When the Times reported at length the deeds of the "greatest philanthropist of our time", the British public's attention shifted from the invention of wireless telegraphy to Downing himself, and every Londoner, no matter how high or low, could not speak ill of this great philanthropist, because of his "no conditions", donating 1.5 million pounds and then without any conditions, even if the Sewerage Commission does not do well in the future, it is none of his business, so he has all the glory in one, and let others do the work, who makes the local tyrant rich?

The products made by such a moral person must have love! This is the thinking of all Londoners, so the performance of the British telegraph company soared above 1,000 units this month, totaling 1,900 units, and the rental income was 190,000 pounds! Huge income!

The Times itself was also interested in the Transoceanic Telegraph, which meant that it could send information to the world as soon as it could, making it the largest newspaper in the world. They especially wanted to gain influence in the American market, which is an English-speaking market with a much larger population than England. However, they may have underestimated the ability of American newspapers to innovate and compete, and from the Americans' performance at the International Industrial Exposition, their innovation and cultural talent are really not simple, and the newspapers of the British Empire, which are accustomed to aristocratic culture, may not be able to succeed in the free United States.

The Times has an aristocratic problem - expensive, its status is incomparable, so expensive, however, the newspaper is a mass consumer product, too expensive will always become more and more of a problem, it has two "terrible" competitors, one is the "Daily News" and the other is the "Morning Post", both of which sell newspapers at very low prices.

The Daily News is the great writer Charles? Dickens founded it in 1846, only five years ago, but the daily news under Dickens's editorship was not a commercial success, and after 17 issues, Dickens gave it to his friend John? Forster, who was a top student at Cambridge University and a biographer, had more experience in publishing periodicals than Dickens.

Forster was one of the first people to realize the importance of the typewriter in the publishing industry, and he came to the office of the British Telegraph Company in the City of the City, well, the building of the East India Company, although BT's business was growing at an astonishing rate, but the headquarters was only a little over a hundred people, temporarily in a corner of the East India Company. Foster wanted to buy a typewriter and to find a better solution for the publishing industry, and he intuitively thought that typewriters should be used for typesetting, although he didn't know how to get them. Unfortunately, when I first visited BT's office, the president was not there, and because the telegram was so convenient, BT employees would take information to the president, Downing's home in the eastern suburbs of London, every day.

Whenever there was an important business opportunity, the secretaries in BT's president's office would send a telegram to the assistant downstairs in Downing's villa, and the assistant would quickly deliver it to Downing if it was really important. This time, there was only one line on the telegram: The editor-in-chief of the Daily News visited BT and asked for a detailed discussion about the use of typewriters in the publishing industry.

In the past, Downing only read the Times, that is, he was also a rich man, and cheap newspapers could not be read. However, recently, due to his and BT's frequent newspaper appearances, someone who loves vanity buys several newspapers every time to see what people write about him, including the Times's big rival Daily News. Well, it seems to be a relatively important newspaper, and the editor-in-chief of the Mainichi Shimbun has to receive it in person.

The next day, Foster was invited to Downing's lair.

As is the old rule, Mr. Foster praised Downing's great act of kindness without hesitation, and then said: "I think BT's typewriter can also be used for typesetting, but I'm not sure, I wonder if your company has this idea?" ”

As long as he thought about it for a while, Tang Ning said happily: "I didn't expect it for the time being, but fortunately you came to remind me, you are so right, it is a good application of typewriter in the typesetting industry!" You are a visionary! ”

He had been experimenting with steelmaking lately and had no energy to bother with it, but it was a blessing to have such a visionary partner, and he decided to go with the physicist Bakewell (who invented the fax machine).

Foster was a biographer with an interest in celebrities, and Downing is now "the greatest philanthropist in history", donating half of his fortune to 10 battleships while he was alive...... Ahem, the £1.5 million big name is naturally among Foster's interests. It's a pity that Downing himself is very low-key, he is a fake British citizen, and if he says too much, he will lose, so he refused interviews with many newspapers, including The Times, and only sent a more vague resume to The Times, and said that this is "the final self-introduction", and please don't come to me for more personal information in the future. As a result, the great good man is even more mysterious. Naturally, he didn't want to say anything to Foster.

Now he is also a rich man, Downing lives an aristocratic life, in other words, the nobleman of the nobles, Queen Victoria's husband Prince Albert is only 40,000 pounds, and Downing has no pressure to live an aristocratic life at all. In the Rothschild family's Indian "feast" still haunts his heart like a nightmare, in order to hire a good chef, he has published an advertisement in the Times, preferably Chinese food, really not rice as the main food of the chef, sure enough, the Chinese chef can not be found at all, after some screening, he finally found a chef from Lombardy, a rice-producing region in northern Italy, and invited friends (mainly Rawlinson and Samuel) to have a big meal. Well, this dinner for Mr. Foster today is not bad.

The main dishes are Venetian pea strawberry rice and Nebbiolo red wine. Hare meat with polenta, the sauce is called a glutton. Milanese schnitzel rested on greens and served with lemon juice. Gorgonzola blue cheese. Well, well, that's enough.

Not only the food is eaten, but the porcelain used is the highest luxury - Kakiemon porcelain. Since the Kangxi Dynasty's maritime ban policy, the status of Chinese porcelain has been replaced by the Japanese Arita ware, and it has not been restored, and the warm red paintings of Kakiemon are among the best, and Tang Ning bought the style of flower and bird paintings bought from a porcelain trader who had just been exhibited at the International Industrial Exposition, which was very joyful, but at the same time had a light and elegant style.

While enjoying the lavish dinner of the big tyrant, Foster talked to the big tyrant and found that he had a lot of insights into scientific things, but he lacked cultural things. Dickens's works are not well understood. Oliver? Twist? I'm sorry, I don't know who......

After discovering that Foster was a little disdainful of himself, Downing said: "When I was in India, I had an ideal -- I wanted to make a set of simple English textbooks, with a total of only about 1,000 words, all of which were the most commonly used and the most expressive, and then people all over the world could learn English very quickly, even adults could learn it, so that the language gap of the whole world could be bridged." For me, such literacy education is more meaningful, what does Mr. Foster think about this? ”

Before Foster could express his opinion, Downing immediately snapped his fingers and said, "There you have it!" When I invented the automatic typesetting machine, I collected news for several months, and the most common words were counted out, well, is the idea reliable? ”

Foster: "That's a good idea, but ...... Someone has to be able to manage it. (http:/／.)。 ”

Tang Ning: "That's that, how can you replace people, you are a cultural person, who do you think is suitable for this job?" I can fund him. ”

Forster: "Maybe my alma mater, Cambridge University, can do the job......"

Tang Ning shook his head like a drum: "It's okay to find a professor, just look for an institution, what I need is very simple, very creative, preferably with an engineer background." ”

Foster was puzzled: "Why do you have an engineer background?" ”

Downing: "Because I prefer this aspect, that's the most important thing to change human development, and to change the world, you have to start with engineering." ”

Foster didn't comment, only said, "Okay, I'll keep an eye out for you." ”

Downing actually attaches great importance to this matter, and he hopes that after he returns to his homeland, he can use such English teaching materials for Asian people, including China, India, and Japan. When he saw that Foster didn't take this matter very seriously, he was ready to push it again, and said, "Maybe the master is in the people, I am going to put an advertisement in your daily news, and when I think about the content, I will let the assistant go to you." ”

Foster smiled, "Okay. "It's naturally a good thing to have business, which also makes him understand that Tang Ning seriously wants to do this.