Rebirth of America, this is my time

Perhaps it was because Milohua’s leadership wanted to prove themselves so early the next morning, Sidley Austin’s lawyers appeared in front of Ethan again. They told Ethan that Milohua’s representatives would meet him tomorrow morning. Arrived in San Francisco and wanted to start negotiations at ten o'clock.

Ethan agreed wholeheartedly, and then sent a message to both parties.

On one side is Professor Barbara Babcock. As Ethan's attorney, she needs to go to the scene to participate in negotiations and help review the contract. Ethan is extremely polite to this helpful mage. On the other side was Atari. When facing them, Ethan's attitude was very bad. The content of his message could be summed up in two words - make money!

Faced with Ethan's vulgar threat, Nolan Bushnell and Don Valentine were very angry, but in order to sell the company smoothly and not let their hard work be ruined, they still decided to do it at ten o'clock at noon. Came here with two documents.

One is an early termination agreement regarding "Snake Game", and the other is a statement of infringement liability.

The former is generally nothing special. The only thing that can draw attention is the sales volume of "Snake Game". After Atari revised it, the sales volume in the central and western regions of the United States was reduced from less than 3.5 million to less than 3.5 million. , changed to over eight million.

So far, the total sales of "Snake Game" in North America have exceeded 15 million.

The dividends that Ethan Jones and Evelyn Johnson can receive have also soared from 1.3 million to 2.2 million.

The latter stated that because Atari had infringed Milova's patent due to its own negligence, they would bear all compensation for this.

Of course, there is also an upper limit, 1.5 million.

Barbara reviewed the contract and determined that there were no problems, so Ethan and Evelin signed it. At three o'clock that afternoon, when Ethan went to Wells Fargo Bank to check the accounts, there was also a real-time addition to his personal account. Updated 1.1 million.

This number made him smile and shake his head, "The IRS is still awesome!"

“As soon as the issue of reporting tax evasion was mentioned, Atari immediately knelt down!”

"Are we ignorant of our little one million?"

"It seems they had no intention of paying for compensation themselves in the first place!"

Yes, when Atari made up the difference between the Midwest and ZD regions, Ethan Jones discovered a problem.

The amount of money lost by Atari seems to be equivalent to the amount claimed by Milohua.

If it hadn't been for those bad things before, Ethan would just think it was a coincidence, but now...

HE...TUI!

After receiving the money, Ethan's waist became much straighter, and the negotiation with Mi Luohua the next day was carried out with a smile.

At first, Mi Luohua’s representatives wanted to make a fuss about the lock-up agreement and come up with a one-year period similar to Atari’s, but when Ethan took a picture of Atari’s infringement liability statement in front of them, Afterwards, Mi Luohua’s representative stopped farting instantly.

"Mr. Jones, since Atari will bear the compensation, then we can just set the amount to two million?"

Milova's representatives are greedy.

"It's too much, it's unreasonable, I think 1.2 million is enough." Ethan shook his head.

Mi Luohua's representative continued to fight, "I can't explain this number to the general manager, so, 1.8 million?"

"I know what you are thinking. You just want to take Atari's money, so I will give you a little more, 1.3 million."

Ethan is very generous.

However, the next second, Mi Luohua's representative loudly shouted: "Mr. Jones! Don't you hate Atari?"

When Ethan heard this, how could he bear it?

"The upper limit of compensation agreed between Atari and I is 1.5 million, all of which will be given to you. But I have a request. After we reach a settlement, when you purchase the press release, you must shift all responsibilities to Atari." On Dali’s body. Is that okay?”

"you sure?"

"Sure!"

"Sign the contract!"

"Sign the contract!"

This tug-of-war stunned the lawyers at Sidley Austin.

They have been in the industry for so many years, and they have never seen infringers take the initiative to pay compensation.

And looking at it like this, will Atari pay the compensation?

What's happening here?

They couldn't figure it out.

Although Professor Barbara was a little better than them, but not much. After the matter was over, when Ethan sent her home, she also asked curiously: "Ethan, you just follow the agreed upper limit and rice Luo Hua signed a compensation contract? Aren't you afraid that Atari won't be able to afford the compensation?"

"Why are you afraid?" Ethan said with a smile: "I just asked Atari to spit out all the money it earned."

"The North American revenue of "Snake Game" is now 15 million. Based on a 30% profit margin, Atari should have earned 4.5 million on this project. And I He and Evelin received 2.6 million from this project, which means that after deducting the share, there is still 1.9 million left for Atari."

"Even if they bear 1.5 million in compensation, they still have 400,000 in profit."

"Although this money cannot offset Milohua's subsequent claims, at the same time, Atari has also tampered with its accounts."

"They must have hidden money, so they must be able to afford the compensation."

"Since everyone has already lost their skin, why should I help them keep that income?"

"I admit that I don't like Mi Luohua, but their rights protection behavior is fine and they act in accordance with the law. I accept it."

