Chapter 292

"I have never sung of God."

"But today, here, in our Lucie, allow me to praise him sincerely."

"He created this wonderful festival for us. He defined the beauty and goodness of the world for us. He let us understand the warmth of home, so we can cross the ocean and meet here."

"May wealth, honor and glory be with us forever, may the journey on the sea be smooth, may there be no regrets today and in the future until we are summoned by our respective masters, and may we not forget our youth."

"Young man..."

Lorraine raised his glass and the crowd shouted in unison

"It's enough to have a future. What do you want money for?"

"To our future!"

"To our governor!"

"Merry Christmas!"

“Merrychristmas！”

……

Carmen and her father danced on the dance floor under the elegant and lively waltz.

Spain, which is good at singing and dancing, never lacks moving dancers, not to mention Carmen, the decathlon. Her dance steps have a taste of warm water, and her slender neck is like a swan, flat and quiet, flowing with the wave.

Under her intentional or unintentional guidance, even if her father's dancing skills are poor, he still shines in the center of the dance floor.

With such an excellent opening, Karen and his youngest sister, acharin and Cecilia, pierce and his little cousin ended one after another.

Mrs. Judea urged bell to send out a courageous invitation to ophy. Ophy reluctantly took it down and they walked into the dance floor together.

The skirt is in full bloom and the flowers are in full bloom.

Ramos, who came all the way from Southampton, leaned against Lorraine with a smile.

"It's customary for the host to lead the opening dance. You suddenly entrusted this task to Carmen, which seems to scare Mr. Xavier."

"This is a family banquet and a reunion banquet. Although social networking is inevitable, I at least hope it will not become the whole of the golden evening. It's you..."

"What's the matter with me?"

"Mingming's beautiful wife and two young children are around. Why don't you come to me if you don't accompany them?"

"Er..." Ramos was embarrassed. "Mr. chairman, you don't really think Eddie and I are far across the Atlantic to attend a happy banquet?"

"The annual meeting will be held three days later. The day of that day is the working time, settlement and budget."

"That's why I need your advice. In addition to the superiors and subordinates, you and Carmen are still my most trusted partners."

Lorraine shrugged. "It seems wrong to let her lead the dance."

"Strange mistake is incomparable." Ramos smiled. "This year, two Briggs have been added to the northwest of Europe to run offshore and four snaku to run offshore, with great business growth."

"At the end of the year, the profit can reach 50000. Of course, 10000 have been lent to the Caribbean in the form of interest free loans. I think you already know."

Lorraine tilted her head and thought, "I thought it was 20000, and I don't know and don't agree with no interest."

"Left pocket and right pocket?"

"Left and right are only two pockets for the General Chamber of Commerce and for your branch."

"No wonder Eddie didn't approve of lending to chuck Parker at that time." Ramos suddenly realized, "come back to business. I checked the inventory and advance payment orders of all 14 terminals, and prepared to leave 30% as the budget, and the rest will be put into this year's dividend."

"Forty thousand... Seventy percent... Twenty-eight thousand..." Lorraine sipped his wine and frowned for a long time. "You know there is no dividend in the Caribbean this year?"

Ramos was quite surprised: "the Caribbean has been established for less than a year, and chuck Parker's business style is bold and adventurous. How can northwest Europe refer to him? Directors... Is your fleet flat?"

Lorraine said they really didn't like the eight or nine hundred pounds full of blood and sweat, but they could show it on their face, just smiled faintly.

"The ship is very united. Under the guidance of hope, a year or two of unpaid labor is not a big deal for the elite. They have their own channels to make money."

"Really?"

"What are you going to do?" Lorraine seriously suggested. "I hope you can put forward the proposal of no dividend, and then give the money left to Karen. He has the relationship with the shipyard and can help you book the top high-speed Galen class V ship."

"Top?"

"12, 3 and a half. The new world has an extraordinary understanding of high-speed sailing. I think they will become the mainstream of armed merchant ships in the next 30 years."

"Class V ship... And high-speed class V..." Ramos inhaled deeply. "Is it really necessary to configure class V ships in northwest Europe?"

"Of course, there is no need for a simple northwest Europe. Even with the Baltic Sea and even the Mediterranean Sea, class V ships will not be a good choice."

"Because the density of warships there is too high and the sea is too small, no matter in troubled times or peace, a mere class five ship can't make our caravan safer."

Lorraine shook his glass and looked at the wine hanging on the wall.

"But our tentacles have reached out to the new continent and will go to Africa and Asia in the future."

"The main enemy of ocean trade is pirates, and destroyers are the bane of pirate ships. Configuring one or two high-speed class V ships in the fleet can help you effectively reduce the loss of trade and make your sailors more confident. In the long run, this is a profitable investment."

Ramos was very excited and tangled for a while: "one or two?"

"Let Karen arrange the tail and drive to Bridgetown to hang the card. You can directly bring the sailors to the new world to pick up the ship, return to Southampton and replace them with elite sailors."

