When it comes to Chester Carlson, most of the general public is at a loss, and they don't know much about his invention of "eletrophotography", but they are very familiar with another name for "electrophotography", xerography, and "Xerox" under the brand name.

That's right, this Xerox is the Xerox Palo Alto Research Center, which often appears as a backdrop in Steve Jobs's legendary life, the Xerox Palo Alto Research Center, where the graphical interface for the personal computer was first developed and the mouse was stolen by Jobs and Bill Gates.

Xerox has grown from a film company to a $500 million annual tech giant in less than a decade with its roots in electrostatic copying technology. Carlson, who invented electrostatic copying, became a billionaire and was later inducted into the National Inventors Hall of Fame.

In the previous life, Evan was a university professor and had money to spare. He has an unusual hobby, which is collecting antique electrical appliances. As one of the most important inventions of the electric age, Evan will naturally not let go of the photocopier for office necessities, from electrostatic copying to laser copying. As a result, Evan has a clear understanding of the history of photocopiers. After Evan set the flag of becoming an "inventor", the first thing that came to mind was to capture "Xerox" in his own hands. In order to achieve this goal, Evan first threw instant noodles to get the first pot of gold, and then in order to determine the existence of this parallel world Carlson and his "electronic photography", he specially commissioned Albert to inquire at the patent office. To Evan's surprise, Carlson did exist and that he did have a patent for "electronic photography".

That alone wasn't enough to surprise Evan.

In 1944, Carlson joined the Battle Institute in order to continue to develop and promote his electrophotographic technology. But in this world, Carlson's invention has taken an even more difficult path, not only with huge costs, but also without finding a company or investor interested in his technology after getting his first patent. After learning this, Evan naturally didn't let go of the opportunity, so he asked Carl to go to New York before the instant noodles were actually realized.

Time waits for no one, and opportunity waits for no one, so who knows if someone will suddenly discover the value of electronic photography and be the first to start?

You know, Carlson has been in contact with the famous IBM and Kodak. With their strength and talent at this time, it is not impossible for Magnus to suddenly change their minds and bring Magnus under their command.

After receiving instructions from Evan, Carl left for New York early and returned to Sacramento a full two weeks later.

Before the final test, Evan took time out to hear a debriefing from Carl's trip to New York. The place where the two met was a coffee house near the official residence, which Nina recommended.

Carl brought back two good and one bad news.

The bad news is that after a few contacts, Carlson did not agree to resell the patent. This was expected by Evan, so he was not surprised at all.

The good news is that Carlson agreed to another plan, that is, Alphabet would bear all the costs required for the subsequent development of the "electrocamera" technology, in exchange for an exclusive license to Alphabet for a full set of patents and technologies.

Evan was overjoyed by the result, and with this news, the previous bad news was not bad news.

As for the other piece of good news, it has to do with instant noodles. Carl's original purpose of going to New York was to negotiate instant noodles with a certain company, but unfortunately he couldn't reach a consensus. Later, he focused most of his energy on convincing Carlson and did not bother to develop new instant noodle buyers. He's made up his mind to pick one of the existing potential buyers and sell it, and Carl is sure Evan won't object. Unexpectedly, on the way back, things took a turn for the better.

"You mean, this guy named Kazukiyo Ando not only bid 500,000 yuan, but also does not buy out the patent, as long as it is exclusively authorized worldwide?

After listening to Carl's relay, the first thought that popped into Evan's head was, "Is this guy a fool?"

That's half a million dollars. The previous highest price of Amor Foods was only 150,000.

"The name...... He's an RB guy?"

Carl shook his head: "Well, Japanese to be exact, he has American citizenship. ”

"Why do you think he is offering such a good price?"

Karl thought for a moment and gave a plausible explanation: "He's Japanese, you know, in the war that just ended, the Japanese Americans in the United States were treated unfairly, he lost a lot, and their hometown was in ruins at this time, so he wanted to go back." ”

"He thinks instant noodles are a good industry, so he ......"

Evan nodded in understanding. During World War II, there were two concentration camps, one set up by Germany for Jews, and the other set up by the United States for Japanese descent. It is ironic to say that there have been cases of such authoritarianism in the United States, which claims to be the stronghold of the free world.

The concentration camps brought disaster to hundreds of thousands of Japanese Americans in the United States, and it was normal for Kazukiyo Ando to want to leave the United States and return to China.

"Evan, your opinion is ......" Karl looked at Evan in deep thought, thinking he had a different opinion.

"That's it!" Evan came back to his senses, giving Carl the decision he wanted, "You can do the rest yourself." ”

"OK!" Karl hurriedly agreed, and after two months of busyness, the company finally had an income.

"By the way, when did Carlson move from New York?"

"It depends on when we have the lab ready. ”

"As soon as possible, I hope to see him in person during the winter break, and I can't wait to talk to him about the electrocopy. ”

"Yes, I've actually looked for a place, it's just going to take time to renovate, you know, the lab has special requirements. Carlson had been in an accident in the past, and I felt it was necessary to waste some time just to be on the safe side. ”

"I'm very supportive of that. In addition, I think in addition to the laboratory, you can help him solve the problem of living place together. ”

"What if people don't like it?"

"Of course it is, Carlsen is a treasure and deserves it. It doesn't matter if he likes it or not, it's all about showing our sincerity. ”

"Well, I'll listen to you. Carl agreed on the surface, but in his heart he didn't think so, he had already thought about which subordinate to hand over this matter to.

"What's the matter?" Evan took a sip of his coffee, which was too much to swallow and spit it back, "Just listening to what you say, the coffee is cold." ”

"It's gone!"

"That's all for today. By the way, remember to call me on the day Carlson arrived, and we'll pick up people together. ”

With that, Evan beckoned to the waiter, "Waiter, check out!"