Chapter 261 You are close to God, and I am God!
Faced with Li Qiwei’s refusal to invest, Tesla still refused to give up. He needed an answer.
This was also the source of his later loneliness and pain.
Simple alternating current could not satisfy Tesla’s gushing desire for creation.
In this era of scientific explosion, he was like a fish in water and gave full play to his intelligence.
However, judging from Li Qiwei's contacts, Tesla was certainly a genius.
But it is far from the level of punching Newton and kicking Einstein as Te boasted.
He is just a very good engineer.
The hobby of engineers is of course not to create theories, but to build the most advanced machines and solve engineering problems.
Tesla is far ahead of his peers in the field of engineers, and his thinking is very advanced.
For example, he believed that the so-called reaction force was another undiscovered force, not gravity and electromagnetic force.
Only for this reason, he is different from those utopian civilians.
Although Tesla's saucer-shaped aircraft is also a fantasy, it is based on fantasy scientific theory and he did not make it up.
Most civil sciences will name this reaction force at this time, such as the power of God, the power of reincarnation, etc.
The two have different attitudes towards science.
Li Qiwei combined the information he had read in later generations and combined it with the living Tesla in front of him.
He now has a more objective understanding and evaluation of the legendary Tesla.
He was a very good electrical and mechanical engineer, but later he fell into his own thinking circle and became paranoid.
He gradually deviated from the scientific spirit, behaved strangely, and published some irrelevant remarks and ideas.
So he did not get any support from the scientific and social circles, and eventually died in poverty.
And now Tesla has begun to show signs of this.
Taking the flying saucer design drawing, I want to find Li Qiwei for investment.
No matter what, Tesla is a talent. Li Qiwei didn't want to see him so crazy, so he wanted to see if he could enlighten him.
The so-called heart disease requires a heart medicine doctor.
To deal with a genius like Tesla, you must be more genius than him to make him recognize reality.
If you want to deny his saucer-shaped aircraft, you have to come up with something more awesome and more in line with scientific principles, even if it is a fantasy.
Fortunately, Ridgway satisfied both of these conditions.
If Tesla is the man closest to God, then Ridgway is God himself.
Dimensionality reduction and crushing!
So, facing Tesla’s questioning, Li Qiwei moved his body, assumed a comfortable posture, and said with a smile:
"Tesla, you are an engineer and inventor."
"Maybe you are much better than me in the field of creating real products."
"But in terms of theoretical analysis, I am more confident than anyone else.”
Wow!
Li Qiwei finally showed his arrogant and world-dominating momentum.
Tesla instantly felt the pressure from top physicists.
The former Li Qiwei was considered gentle, calm and easy-going in Tesla's eyes.
But now, with just one breath, the other person's temperament has completely changed.
Tesla even felt an aura.
Forcing him to listen to what Li Qiwei said next.
“The core of engineering is controllability.”
“The core of invention is imagination.”
“An excellent invention must be inseparable from the support of engineering.”
"Similarly, a good engineer must first be an inventor."
"He can solve engineering problems that exist in reality."
"Invention cannot be separated from engineering, and imagination cannot be separated from control."
"Otherwise, the so-called invention will become a fantasy and unrealistic."
Li Qiwei's words are eloquent. After all, it touched Tesla's heart.
This is actually a relationship brought about by identity.
If an ordinary person said this to Tesla, Tesla would only think that there was something wrong with the other person.
He didn't even bother to refute, let alone reflect on himself.
But Li Qiwei was no ordinary person.
He is the top physicist in the world.
In a sense, he is also the smartest human being in the world.
Others can create physical achievements that shock the world just through what Li Qiwei said.
Tesla had studied X-rays, so he naturally knew Laue's paper.
With such an existence, every word he says is worth thinking deeply about.
The same sentence, spoken by different people, has completely different effects.
So, if you want to persuade others, you must first understand your own position.
The truth is that everyone can say it, the key is the person who speaks.
Seeing Tesla's heavy face, he obviously listened, so Li Qiwei continued:
"Just like your saucer-shaped aircraft, you only have imagination, but you have no controllable engineering implementation. ”
“Where does the energy come from and how to solve the problem of material strength?”
“Inventors can never transcend the real world, but countless people continue to work hard little by little.”
"Speaking of your saucer-shaped aircraft, I recently had a similar invention that I can share with you."
Tesla's eyes lit up when he heard this. He liked to discuss inventions with strong science and technology with others.
Especially when the person under discussion was Bruce Lee, he was even more excited.
With the identity of the other party, what he invented must be extraordinary.
Li Qiwei took out a pen and paper from the side and began to scribble on it seemingly casually.
Tesla looked at it and couldn't help but frown.
It's not because Ridgway's paintings are so complicated, on the contrary, it's because his paintings are too simple.
In Tesla's eyes, there was only a pattern on the paper that looked a bit like a drop of water.
There are closely arranged dots inside, which seem to be some kind of signal.
Tesla was a little confused. Could such a simple structure be Bruce Lee's invention?
However, he did not immediately question it. People like Bruce need to be treated with enough respect.
