Siheyuan: If I marry Qin Huairu, I will become stronger by showing off.

Chapter 469 Rushing to Europe with waving money!

Ten million pounds for a 20% stake.

Are you treating yourself as a fool, or are you looking like a fool?

Wu Youde said with a smile: "Mr. Voss, before investing, I would like to ask you a few questions...

1. What do you have now besides technology?
Second, how do you ensure that your factory can produce large quantities of televisions smoothly and continuously?
Do you have a production line? Do you have a large number of skilled workers?
Third, if you can guarantee it, how long will it take to do it?

4. What if you promised but didn’t do it?
Mr. Worth, if you can answer these four questions to my satisfaction, I can give you 10 million pounds today!"

"..."

Farnsworth was speechless. He swallowed his saliva, adjusted his sitting position, and then said, "Mr. Wu, I used to run a factory in the United States. I have management experience and production experience.

I am very familiar with the production of televisions. Please believe that I am a professional in this area!
Not having skilled workers is not a problem.

You can recruit and train, and it won’t take long for everyone to get started.

As for production equipment, I have many acquaintances in this area, and it is not a problem either. All the things you are worried about are not a problem at all.

As for time...

Within a year, my factory will be able to start mass production. I guarantee this with my personal integrity!"

Personality?

Wu Youde smiled and shook his head, "Mr. Voss, how much is your personality worth?

Ten million pounds?"

Farnsworth: "..."

Wu Youde added: "Okay, even if I believe what you said, don't you think a year is too long?
Especially in front of electronic devices!

Mr. Voss, you are a scientist. You should know that the charm of science lies in uncertainty. It may be tomorrow or it may be next month.

Maybe some scientist will invent more advanced technology and develop a lighter, bigger, thinner and clearer TV...

No one can guarantee this!
Neither can God!
So if this technology appears in half a year, and there are more advanced televisions, what will happen to your factory then?
Are you going to continue to produce this somewhat outdated television that you are researching?

Once it’s produced, who will we sell it to? Will customers buy it?”

The more Farnsworth listened, the uglier his face became. In the end, his face looked like the bottom of a pot.

He stiffened his neck and tried to explain: "Mr. Wu, one year is already fast enough!

I admit that the situation you described does exist, but it may not necessarily happen!
I am very confident in my research results!!”

"Of course!"

Wu Youde spread his hands and said with a smile: "I am also very confident in your research results. Although it cannot be called perfect, it is definitely quite outstanding in this era!

If not, I wouldn't want to invest in you, right?"

After hearing this,

Farnsworth's face looked a little better, and he was about to speak again, but Wu Youde stopped him with a wave of his hand. He smiled and said, "Mr. Worth, forgive me for being blunt, but when it comes to scientific research, I am not as good as you, far from you!

But when it comes to doing business, ten of you can’t catch up with me!

So you might as well listen to my advice.”

"In my opinion, your idea of ​​returning to the United States to open a factory to produce televisions is a stinky, stinky, and stupid idea!"

"The United States already has its own broadcasting company, and they claim that their boss and chief engineer is the father of television, and this statement has been deeply rooted in people's minds.

Moreover, now that broadcasting companies have developed their own color televisions, what is your advantage?

Just because your color TV is more stable than their color TV?

If you say your TV is better than theirs, will customers believe you?

impossible!

Out of a hundred people going to buy a TV, I think ninety-nine of them will buy the TV produced by the father of television!

So, Mr. Voss, who are you going to sell the televisions you produce to? Who will buy them?"

"Fake!!!"

Farnsworth was furious and roared: "They are all a bunch of despicable thieves, robbers, shameless thieves!!!
I am the father of television, I am!! "

Wu Youde watched quietly without saying a word.

Farnsworth vented for a while, then his face suddenly became depressed again. He sighed and said in a deep voice: "Then I will open a factory in Eagle Country and sell TVs to Europeans in the future. There are many rich people in Europe now, and they like TVs very much."

