1855 United States Tycoon

Speaking of which, Edison's ability is really not covered. In particular, unlike the historical situation where he was completely self-taught, Edison also madly made up his mathematical foundation for a while at the University of Cleveland. This makes him more comprehensive. In addition, before proposing the idea of ​​the nickel-iron alkaline battery project, Edison had already done some basic research in his spare time. Especially when he started to have a showdown with the McDonald Consortium, he finally used a handful of the resources of the McDonald Lab, slowed down the research of the originally scheduled research project, and used it very innocently. The resources of the large laboratory started the preliminary work of nickel-iron alkaline storage batteries. Anyway, large laboratories give researchers considerable autonomy. Of course, according to the system, the process and results of these studies must be recorded, which means that the MacDonald Consortium will also have these relevant information in its hands. However, Edison was not worried about this, because without Scrooge and without himself, even if the Macdonald Consortium also started research in this area, it is unlikely to be in front of own.

With this foundation, Edison took out the first laboratory products of nickel-iron alkaline batteries in just a few months. In the subsequent series of tests, this battery showed a series of outstanding advantages such as simple maintenance and less self-discharge. Thus, the first important achievement in the Morgan Edison laboratory appeared and began to apply for patents.

However, at this time, trouble came, and the Macdonald Consortium began suing Edison for stealing research results from the large laboratory. Take Edison to court.

...

"Haha, Mr. Edison, you don't have to worry about the law at all," Morgan said to Edison, "We have already made the relevant preparations. Our lawyers are ready. For now, McDonald's The consortium does not have any patents related to this product. The law does not protect technology that has not yet been patented. Therefore, the possibility of their victory is almost impossible. And the law does not prohibit scientific researchers from working in new work units. Research. So you won’t have any problems. They are doing this completely just to delay the launch of our products and interfere with your other research. This will indeed delay the launch of our products several times Month, but this delay will not fundamentally change anything. It is even equivalent to an advertisement for our product."

"So I can rest assured. Thank you for your support, Mr. Morgan." Edison said gratefully. Although his first research project has been completed, he does not have time to rest because he needs to invest in the new project immediately. In the study. The research on new batteries is just the beginning. He has more and more important tasks. So at this time, he did not have the energy to deal with such a lawsuit.

"This is for our common interest." Morgan said, "By the way, how are you preparing for the development of electric vehicles and gasoline engines?"

Even under the influence of Scrooge's assassination, the development of the automotive industry has maintained a good speed. Now in various cities in the east, you can see all kinds of cars running on the streets. While this continues to bring wealth to the Macdonald Consortium, it also makes others jealous. It's just that at the time, cars were really high-tech, especially car engines, and it was a technology barrier that those jealous guys couldn't overcome.

Edison did not participate deeply in the gasoline engine plan. However, Edison still knew the basic principles of design and so on. Edison even proposed a lot of improvement plans to avoid some of the original designs that were too advanced. It is still difficult to do on the basis of current industrial technology, and it is economically unnecessary to design. Of course, this will reduce the performance of the engine, but it will also reduce the cost of the engine and improve the reliability of the engine. Of course, it may also increase a certain amount of fuel consumption.

However, Edison did not dare to underestimate the original design. The person who can come up with such a design must be a great genius. Those designs that were finally removed especially showed genius thinking. This kind of thinking, This design ability even made Edison feel ashamed. But Edison didn't doubt life or anything, because he knew that these designs must come from Mr. Scrooge McDonald.

Because of this experience, Edison is no stranger to the design of gasoline engines. When Morgan asked Edison whether a gasoline engine could be designed, Edison immediately said to Morgan: "The development of gasoline engine is not an insurmountable peak for me, but, Mr. Morgan, I have been in contact with MacDonald’s engine design. In my opinion, this engine is quite perfect. You must know that it is derived from the design of Mr. Scrooge McDonald, coupled with the trial and error of the large laboratory, and we must find a way To bypass related patent barriers and have to avoid some key designs, so if we want to develop a new gasoline engine, it will either be higher than the opponent in terms of cost or lower in performance. Moreover, and , I know that the Macdonald Consortium also has some patented technologies that can be thrown out at the right time in the future to improve the performance of gasoline engines. Mr. Morgan, do you still think we should invest in this area?"

