Cal? Friedrich? Bentz, the inventor of the automobile, one of the founders of the Mercedes-Benz company, was later known by many as the father of the car, and the word "Mercedes-Benz" is his surname "Bentz".

So when he heard the name, John was stunned.

In fact, when he came to Germany, John had an idea to put Benz, Daimler and Maybach together in advance, and threw a sum of money at them to research and manufacture cars, so that they could directly take the technology back to the United States to build factories in the future at an appropriate time.

However, after thinking about it for three minutes, John gave up.

First, it is too troublesome, it is difficult to find the three people when they are still ordinary people, and secondly, John does not think that now is a good time to enter the automobile industry, because he does not have much money now, and there are still many years to go before the formation of the automobile market......

But John never thought that Benz would have such an intersection with him!

You know, on the carriage that just came back, John once remembered about the automobile industry, but he didn't expect Benz to sit in front of him alive an hour later!

"It's amazing!"

With this thought spinning in his mind, John's eyes stared straight at Benz, looking at this unusually ordinary German man no matter how he looked at it.

"Mr. Huntelaar, have you heard my name?"

Buntz, who was a little uncomfortable by John's gaze and worried in his heart, asked cautiously.

"Oh, hehe. I seem to have heard of it. ”

John came back to his senses, nodded and smiled quickly: "Mr. Bentz, I am very interested in the kind of tricycle that your lady just said that can walk on its own, can you please elaborate?" ”

"Huh?"

After hearing John's request, Mrs. Benz looked at each other with some surprise.

Now that they were able to come to the door, the two of them had some knowledge of John's situation, knowing that he was now a student at the University of Berlin Medical School, but for various reasons they did not know the details, so they heard that a medical student was interested in his job. Weirdness is a natural thing.

After seeing the expressions of the two. John's heart moved, and then he smiled: "Don't be surprised, in addition to being a doctor, I am also an inventor...... Haha, I invented the flying pigeon bicycle I just mentioned! ”

"What?!"

After hearing this. This time, the couple also stared at their eyes at the same time. Benz himself stood up even more suddenly!

The bicycle turned out to be invented by him?

After hearing this. Benz couldn't help but feel a sense of absurdity rising in his heart. On the one hand, because of John's age, he looks like he is at most eighteen or nineteen years old, and he can invent a new bicycle that is popular in Europe? Considering that the time of the appearance of the bicycle is still a few years forward. This had to make him suspicious.

And even more crucially, another point: the bicycle was invented by a medical student?

"You don't need to doubt it."

Looking at the reaction of the Benz couple, John smiled and said, "I think you all know about Baron Cole just launching the bike, right?" I'm one of the shareholders of the factory, and you just have to inquire about that. ”

"Sizzle......"

This time, it was the Benzes' turn to gasp.

Although the two of them were skeptical just now, they had to believe it after looking at John's indifferent face and the unsurprised expression of Mr. Butler next to him.

"Huh."

After being stunned for a while, Benz swallowed a mouthful of spit and said with a dry smile: "Huntelaar has achieved so much at such a young age, what a young man!" ”

At this time, of course, Mr. was extremely disappointed in his heart.

It has been more than ten years since the establishment of Mercedes-Benz, but the products manufactured are still tepid, and the factory is now in a half-dead state. But looking at the young man in front of him, who is not even twenty years old, has designed such an ingenious bicycle that has swept the entire European continent, how can this not make Benz feel sorry for himself?

Seeing that Bentz's expression was a little ugly, John frowned slightly, and then immediately smiled: "Mr. Bentz? Can you tell us about the tricycle that walks on its own? ”

"Oh, okay."

Hearing John's repeated question, Benz, who knew that he had just lost his temper, smiled reluctantly and cheered up to explain to John. The principle is the same as John imagined, it is very simple, it is to design a single-cylinder gasoline engine and let it drive the tricycle forward.

Essentially, it's very simple a mechanical engineering.

Of course, John's simplicity is from the perspective of later generations, and it is quite complicated for this age. But when John heard that Benz had been doing his own research all along, with only two or three workers helping, his brow furrowed.

Really!

When Edison established his own real office in New Jersey and invested a lot of money and researchers to start group research, Europe was still more alone, and there was no concept of R&D plan or R&D investment at all!

"How does this work?"

