America 1881: They Call Me Legend

On the night of the opening ceremony of the Expo, almost everyone was shocked by the 10,000+ incandescent lamps in the Expo.

In front of the booth of Roswell Electric Company, a sign was simply hung:

Every light you see here is powered by one of our generators.

Interested customers were taken by horse-drawn carriage to the north and south generator sets for a visit.

The rumbling sound of machines in the workshop interprets the beauty of the industrial age.

There was an endless stream of people coming and going, and Kou Yongsheng and others also turned into product managers, introducing and promoting the products of Roswell Electric Company to customers.

The two generator workshops became the company's other two new exhibition sites for a while, which was very lively.

Chen Jianqiu is a bit busy this evening.

In addition to the booth at the Electrical Pavilion, his Roswell Arms Company and Chemical Plant also appeared at the Expo.

Browning showed up with a newly developed automatic gun.

These guns attracted the attention of too many European customers.

In the words of one of them, the guns seemed to come from another world compared with the products of Winchester, Colt and Remington next door.

That's another level of stuff.

Not to mention fertilizer products.

Americans in the West in this era are still constantly looking for ways to conquer this land.

Perhaps Chen Jianqiu's chemical fertilizers are not surprising or technically breakthrough, but compared to those products in Europe, they can be regarded as high quality and cheap.

Minister of Agriculture James Wilson who came to visit was even more ecstatic.

No one understands what fertilizer means to America better than he does.

"Mr. Chen, you really did something very meaningful." The elder didn't seem to care about Chen Jianqiu's Chinese identity at all.

As a former farmer, he seemed more approachable than any politician.

He squatted on the ground, rolled up his sleeves, and grabbed a handful of potash powder with his hands.

Chen Jianqiu squatted beside him, quietly listening to the minister's speech.

"Agriculture is one of the most important foundations of this country. No matter how advanced the technology is, we have to fill our stomachs." Wilson stared at the fertilizers with deep eyes.

"Without farmers, the Westward Movement could not have succeeded."

"Our agriculture used to depend on the harvest of the sky or the harvest of the land, or we had to ask the Europeans for fertilizers, but if one day they choke our necks, we have no choice."

"Fortunately, your efforts have changed everything!"

Chen Jianqiu touched his nose.

He didn't think about so many lofty things, and the future of America was basically none of his business.

At this point in time, America's takeoff is already unstoppable.

His original intention was only to solve the problem of the Chinese people farming here, and then make some money.

After receiving the distinguished guests, Chen Jianqiu hurried back to the electrical hall without stopping.

Tesla has changed clothes and appeared at the booth.

He looked a little tired, but looking at the electric lights all over the ceiling, his eyes shone with excitement.

All of this was his previous dream, and now, it has come true.

Alternating current is benefiting mankind.

"Well, I told you, we can make a name for ourselves." Chen Jianqiu walked to Tesla's side.

His gaze also looked at the electric light on the ceiling.

Tesla came back from his thoughts.

"You should have told me earlier that you have spare motors." He rolled his eyes at Chen Jianqiu, "Fixing those generators almost cost me half my life."

"Oh, don't you think you're quite capable?" Chen Jianqiu joked, "I thought you were [-]% sure."

The Serb raised his head with a calm expression:

"I didn't, but I know that this may be the only chance in my life, and we can't afford to lose."

"It's not that serious, it's not that serious. Winning or losing is a common thing in military affairs." Chen Jianqiu said with a smile, "Success is certainly precious, but you also have to learn to face failure. That is also a kind of life."

"After all, if you lose or lose, you will get used to it."

He didn't hold back his voice.

Because the opposite is the booth of General Motors.

Edison was standing there, looking gloomy.

Although Mr. Brown, who was interrogated, insisted that the vandalism was his own behavior, he was just jealous of Tesla's talent.

And waiting for him, will be the formal prosecution in the near future.

Mr. Edison was still frowning.

