The cruelty of business competition is no less than a real war.
Malcolm knew exactly where Karina's weakness was. This time, he changed his previous aggressive posture and began to give in. The bait he threw was something the businesswoman couldn't refuse.
If Karina wants to develop, it is impossible to rely solely on the Jackdaw. Whether it is setting up a second-hand goods trading office or privately trading with pirate ships belonging to the Black Merchants Alliance, the purpose is to deal with Marko. Mu blocked her, so this time a ready-made opportunity was in front of her, and she had no reason to retreat.
In fact, if Karina is given another half a year, with her learning ability, she can solve most of the troubles she is currently encountering and turn losses into profits, but Malcolm obviously will not give her this time.
"How much money are you short now?" Zhang Heng asked.
"It takes at least seven hundred gold coins to get the business going again, but I don't know what's the point of continuing, we're losing a lot, the previous business just didn't make much money, but now... now every day, every day Hours, every minute we are losing money." Karina's voice rarely revealed a trace of frustration and exhaustion.
Recently, it was also the most difficult time for her business on the island, and what was even more frightening was that although she was running around all day, she could not see any hope of turning a profit. The problems Karina encountered were all aspects , because the speed of expansion is too fast, talent reserves and capital reserves cannot keep up, and the original market cannot accommodate so many shipments, customs price increases, and resistance from local businesses, these cannot be resolved in a short time.
"The 800 gold coins I promised you to invest in later, I can give it to you now. Besides, I can also lend you another 200 gold coins." Zhang Heng said, after the trip to sea this time, the Jackdaw returned with a full load, Zhang Heng After a rough calculation, as the captain and the first batch of elders, he can probably get an income worth almost 1,200 gold coins, which is undoubtedly a huge sum of money.
Even if he quits now and buys two farms or plantations on the island, he can live comfortably. However, considering that Roger Wood will bring the fleet to recover Nassau in a few years, Zhang Heng does not I don't want to put my life and death on the kindness of others.
In history, Roger Wood, the first governor of Nassau, finally pardoned most of the pirates on the island after he led the fleet to occupy Nassau. However, given Zhang Heng’s current situation, once the British army landed on the island, he might not be able to die well. The Scarborough has now killed two naval warships. His current pirate ship, the Jackdaw, was also snatched from the Navy. He also participated in the previous bombardment of Charleston by the Queen Anne's Revenge. Walden, the supreme commander of the British Caribbean Sea, was also killed.
But now that Black Beard Titch disappeared, Black Prince Sam died in battle, and Honig retired, Zhang Heng and the Jackdaw he led had faintly become the most powerful group of pirates on the island.
If Nassau is really captured by Roger Wood, considering that the development of Nassau requires a lot of young and strong labor, other people may still be able to save their lives, but Zhang Heng must be the first batch of people to be cleared. Jay Wood is not stupid, and he will definitely use his head to make an example of others.
Therefore, although Zhang Heng has completed the main task, he can't take a vacation, and now he is no longer alone. As the captain of the Jackdaw, his subordinates point him to eat, and he has to take care of Annie, Karin Without his support, there would have been no suspense between Na and Malcolm.
At this point, it was already very difficult for him to stay alone or retreat bravely.
"But in return, my shares will increase by another 10%." Zhang Heng paused and continued.
"There is nothing wrong with this, but are you sure you want to continue, at least in the short term, there is no hope of making a profit."
"What if Malcolm's external threat is resolved?" Zhang Heng asked.
Considering the huge income brought by this voyage, the sailors of the Jackdaw should have a long period of burnout, so it should be a long time before the next voyage, and after this legendary battle, basically Established the Jackdaw's position in Nassau.
Zhang Heng has enough time and energy to deal with his final opponents, the Black Merchants Alliance and Malcolm.
Although judging from the results, Karina's business situation during this period is very bleak, but she has indeed completed the previous strategic arrangement, which has brought external pressure to the Black Merchants Alliance, regardless of whether the current concession is Malcolm's initiative. , but it is an indisputable fact that it has caused the large-scale expansion of second-hand goods exchanges.
There may not be voices of doubt within the Black Merchants Alliance, but Malcolm is strong enough, and he is sure that he can afford it but Karina can't.
However, as Zhang Heng came back with a large sum of gold, the situation was completely different. On the other hand, the Black Merchant Alliance lost five more powerful pirate ships, especially the Black Prince Sam and his Vader. No. This undoubtedly had a great impact on the Black Merchants Alliance.
Malcolm's current situation may not be much better than Karina's.
In the early days of the establishment of the Black Merchants Alliance, the purchase prices offered to all pirate ships were very favorable, which was the time when the profits were the lowest. Now that the number of powerful pirate ships in hand has dropped sharply, it is foreseeable that the valuable spoils will also decrease in the future , This will also intensify the internal conflicts of the black business alliance.
Zhang Heng then had a secret meeting with the black gladiator Laieri, and the meeting place was still in Smoked Fish Alley.
The latter has also gained a lot during this period. With Leah, there are almost no secrets in Malcolm's study. Leah took advantage of the opportunity of cleaning the room to silently go through the letters in the study. In order to avoid To scare the snake away, Leah didn't bring those letters out this time, but picked out useful information from it and wrote it down with a pen, and then asked someone to take the notes to Laeli.
Zhang Heng took the note and flipped through it, and found some interesting information on it. In addition, there were many impressions and analysis of Leah on Malcolm, which would help to fully understand Malcolm, but The only news about Karina's father Fagan is the previous letter.
Although it can be confirmed from that letter that Malcolm's family did have contacts with Earl Slaughter who framed Fagan, it is difficult to charge him without substantial content. On the contrary, there was a letter before that was Malcolm One of the Whitehall MPs who had quietly invested his money, and the latter and Raymond's son-in-law were political enemies.