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

Chapter 349 New Design

The exhibition group brought by Pu Lun has gained a lot and won many gold awards.However, they are basically primary processed products or handicrafts.

Fortunately, tea, silk, and porcelain are still considered ace products. However, with the development of industrialization, especially the impact of industrialized production by companies such as Lipton in the United Kingdom, the market will be greatly eroded.At least half of the low-end market will be eaten up by industrialized products.

Lu Bicheng and the others bought a lot of clothes with Central Asian characteristics.

Lu Bicheng is really pretty, but it's a pity that the photography technology in the late Qing Dynasty and the Republic of China is really cheating, and the shooting of portraits is too crotch.

The photography skills in the early years of the Republic of China were not very good. For example, Ruan Lingyu, the female star of the first generation, was not very good-looking in photos, but she looked a lot better in movies.

Lu Bicheng also bought a few Persian carpets, which are not cheap, but as Iran's national treasure, the quality and workmanship are very good.

With the current level of the decoration industry, it seems that carpet is really the best home flooring product.

Pu Lun was also very busy there, and his arrival even gave some overseas Chinese a shot in the arm, and they all wanted to see the "Prince of the Qing Dynasty" mentioned in the newspaper.

In fact, this is due to the lack of English vocabulary, which cannot fully translate the complicated titles in China. Pu Lun has no real power in Lao Aijia.

Overseas Chinese invited him to give a speech, and Pu Lun's eloquence was not bad, and he talked eloquently:

"The arrival of all of you has made me see everyone's determination and hope to change the weak situation by striving for self-improvement and rejuvenating the country. After I return to China, I will put my heart and soul into it and report to the Empress Dowager Ming about the constitutional reform!"

Then he gave a lot of thoughts on education to newspapers such as "New York Times" and "Le Monde", especially about women's education: "Ordinary Chinese people, especially women, lack education. To educate women in China, we must Breaking traditional taboos, Chinese women can only develop their talents when they are free from constraints."

The "New York Times" immediately wrote an article called "Prince Pu Lun Will Solve the Problems of Chinese Women", praising Pu Lun as "the most democratic member" of the Qing royal family.

Li Yu couldn't help but smile as he read the newspaper. Foreigners really don't understand the Qing court.

But the Americans are justifiable for writing this way, because the only republic countries are the United States and France.

Of course, there are differences. The typical difference is that the United States is a federal system.

Li Yu said to Lu Bicheng: "Pu Lun Beizi has been greatly influenced by you talented women along the way."

Lu Bicheng said unconvinced: "They should have seen this power a long time ago."

Xie Yuxi walked into the room at this time and gave them a few bottles of drinks, "Try this, I bought it at a booth, it tastes good."

Lu Bicheng looked at the strange brown liquid in the bottle: "Why does it look like boiled medicinal soup?"

Xie Yuxi smiled and said, "It's much better than medicinal soup."

It was also the first time for Konoe Zhaoxue to see it, and they felt very refreshing after drinking it.

Konoe Zhaoxue spelled out the trademark: "Coca-Cola."

Li Yu was reading the newspaper and immediately put it down: "Coca-Cola?"

Xie Yuxi said in surprise, "You know?"

Li Yu said, "May I not know about the happy water in the fat house?"

Li Yu took a bottle and looked at it, but said, "I advise you to drink less."

Xie Yuxi didn't understand what it meant: "Why? Now this drink is selling very well in the United States."

Li Yu pointed to the name: "Isn't coca just coca, that is, cocaine (caine) is contained in it, this thing, tsk tsk, is addictive, it is a soft drug!"

Xie Yuxi said in surprise, "But throughout Europe and America, cocaine is a normal drug."

Li Yu sighed: "If this standard is followed, the British do not even legally recognize opium as a drug, it is still regarded as a drug."

After a few years of international anti-drug conferences, the British completely classified it as a drug.

In fact, throughout Europe and the United States until World War II, the proportion of drug abuse was not low, which can also be called "Western drugs".

During World War II, the German army even provided 3500 million pieces of pervitin (similar to icicles) to each regiment on the front line.

The effect is a bit like adrenaline, and it's really...

And not only the German army, but also the United States, Britain and Japan have done this kind of thing.

Although the Soviet army didn't drink it, they had vodka.

During the entire World War II period, it seemed that we were the only ones who completely banned drugs in the army, and it was really all by will.

