Mercury manor.


    This manor named after the ancient Roman god of commerce is located on the picturesque Bank of the East River, including villas, horse farms, horticulture, squares, small lakes and special docks, covering a total area of about 50 acres (200000 square meters).


    This is the headquarters of the American Chapter of Drake chamber of Commerce.


    The headquarters of the American branch is known as Drake''s most luxurious headquarters. It does not mean how luxurious the decoration of the villa is, but that its real estate value was as high as 100000 pounds when it changed hands in 1784. In the past two years, with the development of New York, it continued to increase in value. Although it did not flow into the trading market again, the valuation had already been close to 300000 pounds.


    The 300000 pound chamber of Commerce headquarters has no docks, warehouses, exhibition halls and exchanges. Even chuck Parker and his family don''t live in it.


    This manor is a real [administrative building], where people go to and from work, receive guests and hold meetings, just like an expensive joke.


    Lorraine is here for the first time.


    Sitting in the carriage, he hooked the curtains and looked at the red building in the distance: "chuck, you are the host. How are you going to arrange our accommodation these days?"


    "There is a row of vacation houses by the small lake of the manor. They were originally used to entertain guests. They were taken care of uniformly some time ago. Little pierce and his two girlfriends have moved in first, and the remaining single houses are enough to accommodate all the rest."


    Chuck obviously had plans.


    "I want to come. Although the house there is a little small, you should prefer everyone to live together than Patchwork and living under a fence."


    "Do I look afraid of loneliness?" Lorraine raised her eyebrows. "You don''t live in the manor yourself, but you will use it to entertain guests?"


    "It''s two different things." Chuck straightened up. "I want to establish an environment with a pure working atmosphere, so that employees can enter the state as soon as they step into the door and know what to do and what not to do. Administration, negotiation, banquet and entertainment are all work, not self living."


    He blandly expressed the profession that let Lorraine Khan speak. When he finished, he thought about it and added.


    "However, your stay with other directors'' families is quite different from what I said. You are the idols of employees. Working around idols will only stimulate their desire for performance and will not destroy the working atmosphere of the manor."


    "Really?" Lorraine looked at him deeply. "I thank you..."


    "No thanks."


    It''s so easy to talk these days.


    Lorraine found that as he grew older, chuck became more and more workaholic, and seemed to fall in love with flattery.


    His flattering Kung Fu tends to change the world. He doesn''t know where to learn. He often makes people feel comfortable first, and then he knows it later.


    This is the embodiment of greasiness.


    In those years, Chuck was lack of slickness and was full of talent. Now he is still outstanding, but since he thinks more, he will certainly give less consideration to business.


    Lorraine frowned. "Chuck, are you worried about pierce?"


    Chuck''s look tightened and relaxed without trace: "the chairman is worried too much..."


    "Pierce has grown up." Lorraine said to himself there regardless of his answer. "He is a vice president of the General Chamber of Commerce and is liked by me. Before, he was young and unreliable, but his growth impressed everyone during the two-year expedition."


    "The importance of the American branch is becoming more and more obvious. With the rapid growth of trade volume, the increasingly calm sea and air routes, and more importantly, the revolving door plan in the near future, the American branch will be upgraded as the spokesman of the chamber of Commerce to the behind the scenes person in control of the United States."


    "I have countless reasons to put more trusted people in your position, and at this time, pierce decided to come to New York to get married..."


    Chuck''s forehead was full of cold sweat: "Chairman..."


    "Chuck Parker, if you continue to indulge in these things you are not good at, you will soon be replaced. There are far more young talents in the chamber of Commerce than you think. Even if it''s not pierce, I can easily find the right person."


    "So focus on your career." Lorraine patted him on the shoulder. "Are those old things in the conference room?"


    "Yes..."


    ……


    Appease... Maybe appease


    Calmed chuck''s restless heart, Lorraine walked alone into the first conference room of the headquarters on the top of the third floor.


    There are rows of windows facing the picturesque East River, but the room is dark, all the curtains are closed, dark and smoke, so that people can''t see anything.


    Lorraine sadly swept away the smoke from the tip of his nose: "Damn it, is someone hibernating in my branch?"


    Old dukov smiled angrily in the dark: "little guy, these are all your uncles. Did Drake teach you such etiquette for 200 years?"


    "Etiquette is for people to see." Lorraine''s eyes adapted a little, and finally saw eleven fierce beasts lying in the dark. "In the dark, Drake is a pirate."


    "You are also a pirate in the open, your Highness the white flag pirate king!" another voice came from the peramin family in Spain.


    Lorraine sneered, pulled away the only chair left in the round table and sat down with a golden knife: "old peramin, my white flag was woven by our twelve families. I don''t need you to remind me. I know it."


    "Really?" the third voice, the prenditt chamber of Commerce in the Netherlands, "President Drake, you missed the last Association Council. It was an important meeting. We need your reasons."


    "The reason is that I''m busy." Lorraine sneered in the dark. "It''s important to control the American economy and operate new markets. I was busy receiving distinguished friends from Asia at the last meeting. Mr. prenditt, you should know Drake''s expectations for Asia?"


    Old dukov clearly knew what happened in Miami during this period, and immediately responded: "Asia, is it the Qing gentleman who wants to marry your cook?"


    "The gentleman''s name is Shi Chaosheng. He is famous in zhaoluo road of the Qing Dynasty and has many friends." Lorraine disclosed part of Shi Chaosheng''s identity without concealment. "The center of zhaoluo road is Guangzhou government. Establishing contact with him will open the door to the wealth of the Qing Dynasty. In the long run, his interests are no less than our cause in the United States."


    The voice fell to the ground, and a fire suddenly lit up in the dark.


    Old dukov lit the candle in front of him and folded the old fire to his clockwise neighbor.


    The candles were lit one by one. Lorraine was the seventh, just opposite old dukov. After he lit them, he immediately passed them to the eighth around him.


    Soon, a total of twelve candles were lit in a short silence. The flickering candles reflected twelve faces and marked the round table like a scale.


    The round table was covered with a pure black tablecloth, with a huge pale skeleton printed in the middle of the tablecloth. At first glance, it was nine points similar to the pirate flag.


    Old dukov looked around the round table and coughed softly.


    "All the candles are on, which means that everyone has accepted Drake''s excuse, including himself."


    "In that case, there will be no differences between us. I request to start the 22nd lighting Council and vote!"


    "Agree!" "agree!" "agree!"... "Agree!"