Chapter 1368 Blockade (Second update, please subscribe)
Where do butterflies flap their wings?
In fact, the butterfly is flapping its wings every day. No one knows how long this butterfly will flap, but one thing is certain, the butterfly's wings are always flapping.
Although Natalia and Zhou Bicheng had a very happy chat on the plane, they still had to say goodbye to each other at the airport because Natalia was going to study at Yong'an University.
One is in the north of the island and the other is in the south of the island, thousands of kilometers apart.
Sometimes, this distance separates the so-called fate. A few hours later, Natalya transferred to Yong'an. When Natalya, an international student, entered Yong'an University, the blonde immediately attracted the attention of many people.
Although there are many Europeans on the streets of NBC, and in some places, Europeans and Asians are almost equally divided, but a considerable part of them do not conform to East Asian aesthetics, but Natalya is different. Although she has blond hair, her delicate appearance is It perfectly complies with the aesthetic standards of the East and the West, and her slim body is very eye-catching.
Because of this, when someone saw her standing on campus in a daze, someone quickly walked over.
"Hello, ma'am, how can I help you?"
Looking at the male classmate in front of her, Natalia said:
"Ah, I just came here. How can I get to the registration office?"
Everything is natural.
Beautiful women will receive special attention at any time. As soon as she entered the campus, she fully felt the enthusiasm of the alumni. After all, in Russia, where there are many boys and girls, it is difficult for even beauties to enjoy such treatment.
While Natalia was enjoying special care, on the other side of the island, several Soviet students entered Taiping University. Unlike the beauties, these tall and thick men naturally did not receive any preferential treatment. They just looked at everything here curiously, but besides being curious, they were more filled with emotion.
“I didn’t expect that we need to learn petroleum technology here!”
Being on the campus of Taiping University, Nikolayev looked at the campus with emotion. As we all know, the Soviet oil industry is very developed, but even so, they still came here.
As soon as he finished speaking, Abulabuyev on the side agreed:
"Yes, our oil technology is still very advanced. We have the largest oil field in Europe."
"That's just some aspects. In terms of oil pipeline transportation and extraction, our technology still lags behind the Western world."
"Yes, NBC's oil technology is very advanced. They have introduced a lot of oil technology from the United States, such as deep well technology. In Libya a few years ago, many European companies did not discover local oil because the drilling depth was not enough. But with the help of Using drilling technology imported from the United States, they successfully discovered Libyan oil fields and now export tens of millions of tons to Europe every year.”
While explaining, Anton emphasized:
"This even affects our oil exports, and we even have to lower prices further."
Contrary to what many people imagine, as the world's second largest industrial country, the Soviet Union had almost nothing to export to Europe and the United States. Before the war, it relied on exporting grain, wood, oil and a few minerals, but now it basically only exports oil.
As for the export of industrial products to Europe and the United States, there is almost zero!
Of course, this zero refers to Europe and the United States.
Although the Soviet Union exported arms and other industrial products to non-European and American countries, the problem was that trade between them used Soviet loans or barter trade, and used accounting rubles instead of hard currency!
In order to obtain US dollars and obtain hard currency, the Soviet Union basically did everything it could!
After the war, the Soviet Union had been dumping oil at ultra-low prices of less than $2 per barrel, while the average price at the time was $3 per barrel!
It is precisely because of the cheap oil supply that West Germany and other Western European countries took the opportunity to rise. After all, oil is the mother of industry. The market profits brought by the energy and raw materials provided by oil, which is about 30% lower than the market price, are extremely considerable. of.
Precisely because of the huge amount of oil, the Borneo Petroleum Company has been importing oil from the Soviet Union for the past ten years. This is a very magical place. While the company's oil fields in Libya and the Persian Gulf region are exporting oil to Europe, they are also exporting large amounts of oil to Europe. Importing cheap Soviet oil.
The reason is because it is cheap!
The Soviet Union's move has always been incomprehensible to many experts. In fact, there is only one reason: lack of money. At the same time, in order to compete with the United States' "Marshall Plan", the Soviet Union began to export oil to Eastern European countries at extremely low prices. It actually created a fairly prosperous scene in a short period of time, which was quite enviable by outsiders.
However, as the Soviet Union's economy became increasingly unbalanced, the Soviet Union's proven oil reserves also slowly declined to the bottom. The food problem also began to worsen. In order to import food, the Soviet Union had to frequently use its gold reserves. It was not until 1/3 of the gold reserves flowed into the pockets of other countries that the Soviet Union finally regained the magic weapon of oil. Of course, this is all for later.
But right now, exporting oil is extremely important to the Soviet Union. In order to occupy the market, they have to resort to low-price dumping.
