Chapter 77

Three days later, Eddie stepped into the door of the General Chamber of commerce with apprehensive thoughts.

He thought he would be a cold criticism and a blunt dismissal notice, but there was nothing.

Neither enthusiastic nor cold, Lorraine didn't even see him alone. He directly took pierce and three senior executives to the office and directly launched the formal board of directors of the European Northwest Branch.

While Miss Zhenna was busy preparing the meeting materials, Lorraine took them to the lounge to have tea.

"It's very thrilling to recall." Lorraine smiled and talked about the chase battle with the reindeer. "We chiseled through four watertight compartments. The reindeer burned the key stern sail at a similar speed. We chased from Cantabrian to the western edge of the Celtic Sea. We were close to a fog area when we were desperate..."

Ghost ships, reef belts, the customs of hebrazil, as well as the ruins of long ships, sea cave exploration, thrilling and exciting explorations were told by Lorraine. They screamed and were hard to calm down.

"Fortunately, there were many beliefs on board, and all the gods in the sky were willing to care for us. We not only survived, but also found the treasure of my ancestor, inger ananson, and harvested some small souvenirs."

He clapped his hands. Noah came in from the outside and handed Lorraine three small boxes.

Lorraine opened one of them, took a look and went to Ramos.

"Ramos pidic, my friend. This is tiratia, the golden sword of the Roman guards. In history, it only belongs to the most respected friend of the head of state. The guards have made the Roman Empire a long-standing legend across Europe, Asia and Africa."

Ramos took it solemnly and took out a broad golden sword inlaid with gemstones and half arm length from the box.

The name of this sword is tiratia.

In the first century BC, Octavian gave the sword to his most trusted guard and created the most famous guard in Roman military history.

People often only remember the repeated assassination of the emperor after the guards became an independent political force, but subconsciously ignore their contribution to Rome.

It was with this powerful army that Rome was able to become a great power that laid the foundation of European civilization at its strongest time. The most glorious representative of this period was the golden sword given by Octavian, tiratia.

Ramos looked at Lorraine gratefully.

This golden sword is priceless, and it is far more than priceless, because it represents trust.

Lorraine smiled, patted him on the shoulder, picked up the second box, opened it and handed it to Eddie.

"Eddie Garman, my partner. This golden pot is carved with the gathering of Octavian, Anthony and leibida. Their intimacy makes Rome grow and grow, just like you and me."

Eddie stared at the little golden pot in the box.

The age and value of this pot are not inferior to the golden sword obtained by Ramos, and even its significance is not inferior.

Octavian, Antony and leibida are the iron triangle in the Roman political arena in the post Caesar period. They are close and powerful.

They laid the foundation for Octavian to establish the system of heads of state, became the culprit of destroying the Republic like a catalyst, and Octavian established the Roman Empire on the political ruins of the Republic.

The problem is... Octavian was able to establish the Roman Empire because he parted ways with Anthony and leibida and finally killed them.

This friendship only made Octavian one, and the other two turned into dust.

Eddie trembled, took out the golden pot, held it in his arms and said, "thank you."

Lorraine slapped Ramos on the shoulder: "I don't like Octavian's ending. I don't like it at all."

"I don't like it either."

Eddie sat down slowly. He didn't know whether he didn't like Anthony's ending or leibida's.

Lorraine picked up the last box and went straight to Carmen before opening it.

"Carmen Xavier, I had an accident, but you became the one who lost the most. I can't repay your loyalty and kindness. I just hope this set of gold jewelry can add luster to you."

Lorraine took out the gorgeous necklace from the box and put it on Carmen's slender white neck.

"Unfortunately, I don't know enough about gorgeous jewelry, and it didn't tell me what it was called. I only found a sentence on it and gave it to Cleopatra."

Cleopatra, Cleopatra VII, the last queen of Ptolemy, the lover of Caesar and Anthony.

Carmen stroked the necklace on his chest in surprise and wanted to see the meaning of Lorraine's gift from Lorraine's brown eyes.

But she couldn't see anything.

