Chapter 24: Luo Yin Pharmacy Seeks Collection and Recommendation

  Collecting and recommending

  Mrs. Dulan was in her small shop, leaning against the window and quietly looking at an account book, occasionally writing something on it with a steel pen. Suddenly, the sound of wheels and horseshoes came from outside the door, and Mrs. Dulan immediately put down the pen and account book, looked up, and saw her partner Henry getting off the carriage, carrying a large package on his shoulder, followed by a young man dressed as a gentleman, who looked somewhat like Dr. Blomstein in stature and appearance.

  "Ah, you must be Dr. Blonsky's son, Mr. Meyer Blonsky," said Madame Doulain, smiling at the young man. "I am Roman Doulain, sister of Countess Denouval, but please call me Roman."

  The young man removed his hat from his head, slightly bowed and smiled: "Roman, on the way to London, my father mentioned your beauty, I didn't expect you to be even more beautiful and charming than what he described."

  Mrs. Durand laughed and waved her hand, saying: "Mayer, you're really good at talking, much better than your father. Oh, what do you think of this place? Can it fit a small pharmacy? If it's not spacious enough, I've already spoken to the owner of the grocery store next door, and he can rent out his storefront for 150 pounds a year."

  Mayer nodded in satisfaction, smiling: "For now, this is enough, although it's a bit smaller than those big pharmacies, but just right for our newly established H. Loewin pharmacy. By the way, is Mr. Zhu available? Can I see him now?"

  The first pharmacy of Zhu Jishi had a very loud name - H洛因 Pharmacy! If it were in the later generations, I estimate that just hanging up the sign would be able to summon Police Uncle. However, at present, it doesn't matter, according to Zhu Jishi's explanation, the name H洛因 (Heroin) comes from the German word heroisch, meaning heroic. Moreover, considering the miraculous therapeutic effect of H洛因, without considering the problem of addiction, it is indeed an invincible hero among medicines!

  And this pharmacy, which has not yet officially opened, will become the world's largest pharmaceutical company, Hero Pharmaceutical! Although it is now just a small pharmacy, it is already a joint-stock company. The pharmacy has six shareholders: Zhu Jishi, Isabelle, Dr. Bluntschli, Roman Duren, Kosel William and Will Heming. Except for Zhu Jishi, the other five people hold 5% of the shares, which is equivalent to ￡500 in terms of the pharmacy's capital.

  While Zhu Jisheng took out three patented medicines, hydrochloric morphine, diethyl morphine and hydrochloric scopolamine, worth ￡7,500 to invest in this joint-stock pharmacy. He knew the value of these three patents far exceeded ￡7,500, but he didn't mind as a way to repay Isabelle, Dr. Bluntschli and Madame Dulan for their care during this period.

  In addition, Will Heming was busy running between London and Manchester during this period, arranging for Zhu Jishi to make a name for himself. Kosspel William even ran to the Americas to raise shares for "Jason-Kosspel Rubber Co." and collect rubber tree seeds and purchase rubber. So it's not possible to let these two people lose too much in the pharmacy business either.

  Although the business of "Jason-Kospiel Rubber Company" didn't require much effort from Juzi, he was still extremely busy these days. On one hand, it was the opening of the H洛因 pharmacy, although Mrs. Dulan, who had run a clothing store for many years, was helping out with all her might, but there were ten or eight mountains between the clothing store and the pharmacy. As for Juzi, he was after all studying basic medicine, and small-scale poison-making and alchemy in the laboratory were not difficult for him. However, running a good 19th-century European pharmacy was not just about mastering poison-making and alchemy.

  It's hard to believe, but as of 1842, the first industrial revolution in history is said to have been largely completed. However, when it comes to the European pharmaceutical industry that Zhu Jishi is about to enter, there is hardly any sign of industrialization. The pharmacies in Europe today are all-in-one production (referring to raw materials), dispensing (configuring finished products from raw materials), and retailing, with no professional division of labor, and the production mode is purely manual. Many Western pharmacies still have a doctor on duty, and the business model is actually the same as that of traditional Chinese medicine shops, except that they sell Western medicines that are even less effective... Hmm, even tomato sauce and petroleum are being sold as medicine, so it's easy to imagine what kind of ethics Western medicine has in this era.

