“…… It's a pity that Mr. Edison didn't accept my invitation! ”

After taking a sip of mellow wine, Morgan seemed to sigh regretfully: "In the past two years, I have been committed to merging Edison and New York Electric Company to create a new electric power company, but unfortunately Mr. Edison is very resistant to this, and has even been thinking of various ways to slander alternating current, and some time ago he tried to encourage New York to use alternating current to set up electrocution to illustrate the danger of alternating current......

Putting down the cup in his hand, John smiled slightly, and said in a meaningful whisper: "Mr. Edison is undoubtedly a great inventor, but no one is perfect, and no one can always be right. ”

For Edison's direct current, John didn't care about it for a long time.

If only Tesla and Westinghouse were rivals, perhaps Edison's direct current would still pose some threats, and he would have no choice but to give up after a few years of fighting. But this time, because of John's sideways joining, and later bringing in the funds and management of the Morgan Group, Edison would not have any chances. The big scientist's current agitation is undoubtedly out of interest, but the situation is no longer obvious: the development of New York Electric Power is advancing rapidly, and Morgan's influence is far greater than that of the other party, for example, there is no news of the electrocution that was supposed to occur on New Year's Day in New York......

In the battle between DC and alternating current, Edison has completely failed!

"Hehe, I hope he will set his sights on other fields as soon as possible!"

Picking up the glass and gesturing to Morgan, John tasted the red wine in his hand.

It's fragrant and mellow.

It was the right thing to do to hand over alternating current to Morgan, and in just a few years, Morgan had already built three power plants in New York City and was building a fourth. Although the size of New York City is already quite large, it is under the high price of electricity. Four power plants are enough. In addition, in other large cities in the United States, such as Baltimore and Philadelphia, several power plants are also under construction, and it is expected that more than 20 alternating current power plants can be built in the United States in 1889!

This kind of efficiency is not possible for John and Tesla.

As for Edison's direct current, it has now been beaten all over the ground, but the stubborn inventor seems unwilling to give up yet. He always wants to make some small moves, but with Morgan in charge, John is not worried about what the other party will achieve.

So after listening to John's words, Morgan also smiled, raised his glass and took a sip very simply, and nodded: "We have decided to participate in this year's Paris World Expo, and I believe that in addition to that tower, the thousands of electric lights of the New York Electric Company will be the most eye-catching thing at the World Expo...... Of course, this may not be the case if Mr. Huntelaar's other industries are also participating in the Expo. ”

"Huh."

After hearing this meaningful sentence. John just smiled and didn't respond.

In fact, General Motors has already decided to participate, and after reaching a cooperation agreement with the French, Mr. Durán can't wait to say that he will participate in this expo to show the public that France also has the ability to produce aspirin, sulfonamides and local anesthetics. Soon these drugs will be spread to French colonies all over the world......

And by this time, John vaguely noticed that Morgan seemed to be directing the conversation to his estate.

Really. A lean white man of forty years old next to him said seemingly casually: "Mr. Huntelaar, I have found several of your factories...... Hmm, for example, the European pharmaceutical company Heinz developed rapidly last year, winning orders from the War Ministries of several countries in one go, and the factory in New York is also buying a large amount of land and livestock, does it mean to expand production? Are you having trouble with money and manpower? ”

"Oh?"

Seeing that the topic was finally led to the pharmaceutical company. John's face sank suddenly.

Morgan has never stopped coveting Heinz Pharmaceuticals, and John knows this very well, and Morgan has been working on this idea since he first came back from Europe. And it seems that he has not given up yet.

"I'm sorry everyone, Heinz Pharmaceuticals has no plans to expand significantly in North America for the time being!"

Facing the burning eyes of the gentlemen, John shook his head without hesitation and said: "In terms of the current market size in North America, although the production capacity of Heinz Pharmaceutical Company is slightly lacking, some drugs produced in Europe will be shipped over every month, which is definitely enough in a short time." As for the long run...... We don't stop there, workers are being trained every month, and new factories are being built......"

The tone did not fluctuate, but the attitude was very clear.

So before John could finish speaking, the faces of the other gentlemen were already showing displeasure, for they knew that this temptation had failed again. Although they didn't feel much hope in the first place, when they heard a clear message from John, disappointment was inevitable.

In the past year, Heinz Pharmaceutical Company has been one of New York's most high-profile stars.

