The car and radio plant, which has just started production, has already received numerous orders.

Although North America still has a very big gap with Europe in terms of heritage, especially in terms of scientific and technological strength and political influence, it has caught up economically. In particular, the rapid economic development of the United States, after the Civil War, many wealthy people emerged, and these rich people are potential customers of Aurora Automobile. And because of the suppression of John and Maybach and others, General Motors' production has always been in short supply, and there is still a lot of potential to be tapped in North America. So when Heinz announced that it would produce the exact same Aurora II, it received orders for hundreds of vehicles in just one week.

As for Motorola's performance, it is even more exaggerated.

After the success of the transatlantic radio communication experiment, Motorola has already attracted the attention of the world's great powers, especially in this era of seafaring, this technology that can cross space meets the needs of communication. Therefore, after meeting some requirements of the US government and the military, Britain, France, Germany and other naval powers are the most impatient, and the potential of radio in the army and even in business should not be underestimated, also in a week, Motorola received more than a thousand orders!

For businesses, orders mean green dollars!

One can imagine how happy old Huntelaar was when he saw this scene, and he dragged John to drink a bottle of wine at night, and finally if his grandson was not worried about his body, I am afraid that he would have to shout to open the second bottle......

……

August 1891 was bound to be an extremely busy month.

With the start of medical school approaching, John was busy writing his first year textbook with Ehrlich and others—he refused to use a few books that were now popular in Europe, and instead insisted on writing his own. Osler and the others were originally extremely opposed to this, after all, it was impossible for one person to be proficient in so many subjects, but after John took out the manuscripts he had usually accumulated. Everyone obediently closed their mouths. In addition, the listing of Aurora and Radio also set off a storm in New York City, and John, who had become famous, naturally received countless invitations. Although he did not like this kind of occasion, under the persecution of old Huntelaar and the request of Gantt and others, he had to choose a few to attend.

Running around in a car every day has almost become John's daily routine.

One day in mid-August. He had to go to the headquarters of the New York Electric Company, because after a long period of preparation, the most high-profile company in New York City in recent years was finally about to officially issue shares.

"In other words, I only hold more than 3.5 million shares?"

Seeing the data finally calculated by the accountants, John couldn't help frowning: "Mr. Morgan, I'm afraid this number is a little wrong, right?" ”

John, who had already counted in his heart, naturally saw the problem of numbers at a glance.

The stock issuance is naturally handled by Morgan, but the accountants of the Huntelaar family will inevitably follow up the whole process, so John has long understood the corresponding situation. The issue price of the shares is one dollar per share. Morgan and others set the total share capital at 15 million shares, which is what is now worth 15 million US dollars. Then, according to the proportion of more than 20% of the shares held by the Huntelaar family, the converted shares should be at least more than 3.6 million shares, and the number just obtained is a lot less, which of course makes John extremely dissatisfied.

"Hehe, it's a slight discrepancy."

Morgan, who was questioned, was not surprised, but smiled mildly: "However, stock issuance also requires costs, because our company is relatively large. So it takes a certain amount of shares to pay...... Mr. Huntelaar, you are not alone. The other shareholders also reduced some of their shares by a certain percentage, and your grandfather agreed to these things. ”

"Oh?"

After listening to Morgan's explanation, John's eyes narrowed.

Although he is not good at finance, stocks and the like, and he has lost a lot of money in stock trading in his previous life, this does not mean that John does not understand what Morgan meant. To put it bluntly, using stocks instead of cash to pay is probably what Morgan himself meant. And the loss of these stocks...... If you think about it with your thighs, you must have fallen into his hands!

But after thinking about it, John is really a little helpless.

A lot of things were negotiated between old Huntelaar and Morgan at the beginning, and now they are just giving him a result, even if he understands it, what can he do? And the number of shares lost is really not large. It is very small compared to the amount of holdings, otherwise old Huntelaar would not have agreed so easily.

But......

Even though John understood, he was still very unhappy. He understands better than anyone that with his own appearance and Tesla's full investment, the current New York Electric Company has long left Westinghouse Electric and Edison far behind, and the second industrial revolution has just emerged, what a brilliant future the power company will have in the future! Now that someone has taken away the shares in this way, even if it is just a little bit of shares, it is enough to make him unhappy.

However, John could only say in a light tone: "Well, I hope the issuance of shares goes well." ”

"Hehe, you can rest assured of this!"

Morgan's expression relaxed slightly, and then he smiled: "Our stock has been preparing for nearly half a year, and many people have been waiting for a long time, and I believe that as long as it is listed, it will soon rise sharply." ”

Of course, John would not have doubted this.

In fact, he is more optimistic about the prospects of power companies than anyone else, and he knows better how chaotic the stock market in the United States can be in this era, much more chaotic than the damn Chinese stock market in later generations, and a supermaster like Morgan can completely control the rise and fall of a stock and use all means to profit from it.

It's just that John has little interest in that.

He knew very well in his heart that with his cooperation with Morgan in this life, Edison would never have the opportunity to suppress Tesla, and the great scientist would no longer authorize the patent for the free use of alternating current. While it may be a slight hindrance to the development of electric power applications, it is very beneficial for New York Power. With the current strength of the company and the management ability of Morgan and others, it is a proper thing to monopolize the whole of North America in the next 20 years, and all I have to do is to completely hold the shares of New York Electric Company until I am no longer optimistic about the basic industry of electricity......

……

No surprise to John and Morgan, New York Power was a success on its first day of listing.

In fact, there is no shortage of hard-sighted investors in this era, and the development of the New York Electric Company in the past few years is obvious to all, so the stock with a face value of one dollar is like a rocket, and it has skyrocketed by 50% in just one week, and the total value of the stock of the Huntelaar family has exceeded 5 million dollars!

Five million dollars, equivalent to a million pounds, is nearly the cost of a Sovereign-class battleship!

Therefore, after the New York Electric Company went public, the assets of the Huntelaar family skyrocketed by millions of dollars in an instant, which surprised the wealthy in New York City. In fact, even behind closed doors, the elder Huntelaar was beaming with joy that New York Power was the second most valuable family business, after Heinz Pharmaceuticals. Together with other industries, such as banks, automobile companies, power companies, toy companies, elevator companies, daily necessities companies, and core pharmaceutical and medical device companies, the Huntelaar family's industry has finally reached a point where it can be sideways......

But John doesn't pay attention to these things anymore.

No matter how the stock of New York Power rises and falls, he has no interest in paying attention, at least not for a short time. And after sending reassuring people to the New York electricity regulator, he was not afraid that Morgan and others would dare to offend him, so he quickly turned his attention to other aspects.

So one day at the end of August, when the Heinz School of Medicine was about to start, John? Mr. Huntelaar came to the editor of the New Medical Journal with a stack of manuscript papers and found Edward on the go...... (To be continued.) )