Wu Youde continued to attack, "Mr. Voss, do you think the American Broadcasting Corporation can think of what you can think of?

They are now wealthy and powerful, and maybe they will sell their color TVs to London next month...

At that time, you probably just found a place to build a factory, and you didn't even have a single piece of production equipment, right?"

Farnsworth was a little angry, his face flushed as he shouted, "I won't let them succeed!"

Wu Youde curled his lips and said with a smile: “Mr. Voss, I plan to build a TV factory in the East. I think we can cooperate in the East.

The East is vast and densely populated. Although it is slightly behind the West now, it will catch up in no time!
Oh, by the way, when I say the East, I don’t just mean a single country, but the whole of Asia!

You can understand it as follows: our sales channels and potential customers all bypass the broadcasters, so we will not compete with them for the time being.

But this is only temporary, just a stopgap measure.”

After a pause,
Wu Youde said sternly: "Mr. Voss, I just said that I feel very sympathetic and indignant about your experience!

A thief is a thief!
He cannot enjoy the fruits of victory and the flowers and applause of the original creators because they don't deserve it!

There is an old saying in our East: evil cannot defeat good!

I personally highly respect and firmly believe in this view!!
If we can cooperate, then we become close friends. I will not allow my friends to be robbed or bullied!
so……"

Wu Youde said solemnly: "I will support my friend to continue his research. I will use real money to support him in researching new technologies and developing more perfect televisions.

When a more perfect TV is developed, I will sell them to the United States, right in front of the broadcasting companies, and use the hot sales to give those thieves a slap in the face!!
Get that place back for my friend!"

Eh?
When Farnsworth heard this, his eyes suddenly lit up and his heart began to beat uncontrollably.

He felt that this idea...

Very interesting!

If implemented, the success rate is very high!

Asia.

Although Asian countries are now very backward and poor, nothing is absolute. No matter how poor and backward a country is, there will always be a small group of wealthy people.

Just like the United States today, aren’t there still many slums?

One reason.

In addition, he was very confident in his own ability. He believed that if someone could continue to support his research, regardless of the cost...

He will definitely be able to develop a better and more advanced TV! !
He can definitely do it!!
A slap in the face to those filthy thieves at the broadcast company?
He has wanted to do this for a long time, and has wanted to do it all the time for the past ten years!
I thought my life was hopeless, but now it seems... not so?

Thinking of this,

Farnsworth said, "Mr. Wu, how do you want to cooperate?"

Wu Youde smiled and said, "Didn't I just say that I will open the factory and be responsible for everything except research, including production, sales, management, etc.

Mr. Voss, you can join my factory by investing in technology.

From now on you will be the chief engineer of the factory!
I am planning to set up the most advanced research institute in the world. This institute will not only study televisions, but may also study other electronic technologies in the future, such as your camera.

You will be the dean of this institute!

Every year I will allocate a sum of money specifically for research, and if necessary, I will pursue it!
In theory, there is no upper limit to research funding!

The first research grant for this institute..."

After a pause,
Wu Youde smiled and said, "Ten million pounds!"

"In addition, Mr. Voss will invest in the company with his technology, so I will give you 10% of the shares. This means that you are working and earning your own money, and you are also the boss."

"Oh, by the way, let me tell you about the salary of the director of the institute. The annual salary is 20 pounds, a Mercedes W sedan, and a sea view villa."

"Mr. Worth, what do you think of this proposal?"

……

Under the double attack of Wu Youde, who was throwing money at the problem and making big promises,
Farnsworth only persisted for one day. The next day he came to him and said that he had thought it over and agreed to Wu Youde's cooperation proposal. He agreed to invest in technology and set up a factory, so that he could give the American Broadcasting Corporation a slap in the face in the future.

A win-win cooperation was achieved so happily!

Next,
Wu Youde called Kowloon and first talked to all the wives at home one by one, and then listened to Xiao Qionghua's voice.

Finally, I talked about business with Chen Xueru, and of course the necessary greetings were indispensable.

Chen Xueru's reaction during pregnancy was a bit severe.

