Pirates: Beyond Akainu

Chapter 57 Financial Distress
Navy Headquarters
drill field.

Xiu En trains here day after day, the only thing that remains the same is the scarf that covers his face.

Now that Zefa is back, as the best instructor in the navy, he can make Xiu En's training progress by leaps and bounds by occasionally giving him some guidance.

now.

Xiu En was running around the playground. Today's goal was to run 500 laps, and he was already sweating like rain.

suddenly.

Xiu En saw a familiar figure, it was Amanda Roy.

"Roy, I told the marshal about you and summoned you, right?" Xiu En ran to Roy, bent over and panting.

Roy stopped and looked at Xiu En without saying anything, but lit a cigarette first.

After Xiu En breathed his last, Roy said, "Why do you still wear a face mask when exercising?"

"This is the custom in our hometown, no, it's not important. Does the marshal put you in a good position?" Xiu En looked at Roy hopefully.

Roy looked up at the sky, his eyes slightly blank, then firm.

"I have already submitted my resignation and will leave once it is approved."

"what?!"

Xiuen didn't want to believe it, and his voice rose a bit, and he said emotionally: "Roy, you were a naval genius! You can't just leave like this! The marshal is about to create a new navy, and you will definitely accomplish a lot with your power!"

"Genius without connections is nothing. It took me ten years to understand this truth. I'm tired." Roy waved his hand and turned to leave.

"You can't leave the navy!" Xiuen subconsciously reached out and tried to grab Roy's shoulders.
"Don't touch me."

Roy's reaction speed was much faster than that of Xiu En. He stepped aside and at the same time punched Xiu En in the abdomen with his right fist covered with domineering force.

boom!
The muffled sound of fists and flesh.

The huge pain almost made Xiu En faint.

"This is called domineering. Learn it well. If you don't have domineering power, become a general. What does it look like?"

Roy withdrew his hand and left indifferently, leaving Xiu En lying on the spot holding his abdomen.

……

Ryusper finally took out the fifth edition of the New Navy News and put it on the desk of Akainu's office.

"Not bad, you finally know how to run a newspaper. Since you work so hard, let you be the deputy editor-in-chief of the New Navy News."

"Thank you, Marshal, it's finally done." Liuspel wiped his sweat and thought about it several times before finally satisfying Marshal Akainu.

Liusper asked again: "I am the deputy editor, who is the editor-in-chief?"

Akainu: "Of course it's me. Are you going to control the content? Your duty is to print."

"Of course, of course, I got it wrong."

Akainu couldn't put it down looking at the New Navy News in his hand, revised several editions, and finally reached his favorite look.

This eye-catching red title, this well-proportioned arrangement that highlights the key points, these clear and powerful words are very good and very spiritual.

"However, Marshal, I want to mention one thing. The paper and ink used in this edition are very expensive. In terms of funding, it may be..."

"You don't have to worry about this. I'll figure it out. Besides, I told you that we only issue it within the Navy. It shouldn't cost much, right?"

Liuspel looked embarrassed: "It still costs a lot of money, because this kind of specialty paper and ink are really expensive. In addition, if you want to ensure that the prints are not out of shape when printing in large quantities, the current machines are not good enough."

Akainu was silent. He didn't expect that such a large naval organization and even a decent newspaper would encounter so many difficulties.

"The release date of the first issue of New Navy will be seven days later. This is fixed and cannot be changed. If this kind of paper and ink cannot be used, and the machine cannot keep up, we will use the fourth edition first."

"Is there any problem with this?"

Liuspel gritted his teeth and thought that this was a newspaper that he also liked, so he asked some old friends to help him produce the first issue.

"Only use the second version!"

"That's okay. Thank you for your efforts. I'll leave the rest to you." As the marshal, Akainu stood up and personally escorted Liusper out this time.

Liuspel was flattered and thought that he must do a good job in the first issue.As for whether it can be done later, it really depends on how big the financial support is.

After seeing off Spell, Akainu sat back at his desk.

Turan on the side offered tea: "Marshal, do you want to take a rest first?"

"No, hasn't Economuz arrived? Ask him to come see me."

"Yes, Marshal."

Economuz is a world government official, mainly in charge of the navy's finances.

Wearing a rich dark purple dress with gold trim, he walked up to Akainu with bloated steps like a penguin, and took off his hat as a sign of respect.

The first words he spoke were full of shrewd calculation.

"Ah, the majestic and majestic Red Dog General who kills thieves like hemp, now he is a marshal and wears a pair of gold-rimmed glasses. He really looks like a scholar."

"But these glasses don't look very good at first glance. Another day, I will send you a pair of brand-name glasses for you, Marshal."

"Don't change the day, let's do it now, I think you wear it well." Akainu looked at Economanzi with a half-smile.

Economuz was stunned. This was the first time someone took his polite words seriously and asked for them on the spot.

But the other party was a naval marshal, and he had to admit the words even after they were spoken.

So Economuz took off his glasses with a smile and put them on Akainu's desk.

Akainu took the glasses and saw that the frames were actually studded with gems of different colors. It was really luxurious. Then he stuffed the glasses into the drawer without changing them.

"Okay, Marshal, let's get down to business. Generally speaking, it's not the end of the year yet, so there's no need for us to meet. The senior management won't like to see the two of us getting together."

Economanz sat down in front of Akainu on his own, showing a business-like attitude.

"That's right, I want to make a small newspaper that will be published within the navy. I hope you can provide some budget."

"Absolutely impossible." Economuz was merciless when it came to this aspect.

Akainu looked unkind.

Economuz: "Marshal, I am not targeting you. I just gave you a pair of luxurious glasses. You must remember that this is just my responsibility."

"The navy is such a huge organization all over the world, and the amount of money used to support it is astronomical. It is the largest expenditure of the world government."

"If the marshal wants to add new projects and new budgets, he can only propose it at the end of each year, and we will make a decision before approving whether to allow funding."

"But! The situation is different now. Finances are tight. It is impossible for the Navy to increase new budgets in the next few years. We have even studied and decided to reduce the military expenditures of the Navy branch, which will be implemented soon."

"Why?" Upon hearing such a thing, Akainu showed no anger on the surface.

Economuz straightened his collar.

"Because the war above reduced the Navy headquarters to rubble, and the repair work has not yet been completed. How can such a big hole be repaired? The government has no money, so it can only misappropriate other funds of the Navy."

"Forgive me for being rude, the top war is a complete failure of the navy! So much money was invested in the early war preparations, and such a result was obtained, which made the era of pirates even more rampant. To use the saying in my hometown is simply: the battle is the end of the war. You look like you still have the nerve to ask for money?"

Akainu's face darkened instantly.

Economuz looked at Akainu and said nothing, and immediately changed his expression: "Marshal Sakaski, I admire you very much. I know that without you fighting the enemy bravely in the war, the navy would have suffered a worse defeat. I He was criticizing the previous navy.”

Akainu's expression was relaxed, thinking that there was no need to get angry with a middleman, since he was not the one who really managed the money.

"I know your attitude, let's go."

"Goodbye and good luck to you."

Economuz took off his hat again and left gracefully.

Akainu sat silently on his desk.

Turan on the side couldn't bear it: "This guy looks like a funny penguin. It's useless to tell him. Marshal, let's go directly to the Five Old Stars."

Red Dog shook his head.

"It's useless."

"That?"

Akainu suddenly smiled happily.

"Don't worry, I know that guy won't give me money. I called him here just to see their attitude, and then I can prepare my next move."

(End of this chapter)