Chapter 133: The Night Banquet IX
Mr. Behrens heard Joey say, "You're right, my nouveau riche design is designed to steal money out of the pockets of those Russian brutes." I couldn't help but be stunned.
It was the first time I had heard a swear word swearing against a Russian from the lips of a German aristocrat.
Joy looked at the stunned Mr. Behrens and continued to smile and say, "Dear Mr. Behrens, not only do you dislike those Russian brutes, but I don't like them either. Then he glanced at Miss Lily Kramer, who also looked surprised, and Joey nodded in acknowledgment and continued. But no matter how much they don't like them, now Germany can't teach them a lesson with war. ”
Joey shrugged his shoulders, "So I decided to do it the other way, I'm going to rob the gold in the wallets of these Russian brutes." Joey pointed to his own blueprints on the table, "Just use German industrial products, German products that look low-key and luxurious, dear Mr. Behrens, would you like to help?" ”
Mr. Behrens looked at his lover and then at Joey, and the look of impatience on his face finally disappeared and was replaced by a look of sincerity. Mr. Behrens stretched out his right hand and shook Joey's outstretched right hand, and said with a smile, "Of course, I have long wanted to get justice from those Russian brutes for my Lily!" ”
As the estrangement between the two was lifted and their relationship deepened, Joy learned from a casual conversation with Mr. Behrens that Miss Lily Kramer and her family had been living in Moscow and had fled from Moscow to Berlin the year before as victims of the ongoing anti-Jewish movement in Russian history.
After learning that Joey was the youngest son of Princess Victoria, Miss Lily Kramer covered her mouth in excitement and choked up to express her gratitude to Princess Victoria. Joy then realized that Miss Lily Kramer was also a beneficiary of the Victorian Crown Princess Foundation's relief efforts for Jewish civilians.
With the endorsement of Joey's mother, the crown princess, Mr. Behrens was more motivated, and designed more than ten kinds of drawings for electric fans and electric kettles on the spot, which were obviously luxurious in a low-key manner.
Looking at Mr. Behrens' blueprints, Joey smiled happily, "What would those gray animals think if the Russians finally knew that the design that had taken the gold coins out of their pockets was a Jewish sympathizer who hated their anti-Semitic behavior?" ”
"Hehe, the war of blood and fire cannot be fought for the time being, but the economic war without the smoke of gunpowder has now begun, and the Russians hope that you will like the products of the greatest German industrial designers."
The last person to benefit from Joey's busyness was Mr. Stockch, Mr. Heinrich von Storsch, the head of the "Sioux" circus. When Joey hurried to the office of the "Sioux" circus in Berlin and came to find Mr. Stockch, Mr. Stockch heard his secretary's briefing, and was surprised by the sudden intrusion of Joey.
Mr. Stockch knew that his younger brother, General Stockch, Chief of Staff of the Imperial Royal Navy, was a close friend of Crown Prince Frederick, and he had been a guest of the Imperial Palace many times, and was familiar with and explained the situation of Crown Prince Frederick's family, and knew that Joey was the youngest son of the Crown Prince, but he had only seen the reckless behavior of a nobleman who broke into the door without making an appointment.
Joey's visit was not only reckless, but also unexpected, a great deal of things that came first, a lot of things that seemed strange to Mr. Storsch.
First of all, the office was pushed into a pile of tightly wrapped wooden boxes, which were unpacked to reveal glass bubbles wrapped in confetti, and from the boxes discarded by the workers, Mr. Stockch saw the Siemens logo printed on them, and Mr. Stockch guessed that these glass bulbs were the electric lights that are now popular in Berlin.
Secondly, a round metal can was pushed in, and several white words and symbols such as Linde gas were scrawled on the outside, and from the literal point of view, Mr. Stockch estimated that it might be gas inside, as for what kind of gas.... Mr. Stockch never understood what this symbol meant.
Next, a strange piano was introduced, and the reason for the weirdness was that the piano was unusually tall. The height of an ordinary piano is at most the shoulders of an adult, but this piano is two adults high, and there are four violins fixed on the top of the piano.
I have seen the organ myself, and I have seen the organ of the church, but the piano that I moved in, in the eyes of my own instrument expert, can clearly see that this set of instruments is definitely not an organ that relies on air to vibrate the reeds and produce sound, because I have just played it myself, and the keys of this piano are indeed striking the strings.
"What the hell is this strange instrument?" This quirky instrument piqued Mr. Storsch's curiosity.
Finally, what was pushed in, even more incomprehensible to Mr. Stockch, was a pile of iron shelves, and then a pile of men installing glass tubes on the iron frames, which eventually became a word, or a phrase, or a strange figure, a bird with two wings, or a strange-looking man with four hands and four legs.
And the glass tubes were connected to the threads of which he could not see what they were made of, and the threads were connected to the little pillars on a pile of small black squares, which was again a strange thing to Mr. Stockch.
It took most of the day, and as evening approached, when a group of workers had filled Mr. Storsch's large office, Joey walked in with two champagne-shaped bottles, one containing a brown liquid and the other a colorless and transparent liquid, smiling and greeting Mr. Storsch.
Mr. Storsch, relying on his decent relationship with Crown Prince Frederick's family, complained to Joey first, "Jojo, what are you doing in your Uncle Henry's office?!" ”
"Hehe, Uncle Henry, I've always heard that your circus is the best at performing illusions, and I have brought a set of things that can perform illusions today, and I want to show you who are knowledgeable." Joey smiled as he pointed to the strange things in Mr. Stockch's office.