I vomit whatever I eat every day, and sometimes I even vomit when I drink water.

Wu Youde was a little worried and asked if he had felt better during this period.

However, Chen Xueru smiled and said that it was still the same. She also comforted Wu Youde that she was fine, and her tone sounded quite happy.

This made Wu Youde a little surprised. Could it be that this woman had become stupid because of pregnancy?

I asked from the side.
Chen Xueru’s answer made him laugh. Chen Xueru said: That’s a good reaction. A big reaction means there is a naughty son inside!
Wu Youde suddenly realized.

Can we infer from this that it is a son?
This is totally unscientific!
If the baby isn't a son...

Will I faint from crying in the toilet?

Wu Youde said very seriously that he actually likes daughters more, daughters are better, daughters are the warm and sweet little cotton-padded jackets of their fathers, while sons are their enemies.

He also said that if Chen Xueru gave birth to a son this time, she must give him a daughter. If she couldn't give birth to a daughter, she would keep giving birth until she did!

Chen Xueru was so amused that she giggled~
She was full of anger, saying that Wu Youde treated her like a pig...

After offering some heartfelt consolation, Wu Youde stated his purpose and asked Chen Xueru to send people to build a TV factory in Kowloon.

The factory area can be built first, and then the other things can be done when he returns.

……

After everything was settled in Kowloon,

Wu Youde and Farnsworth began to wander around Europe again, looking for manufacturers with production lines, preparing to acquire them and then relocate the equipment to Kowloon.

Simultaneously,

Wu Youde also asked Farnsworth to look for people for the research institute, in other words, to recruit inventors and scientists in the field of electronics.

In fact, there are circles in every industry.

It's hard for you as an outsider to get in, but if there's an insider leading the way, it's different. If this insider is very powerful...

That's even more different.

In order to recruit talents,

The conditions that Wu Youde opened were very good, quite high, so high that it was jaw-dropping and eye-catching.

Including but not limited to material conditions such as annual salary, car, house, as well as more valuable dividend rights and options, and bonuses of up to tens of millions of pounds!

This bonus is the award from the institute.

You have come up with something amazing, well, give me a prize!!

It is so simple, crude and arrogant!!
In order to gain the trust of these people, empty words are definitely not enough, so Wu Youde offered them another sum of resettlement money!

How many?

Five years’ salary, paid in advance!
For example, Farnsworth directly received 50,000 pounds!
Others had 40,000, some had more than 30,000, and the lowest one had 10,000 pounds!
You have to remember that this was in 1957, and even in London, the average annual income per person was only 420 pounds.

Ten thousand pounds, that's the total income of an average person for 25 years!!
Therefore,
This resettlement fee is not low at all, it can even be said to be frighteningly high!!

With the support of his ability to make banknotes and the help of professional identification and assessment by Farnsworth, Wu Youde soon recruited a group of experts.

This is a real expert!!
He is not the kind of expert who suggests that a group of people with lower incomes can easily earn extra income by renting out their idle houses or driving for Didi.

Nor is he the kind of expert who suggests that the problem of low fertility rates can be solved by appropriately punishing young people who don't have children.

Nor is it the kind of expert who suggests increasing the fuel price of fuel vehicles 10 times to solve traffic congestion and exhaust pollution problems.

Wu Youde recruited people who were passionate about scientific research, devoted to experiments, and dreamed of changing the world...

time flies.

In the blink of an eye, it was October.

As a royal princess, it was impossible for Margaret to follow Wu Youde around Europe all the time. Even if she agreed, the Queen would not agree.

In September,

Wu Youde sent her back to London, and then she went to Germany with Farnsworth, and it took them ten days to return.

As soon as she came back, Margaret came running over excitedly, and she tried her best to maintain the elegant demeanor of a princess in front of outsiders.

But as soon as she entered the house, she ran towards Wu Youde and jumped up.

"Hee hee~"

"I knew you would hug me!"

"Honey, I have great news for you!!"

……

(End of this chapter)