A Man of Science and Engineering in Troubled Times Wandering in the Late Qing Dynasty

Chapter 189 The Story Behind

The zipper wasn't anything complicated, and the design files came together pretty quickly.It just so happened that Li Yu also proved his research and development capabilities, and the money was in his own pocket without expropriating funds.

"Mr. Mark Twain, I think your breeches and vest can be saved, as long as this patent can be applied." Li Yu said.

Mark Twain was drinking coffee, and took a look at it, "How come you, like me, started designing clothes."

Li Yu said with a smile: "Just mess around, just come up with a whim."

Mark Twain looked at it carefully for a while, and asked the same question that many people later asked: "It won't be loosened casually, will it?"

Li Yu said: "Of course not. The convex and concave tooth structure in the picture guarantees connectivity."

Mark Twain joked: "Are you trying to compete with me for money to buy lingerie companies?"

Li Yu laughed and said, "How come! This structure can only be used on coats."

Mark Twain gave a thumbs up: "One inside and one outside, the two of us will contract."

White excitedly said: "Great! Sure enough, every time I see Tesla, it brings me surprises. This time, I met a top scientist again. Tonight's banquet hosted by Mr. Worden, I hope you will too." can go."

But he did not expect that more than 100 years later, although the Waldorf Astoria Hotel is still in the hands of the Hilton Group in the United States, the ownership has been bought by a Chinese company.

Many American celebrities have naturally stayed here, including Carnegie and Arctic explorer Frederick Cook.In addition, US President Hoover also has a permanent residence in this hotel.

In terms of the sense of ceremony, the Americans who inherited from England also understand it better. The hotel owner Astor built a 300-meter-long marble corridor called Peacock Street inside. Only after walking through it can he reach the Big Palm Restaurant.

Mark Twain was going to find Tesla with the patent, and Li Yu followed.

This is long-line fishing.

Li Yu really wanted to see how Tesla communicated with the investors behind him. Historically, since he fell into a financial crisis last year, it seems that he has not come out.

Now that the railway has been built, once Tesla’s project is successful, it will attract companies to build factories, and at the same time a large number of engineers, technicians, and workers will come. Once they come, they will have a demand for real estate, and he can pass Real estate projects make a fortune.

Tesla had heard about White, but White had already said such a thing, knowing that he couldn't persuade him, so he had to let him go.

And she has been chased by the media for a long time, no one has sympathy for her, they just want to know how Stanford White took the virginity of this rose in the first place, and even want her to tell the obscene details .

Tesla doesn't know how to make money, but his research does need capital investment. He vowed: "Don't worry, there will be no problems this time."

White said: "Mr. Worden will hold a dinner at the most luxurious Waldorf Astoria Hotel in New York. The main purpose is to promote the development of technology and the huge benefits it can bring. There will be many investment figures. If Mr. Astor, the owner of the hotel, will welcome you very much when he knows you can come."

What shocked Li Zhongtang the most was the high-rise buildings in New York. He himself said at the time: "Those high-rise buildings have 20 floors or even higher... Your country has built a lot. Although they are tall, they look very solid. I think even strong winds can’t break it. There is no such building in the Qing Dynasty. I think it is very difficult to build such a building in the Qing Dynasty. Even if it is built, the foundation is not strong, and it will collapse soon.”

After that, Evelyn joined Broadway and became a popular actress in New York.

Li Yu feels the same way, anyway, the hotel is on Fifth Avenue, very close, and the conditions are good, and now living in the laboratory can only eat bread.

Stanford White designed the Boston Public Library, the New York Herald Building, Old Madison Square Garden, the Washington Arch, and many other buildings and memorials.

Mr. Worden, a lawyer and real estate investor, had bought the land where the Wardenclyffe Tower stood.He also wants to work harder for Tesla's project. After all, if Tesla succeeds, it will be beneficial to himself.

Since then, Evelyn's husband is also a millionaire, but he has a psychologically controlling and possessive personality.After he learned of the early years of the two, he shot White in public in 1906, and it was in the theater in front of Madison Square Garden.

Tesla's ideal of wireless transmission is really devoted to it, but he has no sense of business at all, let alone the ideas of the plutocrats.

