1855 United States Tycoon

Chapter 116 Angel Investor

In fact, Mrs. Morgan’s drug addiction is still very small, because Scrooge reduced the amount of active ingredients in the pills when he was producing heroin. Such a situation is completely irresponsible by the damn private doctor of Morgan. The result of misuse of heroin as a panacea. So the process of detoxification is not difficult. Mrs. Morgan’s drug addiction is actually very small, and symptoms such as severe pain in the whole body have not appeared at all. The symptoms were so small that she didn’t even realize what was wrong with her. She only regarded some physical discomforts as the sequelae of a serious illness. As for the depression, um, Mrs. Morgan was originally a melancholy person. After a serious illness, her depression and lack of energy are completely understandable. As for yawns, tears, etc., isn’t that just a combination of poor health and poor spirits? What, dare you say that this situation is a bit like an opium-sucking guy? Do you dare to say that high-class ladies like Mrs. Morgan are opium smokers? Believe it or not, you can’t see the sun tomorrow?

So, two months later, all of Mrs. Morgan’s symptoms of drug addiction disappeared, but her spirits were always not getting better. But this requires long-term conditioning. The tasks of Dr. Menger and Dr. Heim were successfully completed. Before leaving, they told Morgan that according to clinical experience, a very small proportion of patients are allergic to heroin, but the anesthesia effect of heroin makes the patients It is not easy to notice that this allergy can cause respiratory problems. They suspected that Mrs. Morgan’s previous symptoms were so dangerous, and it was probably related to this. So, like Mr. Morgan suggested, it is best to never let his wife have the opportunity to touch that thing in the future. Because even skin contact may cause allergies. Although Morgan is a playboy, he loves Mrs. Own very much, so he ordered: “There must be no heroin in my house!” Therefore, he became the first person in United States history to completely reject heroin. Outsider.

In March 1862, General McClellan, after achieving a brilliant victory, began to prepare to continue the pursuit of victory. However, at this time, for some reason, what he had occupied was just an empty position, and he was stabbed out without knowing how. There was an uproar in the newspapers, and people accused General McClellan and demanded that Lincoln punish him. Lincoln himself was irritated by this guy who only knew that he kept asking him for supplies. In addition, this guy was a Democrat and had always sympathized with the South. Lincoln didn’t trust him very much, so Lincoln ordered it and removed it. His position as commander-in-chief of the army only allowed him to be responsible for the 70,000 people under his direct command. And ordered him to advance to Richmond immediately.

In order to cooperate with General McClellan’s offensive, the Federal Navy is also preparing to approach Richmond along the James River. At this time, they encountered the USS Virginia Ironclad of the Southern Army. This iron armored ship of the Confederacy with steel armor was converted from a steam-powered ship. Relying on the indestructible armor at the time, she sank two Federal warships and then fought with the Federal iron armored ship Monite. It was the earliest naval battle between steel iron-clad ships. As a result, everyone found a common problem in the battle, that is: the artillery used to attack wooden ships simply cannot penetrate the armor of the armored ship. The battle between two iron-clad ships is like a duel between two knights in full armor using feather dusters as weapons. No one can do anything about the other.

This battle heralded that an age of steel is coming.

“Mr. Martin, hello.” Carol greeted Martin, a French metallurgical expert, in broken French.”Who are you? I don’t know you.” Martin was not very polite to the guy who came by himself.

“Ah, please allow me… to introduce myself to Xu, I…” The little French that Carol learned temporarily is obviously not enough.

“Ah, please allow me to explain to you our intentions on behalf of my friend.” A Miss, holding a small umbrella with an ivory handle in his hand, and wearing a hat decorated with beautiful feathers, spoke fluently. French says that her voice is as beautiful as the cries of a skylark.

Martin was depressed because of a recent failure. He was reluctant to talk to these two people, but it seemed impolite to say rejection to this beautiful and noble Miss, at least for a Frenchman. Humanly speaking, this is too demeanor.

“Do you have anything to do with me?” Martin asked.

“My friend is Mr. Carol McDonald, the head of the McDonald Venture Capital Bank in Europe. We understand that you are developing a promising new steelmaking technology.” Catherine Miss said with a sweet smile. “But recently, you may have encountered some financial troubles. McDonald Venture Capital Bank is very interested in your research, and we hope to cooperate with you to solve all your financial worries.”

