"Boss, did you need something from me?"
Tōyama was a little curious. It was rare for Hyuga Gen to take the initiative to seek him out; usually, Tōyama was the one looking for Hyuga Gen.
"Yeah. I want to make something, and I wanted to ask if you had any ideas."
"What do you want to make?"
"I want to make a refrigerator."
"A refrigerator? What's that?" Tōyama asked in confusion. It was the first time he had heard of such a thing.
"Simply put, it's..." As he listened to Hyuga Gen's description, Tōyama's eyes grew brighter and brighter.
That was right. Refrigerators did not yet exist in this world. Electricity did exist, but electrical appliances were pitifully scarce. The most common thing was the electric lamp; Hyuga Gen had never seen anything else.
Ever since Hyuga Gen had made ice cream, he had wanted to create a refrigerator as well. After all, making ice with saltpeter consumed far too much.
However, making a refrigerator was no easy task. He only knew a few methods and theories; it would take professionals to experiment and work out the details.
Such talent was not easy to find. Besides, Hyuga Gen had been focused on training and increasing his strength at the time, so he had put the matter aside. More importantly, he had been too young then and did not want to make any major moves.
Now that he had become a Chunin and gained a little more freedom than before, Hyuga Gen wanted to make the refrigerator first.
Most of the money earned by the Haidilao Barbecue Restaurant had been invested into the farm, while part of it had gone into the product development department.
He had visited the development department before. It mainly focused on crops and food and had