Chapter 506: A Small Thing
The transaction can be conducted at any time. Shang Chu has come from afar and obviously needs to rest first.
Su Xia didn't rush to get down to business. After a simple greeting, she took Shang Chu and his party to the suite where they stayed when they came to the garrison last time to rest. The suite was cleaned after the other party left, and when they knew that the other party was coming yesterday, they asked the reputation to clean it again.
Shang Chu, who had just acted competent and generous in front of Su Xia, lay on the sofa without any image when there were no outsiders around and shouted: "Indiana, help me massage my shoulders."
We share happiness but we share difficulties together. Neither the admiral nor the secretary ship can escape. When the admiral comes, the secretary ship must be there.
"Hmm?" Indiana responded. She was thinking about South Dakota and Massachusetts, where she hadn't seen Admiral Su today. She didn't know where they were going. Indiana was really lucky. Her elder sister and younger sister were all in the same garrison. She sat on the sofa and reached out her hand to absentmindedly tap her Admiral Shangchu's back.
Shang Chu had only said that casually, and had never expected Indiana to give her a massage. Although she wanted a shoulder massage, Indiana only gave her a back massage, and said, "Push harder."
Indiana increased the force slightly, then quickly realized what she was talking about, patted Shang Chu on the back, and said, "This force is enough."
"It's too big." Shang Chu said.
Indiana softened the back thumping.
"Take a break first. It's time for lunch at 12 o'clock, then take a nap. At around 2:30, Admiral Su will probably invite you to visit his equipment warehouse to discuss the deal." Indiana asked, "Are you ready?"
"I'm ready, are you ready too?" Shang Chu asked, "Didn't you immediately break through the defense when you saw the other person's equipment? Otherwise, I wouldn't have thought of trading."
Indiana was a little embarrassed, hesitating for a moment, and then said, "No problem, I'm ready."
"I've thought it through." Indiana picked up a piece of dessert and looked at it. She was impressed by how thoughtful this tutelary fort was. Drinks, snacks, and everything else had been prepared. She remembered that when she went to other tutelary forts before, everyone would entertain her well, but they wouldn't consider it so carefully. This tutelary fort is worthy of the reputation of the head maid. "It will definitely not be breached again."
"It's certain that this naval base has many powerful equipments." Indiana paused, "But these equipments are usually equipped to various shipgirls, such as Richelieu, Veneto, and the world's most powerful new battleship South Dakota-class..."
"If you want to speak, just speak nicely. Don't take the opportunity to flatter yourself... What's the world's most powerful new battleship, the South Dakota class? The Iowa class obviously surpasses the South Dakota class." Shang Chu said disdainfully.
Indiana glanced at Shang Chu and wanted to take action, but finally held back and said, "I don't want to talk nonsense with you. In short, even if they have a lot of powerful equipment in the garrison, they must have equipped it to the ship girls, not kept in the equipment warehouse... I noticed that the Conqueror and L20 only have MK6 and Type 91 armor-piercing shells... If they have extra powerful equipment, it is impossible not to give it to them."
"Then what?" Shang Chu asked, "What if there are no powerful equipment in the equipment warehouse?"
"Then I can't see it," Indiana said. "Out of sight, out of mind."
"You are a bit deceiving yourself." Shang Chu said.
"What do you care about me?" Indiana said dissatisfiedly.
Shang Chu thought for a moment and said, "What if they deliberately let the ship girls unload the equipment and put it in the equipment warehouse in order to show us off?"
"It's not that bad," Indiana said. "It's not you."
"What do you mean it wasn't me..." Shang Chu said, "When have I ever done anything like that?"
Shang Chu sighed and said, "There's no way to do it even if I want to. If I put all the equipment in the equipment warehouse, no one can see it. It's better to say that all the equipment has been given to everyone, so the equipment warehouse is empty. This way it won't be embarrassing."
Indiana suddenly felt a little sad when he heard Shang Chu's words. He gently reached out his hand and stroked Shang Chu's soft long hair, saying, "No problem, there will be bread, butter, full warehouses of equipment, and full garrisons of ship girls."
"I don't need your comfort yet." Shang Chu opened Indiana's hand. "I just want to ask you, if the situation I mentioned happens, what would you do?"
"What can I do? Just let it go," Indiana said, and then she started laughing. I didn't expect that she, an American ship, would tell jokes in Chinese. "If that situation really happens, what else can I do except admit defeat?"
"Yeah, what else can I do except admit defeat." Shang Chu said, "Anyway, I am prepared for his equipment warehouse to have a hundred MK6s and a hundred hero aircraft... I have tried my best to imagine it, and if there can be more, then I will admit it."
"Last time I didn't dare to think about it. I thought he had more than a hundred ship girls at most. Who knew there were only more than a hundred wedding ships? This time I thought about it more." Shang Chu said, "There are only a hundred MK6s, and other miscellaneous equipment is full. A huge equipment warehouse can't even hold them all. Isn't that enough?"
"Come and show me off." Shang Chu suddenly jumped in from the killing sofa.
Her eyes were determined, and the wind blowing in from the open French windows blew up her long hair. The lines of her profile with her back to the light were reflected in the light. What a handsome admiral.
Indiana looked at Shang Chu with admiration. This was her admiral, hers.
