Chapter 20: The Future
When he got up early in the morning, John had a pair of dark circles under his eyes, and his bad image startled Mr. Housekeeper, and he quickly asked with concern: "Sir, didn't you sleep well last night?" ”
"Well, it's a little bit."
John didn't mean to hide it, and simply nodded. It's Sunday, and he doesn't have any other activities scheduled, so he'll go back and sleep again if he can't do it later.
When he came to the restaurant, John, who was in a bad mood, simply said hello to his grandfather, who was reading the newspaper, and then sat down in his place. He had eaten very little the previous night, and after a long dark night, he finally felt hungry.
"You seem to have a good appetite today."
After eating quietly for a while, old Huntelaar suddenly spoke.
"Hmm......"
Swallowing the food in his mouth hard, John nodded and said, "I'm really a little hungry today, maybe it's because I didn't eat well for dinner yesterday...... Mr. Elber, please pour me another glass of water, thank you. ”
After ending this unnutritious conversation, the two had dinner in silence, and John was about to go upstairs to catch up on his sleep, when his grandfather stopped him: "John, wait a minute, I will tell you some things." ”
"Oh, okay."
With a slight movement in his heart, John hurriedly sat down again.
After waving his hand and inviting the maid and others who were packing up their things out of the restaurant, old Huntelaar asked his grandson, "John, have you paid any attention to the situation in the bicycle factory recently?" ”
"No...... Did something happen? ”
Blinking, John shook his head and said.
"Not really."
Old Huntelaar frowned, and said in a deep voice: "But you are the majority shareholder of the factory, even if you don't care about anything, you should always pay attention to it, understand?" Although it is your good friend who is in charge of factory management, in the business field, the only thing you can really believe in is your own eyes and ears! ”
"Uh...... Good grandfather. ”
Although he was very unimpressed, John nodded his head, indicating that he understood.
After staring at his grandson for a long time, old Huntelaar waited until the kid confirmed that he really understood, and then continued: "In the past two months, the sales of bicycles have become hotter and hotter, and with the gradual opening of the national market, the demand is also increasing...... The factory has completed a round of expansion, and I have advanced the funds needed for the expansion, so your shares are still unchanged, and the profit should be enough to support the expansion of the factory in the future. ”
"Huh? Thank you grandpa! ”
Hearing this, John was stunned at first, and then immediately said with a smile.
John wouldn't have agreed if it had been before, but since old Huntelaar had made his will in front of him, he felt that it didn't matter. On the one hand, John never felt that a traveler had to rely on any inheritance to live a good life, so it didn't matter if he had it or not; On the other hand, he has a very good relationship with his grandfather now, and it is too deliberate to be not suitable for the current state of the two.
Of course, the same was true of old Huntelaar, who was a very traditional man, and since he decided that the family property would be handed over to John sooner or later, he would not care much less.
"Today I mainly want to talk to you about one thing."
After chatting about the bicycle factory, the elder Huntelaar soon introduced the topic to the main purpose of the day, and said in a deep voice: "John, have you thought about your future?" Have you ever thought about what you want to do in the future? ”
"My future?"
Raising his eyebrows, John was a little surprised in his heart, and at the same time, his grandfather's thoughts were quickly clear in his heart: a few days ago, he deliberately made a statement in front of the tutor, and the old man probably began to worry about his education because of this.
For the past six months, John has frightened Mr. Cole, who teaches science.
After more than half a year of teaching, the German with a rigorous nature was surprised to see that his students suddenly showed great enthusiasm for physics and chemistry, and showed amazing talent in both courses! No matter how difficult the knowledge is, as long as he explains it a little, the boy can immediately understand it, and even connect it with what has been taught before, and understand the entire system before and after!
And what's even more terrifying is John's ability to "teach himself"!
With the help of old Huntelaar and Joshua, John collected many classic physics and chemistry books, and studied on his own in his spare time, and his progress in learning was far beyond Mr. Cole's imagination! Especially in the last three months, John has ordered many extremely professional journals, and some of the latest research progress on them is not even understood by Mr. Cole, but John always reads them with relish!
So just last week, the upright Mr. Cole resigned to old Huntelaar.
In fact, if it weren't for the fact that he really wanted to see what John could learn from himself, Mr. Cole would have resigned at the end of last year. And even if he stays "cheeky", in fact, after the beginning of the new year this year, Mr. Cole's task in class is more focused on understanding John's level, and in the past month, he is now at his own level, and he has gradually failed to keep up with John's degree......
