Chapter 69 Flora's Delusion
Flora: "I originally thought that since I had entered the Forbidden Island, the family would let me do what I wanted, but it turned out that I was overthinking it. They would not relax their control over me... In their eyes, I would never be a member of the Osborn family. I would always be a time bomb."
After listening to this, Su Ming nodded with emotion. He began to understand Flora a little.
In the first few lessons of the Investigation Bureau's online course, the history and political system of Dongyang Island were described. The so-called spiritual salt was also mentioned, because this thing is a hot topic among various forces.
So what Flora said just now did not touch Su Ming's blind spot in knowledge. He knew very well how precious A-grade spiritual salt was.
The so-called spiritual salt is actually a kind of crystal that contains abnormalities. It cannot be manufactured and can only be generated naturally, just like oil and natural gas.
Moreover, the origin of spiritual salt is unknown. Apart from its significant effects, humans know very little about this crystal.
This crystal is divided into four grades from A to D according to its purity. Starting from grade B, after the psychic takes it, he can increase his strength for a long time.
After taking A-grade spiritual salt, one can temporarily enhance strength while permanently adding a hint of abnormality to the psychic.
In other words, if an ordinary person can take Grade A spiritual salt for a long time, he may eventually become a superpower.
The status of spiritual salts of grades A and B in this world is similar to that of munitions. The price of the latter is close to that of gold and is also called "crystal gold", while the price of the former has no fixed value and is often sky-high.
Moreover, Grade A spiritual salt is very special. It cannot be stored in ordinary areas for a long time. Once it leaves its place of origin, the abnormality inside will dissipate at an extremely fast speed and it will completely lose all its effectiveness within 12 hours.
In other words, as long as Grade A spiritual salt leaves its place of production, it will continue to depreciate.
Therefore, no one would purchase Grade A spiritual salt remotely. They would only go to the spiritual salt production site and take it in person when needed.
If Milo has to take A-grade spiritual salt every day now, you can imagine why the Osborn family is unhappy. It's simply a waste of money.
"How much does your brother's medicine cost every day now?" Su Ming asked.
"Milo is now eating high-quality B-grade spiritual salt, which only costs a few thousand yuan a day."
"Where is the closest place to produce spiritual salt to the Osborn family?"
"It's Dongyang Island."
"How much of the A-grade spiritual salt will be lost during the transportation from Dongyang Island to the Osborn family?"
"If you're lucky... you can keep one percent." Flora's voice lowered as she spoke.
Su Ming could fully understand Flora's despair.
Now there are only two ways for Flora to treat Milo.
The first is to send Milo to a public island other than Dongyang Island that can produce spiritual salt, let Milo live there, and directly take Grade A spiritual salt on a daily basis.
The second method is to purchase Grade A spiritual salt from Dongyang Island, then transport it to the Osborn family and have Milo take it immediately.
There is no need to think about the latter, as no matter how rich the family is, it cannot afford such squandering. Even if the Osborne family is really willing to help her brother, they will definitely send Milo to other spiritual salt producing areas.
"Have you ever calculated? If the Osborn family sends your brother to the spiritual salt production area and makes him take A-grade spiritual salt every day, how much will it cost?"
"I've calculated that it's about 20 million per year, which the Osborne family can definitely afford. But this money is not at my father's disposal. The family can't possibly pay so much money for Milo. There is no need for them to bear such a heavy burden. In the eyes of the family, Milo is just a useless person." Flora sighed and held her forehead.
"Twenty million? So cheap?" Xia Xiaoyu, who was standing by, was shocked when she heard the number.
In Xia Xiaoyu's opinion, any number with less than eight zeros is basically a decimal point. The financial statements she saw when she sneaked into the alliance headquarters before were all worth tens of billions, and the same was true for the accounts of the wealthy in the bank.
After a while, Flora adjusted her mood and continued , "But there is still time! Milo doesn't have to use A-level spiritual salt. Before Milo's condition worsens further, I just need to make achievements in Dongyang Island to make the family recognize me!
When the time comes, I will ask them to send Milo to the island, and they probably won't refuse.
But the prerequisite for doing so is that I must have independent influence on this island and I cannot be controlled by the Osborn family.
If I am just a puppet of the family on this island, they... they can't provide medical care for Milo ! Only... only I can save him!"
At the end of her speech, Flora clenched her fists tightly, with an expression that showed that she was determined to hold on with all her might, as if she was a weak person who was still forcing herself to believe in hope in a desperate situation. That expression was pitiful.
Xia Xiaoyu sighed and said, "It's not easy for her. Having such a brother costs nearly 20 million a year, and there is no possibility of curing him. Which noble would spend so much money to treat a person who is destined to die. What's more... he is an illegitimate child."
"Twenty million per year seems like a lot." Su Ming asked Xia Xiaoyu, "Is the Osborne family so rich? Can they afford this?"
Xia Xiaoyu: "Flora is wrong. The Osborne family is not as rich as she imagined. She probably just checked the public financial reports and did not investigate the actual situation of the Osborne family.
I guarantee that there is absolutely no family that would not feel pain if it loses 20 million every year for no reason. The Osborne family has so many branches and the main family has so many children. Flora wants to spend 20 million on his brother every year. Do you think those people will agree to it?
Humph, the average profit shared by each of those heirs each year is probably only tens of millions. Asking them to take out twenty million to save a useless person... to save her brother is tantamount to asking them to cut off feed the dogs. I can guarantee that this is absolutely impossible!"
"you mean?"
"Yes, it's just as you think. Even if Flora succeeds, her brother will still die. Unless Flora can make a profit of nearly 100 million yuan every year, her brother will not accept such expensive treatment."
"That means there's no way to help her." Su Ming murmured.
I didn't expect that Flora was working towards a goal that was impossible to achieve. This... is really cruel.
"It's not that there is no way. I can help her! Although making money on Dongyang Island is less efficient than outside, it's still easy to get two or three hundred million a year. Anyway, those nobles have plenty of money in their accounts." Xia Xiaoyu said.
Su Ming fell silent after hearing this.
“It’s easy to make money, but it’s hard to make money without causing negative effects.
Although you can sneak into the homes of those nobles and transfer their money to my account, this will leave them with less money.
Although they will not notice that money is missing, it is possible that wages cannot be paid, and then a series of chain reactions will occur.
Then their company will go bankrupt, and then thousands of people will be unemployed, and then the social environment of Dongyang Island will become unstable. It’s not a good idea to let this happen, right?”
Hearing this, Xia Xiaoyu fell into deep thought and ignored this question.
Su Ming was right. Dongyang Island was different from the outside world. The population mobility here was strictly restricted, and consumption and labor output could not be perfectly integrated with the larger circulation of the outside world. She wanted to steal money from the nobles, and perhaps this was really possible.
"Of course, this problem is not difficult to solve," said Su Ming.