Joey nodded at the workers, signaling that they could get ready first, and then smiled at Mr. Stockch, "Uncle Henry, it will take some time to prepare this illusion show." ”
"Although the sun has already set, I have to say that today is a hot day, so, Uncle Henry, why don't we try these two bottles of drink with me first?" Joey asked as he raised the champagne bottle in his hand and turned to Mr. Stockch.
Mr. Stockch is an open-minded man, and since his office has become like this, it is better to try the drink that Joey has brought and wait for this strange thing to bring him what Joey calls illusions.
While waiting for Joey's illusion, Mr. Stockch discovers that Joey is in his hands, and the process of these two strange drinks is quite complicated.
First, Joey asked for four high balls, and then, like a trick, pulled out a porcelain jar from the thick felt bag beside him, and "jingled" into the four cups with a small clip that somehow appeared.
So far, Joey's method is similar to the process of drinking whiskey, and the Hypo glass used is also a special cup for drinking whiskey, but the glass bottle brought by Joey is obviously a champagne bottle, and drinking champagne is not Joey's method at all.
The disproportionate pour-over technique and the contents of the bottle are the first oddity.
Joey's next approach was different from the process of drinking whiskey. Again the yellow lemon and the knife that came out of nowhere, Joey gently slipped a few slices of lemon into two of the hypo cups. Whisky drinkers never put lemons in their glasses, and sour lemons are never a good companion to whisky.
Lemons are only required for tequila, what exactly does Joey want to drink for himself? This is the second oddity.
The lemon was just the beginning, and the rest opened Mr. Storsch's eyes, and Joey smiled and said that there were two ways to drink these drinks he brought, one was an elegant way to drink them, and the other was a wild way to drink like champagne, but the office was really not suitable for the wild way to drink after that. Joey opened the champagne again, using the corkscrew to open the cork on the top of the bottle, and pulled it open with a "bang".
As it was opened in the same way as champagne, the liquid in the bottle gushed out with foam, just like champagne.
After pouring into the hypo glass, which was only filled with ice, Mr. Stockch watched as a stream of brown liquid mixed with ice cubes and a large number of bubbles tumbled from the bottom of the cup to the rim of the cup, making a hissing sound, tumbling to the bursting bubbles at the rim of the cup, bursting out again into countless tiny bubbles.
Taking the cup handed by Joey, Mr. Stockch gently lifted it, and the cold cup with crackling bubbles seemed to be pregnant with a violent force, and brought the drink to his lips, and Mr. Stockch smelled the sweet herbs in the rushing breath.
"It's so sweet, yes, and there's a familiar smell of herbs, and it's so weird, my tongue feels weird, like some strange bug crawling on it. Yes! It's really a bit of an interesting drink, let me take another sip. ”
After taking another big sip, after the strange drink brought by Joey, Mr. Stockch carefully smashed his mouth, and after carefully tasting the taste of this strange brown drink, he was surprised to confirm that the familiar herbal taste was the taste of coca leaves! Oh my God, coca leaf drink, a coca leaf drink without alcohol.
You must know that coca leaf is an expensive drink, and the same bottle of Vi-Mariani that can give you a similar feeling is nearly 5 gold marks.
While Mr. Stockch was savoring the brown coca leaf drink, Joey poured the colorless, transparent liquid into the Hypo glass with lemon slices, the same tumbling bubbles, hissing sounds, and popping bubbles on the rim.
Looking at Mr. Stosch who had drunk the last of the brown liquid, Joey pushed the colorless transparent liquid cup in front of him, and this time Stosch took the cup and poured the new drink into his mouth without any hesitation.
"Sweet, so sweet! It's even sweeter than just now, there is no taste of coca leaves, but instead of the fragrance of lemon, ah, after the feeling of numbness and crispiness on my tongue, now I actually have a trace of lemon sweetness in my mouth, so fresh taste! ”
Mr. Stockch nodded heavily, and just as he was about to open his mouth to speak, a breath of air that was not under his body's control blurted out.
"Ugh!" Mr. Stockers burped unusually loudly, and Mr. Storsch's face immediately turned red, "It's so embarrassing! I'm also a nobleman, but I have such an image hiccups! ”
"Oh... I'm sorry, I didn't think this could happen..."Mr. Stockch blushed, trying to explain his faux pas.
Joey forced a smile and said, "Uncle Henry, you are much better than I thought, I originally thought that you would burp when you drank the first drink, but I didn't expect you to make it to the second drink." After speaking, he pointed to the two bottles of drinks on the table and explained, "They contain a lot of carbon dioxide gas, if you drink too much, you are in a hurry, and it is normal to burp." ”
Joey lifted the glass in front of him and drank both liquids in one fell swoop, then burped loudly.
"Well, it's still a familiar taste, a familiar recipe, but it's more refreshing."
Joey's loud burp resolved Mr. Stockch's embarrassment, and when Joey poured the second round for the two, Mr. Stockch couldn't help but ask, "Jojo, what are these two drinks you brought?" ”
Mr. Stockch pointed to the bottle of brown liquid, "Although this bottle has a strong coca leaf flavor, there is no alcohol, it is not Vi-Mariani, what is it?" ”
"Uncle Henry, this bottle is Cocaa Cola with cocaine, I like to call it Coca-Cola!" Joey said, pointing to the bottle of brown liquid, then to the bottle of colorless transparent liquid, and said, "I like to call it elf." ”
"Uncle Henry, what do you think it tastes like?"
"I don't have to say that it tastes good, and there is no alcohol in it, everyone can drink it, it's a good thing!"
"So what would you think if you put such a big bottle for 25 pfennigs and a small glass bottle of 5 pfennil in the future?"