Chapter 54 Fatal Temptation

What kind of genius is easy to recruit? The answer is that when a person is down or unknown, it is easier to recruit a genius who lends a helping hand.

Since Cheng Nuo came to the United States, he has been trying to date some "big and small" people while studying, hoping that one day in the future, they will "willingly" return to China with him.

Nikola Tesla is one of Cheng Nuo's important targets, especially this year, which can be called Tesla's great humiliation - the American Institute of Electrical Engineers awarded him a medal.

Logically speaking, this is recognition of his strength and an honor, but the bad thing is that the name of the medal is the Edison Medal.

A rival and former boss whom he looked down upon, who had plagiarized his patents and squeezed the value of his labor, actually used his name to praise him. How could Tesla swallow this sigh of relief?

But now there is no way. Opposite the giant who controls half of the American electrical appliance industry, he can only live alone in a small hotel, relying on outsourced research on car speedometers and headlights to make ends meet.

He earned less than $20,000, most of which was invested in the invention of the turbine.

In order to seize this time window, Cheng Nuo specially attached an extra small package when sending a package to his American classmate and asked him to send it to Tesla.

Going back to the beginning of 1917, we started talking about it when Tesla received the package.

This morning, Tesla put on his beloved coat as usual and prepared to carry half a bag of bread crumbs to Bryant Park to feed the pigeons.

He was shaving in front of the mirror when he suddenly heard a rapid knock on the door, his face still covered with foam.

"Who is it? Is it okay to knock on the door so early? If it is a newspaper delivery, please leave it at the door. I will pick it up myself. Thank you."

When someone responded, the knocking on the door suddenly stopped, and then the waitress's voice came.

"Mr. Nikola Tesla, I'm sorry to bother you so early. There is a package here from Massachusetts that needs you to sign for it in person."

"Massachusetts? I don't remember that I have friends there." Tesla stopped the razor in his hand and frowned in the mirror: "Worsom Watch Company? National Aeronautics Commission? Or the American War

Ministry? Probably not."

When he was young, Tesla also had ideals. He came to the United States from distant Croatia and took refuge under his idol Edison. However, the "King of Invention" failed to live up to his passion and took away Tesla's 24 new technologies.

Register the patent in your own name, mass produce and earn a lot of wealth.

At that time, Tesla's hopes were not yet disillusioned. He just hoped to receive a research fund of US$50,000 that had been promised long ago. Unfortunately, he only received verbal commendations and did not receive any salary increase.

Unconvinced, he ran away from Edison, wanting to compete with him and investing more time, energy and money in invention and creation. As a result, he only had Mark Twain as his old friend for many years.

It's a pity that this great writer has been dead for some years, and Tesla has never made any new close friends, except for a certain little guy, who seems to be becoming more and more withdrawn.

After hesitating for a moment, Tesla walked to the door, opened the door and signed his name on the receipt.

"Thank you, Miss Smith."

After taking the package, he politely closed the door without looking at the coquettish waitress leaning against the door frame.

The waitress was so angry that she had a grimace on her face. She clenched her fists and wanted to knock on the door. After a brief hesitation, she put on a professional smile and knocked gently again.

"Mr. Nikola Tesla, you haven't tipped yet."

The door opened very quickly now, and a hand stretched out from the crack of the door and gave her a few coins.

Several other waitresses who were hiding in the corner watching the show heard the door close and immediately ran over, craning their necks to count the money.

"Oh, my God, it's not even a dollar in total."

"Yes, he is so well-dressed. I thought he was very rich, but he turns out to be so poor."

"I told you a long time ago that he is very poor. Although his clothes look expensive, didn't you notice that he wears this one when he goes out?"

"It's a loss, it's a loss. This little money is not enough to pay for the perfume I spray."

After taking the package, Tesla threw it on the table without having time to look at it, and was busy shaving.

But as he scratched, his eyes kept moving towards the package unconsciously, as if there was something inside that was attracting him.

In a daze, the skin of the chin was cut by a razor without paying attention, and blood oozed out.

Tesla shook his head, simply rinsed all the foam off his face, sat on the sofa with half a beard, and began to unpack the package.

"Tom Cheng?" Tesla touched his head and thought thoughtfully: "Could it be that young man from the East? Shouldn't he have graduated and returned to China by this time?"

I still have a very deep impression on Cheng Nuo. In order to quickly get closer to him, Cheng Nuo intentionally or unintentionally showed his future life, which gave Tesla a lot of inspiration, and the relationship between the two gradually became closer.

Later, due to his company's financial affairs, Tesla was looking for investment everywhere and had no fixed place to live. The exchange of letters between the two became less and less until they no longer had any contact.

Now that Cheng Nuoneng asked his classmates to contact him, it was because later generations of Tesla basically settled here, and he only knew this address based on his foresight.

When I opened the package, I saw a book, a letter and a letter of appointment from the Academy of Sciences.

The letter can be divided into three parts according to its main content.

The first part is about Tesla's health concerns and greetings about his current situation. He is 60 years old this year. Although he still maintains vitality, time is not forgiving. Compared with when he was young, he is still a little worse than when he was young, not to mention the economy.

We are in a tight situation and don't have much money to improve our lives.

The second part is an introduction to the book. The name of the book is "2017 Thirty Days Travel". It is about a guy named Hopkins who traveled to 2017, felt the advancement of modern technology, and traveled around the world.

Interesting anecdotes about countries around the world. This book was actually written by Cheng Nuo himself. It focuses on describing the electrification part later in order to attract Tesla’s attention. Of course, in order to retain suspense, the description is deliberately vague. Although there are many types, the description is

When it comes to the principles, they are all covered in one stroke, and the desire to speak is still expressed to the extreme.

The third part is to invite Tesla as the dean of the Academy of Applied Engineering Sciences on behalf of the Academy of Sciences of the Republic of China. The treatment is favorable, a large amount of scientific research funds are guaranteed to be invested, and the electrification laboratories can also be built according to the highest standards. For Tesla,

The temptation was quite strong. At this time, he ran into obstacles at every turn. Not only was he saddled with corporate debts, but no one invested in building a radio station. He was just a mere commander.

I have lofty ambitions and my mind is full of inspiration, but there is nowhere to realize it.

No matter how good the United States is, no one can invest in him. Besides, Tesla is originally from Serbia. He came here just to realize his ideal. Now that his ideal is hopeless, he can naturally consider other things.

At this moment, Cheng Nuo's letter appeared in front of him like a life-saving straw, causing this tall, thin "old man" who had always been calm and composed to actually tremble slightly with excitement.

"Electricity has injected the most precious things into my tired and weak body - the vitality of life and spiritual vitality, but it has been slowly exhausted. Will the mysterious East be my future power source?"

Thanks to book friend Maimai for his 280 starting coins and book friend 20171024163817221 for his 200 starting coins reward.
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