Insufficient balance
On the third day of arriving in Taipei, Liu Ye held a shareholders' meeting in his own small courtyard. The 2 shareholders were all present: David and Liu Ye himself. Those who attended as non-voting delegates included Liu Fu and Liu Da Gui. Several maidservants from the mansion also listened in, but Liu Ye did not allow anyone into his house except to clean it. These maidservants could hardly take a few baths a year, let alone their appearance; on this point of hygiene, Liu Ye couldn't convince himself otherwise.
At the shareholders' meeting, the direction of development was first determined (that is, where the pharmacy would be opened), and after a unanimous discussion, it was finally decided that the pharmacy would be opened in Guangzhou first, because the Far East Fleet's base was in Hong Kong, which is close to Guangzhou, making it easy to take care of. Next, the development model was determined, with Liu deciding to set up a pharmaceutical factory in Taiwan. Finally, a long-term plan was made, discussed with David in English, and he would return to Europe to sell medicine, then purchase some mechanical equipment and recruit technical personnel back to Taiwan. Of course, considering that the two had not known each other for long, although the medicine did not need to be paid for, David's son would have to stay in Taiwan as a hostage. In response to this proposal, David did not immediately agree or refuse, but said he would consider it for 2 days before making a decision.
Finally, there is one more thing, which is how much this pill sells for. After consulting with Liu Fu and Da Gui, and based on the consumption level at that time, Liu Ye decisively priced it at 50 taels of silver per piece!!! As for how much David would sell it for after bringing it back to Europe, Liu Ye didn't care, as long as it wasn't lower than 50 taels of silver. Liu Ye believed that the efficacy was clearly able to save a life, but the quantity was limited and basically couldn't be regenerated in the short term, so it could only target people with middle to upper incomes, while the laboring masses, sorry, would have to wait until his brother became wealthy before considering the issue of universal salvation.
At this price, Liu Fu and Liu Da Gui were speechless. At that time, the annual salary of a seventh-grade county official was only 5 or 60 taels, plus the silver for maintaining integrity, which was around 1000 taels. This medicine cost two pieces, and one month's salary was gone. David did not object, he agreed with Liu Mo's point of view: this medicine is not for treating headaches, fever, and body aches, it's a lifesaver, and 50 taels of silver for a life is really not expensive.
At present, Liu Fen assigned the work priorities for each person. Liu Fu was in charge of setting up a pharmacy in Guangzhou and a pharmaceutical factory in Taiwan. The factory was temporarily located outside the south gate of Taipei City, because there was a small villa of the Liu family, which occupied a large area with more than ten rooms, close to the city but quiet, very suitable for a workshop, and even saved on rent; David was responsible for visiting Hong Kong on his way back to Europe, finding British connections to take care of the pharmacy in Guangzhou, if not possible, sharing profits with the British would also be acceptable; Liu Dagui was responsible for Liu Fen's daily life and the operation tasks of the pharmaceutical factory in the future.
David waited until the pharmacy was established before setting off back to his country, and then set up a sales system in Europe. Liu didn't know how he did it, as he had never been to Europe, especially not 19th century Europe. As for David's son, he was left in the care of Liu Fu's daughter-in-law, so Liu could focus on work instead of taking care of children all day.
After the division of labor, everyone went their separate ways the next day. It's said that they went their separate ways, but in fact, except for Liu Fu, the other three people were useless and it was their first time in Taiwan, so they couldn't help with anything. Speaking of this, Liu Mei felt grateful to her old father from the bottom of her heart, no matter whether he was tailing them or not, at least he was a good helper.
It's not that there's nothing to do, it's just that they can't keep up with the workload. For example, the goods on the fishing boat need to be sorted out and registered in batches, but this task can only be done by Liu Ye himself. He doesn't trust Da Gui or Da Wei to know too much, so when the three of them arrive at the dock, only Liu Ye is allowed to board the ship. Da Gui is responsible for guarding the gangway, not allowing anyone else to go up, while Da Wei hides in a small hut provided by Huang Ba with the Playboy magazine given to him by Liu Ye and doesn't come out.
Labor is very tiring, but the harvest is huge. Before, Liu only knew that the cabin was full of goods, with 4000 boxes of "Compound Sulfanilamide". After a week of physical labor, searching the entire fishing boat from head to tail, he finally discovered that it was a treasure trove. In the captain's private cabin, two automatic rifles were found, with a box of bullets, about 1000 or more rounds. Specifically, whether it is PLA-style equipment, Liu doesn't understand, anyway, the workmanship doesn't look like a fake.
Apart from the rifle, there were also many books in the captain's cabin, mostly about mechanics, weapons and chemistry. It seemed that this captain was a very studious person. What surprised Liu even more was a laptop computer, inside which there were not only hundreds of gigabytes of romance action movies, but also many weapon and ship diagrams, as well as several explosive formulas. Looking at these materials, Liu felt that the captain was not only studious, but also seemed to like DIY.
Apart from these precious materials, what's left are some daily necessities such as first-aid kits, common medicines, tea leaves, snacks, lighters, flashlights, Swiss army knives, razors, condoms, and spare clothes. Liu Mou checked all 8 cabins and locked up everything that didn't belong to this era in 2 cabins. What was left was almost nothing, with only 6 empty cabins remaining, not even a light bulb was left.
After checking the cabin, it was the pilot's cabin. Liu Ye moved everything inside except for equipment and furniture to the cabin and locked it up, but left the light bulbs intact, just in case they needed to make a quick getaway and didn't have time to install them later.
Those pulleys and whatnot on the deck, Liu Ye couldn't move them, so he carefully covered them with tarpaulins, which could both conceal them from view and prevent corrosion.
After finishing the deck, it's the cargo hold and engine room. Liu Fei didn't touch the engine room because he didn't understand those machines either. He just locked several thick operating manuals and instruction books in the cabin and also locked the engine room by the way.
The last thing to be loaded was the cargo hold. This fishing boat, according to Liu Wei's explanation, was a deep-sea squid fishing boat with a load capacity of over 900 tons. The cargo hold was divided into four separate spaces, two of which were refrigerated compartments, but they were not currently being used for refrigeration and were instead being used as dry storage rooms. In compartment No. 1, there were boxes upon boxes of cigarettes and medicine, stacked relatively neatly. Liu Wei roughly counted them and estimated that there were about 1000 boxes of Zhongnanhai cigarettes and 2000 boxes of "Compound Sulfanilamide". Compartment No. 2 contained the same items as compartment No. 1, in the same quantities.
In cabin No. 3, it was a bit messy, with many large and small wooden boxes fixed to the floor with steel straps. Liu Yue shone his flashlight on the labels on the boxes, which seemed to be domestic motorcycle parts; Cabin No. 4 also had some large wooden boxes, which were also some kind of machinery parts, but not like motorcycles. Because they couldn't see through the boxes, they had to open one of the smallest boxes. Seeing what was inside the box, Liu Yue guessed that these boxes should contain car parts, as there was a dashboard and a steering wheel inside, which looked like they belonged to a truck.
After checking the goods on the boat, Liu decided not to go there either and lived on the boat. The boat had water, electricity, air conditioning, electromagnetic stove, and Simmons mattresses, which were not exchanged for imperial palaces. Moreover, living on a boat was the safest, in case something went wrong, start the engine and run away, don't care where to go first, at least you won't be caught or shot on the spot.
