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In the original history, the patent rights of light bulbs have caused controversy.

Long before Edison invented the electric light, the American Henry Goebbels had already invented the light bulb, and then Edison and the Englishman Joseph Wilson Swan applied for a patent for the light bulb almost at the same time, and then started a series of patent battles around the light bulb.

In the United Kingdom, the English court found that the patent for the light bulb belonged to Joseph Swan, and Edison had to choose to cooperate with Swan to jointly run the British Electric Light Company.

In the United States, the U.S. Patent Office found Edison's invention infringing and declared Edison's patent invalid. However, Goebbels did not have the opportunity to enjoy the benefits of the light bulb, and shortly after the court declared the patent for the light bulb belonged to Goebbels, Goebbels died of illness, and Edison subsequently bought the patent for the electric light from Goebbels' widow.

Since he knew that there were these disputes, Li Mu would definitely not repeat the mistakes of the past, so before the Horse Laboratory began to study the light bulb, Li Mu had already bought the relevant technology from Henri Goebbels and handed it over to Runkel for research, so the light bulb patent of the Horse Electric Company actually had nothing to do with Henri Goebbels.

As for why there is a patent dispute now, Li Mu can only blame the reason on Tweed.

On the 19th, Runkle rushed from Boston to New York to meet with Li Mu on Governors Island.

"That's the general situation -- we can be sure that the New York Patent Office does not have any patents on light bulbs before we apply for the relevant patents, so we have reason to believe that the patent documents presented by Henri Goebbels must have been forged, and that all of this was a conspiracy by Tweed and the New York Patent Office, who wanted to use this to disrupt our deployment and disrupt our operations." Li Mu explained the whole thing to Runkle.

"Damn, these people deserve hell—" Runkel's face turned pale, his former mildness vanished, and all that remained was anger and humiliation.

Although the right to benefit from the light bulb belongs to Li Mu, the inventor of the light bulb is Runkel, and it is because of this epoch-making invention that Runkel was able to jump from the president of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology to the senator of Massachusetts.

Now Tweed and the New York Patent Office have taken action against the light bulb's patent, which is tantamount to a slap in the face to Runkel, which makes Runkel indignant.

"Don't get excited, trust me, I'll take care of this." Li Mu appeased the angry Runkel.

"What do you want to do? Give Henri Goebbels a sum of money to settle the matter? "Runkel cares about the way Li Mu handles it.

If you don't care, if you don't handle this matter well, it will definitely affect Runkel's reputation, and then affect Runkel's political career, Runkel doesn't want to have an accident at this juncture, his political career has just begun, and he doesn't want to end it now.

"Pay? No, no, don't think about it, all the income of Junma Electric Company is based on patents, if someone comes to me today to fight a lawsuit, I pay for it, then there will be endless troubles in the future, so no matter how much money is paid, I will definitely fight this lawsuit to the end. "Li Mu is uncompromising, and he is also ruined, and Li Mu will definitely not let Henry Goebbels get a penny.

"That's right, we have to resolutely oppose this kind of unearned thing, that Tweed, I heard that tomorrow there will be an impeachment vote against him?" Runkel was a little relieved and agreed with Li Mu's resoluteness.

"That's right! This time he was in trouble. "Li Mu is sure that this time he will definitely dismount Tweeda.

"Well, I'm going to sit in on tomorrow, and I'm going to see this guy ruined." Runkel was furious, trying to see Tweed unlucky.

"No problem, there's a banquet in Manhattan in the evening, let's go to it together, and we'll go to the auditorium tomorrow." Li Mu also has this plan.

As night falls, the lanterns come on, and Battery Park at Castle Clinton.

This time, "the lights are on" is not an adjective, but a real light.

As soon as the electric light was born, Li Mu installed a set of lighting equipment in Clinton Castle to provide lighting for the entire castle, and now a few months have passed, and the scale of lighting equipment has been further expanded, and street lights have been installed in the entire battery park, from Clinton Castle to the small pier to Governors Island.

This should be the first time in the world to use electric lights as a public lighting system, in order to provide better publicity to Junma Electric Company, Li Mu ordered enough lampshades from the glass factory, these color lampshades with low transparency are about 50 centimeters in diameter, they are placed on the steel pipes of high and low staggered, the power supply wires are laid from the ground, there are no wires and power supply equipment on the ground, whenever night falls, the whole battery park will be illuminated by colorful electric lights, reflecting the Milky Way in the sky, Be the most beautiful view of Manhattan.

Li Mu waited until evening to invite Runkle to Battery Park.

