No surprise, the first meeting between the arrogant Partridge and the even more arrogant Li Mu did not bear fruit.
If there is some success, it is probably that Partridge fully realized Li Mu's toughness, which was based on Partridge's self-esteem and the dignity of the Spanish Kingdom being trampled on by Li Mu.
Li Mu did not have any good feelings about the country of Spain, and Li Mu will never forget the massacres in Southeast Asia that lasted from the 16th century to the 20th century, all of which were aimed at the Chinese, and the Spaniards were the initiators of all this.
Therefore, Li Mu does not mind making trouble for the Spaniards, in fact, even if there is no U.S. government to thread the needle, if Li Mu knew that there were Chinese in the Republic of Cuba fighting bloodily, Li Mu would definitely not stand idly by, and even Li Mu wanted to promote the war between the United States and Spain, because of Li Mu's appearance, it is certain that the "Spanish-American War" would not drag on until 1898.
Of course, in the United States, Li Mu needs a certain protective color, so when facing Burnside in Washington, Li Mu only showed indifference to the Chinese in Cuba.
This could not cool Li Mu's fiery heart.
Although Li Mu treated Partridge coldly, this did not stop Partridge's determination.
The day after he returned, Partridge came to visit Li Mu again, this time without Ryan's lead, and Li Mu didn't take Partridge to heart, so this time Partridge didn't even get the opportunity to meet Li Mu.
This is really not Li Mu's slow treatment, in fact, Li Mu really can't take care of Partridge, Partridge came at an inopportune time, Runkel came to see Li Mu in person, Li Mu can't take care of Partridge.
"The verification of stainless steel takes time, we follow your prompts, using different proportions to manufacture twelve kinds of alloy steel, is still in the verification stage, it will take about a month to see the results, relatively speaking, chromium-molybdenum alloy steel is a little better, we have made chromium-molybdenum alloy steel has proven to be more excellent wear resistance and corrosion resistance than the best steel at present, this steel can not only be used for gun barrels, it has an extremely wide range of military applications, and it is also very promising for civilian use, It is believed that the owners of New York shipyards will be very interested in this steel.
President Runkel personally visited Li Mu to report on the research progress of stainless steel and chromium-molybdenum alloy steel.
The verification of stainless steel does take time, although this speed can be manually accelerated, but even if it is accelerated, there is a process, so it will not be until a month later to determine the anti-rust effect.
Relatively speaking, chromium-molybdenum alloy steel is much better, although the rust prevention still needs to be verified, but the wear resistance can be confirmed, which proves that the research direction provided by Li Mu is not wrong.
"Very good, continue to work hard, just like last time, if you complete the research task ahead of schedule, I will have a reward here, how about the research of the light bulb" Li Mu believes that there will be brave men under the heavy reward, as long as a lot of dollars are smashed, it will be a matter of time before the results are produced.
"Franklin personally went to Japan to look for the kind of bamboo you mentioned, and now Franklin hasn't come back, but several samples of bamboo have been sent back, and related research work has begun, and there is good news, we have verified the results of Henry Goebbels' research, so far, our light bulbs have been on for 300 hours, so please be patient, I believe it won't be long before a light bulb that can last for 1,000 hours will appear."
Runkel is confident that this is a project that Runkel is personally in charge of, and when he lifts the light bulb, Runkel immediately dances with his eyebrows.
Two months ago, Li Mu asked Henry to go to Goebbels to buy a patent, which did not take much effort, Goebbels did not realize the prospect of electric light at all, so Henry only spent 1,000 US dollars to buy the relevant patent and Goebbels's follow-up research results from Goebbels.
After getting these materials, Runkel immediately organized people to verify it, and now it seems that the progress is very good, maybe it won't be long before the electric light will become another trump card in Li Mu's hands.
"Hehe's very good, tell Franklin that I'm going to give him a bonus" Li Mu seems to have seen the door to wealth, although these epoch-making inventions are not Li Mu in name, but Li Mu enjoys almost all the profits, strictly speaking, this is Li Mu's real capital.
These patents are different from the Horse Arms Company, Li Mu is the boss of the Horse Weapons Company, but the Horse Weapons Company also has shares in Will and Bresta, so Li Mu cannot enjoy all the profits of the Horse Weapons Company.
These patents are different, Li Mu owns these patents in a complete sense, and there are no other share dividends.
At least for more than a dozen years of patent life.
"Reem, I have an idea now, we can work together to build a laboratory, which will be placed in the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and the laboratory can be named after the horse company, what do you think, how about this idea" Runkel made a suggestion that Li Mu could not refuse.
In fact, Li Mu has always wanted to build a laboratory of his own, but the reason why he has not acted is because Li Mu does not have too much idle funds in his hands, and on the other hand, because the laboratory needs a leader in a professional field, or a leader in multiple professional fields, and Li Mu does not have talents in this area, so Li Mu can only delay it again and again.
Through these cooperations, it seems that Runkel has tasted the sweetness, so he and Li Mu jointly built a laboratory to fix this model.
However, in Li Mu's view, Runkel obviously has other plans: "Of course, it is possible to build a laboratory together, but one thing must be certain, just like our previous cooperation model, all the output of the laboratory will be honored by MIT, and any other patents will belong to me."
Li Mu wants to say ugly things to the front, as the saying goes, "wealth moves people's hearts", maybe at the beginning of the cooperation, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology can still adhere to ethics, but so many times, from smokeless gunpowder to light bulbs, and then to the current stainless steel and chromium-molybdenum alloy steel, this is an invention that can generate great profits, and even change the course of human civilization, it is almost foreseeable that with these patents, in the next few years, Li Mu will become the richest man in the United States, it is impossible to say that Runkel is completely unmoved.
"Hehereem, I know what you're worried about, please rest assured, MIT has absolutely no idea of infringing on your interests, maybe you should understand that my ideals are not in MIT or not only MIT, so you don't need to worry."
Runkel saw through Li Mu's cautious eyes at a glance, and gave Li Mu a reassurance.
The ideals don't stop there It's a good thing, if Runkel wants to go further, he can't say that Li Mu has to push it
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