"In this case, I would rather Milohua get the money than let Atari keep the profits."

"Because Atari, disgusting."

Barbara shook her head after hearing Ethan's words.

When she pursed her lips and lamented that the young man Ethan didn't seem to be as kind as she thought, Ethan, who was driving, asked her another question, "Teacher Barbara, do we still have one more thing to solve?" "

"whats the matter?"

"Your attorney's fees."

When the word attorney's fees appeared, Barbara was stunned for a moment, and then said with a smile: "I also have a problem with this matter, so I will pay it according to the minimum standard. Prepare a case with the Lawyers Association, as long as they don't ask for it It’s okay if I bother you.”

Practicing lawyers in the United States have minimum fee standards, and the association does not allow them to file papers randomly.

But in the end, it is up to the lawyer to decide whether to charge more or less.

Like Barbara Babcock, if she followed the market conditions, her hourly consulting fee would be so high that even the middle class these days can't afford it. She charges the lowest price because she doesn't take orders from outside at all, and only acquaintances help to maintain relationships.

When signing the agency agreement before, the above amount was established in this way.

But if she doesn’t accept it, there’s no way Ethan Jones won’t give it, right?

After sending Barbara home, Ethan Jones also asked through the car window: "Teacher Barbara, when will your case collection be launched?"

"What happened at the end of the year?"

"I want to buy a thousand copies, and then donate them with other books to some universities and municipal libraries in the west. Although I don't understand law, I think the case collection you wrote will have educational and demonstrative significance, and will give The crowd brings enlightenment.”

This suggestion made Barbara stare at Ethan for a long time before finally smiling, "Oh Ethan, I love this gift from you."

"Since you want to donate books, I won't be polite to you."

"I'll tell you when the book comes out."

"Okay, Teacher Barbara, I'm waiting for your news." Her smile made Ethan give a thumbs up, and then waved.

Then he stepped on the accelerator and returned to his aunt's house in a hurry.

He photographed the settlement agreement in front of Thomas and Linda and said loudly: "Thomas, Linda, the matter has been resolved~"

He wants to reassure the elderly who care about him.

Then he picked up the phone at home and contacted the friend who had asked about this matter before and comforted him:

"Hey Frank...things have been resolved...really~ didn't you hear it from my words? I'm very happy now~"

"Oh Chuck...thank you, thank you for caring...it's all a misunderstanding...right, right..."

"Hi Steve...thank you so much for your help...yes! You helped me out!"

He wants to reassure his friends who are helping him.

After reporting that he was safe and saying thank you, Ethan felt relaxed all over.

That night, he had a huge appetite and ate two chickens.

…………

Mi Luohua's work efficiency is actually very fast. On the morning of September 22nd, he and Ethan reached a settlement. On the morning of September 24th, Ethan heard this while eating breakfast at home and turning on the TV. A piece of news——

"According to the information obtained by our reporter, on September 23, 1975, Milohua and Atari signed a settlement agreement again. The two parties reached a consensus on the infringement issue of "Snake Game". This infringement incident may be caused by Atari. The amount of compensation involved may have exceeded 2 million. At the same time, after the infringement was confirmed, the two inventors of "Snake Game" also terminated their cooperation with Atari. Since the three parties were unwilling to be interviewed , so we don’t know the specific details of this matter, but even so, we still want to ask Nolan Bushnell here, why did Atari infringe multiple times in a short period of time?”

"Does Atari have to infringe again and again to grow?"

"Can Atari only gain profits by walking on the edge of the law and plundering other people's wealth?"

"If this is the case, we advise Nolan Bushnell to cancel the company as soon as possible!"

"Although the United States is a country that pursues liberalism, and California also has a comfortable atmosphere of freedom, this does not become a reason for Nolan Bushnell to ignore the law again and again!"

"If he leads Atari to continue to trample on the law, then what he will ultimately gain will be severe punishment from the law!"

This report made Ethan look up with a smile.

Such a directional Diss, at first glance, it seems that Mi Luohua bought the draft himself.

If nothing else, will Atari's compensation be used for this?

Ethan became even happier when he thought that Atari would be very angry after seeing the news that he had used his own compensation to pay for it.

There is no other way, he is just a common man and he likes this kind of revenge.

And when the time came to September 28, another shocking news spread throughout the United States——

According to ABC reports, Warner Bros. will acquire Atari for $15 million. After the acquisition is completed, Warner Bros. will become the sole shareholder of Atari, and Nolan Bushnell will continue to serve as the company's CEO. CEO.

This fact made Ethan, who was sitting on the sofa, stretch.

The decline in Atari's valuation is the best gift for him.

The comfort brought by the soft sofa also made him squint his eyes——

"It's finally over," he smiled.

"Then what happens next..."

"It's my turn to trap you to death!"

(Volume 1: The Origin of All Things Ended by Atari)