Nilesh brings the four ladies their name badges. They had been offered other choices but ever the high class prostitutes, they all chose a simple 18 carat gold necklace with their preferred name as the pendant. Emily removes her necklace and pops it into her clutch bag, then with a smile puts on her name necklace in its place. Sushila jokes that at least the name pendants will lift the mens' eyes for a moment and they giggle, knowing exactly what she means. From their position in the lounge, the ladies can see the chauffeur driven cars arriving at the foot of the gangway. Many of the cars look expensive and some impressively so, their occupants are mainly male. Taxis are also arriving and their occupants are exclusively female. Amy whispers: "At least we won't have to pleasure all 30 men with just the four of us... and every day!" They all laugh.
After the new arrivals have checked into their cabins, refreshed themselves and in most cases changed their clothes, they make their way to the lounge. The ladies stand and go to the bar to welcome them on board and introduce themselves. Everyone looks relaxed and the sound of chatter increases as more arrive in the lounge. The ladies naturally take longer in their cabins before proceeding to the lounge. Each of the four ladies becomes detached from the others and surrounded by a group of men. Emily is kissed on the cheek as she welcomes newcomers. She is a little surprised at the restraint of the men, due to the absence of any gropes, there's plenty of time for that! She had expected to address the men as "Sir", but concludes anyone wearing their name badge will expect their name to be used, accordingly she makes a point of using their names. If it is an error, no doubt someone will tell her.
As the ladies circulate, eventually Emily meets the Delhi branch Chairman, she asks if he is aware of the recruits progress and he says that the supervisor had sent copies of their reports to every branch. He adds that Delhi is very interested in acquiring them as 'registered ladies'. Emily is delighted and suggests an early meeting with them, especially Achara, a lady that she herself wishes to employ as her confidential executive assistant. He tells Emily that several members of the Delhi executive committee are on the first week of the cruise and will make it their priority to meet all 6 ladies, he himself will meet Achara immediately if possible. Emily says she will take him to meet her now but asks that he says nothing about her job offer which is dependent on her joining the Delhi branch as a 'registered lady'. He understands and Emily leads him to the brothel, introduces him to Achara and then returns to the lounge.
Other members of the Delhi branch see her return and after making all the introductions, ask Emily to forgive their haste but they have a duty to perform. Emily asks if it involves certain recommendations regarding recruiting 'registered ladies' and they confirm that it is. She says that the Delhi Chairman informed her of their mission and she will show them to the brothel if they wish. They thank her profusely and hope for the opportunity to socialise with her later. She says that she will look forward to such a pleasure and in the brothel she introduces them to the remaining 5 recruits. She returns to the lounge, pleased to have been of assistance to Delhi branch.
Back in the lounge, Sansa beckons Emily to join her group of gentlemen who are looking forward to meet her. After the initial introductions they tell her how delighted they are with her grand plan and congratulate her on bringing it to fruition. Emily smiles modestly and tells them how it all came about and how much help she received. They insist that she accept 'some of the blame', for did she not organise a trip to every branch of the club? She laughs and says that she will share the blame with the support of her closest friends Sansa and Lady Serendipity. More of the gentlemen join the group, those she had met excuse themselves and look forward to socialising with her again.
The cycle of gentlemen joining and leaving the group continues until the 'registered ladies' start to arrive in the lounge and a new cycle commences as Emily and Amy welcome them to Bangkok Girl until they have all been introduced. They are equally complimentary about the sex cruise scheme and what they have seen and experienced so far. Some reveal how fast everyone, men and women, were moving to secure a booking on the first cruise, adding how lucky they feel to be on board for the first week. All the 'registered ladies' ask how the idea came about and between them, Emily relates how she and Sansa came to meet Amy and how they quickly bonded with her. They show a keen interest in the point where Emily & Sansa accepted their new lives after being sold into prostitution. Emily didn't at any time reveal to anyone any information on how she acquired her wealth and everyone assumed it came through prostitution and allied activities. In a certain light, that assumption would be correct.
A couple of hours after going to the brothel, the Delhi executive committee members return to the lounge. The Chairman approaches Emily and asks if the Delhi group may enjoy her company privately over afternoon tea. She excuses herself and with Sushila joins them at a table in a quiet corner. The staff see where she is and serve tea, sandwiches and cakes to them and then leave them with their privacy. The Chairman apologises for monopolising her, but it is on a matter of business on which they have already talked. Emily asks how she may help them. As they drink their tea the Chairman explains that they have all met all 6 ladies in the brothel and each experienced the service of two of them. He pauses to sip his tea and continues to tell her that they are absolutely charmed by all 6 ladies and totally impressed with the highest possible quality of the service they provide. He says that the Delhi branch would very much like to offer them all employment, at $5,000 per night, on the same monthly meeting basis that Emily knows so well.
Emily tells the gentlemen that she is delighted at their decision and asks whether, on those terms, that Achara would be permitted to be employed on a permanent basis by herself and whether all 6 ladies would be permitted to complete the 12 week cruise on board Bangkok Girl. The Chairman is delighted to confirm these points, leaving only the question of the payment due to Emily for the recruitment, training, board and lodging, taking account of port fees, skeleton crew pay while in port, a share of a year of depreciation costs of the vessel and finally, Emily's valuable time in planning, managing and promoting the whole project. He offers a sum of US$500,000. Emily smiles and says for the purpose of not adversely effecting future negotiations of this type, that her accountant calculates using source costs, the account has to be US$100,000 per recruit required. The Chairman smiles and looks to each of his colleagues who nod agreement, then looking to Emily he agrees US$600,000 to be paid before the day ends.