183: Tesla is coming to the bowl
At the same time, New York, USA.
A middle-aged white man in his forties was evicted from a building with a dejected face, even though in the eyes of many, the middle-aged man had become a success and was the object of many people's admiration.
But only a few people know that this celebrity in their eyes is now struggling with the seemingly huge amount of research funding.
This is the first company that Nikola Tesla has run to, and some of the owners may have met this scientific eccentric out of curiosity, but some have simply rejected his visit.
In order to save money, Nikola Tesla can only nibble on unpalatable bread every day, which is not enough to ensure that he can eat enough every day, he must save every penny.
And looking at the countless proposals that have been rejected, Nikola Tesla now misses the days when he worked at Edison's company.
Although he won't get any permission to experiment there, at least he doesn't have to worry about money.
Nikola Tesla slumped on the streets of New York with a lot of decadence, out of place in the world's most prosperous city.
However, no one cares about Nikola Tesla, because not only on the ground, but also in the city, and even in many high-rise buildings, you can often see those who lost their pants because of stock speculation jumping down.
Therefore, it is natural for people to regard Nikola Tesla as a poor worm who failed to speculate in stocks.
"Nikolai, Mr. Tesla?" Juan walked on the streets of New York and saw that Nikola Tesla, who had been following him for nearly a week, was kicked out again, and sat on the street with a very depressed expression, secretly saying that his opportunity had come, so he hurriedly stepped forward to say hello.
"Hello! You are? Nikola Tesla looked up at Juan with some confusion.
"I'm Juan and I'm from Chile." Juan introduced himself.
"South Americans?" Nikola Tesla frowned slightly, at least he hadn't heard of any Chilean who was richer in the New York area.
And now Nikolai only recognizes money, only those who can fund his experiments, and no one else, which is the attitude of a Frankenstein.
"Yes, my employer heard about you, so he arranged for me to come to New York to find you, I asked around New York for your news, to be honest, I've been here for a month, and if I can't find you in a week, I think I'll just go back." Juan had a happy look on his face, as if he was really leaving.
"Your employer?" It was only after Nikola Tesla heard Juan's explanation that he became interested.
Since he was able to send someone to New York to find him, then this person must have trusted him very much, and he was also a very powerful person who could at least fund his own experiments.
"Yes, my employer appreciates you and admires you at the same time, so, here I am!" Juan has a condescending posture, but this is not to show his personal status, but to signal to Nikola Tesla that his employer is rich and respectful of what he looks like.
Although Juan didn't know what Wang Sirui was looking for this bad old man? But Juan won't go to find out, because the price offered by Wang Sirui is really hard for him to refuse, if he can bring Nikola Tesla back to the Far East, then Juan will get a reward of 100,000 US dollars.
This is more profitable than Juan's arms business, and there is not so much trouble, and more importantly, it saves money, worry, and effort, and he can also travel to the United States at public expense.
"I think I'll need $200,000 for the experiment." Nikola Tesla asked tentatively.
"Hehe, Mr. Nikola Tesla, I don't think we should talk about money now, but find a café and sit down and talk about the details. Although the employer's request is not much, the employer has specifically explained to me that I must give you a quiet environment to make you think about this problem. Juan shook his head with a smile and said.
Immediately, Nikola Tesla pulled Juan directly to a nearby café, which is not very good, so business is a little bleak, but it is a good place to talk about things, because there is no one here, and it is quiet enough.
Once the two were seated, Nikolai ordered a cup of coffee, followed by some desserts, which, of course, Nikolai had ordered after Juan had ordered, and had only ordered it after seeing Juan hand the ten dollars to the café owner.
It didn't take long for the efficiency of the café to show, and soon two cups of coffee and some desserts were delivered to the two of them.
Juan just took a sip of his coffee and put it down, he had never drunk such a bad coffee, even if he couldn't afford it a year ago.
"Mr. Juan, can you tell us a little bit about your employer?" Seeing that Juan refused to speak for a long time, Nikola Tesla couldn't help but speak first.
Playing with Juan, a hundred Nikola Teslas are definitely not Juan's opponents, but when it comes to scientific ability, ten thousand Juans are not a Nicola Tesla's opponents.
