After completing the private matter, Yang Rui began to contact McNeill. According to the previous plan, he basically stayed in New York after returning to the United States. His main task was to apply for a patent, prepare for the establishment of a radio station named American Online and a small town radio and telegraph company, as well as some other important events.

The small town radio telegraph company was Yang Rui's planner, but his execution was not successful. The reason for the failure was that the planners did not understand the US telegraph industry at all. The original intention of this plan was to open wireless telegraph stations in small towns without telegraphs through franchise. Because the transmission distance was not far, these wireless telegraph branches had to pass the existing wired telegraph trunk lines to send customers' telegraphs to all parts of the country. However, in the United States at that time, Western Union Corporation and European countries ruled the entire telegraph industry.

The newspaper was bought out by the state and monopolized. The United States did not have a similar regulation of telegraphs, which made the telegraph industry fiercely competitive. After several reshuffles, Western Union unified the entire American telegraph lines and established nearly 3,000 telegraph stations across the country. The existence of this company made few towns without telegraphs. In addition, the company began to pay attention to wireless telegraphs after the successful trial of Marconi in 1901, and had no interest in Western Union, a collaborator like McNeill, who had little strength.

McNeill spent several months finally realizing that it was useless to spend time on the radio. Fortunately, he had applied for all the patents he had applied for before, and he was following up on the wireless radio project. But there is a problem that it is very expensive to build a radio station in New York. Not only do you have to find a high-rise building to build a transmitting base station, but you also have to send a lot of radios for free. This is not a task that Yang Rui gave to accomplish more than 20,000 US dollars.

Yang Rui listened to McNeil talking about these things in a dismay - he originally thought that through the wireless telegraph, he could become a celebrity who was a little smaller than a celebrity like Morse, but the fact may not be so.

"Wick, we didn't plan to achieve much success in the field of wireless telegraph. When I was in Shanghai, I thought the focus of my work should be on radio rather than telegraph, right? Moreover, you should be able to understand our current advantages. Marconi Telegraph may be farther than we have, but it is not as good as us in any other aspect. What we need now is time and money, right?" Yang Rui comforted him and said that the Spark Break that the destined to be eliminated did not make him worry about anything. He cared about those patents. The victory or defeat in technical product patents has always determined the victory or defeat in the market.

McNeil was relieved to see that the boss did not blame him. In the last few months he returned to the United States, he spent most of his time on radio and telegraphs. The broadcasting was not too much. "Yes. Boss, what we need is time and money. Now there are several investors discussing broadcasting matters with them, but most of them are skeptical about spending $100,000 to build a radio station, and they are very dissatisfied with not being able to obtain the original shares of the company. I think we should find another investor."

The 100,000 USD is actually not only a radio station, but also an initial investment in the radio factory. However, according to the previous plan, McNeill will only sell the shares of the radio station, not the shares of the entire company. Yang Rui knows that this is a matter of principle. If it is a company's shares, it is not something that can be negotiated by a hundred thousand USD. "Then let's change people." Yang Rui said, "The funds in Shanghai are very tight. 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 soon, even if it's just a block of radio. If there is no actual results, no one will invest."

McNeil nodded, which was what he thought. "Boss, in what name will we attend the Louisiana Expo next year? Is it the name of a Chinese factory or an American factory?"

Yes, next year seems to be the World Expo, "When will it start?" Yang Rui asked.

McNeil took out a document and said, "On April 30 next year, can you attend, boss?"

After hearing this date, Yang Rui knew that he could not come. At that time, he should have trained soldiers in the mountains. "I think there is a high possibility that he could not come." Yang Rui said regretfully, "Radio products are participated in the name of American companies, and Chinese companies are only responsible for MSG and so on. By the way, let's see if we can contact the organizer. If we can establish a broadcast system at the expo, we will have many investors."

Yang Rui's idea excited him again. Yes, if that was the whole world would know about radio and his own. McNeill suddenly thought of a question, "Boss, but how do we let people hear the sound? Do you give each person a radio?" Although the wireless laboratory in Shanghai has made a three-level tube, it has not yet made an amplifier, so the sound cannot be played out through the speaker. Although Yang Rui has paid attention to this issue when the radio is made, constantly urging Harry to speed up the R&D progress, there is no way. This is also an important reason why radio is difficult to obtain investment.

The problem that was originally forgotten was raised by McNeil, which made Yang Rui feel embarrassed. He was responsible for leadership. Yang Rui said angrily in his heart: "You go and contact the organizer first. I will personally urge Harry to make the speaker as soon as possible after returning to Shanghai. Isn't it just a simple speaker? Why is it so difficult? I will give him half a year to realize it." Yang Rui felt that he had a reason to get angry. The speaker on the repeater used when learning German in the box had been removed and handed over to Harry for research. Although this made the laboratory make great progress, the speaker has not been released yet.

Seeing Yang Rui get angry, McNeil was overjoyed. If he could really let the voice float in the air as the boss said before, then investors would not be a problem. "This is a good idea. Boss, I fully support your decision and I want to put some pressure on Harry. Although he works hard, the progress of this matter is too slow."

