Secus wanted to change Li Zitao's idea of supporting the Far East and to focus on the wars and markets in Europe, which were also at war and continued to spread.

Li Zitao felt a little embarrassed, rubbed his chin with his hand and said: "Sekus, it is Washington's decision to support the Far East against Japan, and besides, it is my hometown.

It's not going to do me or Mobil any good, so why should I do it?"

"You'll get the friendship of the Samuel family and the Shell board... At the same time, we are ready to formally invite Mobil to join the Shell Board of Directors. ”

Sekus deliberately paused to accentuate the word 'mobil', and a trace of vigilance flashed in his eyes when he looked at Li Zitao.

The inclusion of Mobil on the Shell board of directors rather than Li Zitao or his Blue and White Chamber of Commerce was unanimously approved by the Shell board.

He is like a greedy leech, Li Holdings has developed to today's scale, how many bank founders have been swept away, I'm afraid even he has forgotten about himself, right?

"Sekus, you've given me a problem!" Li Zitao looked bitter.

"Charlie, you should also think more about your friends, this is your home. Sekus stood up as he spoke, pointing to the artworks around him and said, "Look here, these are the most real and practical." ”

"I'll seriously consider it, thank you. Li Zitao said with a long smile.

............

Two days later, at the Mobil shareholders' meeting, the contract for Shell's supply was brought up again, and the Samuel family was not alone.

"Europe is closely linked to the Americas, and we have only just concluded a secondary supply contract with Shell, so if we suddenly reverse on this time, it will affect Mobil's reputation. ”

"Reputation? What reputation does Mobil need? We control more than half of the world's oil supply, providing energy for the travel of many countries, thousands of factories, enterprises, millions of people... Do you want a trophy?"

"Mobil is a huge multinational group and we need to take into account the impact of all aspects... If we break the contract without reason, what will other companies and institutions think?

They will think that their 'destiny' is in the hands of someone else, which is difficult for anyone to accept. ”

"We can take the opportunity to make demands... Board seats, put our people in it, more voting rights. ”

There was a heated discussion, and those who supported the observance of the contract and the development of the Far Eastern market looked about the same.

But when arguing, their attention is actually on the first two.

Li Zitao's equity represents Rush, and Rockefeller's equity represents Elman Dicknader.

"Ahem, gentlemen. Out of respect for Elam, Rush smiled at him and spoke first: "In fact, Shell is willing to sell some of its shares and interests in exchange for Mobil's support.

However, support for the Far East was decided by both Washington and Congress, and this has a bearing on the future development of the United States and its interests in the Far East, as well as on our interests. ”

"That's right, it's thankful ~~" Elan answered with a smile: "Just last night, we have reached a friendly agreement with the Japanese side. ”

Glancing at the curious faces of everyone, Elan continued: "The oil reserve transit center in Osaka will be transferred to Mobil to be in charge of operation from the near future.

The port in Osaka Bay will be leased to us for 51,300 barrels per year for ten years, on the condition that the share of oil supplied to Japan will increase by 20,000 barrels per month. ”

Seeing that everyone looked at each other and did not mean to speak, Rush continued: "With the transit center of Osaka, the oil reserves in the Persian Gulf will be transferred from here to the Pearl and Vladivostok, which will be more conducive to the development of the entire Far East. ”

"Simultaneous supply of oil to the warring hostile countries ... Will they agree?" someone asked incredulously.

"Of course, this is part of the agreement, and Japan will be able to get more energy for the war because of this, and the Germans have betrayed them anyway. ”

Rush joked that if it weren't for the little man who sold Little Japan single-handedly, he would have forcefully made Japan give up expanding the Battle of Nomenkan.

The hard-line hawks in the Japanese base camp are therefore frantically shouting 'Revenge, shame.' ’

Others rushed to the door of the Emperor's Mansion with a white cloth tied to their heads, grabbed a katana and stabbed themselves in the stomach, shouting 'Long live the Emperor, the Empire of Japan will win!'

Nima, the emperor is scared to pee his pants by you!

............

Although there is a prerequisite for the dwarf to turn his face first, the process of Mobil obtaining the right to operate the transit center in Osaka was not as easy as expected.

Representatives of the two sides held nine emergency talks in two days, and held detailed discussions and constraints on details such as how to transfer the work and the direction of operations after the transfer.

This is still Li Zitao personally intervened, coerced and lured, and positioned Mobil's main target market in the Soviet Union, plus the cooperation of the Mitsui chaebol.

It was a purely commercial partnership, although it was clear to both parties what was going on.

With regard to the supply of oil to the Far East, the Japanese side has set strict terms and regulations for auditing.

Not only that, but when the oil enters the pearl, it will also be subject to the inspection and unified dispatch of the puppet Wang government.

No. 76 Pearl, the famous 'No. 76 Demon Cave' is responsible for receiving it.

Since the capture of Mingzhu by the Japanese, the puppet Wang government has prepared for the establishment in accordance with the requirements and support of the Japanese, and the actions of various intelligence agencies and assassination organizations have become more and more unscrupulous.

At this stage, the pearl can be said to be mixed, with all kinds of ghosts, snakes and gods appearing one after another, especially the No. 76 intelligence agency of the puppet Wang government.

Torture and killing anti-Japanese people, blackmailing businessmen and patriots, and as for making things difficult for ordinary people on a daily basis, extortion and kidnapping are even more commonplace.

Mingzhu was originally the country's largest rice grain consumption and distribution center, but with the occupation of the Japanese army, rice grain began to be controlled.

At this time, the price of rice and grain rose from 14 yuan per quintal to 45 yuan, and the soaring prices made the people miserable.

Moreover, half of the rice eaten by the Mingzhu people is transported from Changshu and Taicang, which is not easy to store for a long time, and only Siamese rice shipped from overseas can be stored for a long time.

Siamese rice, also known as Thai fragrant rice, is robbed in the market for a long time after being roasted by machines.

The poor who were hungry and cold had no way out and had to take risks to rob rice shops and grain trucks in groups, thus forming a unique landscape of 'sweeping rice'.

The looting of rice grains scattered on the ground has become the target of many families who cannot afford to buy food, and they are hunched over with brooms and carefully searched for the fallen grains of rice on the road, which are their dinner today.

The harsh winter is a nightmare for the citizens of Mingzhu, and every morning when they wake up, there will be people around them who turn into stiff corpses and leave forever.

And in the streets and alleys, there are also people who rush to 'collect' the corpses early.

They searched for people who had frozen to death, and stripped from the corpses everything they could use, patched clothes, torn shoes, broken straw mats or broken bowls.

No matter how broken and dirty it is, it will be taken away without hesitation, and in the end, all that is left is the slick corpse and garbage.