Chapter 55 Times change

A mysterious future may be fear for others, but for Tesla, which has a strong sense of exploration, it is actually a temptation.

Out of the instinctive caution of scientists, I picked up the appointment book and glanced at it and put it in the drawer. I picked up the customized version of "2017 Thirty Days Travels" and read it with relish.

When I saw the fun, I even took out the drawings and wanted to design a new invention on the spot.

But the things inside obviously look very feasible, but they just don’t give a general principle. They scratched him like a kitten’s paws.

I looked at the cover and saw the author. It was Cheng Nuo himself. At this time, Tesla really wanted to fly across the Pacific Ocean. I would like to ask him what he was thinking.

Of course, genius is also arrogant. When the book says that the Niagara Hydropower Station he participated in the design and construction is still operating normally a hundred years later, the corners of his mouth still couldn't help but curl up slightly.

When I saw the last page, I found a thin postcard sticking to it. There was a fluorescent lamp on the front, which only involved the structure and not any material. The back was Cheng Nuo's easter egg.

"Dear Mr. Nikola Tesla, I am glad that you have found this postcard, which proves that you are still interested in me and have the willingness and foundation to cooperate. I trust your character very much, so I drew out the structure of the fluorescent lamp on the front. Yes, yes, it is the one that General Electric has been pursuing for. We have made a major breakthrough and can be directly produced and used in large quantities in the factory. I believe that my friend has obtained the patent book at this time."

"Just just find my friend Jiang at the address on the postcard and help him authorize or sell the patent at the highest price possible, then half of the money will be handed over to you for scientific research and construction in the Eastern Continent. You will be the only way to use it. I look forward to your good news."

Cheng Nuo has a high trust for a person who gave up the AC power patent and lost the world's richest man, and this easter egg is also a test for Tesla.

If Tesla passes, Na Chengnuo can be assured to hand over the Academy of Applied Engineering Sciences to him and cultivate our high-end engineering talents.

If Tesla cannot pass or even wants to resell the patent, Cheng Nuo doesn't have to worry at all. Moreover, the most important materials inside have not been leaked. He has a more energy-saving and brighter fluorescent lamp back-up in his hand. Besides, this is Tesla, not Edison.

On the other hand, Tesla and General Electric have decades of new and old hatreds, and have nearly a thousand inventions in their hands. Although not many of them are practical in their hands, it is much more experienced in how to maximize patent profits during this period than Cheng Nuo and others.

If you sell it to General Electric, you will probably kill a lot. If you sell it to another company, you won’t lose much.

Half of them are given to Tesla, and he is even more tempting to the poor and powerful person at this time.

And after getting the money, he also helped build laboratories in China and trained a group of technical workers during construction. No matter how he looked at it, Cheng Nuo would not lose.

I resisted the impulse and was about to drink a cup of coffee to press it down, but I heard someone knocking on the door and almost gave Tesla a breath.

"Ahem." Tesla picked up the handkerchief and wiped his mouth, put the things in the package and hid them, and walked towards the door: "Who, is there anything you need to ask me for?"

"Hello, Mr. Nikola Tesla, I am Berende. Please consider the matter of the American Institute of Electrical Engineers." Berende was wearing a suit and ties outside the door.

Out of courtesy, Tesla opened the door, but did not let the other party in, and said seriously: "Berend, please go back, thank you very much and the committee for your kindness, but it has been almost thirty years since I announced my rotating magnetic field and AC system in front of the association. Perhaps some young people need its encouragement more, and I, an old man, no longer need this reward."

Although Berende has visited you many times, his attitude is still very polite: "Mr. Tesla, I have always been very sympathetic to your experience, so this medal is a compensation for you, and there is no other meaning."

Unlike other people in the association, Berende is truly angry about Tesla.

Tesla's alternating current has created a new era of electricity with almost its own strength, benefiting people, industries, cities and towns around the world. But now it has to fight to the death and barely live in a hotel. It invented new lighting methods, and others have gained benefits from it, but he has not received corresponding rewards. It has created a high-frequency device, which some people who are more practical use to carry out electrical treatments and develop it into a medical technology, which he has also been ignored.

And these are just some of them.

"Dear Mr. Berende, then I invented radio technology, but why didn't I get the recognition of the association and my patents were plagiarized?" When it comes to these sore spots, Tesla's temper is not so good: "In your eyes, I am a clown. The so-called medal is just for me to hang on my chest and show off in front of your association members and guests. I will not recognize my spirit at all. I even want to deprive me of my creation based on the suppression of my spirit."

"Don't forget that at least two-thirds of the people started their business with my achievements. Once again, this farce is not about praising me Tesla, but about Edison, and accepting thieves from pig-killing slaughtering me, what honor can I talk about?"

However, these are all his grudges with Edison, and he also understood the friendship between Berende, so he did not completely reject it.

In fact, in addition to being a businessman, Edison also has a high level of attainment in killing pigs.

In Tesla's autobiography in later generations, it was mentioned that Edison killed nearly a thousand pigs before becoming famous, and his skills were very good. It is said that once he went out for an inspection with Edison, and Tesla wanted to measure his weight, but he didn't expect that Edison picked it up. The estimated weight was very small compared to the display on the weight device.

The relationship later became drastically worse, so bad that when I heard that the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1915 was to be awarded to the two of them at the same time, they saw that the other party was there and refused the honor at the same time.

But Berende did not intend to give up and would come to visit him every once in a while, but he rarely encountered Tesla later.

Because Tesla's heart has long been gone, no matter how good the honor is, it cannot be exchanged for investment.

Jiang Jiangzuo, a classmate who went directly to Harvard University to find Cheng Nuo, was the one who was helping apply for fluorescent lamp patents, and quickly promoted the patent process.

Tesla is shy but experienced. With his help, the patent was still stuck in the final stage of application. After he came forward, he quickly solved it and even obtained several advanced versions of fluorescent lamps.

In order to maximize the benefits of the patent, Tesla even agreed to Berende's invitation to accept the medal, with the purpose of promoting it in front of many electrical elites at the American Institute of Electrical Engineers.

Everyone sees General Electric's huge profits. Now that we have the opportunity to pry a gap in this electrical empire, few people can resist the temptation and cause a sensation.

In the end, for the sake of the old boss, he authorized it to Westinghouse Electric for a price of 500,000 US dollars and an additional commission.

Cheng Nuo's name never appeared in front of everyone from beginning to end, Tesla almost became his white glove, and Jiang Jiangzuo next to him was also deemed to be an assistant.

The arrogant Saxon and Anglos would not think that this invention that influenced the lighting era came from a yellow man.

With new ideals in hand, Tesla embarked on a steamer heading to the mysterious East.

And the day after he left, Nikola Tesla personally designed and built it, marking the collapse of the Warden Cliver radio energy transmission tower in an electrical era.

Thanks to the book friends for their 100 starting point coins rewards.

(End of this chapter)
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