Chapter 111: The Rockefeller Foundation

The core radio technical team led by Alex began to draw the design drawings in an intense and orderly manner.

There is no need to produce ore machines and repeaters, and the production lines of ore machines and repeaters will be transformed into production lines for superheterodyne radios and ultra-regenerative radios, so Poseidon Radio Company temporarily discontinued.

Of course, there is no profit from the shutdown, and not only is there no profit, but the Poseidon radio company loses money every day.

At present, the only profitable subsidiary of Manhattan Zeus is Hera Mahjong.

Hera Mahjong provides $60,000 or $70,000 a month in sales revenue and working capital, and then relies on a loan from Citibank to support Zeus Labs, Poseidon Radio Company and its headquarters.

In Li Kangping's planning, Zeus Lab is not doing the current technology, but the future technology, and the advanced value ranges from three to five years to more than ten years.

Zeus Labs mainly carries out research and development of advanced technologies, which means that it does not make money in the short term, and it burns a lot of money.

The technical products developed in 1922 may not be profitable until 1928, or even longer.

Wait until 1928 is profitable, and then use the profit to develop the technology of 1938. However, during the profit vacuum period of 1922~1928, Zeus Laboratory itself was difficult to make a profit and needed to be supported by the headquarters.

The Poseidon Radio Company is now also losing money, the Hera Mahjong Company is under extreme pressure, and the Zeus headquarters in Manhattan is extremely tight on funds.

I have to make some money to get through this period of financial difficulties.

Li Kangping pondered, where to get some new funds that don't have to pay interest?

On this day, Li Kangping received a letter from Rao Yutai from Tianjin.

In the letter, Brother Yu Tai thanked Li Kangping for the English physics book and attached a check for $2,200.

Brother Yutai also said that the Rockefeller Foundation funded Nankai University with $60,000, and a gentleman surnamed Yuan from the private sector funded Nankai University with $70,000.

Relying on these two huge sums of money, Nankai University began to build a science museum.

Nankai University is a private university with very little government funding. Nankai's funding sources are mainly various foundations and private funding.

More than 200,000 oceans can build a good science museum in China.

The science museum under construction at Nankai University is said to be able to meet the needs of undergraduate teaching and experiments.

All in all, a huge amount of money is in place, and Nankai University is gradually getting better.

"The Rockefeller Foundation?"

Li Kangping moved his mind.

The Rockefeller Foundation, headquartered in New York, is dedicated to "benefiting humanity in the world."

What a great purpose.

The Rockefeller Foundation is most interested in medicine, and they invest in and sponsor medical research institutions and hospitals around the world.

The Rockefeller Foundation also established a medical research institute in New York, called the Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research.

Although the history of the Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research is not long, it has given birth to a Nobel laureate in medicine - Alexis Carrel.

French biologist Alexis Carel was awarded the Nobel Prize in Medicine in 1912 for his work on the structure of blood vessels and the transplantation of blood vessels and organs.

Of course, in addition to medicine, the Rockefeller Foundation also has varying degrees of interest in other scientific programs.

Li Kangping wrote a letter and sent it to the Rockefeller Foundation's headquarters in New York. In the letter, he wrote that he hoped that the Rockefeller Foundation would sponsor Zeus Labs to help the American physics cause thrive.

"Helping the American physics cause thrive" is a general concept, and Li Kangping knows that if he can't come up with a specific scientific project, the Rockefeller Foundation will probably not take care of it.

Try your luck, if you don't get sponsorship, you won't lose, and you will earn blood.

The house at Colena Manor in Queens has been completed, and Li Kangping has moved into a new big house, and he has not returned the Morning Street apartment, but still renews the lease. Successful men are like this, living in a house for themselves and renting a house outside.

Even the house with a vestibule garden and a backyard lawn is 1,000 square meters, and Li Kangping, who is busy with business, obviously can't take care of a big house in Queens alone. A new home needs a woman.

Therefore, Li Kangping invited an aunt.

The aunt is Chinese, surnamed He, Aunt He.

Aunt He was introduced by Li Kangping's driver, He Yaohui, who was born in the United States and is 38 years old this year.

Aunt He works quickly and skillfully, and Li Kangping is satisfied with this aunt.

At that time, I bought a total of four sets, one set for Li Kangping, Mr. Zhou, Liu Shaowen, and Li Chong.

Li Chong's house is a little smaller, half a mile away from Li Kangping's house.

The company is on the right track, and has also bought a house in the United States, and Li Chong wants to bring his wife and children to the United States for reunion.

Li Kangping agreed, he said: "Brother Chong should bring his sister-in-law and A Bing to the United States, and Brother Chong meets the conditions for naturalization in the United States, you can apply to become a naturalized American citizen." Doing business in the U.S., globally, as a U.S. citizen can avoid some of the hassles. ”

Li Chong was puzzled: "I became an American citizen?" Kangping, you don't enter? ”

Li Kangping said: "I will not become an American citizen for the time being. If it is necessary to enter, make a decision. ”

Whether to become an American citizen, Li Chong is still considering. When it came to picking up his wife and children, Li Chong acted immediately, he sent a telegram back to China and began to arrange related matters.

The study room in Li Kangping's new house has become his own academic research center.

The four walls of the study are made of ebony, and the soft lighting makes the whole room quiet and tranquil, the chairs are decorated with feathers, and the entire wall is a bookcase, and on the opposite wall of the bookcase wall hangs paintings, Damascus scimitars, double-barreled shotguns, and large specimens of the head of the North American buffalo.

Open the drawer of the desk, there is a deck of Hera mahjong, a Browning M1911, and a box of bullets.

When Li Kangping drank his first glass of whisky, endless academic inspiration engulfed him.

[Chapter 2: Bekele's Ear Rays.] 】

[Bekele's ear rays are the first evidence that atoms have a certain structure.] Considering that there is a certain connection between fluorescence and the emission of X-rays, the study of various fluorescent substances known ......]

After writing a few pages, Li Kangping made a call: "Arthur, I moved into a new house, and I want to tell you a new phone number, you."

Calling this number at night should be able to reach me. I want to know, have you met Mr. Sommerfeld? ”

Arthur Compton said on the phone: "Yes, Wu and I met Mr. Sommerfeld and he visited our laboratory. Excitingly, Mr. Sommerfeld is inclined to the quantum theory of light and supports the conclusions of our experiments. In a few days, Mr. Sommerfeld will go to Harvard University to learn about Duane's experiments in the field. I hope that Mr. Sommerfeld will go to Harvard, and he will compare Duane's experiment with ours and he should be able to get a definite answer. ”