Stander said: "Cooper, is your quartermaster reliable? Also, if you bribed him, is it expensive? If you have to give him one, then I think it would be better to kill Tom and Jack!"

Cooper said: "If I could kill them easily, of course I would choose this simple method, but the problem is that Larson failed and he was no longer sure to perform this task. I don't know if we can find a hunter better than Larson. You wouldn't have to send me troops to attack his Anliangtang in broad daylight, right? Also, my quartermaster and I just made a deal. I gave up the right to pursue him to be corrupt and abuse the law in exchange for his cooperative relationship with me. This will not affect the interests of you two. Cooper is the only one who suffers losses."

Cooper's quartermaster relied on the people above and never took Cooper seriously, but only cared about eating alone. Cooper was very annoyed, but because of the background of the quartermaster, he was helpless. But later, a chance opportunity arose, allowing Cooper to seize the boy's braid. Cooper was very calm. After grabbing the boy's braid, he did not directly attack, but followed the clues and obtained more evidence from the boy. At the critical moment, Cooper showed up to the boy, either cooperated with him or went to the military court to explain the matter clearly.

Of course the kid chose the former.

But for Cooper, this was a considerable loss, otherwise he would have been able to hit the boy's huge robbery.

Hearing Cooper's slightly resentful response, Eston and Stander had nothing to say anymore, and could only suppress their own ideas and agreed with Cooper's proposal.

Eston, who retired from the rank of captain, can only be fixed at the level of the captain. After arriving at the police station, he dealt with individual crimes and was helpless against those gangs in the world. Therefore, his strategic pattern and tactical qualities can only decline and there is no possibility of an increase. Although Stander is a brigade general, his real power position is the captain of a first-class ship. As an independent combat unit, the warship is just an individual in naval battles, and it is difficult to reflect the strategic pattern. Although he is also a deputy commander-in-chief of the fleet, the time is still short and his strategic pattern needs to be improved.

Cooper is different. As a leader of the group, he is very clear about what his strategic goal is and what tactics he needs to use to achieve his strategic goal at the lowest cost. Obviously, the strategic goal they want to achieve is just to sell the goods and get the money back. This strategic goal does not include killing Cao Bin and Dong Biao.

This is like in a war, the task of our regiment is to capture Highland A, and guarding an enemy company on the offensive route to Highland A. Then, as a commander, you must weigh the pros and cons, whether you must first defeat the enemy company or bypass the defense of the enemy company. If you choose the former, you may be dragged down by the enemy company. If you cannot take down Highland A within the specified time, it means that you have a complete strategic failure.

At this time, the same company can be sent to suppress the enemy, and the large army bypasses the company's defense area and launches direct attacks on the A high ground. After taking down the A high ground, they will turn back to deal with the enemy company.

Highland A sold the goods and took the money back, while Cao Bin and Dong Biao were the enemy company guarding halfway.

Cooper is an excellent military commander. Of course, he would choose to take down the A Highland first and then turn back to clean up the tactics of the enemy company. He even believed that after he took down the A Highland, the enemy company would lose its meaning of existence. He might not need to turn back to clean up and then he would be defeated on his own initiative.

Eston and Stander were obviously not as far as Cooper thought, nor as detailed as Cooper thought. They were just entangled in the hostile attitude of Cao Bin and Dong Biao towards them, believing that if they were not eliminated, they would not be able to get peace, but they completely ignored the independence of strategic goals and the importance of tactics to achieve strategic goals.

However, although Eston and Stander were a little reluctant, Cooper was quite pleased to accept his own views. It was time to have lunch again, so Cooper arranged for the club to prepare a sumptuous lunch for them.

While eating and drinking, Eston suddenly remembered something, holding a knife and fork, but was stunned.

Cooper asked with a smile, "Eston, what's wrong with you? Did your tongue be swallowed into your stomach?"

Eston shook his head indifferently and said worriedly: "I suddenly remembered that the New York buyer named Ballmer should be Bill Lane's subordinate, and the batch of goods we have originally belonged to Bill Lane."

Stander smiled and said, "So what can we do? We have a wronged and a debtor. We are not the ones who stole his goods."

Cooper said, "Stander is right. If it weren't for us, this batch of goods would have been turned into ashes. Therefore, Ballmer should not only complain about us, but on the contrary, he should be grateful to us."

Eston shook his head and said, "I am not worried about these things, but the additional conditions he proposed."

Strictly speaking, Ballmer is not Bill Lane's subordinate. He and Bill Lane should be considered as a partner, but in their cooperation process, Bill Lane has always been dominated by Bill Lane.

