Rebirth of America, this is my era

Chapter 104: Cutting off the firewood from under the cauldron! Wolf ambition!
"So what do you think about these things?"

After parting with Yamauchi, Ethan left the hotel as planned and went to the best aquarium in the northeastern United States, the New England Aquarium, which was built in 1969, with Evelyn.

Well, it is true that the aquarium was built only seven years ago.

Although the 270-degree aquarium was quite interesting and one could closely observe the turtles, jellyfish and dolphins swimming around while walking in the corridor, at this moment, neither of them had any intention of appreciating it. Instead, they were pondering what Nintendo President Hiroshi Yamauchi had just said.

After hearing his sister's question, Ethan immediately laughed.

He asked knowingly, "What do you mean?"

This rhetorical question made Evelin roll her eyes at him.

The girl knew what Ethan meant. He wanted to express that he was having fun and was not burdened by work, but his instinctive question without even thinking about it showed that he was insincere.

"Oh Ethan - you don't want to get spanked?"

The girl winked at Ethan and raised her right fist.

"Okay, okay." This violent coercion made Ethan raise his hands in surrender, smiling and shaking his head. "To be honest, Yamauchi Hiroshi's proposal on the Pac-Man project is very tempting."

"If they are really willing to change the profit sharing method of Snake Game from once a year to once every six months for the agency rights of Pac-Man, or if they are willing to settle the profit sharing according to the six-month period when signing the agency contract of Pac-Man, then it will definitely be good news for us."

That's right!

In Ethan's opinion, there is absolutely no problem in handing over the Pac-Man arcade machine to Nintendo for agency!

Because the excellent performance of Snake has proved that Nintendo is an excellent agent. The shortened profit-sharing period will allow them to recover a large amount of cash in a short period of time.

According to the 1+3+3 agreement they had reached with Nintendo, even if the settlement was once a calendar year, the 1977 million dividends related to Snake that Yamauchi Hiroshi just mentioned would not be available until next year, that is, in May or June 6. After the change to 2+1+, that is, settlement once every six months, they would receive the million dividends in September this year.

Even if someone who doesn't understand finance or business were to study this issue, they would know how to choose the most cost-effective option. So, when this kind of cooperation was put in front of Ethan...

He will naturally vote with his feet for the sake of interests.

After all, he already knew in his previous life how important it was to secure the profits.

And this choice made Evelin nod her head.

In fact, after Yamauchi Hiroshi proposed the cooperation plan, she had already made up her mind.

The main reason she asked was to find out if Ethan had any plans to run his own business.

After all, she is no longer the newbie in the industry she was a year ago. When she saw with her own eyes that the profit margin of the Pac-Man arcade machine was as high as 200%, she knew that it would be more cost-effective to operate it herself, even if she had to use her feet to think. As for why she didn't do cross-border business...

“Is it because cross-border business is difficult to do?” Evelyn asked with a smile.

"Yes."

On this issue, Ethan did not hide anything and nodded sincerely.

"Although we are having a lot of fun now, this ease is based on the active help of countless people. In terms of publicity, Rudolph and Steven came forward. In terms of sales, Principal Fred helped us finalize a two million order. In terms of production, Frank and Chuck took care of the raw materials. As for transportation and finance, it was all Thomas's relationship, or the trust he had gained over the years, his accumulation and connections..."

"When they are willing to lend a helping hand, our small company of two people can get back on track in the shortest possible time. At this time, the most important thing is to let the company continue to move forward at this safe pace and let the staff of each department adapt to this work rhythm and work content..."

"After they have been through the test of time and have gained enough experience and our trust, we can then consider opening overseas branches and releasing people we trust. Before that..."

“Some money can only be earned by others.”

At this point, Ethan sighed.

Many times, it’s not that he is unwilling to trust others, but that the trust he had before was exchanged for a deep pit.

The Atari incident scared him, and now the only people he trusted were Thomas and Linda who raised him, Evelyn who grew up playing with him, Barbara Babcock, Steve Jobs, Steven Spielberg who offered their help when he was in trouble, and people like Chuck Petrus and Ralph Baer who lived a more pure life.

