Opening game, American Tycoon

Chapter 784 Venture Capital (First update, please subscribe)
What does a loser look like?
Maybe it's his ghostly look!
Now Edison felt that he was a standard loser.

He has been in Daming for a long time. As a technician in the research center of the Telegraph and Telephone Company, his income is very high, but he still feels that he is a failure at all.

Why is this happening?

Since coming to Daming, Edison has found that he has been living in the shadows.

Here he saw too many inventions, which again and again gave Edison unprecedented impact.

In the face of those inventions, what Edison felt was a deep powerlessness!

He is very depressed!

Because he saw a fact - in Daming, he may even be worthless, even if he has some good ideas, before he puts it into action, or before he succeeds, those researches of Daming Centers and laboratories have turned those ideas into products.

"It's time to get out of this place!"

Edison's mood seemed a bit dull, and it was for this reason that he came to the restaurant alone and drank wine in a sullen mood.

He has been hit hard in the recent period, and he even doubts his life, doubts whether he is a competent inventor, although he has long come to the conclusion that he is an inventor, but an inventor is inventing the game. On the road, those who definitely can't win against those laboratories of Daming, it's not that they can't win, but the chances of trial and error are far less than theirs.

"I have to go back to the United States, and then..."

Just when Edison made up his mind to return to the United States, his eyes suddenly widened when he saw the person sitting at the next table. He was...Morgan!
How did Morgan get here?
Edison was no stranger to Morgan, and he even met once, just from a distance. They hadn't had much contact before, but this did not prevent him from taking the initiative to introduce himself.

"Mr. Morgan, I am Thomas Alva Edison. We met once in New York. I am an inventor and I am currently working in the research center laboratory of the Ming Telegraph and Telephone Company."

While proactively introducing himself, Edison wondered why they came here. Why did they come here?
Is there a financial cooperation with Daming?

This is obviously impossible. As far as Edison knew, the banking industry of Ming Dynasty was very developed. There were banks of Ming Dynasty in the United States, Britain, France and other places. There was more competition between Morgan and them.

"Sit down, Mr. Edison."

Morgan laughed.

"You work here? Then you must know this place very well. You must introduce it to me well. It's really amazing here!"

"magic,"

Edison nodded.

"How can it not be miraculous? How would you feel being here, sir? Just miraculous?"

Without waiting for Morgan to answer, Edison spoke like a salesman.

"It's not just magical, sir, you can think so, but you should find that this is the future, the real future!"

Pointing to the electric light overhead, Edison continued.

"Look at the electric lights. There have been electric lights in the United States for a long time. What have the electric lights eliminated? Whale oil and even cheap kerosene are only used in remote places. In New York, Philadelphia and other places, between cities In China, everyone uses electric light because it is cheaper and brighter, this is the future, you either accept it or be eliminated by history, sir!"

Taking a deep breath, Edison looked directly into Morgan's eyes and said.

"Every one of us is like this. If we can't correctly understand the changes in the world, then we will all be eliminated!"

Edison has always been a qualified businessman, and a qualified businessman must first be able to persuade others. He just followed Morgan's casual remarks and took the initiative in the conversation.

"You are quite right, Mr. Edison."

Nodding slightly, Morgan looked at Edison curiously, and then said.

"So you say, 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 directly enter the topic, but pointed out the window and said,

"Mr. Morgan, during the few days you have been here, don't you think that everything here is magical? Electric lights, telephones, high-rise buildings, cars, trams, almost everything you can imagine can be seen here, So have you ever wondered, 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 shook his head and said.

"Isn't it all from the hands of inventors like you?"

For inventors like Edison, Morgan has great respect. What does he respect?Of course it is the wealth created by invention, maybe he is a banker, but he knows very well what is the most important.

Technology and Invention!

This is the real source of wealth, but what is the role of the banker?That is, chasing new technologies, and new inventions only get rewards from them. Bankers are people who use money to make money, but what is the greatness of an inventor?They can "fabricate out of thin air" and "create something out of nothing". They use real wisdom to create wealth!
"Not these, but many!"

Edison singled out his purpose directly.

"Where I work, there are hundreds of inventors like me working there. They work day and night and create new inventions every day. This is wealth! The wealth they create is immeasurable. Yes, Mr. Morgan, if we don’t want to be eliminated by history, we must build a laboratory—a laboratory!”

"Build a laboratory?"

Although Morgan didn't mention "we," he already guessed what Edison was thinking.

"Yes, a laboratory with the brightest brains in the United States, Mr. Morgan, now is your chance! You have the opportunity to create this laboratory."

Whose chance is it?

Isn't it your chance too?

Facing Edison's proposal, Morgan thought for a while, then said.

"Mr. Edison, do you know how to generate electricity?"

Power generation?

If it was in another world, Edison would definitely understand. After all, electric lights, power generation, and even urban power grids were all invented by him, or in his laboratory.But now he only knows a little bit about it.

"Of course, I have been studying electricity since I came to Daming."

Of course Edison wouldn't say he didn't understand, the phone... Well, there is also a word for electricity!This is definitely not cheating!
"That's good, you have a chance now, I will import a batch of power generation equipment from Daming to the United States to build the first hydropower station in the United States, if you can let me circumvent Daming's patents and produce generators in the United States, I can Invest in your lab!"

As a successful businessman, Morgan would definitely not agree directly just because of Edison's few words. Of course, he also believed that those who could be hired by Daming definitely had something they were 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 Daming agreed to export the hydropower station equipment to him and help him design the hydropower station, their equipment is indeed expensive, because the patent belongs to Daming alone. some.

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, just relying on imported equipment cannot satisfy his ambition.

Now Edison's appearance made him see an opportunity.Whether he can seize this opportunity depends on whether Edison himself has the ability.

Morgan's answer made Edison laugh.

"Mr. Morgan, I believe you will not regret today's decision."

(End of this chapter)