Chapter 244 Buyout (1/2)
Inside Philo Farnsworth's laboratory.
"Considering the current problems encountered by patents, I have specially prepared two options for you..."
Sensing the change in the expression on the investor's face, Colin immediately put forward his own conditions.
"I will pay a fee to buy out your investment, or I will continue to be an investor and compete with RCA for the legal patent rights of the television set."
It is said that there are two options, but in fact there is only one option that investors can really choose.
After listening to Colin's advice, some investors who were already wavering quickly made a decision and they were willing to sell the investment agreement in their hands.
According to the agreement they signed with Philo Farnsworth, once the TV patent is industrialized, as investors they will also receive part of the income and even equity.
But obviously, they can't wait until that time.
Affected by the Great Depression, the economy has been slow to improve, and some inventions have also been delayed.
For many investors, Philo Farnsworth's TV patent is their only hope.
Unfortunately, this hope has also become elusive because of the relationship between Radio Corporation of America.
So instead of continuing to invest money in TV patents, it's better to sell now.
At least, you can still have some income. Although it is not much, it is still better than the failure of the entire investment in the future.
With the first investor letting go, Colin soon bought most of the investment in Philo Farnsworth's patent.
Sign the contract that Colin had prepared long ago, and leave in a hurry with the check.
Soon, only Colin, Ferro and the last two investors were left in the room.
The two of them invested the most money in Philo Farnsworth's television patent, and the buyout price offered by Colin simply could not compensate for the money they invested.
"So, what are your choices?"
Although the share of the agreement in the hands of small investors was not much, the small amount added up to a large sum, and Colin also lost money and became one of the main investors in the Ferro TV patent, second only to the two investors in front of him.
"Mr. Colin Looper, I know this question is offensive, but can you tell me why you care so much about TV patents?"
After a moment of silence, one of the investors asked.
As investors, they may have taken a fancy to the prospects of televisions and believe that it may occupy a certain market in the future.
But it is obviously impossible to see the rapid development of television in the future. This is a limitation caused by the times.
"As I said, I'm excited about the future of television, and there's no doubt it's a great invention."
Fortunately, Colin is not within this limitation, but he will not tell the other party what he knows about the future.
"What if it fails? What if the future development of television is not as expected?"
No chance.
He answered silently in his heart, but on the surface Colin still responded with a confident expression: "I firmly believe that this day will not happen."
Facing Colin's confident attitude, the expression on the investor's face seemed much silent.
"Sorry, Ferro."
In the laboratory, the other party was silent for a while, and finally apologized to Philo Farnsworth beside him.
As he spoke, he turned to look at Colin in front of him, and said with a wry smile: "I don't have as firm a belief as you, Mr. Colin. My investment in TV patents in the past has already made it difficult for me. I thought I would see it soon. As a result, I don’t have the courage to fight against RCA.”
Nodding, Philo Farnsworth in the laboratory expressed understanding.
What happened to RCA was something no one wanted to see, but it happened.
Not to mention investors, even Ferro himself was confused about this.
At the same time as he withdrew, another investor who had been watching from the sidelines also made his choice.
According to the other party, he had radio investment in his hands, and RCA was the largest radio patent manufacturer in the United States. He had no choice from the beginning.
With the last two investors leaving, Colin has now become the largest investor in Philo Farnsworth's television rights.
While confirming this identity, Colin also quickly adjusted his attitude.
He looked at the panic-stricken Ferro Farnsworth in the laboratory and asked, "Mr. Ferro, if you were asked to make a TV set as quickly as possible, how long would it take?"
Returning to his most professional field, Philo Farnsworth's original uneasiness on his face lessened a bit. He frowned and thought for a moment, then replied: "If you don't consider the issue of clarity, , I was able to build a TV in half a month.”
Unlike Radio Corporation of America, which stole the patent, Philo Farnsworth had already built a prototype five years ago for the production of televisions. This was also the key to his patent application, and the reason why he had not submitted the patent Industrialization was also due to the fact that the clarity of the original prototype could not meet Ferro's needs.
In the years that followed after he obtained the television patent, Philo Farnsworth worked hard to optimize the television's image technology and signal reception technology.
Open the prototype machine in the laboratory and look at the image of the model lake played in it.
From Colin's point of view, the image of Philo Farnsworth's prototype TV is naturally abnormal. After all, with the rapid development of liquid crystal materials in the future, the definition and resolution of the screen will also become more and more advanced.
If the prototype footage of Philo Farnsworth was placed in the future, others might not even want to see it.
However, at this time, mechanical televisions are the mainstream.
The electronic television set invented by Ferro has made even more progress in terms of images. Although the picture on the prototype still looks a bit distorted, at least the general outline of it can be recognized, which basically satisfies ordinary people's understanding of television. .
Retracting his gaze from the TV, Colin turned to look at Ferro: "Put aside the research on image technology for the time being and build a new TV immediately. It will become the key to our plan."
If Colin's memory is correct, the first television set claimed by RCA was not officially manufactured in the laboratory until 1933.
This is also the key for RCA to seize the TV market, and Colin's approach is, since RCA has to wait until next year to manufacture the TV, then I will simply launch the TV first and sell the TV at the same time. The title of "Father" is directly attached to Philo Farnsworth.