So, on the day of his resignation to the elder Huntelaar, Mr. Cole made an enthusiastic speech, blowing John's "talent" in the field of science directly to the sky, and then strongly urged him to send his grandson to Europe, to study in the center of this world, to get in touch with the world's most advanced scientific education and research!
In addition to being surprised in his heart, old Huntelaar also paid attention to this mentions.
As a traditional businessman, and a businessman with a rich accumulation, the old Huntelaar originally planned to train John to be his successor, and arranging so many tutors for him was nothing more than to broaden his horizons and accumulate some life experience at the same time, but now after listening to Cole's strong persuasion, the old Huntelaar's determination was a little shaken.
In the United States in this era, like China in the previous life, people have paid more and more attention to knowledge and science.
Of course, the old Huntelaar can also see this, because in New York City, more and more factories rely on more advanced machines and technologies to become the winners of the market, and the new things such as electric lights, telephones, and bicycle lights in the past two years have almost changed people's lives, and also created a huge market completely different from traditional commerce!
Therefore, for Mr. Cole's construction, the old Huntelaar had to think about it seriously.
If Mr. Cole had only said a few flattering words, old Huntelaar could have ignored them, but the present situation seems to confirm this. John had little interest in running factories and studying business, but he was very talented in science and science, and now electric lights are more and more popping up in New York City, bicycles are crowding out most of the business of horse-drawn carriages, and even the delicately designed knives are slowly becoming popular......
"It would be nice if John could become a businessman like Edison!"
After pondering for the past two days, old Huntelaar always thought of Mr. Edison, who has now become an American idol. After the introduction of the bamboo light bulb, Edison has become a celebrity through and over all over the world. When the news of the electric light reached Europe, the stock of the gas company fell in response, and in the United States, many newspapers mythologized him, and even a tabloid reported the news that Edison had a kind of clothing with 365 layers, and one layer could be worn for a year if peeled off every day......
In addition to the prestige that these brought to Edison, there were absolute financial benefits!
Putting aside the huge market of electric lights for the time being, after John's patient explanation, the old Huntelaar saw that behind the electric light industry, countless machines would use electricity all night in the future, and of course, he also saw the huge market prospects of the power industry. And in this era, Edison will undoubtedly be one of the biggest beneficiaries of this industrial revolution!
So after thinking about it for a long time, the elder Huntelaar decided to ask his grandson what he thought.
If John was not going to continue to do this kind of research in the future, then old Huntelaar would have dismissed all other thoughts, and continued to keep his grandson with him, and follow the path of raising him to be a businessman. After all, the elder Huntelaar was almost sixty-four years old, and deep down, he didn't want his only heir to leave him for a few years.
But if John really liked science, then the old man would consider Mr. Cole's proposal and send him to study in Europe. So today, at this time after breakfast, old Huntelaar left John behind, and suddenly asked such a seemingly clueless question.
After hearing this question, John fell silent.
If before yesterday, John would probably have given the only answer to this question, which was to stay in New York City for the rest of his life, use the knowledge and memories of his previous life to become a big industrialist, a big businessman and a big investor, and enjoy a second hard-won life while accompanying the United States to become a world-class power.
But now?
In his tired head, he was still thinking about a question over and over again: In this most brilliant era in the history of medicine, should he become a physician again and lead medicine to the door of real science?
John pondered this question all night yesterday!
"Do we have a future?"
Suddenly, Miss Philip's hollow and desperate voice sounded in John's ears again, and it grew more and more urgent, louder and louder, and quickly filled his whole mind!
A physician once said that a doctor does not grow up with the compassion that his mother gave him the same way he was born. His compassion was formed later. In order to treat the patient's pain, he bandaged the patient's wound and performed surgery. At first, he could rarely hear the patient's cries of pain, just **. However, gradually, this ** gathered and eventually converged into a howl......
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The second volume of the simplified version is over.,To be honest, I personally feel that the writing is not good.,I want to speed up the progress but I can't control it.,It's a little messy in the middle.,The plot push is also very stiff.,I couldn't write the feeling I wanted.。 But after fifty chapters, the protagonist is finally going to start the road of a doctor, so keep up the rest of the content!
In addition, I drank a little wine today, and I was really not in the state, and this chapter was revised and revised for more than three hours, which was extremely inefficient, so it may be such a chapter today.
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