Tesla understood White's meaning: "In this case, I will find a way to persuade Mr. Worden."

In order to maintain his image, Tesla would pass through Peacock Street almost every night in a well-dressed manner, and then enter the restaurant.He dined at a one-person table near the wall, where he would dine for 18 years.

——The hotel was demolished around 1929, and the famous skyscraper Empire State Building was built in the original place.So it can be seen that the location of the hotel is quite good.

Yes, not only the building will fall, but his Qing Dynasty will also fall.

The two also became friends because of the construction of this tower.

And White, of course, has gone to see God.

But White knows how to run a business. He said: "Mr. Worden is going to hold a banquet at the Waldorf Astoria Hotel where you are staying tonight, and you are naturally the core figure. You know, this is already the limit of what I can do , if you still can't get them to invest more tonight, I'm afraid it will be difficult for the Wardenclyffe Tower project to continue to operate."

Sometimes, poverty can really defeat all beliefs.Evelyn bares her clothes to the artists, and the New York art world welcomes their muse.

Evelyn was born in poverty. Later, a painter in New York valued her beauty and invited her to be a model and paint for her.At the end of the nineteenth century, being a model in public was not a job that a serious girl should do, but compared with struggling to survive on the street, it is not so unacceptable to have someone paint in a studio.

At this time, White also brought a young beauty who could be called a disaster - Evelyn.

Of course, White is not just a playboy, he is definitely an expert in architecture. He frowned and said: "The weight of the roof is as high as 30 tons now. If it is true as you said, I am afraid it will exceed 50 tons by then. Such a big weight, and being by the sea, if there is a strong wind, it will be extremely unstable.”

White saw Li Yu next to him again, and asked again, "Are you... Li Yu from Qing Kingdom in the East?"

Stanford White is now the best architect in New York. His architectural design company is called McKinmead-White Architects, and it has been one of the best architects in the United States until later generations.

Sure enough, Harry was found not guilty, but he was going to a mental hospital for lifelong treatment, but his family spent a lot of money, saying in 1915 that he had been cured and released from the mental hospital.

The interior of the restaurant is decorated in Italian style with marble. The reason why it is called the Grand Palm Hall is because it is full of huge palm trees.

The color is a bone-scraping steel knife.

At this time, walking on Peacock Street feels like the Cannes red carpet of later generations, very compelling.

Of course Tesla knew that White was married, so he whispered to him: "Although I have seen many girls around you, this Miss Evelyn is a well-known cover girl in New York. She is a star with so many suitors, I am afraid It won't bring you luck."

So Li Yu said, "It's a great honor to be invited by you."

Everyone likes to make stars, but they like to watch the gods fall even more.

This woman seems to have been born for the camera, without any training or guidance at all. She spontaneously became the goddess of postcards, tobacco cards, face creams, beer trays, calendars and chromographs.

Tesla said to Li Yu: "It's really great that you can go, just to let you see the behavior of those rich people."

It stands to reason that Harry should be sentenced for killing someone, but his family is too rich, so they invited a luxurious team of lawyers to prove to him that it was just intermittent psychosis.

Tesla didn't care about this: "As long as you can do it, I know there is nothing you can't do."

It is said that when Li Hongzhang visited the United States, he also stayed at the Waldorf Astoria Hotel.

Of course, this is all three years later, and Evelyn still doesn't know what will happen to this man and her future husband.

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Li Yu didn't know what was going on, so he asked suspiciously, "Banquet?"

The architect White is a rich super playboy, and even has a lot of bad tastes. He often holds some "party girls" where young women don't wear tops.

"Mr. Tesla has the same rights, and Mr. Astor, who owns the hotel, is a real tech guy," White said.

"You are finally back, little friend Tesla," Mark Twain came to Tesla's laboratory, "Look at my patent, it has been passed!"

Mark Twain didn't think there was anything shameful, on the contrary, he was very proud, pointing to his head and said: "It contains not only various rhetorical techniques, but also the knowledge of the most intelligent technological inventions."

In a sense, this can be said to be the prologue of the later Cold War.

White sighed: "There's never been a time when you haven't screwed up, and hopefully this time you've learned your lesson.

