Chapter 1261 He said let the bullets fly for a while
Simaiwei Castle.
This is a very old castle. The overall style remains the same as that of the last century. It is repaired promptly every year, but the interior decoration is very luxurious.
This castle belonged to a wealthy businessman, Kent Smythe.
The Simaiwei family is not a traditional aristocracy; their prosperity has only occurred in the last twenty years or so.
After becoming rich, Kent bought the castle, changed its name, renovated it, and then came here only during vacations or for parties.
There is a party at the Simaiwei Castle today, and luxury cars are parked outside the castle theme building.
Little Perry, who returned to the UK, was invited to attend this gathering of businessmen. Before coming, he thought it was a good thing. After all, after the protection card incident, their family was severely ostracized.
But after arriving, he found that something was not right. In the entire party hall, groups of four or five businessmen were chatting... uh, socializing, but there was no one around the three or four of them, and everyone was talking about topics behind their backs.
The "they" here refers to Perry Jr. and two or three other families who bought Zeng Wangcai's maritime protection cards.
"Stephen, something seems to be wrong." A representative of an old family next to Perry said, "They seem to be avoiding us on purpose."
At this time, the people around Little Perry and their families were all close friends of the Perry family.
Last time, when they chose the Maritime Protection Card, they all followed suit after receiving advice from old Perry.
"I just heard a little bit. They seemed to be talking about the Stephen family's ship that was kidnapped this time." said a representative of another family.
"No matter what they say, we won't suffer any loss in this matter." Little Perry was very calm. "I believe in my father's judgment, so please believe in my father too. Don't waver at this time."
Obviously, Perry Jr. knew very well what Zeng Wangcai was going to do now, and he was told not to reveal it.
“Stephen, your goods have been robbed, how do you complete the order?”
"Father has made arrangements. We need to focus on this place now." Little Perry glanced around the hall. "This is our battlefield. If we don't deal with them well, our future business will not be easy."
"Understood......"
On the surface, the two camps each have their own ulterior motives, and the owner of the castle has never shown up, hiding in a private room on the upper floor of the castle.
This room is Kent's study. There are many books in it, but he has not read any of them.
The person sitting in the guest seat in the study at this time is the boss of one of the largest shipping companies in the UK - Sailun.
Zeng Wangcai’s protection card and what he did in the UK have undoubtedly caused the greatest damage to shipping companies such as Sailun.
This time, Sailun's company almost went bankrupt, but it was fortunately saved by Kent's investment. So now the relationship between Kent and Sailun is one of mutual success and mutual failure.
"Sailun, this is a good opportunity for us." Kent said, holding a thick cigar.
"Yes, I think so too." Seren was also smoking a cigar and smiling happily.
After the Perry family's ship was hijacked, Kent initiated this party for the sake of Sailun's shipping company.
"That guy finally left. Now I have contacted Gaul. I believe that without that guy's navy, Gaul's navy is willing to bear part of the escort. Besides, our fee is higher, so there is no reason for them not to choose us."
"Sir, this is a brilliant move." Sairen complimented.
Although the entire country of Corruption has now regained peace, it has only been formed because of a new situation. The country of Corruption has lost its navy, and the entire shipping industry has fallen to its lowest point in history.
This is extremely detrimental to the economic recovery of the country.
But when the cake was divided, this piece was taken away by Zeng Wangcai, so now the Americans neither intervene nor say anything, and are in an awkward vacuum.
After Kent invested in Sailun, he contacted officials from Gallic Chickens. Gallic Chickens did not know the details of how the two families would divide the country of Britain, and thought it would be a waste not to make money, so they agreed.
This made Kent very excited, and with the help of Haikai's disturbance, Kent felt that he had almost won.
"Go down. It would be a shame if you don't humiliate that kid with such a good opportunity!" Kent stood up with a smile.
Coming downstairs, Kent stood in the host's seat and the hall suddenly became quiet.
"Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to Smileway Castle." Kent opened his arms and said coquettishly and proudly, "As everyone knows, we have been in a cold winter for nearly a year. We have encountered a great crisis. Now the weather is fine and the abominable devil is gone. Haha, let's have a toast to celebrate."
This statement was agreed by almost everyone. They were afraid of Zeng Wangcai and hated Zeng Wangcai.
After the toast, Kent continued, "Now we are starting again, but there are big problems in shipping. We lack maritime power, shipping safety cannot be guaranteed, and gentlemen's foreign trade cannot be carried out. By the way...you can choose Mr. Perry's path. Mr. Perry, please come up."
Now comes the main part!
Little Perry walked forward and stood side by side with Kent.
"Mr. Perry, is the protection card your family got useful?" Kent sneered. "By the way, I heard that Mr. Perry's cargo ship was robbed, and the other party threatened to demand a ransom of 30 million, is that right?"
"Yes, that's true."
"Mr. Perry is an honest man, so may I ask, what are the people who promised to protect you doing?"
"Mr. Zeng's people said they would give us an explanation and compensate us for our losses."
"But as far as I know, your shipment has a time limit, and you will have to pay a huge penalty if you are late, right?"
"Yes, a sky-high penalty."
"Listen, I admire Mr. Perry's honesty." After getting the answer he wanted, Kent faced the public again, "Ladies and gentlemen, there is an opportunity in front of you now. I wonder if you will cherish it. Everyone knows Mr. Sailun. His company has contacted Gaul. The Gallic navy will provide protection for Mr. Sailun's company. Of course, there will be a fee. I think it is a good deal..."
After this announcement, most of the people below applauded.
Kent was very satisfied with the feedback and turned around and asked, "Mr. Perry, do you have anything to say? Or do you have a way to contact that gentleman? Can he come back?"
They accepted death and believed that Zeng Wangcai would never come back once he left, at least not in large numbers, because the Americans would not allow it.
Little Perry silently took out his phone and said, "I'll make a phone call first. Regarding shipping, we have a dedicated contact person, and there may be new changes."
In front of everyone, Perry Jr. made a phone call and spoke for about a minute after the call was connected. He didn't say a word as the person on the other end did all the talking.
After hanging up the phone, Perry said to Kent, who was expecting him, "They said..."
"what did they say?"
"Say...let the bullets fly for a while."