Chapter 428 Throw Yourself Into the Trap [20k]

"Lieutenant General Skyler, Lieutenant General Skyler"

Bingshan was introducing the scope of business of himself and others, but found that Skyler was distracted, and hurriedly called out. Skyler came back to his senses and asked, "What's wrong?"

Akainu also glanced at the direction Skyler was looking at just now, but he didn't find anything, so he was a little puzzled, but he didn't really believe that Skyler was distracted like a yellow monkey.

After all, he noticed Skyler's mind-wandering just now. Unlike the yellow ape who first wandered into the sky, then lost his senses, and finally fell asleep, Skyler's mind-wandering seemed to have a purpose.

He didn't bother or ask, but took the initiative to open his mouth and said: "This time the purchase of warships is for my detachment. You can continue to introduce me."

Although Akainu cleared the siege, Skyler couldn't find the figures of those people just now, so he also focused on the meeting.

It is said to be a meeting, but it is actually just a preliminary negotiation. Now that the merger of these shipbuilding companies is imminent, various technologies will be integrated together at that time. Bingshan’s words also mean that the hull of the red dog will be regarded as a milestone.

Regarding the merger, Bingshan doesn't seem to have any intention of hiding from Skyler and Akainu, or, he has already guessed the purpose of Skyler and Akainu.

The so-called ordering the hull of a warship is just a reason, or it is just a incidental matter. Finding out about the merger of the Seven Water Capital Shipbuilding Company is the focus of the two of them.

Although they did not officially announce the merger of the Hull Company, the president of the shipbuilding company met and talked frequently in the new building that appeared in the capital of seven waters.

The major shipbuilding companies are also constantly holding meetings, and various shipbuilders even hang out with each other. As long as those who are interested can pay attention, they can guess five or six out of ten, not to mention the world government with a complete intelligence network.

"Admiral Akainu, Lieutenant General Skyler, I don't think it's getting too early, and it's not unreasonable to stand here and chat all the time."

As Bingshan said, he looked at the presidents of many shipbuilding companies behind him, then turned his head and said, "Why don't I form a bureau tonight, let's gather together and brainstorm together to build a perfect warship for the navy?"

Behind him, the presidents agreed one after another, Akainu also nodded, Skyler thought for a while, and finally nodded, anyway, dinner is inevitable.

I eat and spend money by myself, and Iceberg organizes the game. Is it possible that I have to pay for it myself?

Nurkic noticed Skyler's hesitation. He didn't notice any abnormality just now. He secretly thought that if Rossindi was there, he might be able to find out why his chief was distracted just now.

After all, what Rossindi is best at is peeping in the dark. As the adjutant who helped Skyler take over the Night Emperor, Rosinindi is much more familiar with lurking and assassination than Nurkic.

Therefore, Nurkic felt that Rossindi and Luo were left in Marin Fando, which was a kind of weakening for the Zanye detachment.

At least only if he is an adjutant, he can't completely solve Skyler's problems.

Skyler took Nurkic, Hamilton, Shipin, and Akainu, followed the iceberg, and left the dock, while the others stayed on the warship.

After all, there are still a lot of pirates in the capital of the seven waters. I am afraid that some ignorant pirates will do something to the warship. If there are not enough people on duty, there may be omissions.

A group of people came to a new building just established in the capital of seven waters. The junction of the first floor and the second floor, as well as the direction of the roof, were covered with red cloth.

Skyler took a look, but could only vaguely see the letters "G" and "C". Because he didn't pay much attention to this matter, Skyler didn't use his knowledge and arrogance to perceive or ask.

After entering the new building, Bingshan explained a few words to the staff in the new building, and then said frankly: "I don't know if Admiral Akainu and Lieutenant General Skyler have heard about the upcoming merger of our companies?"

The directness of the iceberg was somewhat unexpected to Skyler and Akainu. Skyler nodded and said: "I have heard some, and I thought it was just a rumor. This is the location after the merger, right?"

Seeing Bingshan speak out about the merger so directly, coupled with Skyler's seemingly doubtful but extremely firm attitude at this time, several presidents of shipbuilding companies were a little worried.

After all, once these companies are merged, it can be said that they have monopolized the shipping industry from here to Fishman Island, as well as all pirate ships, warships, and merchant ships in the New World.

As for the four seas, the capital of seven waters has no intention of competing for the market of the four seas. After all, there are not many pirates and forces in the four seas who are rich, and the transportation costs are too expensive, so there is no need to compete.

