Chapter 60 Celebration Party and Secondary Dividend

Author: Fortunately I didn't go

Chapter 60 Celebration Party and Secondary Dividend

"Welcome to my friend! Steve - Jobs - welcome to my party!"

"Hi~Teacher Barbara~I'm very happy to see you~ Your dress looks so beautiful today, and it really matches your hairstyle~"

"Oh~ You are Teacher Vinton? I'm so happy to know you! I'm Ethan Jones... Oh yes, yes, Evelyn is my sister... This is your wife? Oh ~ Mrs. Seph, hello

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"Hello~ Chuck~ We're meeting again~ Oh... Why did your complexion become so good? His cheeks are very rosy! Is it because the matter was solved?... Hahaha~ I didn't expect that the law can cure the disease~"

Saturday, August 16, 1975.

The clear weather makes people feel comfortable in body and mind, and the endless blue sky makes people want to show loudness. What is easier to make people restless than the natural environment is a three-story villa located in Palo Alto, Bay Area, because

At this moment, there are crowds of people here.

Men and women of all ages gathered together, some came because of Ethan Jones, and some were invited by Evelyn Johnson to celebrate the success of "Snake Game".

Although it has been several months since the release of "Snake Game", the parties to be held are still indispensable.

From Ethan Jones' perspective, this is actually a good opportunity to maintain the relationship.

For Evelyn Johnson, this is a great way to enjoy life.

The two people may have different ideas, but this is not important, right? As long as the process is the same, you can play together.

As for why it was in Palo Alto...

This matter sounds very coincidental.

Evelyn Johnson received nearly $200,000 in the first batch of dividends of "Snake Game". She didn't want to hand over most of them to the IRS, so tax avoidance became her only choice. But her personal tax avoidance

The method is nothing more than that. She either invests or buys a property. If there is no good project to operate, she will buy a house next to the school. That is her best choice.

The villa she chose was also very good. The living area of ​​6,000 square feet can fully meet all her needs. The configuration of the front parking space and the rear garden makes this villa the most beautiful in the downtown area.

The most important thing is that the price here is only 160,000 US dollars!

"160,000 US dollars? Is it so cheap?" Barbara was a little unbelievable. She looked around on the sofa and exclaimed: "My set costs 180,000! And it's not as big as here!"

"That's because the place you live is closer to Stanford!" Vinton Seff, wearing a hearing aid, said with a loud voice: "How much time does it take to drive from your house to Stanford? And how much time does it take to get from here to Stanford?

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"But there can't be a gap of 20,000 US dollars, right?"

"How can you not have it? Don't you often tell students that lawyers' time is money?"

"Oh-Vinton--is not in class now! Also, please lower your voice, I can hear it!"

The two professors' conversation was filled with voices, and Ethan was so happy.

Vinton Seff's ears have certain hearing problems, so he needs to wear hearing aids for a long time.

And because his wife is also hearing impaired, even with hearing aids, the sounds that can be heard are limited, so the usual communication between them is yelling. Over time, he will speak like a quarrel.

It's a headache.

This little story was told by Evelyn. The girl asked him to communicate with Vinton and didn't be afraid of scaring each other.

And Barbara obviously doesn't like this way of speaking, after all, she is a whisperer.

He shook his head with a smile, then changed his gaze, and then Ethan was surprised to find that the little fat man, Woz, was surrounded by several other teachers of Evelyn, and came over to listen-

"Wow! Woz, do you actually know Evelyn's brother?"

“Uh…yes…we are friends…”

"Oh! Then you can't sell those little toys to school through them..."

"I don't know what I don't know." The little fat man shook his head frantically.

This conversation made Ethan interesting and took the initiative to ask if this little fat man had some unknown dark history.

After hearing this question, several Stanford teachers immediately said that relying on their identity as HP employees, this guy often sells some weird toys for pranks to Stanford students.

For example, electronic chicken, electronic dog, electronic bomb...