At that time, Morgan asked Edison a question: "Thomas, without Scrooge McDonald, you did not firmly bite McDonald’s gasoline engine and finally overwhelmed them in a long-term competition. Confidence?"

Edison is still confident about this issue. Scrooge must have left a lot of designs, but with these designs, can he stay ahead forever? That is absolutely impossible. And now that Scrooge is no longer there, Edison has the confidence to overwhelm any other researcher.

As a result, the plan for the development of a gasoline engine was determined in this way. After the battery is completed, this will become Edison's next focus. Of course, this also means more and larger-scale investments.

...

"Edison started to develop gasoline engines in his new laboratory? This traitor!" Looking at the intelligence in his hand, Rockefeller was very angry.

"Yes, the information provided by our undercover in the Morgan Edison laboratory should be very reliable." Scrooge replied.

"Scrooge, what are you going to do?" Rockefeller asked.

"John, do you remember a joke I told you before, the joke why you shouldn't try to argue with a fool." Scrooge did not directly answer Rockefeller's question, but asked.

"You mean that'never argue with a pure stupid, because he will bring your IQ to the same level as him, and then use his years of experience as a stupid to defeat you'?" Rockefeller said with a smile.

"Yes, even if you face a pure idiot, you can't beat him in the Realm that the pure idiot is familiar with. This is also because we have not been involved in the financial industry too much, and our financial activities are very conservative. Reason. Now, because of the misjudgment of my situation, Morgan rashly entered the Realm we are good at. Isn’t this a good opportunity for us to severely hit him? We can use our years of manufacturing and He has rich experience in scientific research to defeat them. Moreover, once he starts investing in this project, the amount of investment will only be continuously ascending, and then we can suppress it through production and technology to make it difficult for him to make money. At that time, It is really not easy for him to continue to maintain his alliance." Scrooge said, "Even if he can still maintain the leader position in his alliance, his prestige in his alliance is still there. With a huge decline, he does not have an absolute advantage in equity. At that time, his alliance’s ability to act will be greatly reduced, and the threat to us will become smaller and smaller."

...

"Everyone, the New York State Court made a ruling in our favor. They dismissed the McDonald Consortium's lawsuit. Now, our new batteries can be put into production on a large scale. Even if the price of the factory is included, a conservative estimate, This can also bring us more than two million dollars in profits in three years." Morgan said to the cheerful bankers, "Now we have three options, one is to invest ourselves, and then obtain full authorization from Edison. Then we produce it ourselves. The second method is that we profit by selling this patent. Third, we lend to Edison and let him run the factory by himself. What choice do you make?"

The following bankers talked a lot, but in the end, they all shouted: "We listen to you, Mr. Morgan, what do you think we should do, we will do it!"

Morgan listened to such shouts with satisfaction. The failure of the previous blind move and the success under Morgan's direct command this time made Morgan's influence in the league higher and higher, although he was still unable to compete with Scrooge in McDonald. Compared with the status within the Nasdaq Consortium, compared to before, there is really a huge Ascension.

Morgan stretched out his hands and pressed it down, and the noise immediately disappeared. Morgan said: "We make the most profit from our own investment, of course, the risk is also the greatest, and this will also cause our funds to be occupied for a long time. The second way is to obtain funds the fastest, but the profit is the least. As for the third way, The risk and time to occupy funds are slightly smaller than the first type, but the profit will also be reduced. But considering that this is the Realm before the McDonald Consortium we just tried to enter, the necessary caution is still necessary. So I recommend taking the first one. Three ways."

Thank you for reading this story at mtlarchive.com. Your support enables us to keep the site running!