The journey starts from the Titanic

"Nikola Tesla, the tax bureau official came again this morning. He said that if you don't pay the taxes you owe, he will..."

The woman yelled as soon as she entered the door, and she stopped talking when she saw other people in the office, but it was too late.

Situ Nan was surprised and looked at Nikola Tesla in a puzzled manner. His face was flushed, and he was embarrassed and looked at the reckless woman with some complaints.

Dignified scientist owes taxes?Situ Nan and the others looked at each other. Isn't it a trivial thing to owe taxes in the United States?

"Well, this, Mr. Tesla, do you have any difficulties? Maybe I can help you inaccurate." Situ Nan asked.

"Dorotti, you go out first." Nikola Tesla told the woman to go out, sat down again, and smiled wryly: "Dorotti Scarlett, my secretary and assistant, has been helping I'm quite busy."

Situ Nan smiled and nodded, waiting for the other party to follow.

"Oh!" Nikola Tesla sighed and said: "You heard it just now, Mr. William, I am in a rather embarrassing situation at the moment. A few days ago I sold the car speedometer technology to a company. , In exchange for more than 10,000 U.S. dollars, but it was immediately used to fill my debt. So without paying the tax, that nasty tax official began to come to urge every day, which is really damnable."

Chapter 137

Nikola Tesla has a very bad impression of the officials of the tax bureau for a reason: in March last year (1916), he was sent to a New York court for trial in a case in which he owed $935 in personal income tax in the city.

In the New York court, in the face of all eyes, he had to admit that he suffered heavy losses and was impoverished in the failure of the Wardencliff Plan.

Over the years, he has been nestling in the Waldorf Astoria Hotel, relying on borrowing money to live his life. He has no money himself and is in debt.

As a celebrity, a celebrity with the gorgeous packaging of a scientist, Nikola Tesla wants to expose his embarrassment to the public. This is what hurts his self-esteem!

Good things do not go out, bad things spread for thousands of miles.

This shameful news spread like wildfire: At that time, almost every major newspaper in the United States published this news. The story of a genius scientist’s bankruptcy was staged in the newspaper, and then countless versions evolved, and there were even reports that Gula Tesla is already in jail.

In short, Nikola Tesla was on fire, but it was not his achievement, but his downfall which became people's laughing stock, and his wound was torn open bloody in front of everyone.

So he hates to hear the word tax officer, and just still can't help but tell.

When the incident happened last year, Situ Nan was running around, so he didn't know about it.Only later I heard that a celebrity in New York was brought to court for owing taxes. At that time, I thought it was just rumors or trivial boring news made up in the newspapers. I didn’t pay attention to it, but I didn’t expect that the protagonist was Nicholas in front of me. ·Tesla!

Really very happy!Unlucky, unprecedented scientist-Nicolas Stella!

Situ Nan was a little bit amused and unscrupulous, but there was a sympathetic expression on his face.

"In order to study the principle of the Tesla coil, I conducted experiments in Colorado Springs in 1889.

Unfortunately, it was destroyed by an inexplicable fire. My experiments, my data, and my equipment were all destroyed by an inexplicable fire, and my half-life was destroyed.

This made me very painful. Not only did my family go bankrupt, but my career also began to decline."

Nikola Tesla took a sip of bitter coffee, his expression was painful, and sadness spread from his eyes.

It's still like this, why is it worth it!

This poor man suffered a great setback at his most glorious time and has not recovered yet.

Sitting aside, Situ Nan felt grief and grief, and the little gloat he had just done disappeared.

Maybe he should be given some help!Situ Nan thought.

"Fortunately, my mother's death, my brother's accident, and the damn fire didn't destroy my will. I survived again.

With the support of the old Morgan, I later built a larger Tesla coil on Long Island, New York. The high-frequency and high-voltage current produced by the Tesla coil can realize radio communication and long-distance power transmission on both sides of the Atlantic. .

