Edison didn't notice the change in Tesla, but turned around and continued to talk and laugh with little Aster.

Tesla froze in place.

He really doesn't understand what American humor is.

Edison promised him $50,000 as a reward if he could improve the thirty or so generator sets.

That day, he thought he had the trust of the man in front of him.

But the facts proved that he was played as a monkey.

It made him feel humiliated.

I floated across the sea and came here from Europe, just to realize my ideals.

But nowadays.

The Serb bit his lip lightly, lowered his head, and his gaze stopped at his feet.

Suddenly, someone tapped him on the shoulder.

Tesla looked up and saw a yellow-skinned young man no older than him, smiling at him.

"It's okay, everything will pass, excellent aliens will inevitably be jealous and ostracized." Chen Jianqiu comforted in a low voice.

Tesla looked at him, his eyes a little dazed.

"Mr. Chen! Why don't you continue to visit my power plant? ”

Edison's voice came from the front, and he and little Astor had already walked to the perimeter of the power plant's unit, where several large light bulbs hung there.

"Well, right away."

Chen Jianqiu turned his head and replied, and then continued to say to Tesla.

"Where do you live now? I'll look for you tomorrow afternoon. ”

"I now live in a lab just outside of New York City."

Tesla replied.

Although he didn't know why he wanted to tell the Chinese in front of him.

Maybe it's because of what he just said.

The next morning, Chen Jianqiu held a meeting at the International Gunpowder Association.

During this period of time, the International Gunpowder Association has been developing and growing rapidly.

Chen Jianqiu fulfilled his promise by sharing the patented technology of smokeless gunpowder with members and providing them with support for the import of saltpeter materials.

Of course, in terms of raw materials, Chen Jianqiu has already made a lot of money.

The old American Gunpowder Association, led by DuPont, was losing a market and members dramatically.

They also tried to transform, but they had fallen behind and were overpowered by Chen Jianqiu.

However, the American Gunpowder Association still has a certain base in the old black powder market.

For example, the military.

As the so-called centipede dies, it dies but does not stiffen.

The feud between the two associations continues.

However, the bloody fighting on both sides attracted other hunters.

There was also a piece of news at the meeting.

This message comes from the Border Detective Agency.

Given the division of the gunpowder market into two and the coveted profits of the gunpowder industry.

Resource giant Rockefeller Corporation is starting to eyeing the market.

He has an absolute advantage in upstream resources and funding.

This predator, who smells of blood, is ready to find an opportunity to intervene forcefully and reap the benefits of the fisherman.

Most of the members of the association looked gloomy, and they began to talk.

They see the current strength of the Standard Oil Trust, and the fate of those small businesses when the industry consolidates is vivid.

If Rockefeller really looked at the gunpowder market, he would definitely use the same trick in the oil industry to deal with them.

By that time, their good days may really come to an end.

However, Chen Jianqiu looked calm and calm at the meeting.

"I played him in New Mexico, and we were in a five-to-five relationship."

This sentence temporarily suppressed the discussion above.

The members of the association know more or less about Chen Jianqiu's family history.

This sentence is not too big a problem in the strict sense of the word, but it seems that something is not quite right.

However, looking at Chen Jianqiu's confidence on the main seat.

Presumably he already has a plan for dealing with it.

The last item on the agenda of the meeting was to discuss the development of the international market.

This matter was a promise made by Chen Jianqiu when he was founding the association.

The Kingdom of Great Britain was at its peak, busy scouring the overseas colonies for resources;

The French Third Republic quickly recovered from its defeat in the Franco-Prussian War;

The German Empire was anxious to consolidate its hegemony on the European continent while challenging the pie of the old empires in their overseas colonies.

Russia, Austria-Hungary, Italy and other European empires also had their own ghosts and geared up.

It's actually a good opportunity.

However, first, these countries in Europe have their own complete military industrial systems, and second, equipment innovation often moves the interests of some people.

Therefore, the association's effect in exploring the European market is not good.

The members showed little interest in it, and after discussing it for a while, no result came to it.

