Chapter 1309 The World of Multinational Corporations (Third update, please subscribe)
It was pouring rain in the sky, and cars were driving in the heavy rain with their lights on.
While feeling emotional, he was full of expectations for the voting in the next few days. After all, in the hearts of the Chinese people, there is always a desire for the status of a great power. It has nothing to do with anything else, just because in their view, this Everything should be taken for granted, after all, this is tradition.
While lamenting the changes in world affairs, Zhang Xianlin still focused on work, or the situation in the Middle East.
As the deputy manager of Nanyang Persian Gulf Oil Company, he has always been extremely concerned about the situation in the Middle East, not just because that is where he "made his fortune", but there is a deeper reason. The reason is because it is Nanyang, no, it can even be said to be the oil depot of the world.
Moreover, the oil fields of Nanyang Persian Gulf Oil Company are in the Middle East - the Persian Gulf and the Hassa Emirate.
How can we not care about the situation in the Middle East?
“Iraq, it seems the time has come!”
When Zhang Xianlin was thinking this, he quickly arrived at the company and took the elevator from the parking lot to the 66th floor. After stepping out of the elevator, his secretary Zhao Jie followed him into the office.
“What situation did you get?”
Zhang Xianlin asked as soon as he entered the office.
Zhao Jie flicked the notebook he took out of his pocket, opened it, and told the results of his investigation.
“In 1960, Iraq announced that it would nationalize the Iraqi Petroleum Company, also known as IPC, which was controlled by Britain and the United States. After the latter objected, Qasim directly confiscated the company and 99.5% of the concessions it held. The operating areas are allocated to farmers. According to previous discussions with the Iraqi ambassador, they believe that since the IPC has not raised objections to the nationalization issue in the past two years, it is a fait accompli that the future royal government has no intention of overthrowing it. "Nationalization" status quo "
What is the status quo!
It is clear that no one is willing to spit out the meat that is in their mouth. The bad guys were fooled by Qasim, and it took a lot of effort to turn the oil company into his own. How could the Iraqis spit it out?
"Iraq's oil production last year was 13.7 million tons. Although they expelled IPC's British and American technicians, they hired Soviet technicians. Its planned production this year is 15 million tons."
15 million tons!
That’s a lot!
“According to the information we have obtained from former IPC employees, the estimated reserves of the oil fields under its name are between 3 billion tons and 4 billion tons. If further developed, there will be no problem with its annual output exceeding 50 million tons. In addition, based on the geological structure analysis, there are still large potential oil areas in the country."
Zhang Xianlin was obviously satisfied and nodded.
"It seems that Iraq has great potential!"
"Yes, manager, in terms of oil potential, it is not inferior to Kuwait, but of course not as good as Al-Khasa's oil fields."
When mentioning Al-Hasa, Zhao Jie looked at the manager in front of him. As we all know, that is where he started. When Zhang Xianlin entered Saudi Arabia alone, he coordinated with all parties and ultimately not only facilitated the company's cooperation with the US-Arab Oil Company, but also In the process, when Saudi Arabia as a country perished, the Hashemite Kingdom of Hijaz was restored, and the Hassa chiefs in the east also regained control of the eastern lands and established the Hassa Emirate. In order to win the support of oil companies, they also moved the northern part of the country to The land, the oil-producing area, was leased to the United Oil Company.
United Petroleum Company is a company jointly established by American Arab Oil and Nanyang Persian Gulf Oil Company.
Although extremely angry about the "Lease" behavior of the United Oil Company, the Kingdom of Najd - the remaining power of the Saudi family, in order to fight against the Republicans, can only recognize this treaty, and all it does is oil The dog bones thrown out by the company are oil field royalties and oil income taxes.
According to the agreement reached between the oil company and the three countries, the funds are supervised by the Ocean Bank and shared by the three countries of Hejaz, Najd and Hasa in proportions of 30%, 30% and 40%.
Saudi Arabia, which once tried to recover oil field benefits by raising oil income taxes, disappeared, but what about the oil companies?
Becoming the master of that land, they even hired a security team of more than 20,000 people. They not only possessed light weapons, but also advanced modern weapons such as tanks, helicopters and even fighter jets.
Although many countries in the world criticize "United Oil Company is the modern East India Company", but so what?
Whether it is the grievances between the three countries on the peninsula or the funds supervised by Oceanic Bank, they are like a dog chain, locking the three countries tightly in the desert.
Although Manager Zhang in front of him was not the planner of all this, he was a participant.
The company... can destroy a country and establish several if necessary!
Of course, a company can develop a country if it wants to!
"Hasa, that's God's gift of food, and I can't envy it."
Then, Zhao Jie handed over a file he had prepared long ago to the manager and said:
"Manager, this is the material you asked me to prepare. Everyone's information has been collected."
"Yes, very good."
