Chapter 128

The preparation process for the establishment of the Caribbean chapter can be described as smooth sailing.

On March 6, 1779, the ready Caribbean branch was officially established in Port Royal.

Lorraine was invited to attend the ribbon cutting ceremony and presided over the first high-level meeting of the branch.

At the meeting, chuck Parker was determined to be the president of the Caribbean branch chamber of Commerce, with 10% shares, and served as the chief executive officer of the branch board of directors.

Arthur Leonard holds 5% of the shares and serves as vice president and deputy executive officer. Richard cotrence is the chief inspector of the transshipment fleet, and TILBY Olmert is the deputy chief inspector.

Barbados will set up the first branch exchange within 15 days. The resident representative is st Reid and stationed in Bridgetown.

In addition, chuck also hired pislot, a famous businessman in Kingston, from a Portuguese chamber of Commerce. He will be stationed in Southampton to become the business representative of the Caribbean branch in northwest Europe and the third executive officer of the board of directors of northwest Europe.

Similarly, Ramos will select the right person to enter the core management of the Caribbean branch after receiving the letter.

This kind of exchange is a common management mode of the intercontinental chamber of Commerce, which is not only conducive to the communication between the two branches in trade cooperation, but also can effectively reduce the independence of the branches, restrain and supervise each other.

Interestingly, this suggestion was not put forward by Lorraine, but put forward by chuck on his own initiative.

At the reception after the meeting, Lorraine and chuck met in the dressing room.

Lorraine raised his glass inexplicably: "chuck, you seem to be worried about being suspected by me."

"I especially admire the president's words."

"Oh?"

"Young people, dreams are enough..."

Speaking of this, Lorraine suddenly made a noise and echoed in unison: "what do you want money for?"

Then they looked at each other and laughed.

"I really don't understand why the Parker family let you out, a business genius like you."

"Because I don't want to do business for them." Chuck showed a disdainful expression. "The family chamber of commerce are all old-fashioned uncles and uncles. They have old ideas and no adventurous spirit. I despise them."

"But I won't risk opening up North American routes until the war is over."

"However, the war is coming to an end. I believe you will not ignore your Majesty's sanctions on North America, nor will you stop me from pursuing love with Miss Alves for the sake of the so-called aristocratic circle, will you?"

"Maybe you should have been born in France." Lorraine raised his glass with a smile. "Long live love."

"Long live understanding."

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After the long launching ceremony of the Caribbean chapter, Lorraine relished his conversation with chuck and took the carriage back to Lusi town all night.

Trust is the cornerstone of cooperation between people, and he and chuck just lack this cornerstone. They had never heard each other's names before they arrived in Kingston.

But through this conversation, they built at least the first brick and dug up the first catalpa soil.

Chuck told Lorraine that he planned to venture to Pennsylvania after the chamber of Commerce was stable.

That Miss Alves lives there. He wants to tell her the news that he is out of the control of the family. After that, whether he elopes or maintains his love relationship by correspondence, in short, he will not be in the unclear state now.

Lorraine is optimistic about their future.

The love between the young people began during the war. Sir Parker and Senator Alves obviously had a personal friendship that transcended political interests.

Since the important elders of both sides support the relationship, it is not too unimaginable for them to enter the palace of marriage after the war.

In particular, chuck also got rid of his economic dependence on the family.

Whether sensibility or planning, Lorraine has made a backup means for chuck to leave the branch at any time, and is willing to entrust his Caribbean branch to him before he makes the decision to leave, so that his talented business mind can open up the ocean trade scale of the strong Drake chamber of Commerce.

As for himself... Without the shackles of the chamber of Commerce, he can finally take risks.

At sunrise on March 7, the overnight carriage stopped in front of the seaside villa of Luxi manor. Lorraine jumped out of the car and threw his umbrella to the maid waiting at the door.

"Marca, unload the horses and take care of them. I won't use them again in a short time."

"Yes, sir," whispered the coachman.

Maka was one of the twelve Indian employees who managed the horse farm in the manor and worked part-time as Lorraine's coachman.

Indians use Quechua language, and their names are often full of moral meanings, such as "Maka", which translates into the war horse of the fort. It sounds like a natural horse keeper. The maid waiting at the door to pick up Lorraine's umbrella was finlil, whose name meant "Lighthouse" and "Hope".

After a brief contact for more than ten days, Lorraine found that each of these Indians showed an honest duty. He did not know whether hundreds of years of colonial history had branded the surviving aborigines with the concept of race and class, or whether the original owners had carefully selected and accepted such a character.

In short, with the blessing of the original owner, Lorraine used it very smoothly.

Watching Maka drive to the racecourse, Lorraine let finlier take off his hat and sweep away the travel dust. Suddenly he asked, "finlier, I heard you and Maka are lovers?"

Finlier's face turned red to the root of his neck: "yes, sir."

"When are you going to get married?"

"This... This depends on what Sir means."

"Listen to me?"

Lorraine thought for a long time. When he saw finlier red and a faint sad look, he remembered the damn first night right.

His mood suddenly smelled more than half: "I'm going out tomorrow. Today, you find pierce to revise the previous contract."

"Modify..." finlier suddenly became frightened. "Sir, if you don't want us to get married, we can not get married! If you drive us away, we will soon be caught by the slave traders, we..."

"What do you think? Just remove the first night right. You are free people. You don't need this inhuman constraint, and you should freely decide the time of marriage."

The little girl's pupil really lit up the light of hope: "Sir, you mean..."

"Only remove the right of the first night, and the other terms remain unchanged. This change should not make me the target of all Lucie gentlemen, and you can wash yourself in the future. It's uncomfortable for me to look dirty."

"Yes! Yes, sir!" finlear held Lorraine's accessories in his hands. "I... please forgive me for leaving first. I'll wash my face now!"

With Lorraine's permission, she hopped to the direction of the racecourse. Lorraine watched her leave. She happened to see Haina come out of the house and looked at finlier's back in doubt.

"What did you tell her?"

"Amend the contract and remove that stupid first night right."

"Why?"

"Because choosing who to be my bed companion should be my sacred and inviolable right. Don't those gentlemen with sperm brains think that this so-called right actually infringes their own human rights first?"

Haina tilted her head and thought, "your interpretation seems a little strange."

"Who cares, anyway, this is my manor." Lorraine smiled and invited Hannah to hold her arm. "When did you and Carmen come back?"

"Yesterday."

"Where have you been?"

"A trip to Cape France."

"Cape France... Santo Domingo?" Lorraine wondered. "What are you doing in the French colony?"

"Smuggling is about to begin. Carmen and I think we need to prepare some small things for you. Kingston people have many eyes and are not suitable."

"Some shady little things can't be bought in a less prosperous town..." Lorraine laughed, "that means, you won't want me to cross dress?"

"Yes, cross dressing."

Haina looked at Lorraine and reflected a figure in her green eyes without a trace of joke.