I have to say that the hall hardware processing factory introduced to Jack by the department store owner is quite reliable.

After arriving at the Hall hardware processing factory, Jack observed that although the factory was small and did not have many employees, its production site was well managed.

When Jack says something is looking for something, Jack and Ruth soon meet Chris Hall, the owner of Hall's hardware factory.

"Sir, are you going to see me?"

"Yes, Mr. Hall." Jack nodded to Chris Hall, the owner of Hall's hardware processing factory, then carefully took out the put away drawings, handed them to Chris Hall, and said: "I designed a machine and needed to make it into a real thing, and it happened that I heard that the owner of Wagner's department store recommended your factory to me, so I ......"

Chris Hall took the design drawing handed to him by Jack and looked at it carefully for a long time, but he couldn't see what the machine designed on the drawing was used for.

If you don't understand, just ask, Hall has always thought that this is a good habit of his. "With all due respect, sir, what did you make this machine for?"

"Mr. Hall." How could Jack possibly tell Hall, so he chose to avoid talking about it, changing the subject: "I wonder how much it costs to make it into a physical object?" ”

Seeing Jack's attitude, although Chris Hall was still curious, out of professional habits, he chose to keep his doubts in his heart and instantly regain the shrewdness of a businessman.

"Three hundred dollars."

"Mr. Hall, your offer is outrageous!" After listening to Chris Hall's offer, Jack was a little dissatisfied, so he replied: "When I designed this machine, I roughly calculated that the cost of materials and labor would never exceed $120, so I can only give you $150 at most." ”

"Sir, the accounts are not counted like you......"

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After some haggling, Jack reached an agreement with Chris Hall, and finally reached a deal for $210, and after the deal was reached, Chris Hall arranged for someone to process it according to Jack's drawings on the spot.

Somehow, Jack suddenly remembered something that happened yesterday.

Yesterday, when he first got off the Carpathia, he was going to the United States Patent Office to register a patent for filter cigarettes after a night's rest.

Fortunately, when he checked in to the hotel, he learned that the U.S. Patent Office was not in New York, but in Washington, D.C., where the capital of the United States is located.

Moreover, when registering a utility patent like his, it is necessary to provide physical objects to the examination committee of the patent office, and only design drawings without physical objects will not be approved by the examination committee under normal circumstances.

And this is also the reason why Jack got up before dawn today, and went to work on this and that.

So far, he and Ruth have spent nearly half of their compensation.

If he hadn't known how big the money was with filter cigarettes, he might have been like Ruth by now, distressed by the money he spent.

"The money spent now is a necessary investment, all for greater returns in the future!"

When Ruth, who has begun to bring in the role of a wife, implicitly advises Jack not to spend lavishly and save money, Jack can only tell Ruth this to dispel her doubts.

I have to say that the Hall hardware processing factory did not say that in the evening of the same day, a machine for producing filters was assembled by workers.

Of course, the reason for such a high efficiency may be that Jack has simplified the mechanical structure as much as possible at the beginning of the design, taking into account the industrial processing capacity of this era, and it may also have the face of the department store owner.

Looking at the machine in front of him, Jack was extremely excited, because this machine was no longer a machine in his eyes, but a money printing machine.

It's the equivalent of the kind that can be used to print dollars!

After checking it carefully and confirming that it was almost fine, Jack saw that it was getting late, and immediately found Chris Hall, and after handing over the cost of up to two hundred dollars to Chris Hall, he and Ruth, who was already bored, commanded the hired labor to carry the machine away.

"Whew...... Tired! ”

After directing the hired labor to move the two machines into the room and settle the employment fee, Jack took a deep breath and collapsed on the bed like a boneless man when he saw Ruth go to the shower.

At this moment, he was sleepy and tired, and he just wanted to get a good night's sleep.

However, seeing that the money in his pocket was getting dwindling, the pressure of the future forced him to hold back his sleepiness, let himself out of his bed, and go to the two machines with all the materials he bought from the department store to make filter cigarettes.

He wanted to see if the machine could do the job he had designed.

In fact, the principle of the machine designed by Jack to produce the filter is not complicated, in his design, the cotton is manually put into the funnel at the back of the machine, and then there is a through bar at the bottom of the funnel through repeated reciprocating motion, the cotton is loaded into a hollow steel pipe with a diameter of 80 mm and compacted, at the other end of the hollow steel pipe......

"Try it early, get off early, rest early."

After making a decision, Jack debugged the machine again, and after confirming that he didn't see anything unusual, he followed the designed steps with a slight roar from the motor turning.

In a few moments, section after section of the filter appeared in the finished collection box, and Jack took two sections out of it, carefully going through it inside and out.

"Hahaha...... It worked! ”

At this moment, Jack was dancing excitedly, and the joy in his heart was indescribable.

Excited, he happened to see Ruth come out of the bathroom, so he came to her in three steps and two steps, and a princess picked her up, "Ruth, I made it!" I succeeded......"

"Great, you made it!" Ruth, who was still a little confused, immediately understood why Jack was so excited, "I knew you wouldn't disappoint." ”

"What are you doing?"

Ruth suddenly realized that she had been put on the bed by Jack, and that Jack's groping hands were groping around on her, and she didn't know what Jack wanted to do.

If it was normal, she might have obediently let Jack succeed, but when she thought of how many dirty things Jack's hands had touched when he was in the factory during the day, and he had been operating the machine just now, and he hadn't washed his hands until now, she felt a little uncomfortable, so Jack was pushed away by her,

"You go take a shower first!"

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The next morning, when Jack got up, he remembered the madness of the two last night, and compared with Ruth, who was still full of red light, he felt helpless.

"Woman!"

Rubbing his sore waist, Jack shook his head, expelled the distracting thoughts from his mind, walked out of the room, went to the bakery not far from the inn and brought back a few breads for breakfast for two, he walked to the bedside and whispered in Ruth's ear: "Honey, it's still breakfast, after breakfast, we will take the train to Washington, D.C." ”

"Okay." Hearing Jack's words, Ruth responded, then moved a few more times, but quickly fell asleep again.

"Alas......" Ruth slept lazily, Jack couldn't do anything, after thinking about it, he simply sat down and ate by himself.

"Why don't you wait for me for breakfast?"

A slightly aggrieved voice came from behind Jack, and Jack didn't look back, and replied with a smile: "I've already called you, but someone may have been too tired last night and didn't want to move, what can I do?" ”

"You ......"

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