Yang Rui didn't want to mention the headache of horns anymore, so he asked: "Have I asked the person you were looking for?" Yang Rui was talking about Yung Wing. From Wang Jitong, the equipment from the Jiangnan Manufacturing Bureau was purchased by Yung Wing, and the ones he bought were considered the latest equipment. Moreover, after the Tang Caichang's independent army uprising, he was also wanted by the Qing court. Later, he disappeared and probably returned to the United States. A Chinese can buy professional machines in the United States, so this person is not an ordinary person, at least has a certain degree of knowledge - Yang Rui didn't know that Yung Wing actually graduated from Yale University - and has social relations. Another main purpose of his coming to the United States was to find Yung Wing, a person with a certain social foundation in the United States. If it is reliable and appropriate, then he can manage the affairs of the United States in the future - there are many things that McNeill cannot do well.

McNeill received a month ago that although it was difficult to find a Chinese in American society, Yung Wing was still relatively famous and he quickly got it done. "Yes, I found it. He lives in Hartford City, Connecticut. I had contacted him last month. Boss, if you want to go, I can send him a telegram right away. Hartford is not far from New York, only one hundred and twenty miles, and it only takes five hours to take the train."

Yang Rui said oh, he thought Yung Wing would be in San Francisco. He wanted to meet him and travel across the entire American continent. Who knew that he was not far from New York. "Very good. Please contact him later and buy me the train ticket for tomorrow."

Yang Rui arrived in Hartford City on November 24. The train drove for nearly six hours. McNeill bought Yang Rui a first-class ticket. As a Chinese, he could not enter the first-class carriage, but just like when entering the pass, the flight attendant saw Yang Rui and others' outfit and short hair. He probably thought he was a Japanese, so he didn't stop him. At five o'clock in the afternoon, the train arrived at the station later. After leaving the carriage, Yang Rui found that it was starting to snow. He was worried that the person he was picking up had already returned. A voice stopped him. The tone was a bit strange, but it was in Chinese. "Mr. Yang?"

Yang Rui looked back and saw a young Chinese man, and said suspiciously: "Yes, I am. Is it Mr. Rong?" Yang Rui was still very suspicious of his age.

Probably knowing Yang Rui’s suspicion, the other party said, “I am Rong Jinhuai, my father has been congratulating him for a long time.”

It turned out to be Yung Wing's son. Yang Rui laughed and shook hands with the other party while saying, "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 he was a domestic official, but he was surprised to see Yang Rui alone, and had short hair. This made him think of the revolutionary party. His father went to China to participate in the revolution a few years ago. In the end, the uprising failed and returned in disappointment. But the revolutionary party was too young. Although Yang Rui had a beard and long hair at this time, his eyes were bright and young. He was thinking about this, but he didn't notice what Yang Rui said. He only sighed: "Mr. Yang is very young!"

Yang Rui knew what he meant. He was a little more mature in the Revival Society. The others were around twenty years old. He couldn't help but think of the students in the school. One of the second batch was only fifteen years old. I really didn't know how Wang Jitong arranged it. He also sighed: "There are even younger!"

At this time, the snow in the sky was getting heavier and heavier. Rong Jinhuai hurriedly took Yang Rui onto the carriage and rushed home. When he arrived at the destination, it was completely dark. When he got off the car, he saw an old man greeting the door. This should be Yung Wing. Before Yang Rui could speak, he had already come up and held Yang Rui's hand and said, "Haha, I didn't expect that one day I could see the true face of the president. It's really my honor."

Yang Rui was at a loss by his enthusiasm, and signed the telegram to McNeill as "China.Rejuvenation.Association, Jingcheng.Yang". He didn't expect that he also knew about the case of Suzhou in Shanghai. He learned from the newspaper that the Revival Society and Jingcheng brother were, and he actually guessed his true identity from the spelling. He was worried about his attitude towards the revolution, but seeing that he was so enthusiastic, Yang Rui hurriedly bowed to him and said, "Mr. Rong, I hope he can forgive me this time."

Yung Wing was seventy-six times at this time, but he was in good spirits and had a lot of strength in his hands. When he saw Yang Rui bowing, he avoided it. With a laugh, he led Yang Rui into the room. After greetings in the dining room, he began to discuss publicly in the study.

"It has been achieved. I already know the purpose of your Revival Society, but I don't know the specific purpose. Should I establish a democratic republic at the end of the revolution be established?" Yung Wing met Sun Zhongshan on his way to Japan in 1900. After a deep conversation, he learned that Sun Zhongshan wanted to build China into a democratic republic similar to the United States. He highly praised this. He had known the program of the Revival Society in the newspaper and had no objection to the proposal of military overwhelming in the first two sentences, but the political tendency of the Revival Society could not be drawn from the sentence "Deep reform and rejuvenation of China", so there was a question.

On the way to come with his son, Yang Rui learned about Yung Wing's background in a simple conversation. He had to run the United States with such a rare Chinese who could come into contact with the top Chinese in the United States, so he had to fight for him no matter what. With such a premise, he did not dare to speak freely and asked calmly about his questions: "Sir, do you think American-style democracy can be implemented in China?"
Chapter completed!