The last time I met Curly and his partner and lover, he said that there was business to talk to him about in May, and Pan Wenke still remembered it. At that time, he was still wondering if it was the same thing as Kareda's side, and after thinking about it, since the meeting time had been set at that time and the specific situation was not explained, there should not be anyone in a hurry to announce the matter and go all over the world to find allies.

And the cooperation between the pirate heads must have a lot of profits, otherwise it is better to cooperate with others to go out and do a casual sum, but no one wants to talk about it. Although there may be a bit of a conflict in time, Pan Wen is still willing to contact Curly Hair first to see the situation.

The meeting place was at Curly's home, in the same neighborhood as Pan Wen, but the suite was a little smaller.

In addition to Curly and Bonnie, who had already met last time, it turned out that he also had two partners, also a man and a woman, who looked like two couples.

A bunch of little pirates?

Pan Wen didn't think so, he had seen a ship with curly hair, that thing was definitely a tyrant-level consumption when it fought, and the money for a full reload would be enough to buy a new frigate.

"Let me introduce you, this is Mr. Pan whom I mentioned to you before. Mr. Pan, these two are Tomoaki Kojima and Momoe Tamaki. ”

During the introduction, everyone nodded to each other and waited for the curls to continue.

"Mr. Pan, I came to you this time because we got a message some time ago and need your help."

"Let's talk about what kind of business it is."

"That's right, a certain space research institute has come up with a new hybrid engine and is bidding for testing, basically sending 5 corvettes for high-intensity combat testing, but there are two requirements, the frigates must belong to the same team, and the total tonnage of the fleet must be more than two million tons before getting their ships."

It turns out that it's a laboratory matter again, Pan Wen still has a test report on the magnetic energy close-defense gun in hand that hasn't been handed in yet, but the temptation of getting a light frigate for nothing is not small, not to mention a new model of frigate.

The existing cruisers are hybrid, yes, but they do not use hybrid engines, the engine groups are separated. If this new hybrid engine is useful, once it is rolled out, it will mean that the demand for quantum energy in the market will be greatly reduced, and the cost of space exploration and warfare will also be reduced.

Of course, this kind of test is also very dangerous, nuclear and quantum energy are running in the same engine at the same time, and they can become suicide bombers at any time, so it is the turn of outlaws like pirates to pick up such bargains.

I don't know which company this laboratory belongs to, if it is really easy to use, I am afraid that this company's shipbuilding organization will make a fortune.

Curly hair, these guys found themselves, I'm afraid it's not because of their lack of strength, but because they only have four people, probably the relationship between equal partners makes it difficult for them to share the spoils evenly with the 5 ships, so they found him to pick up this bargain together, so Curly Hair can also be regarded as giving him a big favor, and everyone can have more cooperation in the future.

Pan Wen nodded, probably understood the situation, and asked a question by the way:

"The business business was told to me by you half a month ago, hasn't the other party entrusted the test to someone else after so long?"

Speaking of this, Curly showed a little proud expression: "Haha, because it takes a lot of time to build a ship according to the new engine structure, and the test is still in the preparation period at that time, and we have gone through some relationships, and the other party guarantees that we will definitely get a qualification in the two test groups." ”

"So it seems that you deliberately let me take advantage." Pan Wen expressed the truth bluntly and saw what kind of medicine they were selling.

"I remember Mr. Pan's character very well, and we also hope to take this opportunity to have another partner."

Sure enough, there is no such thing as a free lunch.

"Partners? Where? ”

"It's just cooperation in collective action like now. I think it's too easy to have conflicts when I go to the interactive center every time I find different companions, so I have established a fixed cooperative relationship with a few friends, and we usually do our own thing, and there will be no financial exchanges. ”

It's really a very loose cooperation on an equal footing, which will lead to the four pirate heads not being able to divide the five frigates, and perhaps part of the reason is that everyone has no bottom in their hearts about the new ship type, and no one wants to take a sum of money to get an extra ship.

In the territory of the Interstellar Trade Friendship Alliance, there are many similar small groups, and many of the reasons are the same as Curly Fur said, everyone is unwilling to cooperate with different people every time, at least, the credibility cannot be guaranteed, especially in the pirate group. Pan Wen has done things like watching other pirates get killed before he goes up to pick up the bargain, and the other day there were more similar things in the conflict between players and pirates in MR241.

Curly can remember Pan Wen in this kind of beneficial thing, although it is because Pan Wen has done some "good things" before, but it also shows that he is a collaborator who does not pick the door, and Pan Wen is not excluded from joining such a small group. There are no dues and no additional responsibilities.

"Tell me when I'm going to get the boat, I promised the crew a week's vacation."

"It doesn't matter, according to the schedule over there, we can wait until the 21st to leave the port and go directly to get the ship, and Mr. Pan can enjoy a good vacation in Segeis first."

On the 21st, just after the meeting, there is likely to be a conflict with the time over there.