Some franchise countries will also take the initiative to come to them to order, and there is almost no need for publicity and setting up sub-sites. At the same time, the ships that can be built by the seven waters are also overflowing for the four seas, so there is no need to intervene.

But it is already a terrifying thing to monopolize almost two sections of the great waterway, and the ships of the world government will also be affected to a certain extent.

After all, in the past, the seven large companies received orders for warships from the world government through bidding and bidding.

Once merged, the merged company will become the only choice. In this case, the world government will inevitably have to worry, after all, there will only be one voice in the capital of seven waters.

Whether you support the World Government or not is put aside, when the orders of the World Government are issued, there will be no mutual competition, no one will deliberately lower the price, and the cost of the World Government will naturally increase.

Just for this alone, the world government has enough reasons to prevent them from merging, but Bingshan said it openly, is he really not worried about Skyler and Akainu directly stopping it?

Skyler doesn't seem to object to their merger at this time, but which businessman doesn't have the ability to change his face in a second, and they will, and the Navy will naturally.

Don't look at Skyler's smile now, maybe he will draw the knife in the next second.

Bingshan was also under a lot of pressure at this time, and Skyler's words made him understand that the World Government, or at least the Navy, already knew many details of their merger.

He has not concealed it all the time, but he is afraid that the navy will think that they have other intentions besides the normal commercial merger. Although this seems to be true, it must not be seen by the navy.

Therefore, Bingshan has always maintained an open and honest attitude, actively released some information, and wanted to stabilize the two generals, but judging from Skyler's current meaning, it seems that he knows a lot, at least there is no accident.

In other words, in Schuyler's view, the merger of these shipbuilding companies has been confirmed, and this information is very important. After all, it has not been a few days since the actual negotiation.

And at the meeting, everyone promised not to announce it to the public for the time being, that is to say, all this should be in the stage of "guessing" and "reasoning".

But Schuyler was too determined, who dared to be so determined. He also attended the meeting that day, signed the merger agreement, and those who did not sign the merger agreement.

Bingshan is sure that as a community of interests, the presidents around him will not disclose this information in advance. After all, it will not be beneficial to disclose this information unless

The navy is determined to prevent the merger, so the leaker may get a flood of resources from the navy's orders.

But if it wasn't for people like myself, then the most likely ones would be the bosses of the small shipbuilding companies who refused to sign the merger agreement.

Because once the seven major companies merge with some small and medium-sized companies, the sharing of technology and the intercommunication of resources will squeeze the living space of other shipbuilding companies, so they do not want to reach a cooperation.

But what these people don't know is that Schuyler knows that these companies will merge and merge into Carrera Shipbuilding Company, so he is so determined.

She didn't have the mind to guess what these people were thinking, but Nurkic, who was behind Skyler, looked at Skyler's back with a look of admiration.

Good guy, with a firm tone, he raised a question, which directly deceived the attitudes of these people, and if it wasn't the case, his officer used interrogative sentences, and there was no problem.

high! It's really high! Sure enough, I must always remind myself that as Skyler's adjutant, I am solving problems for Skyler, but it is not necessary for him to solve problems.

Her chief has this ability, but she has more important things, so some simple and insignificant things need to be handed over to herself or an adjutant like Rossindi.

After the self-examination in his heart was over, Nurkic looked at Bingshan and began to speculate on Bingshan's current psychology. If he is Bingshan, then what will happen next?

admit! Then I asked the officer and Admiral Akainu from the side to come forward and make a final decision on the merger of the company.

At this time, Bingshan stopped thinking in his mind, smiled, nodded, and said: "Yes, there are too many pirates now, if they don't merge, they will be bullied too badly by the pirates.

By the way, we were originally scheduled to make an announcement in three days. If Admiral Akainu and Lieutenant General Skyler have time, I hope you two can attend and even cut the ribbon for our opening. "

Bingshan's statement was consistent with Nurkic's conjecture, so Nurkic looked away, looked at his officer and General Akainu, thinking

'At this time, this person should be the bad guy, and this person obviously shouldn't be his chief! '

After thinking again in his heart, Nurkic locked his eyes on Akainu's back. As expected, Akainu explicitly hinted at Skyler before he spoke:

"As a navy, we will not stand on the platform of any force or organization that stands on the opposite side of justice."

