The slender middle-aged man held his potion in front of him, then asked me with a frown, "Give you a taste?" Can you spend money on my formula? ”

I smiled and said, "Whether you buy it or not, you have to see how it looks after drinking it, and if it's really delicious, I'm naturally willing to pay for it." ”

The owner of the bar also said to the side: "This is the manager of our Paradise Island Rum Distillery, if he likes your recipe, can he still pay you?" ”

When the middle-aged man heard that I was the manager of the Island Rum Distillery, his eyes lit up, and he mysteriously held his potion in one hand and pulled me to a table in the corner with the other.

He looked around to make sure no one else was staring at us before he whispered, "Are you really the manager of the winery?" ”

I nodded, "Of course, I don't have to lie to you. It's just this big brother, can you let me taste your potion first? ”

The middle-aged man thought about it, and then handed me the glass bottle, I took the glass bottle and put it in my nose and smelled it, there was almost no taste, and there were no bubbles in the glass bottle when I shook it gently, and the middle-aged man was afraid that I would return halfway, so he hurriedly said: "This potion smells average, but it tastes quite delicious when you drink it." ”

I looked at the middle-aged man, this big brother's behavior is indeed a little chattering, but it shouldn't be a bad person, look at the potion in his hand, if I guess correctly, it should be a cola without carbon dioxide, I raised the glass and took a sip gently, it is indeed the taste of coke, but it tastes a little weird because there is no steam.

Coke was developed by an American man named John. Invented by Pharmacist at Bloomton, it was initially conceived as a medicinal drink mixture that could refresh the mind, relieve fatigue, and cure headaches, but later slowly developed into a globally popular carbonated drink. Considering the huge economic benefits and popularity that Coke can bring, if I buy the formula of this Coke, I will also open a fart distillery, and I can make a fortune just by selling Coke.

Of course, although it was possible to get the recipe for Coke by mistake, I still had to pretend to be calm on the surface, and after I took two sips again, I smacked my lips and said to the middle-aged man: "Well, it does taste good, but it seems to be a little too sweet, I'm afraid not everyone can accept it, and your potion is black, and it doesn't look good, so what." ”

As soon as the middle-aged man heard this, he immediately explained: "It doesn't matter if the taste is sweet, you can adjust the proportion of sucrose in the formula, as for the appearance, it is indeed not very good-looking, but if you can find some beautiful bottles to package it, it shouldn't be too much of a problem." ”

I put down the glass, pretended to think about it for a long time, and then said, "Okay, I really like this potion personally, anyway, you can sell me the recipe at a price, right?" ”

The middle-aged man didn't think about it, and immediately stretched out a palm and said, "Five hundred pounds at a price!" ”

Five hundred pounds! I almost didn't vomit the Coke I drank, and sold me the Coke formula at such a cheap price? You must know that if the real energy production is put into the market to sell, I estimate that it will be able to return to the cost casually.

When the middle-aged man saw my appearance, he thought that he had reported a high price, so he quickly changed his words and said, "At least not less than four hundred and eighty pounds!" ”

Uncle Song's annual salary as an island cabinet official is 360 pounds, if we put his identity in our modern society, he is equivalent to a county and city government official, even if we have a salary of about 100,000 yuan, if converted according to this ratio, then 500 pounds is almost equivalent to 1340,000 purchasing power. And 130,000 or 40,000 can buy the formula of Coke, is there a more cost-effective deal in the world?

The middle-aged man saw that I had been pondering without saying a word, and his heart began to feel weak, and he was going to quote again, thinking that he couldn't bully people too much, so he preemptively said: "Okay, I bought this formula." However, I have a request, I'm not sure that your recipe can really make this potion, so I can't pay you all the money at once, if you agree, I can pay you a hundred pounds first, and then pay you another three hundred pounds after the potion is produced, and finally, after the first batch of potions is put on the market, after making sure that there will be no adverse reactions or side effects, I will pay you the remaining hundred pounds, how about it? ”

"This..." The middle-aged man was obviously a little hesitant, and the expression on his face was not very good-looking.

I said to him, "If you don't want to, then this is the end of our conversation." Doing business is about mutual benefit, and I hope you can understand. And I would like to kindly remind you that you have been on the island for a few days, and it is not difficult to find that there are not many people on this island who can afford to pay you five hundred pounds. ”

The middle-aged man scratched his ears and cheeks and thought about it for a long time, and finally nodded and agreed, but he added: "You can pay in installments, but you must write an IOU, and I can only guarantee that my formula can successfully configure the potion, and the potion will definitely not cause any side effects to the human body, in addition, as for whether it will be welcomed by the market and whether it can help you make money, I can't guarantee it, but if that's the case, you can't pay me a penny less." ”

In this way, I made a deal with the middle-aged man, but I said that it was impossible to carry so much money with me, and the middle-aged man did not bring the formula with him, so we agreed to meet here at noon tomorrow, and pay the money with one hand and deliver the goods with the other.

Five hundred pounds is not a small amount for a citizen of the Empire, considering that the annual income of a family dependent on cultivation is about the same, but it is not a large amount for someone who already owes tens of thousands of pounds in debt.

Although I think 500 pounds for a Coke recipe is quite a good deal, the fatal question at the moment is, where do I get 100 pounds? Our group, Uncle Song is the richest now, but his salary is monthly, and he has to subsidize the camp, Long Xin'er has no shortage of gold, silver and jewelry, but those things can't be used as currency directly on the island, and Long Xin'er doesn't necessarily lend it to me.

There is still a little left on the books of the distillery, but there is not much left, and that little money has to be prepared for the official mass production of rum, and if it is spent now, then the distillery will really have to close its doors.

I thought for a long time and couldn't think of a suitable borrower, so I had to go back to the distillery first, and as soon as I reached the door of the distillery, I suddenly found a group of craftsmen and slaves building a new house in the open space not far away.

The area where the distillery is located is divided into an industrial zone on the island, so theoretically it is not allowed to build houses and other buildings, and only factories can be built, so is there a new industry?

I was about to go over and ask, but Rockefeller suddenly jumped next to me unconsciously, looked at the construction site and said, "It's a new tobacco company, and the owner of the company is Count Soros, a famous business tycoon in the empire." So manager, you really hurry up and make a decision about the pirate trade, there is no harm if there is no comparison, if this tobacco company can produce benefits faster than us, I think Duke Jackson should be very unhappy. ”