It's also interesting that they can be friends. Tesla is a celibate (he said so himself), never married, and not close to women.Although he was quite famous at this time, many women had chased him, but he rejected them all.

Ever since Tesla invented alternating current, he needed to communicate with people from some consortiums, and it was indeed more convenient here.

Astor did give Tesla free residency for up to 20 years.

Li Yu smiled and said, "I'm just rubbing a meal, why are I still rubbing the house?"

White didn't care: "Don't you think she is the most beautiful woman in New York? That's enough!"

Li Yu nodded: "It's me."

Tesla attached great importance to his Wardenclyffe Tower, and naturally chose White, the best architect in New York.

White thought for a while, "There is no way, but the budget may have to be increased a lot."

The Grand Palm Restaurant of the Waldorf Astoria Hotel is extremely luxurious. Guests dine under a gorgeously decorated 3-story amber glass dome, with a huge carved chandelier above their heads.

Harry then remarried and continued his life as a millionaire, abandoning Evelyn and their children.

While talking, the coachman outside told them that Mr. Tesla had returned, and the architect Stanford White was with him.

Sierra whispered to Li Yu, "You can go, grandpa also stayed in this hotel back then."

"Just as long as you know it, don't mess it up," White exhorted, "In addition, he also invited Westinghouse, the owner of Westinghouse Electric, and Robert Johnson, the editor-in-chief of "Century" magazine. I think Mr. Morgan will also send The assistant is here. Let me emphasize again, if you want to attract investment, this is your last chance!"

Tesla insisted: "If you can't increase the power, the previous efforts will be in vain, so please do it."

This hotel is located on the corner of Fifth Avenue and 34th Street in Manhattan, which is where the Empire State Building is today if you look at a map.

However, the name Evelyn should be familiar to the old players who have played League of Legends in later generations. One of the heroines is Evelyn. The current title is "Embrace of Pain", but her original title was "Widow Made By".

After the hotel was demolished, it was rebuilt in Manhattan. It was also the tallest hotel in the world at that time, occupying almost an entire block, and its status was still very high.After World War II, the United States, Britain, France, and the Soviet Union signed the post-war "peace agreement" in a private room in the hotel tower.

Tesla could not interfere with White's private conduct, referring instead to his Wardenclyffe Tower: "I am going to increase the power of the tower again, so that I can realize my vision of making lightning."

The Waldorf Astoria was one of the most luxurious hotels in New York at the time, the tallest hotel in the world, and it was the first hotel to offer full electrical service and private bathrooms.

White said happily: "The hotel owner Astor attaches great importance to scientific and technological personnel. I think in order to thank you for coming, he can give you at least 20 years of free residence in the Waldorf Astoria Hotel. This is a rare courtesy."

Of course, White just took a fancy to her beauty, and there are many mistresses around him.

The Waldorf Astoria is definitely a super five-star hotel.

Unexpectedly, this routine was used proficiently by Lao Mei more than 100 years ago.

As for Evelyn, Harry's family splashed countless dirty waters, and she couldn't even participate in the performances, and raised her children alone in embarrassment.

In terms of architectural design, White later used his professional knowledge to build an eight-sided structure, which shared the weight of the roof so that Wardenclyffe Tower could be built normally.

White on the side said in surprise: "Hey! Mr. Mark Twain! You know women's underwear?"

"I'm so happy for you!" Tesla said.

Evelyn's husband, Harry, is the heir to a Pittsburgh coal magnate.A rich man shot and killed another millionaire in a theater because of a female star, and this woman was once another man's mistress. This kind of thing would be breaking news in any era, and it would definitely be the headlines.

Sierra laughed softly, "Why would Bai Jian not want such a good thing?"

Then he turned to one of his servants and said, "You stay here, we won't go to Wardenclyffe Tower today."

Yes, Tesla even used male servants...

Normally, when he went from the Waldorf Astoria to Wardenclyffe Tower, he would have the footman carry a large hamper containing a sumptuous lunch prepared by the chef at the Big Palm.

He also rented a cottage on Long Island Beach near Wodenclyffe Tower, and lived there sometimes, but chose to spend a lot of time at the Waldorf Astoria in order to meet the business plutocrats.

(End of this chapter)