maozi because of the defeat, and so on.

When the sixteen sailing ships with medieval sailing style lined up on the blue sea, the scene was quite spectacular;

After the three support ships of 110 that cooperated with them also appeared, Ethan was amazed by the black pressure like a large army;

Finally, when a powerful laser shot out from the top of the sailboat and typed the words '1776-1976' to the people on the coast in broad daylight, the cheers like a tsunami were like a thunderstorm, and Ethan's eardrums hurt Incomparable.

"Oh! Sxxt! This special is too lively!" Ethan shouted.

"Isn't it normal?" Evelyn laughed and responded, "Who made this kind of thing happen once in a hundred years?"

While talking, she also held up her newly purchased Polaroid camera and frantically pressed the shutter, recording the history that was within reach.

Since this fleet will set off from New York and sail all the way to Boston, Ethan, who has never been on a sailing boat, wants to experience it.

This proposal also made Evelyn, who had never experienced it before, her eyes lit up, and she jumped to support it.

Although this international fleet does not sell tickets to carry passengers, it does not bother Ethan. After making some phone calls, he found a relationship with Professor Ralph Bell and boarded Made by Hans Cat, named Horst Wessel, but due to war compensation, it is now owned by the Eagle of the American Coast Guard.

Because someone said hello, as soon as he boarded the boat, Ethan looked around like a curious baby, and turned the whole sailboat upside down.In the next few days, he also learned to climb the mast and lay down the mast under the guidance of the crew. The former, like the little plum in the big ship, climbed to the top of the mast and cheered with arms, while the latter, That is embracing the world with open arms on the bowsprit.

When the howl of ghosts and wolves appeared, the Polaroid in Eveli's hand also slammed. After Ethan got his photo, he immediately flicked his bangs triumphantly and said with a big smile: "I said That’s right, right? I’m handsome! I’m handsome everywhere!”

Because this fleet stops and goes along the coast, it is equivalent to traveling by boat.

Walking for a while during the day and going ashore at night to rest, that feeling is indescribable.

As it should be, they took four days for what should have been a few hours' journey.

When they finally arrived in Boston, the spontaneous sloppiness made Ethan feel that this special thing is life!
After playing enough, Ethan didn't forget about the business, bought some gifts, and went to Nashua to visit the old man who helped him.

While chatting with the old man, Ethan also heard a piece of news.

"There seems to be some changes in Mirov's internal operation thinking, because their recent reactions are very strange. As far as I know, before and after the anniversary celebration, they made several deals, and all of them were for external game companies. Big acquisitions."

"Midway Games, Exsidy, and Ramtek's video game manufacturing division were all bought by them."

"A total of more than 2000 million was spent."

"What?" Ethan was taken aback by the news.

But in the next second, he laughed, "Oh, it seems that Mi Luohua has realized that in the field of games, content can only be king. Even if they make the best machines in the world, they don't have good content. If it is matched with sales, it still cannot be sold.”

What Ethan said was actually the theory of escort masterpieces poured out with blood by countless companies.

Why Microsoft's XBox can't sell Sony's PS?

The core problem is that there is too little monopoly.

When Sony can pull out a bunch of IP, isn't Microsoft's XBox just a big player?

And the current situation of Mi Luohua is actually similar to that of Microsoft in Ethan's previous life.

Although it occupies the title of the world's first commercial home game console, ordinary games are really not very attractive to the public, or in other words, if you don't start with games, then no matter how they sell the machine , will eventually leave sadly.

And games...

Ha ha.

"So you're not nervous at all?" Ethan's reaction made Ralph Bell ask with a smile.

"Oh Rudolph, why should I be nervous?" Ethan shrugged and said, "You should have heard a saying that when the enemies unite spontaneously, it's not that they figured out something, but that their opponents are very nervous." powerful."

Having said that, Ethan tapped his chest with his index finger and said, "I'm strong."

Then, he spread his hands again and said with a smile, "Since I'm strong, why should I be nervous?"

"Hahahaha~~~~" Ethan's words made Ralph Bell laugh out loud.

He clapped his hands and said, "Very good, very good...Young people should be full of confidence."

Although Ethan didn't panic, after returning to the hotel in Boston, he still dialed the company's number.After he asked Julis Noble who answered the phone, he realized that during the days of his vacation, the game circle had almost undergone an earth-shaking change.

First, Mirova started the way with a beautiful knife and acquired three game companies. Later, Atari was about to make a move, contacted a game manufacturer named Kee Games, and successfully annexed it under Warner's operation.

To be honest, the reactions of Mirov and Atari were actually within Ethan's expectation.

After all, circuit board games and CPU games are the products of two generations, which cannot be supported by small companies.

Acquiring some companies at this time is indeed a good way to take advantage of the fire.

But the behavior of these guys in unison was beyond his expectations.

Because these guys all completed the acquisition around the bicentennial celebration of the founding of America.

When the major media are reporting on the grand celebrations in various regions of America, and the attention of countless people is attracted by the programs on the celebrations, the voices of these two families become extremely limited.

Like now, only a few stakeholders will know because of concern.

If there is only one company that buys at the right time, then Ethan can still understand, but when the two companies have a tacit understanding at the same time...

This kind of thing is weird no matter how you look at it?

After all, both of these two have criminal records!
Therefore, Ethan decided to be cautious, "Is there any other news?"

Following his inquiry, Julis Noble said, "Yes, and two."

