At 10 a.m. on December 27, 1779, the executives gathered in Lucy for the 1779 Drake Chamber of Commerce Settlement and Budget Meeting in the ballroom of Lucy Manor.

Participants include:

Representatives of the Chamber of Commerce, President Lorraine, Vice President Pierce, Chief Accountant Carmen who doesn't know what to account, and Chief Inspector Clen who doesn't know what to do;

The representative of the Northwest of Europe, President Ramos, Vice President Eddie, the old and strong offshore Admiral Merlin, and the Overseas Admiral Oren, who was trained by Merlin, performed exceptionally well after Lorraine went to the United States, and was entrusted with important responsibilities by Ramos. Spencer;

Caribbean representatives, President Chuck, Vice President Leonard, Ocean Admiral Korterence and Offshore Admiral Olves.

In addition to the twelve chamber executives, the chamber's equity beneficiaries were also eligible to attend and observe, namely the six remaining seafarers from Lorraine.

They sat behind Lorraine, each dressed in newly ordered national formal clothes, and the various appearances raised the style of the meeting to the boss for no reason.

It was a convention that Lorraine had wanted to convene for a long time, and it could be traced back to the first time Lorraine had heard that Chuck had borrowed £20,000 from Ramos after Operation Halloween.

At that time, he had already begun to have a faint sense of incongruity in his heart, and when he figured it out later, he finally discovered the source of this incongruity, that is, Chuck was too independent, and Ramos was too indifferent to himself.

The structure of the Drake Chamber of Commerce was built by Lorraine with reference to the multinational trading companies of later generations, and the whole is loose and flexible, and it is by no means more than a development model.

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

Once the various departments form a vicious circle of unequal treatment, the result is that the dominant division continues to suck blood, and the rest of the division shrinks day by day.

Lorraine wanted to break this cycle before it became a fixed one, and to define a uniform and applicable positioning style for the Northwest Europe, the Caribbean, and even the Boston shipyards, which were not yet available to the public.

That's what he's for.

Time flies.

Not so far back last year, the Drake Chamber of Commerce passed the declaration in Plymouth in April, and was officially listed in Elgin in May, and then moved its headquarters to Southampton in order to fight the Cantabrian blockade, and quickly adjusted to the current Lucy in order to adapt to Lorraine's visit to the United States......

What sounds like a tumultuous history of the General Assembly is actually only 20 months.

The history of the branches is shorter than that of the General Meeting.

The Northwest Europe branch really formed its current management structure in October last year, only 14 months ago;

The Caribbean Chapter was established in March this year, and it is only 9 months now;

Needless to say, Lorraine bought the shipyard in Boston, and now it's only its second month, and Clen's novelty hasn't even run out.

Such a chamber of commerce can have the current scale, to put it bluntly, the four big words of chance, the privateer license has played an important role in it, and Lorraine almost single-handedly snatched the entire chamber of commerce's operating fleet.

And now, it's a crucial battle to pave the way for Drake's future.

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

"The first topic is settled, please Euro Northwest Ramos. President Pidick made a statement. ”

There is no front, no fancy, this young chamber of commerce has its own accustomed rhythm, and until today it has not been infected with the heavy habits of large chambers of commerce.

Ramos reached out and spread out the report.

"Chairman, shareholders, beneficiaries of the shares and managers of the brotherhood. The Drake Chamber of Commerce was founded in April 1778, the same age as the General Assembly, and since there was no public settlement last year, the settlement today is the summary of the previous 20 months. ”

“…… As of December 16, the club has an offshore fleet, including 3 Brigentine and 12 Skuna; One ocean-going fleet, including 3 Brigg ships and 2 Brigentine ships. ”

“…… The Chamber operates in the countries surrounding the Cantabrian, North Sea and Baltic Seas, with storage warehouses at 17 terminals and trading offices at 57 ports......"

“…… To sum up, in 20 months, the northwest of Europe achieved a total of more than 160,000 trade volume, a total of 93,642 pounds of various profits, excluding the purchase of ships, administration, affairs, labor, rent, local profit sharing and other expenses, the balance of 51,312 pounds, in the account of 41,312 pounds, lending 10,000 pounds, the summary report is as above. ”

Ramos took his seat after saluting Lorraine, and Carmen looked up after a few excerpts from the copied report.

Next up was Chuck of the Caribbean Chapter. President Parker. ”

Chuck took a deep breath and breathed up.

"Chairman, shareholders, beneficiaries of the shares and managers of the brotherhood. The Caribbean branch of the Drake Chamber of Commerce was established in March 1779 with an initial capital of £15,000 and an additional £10,000 for a total of £25,000. ”

"In addition, the club has borrowed £20,000 from the North West European Branch, with no interest and no indefinite term, 50% of which has now been repaid, and the remainder is expected to be repaid by September next year."

“…… As of December 23, the club has an ocean-going fleet, including one Galon 4, 1 Brig, and 2 Brig. One offshore fleet, including one in Brigentin and five in Skuna. ”

“…… The Chamber has signed trade licenses with all colonial governments in the Pan-Caribbean region, has storage warehouses at 24 terminals and has trading offices at 69 ports......"

“…… To sum up, in September, the Caribbean achieved a total trade volume of more than 73,000 pounds, excluding the purchase of ships, administration, affairs, labor, rent, debt and other expenses, the balance of negative 5,338 pounds, in the account of 4,662 pounds, debt balance of 10,000 pounds, the summary report is as above. ”

Both divisions have completed their settlement reports cleanly, and the style difference is extremely obvious.

In addition to opening ocean routes, Ramos did not invest much energy in rolling out the market during the year, and even the new situation in the Baltic Sea was single-handedly run out by Eddie in order to rebuild trust, and from the perspective of the process, it has little to do with Ramos.

Chuck is another side of the spectrum.

In just a few months, all the trade routes were opened, and in addition to forcibly opening ocean trade, the number of warehouses and trading places in the northwest of Europe exceeded that of northwestern Europe.

The trade-off is that it is settled into a deficit.

Chuck has already stated that the money owed to Northwest Europe will be returned in September next year, but he is afraid that even he cannot say when the 25,000 pounds he withdrew from the General Chamber of Commerce will be repaid.

As Lorraine pondered, Carmen finished her record, softly emcee.

"The first item is over, and now it's close to the second item, the budget. Since the Caribbean Chapter has been approved by the Board of Directors not to proceed with this year's budget, the only budget report for the Caribbean Chapter is to report on the budget of the European Northwest. President Pidick. ”

Ramos stood up a second time and glanced at Lorraine.

Lorraine knew that the main drama was coming, so she couldn't help but hold her breath and wait.

"Ladies and gentlemen, the Northwest Europe Branch is planning to order two high-speed Class 5 Gallon ships, one in January and one in June next year, with a total price of £52,000."

"Considering the value of the destroyer to the ocean-going trade, after the argument of the board of directors of the Northwest of Europe, it is hereby applied not to implement this round of dividends, and the balance of the due amount will be used for the purchase of the ship. Hope the Board of Directors approves it! ”