Now Edison was studying his camera in his Fifth Avenue office. After watching it for a while, he sat back at his desk and read the script.
Edison's previous electric light company business is gone. After all, the market dominance of alternating current is too strong, and the shortcomings of the small transmission range of direct current are really unable to be applied on a large scale. All major companies have given up on the continued development of direct current.
After Morgan bought Edison's electric lighting company, he became even more enthusiastic about the alternating current business.
Edison spent a lot of effort to compete, but it was the inevitable trend and he had no choice but to admit defeat.
So Edison turned to iron ore investment, but it was unsuccessful and even suffered a huge loss of two million US dollars.
Two million U.S. dollars at this time was almost 40 to 50 million U.S. dollars in later generations, so even though Edison was considered a wealthy man, the impact on him was still considerable.
After that, Edison continued to invest in a cement factory. Thanks to the high degree of mechanization and low production costs of his cement factory, profits increased. The cement factory made up for the huge deficit of US$2 million in just a few years.
At the same time, Edison felt that movies had reached a new stage, so he decided to make a longer movie, at least more than 10 minutes.
After all, he still holds the patent for the movie, which is a good invention that can make money.
As the person who invented movies, Edison has a little story behind him.
Edison looked at the four-wheel drive system: "I am studying the battery and preparing to put it on the vehicle. According to the data in my laboratory, the cruising range is quite impressive. As long as the car can run far, electric vehicles will definitely have more prospects."
Everything has been lost in the long river of history.
"Thank you so much!" Haier said.
Edison said: "Since you know the place, take us there."
Edison shook his head: "Gasline cars won't work. Only electricity is the best solution."
Edison's laboratory now has fourteen or five experts in physics, engineering, electricity, and mechanics. Most of the inventions are actually made by them.
There was a knock on the door, and Edison stood up, "Have the battery materials I ordered arrived so soon?"
"Li Yu?" Edison asked in confusion, "Which Li Yu?"
What’s even more interesting is that after Porsche built an electric car, it found that it was very fast and easily exceeded 60km/h, but the battery life problem was extremely difficult.
——With the current anti-shake level of cameras, it still needs to be shot in motion, which makes people’s scalp numb just thinking about it.
Opening the door, there was a man in a suit and leather shoes, "Excuse me, is this Mr. Li Yu's laboratory?"
Afterwards, Tesla even said personally: "The method used by Edison was very inefficient, and he often did things with twice the result with half the effort. Overall, I am a very unfortunate witness. If he knew some basic theories and calculation methods,
It saves 90% of the effort. He ignores elementary education and mathematical knowledge and completely trusts the inventor's intuition and American feeling based on experience."
Li Yu said: "I'm afraid charging and discharging are still not convenient and safe enough, and according to mathematical models, the cruising range of electric vehicles will not be greatly improved simply because of the increase in battery size."
Bote really felt very embarrassed, but the boss had spoken, what else could be done.
Anyway, according to the current technical level, dry batteries are not popular yet, and the battery pack is extremely heavy.
Prince's film patents disappeared with him.
Bout said: "Sir, he was in the cement factory at the time. It's normal that he doesn't know."
He described his idea to invent a "machine for seeing with the eyes, not unlike the gramophone with the ears" that would record and replay moving objects, which he called a "kinetoscope."
Just as the mystery of Prince's disappearance cannot be solved, the truth behind the death of his eldest son has not been revealed.
Edwin Bout, who was in charge of photography and projection at the Edison Laboratory, was also in the office.
Haier said: "Yes, we want to award the membership to Li Yu, but he has been away from Washington recently. It took a lot of effort to find him."
"Anyway, I have developed a new alkaline battery that uses sodium hydroxide solution to replace the sulfuric acid in the previous lead-acid battery. The safety and energy storage are much better." Edison said proudly, "I heard that the Germans
We have already made an electric car that is much faster than a gasoline car, but the lead-acid battery used is too heavy. If it is replaced with my alkaline battery, it will definitely have better results."
Edison said: "Quite young."
Edison on the side said at this time: "Are you Li Yu?"
Whether it is now or a hundred years from now, the battery is the most critical indicator that determines the quality of an electric vehicle.
