At the smoky conference table, Carmen took off her gloves and gracefully lifted her coffee cup.

But she only left a crimson lip print on the rim of the coffee cup, and didn't touch the dark brown liquid at all.

"Bad as always, Mr. Haight." She put down her cup, "I thought that after the last reminder, even if you smash the pot and sell iron, you should prepare some high-quality products from New Granada, who ......knows?"

Haight snorted coldly, "All I know is coffee for refreshment, ma'am." ”

"Coffee is for a refreshing drink? This is probably the second funniest joke I've heard recently. ”

After a confrontation, the venue fell silent, and none of the three masters could get Carmen's words.

Carmen glared at Karen helplessly, and couldn't help but think that if Lorraine was the main attacker this time, she would be the wingman......

It's hard to find a good partner.

She sighed, hiding her embarrassment and catching her words: "You know what? Mr. Haight. Last night Karen told me that the shipyard was actually used for shipbuilding. ”

Before the words fell, Haiter slapped on the table, his whole face already flushed: "Watch your wording, ma'am!" ”

"Should I pay attention to the wording?" Carmen narrowed her eyes, showing no intention of backing down, "I'm buying a shipyard that claims to be top-notch, high-quality, but she's been shrinking her business for three years in a row, and this year, she can't even afford to pay the shipwright's wages." Even the top shipyards are like this, isn't it ridiculous to say what Clen said? ”

"That's ...... That's a necessary adjustment to the core business......"

"What about the core business? Your so-called core business won't be the road sign that can't be sold, right? ”

"Navy...... Navy ......"

Boom!

A similar voice, but this time it was Carmen who slapped a stack of papers on the conference table and rudely interrupted Haight.

"Anyway, to cut a long story short, our time is precious...... Probably. ”

"The Kenway merchant group is ready to acquire your shipyard, including this office building with little beauty, two small and old sixth-class docks, one fourth-class dock that is not up or down, a first-class dock that has been abandoned for many days, and three water warehouses, five land warehouses and your shipyard's land, docks, inventory, ships, designs, and debts, for a price of 25,000 pounds."

"How much?"

Although he had been prepared to hear the extremely low offer, the moment Carmen quoted the price, Haidt thought he was hallucinating.

This is the second round of offers!

In order not to have a ridiculous conversation at the first offer, in the first four negotiations, he said almost everything that his shipyard could and could not say.

Of course, this is not because he wants to sell his shipyard, but because this woman is so hateful, and keeps and on devaing Haight's precious self-esteem and pride, making him feel that he must justify his shipyard!

But the result?

A sincere and frank confession, but the exchange is only 5,000 pounds!

Compared to the first ridiculous offer, Carmen only added five thousand pounds!

This woman! She! Be! It's true! Want! Buy it! Shipyard! Is it?!

Haight's hands trembled with anger, and his fragile heart twitched with anger.

He completely forgot that he only had to refuse, and just wanted to find out why, after knowing everything, the shipyard that he regarded as a treasure was still so worthless in the eyes of this woman!

Yes! Worthless!

"Woman! Do you know how much it costs to build a Grade 1 dock? ”

"I don't know, I don't care."

"Do you know how much it costs to build a road marker?"

"I don't know, I don't care."

"Then you know how far in advance you need to book the materials for warships? Do you know how many oak trees the new ship lying in dock No. 1 represents? Do you know how much the materials that are sealed in the warehouse are enough to build a ship? ”

"I know that." Carmen flipped through the materials in front of her, "I have consulted your files, and I have also verified with Clen, the new ship consumed 1,500 mature North American oaks, cut down a forest farm in the Great Lakes, began to select and process materials two years in advance, and all passed rigorous testing and acceptance, with a total value of ...... 47,200 pounds. ”

"Now that you know, why do you dare to quote the price of 25,000 pounds!"

"That's what I'm trying to say." Carmen closed the documents in a moment's time, "The order for the ship timber has been completed, but your settlement with the forest farm has only been completed in a small part. This is also the largest amount of your debt, £33,700, and the final settlement deadline is April 7, 1780, that is, six months later. ”

"After buying the shipyard, we will inherit your debts, as I have already stated in my offer. Opening the skylight, Mr. Kenway gave me a ceiling of sixty thousand pounds, and after removing seven debts totalling £34,862 and 14 shillings and six pence, £25,000 is the highest price I can offer you, and what has been erased is only an insignificant fraction. ”

"But the Morgan shipyard is offering £80,000!"

"Then why did you break that contract?" Carmen laughed disdainfully.

"Because...... Because ......"

"Because you're not reconciled."

Mockery, ridicule, contempt, and coldness vanished in an instant. Europe's top courtesans have the ability to make every man see the dream in his heart at any time, not necessarily lust, but a mother, a daughter, or even a goddess.

Carmen is now Haight's harbor.

The calm harbor, the slight waves, the ups and downs of the water waves are like the cradle of childhood, and the sound of the waves is like the singing of a mother.

Gentle, watery.

"You're not reconciled." She said softly, "We only judge from the most mercenary money, Morgan is unwilling to inherit your debts, and the so-called 80,000 pounds will be paid separately in three years and six installments, which is clearly written in the draft contract you asked me to see." ”

"They're shrewd. With instalments, you are likely to fall ahead of the settlement period, and you may be judged for a huge amount of money owed, and you may lose your reputation and freedom. This will allow them to refuse to pay you the rest of the money under the protection of the law. ”

"Even if you barely survive the crisis, 80,000 pounds is only a third more than our offer, and it is not a qualitative difference, in other words, our offer is not much different."

"And more importantly, your persistence and dreams."