  However, this does not mean that Zhu's knowledge of ophthalmology and medicine was ahead of its time by more than 170 years, so he could definitely play with the "traditional Western medicine" industry that still sells ketchup as medicine. Because the knowledge he possessed is basically disconnected from the Western pharmaceutical market in this era. For example, the ketchup that is currently selling well in various pharmacies, Zhu would not have known how to make! Later generations probably wouldn't have any pharmaceutical company producing ketchup either.

  In fact, most of the finished medicines on the market for "traditional Western medicine" are made in a way that Zhu Jishi can't understand. Just like traditional Chinese medicine in this era, there is also the issue of "secret formulas" with modern Western medicine. Many pharmacies will even tout things like "ancient Egyptian secret formulas", "ancient Greek secret formulas", or even "Chinese secret formulas" as selling points, but what they are actually selling, only heaven knows.

  It's okay, Dr. Blumstein, one of the shareholders of H. Loewi's pharmacy, seemed to know Zhu Jishi's difficulties and was preparing to send his pharmacist son Mayer Blumstein to assist Zhu Jishi, which solved his limited knowledge of "traditional Western medicine". It also allowed him to devote more energy to synthesizing hydrochloride morphine, diethyl morphine, and hydrochloride scopolamine, the three major "miracle drugs".

  At the same time, there is another thing that Zhū Jìshì must also grasp tightly, which is to use "the germs of disease" to severely criticize the murderous Western medicine that slaughters people indiscriminately in this era. Of course, he is only responsible for providing the black material, and the articles on Beijixing Bao are all written by Engels - they will all be eligible to be included in the "Collected Works of Marx and Engels" in the future! With Engels' writing style as a guarantee, it's estimated that those quacks at the Royal Medical Society will soon be provoked, but this is exactly what Zhū Jìshì wants.

  As a yellow-skinned person, whether considered a Tartar or Chinese, it is extremely difficult to walk the normal path upwards in this era of Europe. The only way to attract attention is by using such methods that stir up hatred and create an evil reputation. When one becomes the public enemy of the entire European medical community, then use "Gram staining" and "Pasteurization" to prove one's point. This will enable one to rise to prominence overnight, becoming a top figure in European medicine and microbiology, as well as the founder of bacteriology!

  With such academic status, the "special medicine" launched by his own H Luo Yin pharmacy, based on the three "miracle medicines" of hydrochloric morphine, diethyl morphine and hydrochloric scopolamine, will not be afraid of no market.

  The thought of being able to make a fortune with heroin, the number one poison in later generations, in Europe, suddenly made Zhu Jishi's mood extremely joyful, even more so than when he was high on heroin. In his mind, he envisioned himself living in a grand and luxurious mansion like a palace, surrounded by a group of female servants of various skin colors, with Isabelle and Madame Dulan, the two sisters, embracing him on either side. Although these two sisters were not exactly respectable women (in recent days, Madame Dulan had almost completely surrendered her sister to Zhu Jishi), they were indeed the kind of seductive and alluring women who could arouse men's desires, far surpassing Ye Yiren!

  Although being a wife is not very suitable, being a mistress is fine, and it's even better to have sisters together! Sister Du Lan's wife doesn't seem to have any problems, and she can get into bed at any time. However, her body has some health issues and cannot get pregnant - it's due to the aftereffects of an abortion in her early years. Zhu Jisheng estimates that the infection caused by the abortion led to adhesions and blockages in the fallopian tubes, which are difficult to treat even in later generations...

  However, Isabel, Mrs. Dulan's sister, was not easy to get along with. According to Mrs. Dulan, her sister had the title of Countess and looked down on people from the East like herself. Moreover, she didn't know how many men were infatuated with her, and if someone were to duel with her, it wouldn't be a joke. But the more difficult she was to conquer, the more challenging it would be!

  Just as I had found a sense of accomplishment and fame, I heard the sound of footsteps outside, and it was none other than Mrs. Dulan's sweet voice: "Jason, Mr. Meyer Blonshtein has arrived, he wants to meet with you to discuss pharmacy operations."

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