Li Qiwei quickly finished the painting in three strokes, five divided by two, and then said with a smile: "This is an aircraft I recently invented."
"I call it [Water Drop]."
"The name has no special meaning, just because its appearance is like a drop of water."
"The surface of the water drop is absolutely smooth, that is, the friction is zero."
"And it can 100 % reflects electromagnetic waves, and the surface temperature is infinitely close to absolute zero. ”
"As for its strength, it is hundreds of millions of times stronger than all currently known materials."
Boom!
Tesla was instantly stunned by Li Qiwei's invention.
This aircraft called Water Drop is too scary.
In comparison, my own saucer-shaped aircraft is too petty and has no comparison at all.
The invention that he was proud of turned out to be ordinary in Bruce's eyes.
Someone else’s random invention is countless times better than your own.
It’s just that this water drop is a bit too spacey.
Tesla realized for the first time that this is what dreams are like.
"Bruce, what is the principle of your water drop?"
Li Qiwei smiled and said: "Although the water droplets are my imagination, they are also in line with science, especially the principles of physics."
"The water droplets I designed have a surface structure composed of atoms that are almost completely non-vibrating."< br>
“You know, any atom is constantly vibrating.”
“The faster the atom vibrates, the higher the temperature.”
“So as long as the atom If there is no more vibration, the surface temperature will naturally be close to absolute zero.”
"And I study atomic structure."
"I think there is a very strong interaction force inside the atom. I temporarily call it [strong force]."
"Although the strong force is firmly bound inside the atom and cannot act outside the atom."
"But as long as we find a way to let the strong force overflow, the scope of action will be expanded to atoms."
"Then The atoms will be firmly fixed and will no longer vibrate or vibrate extremely slightly."
"So the surface of the water droplet will become indestructible due to strong force, and the temperature will be extremely low."
"This is the principle of the water droplet I invented."
Wow!
After Li Qiwei analyzed the principle of water droplets, Tesla was completely shocked and impressed at the same time.
Li Qiwei’s unbridled imagination is simply several levels higher than him.
The water droplet did not have a complex structure like a saucer-shaped aircraft, but the physical principles it contained deeply shocked Tesla.
Is this the strength of the world’s top physicists?
It was so terrifying.
At this moment, Tesla really felt the gap.
In the past, others could not keep up with his thinking, but today it is the other way around.
Li Qiwei's strong hypothesis made him a little confused.
After all, Tesla studied electrical machinery and knew nothing about atomic structure.
I didn’t expect that there is such a force inside the atom.
Although that was imagined by the other party, the reaction force was also imagined by him.
In this comparison, Li Qiwei's strength is indeed much higher than his reaction force.
He kept thinking about the flying saucer that he wanted people to invest in, but it suddenly became unsatisfactory.
At this moment, Tesla felt his own insignificance. He deeply realized that there is heaven outside the sky and there are people outside the world. It turns out that I have been immersed in my own world and thought that no one in the world understood me.
Others laugh at me for being crazy, but I laugh at others because they can’t see through it.
Tesla laughed at himself, and many people said that he was the man closest to God.
If that's the case, then Bruce Lee in front of him should be God himself.
This gap is disappointing.
But soon, his technology-obsessed personality broke out again, and he asked excitedly: "Bruce, your invention really amazes me."
"When do you think it can be realized? ?”
Li Qiwei was stunned. It seemed that although Tesla was shocked, it still had not come out completely.
He smiled and said: "Well, Tesla, actually you misunderstood."
"I have never thought about manufacturing this invention, because it is simply impossible with the existing technical conditions."
“I don’t know when it will be realized in the future.”
“Human beings can never challenge the laws of physics.”
“If the truth of the universe determines that strong force can only exist in atoms Internally, it is impossible for humans to let it overflow.”
"It's just like we can't make gravity disappear."
"Water droplets are actually something in a science fiction novel I'm writing recently."
"The name of my novel is " "Water Drops". "
"It mainly tells the story of the collision between human civilization and various alien civilizations."
Boom!
This time, Tesla was completely uncomfortable.
Li Qiwei’s words were simply a dimensionality-reducing blow to him.
It is no less than a denial of his lifelong invention and efforts.
The water droplets that looked like miracles to him turned out to be just something Bruce created for the novel.
“Oh my God, such a shocking invention is actually a science fiction novel?”
"Bruce, are you too extravagant?"
"Aren't you afraid of others stealing your ideas?"
Li Qiwei looked at Tesla and said sincerely and admonishingly: "Tes La, don’t you understand?”
“The things invented by inventors must conform to the current level of technology and scientific theory.”
“Otherwise, there is only discussion value. , will never have practical value.”
"Your flying saucer is like this, and my water droplets are like this."
"This idea that transcends the times is not precious in itself."
"Because anyone can imagine it."< br>
“I believe that those professional science fiction writers are even more unimaginative than I thought.”
“But so what?”
"Without my breakthrough in basic physics, any ideas and inventions would be castles in the air."
"Of course I am not denying your flying saucer and saying that it is meaningless and worthless."
