Rebirth of America, this is my time

Whether it's the anger of Milova's management, the irritation of Nolan Bushnell, or the anger of Don Valentine. Ethan Jones can actually imagine these reactions.

After all, he released the news just to piss people off. In this case, if he didn't imagine the enemy's indignant reaction after receiving the news and imagine how the other party would jump, then what else could he do by releasing the news? significance?

He will not do anything to waste public resources!

Since he is occupying public resources, he has to make himself happy!

And after thinking about it——

Hey hey hey~

Ethan Jones let out a sigh of relief and suddenly felt relaxed physically and mentally.

After having fun, Ethan didn't forget about his business. Now that the company has been founded, the necessary framework should be built. But even in his two lifetimes, he has never really managed a company, so with his reference, he took over Atari's corporate structure and temporarily set up four departments in the company, namely administration, finance, Production and sales.

The first thing to be formed is naturally the administration.

Administrative recruitment is neither difficult nor simple. Although most of the time this job does not require too much professional knowledge, because of the diversity of matters involved, the actual operation of this job will be easier. People find it extremely complicated.

Therefore, Ethan wants to recruit a few employees with certain communication skills and good patience.

If it were normal recruitment, this department alone would take Ethan a lot of time, because before the birth of the Internet, recruiting people was really troublesome. He would either place advertisements in newspapers and magazines, or work with local human resources service companies. To communicate, this communication mode that cannot span time and space will really make people in the new era very helpless.

The efficiency is too low!

However, fortunately, the place where Ethan is located is the Stanford Industrial Park.

With the support of the Stanford Entrepreneurship Office, I directly asked the teachers about my needs, and a short list of job applicants was obtained.

After a brief selection, the teacher notified them to come for an interview.

At nine o'clock the next morning, seven job seekers appeared in the lobby on the first floor of Kismet Company.

After interviewing them one by one, Ethan selected two of them.

The first one is Damio Dean, an undergraduate student at Stanford School of Engineering who graduated this summer. This is a tall and thin male young man. The reason why he was chosen is because he showed his love for Snake Game without hesitation during the interview.

Ethan admired the richness of his words and the sincerity of his tone.

Of course, what impressed Ethan even more was that this guy directly said——

Oh Ethan! I spent at least five hundred dollars on Snake Game!

I've played it at least two thousand times!

Although I haven't cleared the level yet, I will still continue! Because I believe I have the ability!

Um! Ethan also believes that such avid game fans will definitely be qualified for administrative (security) work!

If anyone expresses dissatisfaction with the game here, this guy can take out the troublemaker without him having to say anything!

The second person is Julis Noble, an undergraduate student in the Stanford School of Humanities. This is a blond girl.

The reason why she impressed Ethan so much was because the major on her resume was philosophy.

This major made Ethan a little curious, and when he asked the other party why she chose philosophy, the girl said——

Because my parents and my family are all devout Protestants. They have taught me since I was a child to devoutly bathe in the Holy Light. At the same time, I also received education from school. The teacher told us that we It is a free country and everyone has free will. When I accepted these two ideas at the same time, I became confused. If we are a free country and everyone has free will, then Why do my parents want to guide me in what I believe in? And if we are not a free country and parents, friends and teachers can instill all kinds of ideas into us at will, then why do the teachers in school tell us that people are free?

I don't understand this, but I want to understand this.

“So, when I was applying to college, I chose philosophy.”

Because I want to know, are our thoughts pure? Do we really have free will?

Ethan was stunned on the spot after hearing these words!

Then he gave a mental thumbs up.

It is really awesome to realize that freedom is not freedom in America in the 1970s.

And this kind of person who is good at finding faults must be suitable for administrative positions.

So thoughtful!

Now that the decision was made, Ethan took out the contract and signed with them.

The weekly salary is 200, and the annual salary is 9,600.

Although it seems to be much higher than the median income of more than 5,000, if we really want to calculate it, it is the industry average salary.

