Xiao Shuai said in a resounding voice: "The sea snake cup and the upside-down sea cucumber cup, these two epoch-making products were launched on the market and became a huge hit! Especially the sea cucumber, it is extremely popular and is even out of stock now."
Popular Science on Sea Cucumbers
"And there was another happy thing. I didn't expect that after the Pope banned it, more people were eager to buy the cups. And only my team dared to sell it, so the supply was in short supply! I made a lot of money, and many people were jealous of me and reported me to the church."
"Later, the matter reached the Pope's ears. I heard that the Pope was furious again and issued a second ban [banning the use of animals in containers]."
Xiao Shuai felt very regretful. Because the Pope's wording was too strict this time, he couldn't find any loopholes to exploit and there were no alternative materials. The deep-sea cup market suffered a fatal blow and was almost destroyed.
"Because the sea cucumber cups were so popular and I was a giant in the industry, I was completely labeled a heretic and the church issued a warrant for my arrest."
Kalemi's eyes were dazed. Even fantasy novels couldn't be so wild. This was bullshit!
"I just don't understand how this thing can be sold! Does it have to be put in a tube to use? What's the difference between using fish, snakes, or sea cucumbers directly?"
"There is a difference. Seafood has to be processed before use. The feel of holding a cup is different, and you don't have to wash your hands." Xiao Shuai paused, and looked at Kalemi with a weird look, "Besides, don't you think it's perverted to use seafood directly? I'm telling you, you're really disgusting."
I'm disgusting? I'm disgusting? It seems that being stuck in a cup is even more disgusting!
Kalemi couldn't stop roaring in his heart.
Although this is just covering one's ears and stealing the bell, and the degree of covering one's ears and stealing the bell is no less than the words written on the Douyin beauty video that normal dressing does not guide bad values.
But Xiao Shuai obviously didn't think so, and there was even a hint of disgust in his eyes when he looked at Kalemi.
His thoughts are so vulgar!
Kalemi was horrified by what she saw, and quickly changed the subject: "Okay, I don't want to hear about seafood anymore. Tell me what's going on with you guys?"
Xiao Shuai smiled bitterly, "I was forced into this situation. The church was looking for me everywhere. Fortunately, I made a fortune selling cups with a few younger brothers. They all looked down on the church's tyrannical style, so they helped me cover for a while."
"After the storm, the church didn't investigate strictly. I still had some money, so I took a few brothers to start a legitimate business and bought a house that was about to go bankrupt... I'd better call it a brothel, which I think is more intimate."
"Why did you buy it when it's about to go bankrupt?"
"Of course I am confident that I can do it well. The people in Baring Street are very poor, and there are many underground prostitutes. I gathered them together, selected those with good looks, and then ran the business. This way, we have a foundation, and the subsequent business can be carried out."
"Is it that simple?" Kalemi touched his head, feeling a little unbelievable.
He is not good at business, but he didn't expect it to be so easy.
"Of course it's not that simple!" Xiao Shuai retorted, "There's too much competition in this industry. You can't make money without real skills!"
"I gained a lot of experience when selling cups. When I first started selling cups, there were three types of cups: large, medium and small. But from my observation, only the medium and large cups sold well, and no one ever chose the small cups. After that, I changed the names of the cups... medium, large, and extra large, and sales soared a lot."
Kalemi was silent: "It seems to make sense, but I really can't think of how this has anything to do with your business..."
"Of course it does matter, and it matters a lot. You know that brothels usually provide some tools to prevent women from accidents... like fish bladders."
Kalemi nodded: "So?"
"So my brothel provides fish maws for free. There are three sizes of fish maws: extra large, super large, and giant. Those hypocritical men simply can't stand it and all come to me at once." Xiao Shuai had a mocking look on his face.
This is fish maw
What the hell? This is even possible!
Kalemi stumbled and said, "But, this is easy to imitate, right?"
"Of course, so I took advantage of the explosion and when others didn't react, I borrowed a lot of money from underground banks and bought out my competitors. I followed the same method and my business grew bigger and bigger, and my wealth grew more and more. I now own six brothels, three taverns, a casino, twenty fishing boats, and you should have seen a lot of fish stalls at the port. Those are all my businesses."
At this point, Xiao Shuai smiled self-deprecatingly: "It sounds very glorious, right? But the process was complicated and I was still on the church's wanted list, so I didn't live very comfortably. After I became rich, I bribed some clergymen, and I felt a little safer."
"But I still felt it was not enough, so I paid taxes for the poor people in Balin Street and donated to the church. Only then did I feel at ease. The Archbishop of Feka always wanted to capture me and send me to the Pope to seek credit, but I always received news in advance. In addition, everyone in Balin Street was helping me, so they had no idea where to start!"
"Now people out there call me... the King of Balin Street."
Kalemi was completely shocked. He had never thought that his loser friend could be so awesome!
Xiao Shuai said sadly, "Although I own so many properties, I can only hide in Balin Street and avoid the church. Later, I learned that many poor people were extremely dissatisfied with the church, so they imitated the Jinyiwei to form a brotherhood and conspired to overthrow the church. They are the group of people you just saw."
"I knew that Dajing's fleet would come back to look for me, but Old John's Dumpling House had closed down. I was afraid that you wouldn't be able to find me, so I informed all my subordinates in advance that if anyone came to look for Old John's Dumpling House, they should inform me as soon as possible. I didn't expect that they mistook you for a member of the church."
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