Tesla and Edison the failed partnership

Tesla's main goal for coming to America was to meet, work with and show Thomas Edison his alternating current sysetem. So when tesla stepped out of the immigration office in the summer of 1884 he only had one thing on his mind impressing the great Thomas Edison enough to hire him. After picking up $20 from a repair man whom he assisted with a motor repair he bought a room for a night and some food near edison's workshop. The next morning Tesla met Edison with whom he was immediately impressed by because of how much he could accomplish in such a technical field like electricity considering his lack of education. Tesla soon was hired and started working as one of Edison's assistants imediately. Tesla workd from 10:30 am to 5 am on all days exploring the endless possibilities of electricity. Tesla was then enlisted for $50,000 to design a series of dynamos that work more efficently for direct current. Tesla after quickly completing this task and all the medial other ones assigned to him moved up in the ranks to head of designing and repairing various direct current electrical systems all across New York. When Tesla approached Edison about recieving the $50,000 he had earned Edison merely laughed and said 'you foreingers do not understand American humor there is no money for you". Tesla feeling cheated and disrespected quit immediately. Luckily for Tesla he had gained a good reputation of being a very talented elctrical enginner while being employed by Edison which led him to start the next phase in his quest to bring alternating current to the world.