Chapter 12: Motorola

"This ...... It's amazing! ”

Puffing out her eyes and mouth vigorously, Anna's gaze was full of incredulity.

Just now, she saw John receive a text message from hundreds of meters away in a room, using the machine in front of her, a strange, bulky looking machine, and sending this message from another machine that was exactly the same, which John and Mr. Tesla called radio!

Anna could see clearly that there was no wire connecting the two machines!

"Bang!"

Before Anna could ask, Mr. Tesla had already slammed open the door and rushed in, shouting, "Mr. Huntelaar, have you received the telegram?" ”

"Roger!"

John scrambled to his feet and handed the paper to Tesla.

In the future, there are records that the world's first radio-sent message was sent by John? Huntelaar wrote it with a pen. The message is very simple, even a little boring, and the content is the name of two people: John? Huntelaar and Nikolai. Tesla, in less than ten seconds, is the distance from Tesla's residence to the laboratory of the two-person partnership!

"Haha, we made it!"

After seeing the two names written by John, Tesla scratched a messy hair and laughed......

……

"So, you really succeeded?"

After hearing the news from John's mouth, old Huntelaar's eyes also bulged.

Of course, he had known about the radio for a long time, but the old man had always been skeptical of it, because from his mind with little scientific knowledge, it was hard to imagine that there was a means of communication that could be connected without any wire! This is the limitation of the times, just like the science giants of this era such as Tesla, I am afraid that I can't imagine how far the technology of the future world will develop, right?

Hertz proves the existence of electromagnetic waves. It was only a few years ago.

"Yes, we succeeded!"

John nodded heavily and said with a smile: "Mr. Tesla and I have tested more than a dozen times today, and the farthest one even drove a few miles away...... It turns out that our radios can travel at least five miles, and the signal is very clear! ”

Joke. There is no such thing as radio pollution in this era.

Although John proposed and described that the radio designed and improved by Tesla still has many shortcomings, such as the power is too low, the transmission distance is not far enough, the transceiver is not sensitive enough, etc., but John is sure that compared with the invention of Tesla or Marconi in the same period in history, the machine he sees today is definitely better! That is, the radio was really invented!

"Oh. Oh, God! ”

After getting the confirmation, old Huntelaar first exclaimed, and then immediately stood up from the chair excitedly!

Of course, old Huntelaar knew very well what it meant to be able to send and receive a telegram without a cable, even if he had no idea before, but he had already understood it after his grandson's countless narratives. In the past two years, in order to provide Tesla with a large amount of research funds, the grandfather and grandson have not been less arguing about this.

After excitedly walking around the room a few times, old Huntelaar suddenly turned his head and asked, "John." How many people know about this news? And also...... Is the patent registered? ”

John hesitated for a moment before whispering, "For now." Only the people at Tesla Labs, Anna and I know, but I think soon the Bristers will know too, and as for the patent, it has not been registered yet, and I plan to set up a communications company before registering it later! ”

Since he took Anna to meet Tesla, John had no intention of hiding it from the Bristers. He and Anna are about to get married, and according to the Oriental concept, everyone will be a family in the future. Deliberately concealing it is not a good thing. In addition, radio is absolutely high-tech for this era, and even if others know the news, it doesn't make any sense if they don't contact it specifically, so there is no need to worry about it at all.

Old Huntelaar certainly understood this. He was concerned about something else, and asked excitedly, "You want to set up a new communications company?" Like the Bell Telephone Company? ”

Bell Telephone Company is now one of the star companies in North America.

When Bell invented the telephone, he wanted to sell it to a telegraph company for $100,000, but he refused for fear of risk. So four or five years after Bell was founded, the price had risen to millions of dollars when Bell sold it! In old Huntelaar's view, the communications company John was going to set up was the second Bell company!

Blinking, John smiled and said, "That's probably what it means." The newly formed company is called Motorola Communications...... Don't ask me why it's called this, it's just a personal favorite! ”

"Uh......"

Hearing the words emphasized later, Old Huntelaar's face suddenly darkened.

Old Huntelaar was used to John's bad taste, just as he didn't understand why the car company was called GM, he wouldn't delve into why a telecommunications company was called Motorola, anyway, as long as he knew that the company was his own business......

"How are the shares distributed?"

After a slight groan, old Huntelaar asked the most crucial question.

Licking his somewhat dry lips, John spoke: "I discussed with Mr. Tesla, Tesla Labs will be merged into Motorola Communications, and we will inject an additional 30,000 US dollars, accounting for a total of seventy and a half shares." Mr. Tesla took a 20 percent stake in Tesla Labs' shares and technology, and the other half was given to the five key members of the research team to encourage them to continue to improve the radio technology......"

"What do you say? Wait a minute! ”

This time, without waiting for John to finish speaking, old Huntelaar waved his hand and asked puzzledly, "What is the backbone of the research team?" Why give them half of the shares? ”

When asked about this, old Huntelaar's face was already a little unpleasant.

However, John didn't care, and explained with a smile: "Grandpa, this radio was not invented by Mr. Tesla alone, these five people also made a lot of efforts, and they can be said to be the most knowledgeable people in the world about radio, and we can't do without them if we want to continue to improve the technology in the future...... Half of the shares are only, they are all young people in their twenties, the future is unlimited, and it is very cost-effective to keep them with shares! ”

"Half of the shares, that's it?"

It's okay not to listen to the explanation, but when he heard John's explanation, old Huntelaar was speechless again.

If Motorola Communications is really the second Bell, then 10% of the shares are hundreds of thousands of dollars, how can you listen to the tone of your grandson as if you are talking about dozens of dollars?

Seeing that his grandfather's face was not good-looking, John couldn't help but grin.

This half of the shares was taken out by John after listening to Tesla's story about the R&D process, because he knew very well the importance of these people. Tesla is strong, but it is not omnipotent, and the role of these auxiliaries must not be ignored. And for the follow-up improvement, perfection and even development of radio technology, John also attaches great importance to it, he must have a strong enough team!

One percent of each person's stake is a weapon to attract them.

Of course, John will not give these shares unconditionally, there are strict restrictions on the length of service and share transfer, as long as these five people can work in Motorola for the next ten years, these shares will bring them countless benefits, but if they want to change jobs or start their own business in the future, then they will not get anything.

And......

The so-called radio communication is just the beginning.

John hopes that Motorola's Tesla Labs will become an industry leader in the future, just like the prestigious Bell Labs. Radio technology, the next tubes, radios, radios, televisions, etc., as well as more distant computers, mobile communications, and even satellites, etc., are all John? Mr. Huntelaar's ambition!

It's just a few shares, what's reluctant?

……

Because of the advent of the radio, John once again postponed his visit to the hospital to report.

Motorola Communications was formed as quickly as possible, and then completed the merger of Tesla Labs and the re-injection of capital into the Huntelaar family. Then on the morning of the day after it was all done, Motorola Communications publicly demonstrated its radio communication technology to the masses – sending a little poem to a machine five miles away!

Of course, the names of Motorola and Tesla instantly resounded over the entire New York City! (To be continued......)