Super Science
Ch 4: Big Money
A couple of weeks later and the two scientists set out to do as they said. With Egon's connections, he was able to acquire medical-level drugs and other medications alongside many other types. Once they had it, Izuku set to work making sure that each other would be copied into an individual splinter. The whole process would take five days, so they set off on their other chore.
Going down to a beach that was covered in junk, the two of them rent a pickup truck and spend the next five days taking plastic water cooler jugs back to Egon's house, washing them out, and then returning to do it all again. They even managed to find a huge fish aquarium that was in near-perfect condition. After having all these empty containers, they set to work on the most tedious part.
Filling each container with a different medicine. It was hard for them to figure out when they were filled, even when away, so they made a sensor that would go off to a wireless alarm when they weren't home or paying attention. They even took the time to experiment with one of the Splinters. Making it fill over a dozen water cooler jugs and the fish tank. And to their surprise, it did just that without any signs of stopping.
While the filling process was happening, Egon went around calling every hospital that would listen to come to a showing at a theater that he rented out. A few weeks went by and everything was finally set up! Egon stood behind the stage with a mix on his ear and nodded to Izuku who was on the other side of the stage. They had practiced this situation for days on end, and now they were ready to sell their new miracle product. And hopefully, they would bite. Egon walked out from the curtain and the theater grew quiet as he addressed the crowd.
"Ladies and Gentlemen. CEO and managers of many medical facilities. Thank you all for taking the time out of your busy schedules to come today.", He complimented them, getting a thank you round of applause in return.
He raised his hand and the clapping stopped. Once they all went quiet, he spoke, "Now I bet you're wondering why you should even give me two more seconds of your time for asking you to come out here. Well, I'm glad you think that. Because I have a little something I'm sure all of you will be wanting to clamber over each other to get. What is that you may ask? I'll show you."
He then reaches into his lab coat pocket and pulls out a Splinter that was colored off-white, proclaiming, "BEHOLD! The Splinter!", No reaction from the crowd, just confusion. So he continues telling them, "This small crystal, made with my quirk and infused with a special energy source, is capable of recreating any liquid or gas-based substance after prolonged exposure. This one in particular contains a mixture of lidocaine, bupivacaine, mepivacaine, and nitrous oxide or as I'm sure most of you know it, anesthetic gas in liquid form."
At the sound of this, the whole crowd broke out into loud conversations amongst one another and to the Professor who had to calm them down, telling them, "People please, no questions until after the showcase, and I'm pretty sure I'm about to answer all your questions and concerns. First off a demonstration. The Splinter needs a mental command when in physical contact to activate it. Doing so will cause the splinter to leak out its content."
To show what he meant, he took out a glass beaker from his pocket, turned on the Splinter, and placed it inside the moment it started to leak. He left it to sit in his hand, holding it out for the crowd to see as they all watched it with massive intrigue. After a few minutes, the beaker was completely submerged in the liquid.
Egon then took out the Splinter and turned it off while placing the beaker on the ground and telling the crowd, "As you can see, the splinter has filled this cup in a short time.", A few mutterings went around but Egon continues, saying, "Now I'm sure you are all thinking that it will run out, correct? Well, allow me to put your minds at ease. This particular Splinter has been put through extensive experiments and, we have come to show what has been produced consistently over a period of two weeks."
Egon clapped his hand and Izuku started to bring out small push carts with water cooler jugs filled with the same fluid in the cup on the floor. Izuku kept going back and forth, bringing out jug after jug until he took a few minutes to bring out the fish take filled it to the top with the same fluid! At this sight, the crowd once again exploded into talking and excitement! Some are even trying to offer money!
But Egon put a halt to their jabbering and explained, "However! I must warn you that they are extremely fragile! Observe."
With that, he dropped the Splinter in his hand and the crystal shattered on contract with the floor! Breaking into so many that it looked like bits of crushed ice about to melt. This makes the crowd become dejected by the product. Some were even now skeptical, however, Egon once again put their minds at ease with another demonstration.