But these people...

Who else can be hired by him to develop overseas markets?

This helplessness is also the pain that all companies have to face during their development.

In Ethan's memory, when Nintendo was developing the North American market, the president of North America was Yamauchi Hiroshi's son-in-law, and he also sent his daughter because Yamauchi didn't trust anyone! The same was true for Bill Gates, Steve Ballmer was his roommate, and that was a friendship that was tested by time!

When even the big guys are no exception, sometimes, it is inevitable to temporarily give up market development.

After all, this isn't a video game; you can't raise someone's loyalty with just a click.

Ethan’s calmness made Evelin nod her head.

After touring the corridor-like aquarium with a smile on their faces, they came to the performance area to watch the performances of bottlenose dolphins and California sea lions. When the dolphins gave kisses to the lucky audience under the command of the keeper, Evelyn suddenly asked, "Ethan, will the company distribute dividends this year?"

"Why? You need money?" Ethan asked curiously.

At the same time, he also said, "If we give Pac-Man to Nintendo as an agent, we will be able to get the first half dividend of Snake this year."

"There are 4.2 million there. If we split it in half, it will be 2.1 million."

"When we signed the contract, the copyright of Snake was not in the company's hands, so we can split the money among ourselves."

But his words made Evelin shake her head.

"Two million and one hundred thousand may seem like a lot, but after taxes it's not much at all."

"And now I want to buy a piece of land, build a manor, and then build an aquarium at home. Just imagine, when you wake up every morning, a little dolphin comes to give you a kiss. That would feel so good..."

As she spoke, she raised her right hand and pointed.

Looking along the way, well, the little dolphin is cute.

As for buying land and building a manor...

Pretty good too~
If you don't spend money, it's a waste.
Although Ethan still has a lot of ideas in his mind, he doesn't want to treat himself badly in life.

“I won’t move the money in the company for now, because I might use it for investment or expansion.”

"You can use the dividends from Nintendo first."

"The purchase of land and the construction of the manor is a joint venture between you and me."

"After the construction is completed, we will take Thomas and Linda over, and then hire bodyguards."

“As we continue to grow, there will definitely be people out there eyeing us.”

"Safety first, huh?"

Ethan made a decision about the collaboration.

And his final decision also made Evelin happily shake her legs and said, "Okay~~~"

Since the decision had been made for Nintendo to continue as the agent, Evelyn stopped dwelling on the matter. In between performances, she asked another question.

"So what do you think about the chip agent?"

"Hiroshi Yamauchi has made it very clear before. Nintendo wants to obtain the exclusive license for MOS 6502 in the notebook, or in Asia."

Although this matter had little to do with Evelin, she was quite curious.

Because Ethan had told her before that Nintendo had considerable influence in the book.

If such a company gets the exclusive agency of MOS 6502, no one knows what it will do. They may produce it themselves and defeat all their competitors with exclusive cheap chips and agency games, or they may sublicense it and directly strangle the lifeline of their competitors.

Whichever it is, that would make Nintendo a monster of a book.

As for this kind of thing, all Ethan could do was laugh.

Because he personally was unwilling to hand over the agency rights of MOS 6502 to Nintendo, or in other words——

Who would be willing to give up this kind of power that can strangle their peers? Are you stupid?
Although there are indeed other companies producing chips on the market, MOS is cheaper!
The lowest cost can be reduced to two dollars!
This is a fact that no other chip manufacturing company in the world can achieve!

To put it bluntly, this kind of chip is a nuclear bomb in the field of consumer electronics!
All products using it will be invincible in price wars!

And handing such a thing over to Nintendo?

Is this to let people play FC? Or is this to let people play FC?
Ethan is not mentally ill!

In his opinion, it is enough for Nintendo to be a distributor. It is definitely not possible to continue to grow.

but……

"Although I don't want to, I think MOS will."

Ethan smiled and said, "Because their original purpose was to change the world."

That's right!

In Ethan's memory, the previous life's MOS licensed MOS 6502 to many companies.

Let them produce and research by themselves.

When idealists meet practitioners, this kind of painful separation is bound to occur.

