1855 United States Tycoon

Edison had a mansion in the wealthy neighborhood of Cleveland. At least, Edison himself thought so. Although in terms of luxury, this villa is far from Scrooge's Duck Castle, but by Edison's standards, this villa is already very luxurious.

"Jerico, how is my house?" Edison said to his friend Jericho in a bragging tone.

"Ah, it's not bad. I didn't expect that the naughty guy who did bad things with me when I was young has become a legend in America." Jericho sat down on the sofa in Edison's small living room and looked around the living room. The furnishings, say to Edison.

"Would you like something to drink?" Edison pointed to the own wine cabinet and said to Jericho. To be able to show off in front of your friends is also a kind of homecoming.

"Whatever." Jericho said.

Edison drew a bottle of red wine from the wine cabinet, pulled out the cork, and poured a half glass for himself and Jericho.

Jericho took the glass, shook the glass gently with a skilful movement, and took a sip.

"Yes, authentic Lafite." Jericho said.

"Yes, Jericho. It seems that you have had a very good life recently." Edison said. Being able to taste this wine in one bite shows that Jericho is absolutely familiar with this wine and can often drink Lafite wines. In the United States of that era, Lafite wine was definitely a luxury that only a few people could often taste. Even Edison, if it weren't for the feeling of returning home in front of children, he would generally be reluctant to drink this kind of wine.

Finding that his childhood playmates are doing well now, Edison is happy for him on the one hand, but on the other hand, he is also a little unhappy because of the disillusionment of his superiority. Edison originally thought that his playmates when he was a child hadn't read many books as common as him. Apart from him, everyone else should be working hard. But now it seems that at least Jericho is not like that.

"We haven't seen each other for quite a few years, right?" Edison also sat down, "Where are you now?"

"It's not as good as you, I'm carrying a purse for the boss in a bank on Wall Street." Jericho replied.

The so-called purse refers to working as a secretary for the boss. This level of work does not seem high, but it is extremely important. Because doing this kind of work means that you have a lot of opportunities to hang out in front of your boss, and the boss can easily see what you have done. Moreover, you are close to your boss, and the secretary must also know many things that have certain secrets. And this kind of knowing is determined by the characteristics of the job, not the kind of "you know too much", so I don't worry about being killed by the boss. Because the boss’s next secretary still needs to know so much. In addition, the secretary often deals with the boss, and naturally there are many opportunities to influence the boss's decision-making. In this way, although the position of the secretary is not high, but the influence is very large.

Not only is it close to the boss, but also participates in a lot of secrets. Of course, such a person must be and must be the boss's confidant. In the future, the chance of getting Ascension alone will definitely be much higher than that of others. In fact, not only the boss’ secretary, but other secretaries are the same. For example, He Shen, a famous corrupt official in China's history, started his career by working as a secretary for the Emperor Qianlong, who loves cultural relics the most.

"That's not bad, which bank is it? If I knew you wanted this relationship, I would deposit my money in your bank." Edison said half-truth, "You want to give me the best deal Interest rate."

"I'm at JPMorgan Bank. If you are willing to deposit the funds in JPMorgan Bank, it will help me a lot. I will definitely be able to get you the most favorable terms." Jericho replied seriously.

"Morgan Bank? Are you following Mr. Morgan? Then you are really promising!" At this moment, Edison was really surprised. Being a follower of Morgan's bag, this is definitely a career with both prospects and money.

"That can't be compared to you." Jericho said, "You are a great inventor of the United States. Just the technology shares you hold in your hand should be enough to make you a millionaire, right? As far as I know, Mr. Martin, who invented open-hearth steelmaking, is already a millionaire by relying solely on the technology shares in open-hearth steelmaking. You invented the electric light, invented the telephone, invented the phonograph, and invented the vacuum tube. , None of these things are inferior to open-hearth steelmaking, my brother, don’t you already be a multi-millionaire?"

Hearing this, Edison's face changed slightly. Because his situation is completely different from Martin. The open-hearth steelmaking technology was first independently studied by Martin for a long time. It was only when he was close to success that the McDonald consortium provided him with investment. Therefore, in the cooperation between Martin and the McDonald consortium, Martin has always been a joint venturer. Therefore, as the open-hearth steelmaking continues to bring huge profits to the McDonald consortium, Martin himself also depends on this share to get a lot of money. A sum of money.

