Edison is not a gentle person. He has mixed praise and criticism throughout his life, a little selfish and too domineering. This is his nature.

In the first half of his life, he was like a dagger with sharp cold light splashing everywhere, but in his later years, he turned into a warm and restrained stone. This may be the charm of time.

It can make a person who is so strong and never admits his defeated opponents for his life before he dies, and can make a person's soul truly release when his life of more than 80 years is about to end.

Looking at the old man lying on the boat, I felt a lot of emotion.

"Andre, after I die, I will ask you to write me an obituary. I don't believe others, I only believe you." Edison looked at me and made a last request.

Then I got up and walked out of the room.

On this day, I did not leave the sanatorium. I was guarding outside the room and saw the people around me being called into them by Edison.

Most of these people are from Edison's company. They all have a calm expression when they are called in, but almost everyone is furious as soon as they come out.

"What did we do wrong to fire us!?"

"Spray us and see how this company grows!"

Those people came out of the room and almost all cursed.

Looking at these people, I laughed. Their results were exactly in line with Edison's temper. The old man was a vengeful person, and he knew some of the things these people did in his company. So before he passed away, he had to deal with these people himself.

At 11 o'clock in the evening, Edison's condition worsened again and he was completely in a coma. The doctors rushed to rescue him, but the results were not optimistic.

The reporters from Lockettke TV arrived, and the reporters from CBS came. Outside the small building, the reporters gathered together. Through them, the eyes of the people of the United States focused on this nursing home where few people usually pay attention.

Thomas Edison, the name is a household name for Americans, but to be precise, not many people have paid attention to this name now. Edison's glory was decades ago and in today's era. People respect this inventor, but not many people will pay attention to him.

But this time, this name touched the hearts of all Americans. It was a very sad thing for most Americans to die alone.

Those who have objections to Edison are basically his competitors. Or those who have had disputes and disputes with him, these people are all people with certain identities, status or achievements. For ordinary people, Thomas Edison is still in love with God. Because this person, the lives of the people have become rich and colorful. Not to mention anything else, the invention of the photoelectric light allows people all over the world to enjoy the light.

Therefore, after walking out of Edison's critically ill, the United States caused a sensation.

But Thomas Edison could no longer know about this.

I sat outside that room, staring at the door opposite me in a daze. I knew that through this door, there was an old body lying on the bed. This man was the king of invention, a man who later became known as the creation of the 20th century. I met him and became friends, and now I am witnessing his death.

This feeling is very strange, just like a dream.

In my opinion, what is in that room is a precious wealth given to mankind by God. In the course of more than 80 years of life, this man has made great contributions to the civilized development of mankind. Now, it is time for God to take him back.

This is a pity for the entire human race.

The doctors' rescue is underway, and even have begun surgery on Edison. Edison himself suffers from various diseases, including chronic nephritis, uremia, and a diabetic patient. After the stroke, the doctor said that he may have cerebral congestion at any time. His body is like a dry lamp with oil exhausted, which may be extinguished in the wind at any time.

"Listen, I'm in a nursing home now, and the operation against Mr. Edison has been underway for three hours. I just asked my life and the doctor said that the operation has very little effect and we should be prepared for the worst." Next to me, a CBS reporter broadcasted to the public on the spot.

At two o'clock in the morning, the doctors came out of the room. They walked to Edison's family and shook their heads.

This expression told everyone at the scene that the old Edison really couldn't stand this time the crisis.

A few people were called in, including Edison's family, some of his old friends, and me.

Edison lay on the bed and opened his eyes with difficulty.

When he saw us, a smile appeared on half of his face.

"My friends, tell those who know Thomas Edison, if I have done anything wrong in my life, please forgive me." Edison said this weakly and immediately fell into a coma again.

Any rescue seemed futile. Edison lay there, showing a calm expression in the busyness of the doctors.

From time to time, he would pop up a few words in his coma, but he would not open his eyes again.

"Mom, I want, I want to make a...night sun." This is the last sentence he left to the world.

At 2:27, this great heart stopped beating.

I learned the whole story of Edison's last words to the world from a gray-haired old man next to me.

When Edison was young, his family was very poor. On a snowy night, Edison's mother fell ill and his father found her for life. The doctor said that Edison's mother had acute appendicitis and needed surgery. At that time, there were only oil lamps, no electric lamps, and the light was first exposed in the dim light, and the wrong surgery would be performed if he was accidentally in a mistake. Just when the doctor was anxious, Edison thought of an idea. He found all the oil lamps in the house, then placed a mirror behind the oil lamp, and then the bright light reflected from the mirror. The doctor successfully completed the operation. Afterwards, the doctor said that he praised Edison and said that he had saved his mother with wisdom. But Edison told his mother that he wanted to create a sun for the night.

