I have to say that eating rebates is really a very cool thing.

After hearing Jack's offer, Smith quickly changed his tune.

"One hundred thousand dollars."

This is the highest offer Smith can make within the scope of his rights.

If Jack agrees to the offer, Jack will receive $75,000 on the terms Jack gave Smith.

To be honest, it was only 75,000 dollars, which was not much different from the price in his heart.

However, there is a good saying, people must learn to be content, you must know that the average salary in the United States in this era is only about 2 US dollars a day, and this 75,000 US dollars is almost equivalent to the average person's salary for 68 years.

Jack made his decision and said to Smith, "The filter patent belongs to your American tobacco company, Mr. Smith. ”

"It's a pleasure to work with."

Seeing that Jack finally relented, Smith was also very excited.

Although he bought the patent for $100,000, and some people might be dissatisfied with him when he returned to the company, he thought that according to Jack's terms, he would receive $25,000 in benefits, almost equivalent to his salary for six years of hard work at the American tobacco company, he was eager to sign a contract with Jack right away and get his $25,000.

"Wait a minute."

Smith opened the briefcase he kept beside him, took out the two copies of the contract that had been drawn up in advance, filled in the transaction amount separately, handed the contract to Jack, and said, "This is the contract, Mr. Dawson, you take a look at it first, if there is no problem, our deal is concluded." ”

Jack took the contract from Smith, and although he thought it should be fine, he read it word for word for the sake of caution.

"No problem."

After making sure there was nothing wrong, Jack took the pen from Smith and signed his name in just a few clicks.

After Jack signed the contract, Smith handed him a check with the amount filled in and said, "This is a check from the National City Bank of New York, do I need to go to the bank to verify the authenticity of the check?" ”

"Of course."

This amount of money is not a small amount, and Jack naturally has to be careful and careful, and he must go to the bank to verify the authenticity of the check.

"The National City Bank of New York, Washington, D.C., branch is across the street, so we'll go now."

Smith understood Jack's caution very well, so he immediately got up and walked with Jack and Ruth to the location of the Washington branch of the National City Bank of New York.

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"Jack, what's next for you?"

After sending Smith away, Ruth, who was holding Jack's arm, looked at Jack's side face and became more and more satisfied with her choice.

"Let's go to California."

In the United States in this era, as long as you dare to fight hard, if you have a certain amount of starting capital, it is not difficult to make a fortune, but if you want to make your career bigger, you have to plan well.

Today, the eastern and central regions of the United States, although the most developed regions in the United States, are not only emerging in all walks of life, but also controlled by eight major conglomerates, including Morgan, Kuhn-Lobb, Rockefeller, Chicago, Mellon, DuPont, Boston, and Cleveland.

It can be said that for Jack, the eastern and central regions no longer have much attraction for Jack.

For him, Texas in the southwest and California in the west are his top picks.

Because these two regions joined the United States relatively late, although the economy has developed rapidly, there has not been a consortium that controls all aspects like the central and eastern regions.

But Jack prefers California to Texas.

Although he had never been to the United States in his previous life, thanks to the convenience of the Internet, he had a good understanding of California, which always has Silicon Valley, the high-tech center of the United States.

The so-called California Consortium, which was very famous in later generations, was still just developing its prototype in this era, and the real formation of the California Consortium had to wait until the beginning of the Pacific War in World War II, with the rapid development of California's arms industry to achieve rapid growth, and finally formed a consortium with the Bank of America as the financial center.

Although Jack only has 75,000 dollars in his hand, he basically understands the development of science and technology in the next hundred years, and he still has some confidence that when the California consortium is formed, even if it cannot be controlled, he can become an important member of it.

In his previous life, when he was still Yang Zhen, he was a vigorous and resolute person, the so-called country is easy to change, and his nature is difficult to change, and he is still like this now.

So, after Jack made the decision to go to California, he took Ruth to Washington Union Station that day to buy a train ticket.

The next day, he and Ruth got on the train and set out on their way to California.

After 12 days of train rides, Jack and Ruth finally crossed the United States to San Francisco, the largest city west of the Mississippi River.

"This is San Francisco?"

At this time, San Francisco had not fully recovered from the 8.25 magnitude earthquake in 1906, so Ruth looked at Jack in confusion after seeing San Francisco like a construction site.

On the train, because it was too boring, Jack told her a lot about San Francisco, according to Jack's description, as the largest city in the western United States, although San Francisco is not as prosperous as New York, but thanks to the excellent deep-water port of San Francisco, the economy is also very prosperous.

Jack, who was stared at by Ruth, turned his head a little embarrassed, although he knew something about California in his previous life, but he really didn't know about the earthquake in 1906.

"Let's go and settle the accommodation first, we can't stay in a hotel every day."

Rather embarrassed, Jack chose not to answer Ruth's topic, and took Ruth with him to a real estate agency named Dalton not far away.

"Welcome!" As soon as Jack and Ruth arrived at the Dalton Housing Agency, they were greeted by someone who said they were both inside.

"Is the gentleman here to rent or to buy?"

"Renting a house."

On his way to San Francisco, Jack had carefully planned that he would set up his own car company in San Francisco and build on it.

As for the reason why he chose the automotive industry, it was naturally because he knew a technology that would allow car companies to expand rapidly in a short period of time.

That is the assembly line production technology invented by Ford in 1913, that is, next year.

Now there is still a year left before Ford Motor Company invents assembly line production technology, and he believes that the time difference of one year is enough for him to develop a car company with cheaper cars than others.

As for the time when Ford Motor Company also began to use assembly line production technology, and then fought a price war with him, in Jack's opinion, there was nothing to worry about, because ......

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