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After handling his personal affairs, Yang Rui began to contact McNeill. According to the previous plan, he basically stayed in New York after returning to the United States, and his main tasks were to apply for patents, prepare for the establishment of a radio station called AOL, and a small town wireless telegraph company, among other important events.

The small-town wireless telegraph company was planned by Yang Rui, but his execution was not successful, and the reason for the failure was that the planners did not know anything about the American telegraph industry. The original intention of this plan was to open wireless telegraph stations in those small towns where there was no telegraph, because the transmission distance was not far, and these wireless telegraph branch lines had to pass through the existing cable telegraph trunk lines to send customers' telegraphs to all parts of the country, but in the United States at that time, the entire telegraph industry was dominated by the Western Union Company - unlike the European countries where the telegraph was bought out and monopolized by the state, the United States did not have a similar monopoly on the cable telegraph, which made the telegraph industry fiercely competitive and reshuffled several times. Western Union unified the telegraph lines throughout the United States, establishing nearly 3,000 telegraph stations throughout the country. The company's existence made it so that there were very few towns without telegraphs, and the company became interested in wireless telegraphy after the success of Marconi experiments in 1901, and had no interest in McNeill's little collaborator, Western Union.

It took McNeill months to realize that spending time on wireless telegraphy was useless, but thankfully he had applied for all the patents he needed to apply for, and he was now following up on the radio project. But there is a problem that it is very expensive to build a radio station in New York, not only to find a high-rise building to build a base station, but also to send a lot of radios for free, which is not a task that Yang Rui can accomplish with more than 20,000 US dollars.

Yang Rui listened to McNeill talk about these things in a dejected way - he originally thought that he could become a celebrity a little smaller than a celebrity like Morse with a wireless telegraph, but this was not necessarily the case.

"Wick, we didn't really plan to have much success in the field of wireless telegraphy. When I was in Shanghai, I thought the focus should be on radio rather than telegraph, shouldn't I? Moreover, you should be able to understand our advantage now, the Marconi telegram may have traveled a little further than us, but it is inferior to us in any other way, what we need now is time and money, don't we? Yang Rui comforted him and said that the kind of thing that was destined to be eliminated in the spark gap did not give him anything to worry about at all, what he cared about was those patents, and the victory or defeat of the technology product patent has always determined the victory or defeat in the market.

McNeil was relieved to see that his boss did not blame, and in the last few months of his return to the United States, he spent most of his time on wireless telegraphy, and not too much thought on broadcasting. "Yes. Boss, what we need is time and money. There are already a few investors in talks with them about broadcasting, but most of them are skeptical about paying $100,000 to build a radio station, and they are unhappy that they can't get the company's original shares. I think I should look for another investor. ”

The $100,000 was not only for the radio station, but also for the upfront investment in the radio factory, but according to the previous plan, McNeil would only sell the shares of the radio station, not the entire company. Yang Rui knew that this was a matter of principle, and if it was a company share, it would not be something that could be talked about with 100,000 US dollars. "Then let's change people." Yang Rui said, "The funds in Shanghai are very tight, and there is no way to withdraw funds this year, and it will be possible in the second half of next year." Wick, we'd better find investors as quickly as possible, even if it's just a block of broadcasts. No one will invest in it without tangible results. ”

McNeil nodded, which was also what he thought. "Boss, next year's Louisiana fair, under what name are we going to attend. In the name of a Chinese factory, or in the name of an American factory? ”

That's right, next year seems to be the World Expo, "when will it start?" Yang Rui asked.

McNeil pulled out a copy of the text and said, "On April 3o next year, boss, can you participate?" ”

Hearing this date, Yang Rui knew that he couldn't come, and at that time he should train soldiers in the ravines. "I think there's a good chance it won't come." Yang Rui said with regret, "Radio products are participated in in the name of American companies, and Chinese companies are only responsible for MSG." By the way, let's see if we can get in touch with the organizers, and if we can build a broadcasting system at the expo, then we will have a lot of investors. ”

Yang Rui's idea made him excited again, yes, if that the whole world would know about broadcasting and his own. McNeill suddenly thought of a question, "Boss, but how do we make people hear, do we give everyone a radio?" Although Yang Rui has paid attention to this problem when the radio was made, he kept urging Harry to speed up the research progress, but there was no way, which is also an important reason why it is difficult for radio to get investment.

The problem of forgetting Jì was brought up by McNeill, which made Yang Rui very faceless, and he was responsible for the leadership of this matter. Yang Rui said fiercely in his heart: "You go to contact the organizer first, I will personally urge Harry to make the horn as much as possible after returning to Shanghai, isn't it just a simple horn, why is it so difficult." I'll give him half a year to make it happen. Yang Rui felt that he had a reason to be angry, the horn on the repeater used to learn German in the box had been taken out by himself and handed over to Harry for study, although this made great progress in the real room, but the horn still never came out.

Seeing Yang Ruibiao, McNeill was overjoyed, if he could really make his voice float in the air as the boss said before, then investors would not be a problem. "It's a good idea. Boss, I fully support your decision, it's to put some pressure on Harry, he works hard, but it's going too slowly. ”

Yang Rui didn't want to mention the headache of the horn anymore, so he changed the topic and asked, "Did the person I asked you to find find found it?" Yang Rui is talking about Rong Hong, from the news from Wang Jitong, the equipment of the Jiangnan Manufacturing Bureau was purchased by Rong Hong, and the equipment bought was the latest equipment, and he was also wanted by the Qing court after the uprising of Tang Caichang's self-reliance army, and then he disappeared, and it is estimated that he returned to the United States. If a Chinese person can buy a professional machine in the United States, then this person is not an ordinary person, at least a certain amount of knowledge -- Yang Rui does not know that Rong Hong is actually a graduate of Yale University -- and social relations, because another main purpose of his coming to the United States is to find Rong Hong, a person who has a certain social foundation in the United States, and if he is reliable and suitable, then he can manage the affairs of the United States in the future -- there are many things that McNeil cannot do well.

