"This is William Manor? Oh my God, what a fantastic place. ”

Hedy Lamarr walked through a garden of blooming roses and couldn't help but marvel.

For her arrival, the hostess's mood was not too good, just imagine, suddenly a young woman with a letter found William Manor, and named her husband Situ Nan, which can't help but make people reminisce.

However, after listening to Hedy Lamarr's story and learning what happened to Hedy Lamarr, Laura quickly let go of her heart and began to sympathize with this woman.

"The situation in Europe is really bad. Now that you're in the U.S., let's start over! ”

Szeto reassures Hedy Lamarr and supports her to start her acting career in Hollywood, and producer David Selznick agrees to package Heidi Lamarr for her exquisite beauty and good acting skills, and Hedy Lamarr soon gets a chance to act in a movie.

When the movie was released, she specially invited Situ Nan and his wife to watch it, and discussed some issues with Situ Nan.

"This Miss Heidi has a lot of charm, no wonder you like her." After watching the movie, Laura returned to the car and asked Situ Nan a little jokingly.

"She's charming, and many people are fascinated by it, but she's just one of the Hollywood actresses, and you're my heroine." South Szeto Road.

Life is like a play, I don't know when the curtain will come to an end, in the past scenes, I met all kinds of people, they all have their own stories, their own performances, Situ Nan is no exception.

Looking back, all these years, Laura has always been behind and has never left.

Years can consume many things, such as passion, and will also precipitate many things. For example, feelings.

"And you're my only male lead. Oh, God. I found that my role was a little less, or even the only one, but I couldn't quit the play, so I had to continue acting. ”

Laura sighed, sweet, with a little complaint.

"Maybe the first few twists and turns are just foreshadowing, the past is over, and I believe that the drama of our life is gradually getting better. Towards a happy ending. Situ Nan said sincerely.

Those glamorous and moving actresses in the golden age of Hollywood, the two Hepburn, Vivien Leigh, Garbo, etc., he is not moved, Howard Hughes changes women as often as he changes clothes, on the surface it seems to be proud, but in fact it is very pitiful, and the feelings can't find a place to belong, and there is nowhere to put it.

It's hard to say where Situ Nan's feelings belong, but it doesn't include Hedy Lamarr.

Laura was satisfied with Situ Nan's answer and smiled in her heart. Who was in his early years, he often opened a film company. The words of the unspoken actress, put it on the lips, after so many years, it seems that none of them have come to pass.

However, she didn't want to let go of Situ Nan easily, remembering the scene where she bumped into Situ Nan and Heidi in the piano room yesterday, and changed the topic and asked: "You seem to have conquered Miss Heidi with your piano skills, otherwise why did she run to the house, you two are very close in the piano room?" ”

Oh, so you were messing with yourself about this?

As soon as Situ Nan heard this, he understood, and quickly explained that Hedy Lamarr got inspiration from the piano and had the whimsical idea to link frequency hopping communication technology with piano keys.

She was originally a student of radio communication technology, and later filmed, married an Austrian arms dealer, and the arms dealer colluded with the Nazis, Hedy Lamarr happened to come into contact with the related technology, and when she arrived, she wanted to dedicate this technology to the United States.

"There are many beautiful women in Hollywood, there are not a few people with brains, and there are few creative women like Heidi, not to mention Hollywood, there are few in the world. I really hope that she will refine this idea and recommend her to Tesla Labs, and it will not be easy for you to meet her in the future. ”

Situ Nan smiled and pinched Laura's face, they are all old husbands and wives, and they are still jealous?

"Oh, so you took a fancy to her skills."

Laura patted Situ Nan's strange hand and gave him a blank look, her face rarely showed a hint of shyness, she was still well maintained in her forties, and she had the aftertaste of a woman in her twenties. "If there's value, the Williams Foundation invests in the technology."

"If you have that time, you should pay more attention to the penicillin project, and that is the opportunity for the William Foundation to make a name for itself and change the world." Situ Nan persuaded that, as far as he knew, the Rockefeller Foundation happened to have a similar program.

