Chapter 169 The business of the sea train(1/2)
the next day.
Early that morning, Carrera Shipbuilding Company welcomed two distinguished guests.
Mr. Bingshan, the chairman of the company and mayor of the Seven Waters City, and his secretary Miss Carlyfa, welcomed the arrival of these two distinguished guests at the company's gate.
The visitor was not someone else, but Galen, the Seven Warriors Sea, who has been famous on the sea recently, and his female companion Miss Nami.
Garen knew that he was too famous and knew that there were p9 agents lurking in this city.
If he, a big man, came to Frankie, a unknown gangster, to be too eye-catching and suspicious.
So Galen's purpose in coming to the Seven Waters Capital this time was to discuss business with Carrera Shipbuilding Company, and he did have a big business to talk to Chairman Bingberg.
The two sides exchanged greetings at the gate, and Bingshan respectfully led the way forward, while Carlyfa, dressed in a secretary, quietly turned his eyes to Garen from time to time.
Garen is not only a key figure in Carlyfa's mission, but also suspected to be the master of her government agent. The sudden appearance here will naturally attract Carlyfa's attention.
Galen was alert in her heart, but she responded to Carlyfa's gaze with a kind smile on her face.
"Galen?"
After realizing the "small interaction" between Galen and Carlyfa, Nami unconsciously tied Galen's arm a little tightly, and said in Galen's ear unhappily:
"That female secretary doesn't look like a serious person!"
"oh?"
Garen raised his brow and whispered to Nami in a little surprised, "Can you actually see it?"
He has never told Nami who is the lurking agent of p9.
Unexpectedly, Nami could tell at a glance that Kalifa's "inappropriateness" came...
Good eyesight! It's really worthy of being the intellectual responsibility in the pirate world!
Galen sighed in his heart.
"Is this still unsightly?!"
However, Nami glared at Garen with annoyance, and then yelled softly in Garen's ear:
"It's you!"
"What did you respond to this woman doing even though you know she is not serious?"
"ah?"
Garen was slightly stunned and said with an innocent look on his face: "Is there anything wrong with what I did?"
"you!"
Nami was so angry that she clenched Garen's arm so much that she felt so painful that she almost pinched Garen's data-based model because of the high damage.
After thinking about it, Galen never realized the flaws of the fake smile he made in front of government agents.
Under Nami's cold face, Garen, who was completely confused, walked into the chairman's office of the iceberg in a daze.
Both sides sat down, and Bingshan tried his best to show off a polite look like a businessman and asked Garen:
"I wonder what is the need for Lord Garen to come here?"
The iceberg was calm, but I felt very nervous.
Because Galen's identity as a suspected Celestial Dragon is too sensitive, and knowing the whereabouts of Pluto's drawings, he is a potential "terrorist" who may be exposed to the world government at any time.
But Garen's words suddenly relieved the iceberg's heart:
"I came this time to discuss a business with Carrera."
"I would like to ask your company's technicians to assist our Debang company in building a maritime train in the East China Sea!"
“Sea train?”
The iceberg not only completely relaxed, but was also very excited by Garen's words.
Building a sea train and turning the barrier into a thoroughfare was the lifelong wish of his master, Master Tom.
And Iceberg's efforts have only barely managed the capital of Seven Waters to prosper, and have never made any progress in the promotion of sea trains.
As soon as he heard that Galen had the intention to build a sea train, Bingshan immediately said excitedly:
"Mr. Galen!"
"As long as you intend to build a sea train, our company's technology can be transferred free of charge, and engineers and workers only receive basic salary, and they can also train technicians for you for free!"
"Forehead?"
Galen was a little dizzy by the series of preferential policies of Iceberg and couldn't help asking:
"How come the advanced technology of this sea train has become a free gift?"
"well…"
Bingshan sighed deeply, but said in embarrassment:
“You don’t know:”
"Even if the technical cost is excluded and the labor cost is reduced to the limit, the cost of this sea train is extremely high."
"Building a sea train line connecting two large islands will take at least 50 years to recover the cost."
"So until the invention of the sea train technology, in addition to the Seven Water Capital area, only a wealthy area in the New World has barely built a sea train line."
Garen nodded, roughly understanding the meaning of the iceberg:
The cost of sea trains is too high, requiring large capital and large investment. In today's chaotic times when the world government is weak and all forces occupy the sea and become king, no force can afford a large-scale railway.
Even if you can afford it, it will be difficult to recover the cost in the short term.
It takes fifty years for a local force to recover the cost of building a sea train, while the sea king flag is changing and there are constant disputes. Even the Four Emperors Pirates cannot guarantee that they can exist for fifty years.
"I'll fix it!"
Garen answered firmly.
The iceberg showed a surprised voice and couldn't help asking, "Don't you think more about it?"
"If you want to get rich, build roads first!"
"No matter how much investment or how much time I spend, I will repair it."
Garen nodded, with an unshakable confidence on his body.
Of course, it will cost money to build a railway.
It costs an average of 160 million yuan to build a high-speed rail in Galen's hometown. This cost is hundreds of years to pay for the money you need to collect tickets.
The debt of the Railway Corporation is 4.98 trillion yuan, which is 81.67 trillion yuan if it is Bailey (Japanese yen).
This number, the "Golden Emperor" Tazoro will be silent when he hears it, and the Tianlong people will cry when he hears it.
But every year, it still builds a huge high-speed railway network across the country at a terrifying speed.
Because the benefits of building railways cannot be calculated only from the railway operation, but also from the economic benefits driven and even the development strategy of the entire country.
Galen's Debang Logistics Company has already covered most of the East China Sea.
While providing transportation and safety services, the company has gradually begun to impose reasonable "protection fees" of similar taxes on various towns.
This is already an independent kingdom in the East China Sea.
Of course, the power of the Four Emperors Pirates is actually far better than that of Garen's company.
But thieves are thieves, and the Four Emperors are just local warlords who lack progressive and constructiveness after all.
Being able to maintain order and protect the people with flags like Whitebeard is already considered to be the end of benevolence and righteousness.
How can their vision and mentality be compared to Garen from the "infrastructure madman" country?
"Very good!"
Chairman Iceberg stood up from the sofa excitedly and bowed deeply to Garen uncontrollably:
“I’m willing to do my best to help you achieve this plan!”
Teacher Tom's lifelong wish finally came true. The iceberg completely let go of the barriers in his heart and became the most determined ally of Galen, the "Dragon Man".
"So…"
Bingbai asked again:
“How much money can you put out every year? How many miles of railways are planned to be built? Projects”
"Ahem"
Galen pushed Nami, who was sitting next to her:
"You can just communicate with her about the specific content of this cooperation."
Garen brought Nami to the Seven Water Capital to let Nami, who has a strong mathematical talent, help her handle specific financial issues in business transactions.
Nami was not vague and started discussing with Bingshan.
The economic issues involved in a giant project are beyond imagination. The topic between Nami and Iceberg quickly talked from a few simple data to the field of engineering economics that Garen could not understand at all.
To be continued...