"And for those of you who are still unsure if what I just brought out was the real deal, perhaps a demonstration.", He then clapped his hands and Izuku brought out a hospital gurney with a man that looked like a pig laying on it with his back supported up so he could see and be seen. Next to him was a heart and brain monitor. "This is Mister Wang. Mister Wang was kind enough to volunteer for this showcase.", He introduced the man while taking out a syringe and explaining, "I will now take the liquid from both the tanks and cup I just filled to demonstrate. Using no more than 10cc of each."
He then took a sample from each spot and injected it into the IV injector on his arm. After a minute or so Mister Wang's eyes started to flutter and he passed out right in his seat. A slight murmur sounds around the auditorium.
Egon motioned to the man and said, "As you can see from the monitor, Mister Wang is completely under the effect of the anesthetics." But before any more commotions or explosions on deals could be made, Egon exclaimed, "And that's not all! I have Splinter of all different kinds of medications and drugs!"
He waved his hands and after taking away the asleep man, Izuku brought out a rack full of different Splinters that held different medical medicine and drugs. This leaves the crowd in awe and excitement.
"Now as far as pricing. I'm sure you can all understand that such an item is bound to save any of you millions from having to order time and time again. So it will cost any of you around 20 years of what you would spend on that particular drug or medication. But think of it this way!", He quickly filled up before the crowd could get cold feet, locking their attention. "In the long term you'll be making all that money back tenfold!", He exclaimed and that seemed to once again grab their interest in the objects.
After seeing the crowd start to warm up and get hotter by the second, Egon put on his most friendly face and in sweet words asked, "So? What do you say?"
Several Hours Later
Izuku and Egon sat at a table, back in Egon's office at his home, with the two of them staring at the computer screen with Egon's bank account info placed on it. The two of them had their mouths open in shock and awe at what they saw after the selling event. Neither of them said a word for a long long time, but eventually, Egon was the one to state the obvious.
"50 million! 50 million dollars! We just made 50 million dollars in one sitting from just a few dozen Splinters and all those tubs of medicine!", He exclaimed in zeal while jumping up and around in his chair.
"Well, people were offering more and more. It turned into an auction.", Izuku stated, trying not to act like his mentor.
"This is amazing! I've never seen so many zeros in my account!", He exclaimed while picking up Izuku and spinning him around before stopping and asking him, "Do you know what this means?"
"No more money trouble?", Izuku answers.
"No! Well, yes, but that is not the only thing! We could use this money to start our research facility! And if we offer these to the other hospitals in the other provinces in Japan, we could make more!", Egon told him.
"I'm glad to hear that 'cause I've been doing a little cyber searching and found this.", Izuku said to him while bringing up a new page on the computer and showing a nearly run-down research facility. "It's pretty beat up and in need of a lot of rework. But I'm pretty sure that would be cheaper than trying to build or even buy one already made. We might need to budge it a little bit but it's more than doable. Also, I found a good Construction company to help in the first bit. Uraraka Construction Co.", Izuku explained with a nervous smile, unsure of how he would react.
"You have been a busy little worker bee.", Egon praised him while rubbing his head. "Of course then comes the expenses of trying to get new equipment, paying for bills, and employees. We need to find a more sustainable way to make money, At least until we can get our feet off the ground.", He told Izuku.
"Oh! I have a few ideas for that.", Izuku excitedly proclaimed.
Egon smiled at this before his face turned into one of foresight and asked, "By the way, kid. Have you told your parents about what you've been doing? I can't believe I haven't thought to ask this before, but from an outside perspective, you spend so much time with me does seem…strange, to put it lightly."
Izuku's expression shifted and he admitted while avoiding eye contact, "No, I haven't told my mom."
Egon shucked air between his teeth and told him, "That's bad."
"And now that you mention it there is a strange rumor going around about me. Saying that I'm going on dates with older rich guys.", Izuku admitted while putting a thoughtful expression on his face.
"Ew! I don't even like to date people my age, forget somebody younger!", Egon shivered with disgust while saying, "We need to fix that."
"Yeah.", Izuku admitted, already feeling the weight of responsibility hit him.
How in the world would he be able to easily explain all of this to his mother and how would she react or would she even accept it? Only time could tell and the meetup date.
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