The news raised Martin’s spirits, and he looked up and down the two people standing in front of him. Then, he stepped gently toward retreated, letting out the door, and at the same time slightly bent over, and made an inviting gesture: “Two, let’s come in and talk.”

This Frenchman named Martin was an important figure in the list that Scrooge left for Carol. In the original history, he was the inventor of the open-hearth steelmaking method. Compared with the British acid converter bottom-blown steelmaking method, the open-hearth steelmaking method he invented in 1864 has: a large amount of scrap steel can be used, and the ratio of pig iron to scrap is flexible; Use ordinary pig iron that can’t be used in converters; it has the advantages of more steel types than converters and better quality. Only after this design appeared, it quickly replaced the converter’s dominant position in steelmaking. By the 1960s, open-hearth steelmaking had accounted for 80% of steel production. It was not until the advent of the basic top-blown oxygen converter that this situation was gradually broken. Getting this patent first is extremely important to the development of the MacDonald Consortium.

“You two don’t know how you want to work with me?” Martin asked.

“We can provide you with sufficient funds so that you will not worry about funding problems in the experiment.” Catherine said with a smile.

“‘Sufficient funds’?” Martin smiled, “Do you know how much this research will cost? To be honest, I don’t even know how many times it will fail and how much will it cost to develop successfully.”

“Mr. Martin.” Carol glanced at Catherine, and then slowly said in French: “You may not be familiar with McDonald Ventures Bank. Although our bank was established for a short time, it has financial resources. But it is very sufficient. Because behind us, there are McDonald’s Infantry Weapons Company and McDonald’s Chemical and Pharmaceutical Company. Well, even if you are not familiar with these United States companies, but drugs such as sulfa, heroin, and Dali pills You should have heard of it? We who own the technology of these drugs definitely have sufficient funds to support any of your research. Although the McDonald Venture Capital Bank is a new bank, it is not a small bank.”

“Sulfa? Your bank was opened by Mr. Scrooge McDonald?” Speaking of sulfa, Martin suddenly remembered Scrooge.

“Yes.” Carol replied.

Hearing that the bank was opened by a scientist, Martin immediately became more enthusiastic.

“Have I heard Mr. Scrooge McDonald’s speech before at the University of Paris? By the way, your surname is MacDonald. Are you Mr. Scrooge McDonald’s brother?”

“Yes.” Carol replied.

“Ah, scientists like Mr. Scrooge MacDonald don’t forget to support those of us who are engaged in scientific technology.” Martin first sighed for Scrooge’s conscience, and then asked: “But this research is very expensive. Yes, I have nothing to mortgage.”

Carol, took a look at Catherine, there was too much French to be spoken in the following specific introduction, and it was still a bit difficult for Carol. Catherine smiled and said: “Mr. Scrooge McDonald knows the pain of those who are talented but cannot get the financial support. Our bank is dedicated to helping such talented people. So, we don’t Collateral is required. You only need to agree to share the results with us after successful research in the future. Generally speaking, we will determine the amount of both parties in the patent based on the amount of money spent in the research process and the future economic benefits of the results The right distribution ratio.”

“So, what if the research fails in the end?” Martin asked, “I can’t make up for your losses in this situation.”

“If it fails in the end, then it is considered our investment failure. We will not require you to repay the investment we provided.” Catherine replied, “We have a standard contract here. You can take a look first. If you don’t object to this As for the way of cooperation, let’s talk about the details.”

Martin took the “standard contract” and looked at it seriously. If the own research has been successful, and the McDonald Venture Capital Bank will directly purchase the ownership of the patent, then Martin has to say that the price they have given is not high enough. But now it’s hard to say whether his research will yield results. Under such circumstances, even he himself has to admit that this contract is really kind and can’t be kind.

“Mr. Scrooge, and this beautiful Miss.” Martin said, “I thank you very much. I think you must be the angel God sent to save me. I have no objection to this contract. We are now Can you sign this contract?”

After a while, the door of Martin’s house opened. Martin walked out of it with Carol and Catherine, watched them get into the carriage, and waved goodbye to them. He was still waving his hand until the carriage had gone very far.