As a result, the most honorable elder directly made a decision: "Taking advantage of the current low prices, we will go to the Middle East immediately after the meeting of the Ministry of Commerce to sign a purchase contract of 100 billion barrels, and after the contract is signed, they must deliver 10 million barrels within 10 days." Otherwise, they will pay 20% of the liquidated damages per barrel.

They ship in a thousand installments, we pay the funds in a thousand installments, the best of both worlds. Each payment time is for their cargo ship to be offshore, and the delivery will be completed within five years.

This time, the commercial commissioners had to wait until their first ships were off shore before coming back, and give them a call before they returned, so that our fellows here could know what to do next. ”

At this point, he paused for a cup of coffee, glanced at the old fellows present, and continued:

"After the letter, the propaganda work was done: the newspaper said that the Middle East was affected by the force majeure natural disaster of 'Desert Storm', which caused 80% of the oil fields to be destroyed, resulting in a shortage of crude oil in the world.

At the same time, we can also ask them to take the initiative to cooperate with us to perform this play, at the cost of 5%~10% increase in the price of each batch. This 10% is our bottom line, and it must be kept. The contract must stipulate the current price, and we can settle this part for them in the form of a 'reward'. I believe that the group of nouveau riche in the Middle East will agree.

After a while, we will release the news that China's crude oil reserves have bottomed out, and let the whole world get nervous.

Everyone, please speak freely and see if there are any omissions that need to be supplemented!"

After the big guy finished speaking, he raised his chin to look left and right, and his whole face was still unwavering, making it impossible to guess his true inner thoughts.

Only those who are familiar with him will know: O old fox!

Naturally, Yaxing did not bother the big man, so the tone about the imminent price increase of crude oil futures and spot was finalized in this meeting.

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In the past few days, Lu Zheng continued to spend time in boredom.

Joshua eventually bought two prime farms in California, one with an area of 18 hectares, consisting of abundant pasture and herds of cattle, sheep and horses. Formerly known as Golden Farm, Lu Zheng couldn't help but change his bad taste to "Happy Ranch".

The other one is close to the mountain and covers an area of 25 hectares. Most of the land is high-quality pasture, with about 2 hectares of corn and wheat grown. Corn is used as cattle and sheep feed in the original pasture. Lu Zheng instructed: Reserve one acre of the original wheat field for growing wheat and vegetables. At the same time, the name of the original "Fortson Farm" was changed to "Green Shade Farm".

The two ranches, which include all the livestock, houses, and buildings and structures, together cost less than $200 million.

Of course, this house is indispensable for country houses and stables, cattle and sheep pens, warehouses, etc.

After reading it, Lu Zheng was quite satisfied, and verbally praised Joshua's work ability and current achievements: the Nikkei index just passed a big victory, and now he has taken the time to buy two such high-quality forages for the company.

Lu Zheng suddenly felt that he missed the rice and Chinese food in the previous time and space, and his mind couldn't help but turn. He whispered to Joshua that a small rice field needed to be opened up near the water source, and the rice was delicious.

In the future, the company will use organic vegetables and meat products produced on its own farm. If they have Yaxing on vacation, they can come to the farm to grow vegetables and graze their own cattle.

We must not use chemical fertilizers and pesticides for the vegetables we eat and our employees, and we can use a small amount of chemical fertilizers for pastures.

Thompson and Dudser have also returned from Merseyside, and at this point, Lu Zheng owns 100% of LFC Football Club.

Lu Zheng is not prepared to meddle too much in the affairs of the club, after all, it is just a business hobby.

Lu Zheng briefly mentioned a few words:

Whether the unlicensed manager Johan Cruyff can be poached from Barcelona at any cost;

Can they poach their lost striker, Marco van Basten, from AC Milan and be willing to focus on protecting him and allowing him to fully recover from his ankle injury before playing?

As for Pele, Maradola probably can't recruit them at the moment!

The Academy, there's not much to say right now, let's focus on letting scouts focus on good seedlings around the world.

As the biggest boss, he can occasionally go to cheer up the players.

Lu Zheng can give priority to signing contracts for slightly famous or newcomers around the world.

Because this plane is basically the same as the players in his original plane, this is an invisible golden finger that he brought with his crossing.

But now, except for a few big ball kings, he really can't remember the rest of the players.

Well, the club now for him: the only good thing is that he can watch the game live with the United States at any time.

After Thompson came back, he took the team to Goldman Sachs non-stop, and Lu Zheng granted him $2 billion to buy a 30% stake in Fruit Computer.

The company's share price has been depressed in recent months, and it is estimated that the total value will be discounted. Lu Zheng has explained that it can be acquired at a premium of 5~10%. If a discount is available, 5% of the discounted portion will be distributed to the Thompson team as a bonus, and the control will be considered by Thompson at his discretion based on the proportion of contribution.

According to Thompson, if Lu Zheng owns the 30% shares, he will become the company's largest shareholder except for the three founders, and has the right to make suggestions on the company's operation and management, and can also propose to the board of directors.

Lu Zheng bought 30% of the company's shares, not for the right to operate and manage, to be honest, although the fruit technology company is now listed, but Lu Zheng has not seen it yet.

On the other hand, Lu Zheng is really interested in the company's patent rights, and he is planning the layout for the next step.

As for the aforementioned computer chip companies and engine companies, these are all like this.

No, Lu Zheng has already told Thompson and Dudeser to pay attention to whether there is a situation of buying land in a permanently neutral country, and once it is discovered, he will take it mercilessly.

It's just that now Thompson and Dudser are still out of reach, and can only operate in a few surrounding areas, buying some shares that seem inconsequential at the moment.

What Lu Zheng didn't expect was that Douglas actually successfully lobbied a small group of shareholders of Mi Guo Chaowei Chip Company, who had a total of 15% of the shares. Douglas had no choice but to turn to Dudeser for help, and the company's total value was estimated at about $300 million.

In order to reach an agreement between the two parties as soon as possible, Douglas negotiated with them, and finally jointly funded the hiring of a third-party appraisal agency, PricewaterhouseCoopers, and used the conclusions of the firm's report as the basis for the final transaction.

The shareholders of Chaowei Chip had an expectation of $5 million for the sale of 15% of Chaowei Chip, and Lu Zheng finally made a successful purchase of $4 million according to a third-party report.