For ordinary people, this approach may be difficult, but don't forget that Colin himself holds the newspaper's media channel.
As one of the largest newspapers in New York City, he occupies a huge say in the media.
Not even RCA can match this.
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And this is also the key to Colin's courage to compete with RCA in the TV market.
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【Silver Mark (248/1000)】
【Faith(89020/100000)】
Counterworld, 890 Fifth Avenue, Manhattan.
Colin opened his eyes, and the scene around him changed from the train back from San Francisco to New York back to the resistance base.
Taking a deep breath, under the influence of [Super Brain Power], Colin quickly adapted to the changes in the surrounding environment.
Looking away from the text in front of him, a thoughtful look flashed in Colin's eyes.
In the positive world, with the development of "Superman" comics, the collection of "Faith" has always maintained an orderly process. Judging from the numbers presented in the text, it doesn't take long for the remaining [Faith] to be collected.
However, unlike the smooth collection of [Faith], the progress of obtaining the Anti-World [Time Fragments] seems a bit slow.
Although Colin has been in contact with various objects in the counter-world that have "distorted time nodes", including the recently "resurrected" Tony Stark.
However, the growth of [Time Fragments] has never been ideal.
Maybe, I should try to get in touch with more [distorted time nodes]?
Looking down at the faint bronze mark on the back of his hand, Colin couldn't help but think.
His actions in the counter-world have always been passive, rarely taking the initiative.
Of course this is because he pays more attention to the real world, but also because the method of obtaining [Time Fragments] is not as convenient as [Faith].
But right now, the [Faith] in the world is about to reach the level of upgrade.
If he doesn't want to delay the upgrade of the mark due to the problem of [Time Shards], he needs to work harder and strive to collect all the [Time Shards] needed for the [Silver Mark] as soon as possible.
When talking about [Time Fragments], the first thing Colin thought of was naturally the recently 'resurrected' Tony Stark in the resistance base.
Of course, according to Howard.
‘Tony Stark’ is not a resurrection, but an awakening.
In the previous battle in the 'cyborg' experiment, although Howard, Nick and others later made assurances, they worked with Dr. Pym to re-adjust Tony Stark's brain waves and put the human torch (Human Torch) in his body. )'s memory was modified, erasing his memory of the laboratory.
However, anyone with a discerning eye can see at a glance that cracks within the resistance have already occurred.
After this period of time, Colin was also able to detect that there was other atmosphere brewing inside the base.
Howard may have been aware of this problem, but he himself did not say anything about it, and instead focused more on 'Tony Stark'.
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"So, your ability is to turn yourself into a big meat ball?"
"How do you do that, I mean turn your body into a flat surface, and how do your internal organs function in this state?"
In the rebel base, the ‘awakened’ ‘Tony Stark’ is trying to adapt to the strange atmosphere in the base.
His last memory only stayed at the moment of the car accident. When he regained consciousness, the whole world had changed dramatically.
His father became a half-human, half-machine existence, and the people around him also had strange looks.
Even ‘Tony Stark’ took a lot of effort to adapt to everything around him.
“So, what is your ability?”
Sitting down in the base, ‘Tony Stark’ turned his head and looked at Nick Fury beside him, paused for a moment on the eye mask on his face, and then asked curiously.
"Is it emitting some light through the eyes?"
He turned his head and paused on Tony Stark's face with his only intact eye. Even Nick Fury, who opposed Howard's bionic experiment, had to admit that the Tony Stark in front of him was indeed lifelike, just like the real thing. If he hadn't personally experienced everything that happened in the laboratory before, he might really think that the person in front of him was Tony Stark himself.
The person who had died in the car accident.
"No, my eyes don't have any ability."
Shaking his head and retracting his gaze from Tony Stark, Nick Fury replied casually.
"It's just blind."
Hearing Nick Fury's reply, 'Tony Stark' was silent for a moment before saying, "Sorry."
After apologizing, 'Tony Stark' looked at Nick, who was silent beside him, hesitated for a moment, and couldn't help but lower his head and asked, "Maybe it's my illusion, but why do I always feel that you don't seem to like me very much?"
"That's your illusion."
Faced with 'Tony Stark's' doubt, Nick looked at him deeply and shook his head to deny it.
Watching Nick Fury's back as he stood up and left, 'Tony Stark' shrugged his shoulders and turned his head to look at the girl who had a squirrel standing on his shoulder and looked at him with an expectant look. After hesitating for a moment, he still cast his eyes on Jessica, who was drinking from a bottle on the other side.
Seeing Tony Stark look away, Doreen Green's expression became visibly disappointed, and the squirrel Monkey on her shoulder quickly stretched out his paw to pat Doreen Green's cheek, squeaking to comfort her.
"What's your name?"
The first thing Tony Stark smelled from Jessica was a strong smell of alcohol, and it was obvious that the other party had been in this state for a while.
His eyes lingered on the empty bottle of wine placed next to Jessica, and then Tony Stark asked.
Although it seemed that the smell emanating from Jessica's whole body made people reluctant to approach.
However, through the other party's messy hair and the smell of alcohol, Tony Stark still noticed the beautiful face under the messy hair.
Of course, the more important thing is that the other party's drunken state at the moment is obviously a good opportunity to establish a relationship and ask questions.
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