Rebirth of America, this is my time

After returning to Atari, Steve Jobs took the initiative to find Nolan Bushnell and express his thoughts.

When the Atari boss learned that Ethan Jones was interested in leading a team to deliver goods across state lines, he just discussed it with Don Valentine and then agreed.

Walked up to Ethan and said: "Since you are willing to help Steve make money, then Tang and I will naturally have no objection, because after you join, we will be able to sell more game motherboards at the same time. "

"But one thing I have to state in advance is that the labor charges for delivery are the same for everyone. A circuit board is seven dollars. Tang and I will not take more, and we cannot give you more. I know this matter will be very serious. Compared with the direct commission, there is not much profit at all, but if there is no delivery step, we will not have more profits to make. We are making money for ourselves. I think you understand what I mean. You mean, Okay?”

Nolan Bushnell extended his right hand towards Ethan Jones.

"Ok." Ethan accepted with a smile, "I have no problem."

"Very well, Ethan, you are welcome to join us."

Nolan Bushnell also laughed, and at the same time he patted Ethan on the shoulder and said: "You have to take a good rest and recharge yourself these days, because in a few days, you will experience what This is a country on wheels in the true sense!”

Ethan admitted that he did not understand what Nolan Bushnell said.

But he still did as he was told. In the next few days, he stayed at home and had a good rest, without doing any physical work.

When the time came to May 10th, Steve Jobs also came to call him. After waiting for Ethan to follow him to Atari, as soon as he walked into Nolan Bushnell's office, Ethan I saw a map of the United States hanging on the wall.

On it, three lines were drawn with a red pen.

The first one starts in San Jose, California, and goes south through Arizona, New Mexico and Texas, then north, finally stopping in Oklahoma.

The second route also starts from San Jose and goes all the way east, first to Nevada, then to Utah, through Colorado, to Kansas, and finally turns north and stops in Nebraska.

The third route also starts from San Jose, but goes directly north, first to Oregon, then to Washington, then east to Idaho, on a diagonal to Montana and North Dakota, and finally turns to South Dakota. Wyoming terminated.

After seeing everyone gathered, Nolan Bushnell patted the plan book on the conference table and said with a smile: "Brothers! After a week of testing, the market response to "Snake Game" is very good, with 100% success in the state. More than 80 entertainment venues have at least one "Snake Game" game machine. Some bosses told us that at the wildest time, one machine could make one hundred and fifty US dollars a day, and those customers were eager to get it. To get higher scores, drive faster.”

"It is precisely because of the popularity of "Snake Game" that stores in Arizona, Nevada, and Oregon near California called us after receiving the news, hoping that we could deliver the game motherboard as soon as possible."

"So starting today, for the next month, we're going to be very busy."

"Because according to the normal spreading speed of news, within a month at most, the news that "Snake Game" has made the bosses of the entertainment city crazy profitable will reach the central region of America, so I drew this map according to the fastest route. A delivery map, the bottom one and the simplest one belongs to Ethan, the central area belongs to me, and the northern area will be troublesome to Tang."

Speaking of which, Nolan Bushnell also sent a delivery list to everyone.

Then he made a fist with five fingers and slammed the table, "Come on! Brothers! It's time to grab the money!"

When Ethan opened the list handed over by Nolan Bushnell, he finally understood what the other person meant before, to experience a country on wheels in the true sense.

Because the frequency of round trips on the delivery list can only be described as terrifying!

On the first day, Ethan will set off from San Jose with Jobs and the others, carrying a hundred game motherboards, and rush to Arizona. Their first goal is Yuma County on the border with California.

The journey of nearly 350 miles takes about six hours, starting at 8 a.m. and arriving at 2 p.m.

Since there is not a large population here, they only need to replace 24 circuit motherboards here for merchants who have placed orders.

If two people work together, if they hurry, they can finish it that night.

Then……

The naughty one is here.

After replacing the motherboard, they needed to travel overnight to Tucson, Pima County, on the edge of Yuma County.

Supply remaining gaming motherboards to Arizona's second largest city.

If they set out at night, they would definitely be able to see Tucson at four in the morning.

It will take up to one to two days to replace the remaining motherboard.

It is only a ten-hour drive from Tucson back to San Jose.

Therefore, the plan suggested that if possible, Ethan and the others had better return to Los Gatos on the afternoon of the fourth day.

After a simple night's rest, based on the order situation these days, I took a corresponding number of game motherboards and headed to Phoenix, the capital of Arizona.

Seeing this, Ethan's teeth started to hurt!

Because Nolan Bushnell didn't schedule any time to rest at all!

Or……

All the breaks are on the road!

The six-hour trip from San Jose to Yuma was a break for the engineers.

After arriving, the few hours the engineers worked were the driver's rest time.

While the driver took everyone to Tucson, the engineers could rest again.

After settling in Tucson, the time when engineers are working is the time for drivers to take a nap.

Although the front line is very long this time, because they will stay in Tucson for eighteen to twenty-four hours, it does not matter, because during the ten hours that the driver drives back in one breath, the engineers can stay in Tucson for eighteen to twenty-four hours. Have a good rest in the car.

To be honest, this kind of continuous arrangement is really crazy!

If you complain to the union, you will definitely be fined to death!

But when Ethan left with Jobs and another Atari employee, the remaining people who were not selected showed regret.

There is no way, who asked Atari to give too much?

For a four-day business trip, they can earn close to two months’ worth of ordinary people’s income!

This kind of treatment is really not comparable to ordinary jobs!

As for whether you are tired or not...

That is, the benevolent sees benevolence and the wise see wisdom.

After driving for six hours on the first day, Ethan thought it was okay and made jokes with Jobs and others along the way.

But in the early hours of the morning, when I was driving all night, my butt hurt so much that it didn’t even feel like it was my own.

When they returned after delivering the goods, Ethan felt that his body was sitting on the car and his soul was chasing after him.

The numbness coming from deep inside made him very uncomfortable.

But at the same time, he was also very excited inside.

Three days, one hundred game motherboards, this kind of transaction without contact, makes people feel happy physically and mentally!

What's more, while he was delivering, Nolan Bushnell and Don Valentine were running too!

Three hundred yuan for three days!

Single block seventy-two!

After a simple conversion, you know that you can draw $21,600 here!

In the next month, Ethan basically lived in this painful and happy life. He went to Phoenix, but did not appreciate the prosperity of Phoenix. When he arrived in Albuquerque, he had no time to gaze at the ruins of the Spanish fleet. I went to Houston, but I didn’t get a glimpse of the charm of Space City. I visited Oklahoma City, where...

Well, there really aren't any large Indian footprints here.

(laugh~

Although he did not appreciate the beauty of these cities, Ethan was very satisfied.

Because after this month of running around, he always felt that he had spread the green ocean to the world.

After finishing the last trip, he just wanted to go back, back to Los Gatos, back to Atari, and wanted to know how many copies of "Snake Game" had been sold in the past month.

However, when he drove to the edge of Las Vegas and let Steve Jobs go to the restroom because of an emergency, a few minutes later, the guy who went to the gas station to solve the problem rushed back with his pants lifted.

In his hand, he was waving a newspaper.

"Ethan! Ethan!! It's in the newspaper!!! Our special number is in the newspaper!!!"

"They covered the Snake Game! They covered the Snake Game!!!"

The call made Ethan Jones raise his eyebrows.

When I took it and took a look, the first thing that caught my eye was the logo of the Los Angeles Times.

On the side page of the newspaper, there was a very clear title in bold black font——

[Green snake sweeps across the West Coast]