Alchemy Greater China

Thin smoke quickly filled the small cabin.

The handsome white man stopped and raised his head. The mustache in the middle of the man was very eye-catching: "Where is the person you trust? I have been out for three hours, and you still haven't got the ticket to leave San Diego?"

The two men who were smoking slowly raised their heads, one with stern eyes, and the other with slightly loose eyes.

The loose man put down his cigarette, took out a jet-black pistol from his pocket, and said in a low voice, "Mr. Tesla, don't worry, our Carnegie Group has always been stable and reliable in our work! Just like the steel we laid. Just as strong as the bridge."

The grim man also dropped the cigarette ash, and pushed aside the hem of his clothes, revealing the holster on his waist: "Don't worry, we will protect your safety, there's no point in rushing now, Podson is the boss here, we have to choose to trust him !wait."

That's right, this handsome white man is the eccentric scientist Nikola Tesla. He was born in 1856. He is 37 years old this year. In the words of later generations, it is the golden age of "academic blowout". However, at this moment, he , although his face was still handsome and elegant, but layers of melancholy clouds seemed to be embedded in his brows, as if poisoned, which could not be dispelled for a long time.

As a result, those who are familiar with Tesla are well aware: Who made him offend the 'King of Invention' Edison?

Confronting Edison is like confronting graduate students of later generations with their supervisors. Not only will they not be able to publish their papers, but they may even be in danger of being expelled!

Because of his obsession with alternating current, Tesla was kicked out of Edison's company, but he was not discouraged and continued to work hard. Not only did he establish his own company in 1886, but he also became a U.S. citizen on July 7 last year. [

Good things happen one after another, and even better news came. In the first quarter of this year, he received a notice that he was nominated to be the vice-chairman of the American Institute of Electrical Engineers!

this association.It is not very famous at this time, but if it is placed a hundred years later, it is almost the best choice for all science and engineering students to search for papers: eee.

Although Tesla couldn't compete with Edison, he was still a businessman who opened his own shop. Therefore, his position as the vice chairman of eee (not called this name now, for the sake of convenience. I called it that way first) is bound to must!With this position of vice "chairman", he can spread his own AC power in the electric power circle, manage his own network of contacts, and clear up Edison's previous slander against him... In short, there are many benefits.

However.Before the election, Tesla got a piece of bad news from the eee circle: this election is very likely to be a bribery! !

Election bribery, as the name suggests, is to spend money to win votes. Several eee judges have come to Tesla and implicitly suggested that whether you can be elected as the vice chairman depends mainly on how much money you can pay.

It was easy to be nominated.How can I back down?

As soon as Tesla gritted his teeth, he prepared to withdraw part of his own insufficient funds to fill the gaps of these sanctimonious judges.

It's a pity that Tesla once again underestimated the moral bottom line of these extortionists, or to be precise, it was Edison's determination to kill them all!

Edison has been paying attention to Tesla's movements, and with his intelligence sources, he soon learned of eee's election bribery.Therefore, Edison threw five thousand dollars to support Tesla's opponent who ran for the vice "chairman".

Compared with Edison's financial resources, Tesla didn't even think about it.Five thousand dollars is just a drizzle for the chaebol, but for Tesla, it is undoubtedly a mountain that cannot be surpassed.

However, in the face of this 'big mountain'.Tesla had no choice but to retreat, because he knew that it was too late when Edison also intervened in election bribery. At this time, he had already spent a huge sum of one thousand dollars. , even the huge sum of money from this stingy stinger has to be returned!

The resentment towards Edison and the resentment towards the judges who collected money on both sides made Tesla make a decision: fight to the end and raise!Even if the company is sold, money must be raised to continue this election bribery battle!

Tesla vs. Edison, if you gamble with the scientific geniuses of the two, it is probably evenly matched. However, compared with throwing money, Tesla's hope of winning is really slim.

Tesla contacted a few close friends, and raised more or less $[-], but the gap between $[-] and $[-] was still too big... Seeing that the election was getting closer, Tesla couldn't help but despair, could it be true? Who wants to sell the company to raise money?Moreover, the money raised may not be able to win this election bribery battle... You must know that Edison is not an np. When he finds that five thousand dollars is not enough, he can increase the bet at any time.

After thinking about it, in the end, the idea of ​​"can't swallow this breath" in Tesla's mind prevailed and decided to sell the company! [

Selling a company is not an "indiscriminate" sale. You have to be particular about it. Tesla has studied it. Although its own company has limited potential, it must not be able to sell at a good price in the eastern United States, because industries related to electricity are all controlled by Edison. And the super chaebol behind him took control, and here, Baiyu can only be sold for a cabbage price.

Tesla's chosen buyer was Carnegie, the steel magnate who moved from Pittsburgh to California.

Tesla made this choice after careful consideration.

If it was the steel group before the relocation, Tesla might not have chosen it, but now Carnegie is a down-and-out phoenix in the eyes of everyone, and choosing him as the buyer, Tesla believes that his company will definitely sell for a good price.