And this is also the last thing Ethan wants to face.

Because he admitted that his realm was not that high yet.

What he wants to protect is actually only his own interests.

Of course, this may seem troublesome because it involves the ideological conflict between Ethan Jones and Chuck Petrus, but in fact...

Ethan still has a way to ruin this matter.

That night, he returned to the hotel and called Chuck Petrus.

After he stated the facts impartially, Chuck Peddle on the other end of the phone was extremely excited because he was very happy that a company outside North America recognized the capabilities of MOS 6502.

He is willing to discuss cooperation with Nintendo.

They also stated that as long as Nintendo maintains an open attitude and is willing to sell MOS 6502 to any merchant who comes to buy it, they will license the chip.

This fact made Ethan nod slightly, because it was all within his expectations.

The trust of a dreamer sometimes comes so unexpectedly.

But the next second——

He then exposed Nintendo's monopoly on notebooks!

That's right!

Take the fire out of the cauldron!

This is his trump card!

As a dreamer, Chuck Peteau hopes that more people can use MOS 6502!

But Nintendo has already achieved monopoly in the fields of Hanafuda and playing cards!

They have criminal records!
You still want to cooperate with them?
When Ethan took off Nintendo's underwear, Chuck Pete on the other end of the phone immediately put away his joyful attitude and asked cautiously: "Ethan, are you telling the truth?"

"Oh Chuck, my good brother, I would never lie to you about such a thing!"

Ethan said righteously: "You know, I have cooperation with Nintendo."

"If Nintendo can get the agency of MOS 6502, they can directly produce Pac-Man arcade machines locally, which is a good thing for me. Because it can speed up the production of Pac-Man arcade machines and enable me to make more profits in a short period of time."

"but now……"

"I would rather suffer some harm myself than not tell you all this!"

"Because I don't want my own interests to become a stumbling block in your pursuit of your dreams!"

Ethan wanted to give his words a full score!

This is too shameless haha——

When these words were spoken, Chuck Petrus on the other end of the phone was deeply moved!
"Oh Ethan - my good brother - don't worry, we will definitely not choose Nintendo!"

When this fact came out, Ethan immediately burst into laughter!
Eh!
He is indeed a genius!
It's so easy to solve this kind of thing!
Nintendo wants the cheapest chips in the world?
Trying to become the overlord in the field of consumer electronics?

You’re dreaming!
When this thing appears in my hands, I will never give it to you even if I have the money!

However, when Ethan happily knocked on the door of Yamauchi Hiroshi's room on the third day and told him the regrettable fact about the cooperation decision of "Pac-Man" and the chip...

The response given by Yamauchi Hiroshi exceeded his expectations!

"Oh Ethan, first of all I want to thank you, thank you for choosing us Nintendo again."

"Secondly, there is one more thing I would like to ask of you."

"I understand you own a stake in Chuck Pettle's company?"

“We are really moved by this deep friendship.”

"So, if possible, we would like to invite you to become a shareholder of our yet-to-be-established Nintendo chip company. We hope to use this method to exchange for the production and development authorization of MOS 6502..."

"Of course, we also have a request, one and only request."

"While accepting your supervision, we also hope to obtain priority use of the chip."

“Priority use rights in our home country.”

“Priority access over and above all other companies.”

"Regarding this..."

"I wonder what you think of this, Mr. Jones?"

"Of course, Mr. Jones, I know this is a very difficult question for you, so here, I, Nintendo's president Hiroshi Yamauchi, extend a sincere invitation to you. Please go to Japan to investigate, investigate the strength of our Nintendo, and investigate our Japanese electronic market. As for the time..."

“You can decide for yourself.”

"I'd like to wait for you here."

"Waiting for your response."

Hiroshi Yamauchi stared at Ethan with burning eyes.

Seriousness was written all over the wrinkled cheeks.

And these words also made Ethan narrow his eyes.

to be honest……

He was a little surprised!

Is Nintendo willing to give him shares in the chip company in order to obtain chip licensing?
What the hell is this routine?
Stalking?

wrong!

This guy's wolfish ambition is so obvious!

(End of this chapter)