Reborn America, this is my time

Chapter 177
The first snow in 1978~
Come earlier than usual~
All boats docked at Five Lakes~
All put on a layer of white coat~
In January [-], a historic winter storm swept across the American Midwest, with Cincinnati, Cleveland, and Detroit all seeing historic snowfall records.

The blizzard was sparked by a low-pressure system that formed in western Canada, and a powerful and intense cyclone emerged when a mass of warm, moist air from the south met a mass of cold air from the Arctic.The cyclone was moving northeast along the Ohio Valley at [-] mph, dumping more than [-] inches of snow on people along the way.

"The sudden blizzard caused traffic paralysis and power outages in many areas of America. In the center where the blizzard passed, many residents' houses were directly crushed, and the losses in agriculture and animal husbandry were even greater. countless……"

"After the disaster, Commander Jimmy delivered an urgent speech in Washington, saying that the federal government will provide assistance and resources to the affected areas, and a delegation from the Federal Emergency Management Agency will leave immediately to the disaster area to meet with local residents and assess the disaster situation level, ready for subsequent repairs.”

All major radio and television networks reported the disaster for the first time.

However, just when everyone thought that the sudden snowstorm was just an unlucky accident, another disaster struck in early February.An extratropical cyclone formed off the coast of South Carolina collided violently with a cold air mass from the North Pole, bringing a once-in-a-century ice storm to the northeast of America. New England, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, New York, all special codes Suffered.

When Boston cried and said their snowfall reached a staggering 27 inches, Providenceton yelled that their snowfall was even more exaggerated, a full 27 inches, which is worse for you The situation caused the governors of the disaster-stricken states to directly pull out the National Guard.

Participate in disaster relief and rescue the wounded.

After the release of the snow-white photo covered in ice and snow, Ethan, who was enjoying the sunshine in California, immediately opened his mouth, because on the TV, Commander Jimmy appeared again and issued a statement.

"I declare that from now on, all disaster areas hit by the blizzard will enter a state of emergency, and the federal government will directly mobilize funds and materials to help with the rescue... I will set off immediately to New York, Boston and other places to participate in disaster relief... I will be serious Record the disaster situation in the disaster area, and after returning to Washington, seek additional appropriations from Congress to help rebuild the disaster area... Finally, I want to say-God Bless America! The great American people will surely overcome difficulties!"

Commander Jimmy on the TV waved his fisted right hand vigorously.

The impassioned words made Ethan shake his head.

At this moment, Ethan felt from the bottom of his heart that this guy was quite unlucky.

In his first year in office, the canal was blown up. Although he dealt with it decisively, the way he handled things that displeased the public still caused him a lot of trouble; he just got rid of the disturbance there, and at the beginning of the second year, he encountered riots in the whole rice In a catastrophe, when big cities like Boston and New York are overwhelmed by the hammer of the Scourge, no matter how well he rescues the disaster, it will be difficult to hide the aftermath caused by the deaths and injuries.

"Hey—" Ethan sighed.

Press the intercom to tell Steve Ballmer, who is on standby on the fourth floor, to come up.

"Donate [-] US dollars to the disaster area in the name of the company and the chairman. As for the flow of money...you can see if Jimmy will open a federal fund-raising account."

"If he opens it, then donate there."

"Then contact the Los Angeles Times to publish a letter of solidarity in the name of the company's chairman and CEO to spread the word about the donation."

"You write the article, is there no problem?"

"Okay boss, I'm good at this." Steve Ballmer nodded directly.

Donating to the disaster-stricken area is the only way for a company to grow from small to large, and it is an image project that must be done.Donating to Jimmy's account is the only way the funds can be fully used for disaster relief.At least Ethan himself thought so.

However, when the Los Angeles Times published Ethan's letter of solidarity, there was a guy who was faster. NBC showed the world a post-disaster New York the day after the snow stopped. In the report, a lean man with glasses The old man was wearing a black coat, and was being interviewed on the streets of New York with great energy——

"Our Rockefellers have lived in New York for a century, and here is my hometown. When my hometown was hit by a disaster, of course I would rush to the front line of disaster relief. Our Rockefeller Charitable Foundation brought millions of dollars in supplies to the disaster area in New York. Food, drinking water, warm clothes, and a rescue team of [-] people, I believe these things can help people withstand pressure, get out of difficulties, and win tomorrow."

