Chapter 109 Learning Machine Plan

Author: Fortunately I didn’t go

Chapter 109 Learning Machine Plan

However, Ethan only felt sore for a while, and then he regained his mental balance.

Because he remembered that there was Xiao Qiao by his side~

Although the four kings of Nintendo, Gunpei Yokoi, Masayuki Uemura, Genhiro Takeda, and Shigeru Miyamoto, are all great, compared with Steve Jobs, they are not enough. The four generals of Nintendo have only influenced

One field, but Steve Jobs conquered multiple industries!

If I had to describe it, it would be that one quarter is better than four quarters!

Hehe~

When this fact appeared, Ethan felt much more comfortable.

At the same time, he also remembered something——

'The special code was almost ruined! I forgot to buy a special gift for Xiao Qiao!'

Was Steve Jobs a petty person? Ethan didn't know.

But he believed that when Spielberg got Kurosawa's blessing album, Jobs, who only enjoyed ordinary gifts, would definitely argue with him. Thinking of this, he slapped Hiroshi Yamauchi on the shoulder.

, like two good brothers, they hooked up with him.

"Ethan, is something wrong?" Hiroshi Yamauchi asked in confusion.

"Brother, can you do me a favor?" Ethan said: "I have a friend who is very interested in Buddhist culture, so... do you have any suggestions?"

Hiroshi Yamauchi was stunned when he heard the ambiguous words. After thinking for a moment, he realized that Ethan might be asking him if he could get some gifts that represented the Buddhist culture of the book.

And for this...

He is really unfamiliar with it.

Because he, Hiroshi Yamauchi, was born into a rich generation with a silver spoon in his mouth!

I usually want to play every day, so how can I pay attention to such things as self-cultivation?

However, you can ask if you don’t understand.

Under Hiroshi Yamauchi's search, he quickly found a set of books for Ethan, which were the Soto Sect's classics collected by Eiheiji Temple and the "Shōbōganzo" written by Dogen, the founder of the sect.

Of course, Yamauchi Hiroshi would definitely not be able to get that kind of ancient book with hundreds of years of history, but the one he gave to Ethan was not inferior, because it was a manuscript copied by the contemporary abbot of Eihei Temple.

It not only perfectly restores the characteristics of Chinese characters in ancient books, but also annotates and explains them in Japanese.

When these things appeared in front of Ethan, the first reaction in his mind was that Jobs should not be able to understand it, but after thinking about it, he felt that it didn't matter much. After all, Jobs didn't understand Curry either, but

He still went on a pilgrimage to Curry. So, even if there were differences in language, as long as it was a classic related to Buddhism, he should have the intention to study it, right?

When Ethan, with this idea in mind, returned to the Bay Area at the end of August, he gave Jobs the book he had specially requested (thought) for (at the time)...

This young man who was barefoot at home was immediately overjoyed!

He opened his arms for a hug and wanted to kiss Ethan twice on the face!

If Ethan hadn't covered it with his arms and repeatedly said that Zen culture emphasizes self-cultivation and cultivation, and remember not to be overjoyed or sad, he would have been spat on by Steve Jobs!

After breaking free, he raised his hand and wiped it away. The fine beads of sweat on his forehead made him breathe heavily.

"Oh! Sxxt! Is your special number an alpaca?"

"If you were an alpaca, I wouldn't dare to bring you gifts in the future!"

Ethan yelled angrily.

Jobs, who was sitting on the ground, didn't care and said with a smile: "Oh Ethan, I'm so happy!"

"I love your gift!"

Jobs's playful smile made Ethan roll his eyes. He was too lazy to say goodbye to this guy, patted his butt and wanted to leave, but his intention to leave made Jobs jump.

"Ethan, wait!"

"I still have something I haven't told you!"

Jobs shouted so clearly that Ethan stopped walking.

And when he turned his head and cast a doubtful look at Jobs, Steve Jobs led him into his garage and slapped a stack of documents in front of him.

