Zhou Bei smiled faintly and said with a little emotion: "I have always admired Xiaoyaohou, and I read his biography when I was a child. He invented the electron tube and capacitor at the age of fourteen, and relied on these two patents to earn more than 100,000 royalties.

From the age of fourteen to twenty-one, he has been wandering the world, and even for two years, he was still herding cattle and horses in the pastures of Dongzhou, until he was twenty-two years old, he returned to Yingtianfu and married his childhood sweetheart Yu Prime Minister's daughter as his wife.

In less than a year, he invented the telephone, and later the wireless telegraph, and created countless derivative technologies on the principles of electromagnetic technology. ”

Ma Yuncheng was a little embarrassed, Ma Dian was his own uncle, and he naturally knew Ma Dian's experience and even his personality better than most people.

But at this time, listening to an outsider tell about Ma Dian's experience was awkward.

He asked in a deep voice, "What does Yun Shanbo mean by this?" ”

Zhou Bei's smile was still very clean, and his eyes were clear. "I'm only nineteen years old."

Ma Yuncheng didn't understand it even more, and he was also a little embarrassed. "Yes, we all know that."

Zhou Bei said with a warm smile: "When Xiaoyao Hou invented the telephone and wireless telegraphy, did he think about relying on this technology to monopolize the industry? Has he considered relying on the discovery of long and short wave technology to monopolize the entire Ming broadcasting system? ”

At this time, Ma Yuncheng had already understood a little, knowing that his way was wrong, and the other party felt insulted.

Zhou Bei's words were not finished, and he continued: "A nineteen-year-old young man, even though he has some utilitarian intentions, we are still teenagers, full of enthusiasm, full of passion, and full of ideals.

What we want is to change the world, not just profit. I admire Xiaoyaohou because I know that when Xiaoyaohou invented so many technologies, he didn't think about profit, but about changing the world. ”

Ma Yuncheng's face was hot, but he still hugged his fists and said: "Yunshanbo's sincere heart, the old man admires, but the invention and application of any technology still has to move towards rationalization, not idealization." ”

Zhou Bei nodded and said, "I agree with this, but I think I need to keep it idealistic for a longer period of time, so as not to wear down my creativity." Therefore, it is a bit early to discuss the layout of the industry in the future. ”

Ma Yuncheng stared at Zhou Bei's eyes for a long time before asking, "Isn't it because the old man's status is low?" ”

You know and you have to speak up!

Zhou Bei is Yunshan Bo, although he is not as good as the Xiaoyao Marquis who surrendered after five generations, but it is not that a commercial director of the Xiaoyao Marquis Mansion can stop him on the street to discuss cooperation.

If Zhou Bei agreed to him today, it would only make outsiders think that Zhou Bei was easy to bully.

And the Xiaoyao Mansion is not particular, and no one will mention it.

But Zhou Bei doesn't agree to anything now, but it will make people laugh at the fact that the Marquis of Xiaoyao Mansion is not paying attention to things.

Zhou Bei shook his head with a smile and said: "Bei has never considered anything else, he just wants to act without interference and realize the ideal in his heart." ”

The eldest son, Ma Mingxuan, is stationed in the capital and is now a professor at the Royal University of Technology.

Although he does not have his father's amazing talent, he has a deep foundation and has made many innovations in electromagnetic mechanics.

The second son, Ma Mingyuan, has been stationed in the family fief for a long time, and their family fief has an iron mine, which is also making gold every day.

Since the Xiaoyao Hou family pays more than 200,000 silver coins every year, according to the Ming tax regulations, for every 100,000 silver coins paid in taxes, a family member can be transferred to Zhongzhou to deal with business affairs.

There are not many members of the Xiaoyao Hou family, but there are many members of the Ma family, and two branch members were transferred to deal with the business affairs of the Xiaoyao Hou Mansion.

Jack Ma is one of the two members in charge of business operations, and he and another Jack Ma, are cousins but also rivals.

When he met Zhou Bei by chance this time, he originally thought it was a good opportunity to make friends, so he took the initiative to get acquainted without much thought, but now he was touched.

As the representative of the Xiaoyao Mansion, he is sought after wherever he goes, and he has not received such a cold reception over the years.

So at this moment, he also had some fire in his heart. "After all, Yun Shanbo is young and vigorous, and he doesn't know the background of my Xiaoyao Hou Mansion."

Zhou Bei's smile remained unchanged. "I haven't thought about it that much......"

Ma Yuncheng hugged his fists and said, "I'm sorry to disturb me today." ”

Zhou Bei stood up and saluted: "Please forgive me for being rude." ”

Out of the teahouse, Ma Yuncheng walked to his parking lot angrily, and his heart was still boiling.

At this time, he already understood a little that he was too anxious and stopped the other party on the street, which was unconventional, but the other party directly refused to cooperate, and indeed did not give Xiaoyao Houfu any face.

The young man behind him shouted softly, "Uncle Nine." ”

"What?"

The young man said: "My nephew has consulted all the patent lists of Yun Shanbo, his specialty is in mechanical design, and my Ma family has not made any achievements in machinery since his great-uncle, and those patents have long expired, Yun Shanbo obviously knows this, so he is interested in cooperating with us." ”

Ma Yuncheng turned around and asked in a low voice, "What do you want to say?" ”

"Viscount Wu Song of Xunyang in the Mechanical Research Institute, he has many patents in mechanical research, and his research field has been related to electricity, and he needs our family's patents. We can ask him to come forward and talk to Yun Shanbo again, maybe there will be a turnaround. ”

The driver opened the door and sat in first. Ma Yuncheng didn't rush to open the door and get into the car, and said with a deep groan: "His status is a little low, but he can also take advantage of it." I'll leave this matter to you. We're going to the Pope's Palace now, they have a lot of monopoly technology in their hands. ”

The young man paused for a moment and exclaimed, "Will the Pope's Mansion listen to us?" ”

"It's nothing more than an exchange of interests, our Ma family's superior technology is a lot, and there are always those they are excited about."

His sense of crisis is stronger than anyone else's, because it has been more than ten years since the death of Xiaoyao Hou, and most of the patents of Xiaoyao Hou Mansion were applied for when he was alive.

The term of patent protection for Daming is 20 years, which means that most of the patents in their hands are about to expire.

Moreover, because there is no successor to the Xiaoyao Hou Mansion, the derivative patents developed by the major research institutes according to the technology of the Xiaoyao Hou Mansion occupy a pitiful share.

As soon as the patent protection period expires, the income of the Xiaoyao Marquis Mansion will fall off a cliff.

He can still roam in Yingtianfu now, but if the tax payment of Xiaoyao Mansion drops to less than 200,000, he and Ma Yunhong will have to leave Zhongzhou and return to live in the family fiefdom.

And he, after enjoying the prosperity of Yingtianfu, was absolutely unwilling to go back to the remote place of Nanzhou and live a life of relying on people's noses.