New Gods of North America.

Chapter 410 Visiting
Kansas milk may not be able to be shipped directly to the East Coast in this era, and Kansas may not even be considered the best dairy farm in the United States.

But there is now a surplus of beef cattle and calves raised in Kansas.

In order to ensure profits, some large farmers will control their scale to prevent prices from falling too quickly.

Wayne felt that if there was a market, the mayor and his colleagues would probably be willing to offer methods such as installment payments to expand sales of local products.

If the development goes smoothly, the church can use its credit to buy calves shipped from Kansas, hire believers to feed cows and make cheese on the church's farm, and then Wayne can recycle them.
As for the sales after recycling, it is naturally based on the recycled cheese researched and improved by Chef Parker. In fact, this thing can only be regarded as a gel product with added cheese and various ingredients to a certain extent. The taste may not be as good as real cheese, but the cost can be kept very low.

As for agricultural and sideline products, everyone knows that

You get what you pay for, but a "half-cent product" might only cost you ten cents, and a "third-cent product" might even cost a dollar.

On the other hand, as long as the cost can be reduced slightly, the market share may increase a lot.

Wayne wasn't sure if this was a feasible path.
Anyway, judging from the popularity of hamburgers and hot dogs, plus the labor costs and venue rental fees, it may still not be a loss in this era.
You can try to open one or two stores first. Even if you don’t make money in Virginia, at least you can save the detective agency’s food expenses to a certain extent.

If burgers are not selling well, then sell recycled cheese slices.

Since the cheese used in the production is produced by the church, there shouldn't be anyone who would come out to find fault with it.

More importantly, this mode of operation is "exclusive".
If the products of the states of the United States of America are to be sold to other states, in a sense, they must have local wealthy people to carry out "transit". Otherwise, if they only make money by themselves, they will easily encounter inexplicable obstacles.

Local churches don’t have to worry about this problem.

Wayne even took a look at the detective agency's food expenses recently. If he could take this opportunity to open up the logistics route from Kanks to here, then even if the transportation costs were taken into account, the price of meat "purchased internally" would probably be able to be reduced further.

Maybe the overall scale is not large, but it is still a viable business.

As for the product premium, that is the "little gift" that the detective agency pays to the church.

Wayne didn't tell Tom Hagen about what happened next, but Tom Hagen didn't need to worry about Wayne joking about this matter.

So after he roughly understood Wayne's idea of training a group of cheese producers, he nodded without giving any answer, then took the list and left the office.

Luke Matthew's "physical examination" will take some time.

Wayne was not idle at this time. Since the "tribute" had been completed, he followed Tom Hagen out, saying that he still had things to do and would come back later.

Tom Hagen waved his hand in the corridor, indicating that Wayne could move freely.

Wayne left the cathedral and got in a carriage driven by Doug to find Mr. Weissman.
Today is Sunday. Normally people would stay at home except for going to church.
Wayne was not sure if Mr. Weissman was at home, but he and Lina had found an address in that guy's office before, and it seemed to be where he lived. Since he was free anyway, he decided to go and take a look. When he knocked on the door and asked the servant a few words, Wayne knew he had found the right place.

Mr. Weisman seemed surprised by Wayne's visit. Wayne waited at the door for more than ten minutes before the servant opened the door again and invited Wayne in.

Mr. Weissman's home should be considered a so-called "townhouse".
Although it is quite spacious, the location is not very good. It is located in a neighborhood that does not quite fit the middle-class identity. It is also on the edge of the neighborhood. You have to climb over the wall and cross the road to get out of the neighborhood.
In the popular sense, such residence is generally suitable for novice lawyers who have no burden and have just entered the profession, or middle-aged lawyers who have just paid off various loans and do not have enough money on hand.

Judging from the previous list of outstanding balances totaling more than $5000, Mr. Weissman, as a lawyer, must have received a high commission.
Living in a place like this seems a bit too low-key.

The reason why Wayne felt that Mr. Weissman was a little "surprised" about his visit was that Mr. Weissman seemed to be reading a newspaper in the living room just now, and he had almost drunk half a cup of tea, and he did not look like he had just woken up.
Considering the area of this house alone, it would obviously take less than ten minutes to simply go upstairs and report it.

Mr. Weissman seemed quite calm.
He first asked the servant to prepare tea for Wayne, and then pretended not to care and asked, "Maybe I remembered it wrong, but I don't seem to have told Mr. Wayne my address in Richmond before?"

Wayne also put on an expression that said "that's not important":

"I run a detective agency. For a private detective, sometimes 'understanding the client' and 'solving the commission' are equally important."

Mr. Weissman was a little absent-minded, his eyes quietly looking at an hourglass on the fireplace.
As if avoiding Wayne's eyes.

But this is exactly the effect Wayne wanted.
This guy had just shown up not long ago when the detective agency was attacked again last night. Wayne suspected that Cohen Pharmaceuticals might still have some remnants in the local area, so he came here specifically to scare him and see if he could find out the answer.

Judging from the level of cooperation between Mr. Weissman and Mr. Baker, if there are any remnants, he is likely to know about it.

The sand slowly fell in the hourglass that seemed to have just turned over.
Wayne followed Mr. Weissman's gaze and deliberately praised, "This hourglass looks good."
Mr. Weissman is a professional lawyer after all. His basic professional qualities seem to be pretty good. He quickly regained his composure and asked, "I asked Mr. Wayne to investigate this matter. Did your detective agency come up with results so quickly?"

"Not yet. I came to visit you today to tell you something else, Mr. Weissman."

Wayne brought out the excuse he had prepared in advance, "Mr. Weisman, you mentioned before that the balance that you wanted to hand over to us, which is what Mr. Baker left behind, doesn't have to be handed over to the detective agency anymore. In order to avoid trouble, I came here to inform you."

Mr. Weissman raised his eyebrows slightly. "Why? That's a lot of money."

"It's quite a lot indeed."

Wayne continued according to the script, "I have reported the matter to the cathedral, and the corresponding money has been donated to the church. When the time comes, Mr. Weissman, you can either mail a check or deposit it directly into the local church's public donation account."

Mr. Weissman's eyes quickly focused on him.
Wayne was not too surprised by this, and then pretended that the matter had been discussed and went straight into the conversation. "By the way, Mr. Weissman, our detective agency was attacked again last night. Do you know who Mr. Baker's colleagues are in Virginia?"

This guy's expression suddenly became hard to understand.
He seemed to think for a while before he began to answer, "I don't know the internal situation of Cohen Pharmaceuticals, but I know that Mr. Baker once went to a place secretly, and there may be the person you are looking for, Mr. Wayne."

(End of this chapter)