But Edison’s situation was completely different. Before he was discovered by Scrooge, Edison was just a small employee who had failed to develop. After that, he was only a senior employee in the McDonald Consortium. That's it. Moreover, what’s more terrible is that, although in publicity, the company gave itself the main honor to cater to the hero’s need for heroes, but the patent rights for those inventions are completely thorough. They all belong to the company and have nothing to do with Edison. Even the most critical ideas were actually brought up by the company’s big boss Scrooge. Edison was just a senior technology person responsible for turning the boss’s genius design into an industrial design. I really want to say. No matter what patent rights or something, Edison's turn is not. Of course, even if Edison had a high IQ, he would never have thought that most of the whimsical ideas that his boss Scrooge admired were actually plagiarized from his designs in another time and space.As a senior technology personnel, Edison, one of the heads of the research project, can be said to have a fairly high salary, but compared to Martin who really owns the technology shares brought by his own patent rights, Edison is still a poor man.

"You have to say, there are already several million, even tens of millions of net worth. It is really rare for you to live so plainly." Jericho continued to say as if he hadn't noticed the change in Edison's face. This kind of words sounded harsh to Edison.

Unlike Maxwell, who was focused on science, Edison devoted his entire life and all his energy to the most Immortal cause of mankind-the kind of scientist close to Sage who struggled to reveal the truth of nature. Of course he also loves science, but he also loves the money that science and technology can bring with almost the same or even higher enthusiasm. In the original time and space, the biggest reason why Edison and the leader of science Tesla fell out was because of money. Even in order to combat Tesla, Edison exhausted various means, including some very despicable means, to oppose the obviously more technologically reasonable and more promising alternating current. With Edison's IQ, doesn't he know who he or Tesla is right on this issue? But Edison hated AC power to the point that he was a bit paranoid. why is that? It's simple, it's for money!

Unlike Maxwell, who spends his entire mind on scientific research, Edison still knows the world well. He thought about it for a moment, and then he understood Jericho's intentions. Maxwell never thought about the economic impact of Scrooge's coma. But Edison was different, he had already been thinking about this issue. He felt that if the big laboratory did not have Scrooge's leadership, at least in engineering, he would be the absolute boss. If Scrooge is okay, then his role can be replaced. But if Scrooge couldn't wake up, he immediately became irreplaceable. The price of a replaceable staff is absolutely different from that of an irreplaceable leader. Maybe I should talk to the people above, and they should understand this change. Maybe in the future, I can also get rich technology equity income.

Jericho is following Morgan now. Edison knew that the McDonald Venture Capital Bank had recently encountered some problems. There must be a gang of Wall Street bankers represented by Morgan. Now, Jericho came to the door suddenly and deliberately mentioned Martin. There is no doubt that this is deliberately provoking the contradiction between himself and the McDonald consortium. Most of them want to take the opportunity to dig the most precious treasure of the Macdonald Consortium-the corner of the Big Laboratory. However, although this behavior is not good for the McDonald consortium, it is very beneficial for Edison. With Morgan's invitation, Edison felt that it was too advantageous for him to bargain with the guys above.

"Jerico, you don't need to pretend. It was Mr. Morgan who asked you to dig the wall, right?" Now that he has figured out the problem, Edison decided not to talk to the old boy again. Now Morgan’s agent is trying to pretend to be clear. Going around in confusion.

"Yes, I don't have technology equity in my hand, because the patents for electric lights and everything are owned by Mr. MacDonald. I am just a senior technician." Edison continued, "In a large laboratory, I am not irreplaceable."

"Even when Mr. Scrooge McDonald is completely healthy, it is not easy to find a technology project leader like yours." Jericho said, "Mr. Forerunner, the patent monopoly business method is very envious. It is just that when Mr. Scrooge McDonald is healthy, anyone who walks this way like him will only have a dead end. But now, we judge, Scrooge The possibility of Mr. Macdonald waking up is very small. Therefore, we also intend to build a similar large laboratory in Yale or Harvard. We want to know if you are interested and where to become the director of technology. Mr. Morgan Let me tell you that if you want to, you can get about 20% of the equity in the results of any research project you lead in these laboratories. Thomas, are you interested in this?"

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