"Rick, I remember you told me last time that you know that Mr. Irene DuPont is familiar now, can you introduce us to each other?" Monet asked when he was drinking coffee with Rick that day.

"Of course, but why do you know him?" Rick asked curiously.

"Because I want to make a deal with him!"

"Business? DuPont also needs science fiction? Rick asked puzzled, in fact, it is no wonder that Rick would ask this, because the current DuPont is still mainly engaged in the production of gunpowder.

"Not science fiction, of course, but something else, and you'll know then, and if it works, it's a great invention!" Monet replied mysteriously.

Seeing that Monet refused to speak, Rick had to shrug his shoulders and say, "Okay, I hope I can see it sooner!" ”

So two days later, Rick arranged for Irene Dupont, who was in charge of the general manager of product manufacturing and sales at this time, only to see him ask Monet: "Mr. Monet, Rick said you have a business to talk to me?" ”

Monet hesitated for a moment, then said slowly: "Well, I heard that Dr. Carothers of your company gave up on his research on a completely new polymer that he discovered that can be used for textile fibers, is that the case?" The reason why Monet is so hesitant is because he knows very well that this kind of failed research is something that developers don't like to talk about.

Sure enough, after hearing Monet mention this matter, Irene's face was a little unpleasant, and he said a little unhappily: "Mr. Monet, you are very well-informed, but I don't understand why you are mentioning this matter?" ”

In fact, when it came to this, Irené's heart was very uncomfortable, because after Carothers succeeded in making polyester, he was very excited, thinking that this was the most potential invention after his brother Pierre took power.

However, he was soon disappointed, because the polyester studied at that time was a polymer made by the reaction of fatty acids and fatty alcohols, so it had the disadvantages of easy hydrolysis, low melting point, easy to dissolve in organic solvents, etc., so it was impossible to make synthetic fibers, and finally had to give up this piece of research.

Seeing Irene looking ugly, Monet hurriedly explained: "Don't get me wrong, Mr. Irene in fact, I think this kind of polyester has extremely broad commercial potential, but there is a slight deviation in the research direction of Dr. Carothers. ”

"Oh? So Mr. Monet, where do you think this deviation is? Irene asked curiously.

"Well, I can't talk about this now. Because I plan to cooperate with you and DuPont in this regard, this is my letter of intent for cooperation, please take a look. With that, Monet handed over a document in his briefcase.

Irene took the letter of intent for cooperation and flipped through it hastily, then frowned and said to Monet: "Mr. Monet, you mean that you have an idea about polyester synthesis, and you want to pay for the experiment, and Dr. Carothers and the equipment of our DuPont laboratory will do this experiment, if the experiment is successful and has the potential for commercial development, then you and I will cooperate in the development of this product, right?" ”

Monet nodded and replied: "That's right, but don't worry, I'm not greedy, I just need a profit of one percent." ”

"But the problem is that you just provide an idea, and we at DuPont are responsible for the specific production, development, and publicity, but you can sit back and enjoy the results, so even if it is only one percent of the profit, you are still very greedy." Irene said dissatisfied.

"But if you give up this cooperation, wouldn't you give up 90% of your future profits? I guarantee that as long as this research is successful, it will definitely shock the world, and may even surpass your company's current gunpowder business. And this research and development costs are all borne by me, I can also do my part in the future promotion, I believe that I still have some whimsical ideas in the publicity. Monet patiently explained.

Hearing Monet's "propaganda whimsy", Irene thought that he was going to promote it through newspapers and magazines, but he believed in Monet's strength in this regard, so he smiled and nodded in agreement: "Okay, Monsieur Monet, then I will give you such a chance, I hope you can succeed." ”

"No, hopefully we can succeed." Monet corrected with a smile.

In fact, the reason why Monet took such pains and voluntarily took out a large amount of money to seek cooperation with DuPont was for this research project that was temporarily abandoned by DuPont - polyester fusion. In fact, this so-called polyester melt is the predecessor of nylon, and nylon can be said to be the most significant invention during World War II, and even the United States relied on nylon to defeat Japan's silk export industry in one fell swoop.

As for how Monet came up with the reason for developing nylon, it is more interesting, that is, one morning he saw Nicole, who had just gotten up, was struggling to put knitted stockings on her long legs, so he casually asked, why don't you wear stockings? Immediately he reacted, at this time it seemed that there was not even nylon, let alone glass stockings.

Only then did he remember the book he had read called "Stockings Maniac" "Speculators of the Republic of China", although Zhuang Jihua made $4 billion from stockings in that book is a bit exaggerated, but nylon is indeed a wealthy business, especially glass stockings, which is simply a holy thing that can make all women crazy!

It was agreed that the next day he would go to the Central Experimental Station, the research center of the Dupont family on the banks of the Brandy River, to see Dr. Carothers, and after a little chat, Irené took his leave first.

At this time, Rick found an opportunity to ask Monet with a worried face, "Tony, are you so confident in this polyester synthetic?" I've heard that it costs a lot of money to do this kind of experiment, and a company as big as DuPont can't do it, can you have that savings? ”

"Don't worry, I think as long as the experimental procedures are correct, then the results should be produced quickly!" Monet assured.

PS: I have to complain about the naming habits of Americans and even many Europeans, the renaming rate is too high, and they often have the same name as their ancestors, such as the Irene DuPont mentioned in the article, the founder of DuPont is also called by this name, don't they feel awkward? And it's easy to mislead readers......