Although they are both the largest charitable foundations in the United States, they do not research penicillin for money, but they also compete with each other for face.

"Okay, listen to you."

As soon as Laura heard this, she took Situ Nan's words to heart.

After giving birth to her third child, she paid good attention to the Williams Foundation. The child was older, and she was about to do something, but she ran into Situ Nan and Hedy Lamarr having an ambiguous relationship, and her mind was on this.

"Hmm. It's been a long time since I've seen Nikolai, so find a time to go to Tesla Labs. ”

Hedy Lamarr later became known as the "Mother of Mobile Phones".

She did not invent the mobile phone, but she is the inventor of the basic patent for mobile phone communication technology, which is called frequency hopping technology.

Frequency hopping technology, to be fair, should have come from the scientists of the German Nazis, whose ideas were stolen by Hedy Lamarr.

But it doesn't matter, the war has spawned so many technologies that other countries would have invented similar technologies even if there were no Nazis.

Mobile phone, Situ Nan probably can't see it in his life, since he met the mother of mobile phones, he can't let her "slip away", he left Cummins Electric Company one more unique technology, and by the way, he justified Hedy Lamarr's name, lest she be blocked and suppressed by the U.S. military like "the original".

The military can suppress and blockade Hedy Lamarr because she is just one person, and the same methods will not work if they are put on a large company.

Situ Nan can imagine that in the upcoming World War II, Cummins Electric will replace the walkie-talkies widely used in the battlefield made by Galvin, and the Motorola brand may be "lost" by Situ Nan by inadvertently interfering with it.

……

Professional problem professionals solve, Situ Nan pinned this important task on Tesla Labs.

"This is really a genius idea, using the principle of the piano to achieve radio signal frequency hopping transmission, which is difficult for others to crack, and greatly improves the anti-interference ability. It's best to use it in—"

"Torpedo! Radio-controlled torpedoes! Situ Nan replied immediately.

"You're still so sensitive to the use of technology. What a businessman. Nikola Tesla said.

As soon as the scientific giant saw Situ Nan, he praised Hedy Lamarr. He praised Hedy Lamarr very much, and warmly invited Hedy Lamarr to join Tesla Labs, "It's really not worth wasting such a high-IQ head in Hollywood." ”

"Don't worry, Mr. Tesla, I won't be back in Hollywood until this project is done." Heidi Lamarr assured.

When she saw Situ Nan, her eyes fluttered. Smile sweetly. I had known this gentleman for a long time, and he was very good, but it was a pity that he didn't mean that to himself, Hedy Lamarr sighed secretly at the thought of this.

Under Tesla's guidance, Hedy Lamarr and Tesla Labs engineers quickly made a breakthrough in their research, and a year later a year later, they were granted a U.S. patent.

Cummins Electric was the first to obtain patent authorization, and cooperated with Tesla Labs to commercialize the technology, and soon invented a 10-pound portable wireless walkie-talkie.

No book is no coincidence. Cummins Electric is responsible for the development of this new product by Paul Galvin, the founder of Motorola.

In the Great Depression. Galvin was in trouble and was acquired by Cummins Electric, and Paul Galvin joined the great company Cummins Electric.

It's just that he didn't know much about it, until he came into contact with the portable wireless walkie-talkie project, and he gradually realized that this was a big deal, a big industry.

Paul Galvin has just reached a deal with the Army on behalf of Cummins Electric to purchase 100 portable walkie-talkies, depending on the results of the trial.

"Why don't you change jobs yourself, start a business again, and make this radio walkie-talkie too?"

Such a thought popped up in his head, and it was out of control, and it was difficult to extinguish it.

This is a very difficult thing, first of all, the economy is sluggish, and the capital in your hands is not very sufficient. Secondly, if you steal the trade secrets of Cummins Electric and compete with Cummins Electric for the market, ordinary people do not have the courage and courage.

After all, Cummins Electric is a super-large company with sales of more than a billion dollars even in the midst of a recession! President of the company, Gerald Brown. Swope is a tough tyrant.

