His Excellency the Count of Grandet

As for Charles, although he still doesn't know what image he was portrayed in other people's letters, it can't be said that he wasn't expected——

Use the knowledge 300 years later to compete with people 300 years ago. Due to the limitations of the times, anyone who thinks with their toes knows that the time traveler must have an irrefutable advantage!Moreover, compared to the life of the original owner who spent three days fishing and two days drying the net in the industrial school, his academic performance is definitely not bad. He was also an outstanding graduate of their class, and he was called a study madman because he was too hardworking... …

So we know that it is not without reason that Shire will become a qualified workaholic.But no one is perfect; if Charles has any chance of becoming a scientist, he has no absolute chance of becoming a musician or philosopher.

In this matter, the most important thing is to learn to maximize strengths and avoid weaknesses.

In addition to a fairly easy-to-use mind, Shire's greatest strength is undoubtedly his understanding that is much beyond reality, which is especially evident in various natural sciences.At the beginning, he didn't have many choices, he could only consider ways to get money relatively quickly; but now, with more opportunities, of course he has to make long-term plans.

People without thought, he must worry about.Can the entire era be electrified ahead of schedule with the efforts of just one person?

The answer is of course not.Even if Shire can mass-produce generators and improve the production efficiency of its own factory, what if the market demand cannot keep up?

Just like the relationship between cotton, cotton yarn and cloth, the price of cotton yarn depends not only on its own quality and output, but also on the output of cotton and cloth.Simply put, if the efficiency of weaving is low, no matter how good the cotton yarn is, it will only be backlogged.

At this time, the answer is ready to come out -

It is almost impossible and unrealistic for one person to monopolize all the benefits; the more people participate, the more development opportunities will be available, and the cake will grow bigger and bigger.

Assuming that a high-efficiency enterprise can earn 100 million francs alone, it may earn 200 million or 300 million francs after market expansion—because the overall work efficiency improves, the market restrictions become smaller and less , the development space is multiplied.

In short, there are more people sharing the cake, but the growth of the cake has exceeded the growth of the number of people, and the share that is distributed to each person is theoretically increased.As for whether it is actually more or less, and what the gap is, it depends on the individual's ability.

Of course, this is definitely not something that can be accomplished overnight.But sometimes, with a slight wave of butterfly wings, a tropical storm may be fanned; what about changing the wings of a petrel?

Shire has no ambition to become a family, but only wants to be the wing of that petrel.The technological revolution is the source of the industrial revolution, and he just knows how to ignite this fuse in advance——

Then, let the storm come more violently!

Shire believes that he can have a foothold in such a future, and he doesn't worry about his movement in the scientific community at all-the more movement the better!The more people who pay attention to electromagnetism, the fiercer the competition and the faster the progress will be!

From an economic point of view, the free market thinking of later generations and the oligarchy that is emerging now are completely different things, so Shire didn't tell anyone.This is really not to be rushed, and it is serious to slowly and subtly affect it; especially investors, who are called directors in the later world, need to support the CEO's point of view——

That's right, the first goal is to get Victor!Is this kind of person who pulls up investment effortlessly waiting to be wooed away by others?

Therefore, Victor feels that he has had a very good time recently.There is no other reason, that is, Charles finally seems to be paying more attention to him - Charles will generally not refuse his invitation; moreover, based on the principle of reciprocity, Charles finally took the initiative to invite him!

Although most of the time the topic is on business, but in any case, the number of meetings has greatly increased, which is a good thing!

In mid-to-late August, the Paris Opera House is continuing to perform Rossini's famous "The Barber of Seville".Based on Victor's general interest in pastimes such as horseback riding and archery (and these can only be enjoyed outside the city), and now there are only a few specific playwrights who can perform, Charles doesn't have many choices, so he chose this one with his eyes closed. A romantic comedy --

No matter how you look at it, it must be more suitable than "The Marriage of Figaro"!

Victor's opinion on this point is completely opposite to that of Charles. "'Give way to busy people'?" he said playfully at the end of halftime, "wouldn't you want me to listen to "Do You Know What Love Is"?"

"Give way to busy people" and "Do you know what love is" are both very famous solos, the difference is that the former comes from "The Barber of Seville" and the latter comes from "The Wedding of Figaro" (Mozart).Because the scripts are all written by Beaumarche, and the names of the characters in the play are all the same, so people often compare them.

But Victor's focus is obviously not on whether he is famous or not, but on the content inside.

In the dim light of the box, Charles couldn't see Victor's expression clearly at this time, but this did not affect his accurate judgment of the meaning of Victor's words. "I'm assuming you're saying that this song fits the occasion." Victor's ability to see through every corner is really impressive!he thinks.

Victor smiled, and the corners of his mouth curled up, mostly in pleasure. "Can you really take it as a compliment?" He said teasingly, "It seems that I underestimated you." After more time of contact, he now has a preliminary understanding of the nature of Charles's workaholic, and also Started to joke about it.

"Underestimated? This is really a compliment!" Charles said deliberately, "If you can get Mr. Lafitte's favor, you will definitely look good if you say it?"

Victor was amused by this, because Charmin obviously wouldn't do it.

Even if their relationship has become closer recently, it is nothing more than an investor and agent relationship in the eyes of others.Most people still don't know that Victor asked Charles to disperse his assets, and thought that what Charles got was the funds from the Pergo Bank.

