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"Jason, how do you make this rubber wheel? Is there a physical object? This is also patentable. ”

"Jason, what's the rubber shoe? Have you applied for a patent? ”

"Jason, the rubber gloves and those condoms haven't been patented, have they? It shouldn't be too late, hurry up and apply for one. ”

Zhu Jishi introduced several rubber products of later generations, and gave them to Cospel. William babbled and asked. When the manager of the Bank of Bahrain talks about business, he does not see any old-fashioned or wooden things, and he is completely a shrewd businessman who is good at spotting all business opportunities.

"By the way, Jason, do you know where this rubber comes from? And how is it produced? After figuring out the approximate manufacturing methods and uses of rubber products such as tires, rubber rain boots, rubber gloves, and condoms, Kospel. The look of excitement on William's face was replaced by a solemn look. "If vulcanized rubber really has that many uses, can it be produced in a way that can keep up? If the production of rubber is too low to meet the demand for large-scale rubber product production, the value of vulcanized rubber patents will be greatly reduced. ”

Zhu Jishi nodded, a businessman is a businessman, and he can see the most critical link in the rubber industry chain at a glance. He pondered for a moment and said, "As far as I know, rubber is produced from a plant called the rubber tree, and as long as the outer bark of the rubber tree is cut, a kind of latex that flows out is solidified and dried to become rubber. This kind of rubber tree is produced in South America, and there are wild rubber trees in Brazil, Peru, Colombia and other countries, and I think that since rubber trees are a kind of tree, they should be cultivated in a similar environment. ”

Planting rubber trees seems to be a good business, and it seems that many wealthy overseas Chinese businessmen in Nanyang have made their fortunes from rubber plantations in history. Zhu Jishi muttered to himself in his heart. But he didn't have the energy to toss the tree planting business now, so he didn't know that this Kospel in front of him. William is not interested in spending ten or eight years on this big deal?

As the saying goes, ten years of trees, this rubber tree from the collection of seeds, cultivation of seedlings to the growth of trees can be tapped, the whole process is not ten years is not possible, where to sell H heroin to make money fast?

Cospel. William looked at Zhu Jishi with eager eyes, "Jason...... I dare to conclude that growing rubber trees will definitely become a really profitable business! This business is much bigger than the 14-year patent monopoly of vulcanized rubber (21 years in the United States), why don't we do this rubber business together, don't sell this vulcanized rubber patent to the Bank of Bahrain, you can convert it into an investment together with the patents of rubber wheels, rubber rain boots, rubber gloves and rubber condoms, I will raise another 10,000 pounds in cash, and we will set up a rubber company together, you have a 50% stake, but the general manager of the company wants to do it for me, how about it? ”

10,000 pounds! In 1842, Zhu Jishi certainly knew how much the 10,000 pounds were worth, because he often took time off, and now the income he earned from the European Gate Hospital was only 2 pounds a week at most, and only 8 to 9 pounds a month, and so on, a mere 100 pounds a year, and this 10,000 pounds could be worth his income for 100 years.

"But my pharmacy needs money too......"

Zhu Jishi hesitated and said. He had no intention of continuing his job as a doctor, who only paid £2 a week. Although this income is more than ten times that of the average British worker, the British working class in this era is really miserable, working day and night like an ox, but earning only 4 to 6 pence a day, and only about 30 to 40 pence for seven days a week, which is equivalent to one and a half to two shillings, and 12 shillings can be exchanged for 1 pound!

In contrast, in later generations of Europe, even famous doctors who opened their own private clinics could not earn more than ten times the income of ordinary workers, and most of their income had to be used to pay personal income tax.

At this time, the British Empire also had personal income tax, but the tax rate was really nonsense, and those earning more than £150 a year only had to pay 1 shilling, and those earning between £60 and £150 only had to pay 3 pence...... Compared with the high income tax rate of 50% for high-income earners in later European countries, Britain is simply a paradise for the bourgeoisie and the middle class!

"Pharmacy? Jason, is it a pharmacy that sells H Heroin? ”

Hearing Zhu Jishi say that he would open a pharmacy, Mrs. Duran on the side suddenly came to her senses, she had seen the miraculous effects of morphine hydrochloride and diethyl X morphine, and if this thing was sold in the pharmacy, it would be impossible to make money or not.

Cospel. William frowned, "What is H Heroin?" ”

"It's DiB X morphine, and H Heroin is the name of the drug I gave it." Zhu Jishi thought of a certain French young man who was poisoned, and explained a little weakly: "This drug is very widely used, it can relieve almost all diseases, and it can also be used to treat depression and asthma. ”

"Ah......" Kospel. William muttered, "It sounds like it has a similar effect to opium, and if you put it as collateral, well, it's not easy to evaluate." By the way, Jason, how much money do you need to open a pharmacy? ”

The pharmaceutical industry in this era has not yet developed, so pharmacies that function as pharmaceutical workshops are not a big deal. In contrast, the vulcanized rubber business is mostly large, whether it is tires, shoes, gloves or condoms, it is necessary to open factories for production, just like textile factories, so the capital required is relatively large.

Hearing this question, Zhu Jishi thought for a moment and casually reported the number, "Probably...... It's about £5,000. ”

"£5,000? To have so much? "Or Kospel. William is more proficient in business, he did the math, and said: "I don't need so much money, I have been in charge of a few pharmacies, and there are no more than 5,000 pounds, and those are big pharmacies, if you want to open a small pharmacy, 2,000 pounds is definitely enough." ”

Zhu Jishi was stunned again, 2,000 pounds is enough? Converted into silver, it's only 6,000 taels, even if you open a decent Chinese medicine pharmacy in China, it's not enough, right?

"Jason, why don't we open a joint venture pharmacy?" Madame Durand suddenly proposed, "I can make up £2,000, I have £500 in savings, let Isabel also give £500, Dr. Blomsteain also wants to invest in some business, I believe £500 is not a lot of money for him." ”

"I can also invest £500." Cospel. William also said. His family has a textile factory in England, a large cotton farm and thousands of black slaves in the southern United States, which can be regarded as a wealthy family, otherwise where would he be sure to raise 10,000 pounds to cooperate with Zhu Jishi in the rubber business? Since £10,000 is not a problem, what is an extra £500?

"Since Cospel has invested all the money, it seems that the pharmacy business is a sure profit, Jason, why don't I invest 500 pounds too?" Will. Heming also smiled and patted his pocket, his father, who ran a farm in Ireland and grew potatoes, gave him all the 1,000 pounds he had saved up all his life, and wanted him to use the money to buy a major, and maybe in the future he could retire like their Irish countryman. Gough is just as soaring. It's a pity that the official hasn't bought it yet, and Will, a loser, ruined his premise with a duel, so the money to buy the official has not been touched.

In this way, Zhu Jishi successfully raised 2,500 pounds in cash for his pharmacy.