Chapter 103: Panic

Thassarian was a slightly chubby middle-aged man, dressed in shiny leather shoes and an expensive suit, with neat black hair clinging to the back of his head, a pair of silver-rimmed glasses on the bridge of his nose, and a slight round face with a three-point smile before meeting people, a smile that Becker was very familiar with, he had seen on the faces of many merchants in his previous life, and it seemed to be very able to let people off their psychological defenses, and always had a sense of humility because of the identity of the person he was confronting.

As soon as he entered the room, he grabbed his gentleman's top hat in his hand, bowed slightly, and held out a hand to Aureliano to shake it.

It's just that Aureliano didn't mean to shake hands, and waved his hand and casually rejected the other party, which made Sassarian, who was holding one hand, a little embarrassed.

Becker, however, was not as unsophisticated as Aureliano, and when he saw this, he got up from his chair with a smile and shook Sassarian's hand lightly, so as not to let the other man freeze in the middle of the field.

The expression on Sassarian's face did not change at all because of Aureliano's impolite behavior, and after shaking Beker's hand, he withdrew his hand as if the embarrassing scene had not happened.

"Mr. Morgan is really young, when I was your age, I was still idle, but at your age you have become a naval officer, contributing to the maintenance of security in the East China Sea." Sassarian complimented politely.

Becker modestly said, "It's just a little ensign." ”

Aureliano coughed, interrupting the two old fritters' false politeness, and he told Sasarian again about the cooperation he had talked about with Becker.

Of course, Aureliano omitted the part about how to annex the Glitter Gold Chamber of Commerce, and only talked about the rest.

Aureliano's plan was to plunder merchant ships in the name of pirates, hand them over to Becker's navy, and then rely on the trade network of the Shining Gold Chamber of Commerce to digest the goods.

Because the navy has the tradition of raising part of its own military expenses, and has the right to intercept pirates' stolen goods and sell them, limited to special circumstances, the headquarters is negligent in managing the division, and the kingdom cannot control the navy, so this part of the goods does not need to be taxed, and the cost of money laundering is much smaller than that of other methods, and even the goods of Aureliano and the Flash Gold Chamber of Commerce can also rely on this way to avoid tax smuggling.

Of course, Aureliano's greed lies in the fact that he is not satisfied with his own smuggling and tax avoidance, and wants to rely on his own intelligence network to cooperate with the intelligence network of the Flash Gold Chamber of Commerce to provide intelligence for Becker's pirates, and then loot the goods and sell them.

This kind of plan naturally has no moral burden for people like Becker, and Sun Bo in his previous life may still be a little worried, but for Becker, who is now not doing a lot of head-killing business, it can't stir up any waves.

However, Becker did not agree with Aureliano's plan in his heart, which did not fit his established strategy. But he didn't show it on his face, and he was still drinking unhurriedly, making it impossible to guess his thoughts.

Thassarian frowned, lost in thought.

After Aureliano said his plan, he looked left and right, and with a smug look on his face, he almost applauded his ingenuity, but he waited for a long time, and neither Becker nor Sassarian made a sound of praise, and his face couldn't help but feel a little unhappy.

After a long time, Sassarian, who had been immersed in his thoughts, seemed to come back to his senses, he looked at the impassive Becker, and then looked at Aureliano, and then said with a humble and apologetic smile: "Lord Aureliano is worthy of being the future heir of the Buendía family, and he has such a vision and heart, although Mr. Morgan and Master Aureliano are young, but when it comes to talent and consciousness, they are far beyond those of a dull old man like me, but as I said, he is just a dull old manIt is already very difficult to maintain the original business, and the Flash Gold Chamber of Commerce is just a guild of small businessmen in some places who unite to seek self-protection, and they are really not capable or qualified to participate in such an ambitious plan as the two of them. ”

If it was Becker, he must have had a good plan, whether it was Sassarian's refusal or objection to the plan, he would be prepared.

But Aureliano was not Becker, and he didn't seem to have thought that Thassarian would reject his plan at all, and he was slightly stunned when he heard this roundabout refusal, and then his face became ugly.

Aureliano really didn't have any city capital, and his face turned cloudy and closed: "I don't know if the other members of the Flash Gold Chamber of Commerce also think like you, President Thassarian?" ”

"They're just some businessmen, not pirates, and I'm afraid they don't dare to participate in this plan." Thassarian bowed his head slightly, and said with a flattering smile.

"A bunch of untouchables in the countryside think they are nobles when they have some money?" Aureliano said in a strange way, "You nouveau riche are quite principled. ”

Still smiling, Thassarian bowed his head slightly, not responding, as if he hadn't heard.

Seeing this, Aureliano waved his hand in annoyance and scolded: "Since you don't want to participate, you can get out!" ”

When Sassarian heard this, he still bowed to Aureliano and Becker with dignity, and said: "Please rest assured, you are a businessman, and you have always been a businessman, and you have never divulged the business secrets of your partners, and I will not talk to anyone about today's affairs." ”

Aureliano said in disgust: "I'm not afraid of it, when the time comes, it's up to you to see who is unlucky." ”

Thassarian did not reply, but gave another salute, and then left the house, and after carefully closing the door, he hurried away from the banquet.

He was invited by Aureliano, so he didn't need to greet the host of the banquet, but he was excited about being invited, thinking that he had finally attracted the attention of high society, but now he only had trepidation in his heart, and a little regret.

After Thassarian left, Aureliano continued to scold: "These short-sighted nouveau riche, send the jadeites to them, they will probably throw them away as stones. ”

Becker secretly rolled his eyes, he guessed that Aureliano had forgotten that he had been thinking about annexing the Shining Gold Chamber of Commerce.

Aureliano was still a little angry and said: "Don't worry, with the two of us, there will be no fewer merchants who will flock to it, the Flash Gold Chamber of Commerce will not participate, and there are still other merchants who are willing to participate." ”

Becker shook his head with a smile, took a sip of wine, put down his glass and said, "Don't be 'two', I said I was going to participate?" ”

Aureliano was stunned, and then became furious: "What did you say? ”