Because he knew that even if he could escape from prison this time, Morgan would not let him go.

When his company was merged into General Electric, that was Morgan's first warning to him. Now, he will face being out.

Now, he can only hope that the electric chair last time left people with the impression that alternating current is not safe.

"By the way, are things ready for tomorrow?" Chen Jianqiu suddenly remembered something, turned his head and said to Tesla.

"Are you sure you want to do it yourself?" Tesla hesitated, "Or I'll do it myself, after all"

"You're not sure?" Chen Jianqiu looked at Tesla with a smirk, "Are you afraid that I will be electrocuted to death and no one will pay you salary, patent fees and research funds?"

The Serb was at a loss for words.

The next day, a strange device appeared in the open space in the middle of the electrical building.

The installation consists of several columns.

The three surrounding pillars are relatively thin, and the one in the middle is very thick.

What they have in common is that they are full of coils.

The open space was fenced off and a sign was hung on it:
A mysterious miracle will come at one o'clock in the afternoon.

People are very curious about what this mysterious device is used for.

The news was spread to ten, ten to hundreds, and spread in the Expo.

As a result, before the performance started in the afternoon, the electrical hall was completely surrounded, and it was full of people inside and out.

The audience is eagerly looking forward to it.

The pointer of the bell tower of the Expo Park pointed to one o'clock in the afternoon accurately.

A polite Chinese man in a formal dress and a white bow tie appeared in the center of the electrical hall.

Wearing cork boots on his feet, he made his way through the crowd to the device.

Someone knows him.

Isn't this Chen Jianqiu, the boss of Roswell Electric Company?What is he going to do.

Chen Jianqiu came to the side of the device without saying a word.

He waved at Tesla who was standing by the booth not far away.

Tesla flipped the switch.

After a few seconds, people looked left and right, as if nothing happened.

Some impatient people began to question it, thinking that the Chinese boss was too grandstanding.

Suddenly, those few metal pillars began to emit filament-like electric light, and blue electric arcs appeared in the air, coquettish and dazzling, "crackling" in the air.

"It's lightning! My God! Look! It's lightning!" Some people have already started to exclaim.

Chen Jianqiu shuttled through the device, and the "lightning" around him seemed to have no effect on him.

His show continues.

The Chinese merchant touched one of the metal pillars with one hand.

"Oh! No! He's crazy!"

"Stop him quickly, he will die!"

The audience below exclaimed one after another, and some people had already covered their eyes and dared not look at it.

But a miracle happened.

Electricity flowed through Chen Jianqiu's skin, which made him look like a burning man.

Chen Jianqiu took out a light bulb from his pocket, and that light bulb lit up!
"My God, how did he do it? Can he generate electricity?"

"Did he hide a wire in his cuff?"

"I couldn't believe my eyes, nothing happened to him!"

"My God! Is he Thor?"

Chen Jianqiu is certainly not Thor.

The name of the device is called a Tesla coil, which can generate high-frequency and high-voltage current.

But the electric current itself is not large, and with the skin effect, Chen Jianqiu's body will not be harmed.

As for the so-called lightning, it is also a blindfold.

The real lightning is a powerful direct current, but the "lightning" here is a high-frequency and high-voltage alternating current, which is far from it.

But all of this is enough to bring some "little shocks" to the people at the scene.

Chen Jianqiu's "amazing performance" at the expo, under the rendering of the media, developed in two directions.

The first is that AC is not that dangerous.

The second is that the Chinese boss of the Roswell Electric Company is a "god", and some say he is a supernatural being.

More good people began to worship him.

Chen Jianqiu didn't bother to refute the rumors anymore.

People only want to believe what they want to believe, and many people don't care what the truth is.

Anyway, at the fair, he made a lot of money.

Whether it is electrical companies, arms or fertilizers, they have received a large number of orders.

As for whether he is a human being or a "god", it doesn't matter.