On 17 April 1888, the English Football League was officially established at the Royal Hotel in Manchester.

It's exactly the same as it was in history, and even the location of its establishment is still the same hotel, but a slight deviation from history is that there is one more club that joined in the first place: Scalpel Football Club from London.

The football club, which is mainly made up of young doctors and medical students, has been established for less than a year, but it has grown very quickly with the financial support of abundant financial resources, attracting not only a few excellent players to join in just a few months, but also more than 1,000 members: surgeons from all over the UK are actively joining, and even many internal medicine doctors who love football have become part of it. With the support of the doctors, the Scalpel Club's influence grew rapidly, so much so that the newly formed football league was very happy to attract them.

The world's first football league has had surgeons from the very beginning.

But for this matter, the majority shareholder of the scalpel club, John? It is impossible for Mr. Huntelaar to know for the time being, because he has made it clear from the beginning that he is only responsible for the contribution of funds and does not interfere in the management of the club. And even if he knew, maybe John didn't feel much of it, because he wasn't very interested in football itself, and on the same day, he celebrated his "twenty-four" birthday......

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"Henry! Look, there's another one! ”

On the side of the street, a young white man shouted to his companions.

"Yes, I saw it."

Another young white man withdrew his gaze into the distance and turned back to an aurora not far in front of him. Although they couldn't get close enough to touch it because of the driver of the car, the distance of four or five meters was enough for him to see clearly. To know. Now that almost all Aurora cars in the United States are concentrated in New York City, and almost all of the people who own it are big people they can't reach, it is not easy to observe an Aurora so closely.

So after hearing the news of the Aurora car gathering, two young people who are crazy about cars can't wait to run over.

Like them, there are hundreds of people, all of whom are very interested in the new type of transportation, the car. However, there are very few people who have the opportunity to watch it up close. They all live nearby, and when they learned that there was an aurora car parked in a place where they could observe it up close, they naturally wanted to run to see it.

"It's perfect!"

The young man named Henry obsessively observed the aurora in front of him, and muttered in a low voice: "Bob, it's really hard to imagine that this newly born machine could be so perfect!" It's just as perfect as the alternating current and tungsten light bulbs that New York Power is promoting......"

"Oh! Damn it! You shut up! ”

After hearing Henry's words, the young man named Bob suddenly scolded in an angry whisper: "Henry? Ford, you damn guy, do you want us all out of work? Don't forget. You are from the Edison Electric Light Company, and if you were to hear you say that about our opponents, you would definitely be kicked out by Mr. Edison at once! ”

"Afraid of what? Isn't it? ”

Frowning, Henry retorted disappreciatively.

He knew what was going on, of course, and the entire Edison Electric Light Company had been in a state of panic ever since the Newton Electric Company built its first power plant in New York City and began powering Heinz General Hospital to light up the night sky over New York. And when tungsten light bulbs are publicly launched, they show far better performance than bamboo light bulbs. And after Morgan invested in the establishment of the New York Electric Company, this panic instantly turned into panic!

If it was alternating current in history, Edison might not care too much, and then he would fight back and even do some despicable things, but with the support of John's abundant funds, Tesla improved the alternating current power generation and transmission system in advance. simply surpassed Edison's alternating current, and even if Edison was not convinced, he had to admit the gap between the two technologies. In particular, the intervention of Morgan and others, who directly established the New York Electric Company and built small power plants across the United States, almost immediately forced Edison into a desperate situation!

AC, tungsten bulb!

Although Edison still has the upper hand. But anyone with a discerning eye can see that with the further development of the New York Electric Company, it is only a matter of time before the two positions are reversed. As a result, these two words became almost taboo in Edison's company, and no one wanted to talk about them openly. Bob naturally did the same, and he roared angrily, "Damn it, Henry, you didn't come to New York from the Detroit branch to leave Edison, did you?" ”

"I'm here for the car!"

Reflexively, Henry retorted again: "Bob, I'm different from you, I heard that New York has cars imported from Europe, so I specially applied to come to New York from Detroit!" And no matter what you think, anyway, I'm not optimistic about the alternating current and tungsten bulbs that Mr. Edison is still insisting on......"

