Reborn America, this is my time

Chapter 43

Q: When you see a guy wearing black Martin boots, black wrinkled leather pants, a black T-shirt, a black leather jacket, and big black sunglasses on the collar, what is the first reaction in your mind? What?
Answer: The long hair fluttering in the wind directly made the adjective Will-o'-the-wisp boy appear in Ethan's mind.

The exclamation of 'Yi's silly beep' has even come to his lips!

But after he saw the guy's face clearly, he decisively threw away the agent and hurried downstairs.

He rushed to the guy's side, and asked suspiciously, "What's going on? Steve, what are you guys..."

That's right, the guy in the abstract is Steve Jobs.

At this moment, his face was full of anger.

With red eyes staring at the few people in front of him, the veins on his neck are still bulging, and he seems to be willing to do it if he refuses to accept it.

And beside him stood a guy with round cheeks and thick lips.

Although he was dressed in a gentle manner, the blue shirt on his upper body was already in tatters, the sleeve on his left arm was torn to pieces, and a few buttons in front of his body were missing, which even made his more lively hair appear.

After hearing Ethan's voice, several people at the scene cast their gazes over immediately.

The angry Steve Jobs was taken aback for a moment, and then said in surprise, "Ethan? Why are you here?"

"I'm here to see the house..." Ethan pointed behind him with his thumb.

"What are you doing here?" Ethan frowned and asked, "Fighting?"

As soon as the words came out, Ethan felt that the words were wrong again.

Because apart from Steve Jobs, several others are dressed normally.

Either T-shirts and shorts, plaid shirts and jeans, and more formal ones are suit shirts and trousers. Only Steve Jobs is like a street guy, cursing.

"Uh...well..." Jobs thought for a while, then nodded.

However, in the next second, he explained: "But we didn't provoke this incident! They slandered us and broke their things!"

As soon as these words came out, the people on the other side who were still quiet became excited again.

"Steve! Watch your words!"

"It's because you didn't explain things clearly!"

"We have no slander!"

"Oh! Fxxk! I told you it's not our problem!" The shout from the other side made Jobs jump a little.

"Stop, stop, stop!"

Seeing that these guys were still trying to quack like ducks, Ethan Jones hurriedly said: "Don't quarrel! I think you all know that quarreling can't lead to results, so calm down first, we How about a place to sit and talk?"

Ethan's voice was so loud that it directly overwhelmed them.

The spontaneous momentum also stagnated the dispute on the scene.

"I have no objection." Panting heavily, Steve Jobs took the lead in agreeing, "Let's talk in the room."

At the same time, he also introduced to the little fat man beside him, "This is the Ethan I told you about, the Ethan who brought me to sell goods together last month."

Then, he turned his head and said to Ethan, "This is my friend Stephen."

"Hello." The little fat man nodded slightly.

"Hello." Ethan also nodded.

The person next to him was a little puzzled, "Sir, may I ask who you are?"

And their inquiry made Steve Jobs raise his head: "Him? Aha? Do you know "Snake Game?"

"He invented it!"

This introduction is powerful.

After learning that Ethan was the producer of "Snake", these boys who were about the same age as Jobs immediately put away their anger, and some even came over to shake hands with Ethan, "Hey brother, I know you very happy."

"I'm Steven, Steven Levy, you can call me Steven."

"They were Harry Garland, Lee Fierstatham, Roger Mellen, John Draper."

'Oh...don't even know...'

Ethan had never heard of any of these names.

But it doesn't matter, because it doesn't affect his etiquette.

After briefly shaking hands with these guys, Ethan, who turned into a middleman, was also ready to follow these guys into their houses.

But before entering the house, he said hello to Frank again.

"Uh... help me communicate with the agent, I won't want this house anymore, do you understand what I mean?"

"I understand, I understand, avoid being beaten at night!"

"..."

Frank can always explain the essence of things from a strange angle.

This made Ethan very admired.

Although the words were a bit harsh, Ethan didn't have time to care about that much now. After he entered the room and sat down, he also began to understand the disputes between these people.

The first one to speak was Steve Jobs.

"Ethan, the thing is, several of us are members of the same computer club. Last month, that is, in May, didn't I go out with you to replace the game motherboard of "Snake Game" for a customer? During that time, our club had an offline party."

"Because I'm not in California, I couldn't attend, and I don't know what they talked about that day, but when I came back this month, my friend Stephen, who is him, told me about the party. amazing."

As he spoke, Steve Jobs pointed his finger.

The little fat man with torn clothes beside him immediately said: "Ye~ After Steve came back, I told him what I saw at the party in May, and the content of what I saw, uh... I have to start from March .”