Bingshan wanted Akainu and Skyler to stand for the merger of their companies. Akainu, in turn, asked for Bingshan's platform. Nurkic, who guessed right again, was not happy because he was one step behind the person in front of him.

And Bingshan and others also looked at each other after hearing the hint from Akainu. It is true that they could not offend the navy, let alone the world government.

But at the same time, pirates are also a customer group that they cannot lose, or in other words, making money from pirates is their means of making money.

The money earned from cooperating with the world government is a guaranteed minimum income, which is a necessary minimum income to keep the company from collapsing.

Of course, only the seven major companies would think so. After all, they were the only seven companies that were qualified to compete for orders from the world government. The other small and medium shipyards were almost all retail investors like pirates.

Therefore, regarding this matter, they were only worried about offending the navy and the world government, but did not think about whether they would lose their jobs.

Bingshan hesitated for a while, and said: "Admiral Akainu, Lieutenant General Skyler, you have to understand that in the capital of seven waters, there are millions of civilians who need shipbuilding. Without shipbuilding, they don't even have a meal. miss a meal.

And the shipbuilding industry in the capital of seven waters is not limited to us in front of you, but also the shipbuilders, apprentices, laborers in our company, and even the catering and accommodation that are not directly related to our shipbuilding company.

We shipbuilding companies don't just exist for our own money and enjoyment.

If there is no family to support, who would want to deal with those murderous pirates! "

As Bingshan said, watching Akainu's face gradually become gloomy, he immediately scolded the pirate. Sure enough, Akainu's face recovered a bit, and Bingshan continued:

"Admiral Akainu, we are just businessmen who do our best. We will not and dare not make those mistakes of principle. We firmly support the navy and the world government!

But we also need to survive, so we need to compromise, deal with those criminals, do business, and sometimes risk being robbed or even killed, just to let ourselves and our family have a good meal.

I can firmly say that in my life, what I hate the most are pirates! Because of pirates, I lost my parents, my teacher, and my brother! "

Bingshan became more and more excited as she spoke, but Akainu calmed down, but Skyler didn't believe what Bingshan said, or didn't believe it completely, but her suspicious eyes were not noticed because of the sunglasses.

Emotional cards, bitter tricks, Bingshan’s words did have some effect on Akainu. After Bingshan reprimanded the pirates, he took a deep breath to adjust his emotions, and said:

"Admiral Akainu, Lieutenant General Skyler, I'm sorry, I lost my composure.

What I want to express, starting from my heart, I will never stand on the opposite side of justice, but in order to survive, for me, and for the survival of millions of civilians in the capital of seven waters, I must trade with pirates, even if it is against my will lift.

If the two of you can stand for us, we will gain not only fame, but also a deterrent to pirates, if you two stand for us.

I believe that those businessmen who are responsible for us, pirates who raise their butcher knives against our simple craftsmen, will think twice. Is this not an act of justice? "

After Akainu listened, he nodded instinctively, but Skyler rolled his eyes when he saw this. This Bingshan's acting skills are more in the style of drama, and the means of expression are too exaggerated.

When he was talking about pirates just now, his clothes wished he could eat the pirates' faces alive. It doesn't mean that no one would hate pirates that much, but no one would show that attitude on this occasion.

What's more, the one in front of him is a businessman who has united countless shipbuilding companies in the capital of seven waters, completed the merger, and will soon be the CEO of the group.

If he can't even control his emotions, is it possible that he is a failed student in the Academy of Fine Arts? The presidents of other companies conquered by speeches? But... this level of speech is still far from it.

However, he just "performed" in front of Akainu, an admiral who also likes to express his feelings outright. Bingshan's performance may not even be able to convince normal people, but ... he convinced Akainu.

Although Akainu has not expressly agreed to stand for the shipbuilding company that is about to merge and reopen, but judging by his meaning, as long as Skyler agrees, he will agree to stand for them.

Regarding Bingshan's brutal acting skills, Nurkic also felt a strong sense of embarrassment. He looked at his chief and knew that the roles of good guys and bad guys should be switched at this moment.

"I think this matter needs to be considered. After all, our purpose this time is to order ships. If after the merger, the plan you give is even worse than before the merger, then I have to consider whether you are really sincere. .”

After hearing Skyler's words and her calm performance, Bingshan was a little disappointed, but Nurkic showed a smile. Sure enough, with such superficial efforts, his chief also won.

Seeing that he couldn't fool Skyler at all, Bingshan also felt a little embarrassed, but he also saw that the navy did not completely hold a negative attitude towards their merger.