Li Yu was also not easy to argue with, because Tesla had many quarrels with Edison over these mathematical contents.
"No," Li Yu said, "What you see is already a finished product. I just supply parts to other car manufacturers. It seems that all they make are gasoline cars."
Edison was surprised and said: "Does he really have a laboratory on Fifth Avenue?"
But Edison obviously still recognized his own model more. After all, at least his life was much more successful than Tesla's.
"Astronomical Society?" Edison said, "Is that what you want?"
"But, sir..."
Unexpectedly, Porsche originally built electric cars.
At least you have to have respect. Li Yu smiled and said, "It's even more rare to have such an achievement as you."
Originally, a man named Prince had already shot and screened a film, but just as he was preparing to exhibit it publicly, he mysteriously disappeared on a train.
"It's the Li Yu who discovered Pluto and extragalactic galaxies in the newspaper." said the person outside the door.
The current war between Edison and Tesla has ended with the victory of alternating current, but the "gasoline war" in the automotive industry has not yet decided the winner.
Haier quickly introduced Li Yu: "This is Mr. Edison. Have you never met him?"
In the years after Prince's disappearance, his widow and eldest son appeared as witnesses in one of Edison's lawsuits. They appeared in court apparently on the opposite side of Edison to prove that Edison's patent was not original. And they speculated that Edison's patent was not original.
Edison may have had something to do with Prince's disappearance.
"Dong dong dong!"
Because as early as October 17, 1888, Edison also filed an application with the U.S. Patent Office.
Edison is clearly on the streetcar side at the moment.
Li Yu said: "No matter what energy source, it is inseparable from the transmission system. If they make electric vehicles, they can also use my solution."
"It looks decent," Edison looked at the building.
Some people linked his disappearance to Edison, his biggest competitor at the time. Prince took all the information about the camera on a train to the United States to apply for a patent again.
Prince's eldest son still tried to let the world know about his father's great invention. But in 1890, he was found dead in a woods.
So Bout could only listen to Edison, and he replied: "I think the first half cannot be modified, otherwise we will have to start all over again. The loss of manpower, material resources and time will be too great, and it does not seem to be in line with the commercial value you mentioned.
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Edison interrupted Bout: "Just do as I say, there will always be difficulties. The thousands of electric light experiments were even more difficult than this."
"Mr. Edison, you may not pay attention to the current cutting-edge physics, mathematics and astronomy. Mr. Li Yu is now an unparalleled presence in these fields. This time we have granted him the highest-level membership, which you can use to borrow
Major observatories in the United States, for such a high honor, you must meet him in person." Haier praised.
Edison thought for a moment, "I'll go over and have a look, and there's a laboratory next to me, and I didn't even know it."
"As for what? To grant a membership to a person, you still have to come here in person." Edison said.
Edison's "idea" is indeed very good, but how to implement it is obviously more important, otherwise it will be empty talk.
I don’t know if this sentence reminded him of Tesla.
Li Yu opened the door. Haier had seen him before. He took off his hat and saluted: "Mr. Li Yu, I finally found you. On behalf of the American Astronomical Society, I will grant you the status of a full member."
"Wait a minute," said Baote in the room, "Li Yu, the laboratory you are talking about seems to be a three-story building four or five hundred meters north of the door."
The outline of the story of this movie is that four robbers rob a train, then donate money and escape, and are later chased by the police.
The movie they are planning to shoot is called "The Great Train Robbery". If there are box office statistics now, it will definitely be the first movie to top the box office in the United States, and it has lasted for nearly ten years.
There is indeed someone in Europe who is developing electric cars now, and it is also a big celebrity - Ferdinand Porsche.
"It's him," Edison said. "You made the wrong mistake. This is not the place. Although I took down the billboard, you don't even know that this is the Edison Company, right?"
Edison walked into Li Yu's laboratory and saw the machines, four-wheel drive system components, and the electronic ignition system.
Li Yu was surprised and said: "It's you! I'm disrespectful."
"Edison? It turns out to be you! It's such an honor to meet you. I didn't expect to meet you here! My name is Haier, from the American Astronomical Society." Haier said.
