Chapter 927 Opportunity (Third update, please subscribe)
One day later, the guest from afar left.
After the guests left, Herman, the head of Nanyang Oil Company, looked out through the thick glass window across from his desk.
At this time, it was dusk in the downtown business district of Taiping. Although it was already after get off work hours, there were always lights on in some offices in the middle of the building. However, after eight o'clock in the evening, there was no one in the building.
Eight o'clock in the evening is an iron rule in Nanyang. Overtime hours can never exceed this time. Now everyone has already formed this habit.
"It's interesting! They actually think we are life-saving straws!"
Staring out the window, Herman lit a cigarette, took a puff, and smiled.
“But it’s better to reach a preliminary consensus first, and then slowly discuss the details.”
In fact, Herman knew that the real details had nothing to do with Saudi Arabia. What are the real details?
It is a cooperation between the two companies, or what Arab American Oil Company is willing to come up with!
That's the most important thing.
Just like that, after smoking a cigarette, Herman walked to the desk and gently turned on the desk lamp.
At this time, the secretary, Miss Shirley, came back, put the report he needed on his desk, and then retreated to the wall.
The content of this report was sent by the Ministry of Overseas Affairs. The report stated that according to his instructions, the Ministry of Overseas Affairs had dispatched Director Ding Deyun and his team, and they had taken a flight to Tripoli, the capital of Libya. , after spending a week in a hotel, he was interviewed by the Minister of Natural Resources. They met three times in six days, but no agreement was reached so far. At the same time, several other European and American companies were interested in the Sirte Basin. After further bargaining, Ding Deyun and the minister reached an agreement on a sum of money. But even if the money goes to the minister's private account, the problem remains unresolved.
This concludes the report. The characteristics of that place were expressed only in that minister.
What was the result?
As of now, no results have been seen in the report.
Thinking to himself, Herman leaned forward and pressed the switch of the intercom again.
"Please tell Mr. Lai Yunjie of the Overseas Affairs Department to come see me, Miss Shirley."
When the intercom broke the silence in the double-glazed soundproof chamber, Herman turned Come over.
"Manager Lai is here, general manager."
It was Miss Shirley's voice.
Across the room, Herman approached the switch on the wall, turned on the main light in the room, then walked to the table and pressed the switch on the intercom.
"Let him in, Miss Shirley."
Lai Yunjie walked to the door. He is a 39-year-old middle-level employee. He has always been qualified for his job and is very capable. Like many middle-level and senior-level companies, he is also a search team member.
Hermann stepped forward to greet him from the center of the office with a smile.
"Ah, come in, Manager Lai, please come in."
Lai Yunjie entered the room, Miss Shirley closed the door behind him, returned to her desk and sat down.
Herman gestured to him and asked him to sit on the sofa, far away from the meeting place in the spacious office. Lai Yunjie sat on the sofa, sinking into the soft cushions.
“I read your report.”
Herman said.
“When I read this report, I noticed that it’s a little difficult to deal with that minister, right?”
“That’s not the point,”
Lai Yunjie shook his head, said.
“The point is that the minister is collecting money from everyone!”
When he spoke, there was some helplessness in his tone.
“Hmm!”
Herman opened his eyes wide and said. "What are you talking about? What's going on with collecting everyone's money?"
Of course he knows that money is always needed to expand overseas affairs, but, But I didn’t expect that there would be someone who would not follow the rules and take everyone’s money?
What are they doing?
"He charged us US$50,000, and also received money from other people. Manager, we can only move to the next step if we pay this money!"
Lai Yunjie's The tone was full of helplessness.
“If we don’t pay, we can’t even get to the next step. This is the way they deal with us, or with everyone, first you have to pay, no matter whether the thing is successful or not. , you can only consider the next step after paying the money first."
Facing this result, he thought for a while and said.
"In other words, this money is just a stepping stone?"
"Yes! Like those American and European companies, we all enjoy fair treatment - fifty thousand US dollars!"
Lai Yunjie grinned.
“It’s very fair, regardless of the size of the company, it’s 50,000! At least on the surface, we are the same as other European and American companies, and everyone spends the same money to move to the next step.”
< br>“Everything in a newly established country is a matter of bribery with money,”
Hermann said,
“This is usually the case.”
“Indeed, it is the king who can really decide all this. Only by paying this money can we have a chance to see the king. "In addition to giving a suitable price for the exploration and mining rights to rent the land, we also need to give the king a suitable price. Otherwise, it is impossible for the king to agree to hand over the exploration and mining rights of the Sirte Basin to us."
“Everyone has a price, it’s just a question of how much the price is.”
Herman continued.
"But American companies and European companies are very powerful there, aren't they? They are very powerful, and they operate there earlier and deeper."
"Yes, manager, there are official reports in Libya There are many consultants from European and American countries who have a certain influence on the king. Compared with us, they have more advantages. We must pay attention to this, but I believe that Director Ding will definitely find a way to complete them. But, I think, there is no influence like money! After all, everything must be solved by money.”
“Indeed, money can make a difference!”
They chatted for another ten minutes, and Herman basically understood most of what he needed to know. At 7:20, he politely led Lai Yunjie out, just as he had welcomed him in.
After he left, Herman glanced at the report in front of him and said to himself.
"It's just a matter of money. I hope everything goes well!"
In this way, after staying in the company until eight o'clock, Herman left the company and drove away from Nanyang Petroleum in a BMW driven by his driver. The front door of the company.
While driving to his residence in the southwest of the city, Herman was still thinking about many problems. Most of these problems were related to company operations, but inevitably, he still thought of Saudi Arabia. , thinking of the initial consensus reached between Frank and him.
“The two companies can hold shares in each other.”
“We are friends, but Riyadh’s choices are turning us into our enemies.”
"If Nanyang officials can intervene, I think our interests can be guaranteed to the maximum extent."
Sitting in the car, Herman leaned back, thinking about all this with his eyes closed, He doesn't need to go to Chang'an yet. After all, things have just begun.
Even their oil fields have not yet started exploration, let alone exploitation. In this case, things don't seem to be in a hurry.
When the car arrived at Ping'an Fang Station, the driver stopped the car, then bought a newspaper from the road and handed him a late copy of the Taiping Evening News.
Most of the newspapers contained domestic news, but there were also some international news. Suddenly, a piece of news in the news column came into his eyes. The news was published in the corner of the newspaper, and if you didn't pay attention, you would even ignore its existence.
He just took the newspaper and read it, and then read it several times. He looked out the window at the chaotic traffic and crowded pedestrians. Some people were dragging their feet towards the station, while others were walking towards the bus with heavy and slow steps despite the rain. Prepare to spend time with your family in the comfort of their own home after another stressful day in the Taiping Market Central Business District.
As he looked out the window, an idea began to form. Anyone else would have laughed off the news, but Herman wasn't like that.
The news in the evening paper was not very clear. The content was about another country. That country is not Saudi Arabia, but another country. He had also barely heard of that country, apparently a nonentity. The headline of the news is: Yemen accuses Saudi Arabia of invading its territory to the United Nations!
(End of this chapter)