Later, Coca-Cola was resold many times, also because the cocaine contained in it was too controversial.But it will take decades to remove that ingredient.

Konoe Zhaoxue said: "It's okay to drink a little bit, I heard it can refresh your mind."

Li Yu said seriously: "I advise you to drink coffee better."

Seeing Li Yu's serious expression, several people could only do as he said.

As the news spread over the past few days, the charm of the China Village at the World Expo spread more and more widely, and many people even came to see the show just for its fame.

During the day, Li Yu, Tesla and Zou Zhou were in charge of radio propaganda.

Orders came in like snowflakes every day, and Zou Zhou even frowned. He was the general manager of the workshop, and the deposit contracts were in front of him.

Lu Bicheng and the others enjoy going to the "shopping mall" every day.

But this day Li Yu saw that Lu Bicheng seemed a little unhappy. After careful observation, he found that she was always ignorant of the time, and Jinwei Zhaoxue and Xie Yuxi both had pocket watches.

The piece of Jinwei Zhaoxue was given to her by Li Yu as a reward.

Hey, girl's mind.

Li Yu actually wanted to buy a higher-grade one in the future, but now it seems that it won't last that long.

With no other choice, Li Yu had no choice but to come to the production hall by himself.

Li Yu saw a trademark that he seemed to have seen in his previous life, so he walked over and recognized it when he got close. Isn't it Cartier?

Good stuff, women will definitely like it.

Although Li Yu didn't pay much attention to luxury brands, he also knew that Cartier's later generations were high-end brands in the jewelry field.

The main reason is that he pays more attention to cars, and some people on the Internet give straight men popular science about the brands that women love, comparing car brands with luxury brands.

Cartier is a French brand, and it happens that France is the world leader in the field of luxury goods, and old Americans are also flocking to it.

But the industrialization of later generations is too strong, luxury brands are really just luxury brands, the quality is no better than ordinary products, and what they sell is purely brand premium and face.

Of course, this is also a consumer demand.

But at the beginning of the [-]th century, in terms of design and workmanship, these luxury brands can still open up a big gap with ordinary brands.

Li Yu immediately took a fancy to one of the lighters. At this time, Zippo had not yet come out, and there were various shapes of lighters. However, once the pocket lighter came out, it was very popular and the price was not cheap.

Cartier is responsible for the exhibition is the third generation of Louis Cartier, his father is currently the company boss.

Louis could see that Li Yu liked it very much, and asked, "Are you Mr. Li Yu?"

Li Yu said, "Why do so many people know my face? It's not the Internet age yet."

"Internet? Is it a kind of newspaper?" Louis Cartier said, "I saw you from the newspaper, and it was a newspaper in France, and there were leaflets, all about Star Wars. I liked it so much. Already!"

"Thank you for your love," Li Yu said, "How much is this lighter?"

Louis said: "If Mr. Li Yu likes it, I will give it to you."

Li Yu hurriedly said, "You don't get rewarded without merit."

Louis laughed: "We even want to give you money."

"Give it to me?" Li Yu wondered, "Are you serious about business?"

Louis said: "We hope to cooperate with Mr. to produce some joint products of the Star Wars series."

Well, Star Wars is really hot.

Anyway, launching a joint product is also beneficial to him, so Li Yu said: "Of course, you can show me some design documents if you have time."

Louis said happily: "With Mr. Li Yu's words, I will definitely let the best designer do it."

Li Yu ignited the lighter, and suddenly discovered that the early lighter method turned out to be that the grinding wheel rubbed the metal plate, and then ignited the fuse.

Li Yu's straight man's mind was spinning fast: the lighter flint has not yet been born!
Another profitable patent!

Li Yu took another look at their pocket watch on the platform, and felt that it was not much different from the one he bought before.

Li Yu had an idea: "Can you design a watch that can be worn on your hands?"

"Watch?" Cartier has never heard of this name, "Is there any similar product for me to refer to?"

Li Yu shook his head: "No, that's why I asked you to design."

Historically, the watch was just born in this year, which was originally designed by Cartier for a pilot.Because drivers such as pilots and racing drivers simply cannot have the time to take out a pocket watch from their pockets to check the time, it is most convenient to put it on their hands.

Li Yu drew him a picture on paper, "It's actually very simple, just fix it with a chain."

Louis must understand design, and he understood in an instant: "I understand, just like the chain of the Hermès leather bag."

Li Yu said, "Almost."

Louis pondered for a moment: "This is not difficult."