Since everyone knows what happened to him, Lockheed was brought by Principal Fred Terman himself, so people usually turn a blind eye to him, and every time they make jokes, they also

I can only communicate well with him.

There is nothing we can do!

You can’t beat even if you beat me! You can’t scold me! Then you can only persuade me with kind words!

This fact made Ethan laugh, pat Woz on the shoulder, and gave him a thumbs up and praised him for being awesome.

After having fun, he also turned around and listened to Mr. Ferber and Chuck Pador and others telling stories.

Until half an hour later, Thomas's voice came from the courtyard-

"Guys! The fire has been raised by me! You can come here and grill!"

Then Ethan and everyone rushed into the back garden.

Party in Los Angeles may be a bit of a luxury, but a normal person's dinner is not that exaggerated.

Eat, drink, sing, dance, and dance. That is the mainstream.

At 11:00 a.m., the party started, and at the time of the barbecue, Ethan was still performing several shows there, playing the guitar he learned in his previous life, causing a sensation, because even Evelyn and Thomas Linda were curious.

, When did Ethan learn this?

Ethan just told this question, saying that he learned it during three years of silence.

Evelyn can accept this answer. As for Thomas and Linda... their daughter didn't ask, and they were too lazy to care about it.

Ethan's proofing also attracted others to show their talents.

Mr. Ferber whistled, the fat man Wozniak told a few jokes, and Jobs found the harmonica from somewhere, played the Beatles tune, and Evelyn sang it.

Several Barbara Streisand's songs.

The group of people played lively for a long time, and they didn't say goodbye to each other until the sunset appeared in the evening.

Since the United States always brings gifts to the host when attending parties, there are a lot of gift boxes in Evelyn's new home, and because the theme of this party is to celebrate the success of "Snake Game".

Therefore, Ethan and Evelyn did not think about letting the guests return empty-handed, and specially prepared a return gift for the visitors.

Ethan asked Jobs to go to Atari to order twenty "Snake Game" machines, and then signed the name with Evelyn on the panel and packaged it as a gift for everyone.

This fact made the guys Vinton Seff very happy. After all, there was no one who did computer research in this era who didn't play electronic games. This was their best pastime in daily life, and for Master Barbara

Well—

"Oh Ethan~ How can I move back such a big arcade?"

Looking at the machine as tall as himself, Barbara put her hands on her hips, looking helpless.

"It's okay, Mr. Barbara, I'll send it back to you."

Thomas reacted quickly and summoned his pickup truck directly.

At the same time, he also said to the people around him: "Who else is hard to get? I'll give it to you!"

"I may not be able to do other aspects, but the service is very good! If you have any needs, just tell me directly, you don't have to be polite!"

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Happy times are always short, and after the party is over, everything returns to normal.

No major happening in the next two weeks. Except for Evelyn's school start, everything else is going on in an orderly manner.

Chuck Pador's 6502 can be produced normally, and the first batch of 200 chips were also delivered to Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak. With the arrival of the chips,

Apple One has also officially entered the production stage. Of course, the name of this Apple was called by Ethan himself in his heart, because so far, Steve Jobs has not thought about creating a company, he is just thinking about it.

How to sell the unnamed No. 1 machine.

Such a small thing is not important to Ethan at all. He just followed Steve Jobs and others, because even if they did not name the company Apple in the end, it was a pear navel orange, it actually didn't matter much.

After all, the key to whether a person succeeds is his ability, background and capital, but he has no name.

You know, in Ethan's previous life, Steve Jobs's face became a negative teaching material for many masters. He said that he did not make money, so he was kicked by the company.

Then what?

When he was asked to return to the company to get the iPod, all the masters of successful and physiognomy stopped talking.

And after the iPhone 4 is released...

Steve Jobsna became the most classic face of a successful person again.

Apart from these things, the biggest worry that lingers around Ethan is emptiness.

Every day when I wake up, I have to figure out what I should do.

Alas, this kind of life is really boring!
To be continued...