Edison's performance of hacking the alternating current turned into a farce, with the enthusiastic crowd focusing on the electric chair rather than the alternating current itself.

Of course, there are people who are worried, but they quickly forget about it.

During a financial crisis, there are more things to worry about than that, such as whether you will be fired the next day, or whether the bank where you have deposits will fail when you wake up in the morning.

Chen Jianqiu also laughed at this.

While watching the farce, attorney Dylan ran into the venue and brought him a message.

"We won the bid." Lawyer Dylan sat down in the chair next to Chen Jianqiu and said to him in a low voice.

Although his voice was small, he couldn't hide the joy in his eyebrows.

"Chicago Fair?" Chen Jianqiu turned his head sideways, his eyes still staring at the stage.

"Yes, according to internal sources, our winning bid was only half the price of General Electric." Attorney Dylan continued, "Maybe we're going to lose a little bit on profits. ”

Chen Jianqiu smiled slightly: "Don't get in the way, we only make the money we should earn." ”

"Besides, the main purpose of this fair is to promote products, not to make money." He said, "It doesn't matter if you make money or not, Edison and General Electric didn't win the bid, that's what matters." ”

Lawyer Dylan nodded: "Looks like that hypocrite is going to be in trouble this time." ”

The Chicago World's Fair was held to celebrate the 400th anniversary of Columbus's discovery of the New World, hence the name "World Columbus Exposition".

Twenty years ago, a fire destroyed one-third of Chicago's suburbs, and the city and federal governments hoped that the Expo would symbolize the city's rebirth.

Before the start of the World Expo, Chen Jianqiu brought Tesla and other people from Roswell Electric Company to the venue in advance.

The venue was chosen on the shores of Lake Michigan, far from downtown, and covered the largest area in the history of the World Expo at the time.

A man-made river diverts water from Lake Michigan into the venue.

The conference team purchased a large number of small boats from Venice to facilitate the shuttle between the various branch venues.

They made it a water city.

On both sides of the artificial river are a variety of pavilions, all of which have been painted white, giving it a "neoclassical style" look.

These buildings all show the prosperity of the United States before the crisis.

Although the official opening ceremony does not begin until the evening, most of the pavilions have already begun to exhibit to the public, and there is a constant stream of people coming and going.

"It's all installed and commissioned, right?" Chen Jianqiu stood at the gate of the Electronic Palace with his hands copied, looking up at this huge building.

He was followed by a large group of people, many of whom were yellow-skinned Chinese.

These men have all studied at Stanford University, interned in Tesla's labs, and are now middle and senior managers at Roswell Electric.

"The bulbs have been checked, there is no big problem, Mr. Tesla is still personally debugging the generator set, and the people in the laboratory are with him." A Chinese engineer named Kou Yongsheng stood beside Chen Jianqiu and replied.

Roswell Electric Company invested more than 20 alternating current generator sets and more than 100,000 light bulbs this time.

These will provide electrical lighting for the entire duration of the fair, and for the first time in the fair's history, electric lighting will be used entirely in the fair.

At the opening ceremony in the evening, when the current president, Mr. Cleveland, presses the switch button, the bulbs will be lit at the same time.

Chen Jianqiu let out an "um", and he whispered something to Kou Yongsheng.

Kou Yongsheng was a little stunned.

"This, it doesn't seem too necessary, does it?" He muttered.

"Listen to me, yes." Chen Jianqiu smiled and patted him on the shoulder.

Kou Yongsheng nodded, and hurriedly walked towards the electrical pipe with a few people.

Chen Jianqiu watched Kou Yongsheng leave, and a familiar voice suddenly sounded behind him:

"Congratulations, Mr. Chen."

Although it was said to be congratulatory, there seemed to be no congratulation in this voice.

Chen Jianqiu turned around and saw Edison and a group of General Motors people standing behind him.

"Ouch, Mr. Edison, thank you, thank you." Chen Jianqiu walked over with a grin and shook Edison's hand.

Edison subconsciously wanted to dodge, but he didn't know what magic Chen Jianqiu had used.

Before he could react, his hand was already held in the hand of the Chinese boss in front of him.

You can't shake it off, and you can't pump it out.

Edison's arms stiffened, and his face was smiling.

"Accept and concede, thank you for raising your hand and giving us a chance to win the bid for a small company like us."

Chen Jianqiu still had a hippie smile, completely ignoring the fact that the faces of the general company executives around Edison had turned the color of pig liver.

They were very unaccustomed to Chen Jianqiu's oriental dialect and only felt that he was hypocritical.

"Huh? What about Mr. Brown, who invented the electric chair? Didn't he come? I'm so impressed with his invention that I'm going to talk to him about how to improve it, for example, in psychiatric treatment. ”

Chen Jianqiu glanced at the GM delegation and found no trace of Brown.

He really wanted to sell two to Elizabeth Asylum, but those words sounded particularly harsh to Edison.

The scene fell into an awkward silence for a moment.

Seeing this, Chen Jianqiu changed the topic to another topic.

"You're here to exhibit, aren't you?" He looked like a master, pointed to the electric hall behind him, and said, "When the time comes, I will definitely visit your exhibition site and learn more, ah, hahaha." ”

As he spoke, he let go of his hand.

Edison's hand finally withdrew from Chen Jianqiu.

His clean-shaven face was a little cloudy.

When adjusting his expression, Edison nodded at Chen Jianqiu: "I am also very much looking forward to what your company will exhibit at the exhibition." ”

With that, he hurriedly walked into the exhibition hall with GE's subordinates.

"Why is this so popular?" Chen Jianqiu rubbed his nose and raised his eyebrows.

He turned around and asked a subordinate of another electrical company next to him, "Our booth has already been arranged, right?" ”

"Yes, it was done yesterday, Mr. Chen, do you want to go and have a look?" The subordinate asked.

"No, you can arrange it." Chen Jianqiu turned around.

He pointed to the other pavilions: "Let's go!" Let's go shopping! ”

Chen Jianqiu and his entourage began to wander around the Expo Park.

The Expo Park is divided into three parts by an artificial river:

The first part is the Place of Honor, located in the southernmost part of the park, centered on the Grand Basin, with the main exhibition halls on either side, including the Manufactured Products and Crafts Hall, among others;

The second section is located on the northwest side of Honor Square, centered on the lagoon and jungle islet, with the main exhibition halls being the U.S. state pavilions and the participating countries' national pavilions

The third part is Avenue Park, which stretches 1.5 kilometers west from the vicinity of the Women's Pavilion.

What interests Chen Jianqiu the most is the manufacturing product hall located in Glory Plaza.

It showcases industrial products from far and wide and represents the country's most striking core products today.

"Sir, would you like to try our 'Wrigley' chewing gum, this candy will make you feel the refreshing fragrance while chewing, and keep your mouth fragrant."

"Sir, let's take a look at our 'Blue Ribbon' bottled beer, we are one of the first manufacturers in China to start making bottled beer, and it tastes great!"

Chen Jianqiu wandered leisurely in the pavilion, chewing gum and holding a bag of popcorn in his hand, without the appearance of a tycoon.

Here, he found a lot of century-old brands that were familiar to future generations.

But at the time, these brands were basically "more than 90 years away from being 100 years old."

For example, Chen Jianqiu was around the corner of the exhibition hall and saw a beverage exhibitor with a "Coca-Cola" brand.

Just as he was about to walk over and taste what the "Fat House Happy Water" of this era was, a familiar person appeared on the opposite side of the booth.

Theodore Roosevelt, dressed in a police uniform, stood there majestically.