Reborn As a Pirate

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At 10 am on December 27, 1779, executives from all walks of life gathered in Lucey with their own thoughts in mind, and held the 1779 Drake Chamber of Commerce Settlement and Budget Conference in the banquet hall of the Lucey Manor.

Participating members include:

Representatives of the General Chamber of Commerce, President Lorraine, Vice President Pierce, chief accountant Carmen who doesn't know what to account for, and chief accountant Karen who doesn't know what to schedule;

The representative of Northwest Europe, the president Ramos, the vice president Eddie, the old and vigorous offshore admiral Merlin, and the ocean admiral Oren, who was trained by Merlin and performed exceptionally well after Lorraine went to the United States, was entrusted by Ramos. .Spencer;

Representatives from the Caribbean, President Chuck, Vice President Leonard, Ocean Admiral Cotterence and Offshore Admiral Olves.

In addition to the twelve executives of the Chamber of Commerce, those who are eligible to attend and observe the meeting are also the equity beneficiaries of the General Chamber of Commerce, that is, the remaining six seamen in Lorraine.

They sat behind Lorraine in unison, all wearing newly customized national formal suits, and their various appearances raised the tone of the meeting for no reason.

This is a meeting that Lorraine has long wanted to convene. It can be traced back to after the Halloween operation. Lorraine first heard that Chuck borrowed 20,000 pounds from Ramos.

At that time, he had already started to have a faint sense of incongruity in his heart. After thinking about it later, he finally discovered the source of this incongruity, that is, Chuck was too independent, and Ramos did not regard himself too much. outsider.

The structure of the Drake Chamber of Commerce was built by Lorraine with reference to later generations of multinational trading companies. The whole is loose and flexible, and it is by no means limited to one development model.

But this does not mean that there can be different positioning between divisions.

Looseness is not looseness of heart. Once a vicious circle of unequal treatment is formed among the ministries, the result is that the dominant divisions continue to suck blood, and the rest of the divisions shrink day by day.

Lorraine wants to break this cycle before it forms a stereotype, and develop a unified and applicable positioning style, which acts on Northwest Europe, the Caribbean, and even the Boston Shipyard, which cannot be made public for the time being.

This is his purpose.

Time flies.

Last year, not so far away, the Drake Chamber of Commerce passed the declaration in Plymouth in April and was officially listed in Elgin in May. Later, in order to fight against the blockade of Cantabrian, the headquarters was transferred to Southampton. Adapted to Lorraine going to the United States, quickly adjusted to the current Lucy...

The seemingly turbulent history of the General Assembly has actually only gone through a mere 20 months.

Branches have a shorter history than the Headquarters.

The current management structure of the Northwest Europe Branch was really formed in October last year, only 14 months ago;

The Caribbean branch was established in March this year, and it is only the ninth month so far;

Needless to say, the shipyard in Boston, Lorraine bought it in November, and it is only the second month now, and Karen has not even lost its freshness.

To put it bluntly, such a chamber of commerce can have the current scale. To put it bluntly, the four characters are coincidental, and the privateer certificate has played an important role in it. Lorraine almost snatched the entire operating fleet of the chamber of commerce almost by himself.

And now, it's a crucial fight to pave the way for Drake's future.

Seeing that all the staff were in place, Carmen coughed lightly.

The first topic is settled, and President Occidental Ramos Piddick is invited to speak.

There is no front end, no fancy, this young chamber of commerce has its own rhythm, and it has not caught up with the heavy and bad habits of large chambers of commerce until today.

Ramos spread out the report.

Chairman, shareholders, beneficiaries of the shares and managers of the brothers' clubs. The Northwest Branch of the Drake Chamber of Commerce was established in April 1778. It is the same age as the General Assembly. Because there was no public settlement last year, today's settlement is the top 20 monthly summary.

...As of December 16, the branch has an offshore fleet, including 3 Brigantines and 12 Schooner-type ships; an ocean-going fleet, including 3 Brigantine-type ships,

Brigantine 2 ships.

...The business of the chamber of commerce involves countries surrounding Cantabrian, the North Sea, and the Baltic Sea. It has storage warehouses at 17 docks and trade offices at 57 ports...

...To sum up, in 20 months, Northwest Europe realized a total trade volume of more than 160,000 pounds, and various profits totaled 93,642 pounds. After deducting expenses such as ship purchases, administration, affairs, labor, rent, and local profit sharing, the balance was 51,312 pounds. The account is 41,312 pounds, and the loan is 10,000 pounds, the summary report is as above.

Ramos sat down after paying tribute to Lorraine, and Carmen raised his head after writing a few excerpts on the transcribed report.

Next is President Chuck Parker of the Caribbean branch.

Chuck took a deep breath and stood up.

Chairman, shareholders, beneficiaries of the shares and managers of the brothers' branch. The Caribbean branch of the Drake Chamber of Commerce was established in March 1779 with an initial capital of 15,000 pounds, and an additional 10,000 pounds later, for a total of 25,000 pounds.

In addition, the branch borrowed 20,000 pounds from the European Northwest Branch, with no interest and no deadlines. 50% of the loan has been repaid, and the remaining amount is expected to be paid off by September next year.

...As of December 23, the branch has a fleet of ocean-going vessels, including one Galenic Class 4, one Galenic Class V, and two Brigantines; an offshore fleet, including one Briggington , 5 Skuners.

...The Chamber of Commerce has signed trade licenses with all colonial governments in the Pan-Caribbean region, has storage warehouses at 24 docks, and has trading offices at 69 ports...

...To sum up, in September, the Caribbean achieved a total trade volume of more than 73,000. Excluding expenses such as ship purchases, administration, affairs, labor, rent, and debts, the balance was 5,338 pounds, the account was 4,662 pounds, and the debt balance was 10,000 Pound, summary report as above.

Both divisions completed the settlement reports neatly, with extremely obvious style differences.

In addition to opening ocean routes, Ramos did not put much energy into expanding the market during the year. Even the new situation in the Baltic Sea was created by Eddie single-handedly in order to rebuild trust. From the process point of view, with Ramos It doesn't matter much.

Chuck was on the other end of the spectrum.

In just a few months, all the business routes were opened up, and the ocean trade was forcibly opened, and the number of warehouses and trading houses exceeded that of Northwest Europe.

The price is that the settlement is a deficit.

Chuck has already stated that the money owed to Northwestern Europe will be repaid in September next year, but when he will repay the 25,000 pounds he drew from the General Chamber of Commerce, he may not even be able to say clearly.

While Lorraine was thinking about it, Carmen finished her record and spoke softly as the master of ceremonies.

The first topic is over, and now we are entering the second topic, the budget. Since the Caribbean branch has been approved by the board of directors not to carry out this year's budget, the budget report is only for the president of Northwest Europe, Ramos Pidik.

Ramos stood up for the second time and looked at Lorraine.

Knowing that the main event was coming, Lorraine couldn't help holding her breath and waiting intently.

Representatives of the board of directors, the Northwest Branch of Europe is planning to order two high-speed fifth-class Galenic ships. One will be ordered in January and the other will be ordered in June next year. The total price is 52,000 pounds.

Considering the value of destroyers to ocean-going trade, after the demonstration of the board of directors of Northwest Europe, we hereby apply not to implement this round of dividends, and all the remaining funds will be put into administrative expenses for the purchase of ships. I hope the board of directors will approve it!