President Gerald. Swope has a trait that if he is optimistic about a project, he will do it decisively, and he also gives his subordinates full trust and room to act.

President Gerald. Swope also seems to be optimistic about this technology, and talks to Situ Nan about it, specifically mentioning Paul Galvin, who is not willing to be subordinated.

"Needless to say in the electrical business, automobiles, aircraft manufacturing, Cummins Electric is also involved, there are too many products, the result is a large number of departments, low efficiency, it is hard to believe, Cummins Electric and General Electric to compete for the electric perm market.

It's time to think about cutting out some of your non-core businesses and taking a new approach to new businesses. ”

Situ Nan suggested that President Gerald. Swop Road.

In the next ten years and eight years, after a war in the middle, Cummins Electric will usher in great development, but at the same time, there will be many problems, so it is necessary to remind the president of the snack.

Situ Nan's words President Gerald. Swope had to pay attention.

The issue of the company's business restructuring is not urgent for a while, but Situ Nan seems to value Paul Galvin's project very much, and specifically mentions that new business, new way, President Gerald . Swope had to think deeply.

So I approached Paul Galvin: "I'm going to spin off the walkie-talkie project and set up a new company, and you're in charge, what do you think?" ”

Paul Galvin was momentarily surprised that he was going to be in charge of an independent company. This happiness came too suddenly, a little caught off guard, if you perform well, you can become a shareholder of the company, in this case, why go out and do it alone?

"I have to personally select the team, and the board of directors of the group must not easily interfere with the company's operations." Paul Galvin made a bold request.

"Good!"

Later, the company grew and became the original historical Motorola company, and Paul Galvin became one of the shareholders of the company.

Gerrard. Swope also listened to Situ Nan's suggestion, reorganized all unprofitable businesses, such as electric irons and other small household appliances, and put more resources into the fields of power generation, electromechanical, communications, and power, especially the industries closely related to the military industry -- Cummins Electric is competing with General Electric for the military's radar project and striving to be supported.

The reason is simple. Once the bid is won. Not only the government pays for the research funding. Product orders will follow.

Even if the initial order is small, it has important symbolic significance as a military-designated product, and once the war starts, the massive orders will first benefit Cummins Electric Company.

……

Seattle, the headquarters of the Boeing Company.

Citibank was one of the major shareholders of Boeing, and after 1929, Wells Fargo and the William Foundation became shareholders of Boeing. Situ Nan secretly already controls 40% of Boeing's shares.

Thanks to the economic crisis, the symbolic large companies that can be said to be famous, if not in a very good situation, have become the objects of Situan's annexation.

Boeing is an example, Situ Nan not only infiltrated Citibank to control Boeing in a roundabout way, but also directly bought a large number of Boeing shares.

People fry me and throw it, people abandon me and I take it, Situ Nan's methods are perfect, no worse than a certain shrewd real estate businessman in Hong Kong.

This. He attended the meeting as a representative of Wells Fargo, as usual. He listened silently to what others had to say, and basically did not express any opinions.

Boeing is in a bad situation, although the Y1B17 bomber, which took many years to develop, won the military contract, but the military is stingy, only 13 are purchased, and the price is very tight, Boeing basically does not make money, and also makes a small loss.

However, their competitor, the Lincoln-Cummins Aircraft Company, converted the DC series of passenger planes into bombers and sold them to the military at half the price of Boeing's products, and immediately won a large order for 150 aircraft from the Army Airlines.

It's really more human than human, and it's infuriating.

"Mr. William, the company is not in good condition and is in urgent need of funds......"

I don't know what I said later, I just want money.

William Boeing, the founder of Boeing, looked at Situ Nan with complicated eyes. This Mr. Stoner William, who is also the behind-the-scenes boss of the Lincoln-Cummins Aircraft Company, is important to Boeing's future.

After the economic crisis, Wells Fargo, and later Citibank, after the restructuring of the financing, aggressively entered the U.S. aviation industry, launching a new round of mergers and acquisitions, and airlines and aircraft manufacturers became the targets of bankers.

