Three days after John and his family returned to New York, the Huntelaar family was bustling.

Mr. Huntelaar's friends received the news of his return from Europe, and naturally they called to say hello one after another, and by the way, they also wanted to make an appointment to come to the door. With the Bell Telephone Company being bought with a large sum of money, the supergiant of later generations grew at an astonishing rate, and the skies of New York were almost overrun by a dense network of telephone lines, until a heavy snowfall overwhelmed countless telephone lines and they began to move lines underground......

As is customary, it is natural to have a party.

This time, John was quite supportive, on the one hand, he could meet his friends who had been separated for half a year, and on the other hand, he also wanted to take this opportunity to introduce Anna to everyone.

On the day of the party, John made a big announcement!

“…… The wedding will take place in March! ”

Glancing at Anna beside him, the smile on John's face was unusually bright: "Once the specific time and place are determined, I will notify you in the invitation card later, I hope everyone can attend my wedding at that time, thank you!" ”

"Oh......"

With a few exclamations, applause rang out warmly. The people who came to the party today were all John's friends, so naturally they had already known the news of his engagement, so there were not many surprises.

But......

"I didn't expect you to get married so early."

After Anna was dragged away by several young ladies, Joshua shook his head with a wry smile and sighed, "I'm just twenty-one years old, so it's a bit early to get married at this age...... And if you get married in March, will you be able to prepare? ”

"Tsk, don't forget, I'm twenty-five years old!"

John interrupted Joshua with a wave of his hand, blinked and smiled, "Besides, I'm not going to have such a big wedding. It's simpler, and it doesn't take too long to prepare. ”

Whether in his previous life or in this life, it is true that getting married at the age of twenty-one is a bit early, and John has always had the illusion that people in the 19th century got married very early, and only found out after they actually came. It is true that Chinese in this era get married very early, and it is normal to get married in their teens, but in Western countries, twenty-six or seventeen years old is the most common.

However, there is no standard for this kind of thing.

If according to his real mental age, John is now fifty years old, can he really find a woman of the same age to marry? And the times are more than a hundred years apart, John didn't expect to find a partner he was satisfied with, but now at least she really likes Anna. Naturally, there was no need to put it off - no matter how rich he would be in this life, John had no interest in being a playboy.

Getting married early, in his opinion, there is nothing bad about it.

Looking at the happy expression on his friend's face, Joshua sighed secretly in his heart, and closed his mouth that had just opened again. Of course, he didn't really think that John got married too early, in fact, when he saw Anna for the first time, he couldn't help but envy his friend for having such a wonderful fiancée, just thinking of his sister Emma. Joshua felt regret......

With a shake of his head, Joshua put the worries aside. Suddenly smiled and asked: "John, I read in the newspaper a few days ago that you have just invented a new drug for the treatment of diphtheria, and you have a camera that can take pictures of bones, is it true?" ”

"Uh...... That's not a camera, it's called an X-ray! ”

John's face darkened. Said angrily.

"Haha, yes, X-ray!"

Joshua grinned, "Is this thing in New York?" Can you open our eyes? And do you think there is a possibility that this kind of X-ray will be commercialized in the future? Have you ever thought about producing it? ”

After a series of questions, Joshua seemed to be quite interested in the X-rays.

But John wasn't going to talk to a layman. said vaguely: "That thing is not perfect yet, if it is commercially used, it will be early...... By the way, Joshua, how is the Flying Pigeon Bicycle Company doing now? ”

Although he has changed hands on all the shares, John is still quite affectionate about the flying pigeon bicycle company that he has established and relied on, and he has the opportunity to understand the specific situation.

Speaking of his company, Joshua really shifted his attention, but his face was a little unpleasant: "The company's development is very stable, although the price has dropped a little, but because the sales volume is still steadily increasing, the profit has not decreased, but it is ...... The increase in sales mainly depends on the old market, but it is difficult to develop new markets, because there are already competitors in Europe! ”

"Oh? Is the other party strong? ”

John wasn't too surprised to hear this.

Carefully calculated, the Flying Pigeon Bicycle Company has been established for several years, and it is not surprising that there are competitors on the market, and the high profits of the bicycle can definitely attract large sums of money to enter. And the patents that John applied for at the beginning couldn't stop everyone, so if you think of a way, you can definitely get around it. That's why John sold his stake in the first place, and compared to the pharmaceutical and automotive industries, the threshold for bicycles is really not very high.

Of course, this is not to say that John cheated Joshua and Funk in the first place.

Even now, the Flying Pigeon Bicycle Company is still the absolute hegemon of the industry, and the annual profits are very attractive, and the returns on the investment of both Joshua and Morgan are considerable. It's just that for John, it was most appropriate to sell his shares and receive cash at that time......

"Yes, it's strong."

Nodding, Joshua sighed helplessly: "You may not usually have noticed, there are several bicycle companies in Britain and France, the production scale is quite large, and the quality of the products is not bad, they have even built branches in the Far East and India...... Damn it! Out of the American continent, we simply can't compete with them! ”

Joshua was furious when he said this.

John immediately understood that the Flying Pigeon Bicycle Company was in a situation he feared. When there are no competitors, the flying pigeon bicycle can of course monopolize the entire market, and others have to buy them, but once the same type of product appears in Britain and France, as long as the price and performance are not too far behind, it will be difficult for American companies to compete with them. John believes that if it weren't for the factories in England and Germany, Joshua would be even more disappointed now.

No matter what era, the competition for the market depends on more than just product quality.

At the end of the day, the Americans were simply not in the eyes of the European powers in this era. Because the domestic market is large enough, the United States has been immersed in development, and when they have accumulated enough industrial strength and began to look for new markets, they found that the world has almost been carved up! If you want more markets, you either have to produce products that no one else can produce, or you have to rely on your own strength to compete for them, and the Germans are the best example.

But to wrestle with Britain and France, the Americans do not have that confidence.

In fact, not only the flying pigeon bicycle company, as far as John knows, the Lego toy company has also appeared a lot of strong opponents, and they even directly imitate the toys "invented" by John, and the Lego company to seize the market. It's just that compared to their simple imitation, Steve has the help of John, the opener, and launches a batch of new products almost every six months, and the position of the hegemon cannot be shaken at all, but the sales will inevitably be affected......

After learning about these circumstances, John was also secretly glad for his recent decision.

Although the production process of sulfonamides and local anesthetics is complex, and other companies may not be able to find a way to find it quickly, John is not sure how long these advantages will last. After all, he has changed history, and who can guarantee that it will not change because of the butterfly effect?

It will definitely be worth giving up some of the benefits.

In this way, even if there are competitors in the future, John is not afraid that they will use other means to squeeze the market, and his partners will desperately prevent this...... (To be continued......)