When Bill Lane was preparing to accept Hans' plan and bet all his money and life in this bet, Ballmer was not blinded by the interests on paper. Hans' plan sounded wonderful, but he lacked understanding of the mysterious kingdom of the East and firmly insisted on the principle that the greater the interests, the greater the risks, so he did not invest in this gamble, but symbolically took out 50,000 US dollars to participate in a small share.

Although the 50,000 US dollars was also a huge sum, it would not hurt Ballmer. Therefore, when Bill Lane was sick and hospitalized and then disappeared, and the opium business empire he had worked hard to create also collapsed, Ballmer survived.

Although he survived, Ballmer's life was not easy. For this gamble, Bill Ryan almost completely searched all the goods that could be found in the market, which led to him being embarrassed that the organization was still there but had no goods to sell. He could only buy Mosyco from other channels with high prices, which was slightly inferior to South American goods.

Bill Lane disappeared from the hospital. Ballmer, as an old partner, immediately understood the old fox's tricks. At that time, he believed that with Bill Lane's skills and strength, it would be more than enough to deal with Hans from an inferior nation. But he really didn't expect that Bill Lane would never return it. Then he received news from Kingsoft that Kingsoft police had seized the largest opium smuggling case in history.

Seeing the amount of opium smuggled in the case, Ballmer became interested. He judged that Bill Lane should have been in Kingsoft, and that Hans should still deal with all the forces in Kingsoft, because he knew very well that Bill Lane's source of goods was not 200 tons for this gamble, but the terrifying 2000 tons. Ballmer was interested in going to Kingsoft, finding Hans, and secretly supporting him to regain control of the remaining 1,800 tons of goods. And there was no need for much return. As long as Hans could give him 20% of the goods, it would be enough for him to replace Bill Lane and become the most powerful opium merchant in New York.

Unfortunately, Hans was too deep in Kingsoft. Although he kept revealing some information to Hans through special means, Hans seemed to have failed to capture it, or Hans did not intend to cooperate with him at all.

In disappointment, Ballmer returned to New York with his subordinates, and then went to South America in person. Taking advantage of the previous cooperation with Bill Lane, he won some supply. However, the inventory in South America has been completely searched by Bill Lane, and the new goods will have to wait until April and May of the next year.

On the third day after returning from South America, Ballmer received a telegram, which came from Kingsoft, but it was not the intelligence sent by him who stayed in Kingsoft. Seeing the content of the telegram, Ballmer felt a burst of ecstasy in his heart. Two hundred tons of high-quality goods were enough to make him reach the peak of his career. Moreover, Ballmer was quite familiar with the person who sent the telegram. In addition, he knew the ins and outs of these two hundred tons of goods, so he would not think it was a trap scam at all.

While preparing to reply to the other party, Ballmer flashed his mind and conceived another more exciting blueprint.

The opium business empire created by Bill Lane has fallen apart and has become more than a dozen gangs of different sizes. Ballmer is willing to integrate them together, but his prestige is not enough to convince the public. At this time, most of them also knew what happened in the Kingsoft in the past few months. Although everyone was gritting their teeth for Hans, no one would think that Hans could kill Bill Lane. Their leader must have fallen into the hands of Anliangtang of Kingsoft.

If he could take this opportunity to use the power of Stander who sent the telegram to scatter the Kingsoft Anliangtang and avenge Bill Lane, then he would definitely become the hero in the hearts of the brothers of the past. At that time, there would be a foundation for integrating them together.

If he can achieve his goal, he will definitely become the second Bill Lane.

The price of one ounce and fifteen cents is not high. The Moxico goods he currently buys are all ounce and seventeen or eighteen cents, and the other party also clearly stated that they can trade in any designated place. After deducting the freight and deducting the risks in transportation, the purchase price of this batch of goods is more than 30% cheaper than the existing channels. Therefore, when arranging the representatives to go to Kingsoft, Ballmer adjusted his thoughts. If the other party can successfully eradicate Kingsoft Anliangtang as he wishes, then he is willing to raise the purchase price to the 18 cents per ounce.

In order to demonstrate his sincerity and importance, the most suitable representative candidate that Ballmer thought of was his own son, Conley Ballmer. Conley was young and not yet in his thirties, but he was extremely calm and had a more steady personality than those men in his forties. Moreover, his mind was quite meticulous, and sometimes even he, a father, felt a little ashamed of himself.

After listening to his father's entire idea, Conley said nothing, pondered for a moment, and finally made his own judgment: "This is a great plan, but there are still several problems in the middle. The most important point is funds. If we don't calculate it at an ounce of eighteen cents, we just calculate it at an ounce of fifteen cents. If we want to eat these two hundred tons of goods, we have to prepare at least one million funds, but the reality is that even half of the money in our account is not enough."

Ballmer said: "This is not a problem. When we reach a deal with them, I can pre-sell part of this batch of goods. Not only are we out of stock, but Mr. Ryan's old subordinates are also out of stock."

