Chapter 27 Coveting
In Richard's floating city, there are tens of thousands of mages, including apprentices and high-level mages. There are various enchantment factories and golem factories in the floating city, and many mages serve in these factories.

For things like enchanted bullets, with an enchanting factory, as long as the resources are sufficient, it is not a problem to produce tens of thousands of bullets a day.

You should know that every time his floating city's golem army is dispatched, it consumes more than hundreds of thousands of various magic bombs and rune magic-breaking arrows.

After testing the explosive bombs, Richard tested some armor-piercing bullets and changed to a new target. With a gunshot, a flash of purple magic energy instantly penetrated the target and disappeared.

When he got closer, he saw a hole with a diameter of five centimeters in the center of the target. Armor over ninety millimeters thick was directly penetrated. Obviously, ninety millimeters thick armor was not its limit. As for what the limit was, Richard did not test it again. This power was more than enough.

If it doesn't penetrate, then fire a few more shots.

Because the factory built by Richard also spent a lot of US dollars to purchase various materials, providing a large number of jobs and tax revenue to New York, the mayor of New York had a good impression of Richard.

An invitation was specially sent to him, inviting him to attend the banquet.

Although he didn't like this kind of banquet, Richard finally decided to attend. His current strength was not enough to prevent him from getting into trouble. When he was no longer strong, he had to abide by the rules.

After calling Cathaway, the little witch was very excited when she heard Richard invite her to attend a high-end banquet hosted by the city government. She rushed to the villa that afternoon and even brought more than a dozen dresses to ask which one to wear.

Looking at the alluring little enchantress, Richard also became interested. He picked out a few evening dresses he liked, and then pulled the little enchantress to have a friendly match.

"my clothes."

"Don't worry, it won't get damaged. Just lift up the dress." Richard said with experience, and then he moved forward and backward.

After everything was over, Richard took the little witch to buy a few new evening dresses, and then went to the hotel where the city government was holding the dinner.

Richard also met government officials and some congressmen at the banquet. After a brief chat, he prepared to find something to eat. After all, although "Elf's Tears" is very popular, he is still far behind the old rich man.

Just when Richard found a corner to eat, a middle-aged man came up to Richard.

"Mr. Charlie, my boss wants to see you."

"Your boss? What does he want me to do?" Richard glanced at the man and said.

"Sir, we are looking for you for business cooperation." The middle-aged man said politely.

"lead the way."

The middle-aged man brought Richard to a room on the second floor of the hall. As soon as they entered the room, a middle-aged man who looked very charming came to greet them.

"Hello Mr. Charlie, I'm Steadicam." The middle-aged man shook hands with Richard enthusiastically.

"Are you going to cooperate with me?" After Richard shook hands with him, the two of them went to the living room and sat down.

Steadicam smiled and said, "Yes, Mr. Charlie's makeup is simply amazing. I have tried it myself and it is incredible."

"As long as you are willing to cooperate with me, with the strength of our two families, sweeping across the Lighthouse Country and landing in Europe will be no problem at all."

The Steadicam said this while waving his hands excitedly.

Richard asked calmly, "Mr. Steadicam, what can you provide for me? How will the profits be distributed?" "We, the Steadicam family, have perfect sales channels, transportation channels and connections. We can help you open up the European market."

"We can jointly establish a company. You can invest in the Elf's Tears company and hold 30% of the shares. You don't have to pay any money, just take on the production. Our Stanconi family will take on the transportation, market development, connections, and official matters. The final profits will also be distributed according to this ratio."

Hearing what Steadicam said, Richard shook his head and said, "Thank you very much for Mr. Steadicam's invitation, but Elf's Tears does not plan to increase production at the moment, so the things you mentioned are not needed by Elf's Tears Company yet."

What constrains the Elf's Tears is not the market, but the production of magic potions.

"Mr. Charlie, when a new product is launched, it will always do its best to seize the market. If it fails to seize the market quickly, it will soon be replaced by a more powerful one," said Steadicam.

Richard said calmly: "Let's wait until they produce a product that can rival 'Elf Tears'."

"Mr. Charlie, even if they can't produce it for the time being, they will have other ways. You know, this is the beacon of freedom." Steadicam said.

"Mr. Steadicam, can I consider this a threat?" Richard looked at him and asked.

"Mr. Charlie, you misunderstood." Steadicam shook his head and said, "My family and business are both legitimate industries. My invitation to you is also a normal business cooperation. Even if you refuse, I will not have any problem."

"But others won't follow the rules like we do," said the Steadicam.

Richard nodded at him and said, "Thank you for your reminder, Excellency."

Then he turned and left.

Seeing Richard leaving, the middle-aged man next to him stepped forward and asked, "Sir, should we send someone?"

"No need to show up." Steadicam shook his head and said, "Even if those are successful, the parts that belong to our Steadicam family will be sent to us."

Richard left the banquet and returned to the manor with the excited little witch. He had anticipated what would happen tonight. Although those people did not know the specific profit of Elf Tears, they would definitely make a lot of money with such a hot scene. Naturally, some people would not be able to resist the temptation and want to share a share.

Especially someone like Richard, who has basically no official connections, is a piece of fat meat in the eyes of others.

After returning to the manor, Richard called Frank.

"Have there been any suspicious people around the factory recently?"

"Sir, there have been some gangsters observing from the outside during this period, and I have already dealt with them," said Frank.

"Be careful during this period, someone may want to attack the factory." Richard said.

Frank nodded and said, "I understand!"

Richard was not worried about the official problems. He could just use suggestion to solve them. As for the technology and patents, he was not afraid of those people coming to steal them. The Elf's Tears did not have much technical content. The most important technology was the refining of the magic potion. Without the magic potion, everything would be in vain. What he needed to pay attention to was that some people would do something shady and destroy the factory, affecting his ability to make money.

"Looks like I need to show my fangs!" Richard muttered. Anyone who affects his ability to make money should die.

(End of this chapter)