As long as it is not negative, then everything can be discussed.

In Skyler's words just now, didn't he already throw out his first condition? That is to gather the technology and resources of these shipbuilding companies to create a "perfect" warship.

Bingshan naturally knew that the navy could not be short-sighted enough to just want a warship. After all, the engine that Schuyler just showed surpassed all hulls.

Perhaps, the warships given to Akainu are just the beginning. What the Navy wants is for the merged ship companies to set a new standard, such as what the highest-spec warships look like.

Then, they can use this standard as 1 and push it down. The next-level warships only need 70% of the best warships, and the next-level warships need 50%.

After all, after resources are integrated, something good should come out, otherwise, the cooperation between shipping companies will be meaningless.

Moreover, Bingshan has a feeling in his heart that if his guess is true, then in the next few years, the capital of seven waters may be able to receive a large number of orders from the navy.

But the premise of receiving the order is that they need to build a warship with absolutely high standards. After all, only when the navy sees the performance improvement across generations, they will be really moved.

But on the contrary, if you are just perfunctory, then not only don't you want to get enough orders from the navy, even... this merger will be stopped urgently, right?

Iceberg, who felt that there was a huge opportunity and a huge risk, licked his lips nervously at this time, and said, "I understand, so let's have dinner tonight.

Tomorrow we will discuss several plans and try our best to build a state-of-the-art warship hull for the Navy so that it can carry all the engines. "

At this time, after entering the building, the staff ordered by Bingshan also came back at this time, whispered a few words in Bingshan's ear, Bingshan nodded, looked at Akainu and Skyler, and said:

"You two, the dinner is ready. It's just that we can talk about your ideas and needs while eating, so that we can tailor a warship hull for you."

Skyler nodded this time, because she was hungry all the way, and the cakes painted by Bingshan had no effect on her hunger at all.

A group of people followed the iceberg and entered a banquet hall. The tableware and food in the banquet hall had already been placed. After they were seated, the attendants brought wet towels to clean their hands.

Skyler glanced at the food on the table, and was a little disappointed. The food was exquisite, and the chef obviously put his heart into it, but if the food couldn't even satisfy the function of satiety, then other scores would become irrelevant.

Skyler ate this dinner absent-mindedly, but Akainu was in high spirits, constantly discussing his ideas for new warships with Bingshan and the presidents of other shipbuilding companies.

For example, it must be strong enough, preferably one that will not be damaged after colliding with any pirate ship.

Another example is that the muzzle position must be fully reserved so that he can plug in more cannons and carry out a saturated attack on the pirates.

Another example is the shape of a warship. It must be brilliant, and it is best to be domineering, so that pirates will be terrified, and civilians will not dare to think of going out to sea as pirates.

Another point, which Akainu especially emphasized, is that there must be fewer prisons in the warship, after all, he only catches valuable pirates.

As for what is a valuable pirate? That is, before the prison is full, pirates are valuable, once the prison is full, the rest, or the ones you encounter again, are worthless pirates.

Worthless pirates, if they are not used to enforce justice, should they be kept for the New Year?

A few of Akainu's requirements for warships are reasonable, but most of them make these presidents who have been involved in the shipbuilding industry feel outrageous in their hearts.

What dio requirements are mentioned here!

It's not that they can't do it, but it's outrageous.

Not only them, even Skyler, Nurkic, Hamilton, and Jinbei who were sitting beside Akainu all twitched their faces from time to time.

Guys, is this an order for a warship? Or are you customizing toys?

Eat and drink enough, at least after the others have eaten and drank enough, the banquet is over, Akainu is smiling, and he has already told these people all the requirements he can think of for the warship, just wait for them to come up with a plan.

He wobbled towards Skyler's warship, intending to recharge Skyler's warship before going to bed, and this time, he had to be careful and try to fill it up!

Skyler walked away from the team. She had to find a supper, or she wouldn't be able to sleep tonight, and she had to ask Leon and Drake to make a supper for herself.

Might as well wander around and look for local delicacies to eat.

Just after Skyler wandered around for more than ten minutes, a snack street not far away attracted her attention, and she subconsciously touched her waist, wanting to see if she had any money with her.

"Wait! It's me"

Just when Skyler touched his waist and accidentally touched the blade box with his fingers, a voice sounded, and a somewhat thin figure came out from a dark alley and said:

"As expected of you, you were able to discover my existence twice instantly."

Skyler: "???!!!"