"After all, it can serve as a reference and inspire people's creativity.
"What I want to say is that you shouldn't indulge in these illusory things. ”
“You can use your ingenuity and imagination to invent various flying saucers or aircraft. ”
"But you shouldn't be obsessed with your own world. You must invent them all."
"Because that is impossible."
Finally, Li Qiwei raised his voice excitedly Voice:
"Tesla, you are paranoid, have gone to a dead end, and even violated the spirit of science!"
Boom!
Li Qiwei's words were deafening and made Tesla's heart tremble suddenly.
At this moment, he finally woke up.
Bruce doesn't even care about water droplets, so what does the flying saucer he thinks of as his treasure matter?
It’s ridiculous that I still want to ask the other party to invest and manufacture it.
Probably a little crazy.
It turns out that I have reached the edge of the abyss.
No wonder my previous friends were unwilling to communicate with me, and my previous investors also avoided me.
Tesla finally woke up.
"Bruce, thank you, you woke me up by scolding me."
"It turns out that I have been living in my own dream."
After the stick comes the carrot. Li Qiwei had a gentle attitude and said with a smile: "I like your alternating current invention better than your flying saucer."
"Although in your eyes, it is as simple as pediatrics."
“But I think that is the truly useful invention.”
Tesla smiled, very happily.
The invention he cares least about is the best invention in Bruce's eyes.
At this time, Li Qiwei suddenly had a whim and said: "Tesla, are you interested in coming to work for me?"
"The next plan for my Pioneer Investment Group is to establish various entities in the United States. High-tech enterprises.”
Previously, Li Qiwei was worried that he would not be able to keep his wealth after the world situation was turbulent, so he only dared to set up investment companies and did not dare to involve entities.
But now that he is about to back Hongmen, and he is still in the United States, he can naturally let go.
In Li Qiwei’s vision, the early construction of Borneo must be a bottomless pit, a gold-swallowing monster.
So he needs a lot of money, and just investing is far from enough.
So he wants to end it personally and make huge profit products.
In this era, what is most profitable is of course high-tech products.
A single piece of radium water can attract countless rich people to grab it. Li Qiwei couldn't imagine how big this market was.
The emergence of Tesla completed his last link.
"You know, my interest is not in this, and I don't have much time to be responsible for specific business."
"So I need a very good chief engineer to check the technology for me."
< br>"And you, Tesla, I trust you very much."
"Many of your previous inventions, such as X-ray equipment, AC transportation systems, radars, etc., can all be made into good products. ”
“And I have prepared a very appropriate position for you: chief technology officer, or CTO for short”
"You are responsible for all technical issues of the company. Of course, the final decision-making power must be mine."
"But don't worry, under normal circumstances, I will not interfere."
"Mr. Tesla, what do you think?"
Wow!
Li Qiwei’s words set off huge waves in Tesla’s heart.
Yes, he is so willing.
This CTO sounds like it was tailor-made for him.
Has high decision-making and management authority, and is only related to technology.
This is Tesla’s dream position.
In this era, like later generations, technical personnel are not valued in the company.
They are tools in the eyes of the boss.
Obviously, the maximum profit is created, but the minimum amount is distributed to the hands.
This was the case before Tesla in Edison's company.
The thing he worked so hard to invent became Edison’s in a blink of an eye, adding a little more decoration to his title of Invention King.
But Tesla was helpless. He was just an ordinary employee, and even the direction of his research was set by Edison.
But now, the chips offered by Bruce are too tempting, and they even have shares in the company.
Although the final decision-making power rests with Bruce, Tesla is confident that his inventions will shock the world and bring huge profits to the company.
In this case, it is impossible for Bruce to interfere with himself.
From today's conversation, Tesla can feel that Bruce is different from Edison. He is not a pure businessman.
As for what it is, Tesla can’t say clearly.
It just feels like the other person is sitting in the clouds, overlooking the world.
Everything is insignificant to him.
However, Tesla likes this. A boss who doesn’t care about things is a good boss.
A boss who is willing to support his employees is as close as a father.
Tesla said excitedly: "Bruce, thank you so much, I don't even know what to say."
"Don't worry, I have woken up. I will definitely make the company's products lead the world."
Li Qiwei smiled and said: "Haha, that's great."
"Yes. With your joining, the company's future will be infinitely brilliant."
"I'm looking forward to that day."
Li Qiwei is full of enthusiasm, and he is ready to create a realistic version of Iron Man.
And he is the mysterious man behind Iron Man, or simply the man.
Finally, Li Qiwei did not forget to joke: "Tesla, don't worry, I will help you recover the unfairness and losses caused to you by Edison."
"November We will meet at the American Physical Society on the 15th, and I will help you teach him a lesson."
Tesla couldn't laugh or cry when he heard this.
Bruce is indeed a young man who values his own people too much.
Although he had no resentment against Edison, he was still very happy when someone stood up for him.
At the same time, Tesla paid a silent tribute to Edison. He had fully understood Bruce's strength.
The proud and stubborn Edison may be in big trouble now.
(End of this chapter)