This Lebon had a clear train of thought and was highly creative. With a few simple adjustments of existing, mature technologies, he had solved several major technical obstacles.
Joseph only had to hear him explain it once before he was basically certain that this technical plan should be feasible.
After finishing his explanation of the kerosene-refining technology, Lebon also demonstrated his improvements to oil lamps, making them more suitable for using kerosene as fuel—existing oil lamps were all made for soybean oil and whale oil, and according to his tests, putting kerosene straight into them would burn out the lampshade.
That level of meticulousness and caution made Joseph even more satisfied with him.
However, the fourth bidding company was not simple either.
This was a chemical plant called "La Rochelle United Company." Its Sulfuric Acid production workshop in Paris could meet the market demand of nearly half of France, with annual sales as high as 150,000 francs.
The kerosene-refining technology they had developed was somewhat more cumbersome than Lebon's, but overall, it should also be able to meet the requirements of the bid.
Moreover, they had spared no expense in producing a set of demonstration equipment, which could be visited at the factory at any time.
By the time La Rochelle United Company's technical demonstration ended, Joseph knew that they would most likely win the bid.
Although he personally leaned more toward the "Dino Dye Factory" represented by Lebon, "La Rochelle" was larger in scale, had ample funds, and even had several times more technicians than "Dino."
With the two bids not differing by much, and given the habit of government projects placing greater emphasis on stability and reliability, "Dino's" hopes were very slim. After the bidding process ended and the four companies left one after another, the members of