McNeill received the news a month ago that although it is difficult to find a Chinese in American society, Yung Hong is still relatively famous, and he quickly did it. "Yes, I found it. He lives in Hartford City, Connecticut, and I've been in touch with him last month, boss, and if you're going, I can telegraph him right away. Hartford is not far from New York, only one hundred and twenty miles, and it takes only five hours by train. ”

Yang Rui sighed, he thought that Rong Hong would be in San Francisco, and if he wanted to see him, he needed to travel through the entire United States Big 6, who knew that it was not far from New York. "Good. You can contact him later, and help me buy a train ticket for tomorrow. ”

Yang Rui arrived in Hartford City on November 24, the train drove for nearly six hours, McNeil bought Yang Rui a first-class ticket, originally as a Chinese could not enter the first-class carriage, but as when entering the customs, the attendant saw Yang Rui's dress and shortness, probably thought he was a Japanese, so he did not stop him. At five o'clock in the afternoon, the train arrived late. Yang Rui started to snow lightly when he got out of the carriage, and when he was worried about whether the person who picked him up on the platform had already gone back, a voice stopped him, the tone was a little strange, but it was Chinese. "Mr. Yang?"

Yang Rui looked back, but it was a young man of Chinese descent who said suspiciously: "Yes, I am." Is it Mr. Yung? Yang Rui was still very skeptical about his age.

Probably knowing Yang Rui's suspicions, the other party said: "I am Rong Jinhuai, and my father has been congratulating for a long time." ”

It turned out to be Rong Hong's son, Yang Rui laughed, shook hands with the other party, and said, "The train is late, so you have to wait for a long time." ”

Rong Jinhuai also laughed, when his father arranged for him to come out to pick up people, he thought it was a domestic official or something, but he was surprised to see Yang Rui alone, and he was short-haired, which couldn't help but make him think of the revolutionary party, his father went to China to participate in the revolution a few years ago, and finally the uprising failed, and he returned disappointed. But this revolutionary party is too young, although Yang Rui has a beard and a long head at this time, his eyes are bright and young. He was thinking about this, and didn't notice what Yang Rui said. only sighed: "Mr. Yang is very young! ”

Yang Rui knew what he meant, he was still a little more mature in the revival meeting, and the others were all about twenty years old, he couldn't help but think of those students in the school, one of the second batch was only fifteen years old, I really didn't know how Wang Jitong arranged it, and sighed: "There are even younger!" ”

At this time, the snow in the sky was getting heavier and heavier, and Rong Jinhuai hurriedly took Yang Rui into the carriage and hurried home. When I arrived at the destination, it was already completely dark, and when I got out of the car, I saw an old man at the door, this should be Rong Hong, and before Yang Rui could speak, he had already greeted him, holding Yang Rui's hand and saying: "Haha, I can't imagine that one day I can see the true face of President Jingcheng, it's really my honor." ”

Yang Rui was overwhelmed by his enthusiasm, and he sent McNeill a telegram with "net.assonetg", unexpectedly, he also knew about the case of the Shanghai Su Bao, and learned about the Fuxing Association and Jingcheng from the newspaper, and actually guessed his true identity from the spelling. Originally, he was worried about his attitude towards the revolution, but seeing that he was so enthusiastic, Yang Rui hurriedly saluted him and said, "Mr. Rong, this time I take the liberty to look at Haihan." ”

Rong Hong was seventy-six at this time, but he was in good spirits, and the strength in his hands was not small, and he avoided it when he saw Yang Rui saluting. Laughing heartily, Yang Rui was introduced into the room, and after greeting in the dining room, they began to discuss openly with each other in the study.

"Actually, I know the purpose of your revival society, but I don't know the specific purpose, is the end of the revolution to establish a democratic republic?" Rong Hong met Sun Zhongshan on the way to Japan after the defeat of the Self-Independence Army in 19oo, and after a deep conversation, he learned that Sun Zhongshan wanted to build China into a democratic republic similar to the United States, which he greatly appreciated. Previously, he had learned about the program of the Renaissance Society in the newspaper, and he had no objection to the idea of full force in the first two sentences, but from such statements as "in-depth reform, rejuvenation of China", he could not deduce the political tendency of the Renaissance Society, so he asked this question.

On the way to his son, Yang Rui learned about Rong Hong's background in a simple conversation, for such a rare Chinese who can come into contact with the top of American society, it is necessary for this person to run the United States, so he must win him over no matter what, with such a premise, he did not dare to speak freely anymore, and calmly asked his question: "Sir thinks that American-style democracy can be implemented in China?" ”

Yang Rui's peace was beyond Rong Hong's surprise, in Rong Hong's view, all revolutionary leaders have an aggressive temperament, and all of them have the greatest purpose of persuading others to believe in themselves, Kang Youwei is like this, Liang Qi is like this, Sun Zhongshan is the same, but Yang Rui is unexpected, not so, I have never seen such a revolutionary party leader. In fact, Yang Rui just regarded himself as a salesman at this time, not to brag about how good his things were, but to pay attention to the needs of the other party. In the early days of the revolution, he hit a wall several times, and after reflection, he put the marketing thing to use - analyzing needs, segmenting the market, and satisfying customers.