Despite seeing the game's popularity, on the first night, Jester's family of three was shocked when they finished counting the bill for the American Cubes game currency sold that day.

Jester's mother double-counted twice in disbelief before believing the facts.

Nolan Bushnell's first Pong was in a bar's pachinko room and was stuffed with 1,200 25-cent coins in a day, but this time the players were even crazier, selling a total of $3,000 in game coins in one day, an average of 1,500 dollars each!

It's just a huge profit.

And what is the average price of an arcade machine now? Generally speaking, the price of an arcade machine is about seven times that of a home machine, and the price of the FC European and American version of the NES that will be released next year is $200, so the price of an arcade machine is about $1,400.

In one day, "American Cubes" earned the price of an arcade machine, and if you let those sellers of entertainment equipment, those who run arcade amusement places, know about it, I am afraid that it will directly scare you into a heart attack.

In fact, Jester doesn't need to do publicity at all, and the fact that his mother's supermarket is so hot today must not be hidden from those who have a heart, they only need to calculate a little calculation, and they can calculate how much money an American Cube can make in a day.

A merchant is a merchant, they are born to pursue profits, and as long as this popularity can be sustained, then he does not worry that his street opportunities will not be sold.

So, the next few days are the most important.

The next day, Jester and his father moved the remaining three of the five units of the first batch to his mother's supermarket.

Even, his mother even had a few old Atari machines moved to the warehouse to make room for the American Cubes arcade machines, and few people would play Atari old arcade machines anyway.

Unexpectedly, when Jester and his father went to the supermarket at six o'clock in the morning to install the new machine, they found that in front of his supermarket, dozens of players who had played "American Cubes" yesterday had already gathered, and when they saw the three beautiful machines behind the truck driven by Jester's father, which were completely different from the Atari arcade machine, they even cheered loudly.

These people all came to line up in advance, just to play "American Cubes" as soon as the supermarket opened.

The next day, business was still booming, and despite the increase to five, there was still a long queue, and everyone who played the game was full of praise, and even many of the people who played American Cubes yesterday not only came back today, but also called their friends in a friendly way.

In June of 1984, at least in the small town of Costa Mesa, Orange County, American Cubes was phenomenal.

There is hardly a single person in the city who does not know that in a supermarket on their Avenue de Jarriel, a game console called American Cubes has appeared.

On the third and fourth days, the heat continued and showed little sign of abating, which made the sellers of amusement equipment, the owners of amusement arcades, unable to sit still, and they smelled amazing business opportunities in American Cubes.

It's like a business opportunity like Pong back then.

A reception room on the top floor of Jester's supermarket that has been converted from a storage room.

"What? 5,000 dollars a piece? And ask for full payment upfront? You are blackmail! Atari's "Space Invaders" didn't sell so expensive back then! ”

Roaring in front of Jester was a middle-aged white man named Kyrie Thomas, a representative of a large entertainment equipment seller from Los Angeles, whose face was flushed with anger, and the price of an arcade machine for $5,000 was absolutely unacceptable to him, which was more than three times the average price of an average arcade machine.

Next to this white middle-aged man named Carey, there are three other people, their faces have the same expressions as Carey, of course, their identities are the same as Carey, they are all representatives of some entertainment equipment sellers, but they represent different companies.

"Calm your anger."

Jester wasn't annoyed when he saw the other party's appearance, he knew a word called odd goods.

Picking up the steaming coffee on the table, Jester took a sip, savored the bitterness and sweetness of the coffee, and then said unhurriedly to the four sellers from different places and companies with different scores in front of him: "You are all professionals, you don't need to tell you how much money can an arcade machine equipped with my design "American Cubes" make a day in my supermarket, do you think five thousand dollars is very expensive?" I don't think so, for a machine that can earn back all its investment in more than a week, this is a hen that can lay golden eggs, you can see how popular "American Cubes" is now! It's just in such a small town, imagine what if this scene was in Los Angeles? Is it in the whole of California? Is it on the entire West Coast? Is it in the whole of America? ”

"That being said, this is just the beginning, people are just trying to be new, no one knows what will happen in the future, and no one knows how long it will be popular. And as you know, the gaming market isn't very good right now. Moreover, now only your five machines will have this kind of deformed hot scene, which is very deceptive...... If there were fifty units, it probably wouldn't be like this...... And 5,000 dollars per unit, not including shipping, which is too expensive, and we don't order in small quantities......"