Lorraine asked her to sit down and said, "freedom is a wonderful thing. You can seriously consider the future. No matter what the result is, please tell me."

"I want to get on board," Carmen said softly, blushing.

"Get on board?"

Carmen nodded: "I know, I know nothing about HNA. But you are a businessman and an aristocrat. You need someone who is good at sailing with you and taking care of the communication and human relations on land for you. These are just my strengths."

Lorraine pondered for a moment: "have you thought it over?"

"Yes, I've thought about it for many days." Carmen solemnly said, "this land makes me tired. Not only love, but also family and friendship are so fragile. After listening to your marine adventure, I finally know that what I want is the tough fetters like cables on the ship. I don't regret it."

Lorraine smiled sincerely: "I really need a good social adviser on board, Miss Carmen Xavier. You have been admitted."

……

With this gift as the front stop, the board of directors of the branch behind went very smoothly.

In order to prevent this storm from happening again and for the future development of the chamber of Commerce, Lorraine completely reorganized the structure of the branch.

In terms of equity, Carmen withdrew his shares and took the initiative to transfer all his shares to Ramos, so that the equity ratio between Ramos and Eddie reached 2:1.

In terms of position, Lorraine stepped down as the president and supervisor of the branch, and it was clear that Ramos would take over and become the absolute speaker of the northwest European branch. Eddie was the vice president, no longer concurrently in charge of the fleet, but mainly engaged in trade licensing and administrative affairs of port exchanges.

Eddie knew that his behavior had lost Lorraine's trust, and only reluctantly and gratefully accepted Lorraine's appointment.

On the fleet, Lorraine set up a fleet directly under the General Chamber of Commerce, recognized himself as the commander and flagship of the butterfly flower, which belongs to the ship cattail and lucky grass.

The northwest Europe chapter only retains one trading fleet and the British transshipment fleet.

The flagship of the trade fleet, the Macaw, the Admiral Ramos, belongs to three Kirk cargo ships, the Beverly merchant, the Northrend knight and the caville drunkard.

The size of the transshipment fleet remains unchanged. The flagship siren, the lieutenant Carlo Merlin, and the subordinate ships are mermaids of the same mixed sail scuna type.

The property right of the beauty of Attis with special significance will be returned to pierce, sealed and maintained in the dry dock rented by the chamber of Commerce, and will not be used for the time being.

After these basic operations, Lorraine put forward several affairs of the General Chamber of Commerce, all of which are expensive.

1、 The preparation of 6500 pounds to pay the sailors' adventure bonus and the arrangement of special personnel to transfer the relics and inheritance of the victims to the heirs are all related to the reputation of the chamber of Commerce.

2、 The firepower configuration of the fully loaded lucky grass and the preparation funds to pay for the repair needs of the butterfly flower and the Macaw are all related to the combat power and transportation capacity of the chamber of Commerce.

3、 Eddie is responsible for negotiating with Viscount Alfonso, taking advantage of the temporary trade depression in Spain to buy back the partner share at an appropriate price. Carmen is responsible for selecting new partners in Spain, and Ramos is responsible for specific negotiations.

Carmen, who officially became staff officer Lorraine, said anxiously, "Captain, according to your request, the General Chamber of Commerce will raise nearly 18000 pounds in cash within a month. Even if we empty the reserve, our gap will exceed 6000 pounds. Will we slow down?"

"Preparing funds is your first task, Carmen." Lorraine nodded to Noah. Noah immediately came in with a big suitcase and opened it on the conference table.

A box full of ancient gold!

"Eight pieces of gold, 60 coins, with a total weight of 900 pounds. Carmen, you are responsible for finding suitable auction houses for them. First, they should be scattered, and second, they should be appropriate. We should throw out these ancient gold wares without impacting the collection market as much as possible, so as to raise enough funds for the chamber of Commerce and prepare for the economic depression that will last for a long time..."

Lorraine took a deep breath: "the minder chamber of commerce still owes me an invitation from the trade association. It's time to find some allies... And get the field back."