As far as the aviation industry on the west coast is concerned, it is basically controlled by the William Consortium, which is divided into two major systems: the Wells Nation system and the Citigroup system.

For example, the Wells Fargo consortium includes Pan Am (antitrust law restricts the merger of air carriers and aircraft manufacturers, and was formed by the reorganization of Lincoln-Cummins Airlines), Lincoln-Cummins Aircraft Company, Lockheed Aircraft Company, and McDonald Aircraft Company.

The Citibank consortium includes United Airlines, Boeing, Pratt & Whitney (aircraft engine manufacturer, competitor of Cummins Power).

The two consortia compete with each other and occasionally penetrate each other.

The Morgan and Rockefeller consortiums in the east saw that the West Coast aviation industry had been firmly controlled by the William consortium, and began to increase investment in the East Coast aviation industry.

Sikorsky sold part of his shares to the Rockefeller consortium, and Situ Nan later learned that he secretly regretted in his heart, but he was not angry, and secretly transferred part of the property to the name of Kuzdova's mother and daughter.

……

Situ Nan didn't expect that the fate of the B17 bomber was so bumpy, and it almost dragged Boeing to death, and it is no wonder that World War II had not yet broken out, and whether it was land or navy, military spending was not much, and the number of fighters purchased was not much, and American aircraft manufacturers were famous for their many and the competition was extremely fierce.

In both the military and passenger aircraft markets, Boeing is inferior to Lincoln-Cummins.

The emergence of Situ Nan can be regarded as a trap for Boeing, creating a giant like Lincoln-Cummins, which is much more powerful than the original historical Douglas company.

Of course, the Douglas Aircraft Company would not have appeared, because Douglas himself was the general manager of Lincoln-Cummins.

The B17 bomber, known as the Flying Fortress, is known for its durability, which Situ Nan knows.

Endurance, of course, also means that the price is expensive, there are not enough orders, Boeing is really having a hard time, and it has to pull a hand.

"The B17 aircraft has a lot of potential, and I will consider investing more in this project."

Situ Nan assured William Boeing.

William Boeing opened his mouth, and seemed to have little faith in Situan's promise, and that was the only way to go. After the Boeing empire was divided into three. He has sold his company's shares. Later, he was asked to be the chairman. The control of the company is not as good as before.

Fortunately, Situ Nan did not break his promise, and Boeing really got a loan from the bank, and Boeing, which had been struggling to move forward, was revitalized.

"Thank you, Mr. William, this funding is so important to Boeing." William Boeing made a point of calling Stuart to thank him.

Situ Nan put down the phone and smiled faintly, whether it was an aircraft manufacturer or a car manufacturer. It's been a difficult time to live these years, and they never thought that in another two or three years, the tide of orders would drown them out, and finally exceed the production record of 15,000 aircraft.

If there are still people who have crossed over and are committed to manufacturing, the best thing to do is to open an aircraft manufacturing company, even if it is a small company of five or six people, as long as it designs an ordinary level of aircraft, it may get tens of thousands of orders in the war.

Even if you don't have your own products, it doesn't matter, you can help other aircraft manufacturers OEM to produce aircraft. The same makes a lot of money.

In 1939, the U.S. economy recovered to a certain extent. Situ Nan's evaluation of Roosevelt's New Deal can only be said to be unsatisfactory, and there are still at least four or five million unemployed.

Even if Hoover was allowed to continue to work, the situation might not be too bad, but the people at that time did not have the patience to wait, everyone was tired of the Republican Party, and Hoover's performance was not beautiful enough, so he naturally became a scapegoat and was crusaded against.

Now, years later, the economy has been up and down, the population growth rate is extremely low, and people are used to it, and they can only reminisce about the roaring era of the twenties.

In the past, Henry Ford's attitude towards the Soviet Union was dismissive, but now Ford has gone to the Soviet Union to build factories, and General Motors seems to have intentions, but it is to follow Chrysler's automobile company, enter the Chinese market, invest and set up factories, and the most direct way is to find a joint venture with a local Chinese enterprise.