Conley nodded and said, "Very good. Since the funding problem can be solved, it is no longer a problem. I will take back my doubts just now, but the next problem is not so easy to solve."

Ballmer said: "Are you trying to talk about storage issues after the goods are shipped to New York?"

Conley shrugged his shoulders and said, "Since you plan to pre-sale part of this batch of goods, then the storage problem is not a big problem. What I want to say is that if they accept the additional conditions we have proposed, but unfortunately, their actions failed, then we can only watch the batch of goods be taken away by others or turned into ashes."

Ballmer couldn't help but gasp.

The issue that Conley mentioned was indeed something he did not consider. He knew Stander's military background and had cooperated with Stander more than ten years ago. Stander was already a captain in the Marine Corps. More than ten years have passed, and Ballmer believed that Stander's position in the army would have to reach at least two levels, so he firmly believed that as long as Stander made up his mind, he would be able to put in enough strength to slaughter Kingsoft Anliangtang. Therefore, in his decision, the prerequisite for the transaction was that Stander had to slaughter Anliangtang first.

The reason why he made such a decision was that Ballmer's purpose was to force out Stander's potential. However, he ignored the fact that there was no absolute truth in the world. If Stander failed, he would inevitably lose his own result, and he might even fall into a quagmire and be unable to extricate himself.

"Good reminder, Conley, I'm very pleased that you can think of this, but I want to hear your solution even more." After being stunned, Ballmer smiled. He wanted to take this opportunity to test Conley's abilities.

Conley smiled faintly and said, "My opinion is to lower the transaction price to one ounce and twelve cents without any additional conditions. Of course, we will ask him to flatten the Kingsoft Anliangtang. If they are done, then we can increase the final settlement price to one ounce and eighteen cents. Father, an ounce rises six cents, and the total price for two hundred tons of goods is more than four hundred thousand dollars. I think that the great officer will do his best for the extra 400,000 dollars, but we are sure to make a profit."

Ballmer's expression changed from comfort to appreciation. He nodded slightly and said, "I accept your suggestions, Conley, are there any other problems? Tell me together."

Conley said: "I don't agree with your idea of ​​integrating Bill Ryan's old subordinates, eradicating Kingsoft Anliangtang, and improving your father's prestige. However, if you go further and want to use this credit to integrate Bill Ryan's old subordinates, it may not be so smooth. Even if the integration is successful, it will be just a false reputation for you. Bill Ryan can control his subordinates, relying on his stable supply of goods, but you do not have such resource conditions, so you cannot really control them. Once they get into trouble, they will inevitably come to you to wipe their butts. You will only work harder, but there will not be much more practical benefits."

The words sounded not so pleasant, but the truth was obvious. Ballmer sighed at the maturity of his son in his heart, but he just smiled slightly on his face: "What do you think I should do the most advantageous?"

Conley pondered for a moment and said, "If the great Mr. Officer could not earn an ounce of six cents of motivation, then anything would be futile, but if he did, I think the most advantageous thing for his father is to convert prestige into real profit."

stable!

Ballmer's evaluation of Conley is only one word, but for the industry he is in, stability is the ultimate goal.

Helen Powell moved back to the newspaper's single dormitory.

There was no stove in the dormitory, so it was naturally cold and wet. The window frame had long changed shape. Although it was closed, there was a little air leakage and it was blowing on the body, making people feel even more cold. Helen didn't have the heart to go to work, and lay alone on the single bed in the dormitory. She wanted to sleep for a while, but as soon as she closed her eyes, Cao Bin's voice and appearance immediately appeared in her mind.

Helen had no choice but to open her eyes.

But when he opened his eyes and saw the furnishings in the dormitory, Helen couldn't help but compare with her bedroom in Anliangtang. Before this, Helen devoted herself to the career of journalists, and did not care about taking good care of herself. In life, he could make money and omitted it, so that his dormitory did not look like a woman's dormitory. In Anliangtang, Cao Bin bought many women's daily necessities for her. Although those supplies were not purchased by Cao Bin himself, he arranged them for Mrs. Zhou after all.

Helen sat at the desk, and the chaos on the table immediately made her feel irritable. She lost control of her emotions and stretched out her arms to pull all the miscellaneous things on the table to the ground. With a chaotic sound, Helen was stunned for a moment, then leaned on the table, and her shoulders twitched violently.

It's the ninth year since he graduated from school and became a reporter. Helen didn't cry when she first entered the newspaper and was sneered by her colleagues without professionalism. With the right to interview and being insulted by the interviewee, Helen did not cry. In order to reveal the facts of the crime, Helen went deep into the criminal den and was pointed at the head by the suspected criminal, but Helen still didn't cry. She once thought she had already developed a steel-like will. She once thought she could face any difficulties with a smile, but at this moment, in the face of such insignificant emotional setbacks, Helen cried.