"Our club was established in March this year, and Steve was there at the time. Because at the first meeting, the founder of the club, Gordon, told us that he ordered an Altair 8800 through "Popular Electronics". It may be available in a month or two, so we are full of expectations for this matter."

"You know Altair, right? It's the hottest personal microcomputer at the moment!"

"Last month, when the Altair arrived, Gordon showed it in front of us and let each of us get started."

"Because Steve showed great interest in Altair in March, so when he came back from work this month, I told him what happened last month, and he was interested I just want to see Altair."

"So, on NO.12 of this month, when the party was held again, we went together. At this party, he met the Altair of his dreams, and then tried it himself, how to make the typing tape type by flicking the joystick. number……"

Having said that, the little fat man turned to look at Jobs.

As if recalling that scene at that time, Jobs's face was full of excitement, "Yes Ethan, you know? When I saw Altair, I was very shocked! Because I have never I have never touched such a thing!"

"This kind of thing seems to have life!"

Steve Jobs waved his hand and continued: "Because the Altair looks amazing, it can calculate all kinds of content according to our instructions! And I'm also very curious about its working principle, so I said Ask Stephen, how is this thing made? After seeking the consent of the owner of the Altair, the founder of our club, Gordon, Stephen disassembled the Altair in front of everyone, and then gave it to me, and All of us introduced the internal structure of Altair, and I listened very carefully at that time..."

At this point, Steve Jobs stopped.

He raised his eyebrows at Ethan.

This action made Ethan comprehend, and after simply eating it with the content of the quarrel just now, he knew why these guys were arguing, "So, the Altair that you dismantled is broken, isn't it?"

"Liquid! It's broken!"

Before Jobs could speak, Steven Levy, who had greeted Ethan before, said, "The day before yesterday, Gordon, the founder of our club, told us good news. He got an offer from SSA. Going to work in Baltimore soon."

"We are happy for his success, but at the same time we are sad because we may never see Altair again after he leaves, so we want to see Altair again before he leaves."

"But after we went there yesterday, we found that the machine seemed to be broken. After the circuit was connected, an indicator light on the main panel did not light up, and it was only touched by Steve and the others before, so..."

"I've said it all! We took it apart and put it back together! And ran it again in front of you!" Jobs said loudly.

"But it's really broken now!" Steven Levy's gang confronted each other.

"Okay! Okay!"

The recurring quarrel made Ethan raise his voice.

"I think I've figured out why, but at the same time, I have a new problem."

"Can anyone tell me, has any of you checked that computer? Or, do you know how that computer broke?"

This question made Steven Levi's group look at each other.

Even the voice of speaking is much lower——

"We didn't dismantle Altair."

"Gordon bought the complete version! He spent more than 600 dollars for it! How dare we disassemble such an expensive thing?"

"That's right! The seller of Altair specifically said that the packaged version of the machine will not be guaranteed separately!"

'have to! '

Ethan understood as soon as he heard this.

These guys really want to blame the situation without knowing the specific situation!
But after thinking about it, Ethan felt normal again.

After all, for something worth more than $600, a normal person earns close to two months in a month, it would be strange if there was no hurry after it broke.

"So what do you want now?" Ethan asked.

"We called them over today just to make them compensate."

"Is this what you mean or the founder of your club, what is that called..."

"Gordon."

"Yes, is that what you mean or what Gordon means?"

"Gordon thinks this thing should be able to be repaired, but we dare not!"

'? ? ? '

'...that's the trouble. '

Ethan had a headache.

Something is broken?Want to repair but feel expensive?How do you feel that these people want to take advantage and are shameless?

But Steve Jobs said, "Maybe we have a way."

"What?"

As soon as this remark came out, the group of Steven Levy became anxious again.

"You've all broken it! And then you want to touch it?"

"This is not acceptable! What if it is just a small problem now, and it becomes a big problem after you touch it?
"Yeah! Gordon is going to Baltimore to report on his duties! It's impossible to waste time here with you!"

The noise that reappeared annoyed Ethan Jones.

"Stop barking!!!"

Not wanting to fall into an infinite loop, he shouted directly——

"Let Steve fix it!"

"A $600-plus machine, huh?"

"If they break the machine, I'll buy you a new one!"

After a roar, the scene fell silent.

Looking at the silent people, Ethan said in a deep voice, "I've finished speaking, who agrees? Who opposes?"

"Ok?"

He stared bull-eyed and scanned his surroundings.

　Note: ①SSA is the US Social Security Administration.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)