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After more than an hour of reporting, the meeting entered a break.

Nominally, the board of directors of the General Conference needs to discuss the submission of Northwest Europe. In fact, the annual dividend of 35,000 pounds is not even comparable to the final dividend of a round of smuggling.

Whether you want Northwest Europe to improve steadily or whether the gold coins will actually fall into your pocket, everyone's opinions are clear.

This is the advantage of being young people on the flagship.

Young people have a long-term vision. While everyone knows that smuggling is very profitable, they also know that it is not a long-term business.

The profit of the Chamber of Commerce is everyone's long-term meal ticket. They are willing to support Lorraine's judgment if they can increase the gold content of the meal ticket.

In the private meeting room in Lorraine, a group of seafarers spent five minutes demonstrating Northwestern’s application, and then switched the topic to more interesting things.

The Yacharing thief looked at Karen with a smile.

"Mr. Chief Dispatcher, did you hear that? A powerful chamber of commerce is preparing to order two Class 5 gallons! As a salaried executive of the Haite Shipyard, don't you want to do something?"

Karen looked complacent: "I'm very sorry, but it is the factory that will build the order for the two Bermuda high-speed Class 5 ships for a powerful chamber of commerce."

The crowd was frightened.

Yacharin stared, "I placed an order with a warring American shipyard. Are the people in Northwest Europe crazy?"

"It's just a smuggling ship." Karen didn't care about learning Lorraine's appearance. "Build a ship in Boston, load it with rum, and send it to St. Johns, which is close at hand, and then transfer to Chanal after the handover. -It’s no big deal to get a Basque certificate."

Lorraine was also interested: "Twenty-six thousand is the price you gave Ramos? Is the price and construction period okay?"

Karen nodded.

"The order booked by Charles River should almost have started construction. Although there are some differences in design, the ship materials and general structure of the two are the same."

"The standard five-tier ship uses oak boat materials, and all parts are readily available for purchase. The whole ship is about 12,000 pounds. In addition, the labor is 6,000. The equipment includes metal parts, sails, cables, naval guns, etc. Boston has all For output, Hite can control the price at five thousand, and the rest is profit."

"A profit of 3000 pounds per boat?"

"The price for the United States is twenty-eight thousand, and I gave Ramos a discount. As for the market, it is about twenty-five thousand excluding the ship's equipment, and about thirty thousand if the ship is fully equipped."

Lorraine shrugged his understanding: "What about the construction period?"

"Tier 5 ships need to stay in the dry dock for three months. After the assembly is completed, they will be moved to the wet dock to continue construction for one month and sea trial for two months. Therefore, Northwest Europe's order can follow the US Navy's order, and there is no need to expand the dock. "

"It seems that you have considered it very well." Lorraine glanced at the clock. "Time is almost up, gentlemen and ladies, let's start the second half."

...

In the second half, Lorraine, on behalf of the Chamber of Commerce, first agreed to the application of Northwest Europe, and then took the initiative to throw out the third topic, about the internal business issues of the Chamber of Commerce.

In his thinking, an independent and complete business agreement should be established between the divisions and the divisions, covering all common business items such as raw material procurement, processing, forwarding, trading, and lending, with seven of the market price as the bottom limit , There are sufficient concessions, but excessive concessions are not made, so as to avoid the formation of unequal business relations between divisions.

He crossed his fingers to support his chin and said softly.

"You should have a clear position for yourself. On the one hand, you are all subsidiaries of the Drake Chamber of Commerce, have common major shareholders, can share facilities and channels, and have a much closer relationship than ordinary partners."

"On the other hand, you are independent individuals, with a board of directors that you need to be responsible for, as well as your own trading circles and trade relations."

"The new branch has the start-up funds provided by the General Chamber of Commerce, and the resources of the old branch can be borrowed. It is already a huge advantage. Even for the growth and combat effectiveness of the new branch, the old Chamber of Commerce should not provide assistance beyond the limits. Shining."

"Please always remember that you are brothers, not father and son, let alone mother and son. You do not need and should not be responsible for the life of the new branch."

Lorraine’s words were blatant, referring directly to the abnormally large borrowings between Northwest Europe and the Caribbean.

On the face of it, these words seem to condemn Ramos' excessive protection, but Chuck is well aware of his selfishness and clearly feels Lorraine's dissatisfaction and warning against him for taking the resources of Northwest Europe.

This was a warning and a last resort. Like the 10,000 pound reserve fund, Lorraine expressed his disapproval of his utilitarian principle and aggressive policy in the most euphemistic way...

Is it really necessary to slow down a bit?

Chuck asked himself, suddenly remembering Leonard's warning to him not long ago.

He lifted his hand up in spirit: "Caribbean applies for the floor!"

Following his narration, Jack Cotton’s injury to the Caribbean Chapter was formally presented at the desk of the Drake Chamber of Commerce for the first time in three months.

Abnormal contact frequency, high and large economic losses, all prove that Jack Cotton is making some plans for the Caribbean branch.

Lorraine tilted his head to listen carefully, and when Chuck finished speaking, he turned to look at Katerina.

"Our Miss Pirate Queen, do you have any ideas?"