This story was often talked about with colleagues around him during his lifetime. This childhood wish directly led to his invention, which was the electric light.

This great inventor, this successful and famous old man, will be in childhood when he dies. Perhaps at the last moment of his life, he will return to the child. The child who is looking for oil lamps in the snowy days, the child who is smart and kind-hearted.

No matter what unpleasant things he did during his more than 80 years of life, now everything is meaningless. Edison left, leaving his lifelong grudges and entanglements. What he left to the world was a bright future.

Such a person is a great person and a pure person!

When! When! When! When! When!

The sanatorium sounded heavy bells, which came from the chapel in the sanatorium, which was the common nostalgia of all the people who accompanied Edison in the sanatorium.

Edison's body was quickly dealt with by the doctors, who gave him a series of anti-corrosion treatments and then put on a decent suit on the old man.

Next, this old man obviously has to accept mourning from the whole of the United States and the whole world.

Edison's personal lawyer came, and he brought Edison's family and the remaining senior executives of Edison's company together and read Edison's will.

Edison's will is very simple. He left his property to his family and left all the land patents to me. At the same time, Edison's company also transitioned to the Lockettke Consortium, Edison's family, which owns nearly one-third of the equity of the consortium, but does not participate in management.

This is the old man’s last wish, but for me, it makes my heart extremely heavy.

Edison's family respected his last wishes and respected me very much. The lawyer immediately proposed the company's delivery principle, but I stopped it. I told them that all these things should be handled after Edison's funeral is completed.

The funeral committee was established immediately and I was appointed as the head of the funeral committee. That night, a group of people gathered in the living room to discuss funeral matters all night until the early morning of the next day. During this period, the funeral committee formulated a series of ceremonies and regulations, and also formulated a series of funeral ceremonies.

The next day, with the reports from major media, the whole United States fell into great sorrow and the whole country shook tears.

"Mr. Edison was like a small boat sailing in a dangerous strait, perhaps passing safely, or hitting the reef. At 2:27 am today, Edison hit the reef."

"In 1847, in the small town of Milan, Ohio, no one would have thought that a child who came to this world would become the greatest inventor in the world. The teachers called him a low-spirited child, believing that this child would be mediocre all his life, but he eventually became the greatest man in the United States."

"Let's count how many things this great inventor has invented: electric lights, telegraphs, phonographs, movies, DC generators... There are more than a thousand achievements. He is a true king of inventions! He has made great contributions to the civilization and progress of the entire human race! We cannot imagine what the United States would be like without Edison, and we cannot imagine what the world would be like without Edison!"

"He wrote a brilliant chapter with his more than 80 years of life! People will always remember this name, Thomas Edison, no matter whether it is the collapse of heaven or earth, the vast world is shattered.

The New York Times front page headline published an article published in bold letters, which gave Edison great honor.

The front page headline of The Washington Post published a photo of Edison, a photo of the old man lying in a nursing home.

"Thomas Edison passed away early this morning. Before that, not many people paid attention to this old man. Although his name is known to all American women and children, in our impression, Edison should be a person from the last century. We enjoyed his achievements, but gradually ignored this great man. We don't know where he lives or his situation. If the news of his death had not been heard, I think many people would have thought that this old man would have passed away long ago."

"But after hearing the news of his death, I thought no matter who, no matter whether he had dealt with Edison or whether there was any grudge between him and Edison, I would feel a huge feeling in my heart."

"He is a well-deserved great man of this era! He used his efforts and wisdom to benefit the entire mankind! Thomas Edison, a poor child from a small town in Ohio, eventually became such a great man, thanks to his sweat and persistence. A famous saying he said. We all remember: the so-called genius is lies, and hard work is real. Now, this great man has left, and his life is a busy life and a dedication. What he left to us is not only more than a thousand inventions, but also a spirit, a spirit of perseverance and hard work!" "Americans should always remember this name, and mankind should always remember this name: Thomas Edison. The greatest person of the 20th century!"

As the most important, authoritative and influential newspapers in the United States, the New York Times and the Washington Post, the two pointed-minded newspapers, have surprisingly consistent attitudes on this matter, and they have given Edison great glory.

And on this day, among all the paper media, Time magazine is the most attractive.

Because of Edison's death, Time magazine urgently issued an issue with the first issue.

On the cover of this issue, a photo of Edison was published, which was a gray-haired face. Although it was aging, its eyes were sincere and enthusiastic.

