Chapter 210: Quiet Ethan

Evening.

Sophia's study.

The sunset through the window made the room look melancholy.

Several financial officers of the Lawson family have been calculating something here since noon.

Sophia sat in her seat, stroking her forehead, without saying a word.

Ethan also found a seat and sat there for the whole afternoon, also without saying a word.

But he was different from Sophia, his face didn't have so many expressions, he was always neither sad nor happy, very quiet.

So quiet as if he was sleeping.

"Miss, the general results are out." A financial officer broke the silence.

Sophia gestured with her fingers, indicating that the other party should speak out.

"Our share is worth about 113,000 gold.

If we are really forced to divest, we will lose about 900 gold every day, and it will take at least 7 years until we restore our current shipbuilding capacity.

Since the shipyard also takes care of ship maintenance, the 900 gold here only takes into account the maintenance of the ship.

If the lost time is taken into account, the loss is immeasurable.

However, we have also trained some of our own personnel over the years. If we simply restore the maintenance and modification of the ship.

Depending on the weather, it will only take one to three months.

It's just that because of the loss of blood-making ability, we will gradually lose the right to sea transportation within 5 years."

Sophia sighed heavily after hearing this.

She knew that these sea vessels generally have a lifespan of only 8-10 years due to corrosion and other reasons. If they are well maintained, they may last a few more years.

But she usually replaces them in advance before the lifespan is over, and resells the ships.

Before, with the support of the world's strongest shipyard, she didn't worry about these things at all. Now Casillas sneaks up from behind and faces the dilemma of having no blood to replace.

This is bad.

Cargo ships have become the main economic pillar of the family in recent years, and there can be no problems at all.

"So, what is the solution?"

Regarding Sophia's question, the financial officers looked at each other and were speechless.

Finally, it was Financial Officer Klotz who stood up.

"There are two ways, either negotiate with them, give in, and hand over the technology.

Or be tough to the end and avoid future troubles.

If you choose the former, since the key to the transformation is those magic treasures, according to the requirements of the committee, apologizing and handing over the technology will not actually cause us any actual loss.

Everything will be the same, and the sea power is still firmly in our hands.

However, once we apologize and show weakness, since they have control, they can find reasons to target us at any time in the future.

There will be no peace at that time.

This is just shipping, and other industries may face the same dilemma.

Of course, if you choose to be tough to the end, forced divestiture will be inevitable.

We can hardly bear the visible losses.

However, it is not without benefits if it is really divested. We can Establishing a factory, although it will be a bit hard in the early stage, but there will be autonomy in the future.

If we want to take this path, we must get the support of the Dominic family.

Although they do not have control over the shipyard, the main body of the shipyard, such as personnel, technology, materials and various standards, all come from their family.

Once we get their support, we can turn the current shipyard into an empty shell.

But this is difficult.

After all, their family only has an industry like the shipyard, and all their income depends on the shipyard.

Unless they are forced into a desperate situation, they will never take a huge risk to choose to start over with us.

The above is all, how to choose, it is up to the lady to make a decision. "

Seeing Kloz throw the question back, Sophia leaned back in the chair and even found it difficult to breathe.

She didn't know why Kloz didn't say the essence of the matter.

But she knew very well that the essence of this matter was that the alliance broke up.

And the Lawson family was still the party that was broken up.

Without any preparation, Sophia suddenly fell into this situation, and she blamed herself a little.

Recently, I have been too careless about my work.

Thinking of this, Sophia unconsciously cast her eyes on Ethan.

Seeing the other party's calm face, she couldn't help but lower her head and smile bitterly.

Ethan saw Sophia's gaze, smiled slightly, slowly stood up, walked to Sophia's side, and gently patted Sophia on the shoulder.

"Sophia, you are tired, let me handle this matter!"

When Sophia heard it, she raised her head and looked at Ethan, her eyes full of confusion.

Ethan smiled and signaled Sophia to believe in himself with his eyes.

"Anna, send the lady back to rest, she is tired!"

"Yes!"

Anna heard the order, walked into the study, helped Sophia up and was about to rest.

At this time, Sophia still looked confused.

She didn't want Ethan to take over, but seeing Ethan's confident eyes, she gave in.

So she said to everyone: "Everything is up to Ethan's orders!"

After that, Sophia went back to the room to rest with Anna's support.

After Sophia left, Ethan did not deal with anything, but asked the maid about dinner.

When he learned that dinner was ready, he led the financial officers to the restaurant without thinking.

"Mr. Earl, it's not time for dinner now, you'd better make a decision as soon as possible."

A financial officer said on the way.

Ethan smiled slightly: "You have been busy since noon, how can you not eat?

No matter how difficult it is, you can't joke about your health."

Seeing that Ethan was so calm and composed, everyone guessed that Ethan had already made a decision and said no more.

Ethan did make a decision, and that was to eat enough.

During the dinner, he concentrated on the food and didn't say a word.

Finance Officer Klotz raised his head and glanced at Ethan. Seeing that Ethan was so calm, he smiled knowingly and concentrated on eating.

But the other financial officers were all in heavy moods, and Ethan's silence made them even more sleepless.

They know better than anyone the importance of the shipyard to the family.

Once something happens there, the family's property will probably be destroyed, and their future and that of their family will be ruined as well.

But at this time, Miss Sophia suddenly let go, and Earl Ethan, who took over, seemed unwilling to communicate with everyone.

They were all furious.

But no matter how anxious they were, they could only endure it because they saw that Ethan didn't seem to care about it very much.

Come to think of it, they are all separated.

It's normal for him not to care about the lady's business.

But why did the lady leave this matter to Ethan?

Don't you understand this?

When several financial officers were in high spirits, Anna came to inform them that the young lady was not feeling well and needed to take a good rest in the past few days.

All matters will be handled by Earl Ethan.

After the announcement, Anna leaned close to Ethan's ear and whispered: "The lady said she was also hungry and asked me to bring her some food."

Ethan smiled after hearing this.

That’s right!

Being able to eat means calming down. If you want to think about things, you need to be calm.

Xiao Nizi is really becoming more and more lovable.

"Tell the lady to take a good rest these days."

"yes!"

…

After dinner, Ethan arranged a carriage to send several financial officials home.

During this time, he didn't say anything.

After sending everyone away, he went back to Sophia's study to sit for a while.