Li Yu said, "Then I'll order one, oh no, two watches from you."

Cartier is not top-notch in the field of watches, and the price is not as outrageous as Swiss watches.But two watches cost thousands of dollars.

Louis wondered: "Sir, this is just an initial design that subverts cognition, are you so confident?"

Li Yu knew that the first watch designed by Cartier was actually not bad, and there were many imitators.So it can be worn for many years. It will take at least 20 years or even later until the major Swiss watch companies such as Patek Philippe and Jaeger-LeCoultre make their efforts in the watch industry.

Louis felt that this was a unique taste of the mysterious oriental scientist, so he didn't think too much about it, "You can pick up the goods in a week later, and I'll make some modifications and upgrades."

If you don't say that the watches are expensive now, they are all made by hand.

A week later, Li Yu asked Lu Bicheng to come to the Cartier booth together. When Louis put two exquisite watches in front of them, Lu Bicheng was very excited.

"What a beautiful design! But, how do I wear it?" Lu Bicheng asked.

Li Yu picked up one and skillfully put it on her slender wrist: "It's like this, how convenient it is for you to see!"

Lu Bicheng has learned from Xie Yuxi that Cartier is a high-end French brand, and he was very happy: "It's so beautiful!"

On the contrary, Louis Cartier was very curious: "Mr. Li Yu, I didn't even explain it, how can you wear it?"

"What's so difficult about it?" Li Yu also put it on conveniently, and suddenly felt a bit modern.It's just that in his last life, he was already wearing an electronic bracelet.

When the two were having fun, Situ Meitang suddenly found Li Yu in a hurry: "It's not good! It's not good! Mr. Zhongshan has been arrested!"

Li Yu asked in surprise, "How did you get arrested?"

Situ Meitang took a breath and said: "The inside information should be that someone has reported it, maybe because of the visit of Pu Lun Beizi, some people are worried that he will cause trouble."

Kang Youwei has been honest and honest recently, and he made an appearance at the World Expo for a short time before Zhongshan, which is indeed a bit high-profile.

Li Yu asked, "What did the police say?"

Situ Meitang said: "Now the Qing court wants to extradite him."

Li Yu immediately said: "It's absolutely impossible, going back is a dead end."

Situ Meitang said: "So we need to hire a lawyer, stabilize the situation, and then take out the bail. Both of these are expensive and very urgent. Huang Mengchang didn't have so much cash for a while, and then he thought of you. But Brother, don't worry, Chairman Huang will definitely return the money to you afterwards."

Li Yu waved his hand: "Don't talk so much, just tell me, how much does it cost?"

Situ Meitang said: "Because Mr. Sun was also arrested in the UK before, the bail is relatively high, plus legal fees and administrative fees, it needs 2500 US dollars."

$2500 at the beginning of the twentieth century is really not a small amount, no wonder they are so embarrassed.

Li Yu said casually, "I'll write you a check right away, but I have a small request..."

Situ Meitang said: "Brother, if you have conditions, you can just say it, and IOUs are also fine."

"That's not what I mean," Li Yu said, "I don't need you to pay back the money. My request is just, don't tell anyone that I paid the money."

Situ Meitang opened his mouth: "This..."

Li Yu has already written the check: "It's not too late, I can't get away, brother Situ."

"Thank you brothers from all over Hongmen!" Situ Meitang didn't have time to say more, and immediately left St.Louis.

Mr. Zhongshan was detained for about 17 days this time, but fortunately he did not suffer too much embarrassment.

In fact, he was used to it. He was ashamed to say that he was a revolutionary until he had been in prison for a few days.

In fact, the police in the United States are also pretending, and they don't really want to arrest him.But after all, Pu Lun has come as a representative of the royal family, so they should do something to make a statement.

After staying in St. Louis for a few days, Pu Lun will go to Washington, Chicago and other cities for investigation and investigation.

Li Yu is also planning to take Yang Xiaolou and others to perform at the Grand Theater in New York, and St. Louis will leave Jia Honglin and the others first.

As for Zhang Boling, the date of the competition has not yet been scheduled, and the date of this Olympic Games is too late.So he's definitely going to stay in St. Louis.

Li Yu even went to the laboratory in New York to conduct experiments and write papers, and asked Xie Yuxi to help apply for several new patents.

　Yesterday's one hasn't been released yet... just in time for the editors to go on vacation...it seems like it will be done the day after tomorrow...crying...

　　
　
(End of this chapter)