America 1869: A Doppelganger Every Day

The other party directly solved the problem of accommodation for the two of them.

However, they didn't stay idle in the time that followed.

Lester accompanied Li Changsheng to five newspapers, but three of them refused to hire him because he was Asian.

Later, they pretended it was written by Leicester, but both newspapers stopped reading after reading only the beginning.

"After leaving the fifth newspaper office," Leicester said.

"Li, I have to say, your initial intentions were good."

"You want to use the Chinese background to write a story to change these white people's prejudices."

"But this Chinese background has absolutely no market in America."

"Moreover, your book appeared decades later, which doesn't fit the current era."

"If it's brought out decades later, it might become a hit; it's really hard to say right now."

Li Changsheng said dismissively.

"It's okay, I'll try for a few more days. If it really doesn't work, I'll just wait until I make some money, open my own publishing house, and distribute my own products."

"And just because something is unpopular in the United States doesn't mean it's unpopular in other countries."

"I'll translate it into a few more languages ​​later and give it a try. Maybe it'll be published in other countries."

"The most important thing now is to make money. As long as I make money, I can publish it and force people to read it, even if no one reads it."

Lester laughed.

"It seems Edison's words have hit you hard."

"The whole of America is dark at night, so the electric light hasn't been invented yet."

"If you're really angry, just take his light bulb away."

"Although we didn't specialize in this, we're still university graduates. Researching a light bulb shouldn't be a big deal, right?"

Li Changsheng had the same idea, but he wanted to try again.

Lester's memory was clearly not as good as his own.

The more clones he has, the better his memory becomes, so he remembers the knowledge he has learned and knows that it would take more than ten years for Edison to invent the light bulb.

However, his memory also told him that he had read related reports that most of Edison's inventions were stolen, including the light bulb.

So the standards may not have been as high over the past ten years!

If someone else had figured it out first, then we would have to push it back a few years, or even eight or ten years.

If you really want to study electric lights, you'd better do it as soon as possible.

Li Changsheng, who was still hesitant, went to several newspapers the next day. After being explicitly rejected, he sealed his book away.

"It seems this book isn't suitable for publication right now, so I'll think about other books."

"However, inventions and creations before the new book is written should also be done as soon as possible."

"Didn't Edison have one or two thousand inventions?"

"I don't need to invent too many things; I'll just take the most valuable ones he invented."

"Let's start with this light bulb."

Lester shrugged and said.

"What a pity, I was originally planning to develop it myself."

"But it seems better if you do the research and development."

"You develop the light bulb, register the patents globally, and then have another clone buy the patents for the light bulb directly."

"You gained fame and money, and you avoided trouble."

"The United States won't target you for this."

"It can also give Chinese people a higher status in this land."

"In fact, these inventions have been more useful to you than writing books."

Li Changsheng's eyes also lit up.

He had previously only thought about using books to arm himself and improve his life, while also becoming a representative of Chinese Americans.

It can enhance the status of Chinese Americans.

Unexpectedly, the benefits of an invention patent may be far greater than writing a book.

Moreover, once you sell the invention patent, have money and reputation, it will be much easier to write and publish books.

With money, why not just set up your own publishing house?

At this moment, Li Changsheng was eager to start researching, but before he could speak, the boss from yesterday finally arrived.

The two didn't think much of it when they were taken to a coffee shop.

Even when the other person introduced himself as Rockefeller, neither of them reacted.

But what the other person said next made the two of them widen their eyes in surprise.

"I'm in the oil business, so I don't really have much cash on hand."

"Your patent looks simple, but if we really work together, it will generate millions or tens of millions in revenue in just a few years."

"Even with global rollout, generating hundreds of millions is easily achievable."

"If we cooperate, I want at least 40% of the shares."

"But then I won't have enough cash to cover the difference."

"It just so happens that I'm preparing to establish Standard Oil Company with other people."

"The company has a very bright future, but the initial investment is very large."

"We were thinking about where to get some additional funding, which is why we considered looking on Wall Street to see if we could buy a good patent."

"I never thought I'd actually run into this."

"If you agree, I would like to exchange 5% of ExxonMobil's shares for 45% of the bicycle company's shares."

"At the same time, Mobil Oil Company is willing to invest $30 in a new bicycle factory."

"Of course, of course. If you can come up with the money yourself, we can ask for a smaller share from you."

Lester simply extended his hand.

"Mr. Rockefeller, let's do it your way. If I had money, I wouldn't be selling this patent."

The two signed a contract as quickly as possible.

They even went so far as to hire someone to help Leicester establish a bicycle factory.

For the development of the bicycle factory, and also for the 5% stake in Mobil Oil Company.

For the next two weeks, Li Changsheng entrusted his clone to Lester.

With the help of his clone, Leicester's progress was rapid.

The only downside is that Leicester still doesn't have any money.

However, it is foreseeable that Leicester will have no shortage of money in the future.

The establishment of the bicycle factory has already brought Leicester a great deal of wealth.

Moreover, it also owns 5% of ExxonMobil's shares.

Li Changsheng clearly remembered that he had seen a news report before he transmigrated, stating that Mobil Oil Company's market value had already exceeded 4000 billion.

Of course, many of these shares will be 5%, but the final share will not be 5%, and it's not even certain if it will reach 1%.

But even if it's only 1%, that's still 40 billion.

Moreover, having survived for over 100 years, regardless of the company's actual value, the dividends alone would amount to a considerable sum.

Most importantly, Leicester could use Mobil Oil to gain direct access to the upper echelons of American society.

Leicester will be his first successful alter ego.

The next step is to prepare for the development of light bulbs.

However, just before he was about to develop the light bulb himself, a message from his clone made him give up on developing it himself and instead switch to developing the light bulb with his clone.