Murphy frowned. He knew nothing about business wars, but he felt that this move was really insidious.
"Let's put it this way. It's not like we can't take a step back," Murphy said. "I can sell less than 20% of the shares. I won't list it but just sell the shares. They can't participate in the company's operations and decision-making, but they can share the profits brought by Cloud White Medicine in the future. However, these shares must be exchanged for their research institutions."
"In the versions of the research institute construction plan you gave me before, didn't Weikang and his team have several good research institutes that were not profitable and were going to be closed? Give me those research institutes and I'll give them shares."
"This... those research institutes are indeed good, but in terms of the profitability of Cloud White Medicine in the future, exchanging shares for these research institutes will result in a lot of losses."
"That's not how the account is calculated," Murphy really doesn't care about this. "The money that hasn't been earned in the future is actually a blank check. Isn't it very cost-effective to exchange it for a few research institutes that we need without spending a penny?"
Moreover, in the future, the place where he will make money will not be just Cloud White Medicine.
"Okay, I'll go talk to them again." Patrick agreed. "There's also good news. The clinical trial approval in the United States has entered the final stage. We have used some donations and it should be approved soon."
"Okay!" Murphy said happily, "Oh, by the way, I also have good news to share with you."
As he said that, he took out the beauty potion and put it on the table.
"What is this?"
"Something that can make people beautiful. Pour out some and try it on your face."
The beauty potion is actually mainly used for internal use, but it is also effective for external application, but it will only work on the parts applied externally.
And this is exactly what Murphy values.
If a bottle of potion can make people beautiful overall, then why do we need things like facial masks, eye creams, conditioners, essential oils, leg creams, etc.?
How can he cut leeks without distinguishing so many categories?
Patrick took the medicine doubtfully and dropped two drops on his hand, then applied it on his face. After a while, he felt a little tight and itchy on his face, but soon, the feeling disappeared.
He was a little confused and looked at Murphy, "What's next?"
"Look in the mirror yourself."
There was no mirror in Patrick's office. He looked at the glass cabinet door, first confused, then shocked.
Who the hell is this handsome guy who seems to be 20 years younger? !
Fortunately, the bald head is still the same bald head, so he still recognized himself.
And if you look closely, it seems that the eyebrows and eyes are indeed his own appearance, but the proportions of the facial features have been finely modified. The general outline is still the same, but it is much more pleasing to the eye than before.
More importantly, this tight and moist skin feels elastic and smooth to the touch. Even when he was young, he didn't have such good skin!
Patrick couldn't help it, and immediately called his assistant to bring a mirror.
The female assistant looked at Patrick and was so shocked that her jaw dropped. She was reluctant to leave.
She really wanted to know if her manager had plastic surgery. If so, please tell her which hospital it was. She would go to get it done even if she had to spend all her money.
After looking at himself for a long time, Patrick was reluctant to take his eyes off and was intoxicated by his own beauty.
Like women, most men actually love beauty, but society is more lenient with men in terms of appearance. Without pressure, everyone is too lazy to tinker.
"Okay, Patrick, you can go home and take a look at it slowly later."
Patrick finally threw the mirror aside, "It's terrible, this thing is simply the devil!"
"I don't know if it's a devil or not, do you think this thing can make money?"
"Yes! It's too much!" Patrick got excited, "Can this thing be mass-produced?"
Murphy told Patrick his ideas, including the idea of various beauty products such as facial masks and creams, and finally said: "At present, the output of this essence is not high, but like the Baiyao stock solution, its effect is also overflowing. We can also add other ingredients to increase shipments."
"What is it called?"
"Let's call it beauty essence."
"What is the current output?"
Murphy calculated that Alex can boil four or five pots of beauty potion on average every day. If one pot is about two liters, it is about eight to ten liters of essence. If he works hard, it should be no problem to produce ten liters stably.
"About ten liters a day," Murphy said. Patrick calculated that he had only applied two or three drops on his hands just now, about 0.1 milliliters. The actual effect is actually overflowing. If the change is too big, it may cause a bad effect, so it is better to continue diluting. Assuming that it can still achieve a good effect after diluting it by about five times, the essence required for each mask is about 0.02 milliliters.
Ten liters of essence can make 500,000 masks, which is completely enough for one day's shipment. According to the current price of masks, a mid-to-high-end mask costs an average of 5 to 10 pounds, which is millions of pounds of income. "Sure! It should be enough for now!" Patrick got excited. "If we can launch this mask, maybe Baiyao's predicament will not be a problem. We can even rely on the funds from the mask to support the end of the clinical trial!"
Murphy nodded. "If you think it's feasible, go ahead and buy a cosmetics factory or something, and make the product as soon as possible."
…
On the other side.
Malfoy Manor.
After Lucius had lunch, the house elf brought a short wizard to him.
"How is it?" Lucius asked.
"Paped was scared and didn't dare to go again, but we still found the barn, but it had been burned down and there was nothing left. We searched for a long time and didn't have any clues."
"Why, you still found nothing?!" Lucius was a little angry.
The guy he sent to "talk business" with the troublemaker a few days ago was beaten to a pulp, and he dared to insult him even though he knew who he was.
This is really too arrogant!
Lucius felt that he had to make that ignorant kid pay the price.
However, the people he sent out afterwards were like headless flies, busy for many days, but got nothing.
The name that Paped got from Alex was fake, and there was no such person as Peter Parker in the British wizarding world!
And the guy also used a fake name when renting the Muggle barn.
The clue was broken here.
"Please listen to me first, sir. We can't rely on the barn, so we went to investigate Alex Wood, who has gone into hiding, but we asked his former boss Slug, and Slug provided an interesting idea."
(End of this chapter)