The advent of Christmas cards and Santa Claus made Christmas really popular.

This happened in the first half of the 19th century, and by Christmas 1891, there was already a very strong holiday spirit throughout Europe and the United States. Of course, in this era, the development of Christmas has not yet reached the level of madness of later generations, at least in John's eyes, Christmas is now just an ordinary holiday.

But on Christmas Day, John threw a ball.

Instead of inviting old friends and business partners such as Joshua, or even his grandfather, John sent out invitations at Heinz Hospital and the Medical School. Excluding those on duty at the hospital and those who had other arrangements, nearly forty people attended the ball, most of them young doctors. And in order to make up for the situation of yang and yin at the ball, Anna? Huntelaar also took action, bringing in more than a dozen young girls in one go, counting the nurses of some hospitals and some of the doctors' families, just to achieve a balance between men and women......

"Your prom is really not just for the New Year!"

Looking at the young men and women dancing on the dance floor, Anna asked with a strange expression.

"Hehe, didn't you guess it a long time ago?"

John smiled and whispered in his wife's ear, "My men are quite good, don't miss it when you go back and blow the wind with your friends." ”

"Hee-hee-hee......"

After hearing John's words, Anna couldn't help but cover her mouth and chuckle.

Anna was a little strange when she heard John's request that day, after all, her husband didn't like to go to any dance parties before, let alone organize it on his own initiative. But then I think about the fact that he asked himself to invite female friends, and there were so many young single children in the hospital, the purpose of holding the ball was self-evident.

Merely......

Understand to understand. There was a wry smile in Anna's eyes.

As a native of Germany, most of the friends she makes now are friends she has only met since coming to New York. Although the Brister family is not a wealthy family, and Anna herself does not have the temper of the eldest lady, but she is John after all? Huntelaar's wife! So it is conceivable that there can't be any ordinary girls around her, and the worst family background is for those young doctors. I'm afraid it's a little too high.

John's idea seemed to Anna a bit idealistic.

This phenomenon is not only found in the East, but also in the West, especially in an era when classes are still distinct. Anna wasn't worried about the blow to the young doctors, but she was afraid that her husband wouldn't let go of the idea and end up doing something bad.

Anna's little bit of caution, John didn't notice.

Even if he noticed, he honestly didn't pay much attention to it. Perhaps the doctors at Heinz are still in the lower middle class of society, even if figures like Osler and Kelly are just middle class. But John believes it won't be a few years. He will make the world understand that times are really different......

……

After the blind date ball, the Huntelaar family held another one.

But this time it wasn't the young physicians of the Heinz School of Medicine and the hospital who attended the ball, but at the urging of the elder Huntelaar, John sent out invitations to the "upper" figures in his own system: hospital bigwigs such as Osler and Ehrlich, including Taylor and Gantt and other managers who managed the factory, including Steve the general manager of Heinz Bank? Hunter's entourage, including Tesla's special collaborator, and of course, John's earliest old friends, such as Joshua and Steve.

Speaking of which. John and Joshua had become somewhat estranged for the past two years.

It's not that there's a gap between everyone, it's just that everyone is too busy. Of course, there is no need to say about John himself. Joshua and Steve have grown into a bigger business, and they've been expanding into other areas like friends in recent years: Joshua has invested in a shipyard, and Steve has just expanded his Lego factory to make some furniture!

When John didn't notice, everyone was silently developing.

So at the prom on the last day before the New Year. John couldn't help but quip, "Joshua, after producing bicycles on land, and now you're producing ships in the sea, I think sooner or later you'll expand your industry into the air!" ”

"It's not impossible!"

Joshua, who had grown a mustache, looked much more mature, and smiled proudly, "And I am indeed interested in the airship invented by the Europeans." If you have the chance, you should definitely give it a try. But for now...... Haha, it's still the most important thing to do my bike business. ”

The Flying Pigeon Bicycle Company has now become a giant.

Although there have been strong competitors in Europe and North America in recent years, the application of imitation or edge patents has made the company very troubled. However, as the first company to enter the market, and also the company with the most complete technical reserves, Feige still occupies the largest market - more than eighty percent in North America and more than forty percent in Europe!

And, more crucially, the bike craze has taken off completely.

One need only look at the number of horse-drawn carriages on the streets of New York, where the rent-and-roll carriages that used to be ubiquitous on the streets are disappearing at a jaw-dropping rate, as the wealthy elite buy Aurora cars and the middle class makes heavy use of bicycles. On the one hand, the price of bicycles has fallen rapidly because of the decline in the price of raw materials such as steel, which is now only more than 20 US dollars, and on the other hand, it is also because of the emergence of many competitors, so that the flying pigeon company has to try its best to compress its profit margins.

The rapid development of the economy of various countries has made bicycles rapidly popular.

So although the price of bicycles fell every year, as the annual sales of the Flying Pigeon Bicycle Company exceeded six figures, the company's profits not only did not decline, but rose slightly, so it quickly became popular after entering the stock market, which made Morgan, who had bought the shares of the Huntelaar family, a lot of money.

Of course, Joshua also entered the ranks of the rich.

Although his net worth is far from being comparable to his good friend, if you add up all your assets, a fortune of more than one million dollars is already a proper thing.

"Speaking of which, I'm also interested in airships."

Listening to the lively conversation between the two, Steve next to him couldn't hold back his loneliness and interjected: "When I went to France last year, I found that they used electricity to drive the airship - oh, it used a battery invented by John, and the speed has reached twenty miles per hour!" Tsk, I think if the airship were bigger and faster, one day it might replace the ship across the Atlantic......"

After hearing this, John glanced at Steve with some surprise.

As a futuristic man, John certainly knew how brilliant airships would be before airplanes became mainstream, and at least there would be no problem crossing the Atlantic. But just as people in the future can't predict what technology will look like in ten years, it's not easy for people in this era to see that far.

"Sure enough, a person's position determines his vision."

After a slight groan, a smile appeared on John's lips. If Steve was still the rich second generation who relied on the strength of the family, then naturally there was no need to say anything, but because of the appearance of John, Steve became the founder of Lego Toys, and there is already a trend of making this company a century-old store. With such a big company under his command, as well as John's friend, coupled with the experience of running back and forth between Europe and North America over the years, Steve's vision is naturally different from his previous self.

John? The appearance of Huntelaar changed the fate of many people......

"Well, let's get down to business first!"

While retracting his thoughts, John couldn't help rubbing his chin and thinking: "Speaking of take-off boats, I don't know if there are hard airships now?" There are also airplanes, and now GM's engine technology is much stronger than the same period in history, is it possible to consider intervening in it? It's good to invest a little money in this thing every year and slowly accumulate technology......" (To be continued.) )