Early the next morning, John and his grandfather went to the Brister house to sign an agreement to buy shares.

300,000 marks in exchange for 10% of the shares, such a huge expenditure is a very heavy decision even for the Brister family, which has attracted the attention of the whole family, plus it is at home to sign a contract with the Huntelaar family, Mrs. Brister and Anna are naturally onlookers.

So when Anna saw that it was John who signed, and not old Huntelaar, the expression on her little face was wonderful.

After lunch, when Anna and John came to the little garden to be alone, the girl asked in amazement, "John, what is today's agreement...... How could it be you who signed it? ”

Perhaps because of the closer relationship between the two families, John's last few visits, the two elders seem to have intentionally or unintentionally given him and Anna the opportunity to spend time alone, although it is not long, but it is enough for the two to talk a lot.

"My company, of course, I'm going to sign it."

Smelling the faint fragrance of the girl next to him, John said casually with some absent-mindedness.

Perhaps because of her home, Anna's clothes are relatively casual today, but although the white dress is a little plain, it looks particularly enchanting when put on the tall Anna - just like Anna's first impression of John, the straight neck and bare collarbones are so sexy!

"But ......"

Seeing that John's expression was obviously a little absent-minded, Anna's small mouth suddenly pursed: "Hasn't that matter of a pharmaceutical company been handled by your grandfather all along?" Isn't it the property of the Huntelaar family? ”

"Of course not, that's mine!"

Seeing that the girl was a little dissatisfied, John quickly retracted his thoughts and explained.

The investment in the pharmaceutical company was the proceeds of selling shares in the bicycle company, and the related patents were also invented by John, so it was essentially his personal business. Grandpa was just helping. John never cared about these things, but old Huntelaar was very clear, and he had explained them to John in detail - in the old man's opinion, although his property would be John's in the future, some things should be less troublesome.

"Huh? It's all your own? ”

Sticking out her tongue, Anna asked in surprise.

The girl always knew that this guy in front of her was very capable. But she never thought that a company so large, and a company in which her father invested hundreds of thousands of marks and could only account for 10% of the shares, turned out to be created by John alone!

"Of course."

John, who was cute by the girl's cute appearance, was stunned for a moment, and then nodded.

In Europe in 1886, although the industry was already very developed, it was still in a relatively backward stage, and the air pollution in the cities was not yet in sight. And the women's faces have not yet been covered by those messy cosmetics, coupled with the natural and healthy food, the skin is obviously much better than in later generations. At least in John's opinion. Whether it's Emma in New York or Anna in Berlin, both of them have good skin, without the roughness of the Caucasian woman in the impression.

In the case of good skin quality, the layered appearance of Caucasian people is indeed very attractive. At least for John now, the Anna in front of him is as if she is full of charm, so that he can hardly take his eyes off.

"Is it still hormonal?"

Swallowing hard, John looked at the girl's blue eyes like a puddle of water. Let him dive headlong into it......

……

The Brister family stayed for a day, and the next day they went to the hospital to check on Thomas and their work. After going to the pharmaceutical company to explain himself, John arrived at the train station on Friday afternoon, ready to leave for Karlsruhe again.

Merely......

"Grandpa, are you really going too?"

Looking at old Huntelaar, who was tightly wrapped in coats and hats, John complained with a bitter face: "It's hundreds of kilometers away, and it takes a whole night to take the train......

Old Huntlaar was unaware of his grandson's complaints. He waved his hand and said, "Okay, let's get in the car quickly!" ”

After listening to Hans's report that John was going to Karlsruhe again, old Huntelaar, who was bent on seeing what the so-called car was, decided to follow him without hesitation. So when John was about to leave for the train station in the afternoon. He was surprised to find that in addition to his own luggage, Hans had also packed the luggage of old Huntelaar. Of course, in order to take care of his elderly master, Mr. Butler himself was fully armed and bought three train tickets in advance......

Soon after the three of them got on the train, the train rumbled off.

The conditions of the first-class carriage were not bad, John and his grandfather shared a private room, although the comfort and later carriages were not the same, but at least in terms of area and decoration were quite luxurious. As for Mr. Butler's words, although John was not short of money, Hans still consciously ordered himself a regular ticket for the next carriage.

"When I was younger, there was no train to ride at all."

After his grandson settled down, old Huntelaar suddenly said: "People basically have to rely on horses or simply on foot to go far away, until the steam engine appeared later, and the time required for people to travel to various places was greatly shortened, but in the city the means of transportation still mainly rely on horse-drawn carriages, until you invent the bicycle ......"

Listening to his grandfather, John quickly put down the matter at hand.

"You know what? John. ”

Frowning slightly, old Huntelaar said lightly: "According to relatively accurate estimates, the profit of the Flying Pigeon Bicycle Company increased by 40% last year, so in the past three months, its valuation has also increased by 15%!" ”

Sitting comfortably on the edge of the bed, John responded with a smile: "Do you want to sue me that I made a mistake in transferring the shares of the Flying Pigeon Company, and I should regret it?" ”

"No!"

Glancing at his grandson, old Huntelaar said in a deep voice: "What has passed, there is no need to regret anything, I just hope that your new investment is not wrong!" The medical device company is mainly invested by Baron Cole, which is a small advantage, but in the case of a pharmaceutical company, it will invest almost more than four million marks in two years, that is, one million dollars, which is not a small amount...... As for this General Motors company, the money of a million marks in five years is just to design the car, don't you think that this investment is fraught with great risks? ”

"Perhaps."

After a moment of silence, John suddenly grinned and said, "But the previous investments have shown one thing, and that is that I was lucky, didn't I?" ”

"But they're not the same......"

After hearing his grandson's answer, old Huntelaar's brow furrowed deeply.

In the old man's opinion, these things are of course different. For example, light bulbs and batteries, the world already has similar products, but John's is much more advanced, and bicycles, at least similar things can be seen on the market, such as toys are very common.

But the car is ......

It was not that the elder Huntelaar could not see the prospects of such a "horse-drawn carriage" driven by a machine, but he did not think that with Johan's investment of a million marks, the Germans would be able to make a practical car within five years. After all, as an old man who watched the development of trains, the elder Huntelaar knew very well how long a new thing has to go through.

Looking at Mr. Bentz's telegram this time, isn't it full of doubts even for John himself?

"In my opinion, they are all the same."

Pointing to his head with the index finger of his right hand, John smiled and said, "Grandpa, believe it or not, in this...... I can see the future of them! ”

"Huh?"

Looking at John's serious look, old Huntelaar's expression was stunned.

"We are about to usher in an era where technology is king!"

Although his eyes still fell on his grandfather's face, the elder Huntelaar felt that John's gaze seemed to be extending infinitely behind him, and at the same time, his voice became ethereal: "Electricity, steel, automobiles, medicine, these industries that we have entered or are about to enter will definitely bring us rich returns in the future......" (to be continued......