Li Yu smiled and said: "It is better to obey orders than to be respectful."
But Tesla, the theoretical inventor who was kicked out of the team and had scientific and theoretical literacy, owned more than 700 patents. In an instant, he was divided between the two schools of diligent practice and hard work on inventions and scientific theory-guided invention experiments.
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The battery uses direct current, of course, which is Edison's specialty.
Edison really couldn't understand advanced mathematical content, but at least he had read the report in the newspaper, "So that's it," and then said to himself, "It's a pity that he doesn't know how to invent, otherwise he would call my laboratory and
He must be a good player."
"There are also motors." Edison saw the electric starter of the electronic ignition system, so he asked, "Do you want to make an electric car?"
Edison said: "This is an excellent idea. If it can be photographed, it will definitely sell well."
Li Yu took the certificate and actually framed it in a box. It was quite ceremonial and said, "Mr. Lao Haier, I asked you to come all the way here."
However, the lawsuit failed due to insufficient evidence.
If placed in later generations, this sentence may still be a little flawed, because the electronic control system is also critical, but for now, the battery is indeed the most critical factor.
In the end, he and his luggage disappeared together. It can be seen that the murderer's purpose may indeed be to need his information, or it may just be to clear the obstacles in the patent application.
"Yes," said Bout, "I seemed to have seen it some time ago."
Li Yu's laboratory was indeed not far from the Edison Company, and the three of them arrived there quickly.
"Are these...for cars?" Edison asked.
"Of course we won't change it from scratch," Edison said. "The previous parts are just foreshadowing. What we have to do is set up a climax at the end."
Edison is now the most famous inventor in the United States.
"I think there is still a lot of room for change in this script," Edison said.
"I hate hearing about mathematical models," Edison said. "Everything must be verified by real experiments."
Haier said: "I'm really sorry, Mr. Edison, for disturbing you. I'll take my leave now."
Li Yu said: "Yes, sir, you have good eyesight."
Yes, he is the founder of Porsche.
Fortunately, Bout also had high hopes for this movie, so he had to scratch his head to figure out how to shoot the difficult gun battle.
Judging from the timing, his application was made only three days after Prince screened the film for the first time.
Bout volunteered and knocked on the door.
Bout said: "I think it's good, but it's just too difficult for photography."
Bout said: "But we have already started filming, and changes now may delay the process."
It turns out that's what he thought.
Edison continued: "We have to shoot a wonderful prairie shootout at the end, which is in line with our 'western' positioning."
Edison added: "I've heard of you. It's rare to have such great achievements in theoretical research."
Edison and his team, who lacked sufficient scientific spirit and led by diligent practice, owned more than 1,000 patents.
In short, since Edison lost the DC War, his main focus has been shifted. On the one hand, he opened a cement factory to make money and made movies; on the other hand, as an "inventor", he is currently working on batteries.
Li Yu also knows that the current level of batteries is a big threshold for human technology. The direction of subsequent research and development is almost always towards materials, looking for suitable battery materials, anode materials, cathode materials and energy storage units. As for improving batteries
Structure, that comes later.
It is impossible for such a busy person to really calm down and be a pure inventor.
Edison shook his head: "We must change it. If we want to cause a sensation, we must show enough drama. Nowadays, people are very discerning. If you invest so much money but don't get the return you deserve, it will be even worse in business."
It’s a big loss, so you have to do your best.”
"It's all right," Haier said. "The president has said that you must come to Washington in person in the future. We will hold a seminar for you, and then most astronomers in the United States will come to listen.
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Bout's status at this time was equivalent to that of a later director, while Edison was a producer.
So... then Porsche suddenly changed its mind and created the world's first hybrid car in 1900...
He installed a gasoline generator in the car, which outputs electricity to drive the wheel hub motor to make the vehicle run. The excess electricity can even flow into the battery pack and be stored.
However, this car is still very heavy. The battery alone is as high as 1.8 tons, and the entire vehicle weighs more than 4 tons, making it look like a small tank.
But even if they are so bulky, current fuel vehicles do not have any outstanding advantages in comparison, so the electric vehicle group is not weak at all.