1851年,一家电报公司在美国纽约密西西比河流域成立,电报业从此进入商业运营时期。在那个年代,电报就相当于现在的互联网,由于业务发展迅猛,这家公司短短几年就发展成了当时最大的电报公司,这就是西方联合电报公司。1876年春季的一天,一个年轻人来到西方联合电报公司,求见总经理,商量合作事宜。总经理罗杰斯让人把这个年轻人请进了办公室,年轻人坐下来以后,向罗杰斯介绍说自己发明 In 1851, a telegraph company was established in the Mississippi River basin in New York, the United States, and the telegraph industry has since entered commercial operation. At that time, the telegraph was equivalent to the present Internet. As the business grew rapidly, the company developed into the then largest telegraph company in a few years. This is the Western Union Telegraph Company. One day in the spring of 1876, a young man came to the Western Union Telegraph Company and sought his general manager to discuss matters of cooperation. Rogers, the general manager, brought the young man into his office. When the young man sat down, he introduced himself to Rogers