"But the construction of a destroyer alone is at least 25000..."

"It's your problem." Lorraine raised his glass and touched Ramos. "You added two Briggs and four scunas this year. In terms of cost, it's almost the same as a destroyer."

"I have to discuss with Eddie and then with Karen..." Ramos smacked his mouth. "By the way, how's the relationship between Carmen and Karen?"

"Probably better than acharin."

"A pair of old friends are born like enemies?"

Lorraine cried and laughed: "even if acharin and Karen are not enemies!"

"It's not this problem, it's not this problem." Ramos stamped his feet and looked irritable. "Damn it, do I need to prepare a gift for Karen!"

At the end of the old song, the new song opens again. Ramos, with a ferocious face, is dragged into the dance floor by his frightened wife. Karen, who returned Yao Mei, gets together with Carmen and Wang.

"What were the two presidents talking about just now?" asked Carmen.

"I mainly talked about two things." Lorraine organized language. "One of them is about why you and Karen can't establish friendship."

Carmen covered his mouth and smiled: "because I saved him money and bought his beloved shipyard. What about the other one?"

"On how to normalize trade between chapters, including northwest Europe, the Caribbean and Boston."

Karen's eyes lit up: "can Boston enter the Federation trading system now?"

"Just a few more procedures. It's equivalent to smuggling ships. It's not a big problem in the lawless new world."

Gossiping and chatting, Lorraine sincerely praised Karen and Carmen's dancing skills, and stared at Wang Ye.

"Wang Ye, you don't want to dance at all? Like Dylan's eldest daughter Monica?"

Wang also sighed and suddenly changed into Chinese.

"Boss, I'm homesick."

"Huh?"

"You probably don't know that foreigners have a family reunion at Christmas. We also have our own new year, which is also a reunion. Dancing lions set off firecrackers and make a lot of noise..."

"What do you want to do?" Lorraine unconsciously changed into Chinese and didn't look very good. "Want to resign? Want to leave the team? This time?"

Wang was stunned for a long time: "where do you want to go..."

"What do you mean?"

"In Boston, those villagers have their own community... They're going to have a new year's festival. It's at the end of January. I want to take a leave to have a look..."

Now it's Lorraine's turn to be stunned: "that's it?"

"Thousands of pounds a month... I'm crazy. Please resign now!"

That TM makes sense

Lorraine looked at Wang Ye silently, then looked at Karen and Carmen with a curious face, cleared his throat and changed into English.

"Karen, I wanted you to go to Boston in January. Now, I'm afraid I can't get away from the war with cotton Jack. If you go again, Katrina will lack rotation."

"I'm going to let Wang also go by Cyclops, take 60000 pounds with him, pay off part of the arrears of the shipyard, and use the rest for the construction of valkiri. You can also entrust Wang with what you want to explain these days."

The topic was so stiff that Karen reacted for a long time and asked, "Captain, have you decided?"

"This is the result of comprehensive consideration. When I free my hand, if you want to go to the shipyard, I can give you three months off."

"It's a deal?"

"You know I don't lie." after Karen was finished, Lorraine turned his head to Wang Ye. "What about you? Can you do it?"

Wang was naturally overjoyed.

"I will send the gold coins safely to the safe of the shipyard!" Wang also solemnly promised, "but... Captain, can I make another request?"

"What?"

"I want to recruit some Chinese sailors..."

"Are you serious?" Lorraine frowned. "Don't forget, most of them have no sailing experience and can't communicate with other sailors."

"I'm responsible for teaching them! Deck, sail, kitchen, shooting and simple shooting, and language!"

Lorraine's eyebrows still did not loosen: "I ask again, are you serious?"

Wang also sighed gently.

"Captain, there is a saying in the Jianghu that if you go out and rely on your friends to save people's lives, you are better than building a seven level floating slaughter."

"Those are two sentences."

"Er... Anyway, I can't watch the villagers live like this."

Seeing Wang's earnest and expectant expression, Lorraine bowed her head and thought for a long time.

"First, before the language passes the customs and is recognized by the foreman seafarers, they are all considered as interns, with an annual income of no more than ten pounds and no pension."

"Second, because they get on board from smuggling, they are only employed by road signs before the end of smuggling. No matter how outstanding their performance is, they are not allowed to sign long-term contracts. After the end of smuggling, they will be dealt with by the chamber of Commerce."

"Third, they can't know about us in any form. If they know, you will be responsible."

"Fourth, the number of people shall not exceed 30, the age shall not be greater than 25, there shall be no physical and intellectual disabilities, and there shall be no resentment against each other."

"Fifth, everyone should learn English at least and have two entry-level posts."

"Sixth, after admission, you can redeem their deed of sale at your own expense. If you have family members, they can also redeem them and help in the shipyard temporarily. As for the deed of sale, whether you keep it or send it is up to you."

"If you promise these seven..."

"I promise!"

"Since you promised..." Lorraine shrugged indifferently. "Karen and Katrina will check."

"Yes!"