1855 United States Tycoon

Chapter 511, Annie’s Diary (6)

The conversation between Edmundo and Greystone lasted very short, only a few minutes. The whole process is actually like this:

Greystone raised his head from behind the desk, glanced at them, and then asked, “Are they Mr. Edmundo and Willa Miss?”

“Yes, yes.” Edmundo replied, arching his waist, “I am Edmundo.” He came to Vera again and said, “This is Vera… Vera, please Say hello to Mr. MacDonald.”

“Hello, Mr. MacDonald,” Vera said, lowering her head.

“Hello. Please sit down, and what do you want? Coffee or tea?” Grey Stone responded politely. However, to be honest, this kind of politeness does not mean respect for the other party or anything else. It is just because of the education that Grey Stone has always received, so it appears to be both polite and a subtle distance. feel.

“Thank you, let’s do whatever you want.” Edmundo said gratefully, putting half of his ass on the sofa.

“Then black tea, Durban, you go and pour two cups of black tea for Mr. Edmundo and Willa Miss… Mr. Edmundo, you should know the purpose of my calling for you.” Grey Stone Said, “We have a brand-new sound film technology in our hands. We need to use this technology to cultivate a new, huge, and much larger market than Broadway singing and dancing. I watched your performances and I found it very interesting. . Maybe we can work together.”

“Then… Mr. MacDonald… I mean, we are just a small theater company… What is your use for us, just let us order… But we don’t know if we can…” Edmund Duo actually thought a lot before seeing Grey Stone, but at this time he was completely speechless.

“Ah, Mr. Edmundo. Since we have found you, of course, we have confidence in you.” Greystone said with a smile, “Of course it is also a problem that you don’t understand us. I have a memorandum of cooperation here. Let’s take a look. If you’re interested, I’ll arrange for you to visit the large laboratory to learn about the related things of sound movies.”

At this time, Greystone’s fellow Durban had placed two cups of black tea on the coffee table beside them, and handed the document Greystone said to Edmundo.

Edmundo looked at the file, and honestly, he didn’t understand it too much. Because these provisions are too complicated.

“Mr. Edmundo, what do you think?” Greystone asked. “If there is anything you don’t understand, I can ask Durban to explain it to you later. You can also bring up any different opinions.”

“Ah, there is no problem at all. Just follow this, Mr. MacDonald.” Although he did not fully understand it, Edmundo understood that he had to seize the opportunity anyway. What’s more, the provisions above do not seem to be very harsh. Besides, even if the conditions are harsher, even if Greystone took out a sulphur-flavored sheepskin roll with the word “purchasing souls” written on it, Edmundo would also bet that those who are willing to sign on it will never No less than the number of people on Longkong Mountain who were willing to use 100 soft sister coins to sell their souls to the master of the murder of the wife. It is estimated that the number of people going around the whole New York is definitely more than that. So, under such circumstances, how dare Edmundo raise any objections? Indeed, it is an advantage that Vera looks like Annie, but there are many girls who look like Annie, and they look like sardines in the sea, which is definitely not particularly rare. Three-legged toads are hard to find, but two-legged people are all over the street.

“So… very good.” Graystone said, “Mr. Edmundo, then I suggest you go to Cleveland immediately to see the technology related to sound movies. Well, my father happens to be there too. , He may have some ideas and needs to talk to you. Do you have any other arrangements recently?”

“No, Mr. MacDonald. I can leave at any time.” Edmundo stood up and said, America’s legend, the old Mr. MacDonald is waiting for him, how can he delay even a little bit of time? You know, old Mr. Macdonald’s time is more valuable than his time.

“Well, Durban, what time is the last train to Cleveland?” Greystone asked, leaning back on the back of his chair, obviously he was going to end the conversation.

“Young Master, the nearest train is at one o’clock in the afternoon. If it leaves immediately, it will still be in time.” Durban replied.

“Ah, so. But Mr. Edmundo hasn’t eaten yet?” said Greystone.

“Mr. MacDonald, it’s not a problem.” Edmundo quickly stood up and said, “In our line, it’s common to get busy without eating.”

