I'm playing whack-a-mole in Siberia

Chapter 219 There are too many people in St. Petersburg who want to beat George up.

Morgan's advice may seem reasonable, but it's actually treacherous.

The Siberian Electric Company's lamps have not yet opened up sales and are not sold in the U.S. market at all. Therefore, even if Edison allows Siberian Electric Company's products to enter the U.S. market, at least in a short period of time, Siberian Electric Company will not pose a threat to Edison.

George's identity is on display here. Once the patent dispute between the two companies breaks out, and the Russian Empire closes its market to Edison, it will be nothing more than a flimsy verdict.

Therefore, everyone can compete based on their abilities.

"I won't ask you to take me to convey my greetings to Mr. Morgan. I believe that Mr. Morgan and I will have a chance to meet. When the time comes, I will ask Mr. Morgan for advice in person."

George believes that day is not too far away.

The efficiency of the Russian Empire was obvious to all, and Morgan probably felt that even if competition was allowed, Siberian Electric Company would have no chance of winning against Edison.

Referring to the efficiency of St. Petersburg enterprises, Morgan's judgment is indeed correct.

But Siberian Electric Company is not a purely St. Petersburg company. It won't be long before George will give Morgan and Edison a huge surprise.

After Edison made that American joke with Tesla, Tesla left Edison's company angrily, founded Tesla Electric Company in April this year, and began research on alternating current.

The Alaska Investment Company under George's name is the main investor in Tesla Electric Company.

George had not yet begun to exert his strength on the electric light.

After Tesla's AC motor is successfully developed, Siberian Electric Company will use AC motors as its main product and officially begin competition with Edison Electric Company.

When the time comes George doesn't need to sell light bulbs, but only ACs, and George will become the richest man in the world.

After the successful development of Tesla's AC motor in another time and space, it was frantically targeted by Edison.

In order to promote alternating current, Tesla voluntarily gave up its alternating current patent. Although he won the competition with Edison, he also lost the opportunity to become the world's richest man.

George's Alaska Investment Company and Tesla agreed that if all Tesla Electric Company's patents were to be transferred, Alaska Investment Company would have the right of first refusal.

If Alaska Investment Company does not agree, Tesla Electric Company does not have the right to give up the patent, because Tesla Electric Company's patent is also the property of Alaska Investment Company.

The difference between alternating current and direct current mainly lies in the loss of long-distance power supply.

Direct current has huge losses when transmitted over long distances. Edison solved this problem by building a power station per square kilometer.

If you want to provide power to a city with an area of 100 square kilometers, if you use direct current, you will theoretically need 100 power stations.

For AC, one is enough.

Edison's power station is a thermal power station. Let's not talk about the cost difference. How many urban residents are willing to live within one kilometer of a thermal power station.

Compared with Edison, Tesla is the real master.

Tesla's company has only been open for four months and has already solved the core design of AC motors. Tesla's AC motors will be available before the end of this year.

So there wasn't much time left for Morgan and Edison.

George was waiting for the AC motor, so the Siberian Electric Company behaved in a non-aggressive manner.

This is the root cause of Morgan's wrong judgment.

Morgan probably felt that the electric light was just a small toy for George, and George had no hope of making money from the electric light.

That's right, in the eyes of outsiders, George has too many ways to make money.

Not to mention the profits from cosmetics and champagne, the pistols and shotguns produced by the Vladivostok Arsenal have entered the American market and began to bring profits to George.

The Vladivostok Arsenal has been moved to Yuriev.

But in order to deceive others, the arsenal was still called the Vladivostok Arsenal and the name was not changed.

Cars from the Vladivostok Automobile Factory have also entered the US market. Morgan has also ordered a car from the Vladivostok Automobile Factory, and the delivery time is June next year.

The products of Vladivostok Medical Group are rapidly opening up sales in Europe. Recently, European newspapers and magazines have been reporting on ginseng tea, touting the efficacy of ginseng tea to that of holy water. The price of a small piece of ginseng is almost ten times that of gold. .

This is not a scam, because the ginseng nowadays is all natural ginseng. In a few decades, you will not be able to buy it if you have money.

Vladivostok has now begun to cultivate garden ginseng. In the future, ginseng tea will definitely be graded. This is the real benefit to society.

Bayard's interest in George obviously goes beyond electric lights.

Everyone wants good things like cars, but Vladivostok is limited by production capacity and cannot produce enough cars.

Vladivostok’s current products are mainly sold to Europe, and the U.S. market has not yet been explored.

Bayard invited George to build a factory in the United States and produce cars in the United States.

Compared with Europe, the United States is the real big market.