The economy is not good, oil prices have not risen back to two dollars a barrel, the overall supply of oil in the United States is oversupply, and the profitability of oil companies is not as good as when the market was booming in the early years, Situ Nan is not dissatisfied, because the William consortium has firmly consolidated the throne of the world's first consortium, and with the approach of war in Europe, the William consortium is increasing investment in the military industry and manufacturing sector.

Just as he was about to talk to his assistant and staff member Thomas about increasing the supply of oil to Germany, he saw Thomas come in with a somewhat serious face.

"Nikola Tesla has died."

"Huh?" Situ Nan was a little caught off guard and felt heartache.

As a contemporary of Edison, the fate of Nikola Tesla was rewritten by Situ Nan, a man with an eccentric temper who later married and had children with a female assistant.

Tesla and Tesla Labs were of great significance to the rise of Cummins Electric, but they could not change the law of birth, old age, sickness and death, and he finally died in the fall of 1939.

"How about following the example of the Nobel Prize and establishing the Tesla Prize to reward inventions in the field of electromagnetics?" Stuart asked Thomas.

……

The New York Times, the Los Angeles Times, and even China's Ta Kung Pao on the other side of the ocean, world public opinion is setting off a "Tesla" fever, and when discussing the life and achievements of this scientific giant, Tesla's hometown, Europe, is already in flames of war.

After the Nazis annexed Austria and the Czech Republic, plundered the Jews, expanded their armaments, and sent the Condor Legion to Spain to warm up, Hitler finally couldn't resist extending his claws to the heart of Europe - Great/Bobo Poland.

Before the war, Hitler and Stalin talked about how to divide Poland, and Poland, the footcloth of Europe, was destined to be torn apart.

On September 1, 1939, the German army attacked Poland, and the Polish Air Force was wiped out in two days.

The Germans' warplanes covered the sky and the sun, the tank units were like lightning attacks, the Poles were crushed, there was almost no resistance, and the brave cavalry units rushed to the German tank units, only to be torn to pieces, which can be described as tragic and miserable.

Britain and France declared war on Germany, and the appeasement policy reached the most critical step, they quietly watched a robber surnamed Germany beat his allies in various ways, and then another robber named the Soviet Union suddenly stabbed the Poles, and killed the Poles in three or two strokes.

It was an ugly betrayal, and the British and French sincerely hoped that the two robbers would fight.

More and more European immigrants are fleeing to the United States.

In a letter sent to the partners of the William Consortium, Situ Nan said: "The devil has awakened, the gates of hell have opened, and the war drama that has been rehearsed for twenty years has finally been staged. Buddies. Perhaps the White House will appease the people. This is a war in Europe. The Americans do not participate in the war, stick to the glorious tradition of isolation, and let the bullets fly in Europe.

But we knew our chance had come! ”

The opportunity did come, and Handar Brown sent a message that Chevron Oil Company had sent two more 10,000-ton tankers to Spain......

Britain, France, Germany, and Italy all watched with mixed feelings as more and more American merchant ships came to Europe.

There is no unrestricted submarine warfare, and one can imagine how happy American businessmen are. Oil, munitions, and food were shipped to Europe in ships.

Free navigation rights, what a good thing!

"It doesn't matter how many people die in the war in Europe, the key is to fight for a long time, and the longer it is, the bigger the deal." Robles Mellon said proudly to Stuart.

With the outbreak of the war, the New York stock market was greatly stimulated and traded very actively, and Robles Securities made a lot of money from speculation on the outbreak of the war.

Situ Nan nodded: "Ten years ago, the stocks I bought during the Great Depression began to rise!" ”

……

War broke out in Europe, but there was harmony in Asia. There is no peace between China and Japan.

Japan exports a large number of machinery and textiles to China, and imports a large number of products from China. In addition to agricultural and mineral products, Chinese automobiles, electrical appliances, and movies were also exported to Japan, and the trade volume between the two sides reached 1.2 billion legal dollars in 1939.

This, probably, is really not normal.

Baoshan, Meihua Chemical Industrial Zone, where the world's largest fluoride chemical plant is built.