Thinking of this, Pan Wen felt that there was still some room for maneuver: "I have some arrangements in the second half of the month, maybe the time will be a little conflicting, if I give you an answer on the 20th, will it be very difficult?" ”

These words made the other party silent for a while, and Curly nodded: "It only takes about four days to go back and forth over there, I still hope that Mr. Pan can squeeze out a little time as much as possible, otherwise I don't know when I will be able to return your favor." ”

In this way, the main thing of this meeting is to be put to an end.

Next, Curly invited Pan Wen to stay for dinner, seeing that the two men and two women were barely too close to him, and he didn't mean to laugh at the single dog, Pan Wen didn't refuse, of course, the invitation to the event after dinner was forgotten.

When he left, the originally good atmosphere in the room immediately changed, and the black-haired middle-aged Tomoaki Kojima, who rarely spoke before, was the first to speak.

"Does he take the bait?"

Curly thought for a moment before returning: "Four days should be able to squeeze it out, the young lady said that the other side of the matter will not be unfolded until at least the 26th." ”

"The schedule is really tight, why don't you just let him cancel the crew vacation and go out early?"

"The time is set by the young lady, you have the ability to ask her to go."

"Hmph." The woman named Yuki Baihui snorted coldly, "You seem to have done quite well to betray your benefactor." ”

Curly changed his gentlemanly demeanor, and smiled gloomily: "What a benefactor, it's just to save me a little battle cost." Compared to hooking up with that guy, this little pirate is really nothing to pay for. ”

……

While some people were planning something, Pan Wen returned to his suite without knowing it, and was planning what would happen next.

Having unexpectedly acquired a cruiser, he needed to make some adjustments to the composition of his fleet when he had no money and no one.

After he obtained the identity of Pan Wen, the crew of the ship in his hands has not done anything to transfer each other, only Doris has changed from the captain of the Kuroshio to the captain of the scalpel. This kind of management is mainly out of consideration for the proficiency of the crew, in fact, the vast majority of the bottom crew in the license said that it takes a certain amount of time to play the full effect, it is to put it bluntly is a process of improving proficiency, otherwise in a realistic world, ordinary crew can not get started with any ship barrier-free, these ships are not made by the same standard of a manufacturer.

However, Pan Wen's current financial difficulties also forced him to make compromises in order to maintain some liquidity.

Excluding the more than forty technicians hired today, the number of people in Pan Wen's entire fleet is more than four hundred, because his crew has a certain amount of redundancy due to his 7×24-hour shift requirements. When he first took over the shell, there were only sixty or seventy crew members on the Kuroshio.

The night before, he had already counted the minimum number of crew members required by 00863E, and what he had to do now was to squeeze out a certain number of crew members from the entire fleet according to the staffing situation of the fleet, especially the pile of high-paid crew members in the control room to control the next hiring costs.

First of all, the captain is ready-made, and there are still many candidates, Doris, Ma Ming and himself can all go to 00863E to be the captain, and the remaining vacant seats will be temporarily replaced by Candace, the elite pilot hired some time ago, and there will be a few hundred stars left to hire a new captain. After the funds are relieved, it will be up to the situation to hire a new elite pilot to manage the missile patrol ship, or hire a new high-ranking captain.

Then the navigator is undoubtedly the senior navigator Su Qing's sister-in-law who is now serving on the Heavy Hammer is extremely suitable, and on the cruiser, she can already make her boss-level giant ship specialize in the effect. But there is a small problem in the middle, Pan Wen himself doesn't really want to be the captain of 00863E, and according to his contract with Su Qing, Su Qing must be on the same ship as him!

There are several reasons why Pan Vin didn't want to be the captain of a cruiser.

First of all, the flagship is not necessarily the largest ship in the fleet, the 00863E has a large combat cross-section, and the size obviously makes the enemy feel more threatening, and once the battle starts, it will inevitably become a target for concentrated fire. Judging from the data alone, the basic durability of 00863E is only 11000 points, and there is no improvement in the 9500 points of the Heavy Hammer, but the shield has two shield generation systems, and the total protection value reaches 1.6 times that of the Heavy Hammer at 8000 points, but its maximum combat cross-sectional area is 1.8 times that of the Heavy Hammer! In short, the size of the Heavy Hammer and the configuration of the protective force are very well controlled, and 00863E really has no advantage in terms of combat.

Then Pan Wen's own "memory" has not commanded the cruiser, and he will not be much better than Doris in the short term after going up, so he will definitely be in a hurry for a while. It's better to train Doris first, if you want to carry out a long-term guardianship mission on the mineral star that Karuida has a fancy eye on, you can also be more at ease to divide the two ships to do a small "business" and make some extra money.

There are many contradictions like this in the redistribution of personnel, and the reorganization of personnel alone has put Pan Wen into it for one night and the rest of the whole day, and the result is also gratifying.