George Westinghouse and renewed hope in alternating current

After hearing of the genius of Tesla and how he quit working with Edison, George Westinghouse sought to make a move to partner with this genius. George Westinghouse was looking to make more money than what he already made from being the inventor of the compressed air brake for trains. Westinghouse decided to go to the lecture Tesla was giving for the American Institute of Engineers, he was throughly impressed by Tesla's genius and decided to have a meeting with him at Tesla's labortory. After meeting with Tesla in his laboratory and being so blown away by his immense amount of genius Westinghouse on the spot offered Tesla 1 million dollars for his alternating current patents. Tesla was shocked by the offer but calmly replied 1 million dollars and a 1 dollar royalty per horsepower. Westinghouse immediately agreed to the terms and after the men shook on the agreement westinghouse said there will be a contract and a check sent to you in a few days. Tesla was very excited about this deal because Westinghouse had also arranged that he work in Pittsburgh for a year inventing more things in his own lab for a "high salary". Westinghouse recieved these patents for a bargain price and Tesla got the fincial backing he so desired so he could keep working on new inventions. This partnership lasted happily for about 6 weeks until Westinghouse's workers had trouble making the motor run properly so Tesla came in to help solve the problem with his invention. After feeling throughly disrespected when no one would take his advice on how to fix his own invention Tesla angirly quit. Westinghouse let Tesla simmer down and a week later offered him $24,000 a year to stay with the company but Tesla now being wealthy declined and decided to work on his own again. So Tesla once again found himself alone but this time he had money, ambition and people interested in alternating current.