'? ' Ethan frowned slightly.

Without waiting for him to urge, Julis Noble said again: "The first one is a message from Chuck Paddle Company."

"Their general manager once came to the company to look for you. Because you were not here, they left the news. They said that Atari contacted them and wanted to purchase about 6502 to [-] MOS [-] chips. , Mi Luohua also asked the price, seeking a cooperation of less than ten dollars, if it is another buyer, they can negotiate by themselves, but Atari and Mi Luohua..."

"They're not ready to sell until you nod."

This fact made Ethan nod secretly in his heart.

"What about the other one?" he asked again.

"The other message came from Mr. Jobs." Julis Noble said: "Mr. Jobs said that Nolan Bushnell of Atari had contacted him and wanted to buy ten from him. APPLE 1."

Hearing what Julis Noble said, Ethan had a bottom line in his heart.

'I'm afraid these two guys have learned to keep a low profile? ' he murmured to himself.

In his opinion, if Atari and Mirov had concealed something, they would not have purchased MOS 6502 at all.

Because in this way, he can deduce the behavior of these guys.

For example, Atari needs [-] to [-] CPUs, which is actually the normal demand of an arcade machine company.

Because as a normal arcade company, they didn't know whether the game would be a big hit when they were developing the game, so in the initial production, they would only stock a thousand units at most, like the original "Snake Game", that is This is how it works.

For another example, Mi Luohua is negotiating on the purchase price of the CPU, which obviously wants to research in the direction of CPU home consoles.

Because the stocking of home consoles is the opposite of that of arcade machines, if they cannot be shipped in large quantities, then there is no market share.

When these established facts that can be deduced appear, the so-called acquisition at the time of the celebration is easy to understand. In Ethan's view, this is completely a manifestation of family ugliness.

Before, Mirov and Atari were used to being arrogant, and they wanted to tell the world every time they did something, but they all ended in failure.

After being deflated continuously, if they talk nonsense again, it will only damage the market's confidence in them.

"Okay, I see." Thinking of this, Ethan breathed a sigh of relief.

At the same time, he also made a decision, "You communicate with Chuck Paido and tell them that I have received the news, and I am very grateful for their concern. Then, although I have conflicts with Mirov and Atari , but I am not the major shareholder in the company, they can make their own decisions on whether to sell or not, as long as it conforms to commercial principles, I can accept it.”

"Call Steve again and ask them to sell APPLE 1 to Nolan."

"Now that we're officially open, we're doing everyone's business."

Having said that, Ethan paused again.

After thinking about it for two seconds, he decided that people should keep an eye on these two companies.

Because he always felt that the two guys who could dig a huge hole for him would definitely be able to make some other moths.

"The last thing, continue to stare at Atari and Mirov, and record their attitudes on this procurement incident."

"Although our Destiny game is very beautiful, it is only a small company with a registered capital of just one million."

"I will stay in Boston for a few days. If there is an accident, you can directly call my current number, leave a message for the hotel or ask the hotel to pick up the room for me. If there is no accident, then wait for me to contact you."

Ethan's orders were faithfully recorded by Julis Noble.

When this order appeared, the people on the east and west sides had different expressions.

Overjoyed, Atari bought a thousand MOS 6502s and ten Apple 1s at a price of less than $[-].

Then, Nolan Bushnell personally threw them into Atari's warehouse.

With a click, the objects all fell into darkness.

Facing Mirov's extreme price-lowering demands, Chuck Paido shook his head directly.

After they strongly refused, Mi Luohua also left disappointed with a happy face.

At the same time, the thin man who received the report also made a call.

"Oh—yes yes—we've finally heard from him—"

"A week ago, he boarded the Eagle sailboat of the US Coast Guard and headed north all the way to Boston. The hotel he is currently staying in is..."

"Okay, okay, I think your plan is feasible, but I want to remind you that our low-price purchase proposal was rejected by Chuck Paido..."

"Okay, good luck..."

After hanging up the phone, the thin man came to the old man's office and reported the latest situation to him.

Then, both of them laughed.

The next day, a middle-aged Asian man in a flowered shirt, black trousers and black leather shoes showed up in the lobby of a hotel in Boston with a beautiful Asian woman in a white dress. He went straight to In front of the service desk, he took out his ID and wanted to open a room.

At the same time, he looked left and right, as if looking at the decoration of the hotel and assessing the level of the hotel, but when he saw a white young man wearing a white T-shirt and black shorts and big sandals, and a man wearing a sun hat and a long floral dress After the fair-haired white girl came out of the hotel elevator, he immediately pulled down the toad mirror on the bridge of his nose, and looked at the two in front of him with a surprised expression.

Perhaps it was because his behavior was too abnormal, but it was more like human beings can always feel the gaze of the same kind. After a few seconds, the white young man and the white girl turned their heads almost at the same time, and met their six eyes.

And then...

"Oh! Mr. Jones! Is it really you?"

"Wow! I thought I was reading it wrong!"

The middle-aged Asian exclaimed and stepped forward quickly.

Halfway through, he felt something was wrong again, turned around and waved to his female companion.

Following his movements, the bewildered Asian beauty quickly followed.

After the middle-aged Asian held the other's hand, he took another step and came in front of the white youth.Then he bowed slightly, and said very happily: "Mr. Jones, it is really an honor for me, Hiroshi Yamauchi, to meet you in this place."

(End of this chapter)