Throughout October of 1888, John was unusually busy.

Time is like a galloping horse, running forward without stopping. According to the original plan, John and his own coachman Henry, and of course, his fiancée Anna? The Bristers will be back in New York before the New Year, which means he will only have two or three months to stay in Berlin.

Three months passed in the blink of an eye.

And since the decision to split the institute and Heinz Pharmaceuticals, John has found himself a job on top of what he already has, that is, to find new partners to fully develop the economic value of drugs such as sulfonamides! In addition to Germany itself, he wants to build new factories in Britain and France, and use the power of the two superpowers to bring several drugs to the world.

Of course, shares must be shared with others.

But after thinking about it, John felt that it was imperative, at least for the Huntelaar family, which was not strong enough at the moment, to give up this part of the shares would not only allow them to gain more benefits, but also obtain a lot of powerful allies - aspirin and sulfonamides, huge profits enough to attract the attention of the most powerful people in the two countries. Only when these people get the benefits of several new medicines will they do their best to help promote them to the colonies of various countries, and can the influence of the Huntelaar family be further enhanced.

So after the separation of the research center and the pharmaceutical factory, John asked Mr. Brister and Nicklaus to let the wind out, intending to let those who were interested know the news......

“…… Now you finally know, right? ”

In his own dining room, Mr. Brister took a sip of coffee and said with a smile: "In less than a week, more than a dozen people have come to me to inquire about the news, and many of them are agents of those big names...... They don't think about the pharmaceutical companies for a day or two. ”

"All Germans?"

Raising his eyebrows, John asked.

"Well, it's basically German."

Put down the cup in your hand. "Bayer has also sent people to inquire about the possibility of licensing, and they seem to have a soft spot for aspirin and want to get the full production technology," said Mr. Brister with a smile...... According to what you said, I politely turned down the others, but not explicitly rejected Bayer. ”

"Hmm."

Nodding thoughtfully, John said nothing.

No matter what era. The pharmaceutical industry and chemistry are inextricably linked, and in fact almost all the big pharmaceutical companies with a long history have developed from chemical plants, and the dye company is one of the important sources. As one of the dye giants of this era, it is natural for Bayer to target aspirin and even sulfonamides.

John still has a certain affection for the original producer of aspirin.

Regardless of whether Bayer was right or wrong in the famous Aspirin War, the phrase "Bayer aspirin" left a deep impression on Johann, so even if there was already a Heinz pharmaceutical company in Germany, he still did not want to reject Bayer directly......

Seeing that John was silent, Mr. Brister continued: "The news has been released for a relatively short time. It may take a few days for the UK and France to react. However, I think that no one will want to miss such a good opportunity, and there will be really powerful people coming to the door soon. ”

"Hehe, I think so."

After thinking for a while, John nodded and smiled, "Sir, the preliminary screening will trouble you." My principle is that the other side must have enough production capacity, and at the same time, it must have enough influence in the country. ”

"No problem, I'll take care of it."

For John's request. Mr. Brister readily agreed.

In the process of breaking up Heinz Pharmaceutical, John can be said to have fully respected the opinion of his future father-in-law. Let the other party choose their own share distribution plan. Of the two options of 10% of each and 20% of the shares of either company, Brister did not hesitate to choose 10% of the shares in the pharmaceutical factory and the research center. He is reluctant to give up the pharmaceutical factory that is making money every day, but he is also very confident in the future development of the research center - or in other words, he is extremely confident in his beloved son-in-law.

Now all six drug patents are owned by John, but what about the future?

Once the research center can continue to come up with new drugs, then these collaborators will have a relationship with Mr. Brister in the future, so he must spare no effort in this regard......

"Good morning. Gentlemen. ”

With a cheerful greeting, Anna and Mrs. Brister walked into the dining room.

It is clear that both of them have been carefully dressed up and looked radiant after waking up in the morning. It's the weekend, and the Bristers are going to a prom. And Anna naturally had to take advantage of John's one-day break a week to travel with him, and the time to dress up was naturally slightly longer than usual. And John could tell that Anna must have just washed her hair this morning, and it was still a little wet. Ever since she used Rejoice, she had to wash her hair every time she went out with John, and she had plenty of time to pamper herself during the time John had been here from home......

A pleasant breakfast ended with laughter.

After breakfast, the Bristers were about to go to the prom, and John looked at his fiancée with a smile and whispered, "Anna, what do you want to do today?" ”

"How about going horseback riding today?"

Tilting her little head and thinking for a moment, Anna said with great interest: "I should have mentioned my good friend Hannah to you a few days ago, right?" She's always wanted to see you, and today she asked me to go horseback riding...... May I? ”

"Well, of course."

There was only a slight frown on his brow, and John immediately smiled and nodded.

Whether it was riding in a carriage or riding a horse, John actually didn't like it very much, but seeing Anna's elated appearance, of course he would not object or refuse.

But at this moment, the butler of the Brister family suddenly walked over quickly: "Sorry to interrupt, Mr. Huntelaar, I have just received two letters from you. ”

Although he had moved into his new home, he was afraid that many people would still send letters to Brister's house in a short time, and John was not surprised by this, so he quickly took the letter and looked at it, and the names of the people John was very familiar with: one was Professor Roentgen, an experimental physicist, whom he had just met not long ago, and the other was Mr. Conan Doyle from England.

Seeing these two letters, a smile suddenly appeared on John's face.

The contents of Professor Röntgen's letter can be guessed without looking at it, it must be about X-rays, and Conan Doyle's letter, if it is the same as before, is likely to be a new Sherlock Holmes novel!

Either way, it will make John feel good.

Unpacking Professor Röntgen's letter and taking a look at it, as John expected, with abundant funds and the assistance of several assistants, Professor Röntgen perfected the X-ray machine in a short period of time, although the imaging quality was still not satisfactory, but it was enough to show to the world. Accompanying this letter is a paper that Professor Roentgen has just completed, and several relatively clear photographs are attached to the text.

"At the meeting at the end of the month, it was just right to use."

While figuring out how to use the paper and a few photographs, John quickly unwrapped Conan Doyle's letter. Although he would love to read Professor Roentgen's paper right away, and then slowly admire Holmes's new work, after all, he had just promised Anna to meet her good friend, so he could only take a general glance to see if his guess was correct.

But......

"Huh?"

Glancing casually at the first page of the letter, John's face suddenly changed, and he sat up straight!

"John?"

Anna, who had been looking at her fiancé, immediately noticed the change in John's expression, and couldn't help but ask, "What's wrong?" Is something going on? ”

The young girl's curiosity was aroused, because she found that her fiancé's expression was very strange at this time, as if he had just seen something very shocking, but it was the same as he expected.

"Gollum."

Swallowing hard, John nodded a little dazedly and said, "Yes, something extremely tragic happened in London...... Hey, I almost forgot, isn't that what happened in this era......" (To be continued......