Trade Term IV: Being Shylock For Fun And Profit!

[Stuck_as_a_Mac]

Welcome to Trade Term 4.
Shylock: SaaM
Antonio the Doughnut Monger: Octavian X

Yes, this term will start as Shakespeare themed, but I give it a week until it breaks down into musical theater (again)

Well, thats all for now. More to come later.

SaaM
MoT

 

[Stuck_as_a_Mac]

Yo Ho Ho And A Bottle of Cash: Trade Discussion $1

NOTE: The Convention is Coming! Be There! Don't Make Me Draft My Own Legislature!

 

[Nobody]

congratulations on your victory (i surpose )

 

[classical_hero]

congratulations on your victory (i surpose )

Yeah me too.

 

[ali]

Congrats on your victory!! regards ali

 

[Stuck_as_a_Mac]

@all(not ali)- we still need chat reps. So theres still a job for you two. Just pick names from Merchant of Venice and I'll get you started

SaaM

 

[snipelfritz]

Ah, to trade or not to trade. That is the question.

Have a great term Saam and Oct.

 

[Stuck_as_a_Mac]

Ah, to trade or not to trade. That is the question.

Have a great term Saam and Oct.

Gramercies, my dear Pope. Whether it be nobler in the thread to use the wrong play or to take up arms against a sea of partisanship.
yada yada yada
ecetera
i really should memorize that monolouge some time soon

SaaM

 

[Cyc]

Congrats, Stuck.

I thought it was, "Whether it is nobler to take the crap, or sling it right back at 'em...."

 

[Stuck_as_a_Mac]

Thanks Cyc.
Now, for the first major project of trade. Ever (bigger than last term).
Working with Minister Provolution, the Ministry of Trade is happy to annoucne:
A REORG!

Thats right, we here at Shylock Corp. are reorganizing ourselves to spin off more divisions and give more people jobs. A ReOrg Convention will begin in T4 to write these down in the proper legal jargon (Cyc, can we count on your attendance for help with said jargon?), but here is the basic outline:
The Ministry of Trade will be broken up into four different components, each with a chair, and all chairs reporting to the Minister with their information.
* The Minister will head the main branch, which deals with major trades of Technology. The Minister will also work with the Ministers of the FA and Science department to assure that the techs are allowed to be traded and that the security of the nation will not be jeopardized by said trades. This is the Technology Trade Office (TTO).
* The second office is the Resource Barter Office (RBO). This office deals in the trade of both Luxury and Strategic Resources. It will report directly to the minister and may have the authority to post in the TCIT.
* The third office works with the Culture Department to ensure that we gain techs for wonders. It is the Wonder Denial Office (WDO). It too reports to the Minister of Trade, but it will not have any TCIT power.
* The fourth office is the Foreign Aid Office (FAO (schwartz...)). This office is a pet of mine, as it works with supplying things to at-risk (friendly) nations to ensure their survival. It would supply them with techs and gold to keep them alive, and, if need be, it would submit a plea to domestic to create a new city which we would be able to transfer to said client state to ensure their survival.

These are the four new offices. The convention starts on Nov 3 (as if I really plan to do any work on a fake democracy on Nov 2), and will either feature a very happy SaaM or a very glum one threatening to move to Canada (depending on the previous night).

SaaM
MoT
Head of the TTO

 

[blackheart]

Can you clarify this for me? You're delegating your powers to the office heads?

 

[Stuck_as_a_Mac]

No. I am keeping all of my powers, but I am making it so that other also get a job as well. As stated, all people report to me. And in regards to working WITH (not making them do the job) the other heads, odds are I'd just run it like I ran it last term.. give people techs for riddiculous sums of cash (without FA or Science saying anything).
Also, this is just what I came up with now. The Convention will hammer out the details.

SaaM

 

[Nobody]

cool,
you just made me look at a shakespearae book as i have sworn last year, i would never do again.

Can i apply for the Trade-Culture job, if i can have this job, i would like the name Lorenzo iam a freind of friend of Bassanio and Antonio;lover of the jessica. thanks

 

[Stuck_as_a_Mac]

cool, ill just go find my copy of the merchant of veince (i read about 6 years ago its pretty crap)

thank you for applying to the Ministry of Trade.
NEXT!

Commandment One:
Thou Shalt Not Dis The Bard In The Presence of the Minister of Trade

 

[Octavian X]

Why couldn't you use a Shakespearean play that I've already read? Othello was always a nice guy. Or, couldn't we allow a collapse to something Pythonesqe?

Anyway, if you need anything done, Mr. Minister, I'll be sitting here in my corner.

 

[Nobody]

does that mean i cant have the job i even found a name from the story.

 

[snipelfritz]

You stated this was Shapespere themed and nothing more, specifically.

"Ay, there's the rub."

More Hamlet.

Have fun, official fish monger of Japanatica.

 

[classical_hero]

I would like to apply for the RBO office. For some Shakespear "Romeo, Romeo, wherefore art thou Romeo." It is the only bit of Shakespeare I can think off of the top of my head.

 

[blackheart]

It is the east! And SaaM is the sun!

 

[Stuck_as_a_Mac]

@ ch and oct: off the top of my head, I would like oct to be the head of the RBO and CH the head of either the WDO or the FAO.
@CH: i've seen octs work on lux trades. i thought that work in previous games would have lead to my defeat, so thats why I want oct @ the RBO. take your pick of the other two

SaaM

and yes, we can fart in anyones general direction if we wish to.