Catalina stood up, walked to the conference table, and asked the Indian maid outside the door to get the full picture of the Caribbean.

She drew a circle on the chart.

"The pirate kings have their own hunting areas, and Cotton Jack's hunting area is in the Bahamas."

"From the Grand Bahamas in the west and Mona Strait in the east, the northern coastline of Cuba and Hispaniola is his southern boundary, and the continental shelf of the Bahamas is his northern edge."

"So the early several raids can be regarded as his hunting behavior in the hunting area, with normal motives, and from the perspective of pirates, his behavior is also normal."

"But the Strait of Anegada..."

Catalina poked hard at the border between the Virgin Islands and the Leeward Islands.

"The Virgin Islands and the Leeward Islands are hunting grounds for Henry VI the Hound, and the successors of this title are similar to their titles, aggressive and difficult."

A group of people reached their heads and nodded frequently.

"The implication is that Cotton Jack crossed the line?"

"Since the attack on Admiral Cortrance, he has crossed the line." Catalina knocked nervously on the wooden strip on her hand. "If he hadn't made a deal with the hound, this behavior has undoubtedly touched another. The authority of the Pirate King."

"Are there any consequences for doing this?"

"Compensation, apology, the most serious is war, a war between the pirate king and the pirate king!"

"That said, he has a deep resentment towards us." Lorraine smiled inexplicably, "Chuck, what do you think?"

Chuck took a deep breath: "As Ms. Catalina said, war!"

His suggestion exceeded everyone's expectations, and even Leonard hadn't heard any clues.

Only he himself knew why he would suddenly change his course within a few days.

Before coming to the annual meeting, he had a long conversation with Sir Parker at the Christmas dinner at Parker's house.

Sir Parker affirmed his ideas and achievements in developing the Caribbean branch, but on the issue of Jack Cotton, the suggestions given by the Jazz were more radical than Leonard.

Sir said Lorraine was a pure privateer rare in this era.

Looking at the development trajectory and organizational structure of the Drake Chamber of Commerce, it is obvious that he hates small business operations, and his overall focus is completely biased towards plunder and invasion.

Lorraine's essence is a pirate, and he also inherits the traditional privateing thinking. In his consciousness, business is only incidental to feed violence. It will never become the dominant, and has never occupied a dominant position.

And Cotton Jack erroneously challenged Lorraine's dignity, especially the retaliatory massacre that took place in December, which has brought the relationship between the two parties to the point of endless death.

The only solution to this incident is war. If Chuck does not do it, Lorraine is likely to kick Chuck away and replace him with someone who is willing to war to lead the Caribbean branch.

Since then, Chuck has understood his position.

He cleared his throat and said solemnly: "The Caribbean branch has a fighting power far stronger than most pirate groups. The chairman of the Drake Chamber of Commerce, the hero of Le Francois, was destroyed only by the weak Halloween fleet. The French Atlantic Defense Fleet."

"We are bound to win! Soon, we will use cotton Jack's head to proclaim our majesty to the Caribbean world. From then on, in this sea, the petals of **** will be embroidered with the crown of the pirate king, our shipyard. Wherever you go, the pirates will flee!"

"Exciting speech..." Lorraine took the conversation lazily, "Chuck, how much power are you going to put in when facing a pirate group?"

"All!" Chuck's fist waved heavily in the air, "The entire Caribbean branch will be under the command of the Golden Deer ~lightnovelpub.net~ until Cotton Jack surrenders, or gives the head!"

"Then... roughly do what you want." Lorraine pondered for a while, "I'll go to Turtle Island to declare war, and then... Golden Deer, Cyclops, Three-Eyed Crow, and love The God (formerly Jupiter) was also drawn into the Chamber of Commerce, which is enough."

The excited Chuck was dumbfounded...

"Dong... Chairman, I asked, there are at least seven or eight ships in Cotton Jack's pirate group..."

"War is not an economic account. The Pirate King is very busy and will not take all the ships forever. The Vulcan Mountain (formerly Andes) is not as useful as you think in a pirate war. The two Brig and Hyla are not bad. , But the Caribbean branch will have its own business to do. The offshore can not be without escort, and the ocean... and it cannot be without cargo hold."

"But four to eight are too..."

Lorraine waved her hand to interrupt Chuck’s exhortation and said with a smile: "Business is your field, and war is my good point, so be it. Leonard and Alves lent it to me. I need more boats. The right captain, some of my seafarers are not enough."

"Yes……"

Lorraine leaned back in his chair and changed his seat to a comfortable seat. He glanced across the audience with ease: "Everyone, the agreement for Northwest Europe and the Caribbean must be finalized as soon as possible, and try to be fair and detailed, because it is likely to become A template for the future within the Chamber of Commerce. Apart from these, are there other issues?"

"Subject to the chairman's arrangement."

"If it is arranged by me... please work hard to get me dividends next year. It doesn't matter how much. Then, please enjoy the annual party dinner as much as possible. For the arrangement of the dishes, I heard that Miss Offie racked her brains."

The room is full of chuckles.

Amidst the laughter, Lorraine clapped his hands: "The meeting is over, let's get together again next year."