At 6:59, Li Mu and Runkel stood side by side on the small pier in Fort Park, and Li Mu said to Runkel with a smile: "Don't think about those unhappy things, the electric light is the greatest invention, and it will always be associated with the name Runkel." ”

As soon as Li Mu's words fell, the electric lights in the Fort Park were lit up in turn, as the light extended into the distance, the colorful lights reflected the bright moon in the sky, illuminating the originally black bushes, the sparse shadows were slanted and the dark fragrance floated, the snow on the ground seemed to exude a mesmerizing brilliance, there were couples applauding and cheering in the distance, and the melodious faint and toasting voices were faintly heard in the distance, and Runkel felt that his mood suddenly improved, and he no longer thought about those bad things about Chen Guzi.

"Ream, I want to thank you, although the honor of the light bulb belongs to me, but I know that without you, there would be none of this, so-" Although Runkel was the inventor of the electric light, Lankel never thought that the light bulb could play like this, so there were tears in Runkel's eyes.

"Don't say anything, I swore when I was rejected by Harvard that I would make the Harvard people regret it, thanks to all of us, relying on my own strength, I couldn't do all this." Li Mu is not polite, he really thinks so.

Just a while ago, Charles Eliot, the president of Harvard, contacted Henry, the general manager of Horse Investment Company, and wanted to build a laboratory with Horse Investment Company.

Li Mu did not hesitate to reject Charles Eliot's suggestion, perhaps Harvard's research strength is stronger, but Li Mu and MIT work very happily, Li Mu does not want to be left and right.

I don't know what Charles Elliot thinks, anyway, after Li Mu refused to cooperate with Harvard, he was fired from his position with arrogance towards Li Mu and Will and Rex Ingersoll, and Charles Elliot was also dismissed by Harvard's school board.

Of course, Runkel knew about these things, and when he looked back on his decision, he was more and more grateful to himself at the time.

"Let's go, we can't keep guests waiting too long." Li Mu and Runkel went to Castle Clinton together.

The Clinton Castle is already brightly lit, the guests who arrived early are chatting in groups, there is a small band playing live music on the small stage next to the banquet hall, the music is melodious, the sound is not too big or too small, there are six giant ceiling lamps at the top of the hall to provide lighting for the whole hall, the light is not dazzling, it is enough for lighting, the mellow smell of wine flows down the gap in the glass door to the lawn in the courtyard, and the wine is not drunk and everyone is drunk.

The appearance of Li Mu and Runkel caused a small sensation, tomorrow is the decisive day, tonight is both a briefing and a celebration, everyone knows the role that Li Mu played in this process.

"Reem, are you ready?" Arthur was the most radical and took the initiative to give Li Mu a big hug.

"No problem, I'm going to sit in on tomorrow too, and I'm going to see what happens to someone with my own eyes." Li Mu is ready and will not miss tomorrow's good show.

"Hehe, there will be sixty observer seats in the upper house tomorrow, and now these auditory seats have owners, and it seems that many people want to see someone's fate with their own eyes." Arthur was a little excited, his long-held dream was finally coming true, and Arthur couldn't help himself.

"It doesn't seem like that's what you're concerned about now, don't you need to talk to someone to make sure you succeed tomorrow?" Li Mu reminded Arthur not to be careless about Jingzhou.

After all, the impeachment of Tweed is not a normal re-election, according to the scheduled procedure, if the impeachment is successful tomorrow, then a new mayoral election will start immediately, Arthur must be one of the predetermined candidates, and the chance of winning is relatively large, but still can't be careless, God knows if it will be a halfway way to bite the gold.

"Hehe, it doesn't matter, I just want the wrongdoers to get the punishment they deserve, as for who will be elected, that's not for me to decide, although I would love to get the opportunity to serve the citizens of New York, but it also depends on the choice of the councilors." Arthur was righteous, and he had already prepared for it.

Everyone will say that as for whether he can do it or not is another matter, Li Mu believes that Arthur should be confident.

"Senator Runkel, it's a great pleasure to meet you, I have heard about patents, please rest assured that the court will do you justice, and as for some people at the New York Patent Office, they will also be punished." Arthur did not ignore Runkel, in terms of political status, even if Arthur is elected mayor of New York, Arthur's status is not as good as Runkel, unless Arthur can also be elected as a senator of New York State, otherwise Arthur will have to be a man with his tail between his legs in front of Runkel.

Senators are a scarce animal, unlike the House of Representatives, senators only have two people per state, as long as they can be elected, it means that they have reached the pinnacle of power, as for the president, it still needs to be a coincidence, not a personal effort can be decided.