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Chapter 75 Seventy-four, why is the lead knife killing the dragon?

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    Mr. Bergman came over, shook hands, and said with a smile: "Yanke, you are not a politician."

    Sun Yuanqi was stunned when he heard this: "Why?"

    "Why?" Mr. Bergman was also stunned, "Yanke, you don't really want to go into politics, do you?"

    Sun Yuanqi was noncommittal and just asked: "Why am I not suitable for politics?"

    Mr. Bergman sat down on the sofa, poured himself a cup of coffee, and then slowly explained: "Generally speaking, entering politics requires two prerequisites, family background and personal ability. Your grandfather is the deputy prime minister of China.  When it comes to family background, that¡¯s enough. The key lies in personal ability. Just like you scientists, you also need special scientific research abilities. Some people are talented and come up with fantastic ideas; some people have stayed in the laboratory all their lives.  , and there are no outstanding achievements.

    "If family background can be remedied through gradual construction, then personal ability is almost entirely determined by innateness. Although the acquired environment and education also play a certain role, they are all created in childhood, and then form the political influence.  Strong interest and extreme sensitivity. If you rashly enter the political arena based on temporary interest and enthusiasm, it is almost certain to have an unpleasant ending.

    "In our United States, business and politics are inseparable, and business and politics can be switched at any time. As a businessman, I feel that you, Yank, do not have that kind of keen observation and genius judgment. The simplest example  , you invented a new light bulb, but sold the patent to the Edison Electric Light Company. Do you know how much this patent is worth?"

    Sun Yuanqi hesitated for a long time and asked tentatively: "Fifty thousand dollars?"

    Half a million U.S. dollars was an astronomical figure at the beginning of the 20th century. If converted into current prices, it would be about 150 to 20 million U.S. dollars.  For a small light bulb patent to be sold at such a high price, Sun Yuanqi had already made up his mind, and the lion opened his mouth.

    Mr. Bergman took a sip of coffee and asked Tony and Arthur: "How much do you two think the patent for the new light bulb is worth?"

    Yasier sat down next to Sun Yuanqi and patted Sun Yuanqi on the shoulder: "I think it's a million, right? Just enough to become a millionaire!"

    The eldest brother Tony did not give an answer immediately, but counted on his fingers and said: "According to the latest census in 1900, there are 76.21 million people in the United States, and 90% of Americans live in the countryside within 5 miles of a train station. That's right."  That is to say, there are seven to eight million people living in cities, but not everyone living in cities has access to electricity. The five largest cities today are, in order, New York, with a population of 3.4 million; Chicago  , 1.7 million; Philadelphia; St. Louis; and finally our Boston, 561,000 people. These are all people who can definitely use electricity, and an optimistic estimate is about 6 million people.

    "Now, the average number of members in an American family is 4.8, which means that excluding factories and public places, 1.2 million households need to use electric lights. Of course, the first choice is new light bulbs. The average lifespan of new light bulbs is about 600 hours, and the average life span of new light bulbs is about 600 hours.  Four lamps are used at home, and are used for 2 hours a night. Within a year, households across the United States need to purchase more than 5 million light bulbs. Assuming a patent of 5 cents per light bulb, that is 250,000 US dollars a year!

    "In fact, electric lighting companies already feel that 600 hours of life is a bit too long. After all, the replacement speed of light bulbs is too slow, which will really affect the company's sales and earnings. Therefore, it is impossible for them to launch new products in the short term. We are now  The patent law used was revised in 1860, and the patent protection period is 17 years from the date of authorization. Considering the growing number of electricity users, even if newer products appear within ten years, the price of more than three million US dollars  Royalty fees are also completely predictable.

    "This is only in the United States! We also need to consider several other major countries in the world such as the United Kingdom, France, and Germany. They have urbanized and industrialized earlier than the United States, and their use of light bulbs is definitely higher. Even if it is just  On par with the United States, overseas earnings can also reach more than three hundred dollars in the next ten years!

    "So according to this algorithm, excluding some unknown factors, this patent is roughly worth more than five million US dollars!"

    Listening to Tony finish the calculation, Sun Yuanqi and Yasser both took a breath: the difference between the two calculations was ten times!

    Mr. Bergman was greatly comforted: "Look, our Tony has already given a relatively accurate answer. Whether in business or politics, you must consider all the factors that affect the experiment in advance, just like in the laboratory.  Only by reaching the correct answer can we get the correct answer. Otherwise, a slight mistake can make a huge difference! Any rash decision can affect the success or failure of the entire event. At this time, personal ability is very important. From an economic perspective, Yang  You don¡¯t know enough about society. AndIt requires review by relevant departments, but it involves the procurement, transportation, processing of steel, wood and other materials, as well as equipment debugging.  The company only started trial production at the beginning of this year.  However, the sample has been widely welcomed in the market.  The young men are even more motivated and are preparing to promote the product to major cities across the country within the year.

    Seeing the young man¡¯s confidence, Sun Yuanqi no longer has to worry about the school¡¯s funding issues in the coming year.

    Back in the laboratory, Sun Yuanqi concentrated on participating in the development of transistors.  Originally, the laboratory had used silicon crystals to develop n-type semiconductors doped with a small amount of phosphorus as an impurity, and p-type semiconductors doped with a small amount of boron as an impurity.  The key is that the purity of the silicon crystal is not enough, and the doping manufacturing process is not up to standard, so it is always difficult to achieve the envisioned unidirectional conductivity of the transistor.

    After nearly two months of hard work and production testing of countless crystals, we finally found a p-n junction with an ideal volt-ampere characteristic curve.  The colleagues in the laboratory were very excited and conducted a comprehensive physical examination on the precious crystal, and finally found the threshold of success.

    Half a year later, the paper "The Theory of P-n Junction and P-n Junction Transistors in Semiconductors" with Sun Yuanqi as the first author was published as a cover article in "Science", marking the beginning of electronics' rapid transition from the tube era to the transistor era.  .  When Sun Yuanqi received this issue of the magazine, he had already returned to China for a long time.  (To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to come to Qidian (qidian.com) to vote for recommendations and monthly votes. Your support is my biggest motivation.) (Remember the website address: www.hlnovel.com
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