Since the beginning of summer, refrigeration products have been selling well, and chemical plants have been busy.

Wu Yunchu, president of Meihua Chemical, was sending away a batch of hydrofluoric acid shipped to Guangxi, and when he turned around, he heard the assistant ask: "Mr. Wu, push away the original customer and pay a liquidated damages, just for the company that came out of nowhere, it's not worth it!" ”

"Don't talk nonsense, you will personally watch the orders from Guangxi in the future, and give priority to supply, you know no!"

Wu Yunchu said solemnly.

That company is indeed inconspicuous, but the people who call him are scary, and Wu Yunchu does not dare to slack off, because this is the goods that the Military Intelligence Bureau wants.

He inquired, and it seemed that the other party wanted to use hydrofluoric acid to refine a certain substance.

He didn't know what it was, he also wanted to go to the southwest to have a look, don't look at the fact that it is a little backward, the industry and economy are not as developed as the southeast coast, but there are really a lot of various laboratories and secret projects.

The chemical raw materials of the Shanghai chemical plant are not only transported to Guangxi, but also to Chongqing, Yichang and other places.

Guangxi, a new plant in Fangchenggang Meihua Chemical Plant, does undertake important tasks.

Dr. Shi Shiyuan, a key figure in the project, brought his student Dr. Wu Chien-shiung, who had studied with Marie Curie, to inspect the chemical plant in Guangxi.

Wu also studied at the University of California, Berkeley, where he studied under physics giants such as Ernest Lawrence, Segret and Oppenheimer, and was a frequent visitor to Tesla's lab.

It is no exaggeration to say that she is one of the best physicists in China and the world.

So as soon as I returned to China, I was reused.

Of course, Situ Nan worked hard behind his back, but the parties didn't know it.

"I have visited Giant Labs and Giant Chemical Company in the United States, but I did not expect that the chemical technology of the motherland is no worse than that of the United States." Wu Chien-shiung praised.

"You don't know this, Giant Company and Meihua Chemical Company have been working closely, the two sides often communicate with each other, Meihua Chemical Company's polymer chemical technology has been supported by Giant Company, and it has also granted refrigerant technology and DDVP (dichlorvos pesticide) technology patents to each other."

Shi Shiyuan explained.

Wu Chien-shiung nodded, he didn't expect the cooperation between the two sides to be so deep.

Nylon technology can change the world, fertilizer and dichlorvos can also change the world, which is more valuable is hard to say, but if you get both, you will definitely make more money.

They were followed by several white coats, all of whom were highly accomplished experts in nuclear physics and nuclear chemistry, the essence of China's 20 years of education.

From time to time, I studied Wu Chien-shiung, a returnee doctor, and Wu Chien-shiung used his strength to convince them, and responded to the sentence - women don't let their eyebrows go.

"You don't have to worry about funding, the government will allocate enough funds, and the treatment of every engineer and technician will be guaranteed, you must remember that this is a highly confidential plan, which is related to the future of the country and the nation, and you must be mentally prepared to remain incognito for several years.

Chien-shiung, you'll ask me for funding for your group later. ”

Shi Shiyuan said passionately.

They want to use locally mined uranium ore, crush it, refine it, and process it to get yellowcake.

It is then transported by train to a secret factory somewhere in Sichuan for the next step.

The yellowcake is processed, extracted, and refined to obtain uranium hexafluoride as a gas.

How to separate uranium-235 from the gas uranium hexafluoride is a very big test. It is not only a test of a country's industrial technology, but also a test of the country's industrial capacity, whether there is enough electricity.

In short, the process is very complex, the degree of secrecy is extremely high, and very few people know the truth.

"Teacher, is the gas diffusion method possible? Why not consider electromagnetic separation? After Wu Jianxiong visited, he couldn't help but ask the teacher. The delicacy of women is reflected in her at the moment. (To be continued.) )

PS: It's troublesome to divide the chapters and give them titles.

After writing a topic, I'll pass it on.

Next, let's finish it in the form of a large chapter.