As a newcomer who has been in the limelight in the past two years, the Drake Merchant Group's trading office in Elgin is located at 4 Yimel Street.

It is the fork of Fanhua Street, and it is only 100 meters away from the small theater where the auction is held. Standing outside the door of the small theater, you can see the huge signboard made of teak at a glance, pointing to the red bricks and black tiles of the small building, full of style.

The small building has three floors.

On the first floor is the trading floor, where the glass case exhibits are displayed according to the inventory, and the swords and furs of Northern Europe and the cocoa and tobacco of the New World are on display.

The general rule of the trade house is that small purchases and sales are cleared on the spot, and large purchases or reservations go to the back meeting room to further agree on the details of the transaction.

The same goes for Drake Trading.

On the second floor is the seafarers' quarters

On the second floor, there are two suites, Henna on the left, Noah on the right, and on the third floor, Lorraine's office and bedroom.

Pierce and Clen don't live in the building.

At the back of the building, there is a warehouse of the merchant group and an independent subordinate building, and the two boys live in the subordinate building.

The building has a large courtyard, which is convenient for Pierce to practice martial arts and physical fitness, as well as for Clen's occasional large-scale handiwork and daily design drawing.

Such an environment can not be called relaxed.

Speaking from the heart, Lorraine has indeed made a lot of money in the past two years. However, the business group is far from being rich enough to separate public and private, and staying on the exchange is also based on the principle of saving if you can.

After all, the business group is grass-created, and everyone's rotation is not too much.

Pierce strode into the exchange, his little child with no virginity on his face, frowning like a teenager with emotional problems for the first time.

The young clerk ran up with a smile: "Vice President......"

"Zhenna, where is my brother?"

"Mr. Drake? He was meeting the guests in the reception room......"

"Meeting room...... I'm going to find him! ”

Ignoring the embarrassment on Miss Zhenna's face, Pierce hurriedly pushed the door in, and as soon as he entered, he shouted, "Brother......"

The four people who were talking looked up together, three were surprised, and one was dissatisfied.

Naturally, it was Lorraine who was dissatisfied.

Lorraine, who is eighteen years old, is taller than two years ago, basically as tall as Crenzi, and the height has slowed down in the past two years, and the well-proportioned muscles have finally begun to show a little shape, looking a little burly, at least it will not give people the feeling of emaciation anymore.

It also makes him extra dignified when he is dissatisfied.

"Pierce. Artis ......"

Pierce chuckled inwardly and screamed badly.

"What are the requirements for gentlemen in England?"

"Always calm, always calm, always confident, sir!"

"Look at yourself......" Lorraine said as she looked at him with a calm face, word by word, "go and tidy up, this will be important." ”

"Huh? Be! ”

Little Pierce ran away as fast as he could, bathed himself, and changed into a full gown, including a shirt, waistcoat, bow tie, trousers, leather shoes, and a tuxedo.

Because he was not even a teenager, his shirt and lace had to be smoothed out by one at the cuffs, so as not to look frivolous.

If it's frivolous, wouldn't it be nice to get rid of the lace?

He thought in his heart, his face was not resentful, and after he was dressed up, he returned to the living room and called softly: "Sir, I'm ready." ”

"Enter."

Pierce gently pushed the door open, and sat down straight over the small stool behind Lorraine.

There were four people in the house besides him.

Not only Lorraine, who was beginning to take on great power, but also Ramos, the agent of Mr. Pidick in Port Elgin, and Eddie, the agent of Sir Stavanger Garman.

The only lady in the house, Pierce, had never seen before, with black hair, dark hair, deep eye sockets, and what appeared to be a Castilian, that is, Spanish, of some Moorish ancestry.

She was very young, probably in her twenties, wearing a bright red dress, revealing a large area of snowy skin on her chest and arms, beautiful and sexy, generous and moving.

Lorraine tapped lightly on the back of the couch: "Miss Xavier meets Pierce for the first time, and I will introduce you to you." ”

"Pierce. Artis, a shareholder and vice president of the Drake Merchant Group, my seafarer intern, and the owner of the Artis Beauty. ”

"Carmen. Xavier, the agent of Viscount Alfonso and our partner in Bermeo. She is very capable, and within eight months of joining the company, the profits of the Bermeo line have risen by 30%. ”

Pierce hurriedly got up and saluted Carmen, for some reason, he always felt that the name seemed to have been heard somewhere......

Two years was too long ago, so long that Pierce couldn't remember that country cousin at all.

Two years ago, Carmen moved into the Viscount's estate in the footsteps of love.

She was intent on fame and insisted on premarital holiness, while the Viscountess wanted only her belly, explicitly, implicitly, and forced her to become the Viscount's mistress.

Physically and mentally exhausted, she chooses to have a showdown with the Viscount. As a result, the viscount only wanted to hug left and right, and sneered at Carmen's prospects.

The two sides had a conflict, and the road of love came to an end.

After all, this long and fruitless love lasted five years.

Either because of guilt, or because the long time together had built trust between her and the viscount.

In short, she became an employee of Lorraine as an agent of the Viscount, and from eight months ago she officially took over all the business of the Merchant Group in Spain, and showed an unparalleled talent for business and communication.

Carmen. Xavier has now become the most delicate flower admired by everyone in Bilbao's upper circles, but they can't ask for it.

Pierce didn't remember her, and Lorraine didn't bother to mention that hurtful past, just continued.

"Pierce is a shareholder of the business group, originally out of the sea, I didn't expect him to come back, now that he has caught up, I suggest that he also participate in this discussion."

His inquiring gaze swept over the three partners, all of whom generously agreed.

Pierce sensed the formality of this meeting and said crampedly, "Brother, I can't help much...... I don't even understand ......."

"Just listen." Lorraine gently reassured him, "This is also part of the internship, don't forget that you are not only a seaman, but also a businessman." ”

Pierce nodded heavily.

Straightening out Pierce's eligibility to attend, Lorraine crossed her fingers.

"Here's a quick pick from what we've talked about earlier and let Pierce know what he's talking about." He said, "After two years and one month of development, the Drake Merchant Group now has assets of 11,800 pounds, three trading houses, and four Kirk-class ships, namely the Artis Beauty, the Beverly Merchant, the Cavill Drunkard, and the Northrend Knight. ”

"In the past year, the average monthly trade of the merchant group was 2,900 pounds, the profit was 1,600 pounds, and the profit of the merchant group was 1,120 pounds."

"And because of Miss Xavier's outstanding performance, we have greatly improved the variety and quality of our products, and we have established trade contacts with several legitimate chambers of commerce."

"In addition to that, six months ago Mr Pidick ran for the Mali County Councillor and we offered him a £2,000 political contribution and it was well rewarded because he succeeded."

Speaking of which, Lorraine took a deep breath.

"Half a month ago, I went to London and got all the requirements to register a formal chamber of commerce in England."

"1. Submit a formal written application to the trade association; 2. A deposit of 1,000 pounds; 3. Recommendations from no less than three gentlemen; 4. Recommended by three chambers of commerce that have trading rights in England. ”

"I have applied to write it, we have the money, I have already received the recommendation of the Chamber of Commerce, and as for the gentleman's recommendation, Mr. Pidick has obtained two letters for us from his friend who is a member of parliament, and he can write one himself."

"The conditions for Drake to establish a chamber of commerce have been met, so I am ready to officially register in England and establish a chamber of commerce!"