A representative of the seller had a gloomy face, refuting Jester's remarks about how popular the game was, but before he could finish speaking, Jester interrupted him without mercy.

"First of all, I declare that we do not ship in small batches, if you ask for less than 1,000 units each time, we will not ship, and we must pay the full amount in advance, we do not charge a deposit, as long as the full payment."

Jester's tone was flat, but to the representatives of these sellers, it sounded like a steel knife scraping their bones, and these conditions were too harsh.

The Schwell Company, represented by the white man of Kyrie Thomas, is the largest distributor of entertainment equipment in Southern California, a company that has grown on the east side of Atari, and the other three seem to be following his lead, and he is furious when he hears Jester's words.

You're a little kid who made a decent game, and you dare to talk to me like that?

Do you know the role of the company in the entertainment equipment sales industry in California?

Pay the full amount upfront? What the are you kidding!

Do you really think that the game you made is "PONG", "Space Cruise", and "Donkey Kong"?

It's really whimsical, and today I'm going to let you know that there are some things that can't be said casually!

"Smack!"

Kyrie Thomas slapped Jester on the table in front of him, his face seemed to be covered with frost, and there was no smile to be seen, and the gloom was dripping water.

"Fifteen hundred dollars per unit, we only pay 20 percent of the deposit, the balance will be paid after these machines are sold, if the sales are not good, we have the right to choose to return, finally, you are responsible for the freight, this is our Schwell company's final quotation, not a single punctuation can not be modified, either agree or refuse - Mr. Li, make a choice."

"You are blackmailing."

Jester's eyes also became cold, he asked his father before negotiating with these people, the rules of the industry, the deposit will be paid at least 30%, some will even reach 50%, and some will pay the full amount directly in advance, but those are all popular games in the United States, such as "PONG", "Space Cruise", "Donkey Kong".

And giving only a 20 percent deposit is basically an insult.

"American Cubes will not accept such insults." Jester stood up, with a menacing expression on his face, leaning forward with his upper body, his hands clenched tightly, the bruises on his exposed forearms jumping, his body almost pressing on Kyrie Thomas's body, the hot breath from his nose almost spraying his face.

Although he copied the brainchild of the Russians, the cubes of this world was the first game he designed himself, and this game gave Jester the feeling of being his own heir, connected by blood.

He could not accept that his son should be insulted so contemptuously.

Jester's body is very strong, not like an ordinary yellow person, and Kyrie Thomas was also taken aback by Jester's expression and momentum, and involuntarily took a few steps back in a row, stabilized his body, and then suppressed the horror in his heart, and showed an ugly sneer on his face that was a little annoyed, and said disdainfully: "If you think this is blackmail, then forget it, and I, as the plenipotentiary of Schwell, can clearly tell you, Mr. Li, if you reject our offer, The doors of the four largest recreational equipment sellers in Southern California, including Schwell, and the 60% sales channels in Southern California that control them will be closed to you forever, and you, from now on, do not try to sell even a single screw from our channels. ”

In the end, Kyrie Thomas looked at Jester, who was already trembling with anger, thinking that he had taken control of the overall situation, and the other party could only choose to agree to his offer in helplessness, and he had made a great contribution to the company again, so he couldn't help but raise his toes, and he said to Jester in a tone that could even use charity: "If you can, let's sign it." ”

"Hey, hey!"

Jester just sneered, and looked at Kyrie Thomas's eyes with some pity, "Do you know what you just refused?" ”

Kyrie Thomas, who was a little puzzled by Jester's unexplained words, frowned.

Jester didn't go any further, he swept his cold gaze over the faces of the four representatives of the different sales companies in front of him, and all he saw on the faces of these people was a look as if they had grasped the overall situation and had the stakes in their hands.

Then he laughed, a sneer mixed with disdain.

"I now, on behalf of the Plenipotentiary of the American Cubes, I will not enter into any further negotiations with you unless your company dismisses all four of you and agrees to all my previous demands."

With that, Jester strode out of the room without looking back.

Only the four representatives of the sales company were left dumbfounded.

Then, there was their scolding mixed with slang.

However, after Jester walked out of the room for a dozen steps, he realized that he was obviously in his room just now, why did he want to leave? I should have driven them away!

Thinking of this, Jester was embarrassed to go back now, so he could only laugh at himself.