他们不是研究人员,也不是科学家,更不是智商惊人的天才。他们是一些普通人,但善于捕捉脑海中一闪而过的、充满智慧的想法并能付诸实践,从而创建了如今一座座闻名于世的“帝国大厦”。梅丽达·本兹和“讨厌的袜子”梅丽达·本兹是一位非常挑剔的家庭主妇,她对自己平时得用旧袜子过滤咖啡渣一直感到讨厌。一天,她尝试用吸墨水纸来过滤咖啡渣,没想到效果好得出奇。于是在二十世纪初,一种既经济实惠又卫生方便的一次性咖啡过滤纸在巴黎郊区的一所小屋里诞生了。它很快风靡欧美各国。如今,梅丽达公司在世界各地拥有一万多名雇员,年营业额达100亿法郎。 They are neither researchers nor scientists, nor are they surprising geniuses. They are ordinary people, but they are good at catching the flash of wisdom and thinking in their minds and putting them into practice, thus creating what is now the world-famous “Empire State Building.” Melita Benz and “Nasty Socks” Melita Benz is a very picky housewife who has always been annoyed by the fact that she usually has to filter pasta in old socks. One day, she tried to filter the coffee grounds with blotting paper, and did not expect the results to be surprisingly good. So at the beginning of the twentieth century, a disposable coffee filter, which was both economical and hygienic, was born in a small cottage on the outskirts of Paris. It quickly swept the countries in Europe and the United States. Today, Merida has more than 10,000 employees worldwide with annual turnover of 10 billion francs.