How brilliant it was at that time. The citizens of New York all came to watch this grand scene. This is a genius idea!"

Nikola Tesla's expression was a bit aftertaste, but it soon turned cloudy again, and he suddenly cursed excitedly: "However, there are still many people who still slander and slander my career. They incited people in the newspapers. Fear, calling on people to destroy this power station that is said to be ruining their lives.

What a ridiculous ignorance!Those stupid guys and those unscrupulous profiteers will never understand that this invention will bring free and clean energy to mankind once it succeeds.

The terrible thing is that they succeeded again.When the project entered a critical moment, the thief Marconi stole my radio patent, and I was going to file a lawsuit with the other party, which restrained part of my energy.

Morgan took advantage of the situation and withdrew the investment, Westinghouse was helpless, and these villains united to ruin my Wardencliff project.

Finally, the electric power company, the water company, the construction company, and the unpaid workers all came up together, and they took away the last nail."

What stupid people, the prejudice against the unknown stems from your inner fears. Do you know what electricity means to humans?

My eyes saw a vast world of electricity, but you made me frustrated, thinking I was really a madman, a heretic, and a devil?

Despite this, I will never give up, and I still have a lot to do."

Nikola Tesla talked about the miracles and misfortunes that had happened to him. His expression was sometimes agitated, sometimes sorrowful, sometimes confused, sometimes determined, and the whole person fell into a complex mood.

Today, I heard that tax officials were coming to collect taxes again. The scientist who had been suffering from injustice was gently provoked, and his emotions suddenly exploded.

Yes, he was in a bad mood. He paid so much and got more prejudice.

Why is Edison that stupid idiot able to have a lot of money and make a fortune, and now he can only nest in this ghost place and all the horrible things, it is enough!

Nikola Tesla thought with a bit of irritation. After a while, he said apologetically: "I'm sorry, I just couldn't control my emotions and made Mr. William laugh.

Situ Nan smiled gently and said, "Nine in all life is unsatisfactory. The past is over. Everything is going forward."

Having been in this world for several years, Situ Nan has become accustomed not to think about the things that make him unpleasant.

"Thank you. By the way, where did we talk about?" Nikola Tesla asked.His perception of Situ Nan is much better.

His instinct told himself that the young man in front of him just passed by with emotion, indicating that the other party should not be too bad.Having been deceived so much, Nikola Tesla gradually has a way of seeing people by himself.

"We talked about cooperating in power and radio communications." Situ Nan reminded.

"Although my career has suffered setbacks, I promise you can rest assured that as long as the relevant equipment and funds are ready, I can start research immediately."

Nikola Tesla said that when talking about electricity, Nikola Tesla's confidence has recovered a lot.Although the two sides failed to reach an agreement on the technical cooperation of bladeless fluid turbine power generation he loves, don't people always have to live?

Research on electricity and radio is also Nikola Tesla's interest, so he does not resist the cooperation with Situ Nan, but is eager to work as soon as possible.

As for being afraid that Situ Nan will lie to him again like others, what is there?Can someone who can't even pay taxes be deceived by too many things?

This has been very clear since Nikola Tesla gave up the patent for alternating current.

Well, although it may not be his intention!

In the past, those people benefited a lot from his inventions (mainly alternating current), and they did not return enough support for him, but in any case, human beings must be credited to him for using patent-free alternating current technology.

From this point of view, the whole world owes him!

In the past few decades, technological progress has been developing day by day, and the explosive growth of knowledge, new fields, new topics, and new challenges have been placed in front of scientists.

After bankruptcy, his credibility was ruined, and there was no condition for a new round of experiments.Nikola Tesla only hopes to be able to invest in technology research, rather than living in embarrassment like this.

He tried to write to Little Morgan many times, but every time it fell to nothing.Princess Anne Morgan, who was deeply obsessed with Nikola Tesla and the Morgan family, also lost interest in the technical man he once admired, and turned to other younger and stronger men.