If Bulgaria itself is not strong enough, even if the British Empire declines, it will not be their turn?

After lighting a fire on the British, Ferdinand once again put his mind back on his home country.

The electrification revolution broke out in the last century, and the first countries to break out of the electrification industrial revolution were Germany, the United States, and Bulgaria, these emerging countries.

With the passage of time, Bulgaria has now become the vanguard of the electrification revolution, competitors Germany and the United States have fallen on their stomachs, and the old empires such as Britain and France are very conservative in new technological innovations.

You can make money lying down, so why get up and work hard?

It is also risky to invest in technological innovation, history is cruel, it only records the winners, but does not mention more losers.

According to the data collected by the government, in the 20th century, more than 95 percent of the enterprises engaged in industrial innovation in Bulgaria fell halfway.

Either the wrong path is taken and abandoned by the times, or the funds are insufficient, and the enterprise is finished without waiting for victory.

In the past 20 years, the survival rate of these enterprises has been less than 3%, and the average life expectancy of innovative enterprises is less than three years.

On the contrary, the survival rate of ordinary enterprises that have not pursued is as high as 92%, and the average life span of enterprises is more than 30 years.

It is not surprising that the old imperial capitalists such as Britain and France are not keen to invest in technological innovation. If these companies in emerging countries have the same conditions as them, supported by a vast colonial market, it is estimated that no one will take any risks.

However, the enterprises that have succeeded in scientific and technological innovation have basically made great progress, and many companies have become unicorns in the industry!

At the beginning of his succession, Ferdinand did not engage in scientific and technological innovation, but learned from the experience of the Germans and Americans and started a copycat business.

All that changed over time, after the end of the world war, and Bulgarian businesses had to make a choice.

Either follow the mess and make some lucky money, the risk is not big but the profit is not high, the Bulgarian colonies do not have such a big market.

Either change to an innovative route, increase investment in scientific research, and use technological innovation to obtain high profits.

The former road, which has no future, has been proven to be eliminated by the times sooner or later.

The latter road is not easy to take, Ferdinand himself has personally experienced, investing in scientific research and technological innovation projects, 890% of the project investment? It's all in vain.

The remaining 10 percent of the projects that have achieved results can be transformed into economic benefits in a short period of time, and less than 10 percent of the projects can be converted into economic benefits, and in essence, the success rate of 1 percent is less than 1 percent!

From 1918 ~ 1922, in the past four years, he invested 2.5 billion leva in the field of scientific research, and the actual economic value generated was barely enough for 2 billion leva, and this investment lost more than 500 million.

Of course, in the long run, these failed projects are not without value, at least a bunch of patented technologies have been added, but due to various factors, they cannot be converted into real industrial products.

This is also why, after World War I, the world's technological innovation gradually shifted from Europe to the United States.

Constrained by the market and limited by capital, except for consortia, ordinary European enterprises are no longer able to support this high capital investment.

After all, in the field of scientific research, investment and gain are never proportional, if you are unlucky, no matter how much money you invest, it may be wasted!

"Your Majesty, there has been a breakthrough in wireless broadcasting technology!"

The person who came was James, the head of the Royal Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, who was also the Minister of Agriculture and Cabinet Minister of Bulgaria, and because of his hobbies, he changed his career to scientific research.

The first broadcasting technology was invented by the American Neisan Stevenfield in 1902.

On December 24, 1906, at about 8 o'clock in the evening on Christmas Eve, Fessenden, a professor at the University of Pittsburgh, successfully conducted a broadcast through the 128-meter-high radio tower of the National Electric Company in Blunt Rock, Massachusetts.

However, due to the power of the transmitter, the coverage area that can be carried out is limited, and the anti-interference ability is extremely poor, so it is still very difficult to carry out long-range transmission.

Therefore, the initial broadcast transmission capacity was not much stronger than the loudspeaker, and the coverage of the earliest transmitter was less than one kilometer, and the coverage of broadcasting was not large until the world war, and a transmitter could cover ten kilometers was already the highest level at that time, and it did not have the possibility of covering the whole country.

