"Oh, that's amazing!"

Anna, who had thought the radio was too ugly to put in the living room, immediately changed her mind about the radio after hearing the slightly noisy but incomparably clear violin song. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

The ears are tightly pressed to the side, as if listening to the gospel.

"Well, it's a good thing."

Leaning back on the soft sofa, old Huntelaar smiled and nodded. If it was two or three years ago, the old man would most likely slap his thigh and laugh, but now, he can only express it with a smile when he is weak......

"John, will this thing be played every day in the future?"

After waiting for the song to end, Anna asked with great interest: "If everyone bought a radio, wouldn't the record industry be over?" “

"Uh......"

Regarding his wife's words, John could only express speechlessness.

However, John patiently smiled and explained: "No, Anna, the sound quality of the radio is unlikely to catch up with the record, so your idea is not realistic." Secondly, do you know how much our radio costs? ”

"How much?"

Slightly stunned, Anna asked curiously.

"$199!"

Smiling slightly, John said lightly: "And this is still the internal price of the employees, if it is sold to the outside world, it will not be lower than 249 US dollars in a short time!" ”

"What? So high? ”

After listening to John's answer, not only Anna's eyes widened, but even old Huntelaar was taken aback. The price of more than two hundred dollars is certainly far beyond the affordability of ordinary people, almost half a car, and it is hard to imagine who will buy these radios except for those who are really rich.

"It's not too high in terms of cost."

Shaking his head with a wry smile, John said helplessly.

Although the electron tube has been made by him, the production cost has remained high, even if the assembly line is used, and then large-scale production, the cost of the radio will not be able to drop below eighty dollars!

It was with this in mind that John understood why radio broadcasting did not develop until a decade or so later.

In its original history, radio did not develop at a rapid pace, partly because people did not really recognize its value, and partly because of the problem faced by most scientists in this era - the lack of adequate research funding. But the most important thing is that the cost of popularization is too high.

The world, thanks to John's presence, not only provides technical support (theoretically), but also provides a lot of money and equipment. Therefore, the performance of this system of Huntelaar Communications is comparable to that of the original broadcast system that will be perfected in more than ten years. You know, in the past few years, there have been at least twenty engineers working on the PA system in Tesla Labs, which seems unimaginable to others in this era!

But at the end of the day, John couldn't cut the cost down.

This will require continued research in Tesla's labs and factories, and until production technology and processes are developed to the point where production costs can be drastically reduced, or until the American middle class truly rises, radio will simply not be popularized, let alone wireless broadcasting systems.

So John's attitude towards this new technology is to continue to accumulate and apply it on a small scale for the time being.

Initial construction of a broadcasting system covering all the companies of the Huntelaar consortium and then covering the whole of New York City, for the testing and experimental accumulation of wireless broadcasting systems. In order to meet this, in addition to building the entire system, John intends to provide this high-priced radio to the executives of his various companies, as well as to each workshop and office at a low price, on the one hand, it is also a test, and on the other hand, it can also establish an "alternative" communication channel for the Huntelaar consortium, so that the voices above can reach the bottom directly.

Then we continue to accumulate technology and improve production processes, waiting for the perfect time to soar......

"In the past few years, you have made a lot of good things!"

Looking at John, who was confident, old Huntelaar couldn't help but sigh lightly: "Radios, cars, animations, tractors, watches, and arsenals and shipyards have grown step by step...... I'd love to live a few more years and see for yourself how far you can grow them! ”

"Grandpa......"

Hearing old Huntelaar's words, Anna and John's faces changed at the same time, and they hurriedly wanted to comfort them.

But before they could speak, old Huntelaar waved his hand and smiled: "Okay, you don't need to say anything, what else can't I see at my age?" But you, if it's really good for me, then let me hear the news of Anna's pregnancy before I die! ”

"Uh......"

John and Anna looked at each other at this request of old Huntelaar, and then smiled bitterly at the same time......

……

In June 1904, another group of Chinese children was sent to Los Angeles.

The children were not large in number, less than a hundred, and were then randomly sent to places like New York, Boston, Baltimore, and Cambridge. With the increasing number of young international students, John could no longer place them all in New York, after all, hundreds or thousands of people are nothing, and if thousands of Chinese are crammed into the same city or even the same school, it will be too eye-catching.

So three years ago, John built seven more schools.

All of them are based on the campuses of the ten-school alliance, and the teachers are trained by Dewey and others, and they happily go to teach at the branch under the lure of high salaries. The same teaching materials are selected, the same teaching methods are used, and John has arranged special personnel to regularly supervise and inspect them, so he is very relieved about the situation of the young students.

At the same time, more than 100 adult international students also arrived in the United States.

Most of these people have graduated from the country's Christian universities or secondary schools, are proficient in English, and have also mastered basic knowledge of modern science. Under Yung's careful selection, John will cover half of the cost of their college studies in the United States, and give them priority to introducing them to the ten-school alliance. Needless to say, Yale University and Columbia University have a tradition of accepting Chinese students, and other schools have also decided to admit them under John's persuasion. There are no more than a dozen students a year, and it doesn't have much of an impact on them.

At the same time, John's chef, Su Li, also arrived in Shanghai and met the gray-haired Mr. Yung Hong...... (To be continued.) )