[Paradise-IV] SD 970403.04 - But What's Puzzling You - Chip Goodyear, CIV; Amadeus Burr, NPC
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Amadeus walked up to Chip's receptionist with a purpose. "Is he in? I
need to see him right now."
"Yes sir. bu-" He immediately walked into Chip's office without waiting
for her to finish.
"Mister Goodyear, we need to talk."
Chip was just buttoning up his shirt, and so was the random blond who
was coming out of the closet.. "Okay, have a seat." Chip was calm as
could be, he finished dressing and gave the girl one of his dress
shirts to wear out of the office, hers was a shredded mess on the desk.
Chip sat behind the desk, "What can I do for you Burr?"
Amadeus gave the blonde the customary looking over before completely
ignoring her. "I just spoke with Drake Gates of Drake Enterprises." He
sat down in one of the chairs on the other side of the desk. "He has
agreed in principle to joining a Business Guild, and to open
negotiations for his shipping company to take over a significant amount
of our shipping and freighting needs in this sector."
Chip blinked a long death stare of a blink. "You did what..? I don't
recall giving you any kind of.. Who gave.. Go ahead and explain
yourself."
Amadeus smirked, "I think the Business Guild is pretty self
explanatory. As for the cargo deal, relax. I told him I wanted them to
take over all the shipping they could but when the real negotiations
start I don't expect him to offer more than 20% of his capacity. It
would be fullish to so fully tie his company to ours. But he also knows
he can't walk away from the offer or his Board will mutiny. So he'll
take enough to keep the board happy but not so much he can't cut us
loose if he needs to."
Amadeus pulled a cigar out of his breast pocket, along with his cutter
and lighter, and light the stogie before continuing. "The reason I did
it, is to keep the peace. We don't need to be worrying about corporate
warfare while we're still trying to set up shop. Drake Enterprises is
one of the biggest players on this world and with this deal in place
they have a vested interest in seeing us do well, and we have the same
in seeing them do well. Everybody eats, and the peace is kept in Dodge.
At least for this week."
Chip sat back, "Hmm, well the things that you don't know could write a
book Mr. Burr. I have intelligence shoddy at best that indicates Drake
Enterprises may have intentions to harm me or the company.. I take that
personal, now you've put me in bed with them, or worse them, and as you
can see from Ginger, he's not my type."
Amadeus shook his head, "Check again. There are elements on the Board
of Directors who would love to come after Billiton. Gates on the other
hand is just trying to run a business. This deal with strengthen his
position with his own board thus neutralizing those Anti-Billiton
factions."
He paused and smiled as he took another puff on his cigar. "At least
for now and that is all we really need. For them to stay out of our way
while we set up shop. After that," he shrugged. "It won't matter what
they do. Besides, it has the added benefit of actually making good
business sense. He can transport cargo, per tonnage, twelve percent
cheaper than we can in this sector using our own ships. We can then
fully refocus our efforts on out of sector shipping, thus lowering
those costs as well."
Amadeus knew, that if all else failed, appeal to the businessman inside
of Chip. If that could not temper his anger nothing would.
Chip sighed, "Well, if we're making a business deal, I need one of
those cigars too." Chip grinned
Amadeus smirked and pulling out another cigar handed it across the
table to Chip. "And you should have a meeting with Gates. Really put
him at ease and remember, he is an ally."
"I suppose I should.. But you won't be there, it can't look as if you
made this decision without my blessing. Draw up a contract for me to
take with me, and next time my receptionist says I'm busy, trust her."
chip grinned "Now get out.."
The lawyer stood up and nodded, "I've already taken the liberty of
drawing up the preliminary documents. I'll have the forwarded to you at
once." He stood and turned for the door but stopped when Chip spoke
again.
Chip stated coldly "Oh, and next time get my blessing, I am a
reasonable man, as long as I am given time to reason."
Amadues looked back, "I'll be speaking on your behalf a lot and that
means opening negotiations on your behalf as I did here. But I will
never close a deal with anyone. That is for you to do. So you better
get used to me talking to people without informing you first. You have
better things you can be doing with your time than preliminary
discussions and tedious negotiations."
He smirked, "Like that blonde back there."
Chip laughed heartily, "Yes, I suppose I do, but be careful not to
overstep too much Burr, you may find I can be a beast, and not just on
this desk."
"I'll keep that in mind, Mister Goodyear." And with that the lawyer
walked out.
Chip stood up, and went to go find the blonde who had abruptly left, he
wasn't quite done for the day.."
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Respectfully Submitted
Chip Goodyear XII
Entrepreneur
Amadeus Burr (Played by Chase)
NPC
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