"In fact, my employer has only one requirement, that is, you and your assistant need to go to his country to conduct experiments, and if you are willing to stay there, he will bear all the costs of your experiments in the future, and he only needs 40 percent of the patents you have researched." Juan said calmly.
"Is he in South America?" Nikola Tesla asked, in fact, Juan's employer's request was not a request at all, as long as it could help him complete the experiment, then why not go to his country to do the experiment?
The only thing Nikola Tesla was worried about was that he was afraid that the industrial strength of that country would not be good, and some of the experimental equipment he needed would not be able to be produced in his own country, which would greatly delay his experimental process.
"No, he's in the far Far East, that ancient empire with five thousand years of history." Juan said.
"You mean Qingguo?" Nikola Tesla had obviously heard of the name of this country, but he didn't have much interest in this country, because he had also heard a lot about this country recently, what kind of defeat and so on.
"Yes, you guessed it, it's Qingguo." Juan nodded in acknowledgement.
Nikola Tesla then shook his head vigorously, he didn't want to go to Qingguo to conduct his own experiments, because he heard that the industrial base there was basically zero, and there was not even electricity, and after arriving there, everything needed to start over, Nikola Tesla didn't want to delay too much time.
However, Nikola Tesla obviously did not want to give up this opportunity, so Tesla went on to say: "No, there is basically no industrial base there, and when you get there, everything needs to start over, in this case, the cost of the experiment of 200,000 dollars is simply not enough, I can't be sure if he will continue to support my experiment there, and I can't be sure when this experiment will be completed."
Even, I could not ensure that my assistants and I would return safely there, and I had heard that the people there resented the Western countries because of the defeat. If your employer is willing to support me in doing an experiment in the United States, I am willing to give him 50 percent of the results of this experiment. ”
"Mr. Nikola Tesla, I think there is a problem that you have not figured out, in fact, they were not really defeated, so to speak, on the local battlefield, they won the victory, the kind of victory that you and I dare not imagine. And the contract we see now is really just a later revision, which was signed by their government later, and it is completely different from the first one, and my employer is the general who defeated the coalition forces.
As for your security concerns, I think you're a little too worried about that, as long as you go there, unless the general wants to kill you, I'm afraid that even their government and the United States will not be able to kill you.
There's another thing that you may not know, I don't know if you've been paying attention to some of the things in the U.S. lately? Factories that have been shut down for a long time have begun to gradually resume work a few months ago? Juan asked, explaining.
Nikola Tesla nodded, he did find this problem, the factories that were idle in the past have indeed started to get busy recently, and several of them are the objects of Tesla's visits, and people don't have time to meet him at all.
Tesla, on the other hand, just thought that the U.S. economy was beginning to recover, and did not think about anything else.
"Actually, it's not because there's a recovery in the U.S. economy, it's that the U.S. has reached an agreement with my employer, and while I don't know what their agreement is, I do know that the total value of that agreement is not less than $100 million." Speaking of this, Juan paused slightly, looked at Tesla with a slight heartbeat, and then continued to hit the railroad while it was hot: "And my employer has clearly told me that as long as you agree, then you can make a list and give it to me, and then you will go to the Far East with these equipment, and after you get there, you will be able to carry out the test in less than a month." ”
Speaking of which, Tesla is completely moved.
If the other party can really support their experiments so strongly, then what can they do even if they go to the Far East? Although he cherished the citizenship of the United States, in the United States, he had to travel everywhere for the funds of his experiments.
Thinking of this, Tesla asked the waiter for a piece of paper and a pen, and wrote down all his experimental equipment in one go, and in the end he seemed to be a little dissatisfied, and finally wrote the words power plant at the bottom of this list.
Juan took the list and looked at it, the corners of his mouth twitched slightly, just these devices on the list, I am afraid that it will take at least 500,000 US dollars to get it, it seems that Wang Sirui is really bloody.
"No problem, please wait for my news, as soon as the equipment arrives, you can load the ship and depart." Juan nodded, anyway, it's not his own money, this is what Wang Sirui told him personally, spend it as much as you like.
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