Chapter 66 - 74: Steel Mill, Do You Want It?
Where the fool came from didn’t matter. What mattered was that among these jungle predators, none would ever let a valuable prey slip away.
"Did you buy the ship?"
Mickey once again ran up to Pierre and asked in a low voice.
"Alcat Shipping Company of Spain, Alfonso... he’s your employee, isn’t he?"
Faced with Mickey’s barrage of questions, Pierre neither confirmed nor denied it.
"My God, how could you spend so much money on ships? Those ships are all money pits, you know?"
Mickey seemed a bit agitated. And who could blame him? After all, his future, his fate, depended on this guy making the right moves. Yet here he was, wasting precious funds on those old wrecks.
Was it really worth getting so worked up about?
Looking at Mickey, Pierre replied bluntly.
"I need those ships!"
Ships were Pierre’s main goal on this trip. After all, ships would be indispensable for the future development of North Borneo—whether for transporting immigrants or goods, ships were essential. Never mind tens of thousands of tons; if funds allowed, he might even buy up a million tons’ worth of merchant vessels.
After all, whether you look at the postwar shipping industry’s development or the demand for immigration, investing in shipping is a business with guaranteed returns.