"You and your team want to change the biological chain of the ocean, and want to build a new type of ship for the weak United States to squeeze into the power, so you took on the naval revitalization plan, even if you know that it is just a political means, you still spend your money to build the only first-class shipyard in the United States, and create that amazing and shocking road mark."

"It's your dream, it's your design team's dream, Mr. Humphries' dream."

"But Morgan Dockyard is not your fellow travelers. I have investigated him, and his business is mainly focused on high-speed merchant ships and small and medium-sized armed merchant ships, and his business has been stable and prosperous over the years, but he has never had the will to transform. ”

"He bought you just to better integrate the shipbuilding industry in Back Bay, and perhaps he also wants to use your first-class shipyard to support the façade, such as waiting for the end of the war, to win one or two maintenance orders from Britain, France or Spain, and expand his contacts and connections around the world."

"But he doesn't need your team, and he doesn't need your dreams and persistence. What is of great value to you is only a pure cost to him, a cost to be avoided. ”

At this point, Carmen paused, and her slender waist straightened like a cobra locked onto its target.

Sincerity almost overflowed from her words.

"Mr. Haight, do you know? The twists and turns and changes of the past six months have covered your wise sight, so that you can't see your surroundings clearly, and you can't distinguish friend from foe. ”

"I ...... Do you still have friends? ”

"I don't know if there was before, but now there is. Do you know why Mr. Kenway had to buy your shipyard? ”

"Profit-seeking? Venture? ”

"Profit-seeking, speculation......" Carmen curled the corners of her mouth, "do you believe it?" ”

Haight's face turned red again, this time not with anger, but with shame.

Carmen's murmur rang out at the right time: "You're an idealist, and so is he." He had a similar dream to you, he said that shipbuilders and sailors are inherently one, what do you think? ”

Haidt's eyes lit up: "Mr. Kenway, does he believe that the new ship can succeed?" He wants to pilot a new type of ship? ”

"He wants to fly a new type of ship." Carmen affirmed in almost identical terms, "He solemnly entrusts me that he is willing to make great concessions if you are willing to sell the shipyard." ”

"First, the name of Haite Shipyard is retained and will not change because of the change of shareholders."

"Second, if you wish, you can keep 10% of the shares for six thousand pounds; You can continue to serve as the general manager and run the shipyard within the scope of your authority; You can keep your design team, and the trade group is willing to offer a long-term contract with a good salary, signed for a minimum of 10 years, and you can stay for free. ”

"Third, Mr. Kenway is willing to fund the continued construction of new ships, which is still led by you and your team, of course, because our needs are different from those of the Navy, and the drawings need to be slightly revised."

"This is our sincerity, our desire. We sincerely want to see your success, and we sincerely want to show those stupid politicians what exactly their arrogance has caused them to miss! What is lost again! ”

Haight listened dumbly, while Humphreys muttered blankly, "Let those stupid politicians see what their arrogance has caused them to miss?" ”

The two looked at each other, and their already withered hearts suddenly ignited a majestic flame in their hearts!

They said in unison, "Of course you missed a great piece!" An epoch-making work! ”

Carmen smiled.

She stood up, and the little devil's whisper resounded through the conference room again, gently, softly, like light smoke, so tired that it made people's hairs stand on end.

"Such a generous contract is a gift from God, what exactly are you waiting for, Mr. General Manager? Is it the deed and seal? Where are they? ”

"...... safe in the office" The excited Haight subconsciously took Carmen as his assistant manager, and casually ordered, "You know where the safe is, and every designer's habits are similar." By the way, the password is 7647, the day the first oak tree in the Werneder Forest Farm was felled. ”

"Okay, I'll get it for you."

Carmen smiled and stood up, and flew out with elf-like steps.

Karen looked at her back in fear like a kraken, and suddenly realized: "I'm sorry, she's a layman, I have to tell her about the habits of designers, Mr. General Manager!" ”

"Go, go, go!" Haight excitedly raised his glass and clinked glasses with Humphreys with coffee instead of wine, "Don't delay the great moment, sir, we'll wait here." ”

Clen panicked after Carmen, and in the desolate aisle where no one was, he grabbed Carmen's sleeve.

"Hell, Carmen! The captain said that the reserve price for the purchase of this shipyard is 40,000 yuan, and it does not include debt! ”

"But he clearly intends to inherit the debt."

"That's because this shipyard is worth the price!"

Seeing Clen's excited appearance, Carmen frowned and twitched her hand lightly.

She straightened her cuffs and said slowly, "Calm down, Clen." Don't forget that the shipyard and the ship are toys for you and the captain, but everyone has to pay for the acquisition. ”

"Of course, we support the captain's dream of a new toy, even if it costs a lot and it may not pay off for a few years. Because that's what he deserves, that's how he supports our dreams. ”

"But business is business, don't let boring identification sway your rationality."

"Rational! The business was a double profit, with 19,000 pounds in cash and 35,000 pounds in debt for half a year, we bought 90% of a stake in a state-of-the-art shipyard worth around 150,000 pounds, and Haidt was given the opportunity to live his dreams, prove himself, and the title he couldn't give up. ”

"No one has suffered because of this, and no one will be hurt even if they calm down, why do you think I deceived him?"

"Ideals are priceless, only expensive, people will know how to cherish and do their best, Haidt was lacking this before, and now it is complete."

"Remember, God sent us here to save Him."

Carmen spun around briskly and smiled.

"Now, Mr. Future General Manager, please tell me what the hell designer habits are?"

"Your faith is probably tainted by paganism...... "Clen muttered quietly with a dark face, and as if she had figured out something, she stomped her foot to herself, "the only design wall chart in the office, usually sealed in glass, with his own signature on it!" The safe is right behind that flip chart! ”

Carmen lifted the hem of her skirt in thanks, and when she turned around, her face showed an expression of envy.

"Hey, the men who don't grow up ......"