After a simple scan, Ethan discovered that it was an equity transfer contract in triplicate, totaling two copies. Woz and Jobs decided to transfer 15% of their shares to him for a total price of US$50,000.

"You..." Ethan shook the contract, and he understood what Jobs meant.

Jobs was not reserved. He sat back on the table and said with a smile: "Ethan, I told you before, there is no way I can repay the $50,000 you gave me."

"The company was not established before, so I couldn't allocate shares to you."

"On the day the company was established, you happened to be working on "Pac-Man", so the matter had to be postponed."

"When we registered the company, I already told Stephen that although we each hold 50% of the company's shares, 15% of it belongs to you."

"Stephen has no objection. He has already signed the equity transfer agreement."

"My share was signed after I found a lawyer."

"Now, since you are here, take your things away..."

Jobs took out a pen from his coat pocket and handed it to Ethan.

This situation made Ethan laugh heartily.

When the rustling sound appeared, the company called Apple Computer had an additional owner.

At the same time, the assets under Ethan’s name have also grown a bit:

At this moment, he is the major shareholder of Destiny Games, owning 70% of the shares;

Is a shareholder of Chuck Pedro Chip Company, owning 20% ​​of the shares;

He is a partner of Nintendo Kyoto Chip Company, owning 30% of the shares;

He is also an angel investor of Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak, owning 30% of Apple Computer...

Ethan didn't know how much these things were worth.

But that doesn't matter.

Because he, Ethan Jones, is not interested in money~

Hehe~

After returning the contract belonging to the company, Jobs, and Woz, Ethan casually asked: "Steve, why did you suddenly ask me to sign? Did something happen to the company?"

In fact, after giving Jobs $50,000, Ethan never learned anything about the company.

It’s not that I don’t want to, it’s that I don’t have the chance.

He happened to have time today, so he asked casually, and his words made Jobs smile and take out an account from the drawer and push it in front of him.

"Yes, something happened to the company." Jobs said proudly: "The sales of APPLE 1 exceeded expectations. Stephen thinks this business has great prospects, so we are going to take off like a plane!"

Opening the account, each record is like spring rain, nourishing a sapling to grow.

Although Apple was founded less than half a year ago, they have already sold 2,683 APPLE 1 units, and their total revenue has exceeded US$1.8 million!

Although this sales volume cannot catch up with Altair, which was released in January 2005, among start-up companies, this number can already be called heaven-defying!

What's more important is that while countless companies are looking for ways to sell, Apple's name has spread throughout North America thanks to "Pac-Man"!

And this is something that makes all companies envious!

After all, no matter how good the product is, it still needs to be promoted!

Ethan is very satisfied with this report.

He simply flipped through it without looking at it carefully. After closing it, he said again: "Do you have any plans?"

"certainly!"

When facing Ethan, Jobs had no intention of hiding anything and said directly: "Stephen and I have discussed that I am going to rent an office and recruit a few permanent employees, because before I always asked friends for help.

I asked them to help me assemble the computer on a piece basis... Then, we also received feedback from some customers. Stephen will solve some minor problems in APPLE 1 and try to upgrade it in some categories to strive for success in the future.

We will launch better new products next year..."

Perhaps it was because the future was so beautiful that the naked eye could see it, so when he talked about his career, Jobs's eyes shone brightly. He talked nonstop about his arrangements to Ethan and introduced his relationship with Woz.

Division of labor, and explained the idea of ​​​​wanting to help friends and hire them to work.

Ethan has no problem with these arrangements.

But when Jobs talked about Woz and said he wanted to develop some games on new versions of computers in the future, Ethan, who heard this strange idea, said, "Stephen wants to develop computer games?"

"Why?"

This idea made Ethan a little confused.

Because he is a gamer himself!

In this case, Apple wants to play games again?

What the hell is this!

His doubts made Jobs wave his hands repeatedly, "Oh Ethan - you got it wrong -"

"Stephen doesn't want to develop games, and he doesn't have the inspiration to develop new games. He just wants to use computers to embody some old games on the market, those circuit board games."

"Because of this, it can help us sell more computers."
To be continued...