"Okay, okay!"

Seeing the insistence on his companion's face, Bob had no choice but to avoid the topic and said, "Let's continue to concentrate on watching the car!" Tsk, I don't know which big man is holding a banquet, there are so many cars parked here, I'm afraid the whole New York City Aurora is coming."

"Hmm."

Nodding, Henry looked at the car again and muttered in a low voice, "Who made such a perfect car?" If General Motors opens a branch in the U.S. in the future, do I care about Edison Light's work......"

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In the open space near Huntelaar's house, there are at least ten Aurora cars parked!

The Aurora is still an expensive luxury, but because of its excellent performance and comfortable ride, it can develop much faster than in history, at least so far it is still in short supply among the aristocracy and wealthy in Europe and the United States. It's just a pity that the factory is far away in Karlsruhe, and most of the rich Americans can only sigh that only those who have good relations with the Huntelaar family, the majority shareholder of General Motors, can hope to own one in the short term. For example, Morgan, Tesla, and Carnegie have partnerships, and John's old friends Joshua, Funk, and Steve......

So on April 17th, almost all the aurora borealis in front of Huntelaar's house gathered in New York!

The unprecedented scene has attracted the attention of countless people.

In addition to a dozen Aurora, dozens of carriages were also scattered around Huntelaar's house, making the not too wide street instantly crowded.

Invitations, a full forty were issued.

Because it was John's birthday, in addition to John's own friends, Huntelaar Sr. sent out an invitation to the partners of the family business: the partners of the New York Electric Company, as well as the partners of several commercial companies. Except for a big man like Morgan, who only sent gifts, almost everyone else was present at the party.

For the whole of New York City, Huntelaar is still a relatively unfamiliar surname, not to mention that compared with Astor and Vanderbilt, Morgan and Edison are also much louder than him. But among a small group of people, those who understand how big and promising the Huntelaar family's estate is, Huntelaar is enough to make them flock to it, not to mention that those who have received an invitation will definitely come, and those who don't have to go to great lengths to get a ......

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"It's a pity that the place at home is still a little smaller."

Looking at the guests gathered in the hall, old Huntelaar felt satisfied and slightly regretful at the same time.

He had purchased this house many years ago, and although it was still comfortable to live in, it would definitely not be enough for such an occasion, otherwise old Huntelaar would have sent out more invitations. Moreover, the main purpose of this time is to put John in the foreground and become the real leader of the Huntelaar family, as far as the current house is concerned, it also makes the old Huntelaar feel a little too bad, at least it is not in line with the current status of the Huntelaar family.

In this respect, Americans are much more straightforward than Europeans.

Unlike the more reserved Europeans, Americans' approach to money is simple and straightforward. They don't have any concept of money or low-key, you should enjoy a luxurious life if you earn more money, live in a luxurious mansion, like Astor and Vanderbilt, the top American rich, the mansion on Fifth Avenue is built like a European castle, and it is shocking at a glance! Moreover, New York in this era also advocated extravagance, and the mansions of the wealthy, lavish balls, and high-end clothes from Europe were often the focus of everyone's attention.

Even old Huntelaar can only choose to fit into this environment.

So with the rapid expansion of the Huntelaar family's business and the increase in income every year, like the big estate in Berlin, the old Huntelaar has begun to build a new mansion in New York, the home base.

After John returned home, construction began on the new house.

However, because old Huntelaar did not like to be busy, and John's personality was more low-key, the address of the new home was not on Fifth Avenue, where the Astor and Vanderbilt families are located, but on Madison Avenue, where the Morgan family is located. This is still a residential area of Murray Hills, and the environment is relatively quiet, but in the process of preparing for a new home, the old Huntelaar purchased a large piece of land despite John's objections, and was ready to leave a big house for the Huntelaar family that was enough to inherit a hundred years, and the capital budget made for this, even after John saw it, he was stunned for a long time, and the corners of his mouth twitched subconsciously...... (To be continued......)