Chapter 40: Grabbing the bag
When a player infiltrates the pirate camp, Panvin, who caused all this, has no idea that he has just returned to his suite in the council district to check the bills and accounts when the relevant contract is signed.
"Boss, the goods you provided to Mr. Scarlong when you returned to Hong Kong last time, his team has completed all the sales three days ago, and the Seiko-grade equipment has also been delivered by Mr. Scardragon himself at the average market price, with a total value of 10,760 Star Coins." It was Hu Ke, the head of the financial representatives, who spoke.
With an assistant team, it is different, after returning to Hong Kong, Pan Wen no longer needs to wait for the loot to be counted and delivered, just go home and wait for the report to check the bank statement.
Pan Wen looked at the bank accounts, of course he knew that the money had arrived, and nodded to signal the financial representative to continue.
"The goods you brought back this time have just been counted and valued, and the data has been sent back, with an estimated total value of 5,200 Star Coins, and it is expected to be sold within five days, and the settlement of the ore will wait for the bank's procedures, and the calculated price is 2,500 Star Coins. Does your boss need to send you a detailed list? ”
Nodding again.
It has nothing to do with trust, Pan Wen knows that such large and messy cargo handovers can easily turn trustworthy partners into greedy villains, taking the job of a financial representative as an example, a patrol ship's onboard equipment such as engines is equivalent to years or even ten years of annual salary. In the face of huge wealth, he can't expect other people's character to be strong enough, that's not realistic at all, so he can't be lazy when he comes by himself.
"The last time you asked us to investigate Scardragon, the matter is underway, because his industry and capital structure are very complicated, and it will take some time to have concrete results." After sorting out the matter of the flow of funds, Hu Ke began to report on what Pan Wen had left behind.
"Well, there's no need to rush this, just take your time, and the main thing is not to alarm him." While saying that he understood the situation, Pan Wen once again stressed that he should not alarm Scardragon during the investigation.
One person's power is limited after all, even if he can organize a fleet in the era of the Great Galactic, it will not change. He can still hold down a small number of players, but in the face of an enemy who will "turn" money, perhaps a neutral port announcing the sale of medium-sized military ships will completely change the situation. Seeking allies to put oneself in an advantageous position is an inevitable process.
"We got it. Next thing, last time you asked Elsa to tell you about missile patrol ships and minelayers. We inquired in various port areas, because the sales of minelayers in Segeis are very poor, and if someone captures them, they will be immediately modified or sold directly to the shipyard, and if they want to buy the captured goods that can only be made to order or pay a deposit to the giants. You can't be contacted while you're away, and we don't decide on our own. With that, Hu Ke pushed a flat plate in front of Pan Wen and continued, "The situation of the missile patrol ships is better, we have helped you screen four of them, and this is their information." ”
Missile patrol ship.
The corners of Pan Wen's eyes twitched, but he still picked up the tablet and flipped through it.
After being screened by the assistant regiment, the remaining four ships are all good, and the worst of the four is also a ship that was launched only ten years ago, and no decommissioned ships exist. In addition to the basic structure diagram, tonnage, bomb load and other information of the ship, a table was specially made for each ship, which included all the types of missiles and torpedoes it could carry and their prices.
The missile ship is a very strange ship, taking a kind of "Rodecons" class in the data as an example, as a 30,000-ton second-hand ship, its price is only slightly more expensive than the 6,200-ton Hall-class new ship, 1,500 star coins. The "Rodkons" can fire three missiles of different caliber and 1000mm caliber standard long-range torpedoes, and these support weapons alone exceed 12,000 star coins when fully loaded.
After reading the information, Pan Wen leaned back on the sofa and thought.
Occasionally glanced at the living room and patted his forehead: "Sit down, there are no outsiders here." ”
Probably because he had only been working with him for a short time, and when he came back, the financial representatives behaved cautiously and politely, and he felt that he might have used up some time to think that things would take his time, and then he realized that there was no need for them to stand in the suite. Of course, it is good to be offered, but Pan Wen knows that they are just his own employees, and it is not interesting for the big landlord to take out the set.
Seeing that everyone was looking for a place to sit down except for Elsa standing by the window, Pan Wen didn't say more, Elsa was the security captain, and she must have had to work harder when he was in the port.
As for the use of missile ships, Pan Wen was a temporary idea at that time, because the combat cost of this thing was really a bit high, he had not planned it yet.
After thinking about it, I confirmed the bank payment again, but after all, I felt that it was not the right time. Now the money on hand is enough to buy a fourth frigate, but there is no money to hire a new crew, and there is still nearly half a month before the May 18 meeting, and it is almost certain that the fleet can be expanded to four frigates before then, excluding the sanitation one, and the total tonnage will exceed one million tons.