The investment is only more than 100,000 US dollars, and it has only been put into production for less than a year, and its monthly sales have quickly exceeded the level of 100,000 US dollars, and there is a substantial increase every month, which cannot but be amazing. And more importantly, everyone knows that sulfonamides and local anesthetics are profiteering, and although aspirin is sold at a low price, it sells several times more than several other drugs, and Heinz Pharmaceutical is like a big gold mine that is constantly being produced......

No one thought that the pharmaceutical industry would be so profitable!

This era should have belonged to the era of steel, the era of textiles, the era of coal, shipbuilding, railways, and even the era of electricity and military industry, but no one thought about the pharmaceutical industry! How much money can be made by those so-called drugs that extract some substances from various plants, animals or minerals, and then sell them under various names such as "fairy water"? How many of these rich people here can look down on those industries that make money by fooling people?

But the advent of Heinz Pharmaceuticals quickly changed all that!

Aspirin has an excellent antipyretic and analgesic effect, and it does not have as many adverse effects as drugs such as antipyretic ice. It quickly became one of the most powerful weapons in the hands of physicians. Nowadays, almost all drugs contain alcohol or yapian, why? Because these two things can relieve the pain of those patients for a short time, you can imagine how popular aspirin will be. As for sulfonamides and local anesthetics, there is nothing to say, their role is irreplaceable, there is no need to compete with others at all, and they are almost invincible all over the world!

And not so long ago. Another new drug for the treatment of diphtheria has appeared......

"Ahem! Cough! ”

Seeing that the atmosphere was a little awkward, Morgan coughed lightly twice at this time and laughed: "Hehe, steady development is naturally appropriate, but ...... Mr. Huntelaar, I have heard that you are planning to build another pharmaceutical factory in both London and Paris? ”

"Yes, Mr. Morgan!"

John knew that Morgan had eyes and hands, so it was not surprising that he knew the news that had not yet been announced so quickly, and nodded indifferently: "Because I hope that those drugs can enter the British and French colonies unimpeded, I decided to cooperate with them to build two new factories." And the collaborators are also very influential people in both countries, and I was assured of that! ”

"Uh......"

After hearing this answer, Morgan fell silent for a moment.

The meaning of this sentence he asked just now was naturally to squeeze the place, indicating that I already knew about your new two factories, and the other party's answer was also very simple, directly admitting these two things, and clearly saying that it was to use collaborators to push drugs to the British and French colonies! In other words, people understand and tell themselves why. But the hidden line in the words is to compare with that side, what qualifications do you have for me to cooperate with you?

For this answer. What can Morgan say?

If it were JP Morgan twenty years later, John would definitely have to be wary, after all, he represents a huge financial group with an unimaginable influence in the United States. However, in 1889, the major monopolies in the United States had begun to take shape, but they were still just beginning to take off in terms of scale. There are also great limits to his influence, after all, he is just a rich man after all, so why should John, who is a time-traveler, care?

Looking at Mr. Huntelaar with a calm face, Morgan could only smile bitterly to himself.

After learning the news from Europe, he thought it was an opportunity. Unexpectedly, this Mr. Huntelaar did not give the slightest face at all, and directly rejected his temptation. However, Morgan really can't do anything about this, his biggest advantage now is abundant funds, but the Mr. Huntelaar in front of him never seems to be short of money, because Morgan knows very well what a huge profit he gave him when he bought the shares of the Flying Pigeon Bicycle Company!

And......

If the opponent is an opponent like Tesla or Westinghouse, he can attack the opponent by all means, but the Mr. Huntelaar in front of him is completely different. Heinz Pharmaceutical's products are unique in the market, without any competitors, and the largest factory in the other party's name is in Europe, which is a difficult place for Morgan to reach.

Besides, Morgan doesn't have any influence in the pharmaceutical industry, so what can he do?

So in the face of this scary Morgan, who became famous in later generations, John didn't particularly care. He has a natural wariness of these big people, maybe AC must rely on their strength to develop, but in the pharmaceutical industry John will never lead the wolf into the room! Even if the Morgan consortium in twenty or even ten years is feared, but after ten years, who dares to say that the Huntelaar family, or the Huntelaar consortium, will be weaker than them?

"Huntelaar Consortium, what a magnificent name!"

Thinking about it, John's mind didn't know where it flew, and the faint smile on the corner of his mouth also made Morgan and his partners around him more and more unhappy...... (To be continued......)