The newly formed Huntelaar Arms Manufacturing Company began production of new guns designed by Browning almost immediately. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

Negotiations with Browning lasted long enough for John to buy a small arsenal and merge one of his machine-building companies. As one of the most influential families in New York City today, no one is surprised or refused by the Huntelaar family's foray into the military industry. In this country, the power of capital represents everything, so as soon as the company is established, the machine rumbles into action.

Browning's design, in general, is not bad.

And in order to win over this master of small arms design, John would not think about the sales of new guns, so he directly ordered some tangled managers to start mass production of new guns. Historically, Browning went to Belgium because Winchester refused to mass-produce, and John certainly didn't make this mistake. Anyway, how much does it cost to produce 2,000?

By the end of January, the arsenal had produced almost a thousand Browning 1898 rifles!

It's just that at this time, John's energy has long since left the arsenal and turned to another scientist who is even bigger than Browning - Mr. Tesla, after more than a year of "penance", finally walked into the door of Huntelaar's house again......

"Mr. Huntelaar, I need a sum of money!"

Panting like a lumberjack, Tesla said with difficulty: "A lot of money, two hundred thousand dollars!" I can use Motorola shares as collateral! ”

"Shares as collateral?"

After hearing this, John's brow immediately furrowed.

At the beginning of the establishment of Motorola, John and Tesla allocated shares. John himself owns seventy-and-a-half of the shares with a huge investment, while Tesla owns two-and-a-half, and the remaining half belongs to the other five technical backbones involved in radio research. It can be said that 20% of the shares have brought endless benefits to Tesla, including reputation, social status, and of course, more importantly, economic benefits. In this era when radio was just starting, due to the strong insertion of the Huntelaar family group, Marconi was still a child when the radio patent was registered, and Edison and others did not dare to risk offending the Huntelaar family to do a small move, so Motorola, which owns almost all the patents, is of course outstanding!

Even if the European powers had already been licensed, they would have to pay a patent fee for each radio produced.

It can be said that Motorola is a golden rooster that lays eggs, and with the development of navigation, military and commerce, the market is becoming more and more vast. Perhaps in terms of the company's market value, Motorola is not as good as the old Bell Telephone Company, but in terms of development prospects, John is undoubtedly more optimistic about Motorola, because the radio-derived mass killer is being carried out in the research laboratory in an orderly manner......

The shares of such a company, Tesla actually wants to take out the mortgage?

"Yes, mortgage shares!"

With both eyes bloodshot, Tesla gritted his teeth and said, "My research on wireless power delivery is at a critical stage and requires a large amount of funding, but ...... So I need to pledge the shares! 500,000 US dollars for three years, I guess 10% of the shares should be enough to pledge it, right? ”

"Uh......"

Listening to Tesla's explanation, John immediately understood!

Two years ago, Tesla and John fell out over whether or not to study wireless power transfer. Because of John's full support, without the frustration of alternating current and radio in another world, Tesla gained supreme prestige in this world, and then quickly swelled. Of course, there is also Morgan's push, if under normal circumstances, Morgan would definitely not support wireless power transmission, but now John is the largest shareholder of the American power company, and has always refused Morgan to enter the automotive, pharmaceutical and other fields, so the financial king has a little caution.

In this research on wireless power transfer, there is a faint presence of Morgan.

It's just that what Tesla and Morgan didn't expect was that John never cared about this, although more than 100 years later, wireless power transmission really has a little possibility, but don't forget, it's the 21st century! No matter how many legends and stories John saw on the Internet in his last life, he also admitted that this big bull may really be able to figure out the principle of wireless power transmission, but if it is to be commercialized......

But it's impossible not to talk about it, do you have such a huge amount of money to research?

In the future, so many large companies will study this, and there is a huge theoretical foundation and financial investment, can they compare to a scientist at the end of the 19th century? Until the time of John's crossing, there was no technology for large-scale application of wireless power transmission, so was it possible to develop it at the end of the 19th century?

So from the very beginning, John was resolutely opposed, and even did not hesitate to turn his face directly with Tesla!

In fact, Tesla did turn against John because of this, taking his dividends and savings, and maybe Morgan's funding to engage in research. And what makes people even more speechless is that perhaps Tesla has been accustomed to John's large investment and output, and is also accustomed to a huge technical support team, so it recruited hundreds of assistants in one go, and began the experiment vigorously, and then the green dollars flowed out in an uproar......

However, after a moment of silence, John still smiled bitterly: "Mr. Tesla, you must think about it." According to the agreement between us, unless I unite, the shares of Motorola cannot be mortgaged or transferred to other people! In other words, if you can't repay the money after three years, the 10% of the shares will go to my name. ”

John was still very kind and wanted to persuade Tesla.

Although Tesla can get huge dividends every year from Motorola and American Power, don't forget, this is not the kind of scientist who is willing to be dull or poor. Longing for the life of the upper class is Tesla's pursuit that cannot be changed, so two mansions in New York, four Auroras and other huge expenses are all heavy burdens for Tesla.

If you want to pay off half a million dollars, it's not too easy.

"Don't worry, I'm confident!"

Ignoring John's kindness, Tesla exclaimed like a red-eyed gambler, "I believe that with these half a million dollars, a year and a half at most...... No, in a year, I can create a miracle! ”

“…… All right! ”

After a long silence, John finally sighed and shook his head, "Give me a week, and I'll get the bank to prepare half a million dollars." ”

Suddenly, John had a hunch that if Tesla continued to be so stubborn, maybe Motorola would change its name in a few years and become the core industry of the Huntelaar family......

Signing the contract, John shelled out half a million dollars.

No one will question anything about this deal, even the older Huntelaar who is getting older and more secure, has acquiesced. The $500,000 collateral was a 10% stake in Motorola, and everyone knew it was a good deal. The sales of thousands of radios every year are not to be talked about, but the building that has been renamed Motorola Labs has as many as 130 engineers, and the annual investment exceeds 40% of the company's profits, and a large number of patents are researched and registered, almost forming a patent monopoly.

The annual patent grant fee is an astronomical amount.

So the valuation of five million is definitely less for Motorola. And John knows better that under his own intentional or unintentional guidance, wireless broadcasting technology has begun to take shape, and it will inevitably be perfected within five years. That's when the greatest value of radio technology will emerge!

To be sure, Tesla made a loss-making deal this time.

But business is business, and John almost never liked this scientist whose fame outweighed his achievements in history, so after signing the contract, he just had to wait silently for the result after three years. If Tesla succeeds, even if the odds are very small, if it succeeds, it can win everything back, but if it fails......

With a few sighs, John's heart immediately hardened as iron.

No matter how many fans Tesla has in another world, in this world John sees a real person, even if he has a talent that ordinary people don't have. So more often than not, John sees Tesla as a simple partner like Bits, and if he swallows these 30% shares in three years, he will not have a little psychological burden...... (To be continued.) )