Chapter Twenty-Four: The Refrigerator

  Because he didn't know which day the First Sino-Japanese War would start, but it was certain that it would definitely happen within these few years, this contradictory psychology drove Liu Fei to the brink of madness. David also heard about the abnormality of Liu Fei's recent exchange of medicine for resources and hastily came from America to Taiwan to see if his benefactor, the god of wealth, had gone mad.

  For David's visit, Liu Mei was very grateful. David's son is already over 9 years old and had entered elementary school in Taipei a few years ago. Although David has been doing well in the US and has had many opportunities to take his son back, he has always endured without mentioning it. He feels both gratitude and fear towards Liu Mei, thinking that this seemingly calm and quiet young man is hiding something inside, whether an angel or a demon he cannot see clearly. Therefore, he does not want to use taking back his son as a way to provoke this guy.

  Liu Mo is deeply moved by David's unconditional support over the years, and he only saved his life, but the other party has been listening to him for 7 years. As for Shandu's problem, Liu Mo didn't notice it before, but now it seems that he really took someone else's son as a hostage, even Liu Mo himself feels very ruthless. This time David came to Taiwan, saying that he was visiting his son, and estimated that his crazy behavior had scared him.

  Considering David's unconditional dedication to her, Liu decided to confide in him and then let him take his son back to the US. Regardless of whether he would continue to support her or not, she would repay him slowly after getting through this difficult time. If she couldn't get through it, she wouldn't drag a child down with her either.

  "David, this time you take Sandra away, you're a trustworthy person, I'm grateful for the many sacrifices you've made for me over the years. However, I want to tell you something, after listening, you can freely decide your own future development, I won't interfere." Liu Mei entered the main topic after chatting with David and dismissing the outsiders.

  "Liu, are you hiding something from me? I can tell, there must be something. Over the years, our relationship has been a cooperative one. You not only saved my and Sandru's lives but also gave me an opportunity. I'm very satisfied with our cooperation over the years." David didn't know what Liu meant by saying this.

  "I established this industrial base mainly for self-protection, not because I have enemies who want to harm me, but because my country will soon be involved in a war and I want to do my part. You've been to China, you should know that our government is ineffective against external enemies, but very strict with its own people, so I'm doing these things without letting the government know, otherwise even before the enemy appears, I'll be eliminated by the government." Liu continued to explain.

  "War? Are you being too sensitive, Liu? As far as I know, no one in Europe wants to occupy you. Now Europe is not peaceful either, my country and the Germans and Russians are quarreling every day. Americans are businessmen, they will never solve problems with guns and lives if they can be solved with money. Oh, you're talking about the Russians?" In David's eyes, the biggest enemy has always been the Russians.

  "They are not Russians, but Japanese. You haven't been here long enough to understand the Japanese. Their island is too small and can no longer hold so many people, so they need to set foot on the mainland. And the only large landmass closest to them is my country. I know you may not understand, but just remember what I say: this war will definitely come, and as a Chinese person, I don't want to see my own country being beaten while I enjoy life abroad with my family. I want to try and see if I can make a difference." Liu Fei had said all he could, now it was up to David whether he believed and understood him.

  "You're crazy, you don't think you can be emperor, Liu? This isn't a good idea." David clearly still didn't believe it.

  "I'm not capable of being an emperor, I don't have the ability, I guarantee you that. My current plan is just to keep my business safe, get through this war first, and think about other things later. Can you believe me?" Liu Fei asked.

  "What else can I do but believe? And what's the difference between believing and not believing anyway?" David said helplessly.

  "There's a difference, if you believe me, I'll give you a chance to get rich, the anti-inflammatory tablets have stopped production, no raw materials are left." Liu Fei threw out a bait.

  "Compared with your patriotic enthusiasm, I prefer to make a fortune, but why stop producing anti-inflammatory pills? What materials do I need to find?" David was clearly reluctant to give up selling medicine.

  "Never mind the pills, we can't find that material, at least not in the short term. Now I'm talking about another product, want to give it a try?" Liu Fei said with a sly smile to David.

  "Of course, let me see, what's the good stuff?" As soon as he heard about making a fortune, David's interest immediately increased.

  "Here, how does it feel?" Liu Ye opened the door on the side of the tea table, took out a bottle of wine from inside and handed it to David.

  "Selling wine? Is this your own brew?" David took the bottle and poured himself a cup, swirling it around, taking a small sip.

  "The flavor is ordinary, Liu. Your winemaking skills are far inferior to your pharmaceutical ones."

  "What I'm saying is not wine, don't you think this wine's temperature is too low?" Liu Mei intentionally didn't tell him directly.

  "Temperature, oh, I just found out that this is frozen, and there's an ice bucket under your tea table?" David was still confused, reached out to open the door of the tea table, and looked inside.

  "Isn't there any ice?" David finally felt something was wrong and squatted down, feeling around inside with his hands.

  "This is a refrigerator, powered by coal gas or electricity. No matter what season it is, as long as there is coal gas or electricity, it can cool down to minus 10 degrees." Liu Ye proudly explained. In fact, this thing was not something he had asked for research, but rather the people at the institute had accidentally discovered this magical thing in the kitchen of his fishing boat and imitated it. As soon as the sample appeared, Liu Ye immediately realized that cars couldn't be sold, but this could!

  "Wow... can it still freeze?" David took out a frozen fish from the freezer, held it in his hand and tested its hardness with his fingernail.

  "How about it, shall we produce and sell this? We can freeze meat, wine, and fruit inside." Liu asked.

  "I'm heading back to America right away... and this... refrigerator, I'll take it with me as a sample." David couldn't wait another moment, stood up and was ready to leave.

  "Wait, don't be in a hurry, there are several more refrigerators like this one. You can take them all away and put them in your estate. When you hold another banquet, you'll be able to amaze your guests. But let's put the factory on hold for now. First, you need to get the patent rights for these refrigerator-related technologies, otherwise someone might imitate it later and that would be troublesome." Liu Fei stopped David.

  "Yes, Liu, you're a great inventor and also a businessman, a born businessman. Why don't you just give up on the idea of fighting? Businessmen usually can't win wars." David still tried to persuade Liu to abandon his idea of going to war.

  David stayed for a total of 5 days, had dinner with Sandru, and then hastily brought several refrigerators and 2 technical personnel to embark on the return journey to the United States.