The water rises and falls, and the ships slowly rise and fall with the waves. On the coast under the flowing clouds and blue sky, the city embraces the sea like a crescent moon, with sailboats docked in it, and their long masts are like a forest.
The main road from the seaport to the interior of the city is filled with horse-drawn carriages, which carry various goods and raw materials back and forth, just like the main blood vessels of the human body.
Hopeland, this commercial city is more prosperous than in the past. After no longer fighting among itself and not being controlled by Yubeile, it has gradually become the absolute center of New Verga, handling goods from all over the inland areas of the Seven Snow Flower Countries.
, and then sent to the Southern Islands, or to the East. Anyway, there are many choices, and you are more free than before.
Nowadays, the most prosperous area in the city is also vaguely divided into three circles. One is the headquarters of the Kalites Chamber of Commerce in the center of the city, the other is the New Verga Commercial Association in the east of the city, and the other is the old-established large chamber of commerce in the west of the city.
The Hellish family.
Following the gray and white stone brick street in the center, you will see a building complex surrounded by high white walls. The tiles and tops of the pavilions and towers here are purple, and the walls are also painted clean.
The white lime looks elegant and bright.
Past the slightly busy front yard and building, there is a three-story building in the backyard of the Chamber of Commerce.
There is a long table in the large restaurant, but now there is only one girl at the table.
"Sister Chelsea, don't you have to be so rich?"
Lacey looked at the various delicacies placed on the white cloth table and felt that she would definitely not be able to finish them all. Chelsea had not been so wasteful before.
"Miss, just choose what you like to eat. It's rare for you to come back once, and you may leave again one day. How can I make you suffer and eat something you don't like." Chelsea stood next to the girl and said seriously.
"Okay, but I really can't eat much. Let the maids cover the rest with a lid, and I won't touch it."
The girl chose three things she liked more, and asked the maid on the side to carry the rest. Only the young lady and the maid were left in the huge restaurant.
"How are you doing, Sister Chelsea?" The girl raised her head and looked at the head maid beside her.
"Thank you for your concern, Miss. It's not bad so far." Chelsea pushed up her glasses, her posture was dignified and upright, giving people the impression of being meticulous.
Lacey looked at the head maid in front of her, but she was thinking about something more rude, that is, how old is the head maid now.
She should be of the same generation as Angus and Jelinek. It is said that they met each other in the bar where Angus often visited when he was young. At that time, she was still a waiter and should be around 20 years old. Later, she
More than ten years have passed. In other words, the head maid should be around 40 years old.
However, looking at his face, he looks like he is in his early 30s, probably because he has taken good care of himself and has some extraordinary strength.
Let's not think about these off-topic matters for the time being. After Lacey finished her lunch, Chelsea asked the other maids to clean up the table, and brought teapots and cups to the young lady. In this way, the two slowly started talking about the Chamber of Commerce.
Current situation.
"Thanks to the previous defeat and absorption of three major chambers of commerce, Kalites' current assets have nearly doubled compared to before."
"Of course, this is also inseparable from the establishment of New Verga, because the Kalites Chamber of Commerce currently dominates the alliance, and many things will be handled with less resistance and smoother, and can seize many opportunities."
Chelsea introduced the current status and development process of the Chamber of Commerce.
Once upon a time, the wine market of the Nissos family was jointly divided by the Carites and Helis families. The market position of the perfume, flowers, jewelry, etc. of the Anemii family was replaced by several new chambers of commerce, which belonged to
Competition in different segments is not yet fierce at present.
The arms industry of the Tisiphone family is now managed by the United Commercial Union, and is jointly supervised by everyone. Its output and income will be used to maintain stability within the alliance and defend against foreign enemies.
"What is our current main source of income as Carites?" Lacey picked up the tea that was no longer boiling hot and took a small sip.
"At present, the shipbuilding industry is still the main industry, followed by alcohol, textile and other businesses, and then there is the supermarket that the eldest lady proposed before."
"According to your previous instructions, we only operate the venue and store, and other chambers of commerce are responsible for the goods and merchandise. As a result, the income ratio is not large."
"Yeah, that's the case for now, but our goal is to make this platform good, not a certain product." Lacey nodded.
"In the future, we will continue to develop logistics and post stations in various places, and strive to provide affordable prices, complete categories of products, and unified styles in supermarkets in various branches."
"Whenever everyone wants to buy something, the first thing they think of is to come to our store." The girl said about her future goals.
Seeing that Chelsea didn't understand, the girl added: "Although this industry is currently not very profitable, it is very stable, and its expanded transportation and logistics are the most important parts."
"When this system matures, we can transport raw materials from anywhere and send goods to various places at the same time. At the same time, we will have the capital to negotiate with other suppliers."
"If other chambers of commerce see it, will they follow suit?" Chelsea asked. There were no patents in this era.
"It's hard to learn what we say," Lacey said in a rare playful tone.
"The first is the type of goods. It is not easy to unite with many other chambers of commerce, and we also have countermeasures. The second is the large cost in the early stage. It would be okay if the market is blank, but with our precedent, the other party will
If you want to seize the market from us, you have to invest more, you have to change people's original consumption habits, you have to ensure that there are enough profits to repay the capital in the future, and you have to be wary of our continued competition, etc."
Perhaps it is due to a long-term illness that has become a medical problem. The more suffering it suffers, the more deeply she studies it every day and has a deeper understanding of it. The girl couldn't help but think so.
Even if it weren't for her, another young person in the new century would probably have thought of these ideas. Without her, she has experienced too much. The history of the development of life is the history of making money from those giant companies.
Monopoly, controlling platforms and channels, is always the most powerful and profitable way. This has nothing to do with good or evil, it is just the law of the development of things.
The real difference between good and bad is whether you really provide products that are trustworthy and worthwhile. At the same time, where such a large amount of wealth is ultimately fed back is the fundamental question.
In the early days of industrialization, the launch of each project required a huge amount of money. Girls had to plan ahead and accumulate more capital to cope with various storms.