Reborn America, this is my time

Chapter 24 I am Destiny!
It was fine if Steve Jobs didn't speak, but when he did, the expression on Ethan Jones' face was even weirder.

Because of the nagging feeling, Ethan had the illusion of listening to scriptures.

However, even though Steve Jobs seems to be shining with the light of preaching, Ethan Jones still captured the key to his words, "Mr. What unspeakable out-of-court settlement?"

Ethan Jones' cautious wording made Steve Jobs laugh, shook his head, and said, "It's not that we can't sue people, it's just that many media haven't reported it yet. Because the settlement agreement really made us Atari and Mirov became one family."

Speaking of this, he suddenly asked again: "Do you know why I came to this exhibition today?"

Without giving Ethan a chance to answer, he looked out the window with a smile, stared at the entrance of the exhibition, and said, "My boss, Nolan Bushnell, asked me to come over and see the current operating conditions of these traditional arcade machine manufacturers."

"Look what's new for them."

"Look at what interesting games they've made."

"See if they pose a threat to our Atari."

"because……"

"In the next year, Atari cannot release self-developed games."

"What?"

Ethan was shocked!

"What did you say?"

He stared at Steve Jobs with wide eyes.

"Can't release self-developed games?"

His voice was a little high, and there was a look of disbelief on his face.

And when Ethan raised his voice instinctively, the passers-by in the McDonald's restaurant all cast doubtful glances at him.

In such a situation, Steve Jobs pressed his hands down to signal Ethan to calm down, and at the same time, he nodded and said: "Yeah, you heard that right, in the next year, we at Atari will not be able to release self-developed games. "

"Otherwise, why would I ask, what do you believe in?"

"In my opinion, this is the Buddha protecting you."

Steve Jobs was a little emotional, and under his narration, Ethan also fully understood the lawsuit between Mirov and Atari.

Although Professor Ralph Bell is full of benevolence, under his intervention, Atari and Mirov reached an out-of-court settlement, but Mirov is a serious business company, how can they really let it go Atari?

Professor Ralph Bell felt that Atari's compensation of $50 would be enough.

Because of the product of "Pong", it didn't bring much loss to Mi Luohua.

But Mi Luohua refused to accept it, he felt that Atari's market should be his own!

So during the settlement negotiations, Mi Luohua came up with a poisonous plan.That is to force Atari to agree that from the date of the settlement agreement, no matter what game Atari releases in the next year, its copyright will belong to Mi Luohua!
To put it more simply, it is Mi Luohua's path of innovation that wants to strangle Atari!

Once Atari dares to launch a new product, I'm sorry, no matter whether the game is a hit or not, the copyright is mine!
Didn't you copy things from our house?

Row!
I can't send you new products now!

I make you unable to do business!

If this kind of thing happened a year earlier, Atari would not care.

After all, everyone is plagiarizing, and everyone has no copyright!
Since we don't have the copyright of our own products, you say that the copyright of this stuff belongs to you?Then it's yours!
As for how to file a lawsuit afterwards?
Then it is not a legal act, but a magical confrontation.

But now, when everyone has come to the end of the road of plagiarism, and everyone is ready to do their own research...

If you can't launch new products and make great innovations, you really want Atari's old life!
Because everyone knows that Atari only took advantage of the time to develop and grow!

And now, the time advantage he finally got was cut off by Mi Luohua?

Do other companies have to party?

Although Nolan Bushnell knew that this was a trap, in order to avoid sky-high compensation, he still agreed to Mi Luohua's request.

And with his promise, Atari's self-developed projects have all entered a frozen state.

At this time, what they need to do most is to inquire about the situation of other companies.

So, today, when the traditional arcade manufacturers held an expo, Steve Jobs led the way.

No way, as a guy who just came back from a pilgrimage from the third brother, almost no one in the entire industry knows him.

Eh!The main thing is a sense of strangeness!

To be honest, Steve Jobs just took a look around and didn't find any company's products that were innovative.

But just when he was about to buy some materials and leave, "Snake Game" gave him a soul blow!
That excellent gaming experience gave him a taste of success!

and so……

"I just unplugged your game console."

Steve Jobs, the young guy who had not yet founded Apple, said seriously: "To be honest, I even think that those guys who see "Snake Game" and don't want to give up the profits are all stupid pigs!"

"Don't win such an excellent game?"

"How confident they are!"

"Confident that you can make a more fun game than this?"

Ethan smiled upon hearing Steve Jobs' praise.

"Thank you." He said with emotion, "Thank you."

At this moment, he is really grateful!
This is not only thanks to Steve Jobs for his approval of "Snake", but also for his news!
He was worried about who to find to sell the machine, but Steve Jobs told him that Atari, the biggest bug in the market, was banned by people?
This is really someone offering a pillow as soon as you doze off, it's God's will!

At this moment, Ethan believed that Atari was definitely the most suitable partner in the world for him!
Because they can't sell their own games, they can't mention buying copyrights!

Because once the copyright is bought, that copyright will belong to Mi Luohua!
This kind of stupid behavior of spending one's own money to give copyright to others...

Who will do it?

As for sharing...

If you can't even publish your own self-developed game, then you're still negotiating with me!
What you want now is to keep the market!

Don't let other companies take advantage of it and take the opportunity to occupy it!
As for the others?
Then we have to wait until the magic spell on the head disappears before we can talk about it!

At this moment, Ethan had to admit that what Steve Jobs just said was quite right.

This is his life!

"Mr. Jobs." Ethan smiled and said, "Can I call you Steve?"

"Of course!" Jobs nodded happily.

"Do you know how I feel right now?" Ethan pointed to his face.

"I can tell." Jobs also laughed, "Your smile can't be covered at all."

"Then do you know what I want to say now?" Ethan's index finger fluttered.

Jobs shook his head with a smile, and said clearly: "I am fate."

"Pfft~" After these words appeared, Ethan finally couldn't hold back.

"Hahaha~"

Laughing out loud, he raised his Coca-Cola glass and gestured at Jobs.

This hippie version of Jobs is very secondary.

but……

He thinks it's good because it's funny.

　①The settlement agreement of compensation + all copyrights for one year was confirmed by Ralph Bell. He wrote a memoir in 94 and specifically said this.However, regarding the confirmation of time, it is written in Ralph Bell's memoirs that the copyright limitation in the settlement agreement began in 76.But the news from Atari was different. Nolan Bushnell and the others said that "Arkanoid" was finished in 75. In order to wait for the end of the limited period, it was released in May 76. Now according to what I know Check, the copyright of "Brickbreaker" is still in Atari, so I don't know what's going on.The time in this article is based on the copyright of Atari’s “Brickbreaker”. I personally feel that Steve Wozniak, Steve Jobs, and Nolan Bushnell should not be in their biographies at the same time. Did you write the wrong time?

　　
　
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