In 1887, the United States was about to surpass the United Kingdom and become the country with the strongest comprehensive strength in the world.

The small countries in Europe combined are not as big as the United States, and their demand for cars is not high. For Europeans, cars are just a big novelty toy.

For the United States, cars are like cosmetics for wealthy ladies, with extremely broad market prospects.

"I have to say that your vision is very forward-looking. Many people have seen cars, but there are not many people with your keen insight-"

George first sent a bunch of high hats, and for the sake of talking about it, he had to express something.

"——You know, cars are very profitable, so please give me a reason to build a factory in the United States."

Nikolai is okay.

As soon as Bayard finished speaking, Asan's eyes began to twitch.

Build a factory?

Build a shitty factory!

Will American factories pay taxes to the Russian Empire?

The car is currently the only one in the world.

Even if they don't go to the United States to build a factory, Americans still have to wait patiently if they want to buy a car.

While the Tsar was fishing, Europe had to wait.

Americans, just haha.

“Isn’t a big market of 6000 million people enough?”

Bayard had full confidence in the United States. In 1860, the United States had only 3140 million people. In less than 30 years, the population had almost doubled. “Oh, there are 1.2 million people in the Russian Empire——”

George's chuckle seemed a bit mocking to Bayard.

The U.S. population is indeed growing rapidly.

But the Russian Empire is not slow either, so what qualifications do you have to be proud of.

Ya San was so happy that her teeth were almost exposed.

Bayard did not dwell on the issue.

In the presence of the Tsar, many things could not be said.

Bayad has already expressed his invitation to George.

George didn't take no for an answer.

This is enough.

The Russian Empire had a good relationship with the United States during this time.

The U.S. Secretary of State traveled across the ocean to attend the World Exposition, and the Tsar held a welcome dinner for Bead at Gatchina Palace in the evening.

Although the Tsar lived a simple life.

But during this period, there were indeed a lot of banquets at Gatchina Palace.

George, like the rest of the royal family, dressed up for the occasion.

So George naturally became the target of siege by a group of royal family members.

"George, it's okay if you don't give me eight or ten of your cars for free, but you don't give me a discount and make me wait like everyone else. What do you mean?"

Little Nikolai finally caught George, and together with Sergey, forced George into a corner.

"George, Ella said that if I don't bring a car home today, I will sleep on the street. What do you think I should do?"

Sergey's eyes were evil, and it was clear that he wanted to buy and sell by force.

Phew, it’s clearly a king’s meal.

Ella is the wife of Sergei and the sister of the future Queen Nikolai.

Sleeping on the street must be a joke.

But as a member of the royal family, you have to wait like nobles from all over the world.

Both Nikolai and Sergei felt that George needed to feel the love from his brothers.

"I told you a long time ago that if you want it, place it as soon as possible. Who told you not to place your order earlier?"

George is quite tough-talking. Anyway, if they take action, little Nicholas and Sergey together will probably not be George's opponent.

"George, don't make me do it-"

Little Nicholas was confident.

If they take action, there will be many people in St. Petersburg who want to beat George. Little Nicholas and Sergey say hello, and there will always be dozens of grand dukes or heirs to the grand dukes.

There are so many ants that they can even kill an elephant.

Not to mention you little George.

"George, you are now an adult and it is time to find a suitable wife for you -"

Sergey knew George.

As expected, George's expression changed drastically.

"Ella has a sister—"

Sergey is probably referring to the future Queen Nicholas.

"My dear brother, if you want to get the car in advance, just call me. Why bother?"

George's words made Sergey grit his teeth.

Sergey struck.

Beaten more than one.

George didn't answer.

From George's point of view, when his younger brother starts a business, the older brother doesn't offer to help, but instead waits for his younger brother to show up and show his respect. Is this ridiculous?

Little Nicholas can talk about eight cars out of ten, so you think you are a cabbage.

George sells champagne, and to these brothers, he won't give a big price, let alone buy ten bottles and get one free.

Giving a car as a gift is simply overthinking.

"Two cars, right? I promise to deliver them to your house tomorrow."

George knows how to jump in line.

The so-called not to jump in line depends on who the target is.

Jelinek is just a consul, and he is also the Austrian consul in Nice. He really has no special qualifications.

Young Nicholas and Sergei, the Russian princes, could still open the back door.

But the back door, once it's open, can't be closed.

Before little Nicholas could speak, Nicholas came over, slightly embarrassed.

"George, can't that car be scheduled in advance?"

George looked up at the center of the hall, where the queen and sisters were looking at him with smiles.

Okay, we can’t refuse these two.