A skinny camel is bigger than a horse, let alone a slightly downcast phoenix?

Tesla felt that his company would definitely be favored by Carnegie, and selling it for tens of thousands of dollars should not be a luxury.

Yes, it is tens of thousands of dollars, limited by the horizon, Tesla now thinks that tens of thousands of dollars is already a big amount... This is not at all the same order of magnitude as Long Hao's frequent sprinkling of hundreds of thousands of dollars.

After making a choice, I have to contact Carnegie. Unfortunately, Tesla's company is too small, even smaller than the smallest unit in Carnegie's steel kingdom. Want to see Carnegie?Pure dream!

What if I can't see you?

He could only entrust an agent, and in the process of contacting, negotiating, and waiting, Edison made an effort. He directly exposed Tesla's bribery of the eee judges, and also listed Tesla's involvement in the Carnegie Group. The crimes of embezzlement, misappropriation, and embezzlement of Pittsburgh "government" property committed during the relocation... These are easy to weave, and only one sentence from the big names in the Morgan consortium is enough.

For companies and individuals who dare to approach the Carnegie Group, the Morgan Consortium will definitely kill or let go, Tesla?It was just that Edison took advantage of it.It's just a small person who has suffered a lot.

Caught off guard, Tesla had no choice but to flee in a hurry. He entrusted the company to the trustworthy agent, took a little money, and hurried south to flee the United States.

Needless to say the process of fleeing, needless to mention the embarrassment.But Tesla's life is in serious danger. After all, bribery, embezzlement... are not serious crimes. As long as Tesla leaves the United States, the Morgan consortium is not interested in stretching out its feet to trample a small gnat to death.

Not long after Tesla left the United States, he got the news from his agent.Andrew Carnegie also seems to have left the United States, whereabouts are unknown.

At this time, it was about the time when the San Francisco Exchange had just opened and Carnegie took a boat to Australia to develop the Beluga Energy Group.

If Carnegie cannot be found, the company will not be able to sell at a good price. Tesla is a little confused, and the limelight is tight at this time.Edison and Morgan did not send people to continue to arrest him, but it does not mean that he can turn around and return home.

As a result, Tesla hung on to the little money and wandered around in Central American countries such as Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras, and refused to stay away from the United States.

This wandering was really given a chance by Tesla.

The people from the field team found Tesla and told him that they could help Tesla clear his name.Return to the United States.

But the premise is that Tesla is required to join the peripheral organization of the field team and provide them with business intelligence.

Don't get me wrong, the field team found Tesla not because they knew Long Hao's order to recruit this power field master, but because...he offended the Morgan consortium.

good.When the field team approached Tesla, they treated him as a small person.Because the field group is staring at Morgan, Rockefeller, DuPont and other super consortiums in the eastern United States, based on the principle that the enemy of the enemy is a friend.The field team came to Tesla, also with the idea that one ally is one, and the number of people is strong.

The field team is the foundation, but their identity revealed to Tesla is: Bear Haunted (bh) security company.

The reason given to Tesla is: bh company wants to enter the commercial field, and needs various types of commercial companies to provide it with commercial secrets and transaction dynamics. You are lucky to be selected!

However, Tesla thought about it, but did not immediately agree.

Although Tesla hated Edison, but at this time he was being affected by the aftermath of the election bribery incident, so he was quite disgusted with the job of "commercial espionage".

Although the conditions offered by bh are very attractive, Tesla still said that it needs to think more about it.

From a conceited scientist to a commercial spy who sells information, the mental journey of this transformation will certainly not be short.

Of course, the main reason is that Tesla is not at the end of its rope at this moment. He still has the company and the hope of contacting Carnegie. After all, his agent is still working hard for him in the United States!

BH's contacts are of high quality, and they are not too blamed for Tesla's polite refusal.

The matter of attracting outside intelligence spies was originally a matter of your love and my wish. As the saying goes, business is not a good thing. In order to build a good reputation, bh's contact person also expressed in good faith that he is willing to arrange for Tesla to meet with Mr. Andrew Carnegie.

Tesla couldn't help being overjoyed when he heard about this, and he felt a little guilty while feeling good about bh company.

Who is Carnegie?

That is a generation of legends, the Iron King!

I clearly rejected the other party, but the other party still exerted energy and arranged for me, a 'fugitive', to meet the Iron King.

This kind of favor is really a bit heavy!

In fact, Tesla misunderstood it. The arrangement of the bh contact person this time was not intentional, but purely coincidental. Tesla himself was lucky and caught up.

Because Carnegie happened to return from Australia with his daughter, and the stopover on the way was the city where Tesla was located: Costa Rica, Puerto Puntarenas.

Costa Rica is a peaceful, stable and democratic country among the Central American countries. Therefore, most merchant ships and fugitives from other countries will choose to take refuge here.

Carnegie heard about the crisis of the blockade of San Francisco, came back by boat to inquire, and when he stopped in Puntarenas Port, he contacted the BH company's stationed personnel here.

It can be said that the meeting between Carnegie and Tesla was a coincidence.It is also the arrangement of fate...