There are many forms of crying, you can cry loudly, you can sobly, and you have to make a sound to vent your emotions. But Helen was crying silently, which meant that she was desperately suppressing herself. The crying showed that her emotions had collapsed. This was a kind of helpless sadness, a kind of sadness full of regret.

Helen, who is over thirty years old, cannot never have loved her. Which young man is not passionate? Which girl is not in love? Helen was young and had a flowery age. She had a crush on a boy, and she was also hurt by a boy, but at that time, she had never despaired as she is now.

The alarm clock that fell on the ground was still walking drippingly. The hour hand on the alarm clock had passed directly above. Helen, who had never eaten anything when she woke up early, finally felt hunger in her belly, but she couldn't raise her appetite at all.

"Du, dumb, dumb."

A knock came from the door.

Helen didn't want to pay attention to it, and at this moment, she didn't want to see anyone.

"Du, dumb, dumb."

The people outside the door did not give up.

Helen hesitated for a moment. Perhaps a colleague from the newspaper came to find her, but there was a strange voice in her heart and shouted: "Let that damn job go to hell! What you need is love and life!"

Is that voice very strange? It is clearly my own voice!

Love?Life?

It seemed to be within reach, but when I reached out, I realized that it was out of reach.

"Helen, I know you are inside. If you don't open the door, I will knock the door open!" The deep voice of the familiar man came from outside the door.

Is it Jack?

It's really Jack!

I don’t know why Helen suddenly felt energetic. She quickly cleared her throat, tried her best to maintain her normal voice, and responded: “Is it Jack?”

Dong Biao responded outside the door: "Who else would I be? Who else should threaten to break open the door of the Helen reporter?"

Helen hurriedly pulled her hair away, then went to the basin rack and picked up a towel and wiped her cheeks. But for a whole week, the towel was almost dry and could not wipe the tears on her face. "Jack, wait a moment, I, I just got out of the bed."

There was no drop of water in the basin, and no drop of water could be poured out from the water bottle next to it. Helen looked around anxiously. When she saw the window, she finally thought of a solution. When she opened the window, Helen grabbed the snow and put it on the towel, and then wiped her cheeks. It turned out to be much cleaner.

He put down the towel and was about to open the door. Helen saw the mess in the ground again. It was definitely too late to clean up. Helen smiled bitterly, shook her head, turned around and opened the door for Dong Biao.

Outside the door, Dong Biao stomped his feet and rubbed his hands coldly. When he came into the room, he couldn't help but nagging: "Why is this room colder than outside!" Before Helen could answer, Dong Biao looked around and laughed: "I said, big reporter, this is your dormitory? Can people live in this condition?"

Helen replied with an angry look on her face, "Aren't I a human? I have lived in this room for nine years."

"Nine years?" Dong Biao snorted coldly. Just as he was about to make a reply, he saw the tears remaining on Helen's face: "Did you cry just now?"

Helen said angrily: "What's wrong with crying? Joy, anger, sorrow, and happiness are human nature. Do you have the power to limit me?"

Dong Biao smiled apologized and said, "How dare I restrict the big reporter? If you stabbed it into the newspaper and said that I was a big man's idea and did not respect women, wouldn't I be in trouble?"

Humans are very strange animals. Take Helen as an example. Although she can also act generously in front of Cao Bin and speaks with a concise manner, she cannot hide the restraint in her heart in any case. However, when she is with Dong Biao, she is extremely relaxed, just like a friend who has been dating for many years. She says whatever she wants, without covering up, and without disguising her.

Helen, who was relaxed, also had a smile on her face. She shook her hair and replied to Dong Biao: "Don't you think it's too late? You threatened me to knock on my door and laughed at my dormitory for not being able to live in. She also restricted my emotional venting. Jack, you have many crimes, just wait to go to the newspaper."

Dong Biao shrugged his shoulders and said with a smile: "Then I will become a notorious man? But this will inevitably affect Tom's reputation. You will marry Tom sooner or later, so your behavior is to smash it..." Dong Biao couldn't finish his words because he was stunned when he saw Helen and shed two lines of tears. "Helen, if you don't take you like this, you are not an actor, how can you cry just by crying?"

Helen wiped the tears from her cheeks with her hands, smiled bitterly, and said, "Jack, I think you are a friend. You can't comfort me, but you can't hurt me like this."

Dong Biao smiled and said, "Help you hurt you? Why did I hurt you? What did I say hurt you?"

Helen squeezed out a smile and said, "You know, I love Tom, but he doesn't love me, so I hope you don't mention him in front of me in the future."
To be continued...