At 10 a.m. on December 27, 1779, with their own thoughts, various executives gathered in Luxi and held the 1779 Drake chamber of Commerce settlement and budget Federation in the banquet hall of Luxi manor.


    Participants include:


    Representative of the General Chamber of Commerce, President Lorraine, Vice President Pierce, chief accountant Carmen who doesn''t know what to do and chief dispatcher Karen who doesn''t know what to do;


    Representative of northwest Europe, President Ramos, vice president Eddie, the old offshore governor Merlin, and the ocean governor Oren Spencer, who was entrusted with an important task by Ramos after Lorraine went to the United States;


    Caribbean representatives, President chuck, vice president Leonard, ocean governor Corleone and offshore governor Alves.


    In addition to the 12 senior executives of the chamber of Commerce, the equity beneficiaries of the General Chamber of Commerce, that is, the remaining six seafarers in Lorraine, are eligible to attend and attend the meeting.


    They all sat behind Lorraine, one by one wearing new custom-made national formal clothes. With all kinds of looks, they promoted the style of the meeting for no reason.


    This is a conference that Lorraine had long wanted to convene. It can be traced back to the first time Lorraine heard that chuck borrowed 20000 pounds from Ramos after Halloween.


    At that time, he had begun to have a faint sense of disharmony in his heart. When he later figured out, he finally found the source of this sense of disharmony, that is, Chuck was too independent, and Ramos was too reluctant to treat himself as an outsider.


    The framework of Drake chamber of commerce is built by Lorraine with reference to later multinational trading companies. It is loose and flexible as a whole, and is not limited to a development model.


    However, this does not mean that there can be different positioning between segments.


    Loose is not loose. Once each department forms a vicious circle of uneven treatment, the result is that the advantageous divisions continue to suck blood, and the other divisions are shrinking day by day.


    Lorin wants to break this cycle before it forms a fixed form, and determine a unified and applicable positioning style to act on northwest Europe, the Caribbean, and even the Boston shipyard, which can not be made public for the time being.


    That''s his purpose.


    Time flies.


    Last year, Drake chamber of Commerce declared in Plymouth in April and officially listed in Elgin in May. Then, in order to fight the Cantabrian blockade, its headquarters was transferred to Southampton, and in order to adapt to Lorraine''s visit to the United States, it was quickly adjusted to the current Lusi


    The history of the association, which sounds rather turbulent, has only experienced a mere 20 months.


    The history of each division is shorter than that of the general assembly.


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


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


    Boston shipyard needless to say, Lorraine bought it in November. Now it''s only the second month, and Karen hasn''t even lost her freshness.


    Such a chamber of commerce can have its current scale. To put it bluntly, there are four big words of chance and coincidence. The private plunder certificate has played an important role in it. Lorraine almost robbed the operation fleet of the whole chamber of Commerce on her own.


    Now, it is a key battle to pave the way for Drake''s future.


    Seeing that all the personnel were in place, Carmen coughed gently.


    "On the first topic, I give the floor to President Ramos pidik of northwest Europe."


    There is no front or fancy at all. This young chamber of Commerce has its own habitual rhythm and has not caught up with the heavy and bad habits of large chambers of commerce until today.


    Ramos reached out and spread out the report.


    "Chairman of the board, shareholders, beneficiaries of shares and managers of brother branch. The European Northwest Branch of Drake chamber of Commerce was established in April 1778, the same age as the general association. Since there was no public settlement last year, today''s settlement is the summary of the first 20 months."


    "... as of December 16, the branch has an offshore fleet, including 3 brigantines and 12 skuna types; an ocean fleet, including 3 brigantines and 2 brigantines."


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


    "... to sum up, in October, northwest Europe achieved a total trade volume of more than 160000, with a total profit of 93642 pounds. Excluding the expenses of ship purchase, administration, affairs, labor, rent and local profit sharing, the balance was 51312 pounds, 41312 pounds in the account and 10000 pounds Lent. The summary report is as follows."


    Ramos took his seat after paying tribute to Lorraine. Carmen wrote a few words on the transcribed report and looked up.


    "Next is chuck Parker, President of the Caribbean chapter."


    Chuck took a deep breath and got up.


    "Chairman, shareholders, beneficiaries of shares and manager of brother branch. The Caribbean branch of Drake chamber of Commerce was established in March 1779 with a start-up capital of 15000 pounds and an additional 10000 pounds, a total of 25000 pounds."


    "In addition, the branch has borrowed 20000 pounds from the European Northwest Branch, interest free and indefinite. It has been repaid 50%, and the remaining amount is expected to be paid off before September next year."


    "... as of December 23, the branch has an ocean going fleet, including one class 4 Galen, one class 5, and two Briggs; and an offshore fleet, including one brigantine and five skunas."


    "... the chamber of Commerce has signed trade licenses with all colonial governments in the pan Caribbean region, has storage warehouses at 24 terminals and trade offices at 69 ports..."


    "... to sum up, in September, the Caribbean achieved a total trade volume of more than 73000. Excluding expenses such as ship purchase, administration, affairs, labor, rent and debt, the balance was negative 5338 pounds, 4662 pounds in the account and 10000 pounds in the debt balance. The summary report is as follows."


    The two divisions have completed the settlement report in a crisp manner, and the style difference is extremely obvious.


    In addition to opening ocean routes, Ramos did not devote much energy to spreading the market in this year. Even the new situation in the Baltic Sea was run out by Eddie alone in order to rebuild trust. From the process, it has nothing to do with Ramos.


    Chuck is another sharp end.


    In just a few months, all trade routes were opened, and the number of warehouses and trade offices exceeded that of northwest Europe.


    The price is that the settlement is a deficit.


    Chuck has stated that the money owed to northwest Europe will be returned in September next year, but he doesn''t know when to repay the 25000 pounds he withdrew from the General Chamber of Commerce.


    While Lorraine was thinking, Carmen finished her record and whispered the master of ceremonies.


    "The first topic is over, and now we are close to the second topic, budget. Since the Caribbean chapter has been approved by the board of directors not to carry out this year''s budget, the budget report is only from northwest Europe, President Ramos pidik."


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


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


    "On behalf of the board of directors, the European Northwest branch is planning to order two high-speed class 5 Galen ships, one in January and one in June next year, with a total price of 52000 pounds."


    "Considering the value of destroyers to ocean trade, the board of directors of northwest Europe has demonstrated that it is hereby applied not to implement this round of dividends, and the balance should be included in the administrative expenses for the purchase of ships. I hope the board of directors will approve it!"