Because Eric's factory has to supply the military department within half a year, the production capacity is already stretched, and there is no spare time for Mick to spare time potions and new life potions.

Coupled with the fact that the launch and the production of the Doom Set took up too much money, Mick and Alexander didn't have enough money to start a new project until a large amount of equipment was delivered. So Mick hit it off with a few big businessmen.

Alexander did not attend the later talks, but before that he drew up a list for Mick of the names of several of the big businessmen he could work with.

Maltisse's various forces were intricate, and the big merchants were often the spokesmen of the major powers, as was the case with Eric's relationship with Alexander.

Mick's production process needs to be kept strictly confidential, and the slightest mistake in the selection of partners can cause them huge losses.

Therefore, they are quite cautious about choosing partners to work with, and in principle, they only choose those guys who have a certain strength and do not belong to hostile forces.

After a round of pleasantries, Mick used various excuses to send those who did not meet the requirements one by one, and in the end only four people were left, namely Eric, Echendorf, Mario, and Hubet.

Among these people, Eric is absolutely his own person, needless to say.

In addition to this, Mick also learned from Alexander that Eichendorf and Mario were not only the purse of the second prince Alto, but also represented Hohenzollern, one of the six great families.

Hubert, on the other hand, is the spokesperson of the Beasleyfield family, one of the six families.

Eichendorf was a steel magnate with fifteen minerals and six large factories that controlled more than forty percent of the empire's steel production.

Not only can he provide a ready-made base for the production of the two drugs, but also a strategic material such as steel is of great significance to the incubation of Mick's future research results.

Mario was Maltisse's well-known financial oligarchy, and the three large conglomerates he controlled had unimaginable influence over the empire's economy.

With his financial support, neither the immediate pharmaceutical production nor other projects in the future will face financial difficulties.

Hubert, on the other hand, was a large timber merchant and did not seem to have much to do with Mick's business. But the Beasleyfield family he represents is special.

Unlike the four families of Wolrich, Ludwig, Beckmann and Hohenzollern, the Beasleyfield and Wertsbach families did not have their roots in Maltis.

They did not participate in the political reforms of the previous emperors, and still retained the traditional model of lordship and aristocracy, and in their fiefdoms, they had absolute autonomy (except for diplomatic rights and foreign war rights), as well as a certain number of regular troops, like a local emperor guarding one side.

But the corresponding price was that they also did not have access to seats in the aristocratic council, and family members were not allowed to serve in the imperial bureaucracy, so they had little say in the core rights of the empire.

In order not to be marginalized by the Empire's core power, the Beasleyfield and Wertersbach families established a complex trade network throughout the Empire, seeking to assert their influence with their military and economic might.

Hubet's timber business, which began in the central forests of the south and stretched to the northernmost part of the empire, controlled a long and complex trade route, making him an ideal supplier of raw materials and a transporter of products.

In addition, the Horna Violet, which Mick needed to produce the two potions, was produced in the southernmost part of the Empire, which happened to be the domain of the Beasleyfield family.

Therefore, whether based on the present or looking to the future, Count Hubert is an indispensable figure.

In addition to these considerations, the most important point is that Mick, Eric, Echendorf, Mario and Hubet, as well as the forces behind them, have no direct conflict or family feuds that continue for generations, which is the basis and premise for them to establish cooperation.

The five men consulted secretly for three hours in Mick's office. After an in-depth analysis of the strengths of each company, Mick made a bold proposal to establish a new business consortium.

Mick provided the technology, Echendorf provided the production base, Mario provided the financial guarantee, Hubert provided the raw materials and transportation, and Eric carried out the sales, establishing a benign long-term cooperative business alliance.

Mick's proposal caught the eye of several people, all of whom had been old foxes in the mall and politics for many years, and almost immediately understood the meaning of the proposal.

Once a commercial consortium is established, it can not only integrate the superior resources of each family to the greatest extent, but as long as the distribution plan can be agreed, driven by huge interests, everyone will naturally be tightly combined to form a force that can shake the economic lifeline of the entire empire.

What's even more terrifying is that this consortium has firmly grasped all links in the palm of its own hands from the most upstream technology research and development to the most downstream product sales, with almost no shortcomings and no opportunities for competitors.

Moreover, this is a business alliance, not a political alliance, and the major forces behind the merchants can benefit from it without being firmly tied together, and can jointly provide a strong backing for the consortium at critical moments.

It was a simple and brilliant idea!The four Eichendorf immediately agreed, and they gained a new understanding of Mick's political and business acumen.

In their eyes, Mick is no longer a fledgling dull alchemist, but a young genius who shines with wisdom in all fields.

After deciding on the cooperation method for 30 minutes, the five foxes quarreled for two and a half hours behind closed doors before finally agreeing on a distribution plan that was relatively satisfactory to all parties.

In fact, after today's alchemy conference and the proposal of the business consortium, everyone is full of confidence in Mick.

In the eyes of several merchants, he is like a chicken that can lay golden eggs, as long as he can be trapped, there will always be endless gold coins, and there is no need to worry too much about the immediate gains and losses. The red-faced quarrel is nothing more than the instinct of the businessman to pursue profit.

Otherwise, in the face of such huge interests, even arguing for three days and three nights will not necessarily have results.

When Eric was content to leave the gold and dreams with a framework agreement in his hand, Mick met with dozens of reporters non-stop.

Everyone was full of curiosity about today's press conference, and the voices of questions came and went, just like a large-scale press conference, even Mick, who could speak well, was made to smoke in his throat and his mouth was on fire.

After the press conference, Mick agreed to take the time to do two special interviews for the Magic Herald and Maltiis Pravda.

This made Jonas and Hans both old enemies happy, and even left for a long time, with a rare absence of quarrels and sarcasm.

What they didn't realize at this time was that the two sharp mouths, which were no longer spraying each other, together would produce the most powerful cry, and this cry would become an indispensable piece of the puzzle for a new force to make its voice heard.