As the world's largest industrial power today, the electrification of American society is very developed, and more than half of the families already have household appliances such as refrigerators and washing machines. In the next few years, the appliances - TV, which take into account both entertainment and information dissemination, will also become popular.

Walking in the electrical appliance store, Evan looked at a black and white TV with expensive screens but only a similar size to his face, looking hesitant.

It will take a long time before the copier was formed by Chester, and Applied Physics Systems Company currently has only one and a half products. Evan wondered whether to launch another product line during this period.

TV is one of the alternatives Evan considers. Another alternative is a microwave oven, which is also a kitchen appliance.

At this time, the American television industry is an era when the competition for many heroes is about to begin. There are dozens of companies that are large and small to enter the industry. Among them, General Electric (GE), Radio (RCA) and Dumont Lab have the best technology and the highest market share. They have already launched products before World War II.

During World War II, due to material control, civilian TV production was suspended, and all imaging tubes were used on military products such as radar. TV guidance technology also began to start during this period.

At the end of World War II, the American Radio Company took the lead in relaunching two civilian TVs in 1946, one model RCA 621-TS and the other model RCA 630-TS. The former was designed before the war with a 7-inch screen, and the latter was the first product designed and manufactured after the war. The screen was 10-inch screen, with a sales volume of about 10,000 units that year, and the unit price was about $350. This price is undoubtedly a large item that needs to be carefully considered before purchasing for the United States, which currently has an average income of $3,500.

Following the American Radio Company, Dumont Laboratory, Motorola, General Electric and other companies have successively launched new products. Among them, the best-tech Dumont Laboratory's RA-101 has the largest screen size, reaching 20 inches, and it also has the function of a radio.

Evan saw this Dumont Lab's leading product in the electrical appliance store.

Evan knew very well about the Dumont Laboratory company. Its founder was the inventor Allen B. DuMont. Its improved cathode ray tubes have excellent quality, long life, and greatly reduced production costs. It was originally dedicated to oscilloscopes, but later entered the TV field. Dumont is optimistic about the TV industry, investing a lot of energy and financial resources in it, and also started its own TV network. These investments are all due to its profits in oscilloscopes, which Dumont was the overlord of the oscilloscope industry at this time. However, this position is already in jeopardy. The oscilloscopes produced by Dumont are measured based on frequency, and not long ago, a manufacturer named Tektronix produced an oscilloscope based on time generators, which is easier to explain pulses and complex waveforms.

At an electronics exhibition, the founder Dumont saw this product, which made him deeply impressed. However, at that time, he comforted himself that this product was too expensive and could not be sold. What he didn't know was that since then, Dumont Laboratory's oscilloscope sales began to shrink year by year. On the other hand, Dumont TV Network suffered losses and fierce competition in the TV business, which eventually led to the collapse of the company. In the late 1950s, the company had to divide and sell it. Among them, the TV business was sold to Emerson Radio, the oscilloscope business was sold to Fairchild Photography Equipment Company, and the TV network business was sold to John Kruger, a German-American, whose name was changed to Metromedia.

The reason Evan knew this was because in his last life, there was a 15-inch mahogany-shell TV produced by Dumont Laboratory in 1949, which was one of the few products that could no longer run but were still collected by him.

Because of this, Evan became interested in entering the TV industry. Seriously speaking, it is not too difficult to enter this industry, because the most core component, the cathode ray tube, can be purchased from Dumont Laboratory.

Don't be surprised, this is how Dumont Laboratories do it. Not to mention the physical cathode ray tubes, he even sold the patent. The patent of the American Radio Company was bought from him, and it only cost $20,000.

As for another alternative option, microwave oven, it requires magnetrons that can be used in radar. This thing was invented by the British. During World War II, it was authorized to the US government in order to seek financial and industrial help from the United States, and is now produced by several companies such as Raytheon.

As a military product, if Raytheon Company sells it as a civilian product, it must be approved by relevant departments. Moreover, due to technical reasons, microwave ovens will be very large and expensive, and cannot be used in general households and can only be used in large kitchens.

Between TV and microwave ovens, Evan was unable to make a choice. The advantage of the former is that the technical requirements are not high and the market is in a period of growth, but the disadvantage is that the competition in the future is fierce; the advantage of the latter is that there is almost no competition, and the disadvantage is that it is new and requires strong market development and promotion capabilities.

After wandering a row of TVs a few times in front of it, Evan finally made the decision.

He decided to do both.

...

September 5th, in the afternoon of Los Angeles Union Station.

Evan on the platform held a carefully prepared bouquet in his right hand, and his left hand occasionally showed the watch on the back of his hand.

A train drove into the platform, which was exactly the flight Evan was waiting for.

"Dingling!"

The train stopped, the carriage door opened, and passengers walked down one after another.

Evan looked carefully from near to far, not letting go of a figure.

In his expectant gaze, a beautiful figure appeared at the exit of a carriage.

Evan turned quietly again in an instant and walked towards her quickly.

"Audrey!"

The volume of this shout was not loud, but Audrey's ears caught it clearly. She walked out of the car and stepped on the floor of the platform, and her eyes turned to the direction where the sound came.

The sight meets in the air.

"Evan!"

Audrey raised her hand and swayed from side to side quickly, her face filled with excitement.

Evan took two steps at a time and came to Audrey. But before he could present the bouquet, Audrey opened her arms and hugged her.

Evan hugged Audrey's body with his backhand, put his mouth in her ear and said, "Thank you all the way!"

Audrey said "yes", and her voice was low and inaudible.

Evan let go of his arms, sent the bouquet out, and smiled and said, "Let's go home."

Audrey took the bouquet, put it under her nose and smelled it, nodded with a smile, then held one of Evan's arms with one hand and said, "Let's go!"

The two walked out of the station.
Chapter completed!