Ferdinand has always attached great importance to the development of broadcasting technology, and as soon as the world war ended, he invested 50 million leva, and now he has finally made leaps and bounds in the research of broadcasting transmission.

"Oh, you've solved the spread problem?" Ferdinand asked in surprise

"Yes, Your Majesty! In our experiments, we found that if we build a base station in the middle of the process, we can amplify the signal frequency that has already deteriorated again.

After testing, we found that the signal transmitted in Sofia can be transferred all the way to Jerusalem through the base station, but the time is a little delayed, and the farther away the signal quality is received.

In addition, the anti-interference ability needs to be improved, and in case of special weather, it will not be able to spread at a long distance, and it will also be interfered by the magnetic field, which will affect the propagation! James explained

Ferdinand smiled happily, it was already good to be able to solve the problem of long-distance transmission, as for the problem of poor signal and poor anti-interference ability, he had automatically ignored it.

It's good enough to be able to reach this level, but at the beginning of the 20th century, is it still possible to reach the level of the 21st century?

"What about the cost of building a base station?" Ferdinand asked with concern

Although laboratory and industrial production are not the same, it is possible to roughly estimate the cost.

"A base station is about 10,000 leva, a radius of ten kilometers, a base station needs to be built, plain areas can be as large as 20 kilometers, mountainous areas depend on the specific situation, special climatic conditions areas have not yet completed the test, and it is still uncertain." James thought for a moment and said

Ferdinand nodded, he was already thinking about covering the whole country, with Bulgaria's land area not being billions, it would not be able to take it.

But after considering the actual situation, he laughed again, seventy or eighty percent of the territory of Bulgaria does not need this thing.

There are no desert people, so why do you want to broadcast? African bush, is it necessary to put news on the black uncles? In primeval forests, is it necessary to popularize the law for animals?

In this way, the area now mainly covered is the Balkan Peninsula, and then gradually expands to Asia, and finally the African colonies.

In this way, plus the required staff, the total investment in the early establishment of a radio station covering the Balkan Peninsula is only more than a billion leva.

As for the question of profit? You don't have to think about it at all, it's a big deal to put your own company's advertisement, are you still afraid of losing money?

As long as you can control public opinion in the country, what is a mere billion-leva, Ferdinand is not the master of bad money, and this business will also be a profiteering industry in the future!

The most important thing is that the television has already been born, but it is limited by the cost of production, and it cannot be produced on a large scale, and of course Ferdinand has no intention of immediately pushing it to the market.

Even if you want to promote, you have to sell a wave of tape recorders first, and make money back from laying radio and television networks.

"Well, you're doing a good job, next Friday! Is there any problem with me giving you a feast in the royal palace? Ferdinand said with a smile

What do these scientists want? Is it money? Ferdinand could have said with certainty – no!

At least now the Bulgarian scientists are not very interested in money, because they don't have to spend all their own expenses.

Houses, cars, and maids are all distributed by the government or scientific research institutions, and all expenses for food, clothing, housing, transportation, education, and medical care are fully reimbursed.

On the contrary, they are more obsessed with fame and fortune, eager to gain social recognition, otherwise these people will also engage in scientific research, and you must know that doing business is obviously more profitable.

However, a businessman can never become a nobleman by doing business, and scientists can easily obtain knighthoods after completing scientific inventions, even if they serve the enterprise.

It is only the core factor to attract elite talents in society to devote themselves to scientific research, and Ferdinand knew that scientific research alone will not last.

Now, having both money and a high status is the king.

"Yes, Your Majesty! ~~ No problems, we will definitely be there on time! James said excitedly

Every time a major breakthrough was made in scientific research, Ferdinand would hold a celebration banquet, which was also the most glorious time for these scientific researchers, and many people would even receive knighthoods on the spot.

This kind of good thing, naturally no one will refuse, there are still very few people who really don't love fame and fortune, normal people have seven emotions and six desires, how can they not be interested in these things?