“That’s good.” Greystone looked at his watch and said, “Durban, you go to arrange a car for them, and get to the station as soon as possible. Oh, you have to take them back first to get their luggage… …Well, let the kitchen prepare something for Vera Miss to eat.”

“Okay, Young Master.” Durban replied, and then he turned to Edmundo and Vera and said to them, “You two, please follow me.”

When the two followed Durban out of the office, another servant greeted him.

“Crouch, you take them to the porter and wait.” Durban said to the servant.

“Okay, Mr. Durban.” The servant quickly replied.

“Mr. Edmundo, Willa Miss. You go to the concierge and wait for a while, and there will be a car to take you to the train station soon.” Durban turned his head and said to Edmundo.

“Thank you so much, Mr. Durban.” Edmundo said gratefully.

…

In this way, I waited for more than two hours in the porter of Duck Castle, and then talked to Grey Stone for less than five minutes, then boarded the train to Cleveland and ran until the sun set in the evening before arriving. Cleveland. Of course, it must have been impossible to visit a large laboratory at this time. So the two had to find a place to live first and wait for the next day.

The two got up early the next morning, had breakfast early and waited eagerly in the hotel to pick them up to the Cleveland University laboratory. Last night, McDonald’s people left them in the most luxurious hotel in Cleveland without paying them for the room. Of course, this is normal, and the guests of Macdonald’s family still can’t afford to pay this small amount of money? And Edmundo can really afford it, but the price is a bit too expensive, so that Edmundo distressed so much that he didn’t fall asleep all night. Early the next morning, there was a big dark circle on top. Vera, who slept in the other room, slept like a piggy. In the morning Edmundo knocked on the door for a long time before waking her up.

At about eight in the morning, a car came to the front of the hotel and picked up Edmundo and Vera. What happened after that is described in Edmundo’s memoirs.

“The car dragged us along the asphalt road for almost an hour, leaving Cleveland as far away as possible, and ran to Lake Erie. Then a large building appeared in front of us. I know this is the famous University of Cleveland. It avoids the hustle and bustle of the city far and is independent.

After the car drove into the university district, it turned a few turns and stopped next to a house that looked like a factory building, which was not too noticeable. Vera and I got out of the car, and Mr. Shelton, who was with us, told us that this is the Electrical Laboratory of the University of Cleveland, which is famous in United States. Many great discoveries and inventions that have changed human history came from here. However, he was not included in the invitation, so he was not qualified to visit with us.

There are a lot of business secrets in the electrical laboratory, so, out of confidentiality considerations, the control of personnel entering and exiting is quite strict. It is said that the entire laboratory is divided into green zone, yellow zone, orange zone and red zone according to the level of confidentiality and the degree of risk of the experiment. The area we can enter is of course limited to the green zone. In this area, all you can access are basically mature and patented technologies that are about to be put on the market. And what is in the back area, this is not what I can know. In fact, although I have been here several times later, I haven’t seen anything strange except for movie-related things.

Entering the gate, a young man named Spencer welcomed us. He served as our guide and led us into a large room, where I met the famous and talented scientist Mr. Nikola Tesla .

Mr. Tesla is very cold to people and talks very little. Obviously he already knew what I was coming from. Before I could speak, he said to me:’You are the one who is going to make a sound film…’ His voice stopped suddenly and he turned his eyes to look. Another person who looks older and wears a researcher’s costume, obviously, he doesn’t know my name.

The researcher smiled and reminded him: ‘It’s Mr. Edmundo and Willa Miss. ’

Maybe it was because I was worried that I would misunderstand that Mr. Tesla is a very arrogant person. Therefore, the old researcher smiled to me again and said: “Nicolas’s mind is focused on those scientific research problems. He can’t remember other people’s thoughts. The name is the norm. I have worked with him for many years, but sometimes he suddenly forgot my name. ’

‘Mr. MacDonald, I only forgot your name once, and after being filled with a whole bottle of wine. Moreover, in less than five minutes I remembered it again, but you still remember it. “Mr. Tesla said to the old man. Knowing this time, I realized that the old man standing in front of me who looked like a researcher under Mr. Tesla turned out to be Mr. Scrooge McDonald, the richest tycoon in United States. ”