When the surname Rockefeller appeared, Ethan's eyes stared like copper bells, and his ears stood up like antennae. Although the other party didn't reveal his true identity, Ethan could draw Lawrence Rockefeller's appearance now.After discovering that the guy who had frightened him for a long time had also participated in the disaster relief, he immediately slapped his mouth, feeling a little annoyed.

When he donated [-] to the disaster area, Rockefeller made a million?
"Special!"

"Is this the background of the largest family in North America?"

"I'm jealous!"

Ethan had some taste.

After all, who wouldn't wish they were born in Rome?

And the act of rushing to the front line——

"You really know how to put on a show!"

"What a hypocrisy!"

"Humph!"

Ethan pronounced with his nose, turned off the TV, and didn't bother to watch it.

…………

"Mr. Jones, your company's video game "Pac-Man" has set off a whirlwind of escape in our country. Now, the streets and alleys of our country are full of escaped figures of yellow villains. This is the new issue Please have a look at the report."

While ice and snow were sculpting America, Minoru Arakawa, the son-in-law of Hiroshi Yamauchi, the president of Nintendo, also came to Palo Alto with the cooperation financial report.After the two parties have signed a guarantee agreement, the fact that they have to pay for the sale makes the sales of "Pac-Man" electronic arcade machines extremely wild.

[-] units were shipped in half a year, which is even higher than the shipments of "Star Wars" in a year.

Even though Nintendo has prepaid two payments before, the dividends this time are still very impressive.

Guaranteed ten million is simply safe, and such a large cash flow made Ethan nod slightly.

"Good job." He gave his evaluation.

"Thank you." The superior tone also made Arakawa continue to laugh, "The chip company has also started to operate at a high speed, and the shipment in the second half of last year reached 25 pieces..."

Unlike the almost crazy rights protection environment in North America, there is no video game patent protection in this book. Therefore, when Ethan Jones drove the green snake to occupy the island for a whole year, and then used the yellow Pac-Man to destroy it. After the island country conquered the city, the crazy money-grabbing behavior made the local video game makers unable to sit still, and they sprung up like mushrooms after rain.

Taito, Namco, Konami, and Sega all came off the stage one after another, announcing their own video game production plans. Since the cheapest chip on the market is in Nintendo, in order to control their own production costs, they are occupying a certain market share. Before, they didn't think about the problem of their peers being enemies, so they ordered 6502 directly from Nintendo.

Your family wants 6502, and his family wants [-]. If you simply divide it into one point, the manufacturing volume of [-] in the notebook will directly exceed [-] pieces. In addition, computer demanders like Benzi Electric are also ordering, and the snowflake-like orders make Nintendo's chip production factory in Kyoto is running at full capacity, producing chips day and night.

Although no matter how many chips you sell, you can't earn half of the game's money, but it doesn't matter, right?

Occupying other countries' markets with low-priced commodities has its own term in economics.

Although Ethan didn't think so much at first, but after being taken aback by Rockefeller, killing all his colleagues who could be killed, and controlling those who couldn't be killed as much as possible, that was his true idea.

Are you already in business and still thinking about mercy?

Isn't this being slaughtered as a pig?
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"Are you still used to living in the notebook?"

"Hmm - it's running in well -"

"There's no big trouble, are there?"

"Oh—not yet—even linguistics is going well."

"Wow, did it go so well? You're not in love with that, are you?"

"Boss, what are you thinking? How could I like it? Do you know that in the few months I have lived, I have experienced four earthquakes! Although they were all small earthquakes, but the The living environment is too harsh. I can work and settle down for a long time? Uh... let's forget it..."

"Then why didn't you come back this Christmas? Didn't I tell you before you left? You can come back once a quarter, and take a half-month break at a time, and the company will reimburse you for travel expenses."

"Isn't this just to hide from my family? They didn't approve of me going on a business trip to Benzi from the very beginning. If I came back at Christmas, I would definitely be caught and talked about by my dad to death."

After sending away Nintendo's Arakawa Minoru, Ethan welcomes the former executive director of his company, the current director of Paradise Kyoto Chip Company Julis Noble.Although this girl has lived in this book for several months, her dress has not changed much from when she left North America, and even her expression is roughly the same, but the details of her words have changed a little, a little more...

Maybe it's something about confidence?
Like Minoru Arakawa who brought the financial report, Julis Noble also reported the information she collected in the book to Ethan when she came back this time. Under her gaze, Nintendo's current operating conditions are still normal, and they The game console cooperation mentioned earlier...

