Act XXXI. market research
Sanderson roamed the streets, dressed in a fancy gown, followed by a big man, his bodyguard, Parker, not smart, but sturdy, and could punch through a plank.
His swaggering movements attracted the attention of many people, and Sanderson did not restrain himself, but swaggered more and more, and he enjoyed this treatment very much.
As a child, he was often beaten by his drunken father, and one day, when the damned old man fell into the river and drowned because he was drunk, Sanderson reaped the long-awaited freedom when he became an orphan.
Instead of going to an orphanage, he started petty theft on the street and gradually became a well-known gangster, and later, Sanderson met Pilam, who came to Priest to start a business.
I have to say that Sandersen's methods are quite effective sometimes, and after he helped Piram settle a stubborn small workshop, Sandersen became Piram's No. 1 dogleg and became a big deal.
This time, he came to investigate the sale of Piram Coke in the market.
Sanderson turned the corner and walked into an apothecary, an ordinary shop that had a cooperative relationship with several alchemist workshops.
"Boss, give me two bottles of Coke, I want Pilam's."
Walking into the pharmacy, Sanderson shouted, causing the shopkeeper to frown.
The boss wanted to say something, but when he saw the tall and burly Parker behind Sandersen, he forced himself to hold back, he took the three copper coins that Sanderson threw and took out two bottles of Coke from the freezer next to him.
In the process, Sanderson glanced around the store, and he found that most of the freezers were Cokes from the Piram family, and he was a little happy, and it seemed that the price strategy was still working as well.
Sanderson tossed one of the bottles of Coke to Parker, opened the cap himself, and took a sip of it, and to be honest, the taste of Piram Coke was a little different, but who cared?
Just as Sanderson was about to inquire about the sales of the owner's Coke, three more men walked into the store and loosened their collars, apparently feeling a little uncomfortable with the recent warmer temperatures.
"Hey, boss, is there any Coke?"
The man in the lead glanced at Sandersen, didn't comment much on his dress, and went straight to the counter.
"It's just Piram Coke."
The boss replied, knocking on the freezer door, and inside the transparent door, there were Piram Cokes neatly arranged.
This made Sanderson happy in his heart, it was obvious that Piram Coke had quickly taken over the entire market, and those humble ants really couldn't compete with the Piram Empire!
"No, we've already run three stores, why don't we have them here."
One of the men complained, looked at his companion, and sighed helplessly.
"Looks like I can't drink Coke today."
"How can Crescent Coke be so out of stock, can't it increase production a little?"
"Sorry, the new batch may not arrive until noon."
The boss laughed and said that the reason why it was all Piram Coke was simply because the Crescent Coke had been sold out.
"Wait, why are you staring at Crescent Coke, isn't Piram Coke also great, and cheap."
Sanderson suppressed the anger in his heart and asked in a relatively relaxed tone.
"Piram Coke? That kind of thing can be considered coke, does it deserve it? ”
Hearing Sandersen's words, one of the trio suddenly raised his voice several degrees, as if questioning.
"The Piram family has always liked to make some inferior imitations, and the previous ones were barely used, and the taste of this cola is so bad that it insults the name of coke!"
Several of them seemed to be a little irritable because of the hot weather and the fact that they hadn't bought Coke for a long time, which made Sanderson stunned.
"I'm sorry, I'm just a little irritable."
The man quickly apologized to Sandersen, and as he spoke, the door was opened again, this time by a guy dressed as a clerk carrying a wooden box.
"Boss, I heard that Crescent Coke had a new product this morning, so I immediately ran to get the goods back."
The clerk lowered the wooden box and opened the lid, which contained the same drink as the Coke bottle, but in a different color.
The three men immediately approached, like pirates who had finally found the legendary treasure.
They each had a bottle in their hands, which was a drink containing three different liquids: turquoise, clear, and orange.
Antoine said it was the same type of new drink as Coke, but with a different taste, and the price was the same.
"I'll taste it."
One of the trio pulled out three copper coins and handed them to the boss, then picked up the bottle opener and opened the cap, gulping down the transparent drink in his hand.
Due to the wooden crate itself, a short-acting cryogenic spell is arranged, so the drink in the bottle is still in a cold state.
The slightest coolness flows into the throat, dissipating the heat brought by the sultry weather, and unlike the soft sweetness of Cola, this transparent drink has a slightly fresh lemon flavor, and the slight sourness highlights the original sweetness, making the taste more layered, quite a transparent feeling, and sweeping away the irritability.
"It's amazing!"
As he spoke, the man's other two partners also paid for their own drinks as they spoke.
As soon as the orange drink is opened, it reveals a burst of citrus aroma, and when you drink it, the special fructose sweetness fills the entire mouth, forming a wonderful symphony with the gas that is constantly being released, which is higher than ordinary orange juice.
The green drink is accompanied by the freshness of the apple, and the faint sweetness is intertwined with the impact of the gas, just like the crisp taste of the apple, which instantly captures people's hearts.
The expressions on the faces of all three of them were so intoxicated that the three new drinks were in no way inferior to Coke, each with a strong personality that people couldn't put down.
"This is also a new drink?"
Sanderson threw out three copper coins and picked up a bottle of Coke with a slightly different packaging, but the same black liquid, and the label showed that the drink was called Coke Zero, and it was specially noted that the sugar content was very low.
"What's the point of a coke that's not sweet?"
Sanderson muttered to himself, opened the cap, and took a sip.
A peculiar taste suddenly overflowed his mouth, this sweetness that was different from ordinary coke had a certain surprising charm, and although he kept telling himself that he shouldn't be so addicted, Sanderson couldn't help but take another sip.
"Oh my God, I thought Coke was good enough, but I didn't expect that there were four other drinks that were on par with Coke, praising the king and making me born in this era."
One of the men in the trio exclaimed, waking Sanderson up at the same time.
It was time for him to steal Antoine's alchemy circle.