As the two signed the contract, Ethan also came up with a list of tasks that had been drawn up for them to complete. The content written above includes but is not limited to customizing the door for the company, purchasing daily necessities and office equipment for the company, registering social security for the company's employees, etc.

Speaking of social security, Ethan is a little troubled, because in social security contributions, companies pay 6.2% and employees pay 4.2%, which seems very small, but the payment basis is based on employee wages, and there is no minimum payment base.

Therefore, most employees can only accept actual contributions...

Why!

It’s all money!

After handing over the trivial matters in the company to the newly recruited administrative clerk, Ethan turned his attention to the financial department.

To be honest, Ethan wanted to recruit financial employees directly at Stanford at first because he thought it was very convenient. But after he told Evelin this idea, the other party directly said that Thomas had already helped them find an accountant. ——

Thomas has already found an accountant for us. He is the son of the accountant of our agricultural trading company.

In his thirties, he has been in the industry for eight years. He previously worked in a production-oriented electronics company in Mountain View.

Thomas said this man could be trusted because his father had been doing our family's accounts for almost thirty years.

There hasn't been a single problem. When the IRS did random inspections before, they all passed perfectly.

Now that Thomas has helped him find a candidate, Ethan is not polite.

He dialed the number in his hand and invited the other party to meet.

It was a slightly fat middle-aged man named Allen Massey. Like most Americans, he had a straight belly.

When Ethan asked him what he was going to do after taking over the start-up company, the guy said very sincerely——

Boss, although we are a game company, we are essentially an industrial manufacturing enterprise. Because we will be involved in the production of arcade machines, I will first establish a production ledger for the company based on the idea of ​​an industrial manufacturing enterprise, which will involve cost accounting. Content.

From the current point of view, I can do the job alone, but I believe that recruitment will definitely be necessary in the future, because I have confidence in your game.

After chatting for a while, we got along well, so Ethan took out the contract and signed it with him.

Since his weekly salary in his last job was already three hundred and twenty dollars, Ethan gave him a raise, making it up to four hundred dollars.

Therefore, his annual income can be nineteen thousand two thousand.

Looks expensive but...

Finance positions will become more expensive in the future.

This is the United States, and this position deals with the IRS.

After confirming the administration and finance, Ethan pressed the stop button on the company's recruitment matters.

Because there is no need to rush in the two aspects of production and sales.

Let’s talk about production first. Before, while observing at Atari, Ethan had already discovered that Nolan Bushnell used hippies in the production of game arcade machines and circuit motherboards. When the beat generation recognized by society can be qualified for these jobs, Ethan feels confident.

And sales...

This one is even simpler!

He himself is the best salesman!

When the inventor of Snake Game comes out with a new game...

Just this name alone can make countless businesses flock to it!

As the saying goes, if you want to make money, you must first become famous!

Once you become famous, buyers will naturally come to your door!

As for delivery?

If possible, what he hopes most is that customers pick up the goods themselves.

The Apple effect can save costs even more!

“So, the product is just missing now?”

After confirming that the company had been successfully established by himself, Ethan also went into the office of the chairman, CEO and president on the third floor.

As soon as he sat down on the boss's chair, the comfortable feeling made him squint his eyes.

After simply enjoying it for a while, he took out a piece of paper from the drawer and prepared to create a game.

However, after taking out the pen and writing for a while, his right hand paused again.

Because at this moment, he suddenly realized that his choices seemed to be too many?

Hiss...this is a bit of a headache!

Ethan took a breath, adding a small contribution to global warming.

And on the white paper in front of him, there are three projects lying on it at the moment——

Tetris (Northern Cube)

Space Invaders

Pac-Man

Note: ① Atari actually hired a large number of hippies to make electronic arcade machines and circuit motherboards. Jobs also explained this because the hippie movement was declining at that time and many hippies needed a job. But they don’t have any good technology, so their prices in the market are relatively cheap. Well, how should I put it? This is actually cost control by capitalists.