The megaton fleet should be considered a hard bone.
"Huko, find a time to contact the ship's owner and see if this 'Rodkons' class can stay a little longer. In addition, I need a heavy frigate, so you guys should pay more attention to it. ”
Pan Wen did not deliberately find them work to keep them idle, but the missile ship itself was very cheap, and as long as the frigate was not too expensive, he could easily buy it with an extra sum of money and replenish some necessary crews.
"It's been noted."
"Okay, let's go and get busy."
In the suite, Pan Wen is a little unaccustomed, originally he was a guy with a different schedule and rest time, and the meals were even more casual, and now he didn't think about eating with his employees here.
After a day's rest and a little rejuvenation, Pan Wen took Dorotai back to the port and began to prepare for the next departure. Of course, the three girls of the security team are also with them, but it's really a bit of a boss.
Although the proximity to Karedana could mean a meeting on the distribution of benefits, Pan Vin returned this time to leave the crew with more vacation time to relax. Although there are various activities and freedoms on the ship, except for the Scalpel, the crew members on other ships always lack the "care" of the opposite sex, and they still have to leave time to adjust.
Returning to the port at about the same time as Pan Wen, there were more than twenty other crew members, who could not enjoy the same rest time as most people...... Well, even if they're unlucky.
The last port stop was too short, and even the fuel was not replenished, and it had not been properly replenished for almost a month, and this time Pan Wen and more than 20 crew members came in advance to replenish the supplies.
In addition to food and drinking water, there are many items that are damaged for various reasons, such as clothing, tableware, and various messy items required for equipment maintenance, but of course, the fuel is still the majority. After paying the full supply cost of 2,000 Star Coins, Pan Wen also drove a forklift with the soldiers to pile the supplies on each ship.
Considering the captives that appear from time to time, Pan Wen deliberately purchased as many as three tons of various canned food for each ship in this supply and hoarded them, which seems to be a lot, but according to the calculation of one ton of food per person per year, it is enough for more than a hundred people to consume more than a month.
He would think about the canned food, in fact, because this time he came back not because the ships were full, but because the food stock was only enough for five or six days, and he was not happy to lower the food ration. Although ordinary crew members have a certain amount of communication skills, their essence is still very rudimentary AI, and reducing food rationing is second only to non-payment of wages to them, and it is good to deal with it only with passive sabotage, and Pan Wen does not want to test his own fleet.
In short, when Kareda came to the port, Pan Wen happened to drive a forklift out of the junction, and both parties were stunned when they saw each other.
"Giggles! Lord Pan Wen, I didn't think you would drive such a machine. Kareda covered her mouth and laughed.
Shrugging his shoulders, Pan Wen pressed the automatic homing button on the forklift, jumped down, and opened the communication panel of the personal computer to inform Dorotai at another connection: "I have a guest here, maybe I will leave the port, you run more, don't let the brothers misplace the goods." ”
"Yes."
Closing the panel on his wrist, he walked a few quick steps in front of the tall woman, took her hand and touched the back of his finger with his lips.
"Passing by?"
Kareda shook her head: "You don't even contact your family, I think you will still be perfunctory when you call, so I came over by myself." ”
This charismatic woman is really quite difficult to deal with.
Pan Wen touched the short hair on the back of his head: "I seem to make you very uneasy." ”
Listening to his words, Kareda deliberately rolled her eyes to show him, but secretly had a little headache. The headache was not the way Pan Wen coped, but the woman next to him who kept her hand on the holster on the side of her leg.
Elsa, this woman with a small brown flat head is not a good stubble, I heard that the person who was made by her in her hands and feet was not two hundred but one hundred and fifteen, but I didn't expect her to become Pan Wen's bodyguard.
With her present, it is difficult for Kharida to use her social skills freely, and even ordinary flirting carries unforeseen risks. What embarrassed her even more was that she couldn't even be sure if Pan Wen would stand by her side to stop Elsa.
"I'm here to invite Master Pan Wen to my house once, and I think you should see clear evidence about MR251 first."
She spoke under the pretext of talking about business, but there was always an ambiguous atmosphere in her tone.
After a few encounters, Pan Wen was a little used to the way Kareda spoke, but instead of rolling the sheets, he really wanted to know more about the plans for the MR251 system.
"Aren't you afraid that I'm not tight enough to leak some secrets in advance?"
"Giggles, I trust my instincts that won't let me choose a partner who can't even protect my own interests."
Well, she had a hunch too, and it was always a great excuse.