As the world's largest industrial country, the electrification of American society is very advanced, and more than half of the households already have household appliances such as refrigerators and washing machines. In the next few years, television, an electrical appliance that takes into account both entertainment and information dissemination, will also become rapidly popular.

Walking in the electronics store, Evan looked at the expensive black and white TVs with screens about the size of his face, and his expression was uncertain.

At the moment, Chester's photocopier is still taking a long time to be molded, and Applied Physical Systems has only one and a half products. Evan wondered if he would want to launch another product line during this period.

Television was one of the options Evan was considering. Another option is a microwave oven, which is also a kitchen appliance.

At this time, the American television industry is about to start the era of competition, and there are dozens of large and small companies that have entered and are about to enter the industry, among which General Electric Company (GE), Radio Corporation of America (RCA) and Dumont Lab (Dumont Lab) are the three companies with the best technology and the highest market share, and they have launched products before World War II.

During World War II, the production of civilian televisions was suspended due to material restrictions, and all picture tubes were used in military products such as radars. Television guidance technology also began to take off during this period.

As soon as World War II ended, the American Radio Corporation was the first to relaunch two civilian television sets in 1946, one model RCA 621-TS and the other RCA630-TS. The former was designed before the war with a 7-inch screen, and the latter was the first product designed and manufactured after the war, with a 10-inch screen, which sold about 10,000 units that year and cost about $350 per unit. This price is undoubtedly a large item that requires careful consideration before it can be purchased in the United States, where the average income is $3,500.

Following the American Radio, Dumont Laboratories, Motorola, General Electric and others have launched new products, among which the RA-101, the most technologically advanced Dumont Laboratories, has the largest screen size, reaching 20 inches, and it also has the function of a radio.

Evan saw this flagship product from Dumont Laboratories in the electronics store.

Evan knows Dumont Laboratories very well as the company, and its founder is the inventor Alan Brown. Allen B. DuMont, whose improved cathode ray tube was of excellent quality, had a long life, and greatly reduced production costs, was initially used exclusively for oscilloscopes and later entered the field of television. Dumont was very optimistic about the television industry, invested a lot of energy and money in it, and also started his own television network. These investments were derived from its profits on oscilloscopes, which Dumont was the dominant player in the industry at this time. However, this position is already in jeopardy. Dumont manufactures oscilloscopes that measure based on frequency, and not so long ago, a manufacturer called Tektronix produced time-generator-based oscilloscopes, a new technology that makes it easier to interpret pulses and complex waveforms.

At an electronics show, founder Dumont saw this product and was impressed. However, at that time, he comforted himself that this product was too expensive and would never sell. What he didn't know was that since then, Dumont Laboratories' oscilloscope sales have been shrinking year by year, and on the other hand, the Dumont television network has been losing money one after another, and the TV business has been fiercely competitive, which eventually led to the collapse of the company, and in the late 50s, the company had to be divided and sold. The television business was sold to Emerson Radio, the oscilloscope business was sold to Fairchild Photographic Equipment, and the television network business was sold to a German-American, John Kruger, and the name was changed to Metromedia.

Evan knows this because one of his collections in his collection was a 1949 15-inch mahogany case TV from the Dumont Laboratory, one of the few that no longer functioned but was still in his collection.

Because of this, Evan moved his mind to enter the television industry. Seriously, it's not too difficult to get into this industry, because the core component, the cathode ray tube, can be sourced from Dumont Laboratories.

Don't be surprised, that's what Dumont Labs does. Not to mention the actual cathode ray tube, even the patent he has sold, and the American Radio Company bought the patent from him, and it only cost $20,000.

As for the microwave oven, which requires a magnetron that can be used in radar. Invented by the British, it was licensed to the U.S. government during World War II to seek financial and industrial help from the United States, and is now produced by several companies, including Raytheon.

As a military product, in order for Raytheon to sell it as a civilian product, it must be approved by the relevant departments, and because of technical reasons, the microwave oven will be very large and expensive, and the average family cannot use it, so it can only be used in large kitchens.

Between the TV and the microwave, Evan couldn't make a choice for a moment. The advantage of the former is that the technical requirements are not high, and the market is in a period of growth, but the disadvantage is that the competition will be fierce in the future; the advantage of the latter is that there is almost no competition, and the disadvantage is that it is a new thing that requires strong market development and promotion capabilities.

After lingering a few times in front of a row of TVs, Evan finally made his decision.

He decided to do both.

……

September 5th, afternoon, Los Angeles Union Station.

Evan on the platform held a well-prepared bouquet of flowers in his right hand, and his left hand occasionally flashed the watch on the back of his hand.

A train pulled into the platform, the same train that Evan was waiting for.

"Jingle bell!"

The train came to a standstill, the carriage doors opened, and the passengers stepped down one after another.

Evan looked carefully from near and far, not letting go of a figure.

In his expectant gaze, a beautiful figure appeared at the exit of a carriage.

Evan spun around again and walked briskly towards her.

"Audrey!"

The shout was not loud, but Audrey's ears caught it clearly. She stepped out of the carriage and shifted her gaze to the direction from which the sound had come as she stepped onto the floor of the platform.

Eyes meet in the air.

"Evan!"

Audrey raised her hand and swayed it from side to side rapidly, her face glowing with excitement.

Evan took three steps and two steps and came to Audrey. But before he could offer the bouquet, Audrey opened her arms and hugged her.

Evan hugged Audrey's body with his backhand, put his mouth in her ear and said, "It's been a hard journey!"

Audrey let out an "um", her voice low and inaudible.

Evan let go of his embrace, sent the bouquet out, and said with a smile, "Let's go, let's go home." ”

Audrey took the bouquet, put it under her nose and sniffed it, smiled and nodded, then grabbed one of Evan's arms with one hand and said, "Let's go!"

The two of them walked out of the station.

Bob and Isla, who were security guards, followed quietly with their suitcases.