The result seems to be the same, but in terms of the closeness to the surname Lafitte, the former is much closer than the latter - the former is more of a personal friendship, while the latter is entirely a working relationship.If Charles wanted to show off this connection, it would certainly not be the case now.

"If conditions permit, I really hope you can do this." Victor shook his head slightly as he said.If this matter is announced, everyone will know that Shire is his man!

"You want to do this, but now is not the time." Charles helped Victor complete the second half of the sentence.

Victor came to him originally for the purpose of secretly transferring assets; it would be possible to make it public when the situation completely turned to their side, and it is still far from then.Therefore, no matter how regretful Victor is, he can only think about it, and at most he can talk about it verbally, which will not affect the reality at all.

With the light on the stage, Victor looked sideways at Charles. "I like that you are smart, but sometimes I feel that being too smart is not a good thing."

"Huh?" Charles asked back with a nasal voice.

"Being confident because I know everything makes my teeth itch." Victor said, as if feeling quite helpless towards himself. "But the bad thing is, I found that I like it like this - I look forward to this comparison rather than being too ordinary and losing the challenge."

Even if you have to be deflated occasionally?Charles thought, but didn't say it.He still remembered that when Victor found out that he was interested in many people in the Academy of Sciences, his usually restrained expression almost collapsed, and his eyebrows were so frowned that they could pinch someone to death.Until he explained that the knowledge needed by the generator comes from the synthesis of various fields, then his face will look better——

Nonsense, of course he can't meet one and love the other!Victor is completely preconceived by Alphonse's words!Or in other words, because I cared too much, I...

"So," Victor didn't look away from Charles immediately, "you don't want to dispel my idea through this opera, do you?"

"Indeed not, I'm not that naive yet." Charles recovered from his own thoughts and replied. “Opera is just opera.”

This sentence made Victor squint slightly.Did Charles think, he wondered, that opera was a reasonable way to bond with a partner?But he imagined it, and found it totally unbearable to take his place with someone else—

Charles watching a love opera with someone else?Can't bear it!Speaking of which, the most likely dangerous object is...

Victor's thoughts turned around in his heart, but he didn't show it on his face. "Speaking of which, I suddenly remembered something."

"What?" Because the stage curtain had already started to shake (indicating that the next scene was about to start), Charles' gaze had already turned back.

"I heard someone say that if you continue like this, you will become a recognized goddess of inspiration." This was obviously a joke, but combined with Victor's tone, it sounded half-truthful and a little tentative.

"I'm a man." Charles deliberately missed the point.Victor didn't specify who it was, but the answer was obvious—he had recently dealt with people from the Academy of Sciences a lot.Since a lot of things can't be said directly, most of the time he insinuates so that they feel like he's just inspired.

"The point is that it's not a man or a woman, huh?" Victor could not help curling his lips slightly when he heard Charles' avoidance. "I don't care what you were like before, and I can't care; but if this trend continues, I think you will have to enter the Academy of Sciences sooner or later!" When he said this, he was quite resentful.

Hearing this, Charles suddenly felt his heart move.I didn't think Victor was talking about the future, but the "I don't care about the past" in the first half of the sentence.To be honest, until now, the person who knows him best is probably Victor, and only Victor, right?If Victor hadn't been so stalking from the start...

"Nothing." He replied.Because he was lost in thought, his voice became significantly softer.

Victor only thought it was because the opera was about to begin. "You said it yourself!" He said with certainty, even biting the accent.

God knows how worried he is about the rows of potential rivals, all of whom are of the undefendable Heavenly Fall type—don't test his mental endurance like this!With the promise of not changing careers, it doesn't matter how talented Shire is in mathematics, physics and chemistry; at least his chances are far greater than others, isn't it?

As for why Shire is more genius than when he was studying... Ah, let this kind of innocuous detail go with the wind!Anyway, the Charles he knew never changed!

Victor could finally feel a little relieved, but not Ciel.He muddied the water in the pond, waiting for someone to discuss or argue with him about the relationship between electricity and magnetism; it is a pity that the wind in the French scientific community is that electricity and magnetism are two completely irrelevant things. empty talk.

Charles waited and waited, but there was no one. He just felt that this time was not going well, and he might have to wait for a few more months.And just the day before he was about to leave for Bordeaux, news came——

Ampere came back from Switzerland with the intention of meeting him; more importantly, he also brought a Danish scholar named Hans Christian Oersted who was interested in this and stopped by to visit.

If you want to doze off, you can send a pillow, and Charles is almost fainted by this kind of happiness.You know, he is ready for everything and only owes Dongfeng, and he is counting on Oster to make a good start!

The author has something to say: Before opening a bigger map, add the hidden setting early: The protagonist was in the 22nd century before traveling, and the modern overhead world: the technology is highly developed (Chapter 22 mentions fine-tuning of embryonic genes, I don’t know if there is anyone Note), social humanities are similar to now. The 300-year gap in knowledge is a thick golden finger for the protagonist, and making money is the ultimate goal; the degree of cheating is controlled, and the XX law will not become Grandet's law (￣￣￣)

In addition, the superscript "can be regarded as original" means that, except for the background of the times, most of the plots, characters and maps are different from the original.