That was the end of the meeting.

Chen Jianqiu's mind doesn't seem to be on this last agenda.

After a brief lunch, he rode his horse and hurried to Tesla's lab in the suburbs.

The laboratory is housed in a low-slung shed.

From a distance, it looks like an ordinary warehouse, inconspicuous.

The reason why Chen Jianqiu was able to find it was because the Serbs were already standing at the door waiting for him.

"You didn't break your promise, sir." Tesla came up to him.

Chen Jianqiu dismounted.

The black radish sprinkled and ran out for a walk.

"Your horse is gone, sir." Tesla looked at the black radish that was speeding away and reminded a little worriedly.

"Oh, it's okay, it's back when it's cool." Chen Jianqiu walked to the door of the house.

The lab was rudimentary, with all sorts of parts and coils piled up everywhere.

If it weren't for the ones in the middle that looked like generators.

Chen Jianqiu thought that he had come to the auto repair shop.

"That's the lab Edison gave you?" With his hands behind his back, he looked at the so-called laboratory, "Didn't you have an assistant?" ”

Tesla stood there, a little embarrassed:

"Well, Mr. Edison's R&D team is mainly in the small town of Monroe Park, New Jersey, where he has an invention factory, and the core team members are about fourteen people, including machinists, physicists, and engineers."

"You mean, Edison is only in charge of ideas now?" Chen Jianqiu picked up a cog on a table.

"He didn't graduate from elementary school," Tesla blurted out, but found that it didn't seem to be appropriate, and held back, "Well, actually, he's a very hardworking person." ”

"It means that he has no talent, so he bury his head in the toss." Chen Jianqiu raised his head.

He finally understood why Edison said that famous sentence:

Genius is 1% inspiration and 99% perspiration, but that 1% inspiration is the most important, even more important than the 99% perspiration.

The first half of the sentence is because he is really not very smart, and the second half of the sentence is to flaunt the credit for his ideas.

Tesla didn't dare to speak anymore, he was afraid that Chen Jianqiu would "translate" his words again.

However, Chen Jianqiu was a little reluctant:

"Aren't you on that team?"

"Well, I was there at first, but Edison doesn't really like my research now, so he let me get here." Tesla took Chen Jianqiu to shuttle through those coils and generators.

He pointed to a half-dismantled generator on the ground and said to Chen Jianqiu:

"This is the alternating current generator that I'm working on, because the transmission loss of direct current is too large, and the transmission distance is not far, but the impact of high-voltage alternating current will be very small."

"Just bring the voltage down through the transformer and you're good to go."

Tesla looked at this generator on the ground.

"I'm now working on improving this high-frequency alternator to find the right frequency, which will make it more efficient."

"In my personal opinion, alternating current is the future."

"I think so too." Chen Jianqiu held his chin in his hand, thoughtful.

"Lovely Mr. Dickon doesn't think so." Tesla sighed, "He thinks alternating current is too dangerous." ”

Chen Jianqiu did not speak further.

Edison thought, I'm afraid not.

"By the way, how much does Edison pay you a month?" Chen Jianqiu asked.

"$18 a week." Tesla replied.

"It's too low, the average staff in my company is higher than this." Chen Jianqiu shook his head and stumped his tongue.

He looked at Tesla:

"In this way, I will fund and build your own company for you, I will not ask you about anything in the process of invention, the patent right also belongs to you, and you pay your own salary, how about it?"

Unlike American businessmen at that time, Chen Jianqiu opened conditions and never picked and searched.

Since it's an S card, it's time for krypton.

But one of the problems posed by this style is that the person may suspect that he is a liar.

Tesla looked at Chen Jianqiu with some suspicion.

This condition is a little too good, right?

"It doesn't matter if you have more money or less money, the most important thing is to realize the ideal of making alternating current universal to mankind." Chen Jianqiu added.

Those who lack money give him money, and those who have ambitions and ideals want to give him hope to fulfill his dreams.

"Let me think again, Mr. Chen." Tesla said, "I'll give you an answer tomorrow." ”

(End of chapter)