After the meeting, Carnegie turned around and returned to Australia (meaning Long Hao), while Tesla was in high spirits!

why?

Because Carnegie, a generation of heroes, recognized the value of Tesla, gave his company a terrific purchase price, and invited Tesla's troubles in the United States (those "messy" crimes) to be resolved. , to San Francisco to find him.

Approved by the Iron King.Tesla took a breath of refreshing air, and the haze over his head brought about by the gloomy days of fleeing was swept away: the purchase price of [-] US dollars!And let yourself retain the right to operate the company!

It's like getting an angel fund in later generations without interfering with your own development plan!

What kind of happiness should this be for a scientific master who is dedicated to broadcasting?

Shrouded in happiness, Tesla immediately sent a telegram to the agent who stayed in the United States.Good news.

However, things in the world are always a pot of dog blood, and the degree of dog blood is better than the dark Murphy's law The matter is limited to fairy tale novels.

Following this law, the follow-up brought by Tesla's good news.It's bad news, bad news that makes our electric freak instantly fall from the bright sun to the bone-chilling cave!

The agent in the United States mortgaged Tesla's company...

For this reason, Tesla did not hesitate to spend twenty dollars, rented a telephone line, spent 2 minutes, and raged to question the unreliable agent!

"Truman, are you fucking crazy? Mortgaging the company. Is your head full of maggots?"

"Nicolas, don't scold people. Do you know how much money I mortgaged? You can't guess it. I took your company that no one wanted and mortgaged it for [-], a full [-] dollars! Haha . Am I amazing?"

"Amazing your size! You maggot-in-the-ass bastard, you know who I met? Carnegie, Andrew Carnegie himself! Do you know how much I sold the company for? Fifty thousand, tm's fifty thousand dollars ! By comparison. Your seventeen thousand dollars is a fart, and a fart that stinks of maggots!"

"..."

"Can't speak anymore? Tell you, withdraw the mortgage for me, and then prepare the corresponding procedures. According to this contact method, transfer the company to the card for me..."

"Yes, I'm sorry, Nicholas!" The agent Truman interrupted midway, and the voice of swallowing could almost come through the phone receiver: "The mortgage, withdraw, can't withdraw..."

"why?"

The quiet telephone exchange was suddenly startled by an octave-high voice.

"Because, because... all the money has been invested in the stock market!"

"What, what?"

Another high-octave voice, and then... nothing more, because Tesla was kicked out by the telephone exchange administrator.

Afterwards, Tesla spent several telegrams and finally found out that his agent, Truman, had used the mortgage company's money to speculate in the stock market. To be precise, he was betting on the collapse of Earl's plate and profiting from the bombardment crisis!

Truman cannot be blamed for this, because this is the most profitable channel among the major exchanges in the eastern United States during this period, at least the most profitable on the surface!

The Earl of the North Sea, who was blocked by six battleships, his stocks did not fall, it was like the Atlantic submerged Manhattan, it was completely impossible!

If this kind of free money is not earned, God will blame it.

Truman also wanted to help Tesla. In his opinion, when the short-selling futures in his hands expire and cash out, the [-] US dollars can at least double. confronted.

I need to talk about the fate of the short-selling Earl plate. When the miracle day passed, Tesla was dumbfounded: he could not contact Truman, and based on the stock price estimation on the expiration date of the option, only $[-] of his $[-] was left. Less than three thousand.

And the three thousand dollars, it is estimated that Truman also... Hey, don't talk, if you talk too much, you will cry.

After losing everything in a big bet, Tesla is now without the company, and its future is bleak: without the company, what else would he sell to Carnegie?Do you want to sell yourself?

Tesla, with a pale face, roared unwillingly: not afraid of opponents like gods, but teammates who are afraid of maggots on their brains, ah... Then, Tesla was kicked out of the telephone exchange again.

After being hit, Tesla suffered a serious illness. Ten days later, when jmw had already begun, he appeared alone in Chilean territory.

A month later, Tesla was no longer alone. He contacted people from the Carnegie Group, and a small group of assistants surrounded him.

What is Tesla doing?

How can I get the assistance of a group of assistants from Carnegie?

Speaking of which, the answer can be drawn from Tesla's current words.

"...Of course you have to protect me, because the core of this electrolysis method is all recorded in my head!"

In the cabin, Tesla gritted his teeth and shouted to the two men: "Podsen, I can't trust this man! You must know that there are three people in my assistant team, but none of them are here now! If you still Putting our hopes on some kind of local snake, I think, we are going to reunite with those three children soon!"

The stern man frowned: "Mr. Tesla, don't be impulsive! Podson is still trustworthy!"

Tesla ignored it, put on his top hat, and walked directly to the door: "I won't wait any longer, and I can walk to the nearest port in three hours! Here, it must be exposed, you don't know, here The saltpeter merchant, who kills people without blinking an eye, is simply an executioner!" (To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to come to the starting point to vote, monthly pass, your support is my biggest motivation. Mobile phone users, please go to m to read. )

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