After listening to Bentz's introduction, John secretly shook his head in his heart, and couldn't help but ask, "Mr. Bentz, then you are studying now...... Well, is it difficult to design this tricycle that will walk on its own? I'm very interested in this kind of stuff and I really want to see the end result as much as possible. ”

"This ......"

Hearing John's words, Bentz's face suddenly became embarrassed, and he said with a wry smile after a while: "At present, the main problem I am facing is the lack of funds and manpower. It costs a lot to do it, and to be honest, it is very difficult for us to be financially struggling, and there are no useful helpers around, those workers are just able to do some rough work! ”

"In other words, the main thing is that there is a lack of money?"

After hearing this, he smiled slightly, and John asked indifferently.

"Uh...... Sort of. ”

After a moment's hesitation, Benz smiled wryly again and nodded.

It definitely takes money to do it. And excellent assistants also need to be hired with money, so in other words, Benz's research needs to be funded!

After receiving confirmation from Mr. Benz, John fell silent.

While holding the coffee in front of him with his left hand, John tapped the armrest of the sofa with his right hand, as if lost in thought.

Mr. Benz looked at John in confusion, feeling a little strange in his heart.

What did Mr. Huntelaar mean when he asked with so much interest about the content and difficulties of his research, and now he bowed his head and sank to death after listening to it?

But beside Bentz, his wife frowned slightly. The look in John's eyes became a little strange. She always felt that things were a little strange today. Obviously, I came to thank the other party, why did I talk about the machine that my husband was researching? And although John's expression has always been relatively calm, but out of a woman's intuition, Mrs. Benz sensitively noticed the excitement under his calm expression!

After a while. John suddenly lowered the cup in his hand. The tapping of the fingers of the right hand also stopped.

Keep your head up. John Wei smiled and asked, "Mr. Bentz, do you need to invest?" ”

"Uh, what did you just say?"

Benz felt as if something was wrong with his ears. Asked a little awkwardly.

"I just asked you, do you need to invest?"

"Huh?!"

This time, Benz was sure that he had heard correctly, and at the same time, his heart suddenly pounded violently!

Before he could think about anything, John smiled and said, "As I said, I'm very interested in your idea, so I really hope that it can be made as soon as possible...... If I invest in your factory, will you accept it? ”

"Really? You're going to fund my research?! ”

Surprised in his heart, Benz stood up again.

A few minutes ago, he might have thought John was joking, but now that he learned that he was the inventor of the bicycle, Benz suddenly had hope in his heart.

Everyone seems to be the same kind of person, maybe the other person can really help themselves?

"It's not a grant, it's an investment!"

Shaking his head, John corrected Benz's statement.

Funding and investment are two completely different concepts, and John knows that there are many wealthy people in this day and age who like to fund research that they like, or think is meaningful, but John would never do such a wrongful thing. Promising inventions can be invested in, but they must be beneficial.

Mrs. Benz next to her suddenly understood!

She understood why John cared so much about her husband's research, but after thinking about it for a while, she still didn't understand why the young doctor had decided to invest as soon as he heard the general meaning. You know, it's not that Benz didn't want to look for help from others, but again, the limitations of the times make most people unable to see the bright future of automobiles, and they only know that the streets are now horse-drawn carriages...... Maybe soon a bicycle will be added, and the car that can run on its own is like the train of the past, which few people agreed on before it was built. In fact, even after Benz built the car, it took a long time to get people interested.

However, for Bentz now, he who only wants to make cars does not care about the difference between the two, and nodded again and again: "No problem, if Mr. Huntelaar is willing to invest, I can give you half of the shares of Mercedes-Benz!" ”

John shook his head and smiled: "It doesn't need that much, one twenty percent is enough, and I want more than just shares, so ...... However, I personally suggest that you can find a few like-minded partners, of course, a higher level, give them some shares, so that the research will definitely speed up a lot. ”

"More than just shares? Looking for more partners? ”

Benz was a little puzzled after hearing John's words, but these two things were only turned in his head and disappeared, and Benz was now most concerned about another question: "Mr. Huntelaar, I don't know...... How much money can you invest? ”

Benz didn't doubt John's financial strength, would the inventor of the bicycle still be short of money?

"2000 gold marks!"

Without hesitation, he stretched out his five fingers, and John smiled faintly: "2000 20 marks of gold, I will invest so much money every year, and I can invest it for up to five consecutive years!" ”

"200,000 marks?"

After hearing this number, the Benz couple exclaimed at the same time! (To be continued......)