"It should also be true. Because after I went to Kyoto, I found out that the production line of their game consoles is not in a factory under the name of Nintendo, but in Kawasaki's foundry."

"Of course, this does not rule out that they have changed factories on purpose."

said Julius Noble.

"Well." Ethan had expected this result, since Hiroshi Yamauchi dared to say that he was very wronged with great fanfare, then they should not be afraid of being investigated, so-"Let's do this first, and then you just You only need to pay attention to their sales, and you don’t need to check anything else.”

"Ok."

"Oh yes, one more thing."

"Boss, just say it."

"You put other game companies in this book on the observation list. I want to know what game products they have produced and how their sales are."

"Alright boss, no problem." Julis Noble replied quickly.

The next second, she said again: "By the way, boss, when you mentioned this, I remembered one thing. Hiroshi Yamauchi from Nintendo invited me to dinner during the New Year's Eve and told me a news. He said that Sega in our country has already felt it. The living environment in North America is severe, so in order to continue to survive, they may allow their subsidiary to acquire our headquarters in reverse."

"Oh——" Ethan knew about this, but he still gave the order, "Keep an eye on it. No matter whether Nintendo's news is correct or not, you collect it, Okay?"

"Okay."

"And then help me stare at another company, Sony."

"Sony?"

"Correct."

"Why? Are they also making games? But I haven't heard any rumors about it?"

"it works."

"……no problem."

It was not Ethan's whim to follow Sony, because when he decided to make optical storage, Sony, a competitor that was already researching optical discs, would naturally be on his tag list.

Not for anything else, just for defense.

…………

Perhaps it was the arrival of Nintendo that brought Ethan the God of Wealth. After meeting Minoru Arakawa, Wenlock finally heard the final news of his decision to invest.

With the signing of the contract, the shares held by Steve Wozniak and Steve Jobs were diluted from the original 30.00% five to 30.00% 30.00, while the shares of Ethan Jones were reduced from The original 20.00% was diluted to [-]% VII.

The remaining [-] percent is owned by Wenlock.

Of course, this kind of share ratio is estimated to not last long, because after Pepsi’s Roger Corrien is officially hired by Wenlock, Apple will officially establish an option award system. will continue to be diluted.

However, there is no way around this. After all, there are not many companies in this world that can harvest the market with just a few people. Sometimes if you want to grow bigger, you have to learn to share.

What?Someone asked why not share the fate game?

special code!At the age of 22, I dared to let Rockefeller go!

I want to give!But no one dared to take it!

cut--

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"So, are you free now?"

Ethan had just returned from Cupertino when Evelyn entered his office holding a wooden box.

"Yes, what's the matter?" Ethan nodded, a little strange.

With a glance, the circuit board in the wooden box appeared in his sight.

"The machine is finished?" He was a little excited after reacting.

"Huh?" Evelyn tilted her head.

Although the girl did not give a clear answer, Ethan jumped up from the soft boss chair, took the wooden box with a smile, rushed to the TV, unplugged it, and wanted to connect the host.

It's a pity that the rough sample didn't tell the function of the joint at all.

After scratching his head for a while, Ethan turned his head decisively and shouted: "I won't—"

"..."

Evelyn couldn't laugh or cry when she called her mother when she was undecided.

"Get out of the way." She walked over and kicked Ethan away from the motor.

Squatting down, she picked up the cable in the wooden box and wanted to explain its function, but when she got to the point of speaking, she put away her thoughts about class, because she had already discovered that if Ethan really wanted to learn, he would have learned it a long time ago. .

If not...

Where did a guy who didn't go to college get his financial knowledge?

Since there is no need for teaching, it is naturally over after a few wipes. With the connection of the cable and the power of the TV turned on, a burst of snowflakes suddenly appeared on the slightly curved screen.

Press the red power button in the wooden box, and the snowflake-like picture began to flicker. After about three to five breaths, the TV screen became completely black. Then, a logo of the game of fate appeared on the Center of the screen.

After staying for about five seconds, the picture on the screen flashed instantly, and three groups of English phrases marked with numbers appeared on the top of the screen——

1. Snake Game
2. Pac-Man
3. Star Wars
When this interface appeared, Ethan's breathing became heavy instantly.

The girl picked up a palm-sized wooden box with a smile, "Try?"

"hold head high."

Ethan took it without hesitation.

(End of this chapter)