Then Zhang Xianlin asked the secretary to leave After going out, he turned around and opened a safe in the office. Here were documents, forms, bonds, stock receipts, and contracts. Beyond that, there are maps!
In fact, every major company has a map in its safe. Although these managers do not need to conquer cities and territories like soldiers, they are dividing the world in their own way.
In the past decade or so, various large companies in Southeast Asia have waved hundreds of millions of U.S. dollars under the banner of "free trade". In recent years, they have waved ocean pounds and South Pacific dollars to the world. Various places, especially those in emerging countries, use the pretext of helping them to build and get rid of poverty to hand over officials - those who were just ordinary low-level civil servants before independence became ministers, senior officials, and even presidents after independence. , facing Nanyang's luxury cars, high-end home appliances, fashion, and jewelry, there is no resistance.
They signed the contract with ease, and large sums of money were quickly transferred to the private accounts of officials at all levels - these accounts were often opened in banks in Mindanao.
Although Mindanao is an autonomous region, it has developed into the world's largest offshore financial center and wealth gathering place. Mindanao's banks operate in many countries around the world, and the Bank Secrecy Act, which was modeled after Swiss banks, also makes them a reliable deposit channel for those officials.
Bankers in Mindanao certainly do not lock money in safes. The life of money lies in its flow. These funds were invested and used for the development of Mindanao, and Mindanao developed rapidly as a result.
At the same time, in the safes of large companies in Nanyang, many more symbols appeared on those maps.
When people in emerging countries are cheering for their country's independence and getting rid of colonial rule, in their simple minds, they really don't understand the complex relationship between companies and governments, and they can't figure it out. They only know that, Those companies are here to help them build their country and help them escape poverty.
For emerging countries, they lack both technology and money. They need investment from companies. Without the help of companies, their people will continue to suffer in dire straits of hunger and poverty.
In this way, big companies are taking over the world silently, without iron and blood, only with money and bribes. Everything is so cheap, so rich, and so promising. All important minerals and resources are inadvertently controlled by big companies.
It all happened so naturally, some countries became independent, colonists came, the door to free trade opened, companies came over.
In the end, the colonies gained their independence, and the big companies in Nanyang got everything.
They all have their own bright futures!
Now, the map that Zhang Xianlin unfolded is a map of the company. Although the standard things on this map have not yet become the company's, for Zhang Xianlin, he is confident that the company will be on the map. Add a few bold strokes.
"Iraq..."
With a slight smile on his lips, Zhang Xianlin said to himself:
"No matter what, they always need technology and funds, and we are just in the past. Just provide them with the help we can. ”
help!
This is what big companies like to do most. They always like to provide selfless help, and those countries also welcome it. After all, only with the help of big companies can they get rid of poverty and have Industrialization is possible.
So, in many cases, those backward countries welcome the arrival of large companies with high hands.
“So, what we need now is a few checks!”
Zhang Xianlin has long been familiar with all this, and it can be said that he is familiar with the road.
"Let's go to Zamboanga first!"
Some things always need to be done personally, especially this kind of thing. Nanyang has an "Anti-Commercial Bribery Law", which not only restricts the actions of companies in the country , also restricts the actions of companies abroad. However, for companies, they always have ways to circumvent the law.
Zamboanga and Surabaya are not only the world's offshore financial centers, but also provide other supporting services, such as business consulting services for large companies, which is a very important business.
Actually, it is all nonsense. Those companies that provide business consulting services are themselves the white gloves of large companies in Nanyang. It is true that Nanyang has laws, but Zamboanga does not. Companies only need to hire "business consulting companies" to provide them with services. They just need to provide corresponding services. Those services are not limited to "money clears the way." If necessary, they can also purchase "security services", which is "force to clear the way."
In short, this is a big company!
After making up his mind, Zhang Xianlin pressed the intercom on the table and told Zhao Jie on the other end:
"Prepare a plane. I will go to Zamboanga this afternoon."
Afterwards, Zhang Xianlin looked at the map and another file next to him. This file was the file of the Iraqi government officials in exile. Although the company had had contact with these officials in the past few years, Future contacts are truly substantive contacts. As for the past, they were just early investments with familiar faces.
Expand the photos in the folder, Zhang Xianlin said:
“That’s almost them!”
A few hours later, Zhang Xianlin drove into a general airport in the east of Chang'an. The car drove directly to the tarmac. After getting off, he directly boarded a company's "Gulfstream" aircraft. During the Cuban Missile Crisis, the company's Several Gulfstreams have been flying around Europe and the United States, "sending" senior executives of Aramco and other related companies out of the United States.
During that period, not to mention him as the deputy manager, even the general manager had to queue up if he wanted to take the Gulfstream. When the plane took off, Zhang Xianlin looked at the plane and said to himself:
"Private planes are indeed very convenient. You can fly whenever you want, and you can leave at any time..."
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