"But their oil pipeline transportation technology is better!" Anton emphasized:
“Three years ago, in order to make it easier to import oil from our Baku oil fields, they negotiated with Iran to build an oil pipeline. Unlike the Americans’ 30-inch pipeline, their pipe diameter is 1020 mm, which is 40 inches. This is The world's largest oil pipeline, with an annual oil transportation capacity of 100 million tons..."
After saying 100 million tons, Anton's eyes were full of envy. After all, transporting oil through oil pipelines is the cheapest and cheapest way. As petroleum majors, they know very well the difference between 30-inch and 40-inch pipelines. the difference. Of course, we also know the technical difficulties involved.
After all, the Soviet Union also had oil pipelines. In order to export oil more conveniently, they built the "Friendship" oil pipeline, with diameters ranging from 1020 mm to 426 mm and a total length of 4665 kilometers, to transport crude oil to Eastern and Western European countries.
"Although we can now build 40-inch pipelines, we lag behind them in terms of oil pipeline control and other technologies."
"That's true. I heard that there are many electronic sensors installed on their oil pipelines, which can be directly controlled by the control center using electronic computers..."
When mentioning electronic computers, Antonov glanced at the campus and said:
"The world's first transistor was invented by Matare at this university."
Then, Antonov looked around, his eyes becoming more and more complex, and he said in an extremely emotional tone:
"They invented the transistor, manufactured electronic computers, and then applied electronic computers to all aspects, not only in cutting-edge industries, but also in oil transportation control, as well as mechanical machine tools. They should have used this technology... …”
At this time Antonov's tone became a little lower:
"Their oil pipelines are even cheaper than ours because they use automated welding machines to produce them. Although we also have automatic welding machines, our output is far lower than theirs. In order to build oil pipelines faster, line, we had to buy oil pipelines from them, but..."
Antonov shrugged his shoulders helplessly and said:
"Now Batumi has imposed an embargo on large-diameter oil pipes..."
When they mentioned the Western world's embargo against the Soviet Union, their expressions became solemn and serious. After a long time, Nikolayev said.
"This is why we need to come here - to learn, master these technologies, produce our products, and then fundamentally get rid of the embargo in the Western world."
When he finished speaking, their expressions all became more serious, and their eyes were filled with a certain sense of mission - the mission of breaking the blockade in European and American countries.
A sense of mission!
When the car drove into the steel city, Dimitrievich's expression was filled with a sense of mission. The reason why he came here was to discuss a business.
"We need to break the embargo imposed on us by Western countries, led by the United States, here!"
When he said these words, Dimitrievich's tone was still filled with anger because of the US-controlled "Batum" and the embargo imposed by the Western world.
Only those who have had their necks stuck know how uncomfortable it feels to be stuck.
They feel very uncomfortable now because they are stuck and feel suffocated.
"But, General Manager, this kind of thing may be very difficult. After all, this is not an integrated circuit. An integrated circuit is a very small thing. Even if it is packed in the flight attendant's carry-on suitcase, it can be carried over several days." Hundreds of dollars, thousands of dollars..."
Yevseevich said on the sidelines that as the business manager of the Sunan Trading Company, he has been engaged in various trades in the past few years. In fact, the core is to break the embargo of the "Batum Organization". He purchases the goods on the list from various manufacturers or dealers here and then transports them back to the country. Therefore, he knows very well what kind of goods are easiest to purchase. Among all goods, the ones with the greatest value are the most important. The ones that are easy to transport are integrated circuits. They are so small that Soviet civil aviation stewardesses can just carry them on the plane. A Tu-114 flying to and from Moscow can carry several thousand pieces.
However, what they now need is to purchase bulk commodities, and the amount of commodities they need far exceeds their organizational capabilities.
"General Manager, we must take this reality into consideration. The reality is that we cannot transport hundreds of thousands or even millions of tons of materials back openly!"
In fact, the whole problem is "above board". What is the so-called "above board" here? Dimitrievich knows very well that those bulk commodities need to be transported through the port, and thousands of tons of materials can be smuggled and hidden, but Hundreds of thousands of tons, millions of tons?
This is simply wishful thinking!
It can even be said that there is no need to think about it because there is no possibility.
At least in the eyes of normal people, and in the eyes of Yevseevich, this is almost impossible. After all, such an activity spans too long and requires a lot of people. Every link means risk!
"It's not important. What's important is that we have to complete the task-get them to agree to sell to us!"
While speaking, Dimitrievich cast his gaze on the building in the distance - the Steel Building. Staring at the building, he couldn't help but feel worried - were they willing to make this deal?
(End of chapter)