Lisco's American Life

Lisko received a call from his agent Lubo.

"Li, the new book is ready for sale. Random House has proposed some promotional methods and I want your cooperation." Lubo's tone on the phone was a little awkward.

"What kind of publicity method?" Liske was a little confused. Lu Bo knew that he was a little disgusted with publicity.

"Do you know the two most popular social tools on the Internet right now? One is called Twitter and the other is called Facebook."

"You know? My investment company also received angel investment, and now the investment returns are good."

"Wow, Li, then you have made a lot of money. I didn't expect that you are also an investor with outstanding vision. It's like this. These two software are very popular among young people, and their current market share is also good, because you

The audience for this book is young readers, and the editor at Random House wants you to sign up for these two software and then use it to increase the distance between you and your fans."

Liske thought for a moment, "Okay, no problem, Lu Bo. I am also a young man, and I am very receptive to this new type of online social interaction. I just don't like running around promoting all over the world. This makes me feel like a showman."

illusion."

Lu Bo breathed a sigh of relief, "Okay, then I'll contact Random House and ask him to contact the two companies to promote certified check-in on your homepage?"

"Okay, I'll send you the ID after I finish the registration." The two of them finished chatting and exchanged a few simple greetings.

Lisko returned to the study and turned on the computer, registered two social software, his ID was Lisko, and his profession was a writer, and sent a message to Lubo asking him to contact him to complete the authentication. Lisko was familiar with the software while waiting.

Facebook pages are full of hot pictures of hot girls in bikinis, and Twitter is the American version of Weibo. Of course, he is the original.

Lisko refreshed the page and completed the authentication quickly. Twitter and Facebook are still in their infancy, and there are not many celebrities joining them. Lisko is also considered a big star in the literary circle. A writer like him with his own popularity wants to

Of course, the two companies welcomed the two companies. They processed the certification at an expedited speed and thoughtfully placed a banner at a prime location on the website, "Welcome the well-known writer Li Ke to settle in."

Of course, they didn't know that Liske was still a shareholder of the two companies. This was something Liske specifically avoided. It would be great to make a fortune in silence, as long as he had the reputation of a writer to support him.

Lisko thought for a long time. He was considering what he should say first, to reflect himself and not be the same as others.

"These faces emerged from the crowd, petals blooming on the wet black tree trunks."

This short poem is a famous poem by Ezra Pound, the leader of the Imagist poets. Lisko felt that it was appropriate to use it as his first message at this time.

"Li? Are you at home?" The rooster outside the door called to Lisko.

Lisko walked out of the door, "Here, what's wrong? Rooster."

"The lavender has been harvested and we are going to extract the essential oil. Do you want to come over and take a look? You must have never seen it before."

Lisko was immediately interested. He mainly thought about extracting the essential oil himself and giving it to Meghan. She would be very surprised.

"Okay, let's go." Lisko took the lead and walked toward the pasture with great interest.

A long one-story iron house was built next to the staff dormitory. This was where Rooster planned to harvest the rye and use it to brew beer.

Lavender is extracted here.

All the employees in the ranch are busy here, David, Humber, Weiss, Locke, and the cook Jasmine. They are putting lavender in a still that looks like a Chinese water tank.

After saying hello, Lisko also helped. The two of them used scissors to cut off the upper half of the lavender, and then gathered the remaining pieces and stuffed them into the cauldron.

The rooster told Lisko not to fill it too full, but to leave a palm's distance. This is to let in steam.

After plugging it, the cowboys lifted the huge lid, closed it and tightened it. An iron pipe was connected to the top of the still. The iron pipe led to another filter screen. Below was a glue bucket for collecting essential oils. The essential oils would be in the glue.

It settles in the barrel and then secretes hydrosol and essential oils.

The rooster controls the temperature and time in the control room at the back. Generally, essential oil distillation takes two to three hours.

Lavender essential oil is specifically extracted by steam distillation. This distillation time is shorter than the water distillation method. The esters in the plant are less destroyed and the price is higher. Roses and orange blossoms are only suitable for water distillation.

method, because they are relatively fragile.

After the lavender is extracted, the liquid will be separated into layers. The upper oily layer is called plant essential oil, and the lower watery layer is called hydrosol.

Hydrosol is also a basic material of cosmetics. It can anti-inflammatory and sterilizing, balance and adjust the skin's oil secretion. It can be used as toner and toilet water. It is also purchased by cosmetics companies at a high price.

Lisko sat at the door with the cowboys, drinking beer and chatting. Slowly, water vapor began to flow out of the still outlet, filling the entire ranch with the unique fragrance of lavender.

This time, the lavender in Lisko Ranch needs to be distilled more than a dozen times. Rooster has calculated that, excluding labor and costs, one lavender planting can earn two million US dollars, essential oils can earn 1.2 million, hydrosols can earn 650,000, and other residuals.

You can earn about 150,000 yuan, which is an absolute profit.

Two or three hours have passed, and all the essential oils have been distilled. A barrel of essential oil and a barrel of hydrosol have been collected in one extraction. Rooster estimates that the lower grade can be set to A grade. The cowboys are happy, and the ranch has high profits.

There will be a specific share, ranging from 0.5% per person. The only one who is more disappointed is Liske, because Rooster told him that the newly extracted essential oil needs to settle for two months before it can be packaged and used.

The extracted straw changed from purple to dark brown, and all the essence inside was squeezed out. The cowboys collected it and planned to spread it out and dry it in the sun. Later, they would make it into powder and sell it to a daily chemical company to be used as an additive in laundry detergent and shampoo.

Lisko went from being very excited to being dejected. He was no longer here to cause trouble to the busy cowboys, because the cook Jasmine was very busy, so Rooster suggested that he make dinner.

Lisko returned to the villa, opened the refrigerator door, and took out a large piece of special beef, which was bought from Bo's ranch.

The main business of Bo's ranch is to buy and sell beef cattle. Among the batch of beef cattle slaughtered this time, there was a rare special A-level snowflake cow. When Lisko found out, except for leaving one-fifth of the cattle for his own use, the rest were all taken away.

He bought it.

The taste of this kind of beef is very recognizable. The most distinctive feature is that the meat is rich and fragrant, filling your mouth with a full mouth. Its beef is rich in flavor and has beautiful marble patterns. However, because the cattle are mainly grain-fed, so

No grassy smell.

Lisko cut them open one by one with a knife, then fluffed them with the back of the knife, and marinated them with onions, black pepper, garlic, red wine, and light soy sauce for fifteen minutes.

Lisko took out a piece of butter and heated it for frying. Lisko put the marinated steak into the pan and seared it on all sides to lock in the nutrients of the steak without losing it. Then, he fried each side for two minutes and took it out of the pan.

Lisko worked hard for half an hour and cooked ten steaks, one for each person and three more steaks, just in case some big eaters didn't have enough.

Select broccoli, purple cabbage, cherry tomatoes, and carrots, wash and slice them, boil water to cook, add a little salt and oil, blanch and drain. Pour in balsamic vinegar, and a vegetable salad is ready.

There is another soup. Liske chose the traditional Chinese seaweed and egg drop soup. He likes this one more and it is quick and easy to make. He took out a piece of seaweed, soaked it in water for a while, boiled water in a pot, added the seaweed, and boiled the water.

Stir in the eggs, sprinkle some salt and sesame oil, and you'll have a greasy seaweed and egg drop soup.

Lisko looked at the set dining table, full of achievements, called Rooster, went to the basement to get a bottle of good red wine, sat down and prepared to eat.