At the beginning of the magazine, there was an article that attracted a lot of attention.

"Early this morning, a world-land light was permanently extinguished!"

"Thomas Edison, after spending more than 80 years, passed away quietly in a nursing home outside Los Angeles. The last word he said to the world was a sentence he said to his mother when he was a child: Mom, I want to make a night of sun."

"I will not make any comments on the old man's life. I think history will give him the most fair definition. I just want to talk about what kind of person I met Thomas Edison."

"Mr. Edison and I haven't known each other for a long time, only four or five years. He won a star on the Avenue of Stars and won the Lifetime Achievement Award at the First Harvey Awards. These are because of his contributions to the movies, and for him, these honors are well deserved."

"I don't know what kind of person he was in his first half of his life, but I know that Edison in his later years was a sincere person. He reflected on many things he had done before, reflected on his own mistakes, and then actively made up for it. In the United States, many people know the entanglement between Mr. Edison and Hollywood. Even now, most Hollywood filmmakers have a very bad impression of this old man. In the eyes of many people, Thomas Edison is a dictator and a greedy tyrant. Filmmakers have always been resentful of Edison's monopoly on film patents decades ago."

"At the same time, I also began to realize that without Edison, there would be no Hollywood. He invented movies and created American movies. This alone could make up for any mistakes of him." "Thomas Edison is a great man. Although he has many shortcomings, he is a great man, and there is no doubt about this!"

As the most disgusting Hollywood filmmakers about Edison, Di Marskolov personally wrote an article, which is so grand and open-minded that people respect.

In Hollywood, those who had no good feelings for Edison before also changed their attitude towards him as he died. They were based on full affirmation of Edison's contribution to American films and fully affirmed his historical achievements.

The honor of "the father of American film" has been recognized among American filmmakers.

I think if Edison knew about it, he would be very pleased.

Edison's death also attracted public mourning. In Washington, New York, the Great Lakes, California, Florida, Mississippi, anywhere in the United States, people commemorate this great inventor in various ways.

In Ohio, in Edison's hometown, people want to raise funds to build a huge statue of Edison, which is 25 meters high. In New York, people unscrewed their own light bulbs and piled them on the square. Countless light bulbs made the square an extremely magnificent ocean of light bulbs. In Los Angeles, people brought the elderly and the young to the nursing home where Edison died to mourn him. The traffic was paralyzed, and the entire nursing home was flooded by the flowers of mourning...

Thomas Edison, an inventor and a controversial person, was recognized and respected throughout the United States after his death.

In addition to the public's mourning, the top government officials also responded.

US President Roosevelt delivered a speech on behalf of the federal government after Edison's death. He reviewed Edison's glorious life and gave a high evaluation of his contribution. At the same time, the two resolutions he proposed on behalf of the federal government attracted everyone's attention!

Even I was stunned by these two resolutions.

The death of Edison not only triggered a wave of mourning among the American people, but also made the US government express its attitude at the first time.

As the President of the United States, Franklin Roosevelt is obviously very happy to stand up and do something at such a moment, after all, this is a good opportunity to gain public support.

Roosevelt's speech lasted almost half an hour. In this more than half hour of speech, Roosevelt used more than half to evaluate Edison's contribution to the United States to the world, which was very exaggerated.

Finally, Roosevelt made two such resolutions on behalf of the federal government: "After my active proposal, after discussion, the federal government decided to take the following two ways to commemorate Mr. Edison. First, the United States of America held a state funeral for Mr. Edison! Second, on the night of the funeral of Mr. Edison, the lights were turned off in the United States for an hour!"

The two resolutions announced by Roosevelt made many people stunned, and even I was shocked.

You should know that state funerals are the highest honorary funerals in this country. Generally speaking, state funerals are basically held for presidents who are deeply respected by people. Although Edison is a great inventor, it is obviously beyond the expectations of many people. However, the people are still very welcome to this resolution, because such a form can indeed fully express the people's respect for Edison.

For the federal government, especially Roosevelt himself, doing this will benefit without any harm. For them, there is no loss for one extra state funeral, but instead it will gain great favor from the people because of this resolution.

As for the second resolution, it is very distinctive. Turn off the lights in the United States for an hour. Such things have never happened since the lights began to become popular among the people. Usually, people don’t seem to have any feelings about Edison, thinking that this is a person far away from them, but when the whole of the United States is in darkness, I think everyone can understand Edison’s meaning to humanity at that time.

The federal government took action and California responded immediately. Just two hours after Roosevelt announced the resolution, California Governor Truman appeared on TV.
To be continued...