Chapter 784 Venture Capital (First update, please subscribe)
What does a loser look like?
Maybe it's because of my own horrible appearance!
Now Edison felt like a typical loser.
He has been in Daming for a long time. As a technician in the research center of the telegraph and telephone company, he earns a lot of money, but he still feels that he is a loser.
Why is this happening?
Since coming to Ming Dynasty, Edison found that he had been living in the shadow.
Here he saw too many inventions, which again and again brought unprecedented impact to Edison.
In the face of those inventions, Edison felt deeply powerless!
He is very depressed!
Because he saw a fact - in the Ming Dynasty, he might even be worthless. Even if he had any good ideas, before he could put them into action or before he could succeed, the research centers and laboratories in the Ming Dynasty had already turned those ideas into products.
"It's time to leave this place!"
Edison seemed a little depressed, and that was why he came to the restaurant alone and drank in a depressed mood.
He had been hit hard in recent times and even doubted his life and whether he was a competent inventor. Although he had already come to the conclusion that he was an inventor, an inventor could never beat those laboratories in the Ming Dynasty in the race of invention. It was not that he could not win, but that he had far fewer opportunities for trial and error than them.
"I have to go back to the United States, and then..."
Just when Edison made up his mind to return to the United States, when he saw the person sitting at the next table, his eyes suddenly widened. He was... Morgan!
How did Morgan get here?
Edison was no stranger to Morgan. He had even met him once before, but it was only from a distance. They had not had any dealings before, but this did not prevent him from taking the initiative to step forward and introduce himself.
"Mr. Morgan, I'm Thomas Alva Edison. We've met before in New York. I'm an inventor and currently working at the laboratory at the Research Center of the Ming Telegraph and Telephone Company."
While actively introducing himself, Edison was guessing why they came here. Why did they come here?
Is there any financial cooperation with Ming Dynasty?
This is obviously unlikely. As far as Edison knows, the banking industry in the Ming Dynasty is very developed. There are banks in the Ming Dynasty in the United States, Britain, France and other places. There is more competition between Morgan and them.
"Please take a seat, Mr. Edison."
Morgan laughed.
"You work here? Then you must know this place very well. You must introduce it to me. It's really magical here!"
"magic,"
Edison nodded.
"How can it not be magical? How does it feel to be here, sir? Is it just magical?"
Without waiting for Morgan to answer, Edison spoke like a salesman.
"It's not just magical, sir. You can think so, but you should also find that this is the future, the real future!"
Pointing at the light bulb above his head, Edison continued.
"Look at the electric light. There have been electric lights in the United States for a long time. What did the electric light eliminate? Whale oil. Even cheap kerosene is only used in remote areas. In cities like New York and Philadelphia, everyone uses electric lights because they are cheaper and brighter. This is the future. You either accept it or be eliminated by history, sir!"
Taking a deep breath, Edison looked Morgan straight in the eyes and spoke.
"This is true for every one of us. If we cannot correctly understand the changes in the world, we will all be eliminated!"
Edison has always been a qualified businessman, and a qualified businessman must first be able to convince others. He just followed Morgan's casual remark and took the initiative in the conversation.
"You are quite right, Mr. Edison."
Nodding slightly, Morgan looked at Edison curiously, then spoke.
"So how can we ensure that we will not be eliminated in this rapidly changing world?"
Although Morgan took the initiative to speak, Edison did not get into the topic directly. Instead, he pointed out the window and said,
"Mr. Morgan, don't you think everything here is magical during the few days you have been here? Electric lights, telephones, tall buildings, cars, trams, almost everything you can imagine can be seen here. So have you ever been curious about these..."
Turning his head to look at Morgan, meeting his gaze, Edison asked back.
"Where did all this come from? Did they appear out of thin air?"
"How is this possible?"
Morgan said, shaking his head.
"Isn't all this the work of you inventors?"
Morgan had great respect for inventors like Edison. What did he respect? Of course, the wealth created by the invention. Although he was a banker, he knew very well what was most important.
Technology and inventions!
This is the real source of wealth. What is the role of bankers? They just chase new technologies and inventions to get returns. Bankers are people who make money with money. What is the greatness of inventors? They can "fabricate out of thin air" and "create something out of nothing". They use real wisdom to create wealth!
“Not these, but a lot!”
Edison stated his purpose directly.
"Where I work, there are hundreds of inventors like me working there. They work day and night, creating new inventions every day, and this is wealth! The wealth they create is immeasurable. Mr. Morgan, if we don't want to be eliminated by history, we must build a laboratory!"
"Build a laboratory?"
Although Morgan did not mention "we", he had guessed what Edison was thinking.
"Yes, a laboratory that gathers the smartest minds in the United States, Mr. Morgan, now is your chance! You have the opportunity to create this laboratory."
Whose chance is it?
Isn't this your chance too?
Faced with Edison's proposal, Morgan thought for a while and then said.
"Mr. Edison, do you know how to generate electricity?"
Generate electricity?
If it were in another world, Edison would definitely understand, after all, electric lights, power generation, and even urban power grids were all invented by him, or rather, invented by his laboratory. But now he only has a slight understanding of it.
"Of course, I have been studying electricity since I came to Daming."
Of course Edison would not say that he did not understand. Telephone… well, there is also a word “electricity” in it! This is definitely not a lie!
"That's great. You have a chance now. I will import a batch of power generation equipment from Ming Dynasty to build the first hydroelectric power station in the United States. If you can allow me to circumvent Ming Dynasty's patent and produce generators in the United States, I can invest in your laboratory!"
As a successful businessman, Morgan would never agree directly just because of Edison's words. Of course, he also believed that anyone who could be hired by Ming Dynasty must have something they are good at, so he decided to give this guy a chance.
Of course, another reason is that Morgan hopes to always have his own power generation equipment. Although the Ming Dynasty agreed to export hydropower station equipment to him and help him design hydropower stations, their equipment is indeed expensive because the patent is unique to the Ming Dynasty.
So in the past few days, he has been thinking about how to solve this problem. After all, for Morgan, who aspires to monopolize the US power generation market, simply relying on imported equipment cannot satisfy his ambition.
Now that Edison had appeared, he saw an opportunity. Whether he could seize this opportunity depended on whether Edison himself had the ability to do so.
Morgan's answer made Edison smile.
"Mr. Morgan, I believe you will not regret your decision today."
(End of this chapter)
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