After settling Shang Chu and his group, Su Xia went to the cafeteria to take a look. Although she had told Yixian that there would be guests coming to the garrison today and had prepared more good wine and tea, she was still a little worried. In fact, it was mainly because she saw Royal Ark wearing Hanfu in the morning, and suddenly she missed Yixian a little. Yixian in Hanfu was super beautiful and cute.
After a trip to the cafeteria, Su Xia went to the equipment warehouse of the garrison out of concern.
"Admiral, Santi is here." Leipzig reminded Suxia.
Su Xia turned around and saw Santi standing at the door of the warehouse. He stopped and waited for Santi to come over and asked, "Is there anything I can do for you, Santi? "
"I want to ask the admiral if you have considered it." Santi would take the initiative to pursue what he wants. "I hope the admiral will let me handle all matters related to this transaction. I will ensure that the garrison makes a lot of money, maximizes profits, and sells a piece of equipment for the highest price..."
Su Xia was silent, tapping the shelf on top of it, and said, "I discussed it with the company, and it's better for the admirals to be more sincere. More sincerity, less routine. If it doesn't involve interests, it's okay to show off the boats for fun, and it's okay to be a little silly. But if it involves interests, you still have to be cautious. One more friend is better than one more customer."
"Knowing yourself and your enemy means you can fight a hundred battles without danger. I have learned about Shang Chu's garrison. It is a standard garrison. Although it is not small, it is not big either. It is not qualified to be our garrison's friend." Santi said, "Our garrison is in trouble... Even if we can't handle the difficulties, we can't count on them."
Su Xia glanced at Santi and said, "So you are a capitalist, and you can only be a capitalist."
"I don't think there's any problem with that," Santi said.
Su Xia waved her hand and said nothing, changing the subject: "I asked you to help me investigate the current market situation of various equipment. Have you finished your investigation?"
"No big deal." Santi took out a stack of papers from his arms. "These are the results of my investigation from various channels. There are market prices and my guide prices."
Su Xia took the stack of papers and started to look through them.
Santi silently calculated in her heart that the admiral asked her for help and he owed her a favor.
Time passed quickly, and twelve o'clock and lunch time arrived in the blink of an eye.
Su Xia accompanied Shang Chu and his group for lunch. They did not discuss business, but chatted about the admiral and the things happening in the ship girl circle. Then they went their separate ways and made an appointment to visit his equipment warehouse together in the afternoon to discuss the transaction.
Su Xia originally wanted to take a nap in Yixian's room, but Yixian had work to do, so she went to the British residential area and happened to meet King George V to discuss the afternoon transaction. She took a nap in King George V's room.
Wait until 2:30 in the afternoon.
Shang Chu was ready to leave the room early with Indiana and wait. Seeing Su Xia and Enterprise coming over, he took the initiative to greet them. His eyes stayed on Su Xia's face for a moment, and he asked curiously, "What did Admiral Su do at noon?"
"I didn't do anything." Su Xia asked, "Is there any problem?"
"Don't you have a break at noon?" Shang Chu said, "Work when you need to work, and rest when you need to rest."
"Take a break." Su Xia said.
"Maybe I saw it wrong." Shang Chu said, "I don't know why, but I feel like you look a lot more haggard this afternoon than this morning."
"You must have seen it wrong." Su Xia said, "Let's go to the equipment warehouse now."
The turret of the battleship is very huge, and the equipment of the ship girl must not be that huge, otherwise a garrison can't hold more than a few pieces of equipment. The equipment of the ship girl is a kind of power, a manifestation of power. The carrier-based aircraft is the size of an ordinary aircraft model, the turret can be lifted by one person with one hand and swung like a sledgehammer, and the torpedo is the size of an average person's forearm...
After walking around the equipment warehouse, Su Xia spoke. He rejected Santi's proposal and chose to be sincere.
"Admiral Shang, take a look at what you want."
"You said last time that you wanted MK6. We in the garrison also sell MK6. You can pay or give us resources... But I don't recommend you to buy MK6. The reason is very simple. MK6 is not cost-effective. Even our garrison doesn't have many MK6. As a gold equipment, MK6 is not cheap."
"As for the price/performance ratio, I would recommend this triple sixteen-inch gun. It provides 23 points of firepower, which is almost the same as the MK6, but the price is much cheaper... You decide for yourself. If you have the conditions, go for the MK6. If you are a little tight on money, choose the triple sixteen-inch gun with the best price/performance ratio."
"Besides that, I also have carrier-based aircraft, torpedoes, radars, etc. See if you need anything."
"I don't recommend you to buy radars and other things, because they are rarely used under normal circumstances. You can consider anti-submarine equipment, but I don't recommend you to pay too much attention to it, because deep-sea submarines rarely appear under normal circumstances, so there is no need to spend too much money on them. Good steel should be used where it is needed most."
"The improved power system provides 10 points of dodge, but a ship girl can only be equipped with so many pieces of equipment. If possible, destroyers should choose torpedoes as much as possible... Anyway, my destroyers rarely carry this kind of equipment."
Su Xia talked a lot, but Shang Chu didn't listen at all.
Shang Chu looked around at the equipment warehouse. Every shelf in the warehouse was filled with equipment. A rough calculation showed that there were thousands of them, but that was all. There were a lot of MK6s and a lot of hero machines, but they were all in her imagination, although she tried to exaggerate them.
That’s it?
That’s it?
It couldn't scare her as she was already fully prepared.
