Chapter 213: Pouring Oil
The two of them "dated" well, and as Fan Liancheng agreed to the addition of his old classmate Ibn to become four people, they continued to wander around the open-air market for nearly half an hour after leaving the restaurant.
Han Xiaowen's words suddenly became less, and she could understand some conversations, but she definitely couldn't speak fluently like Fan Liancheng, but fortunately, there was no special arrangement, so she felt okay.
Fan Liancheng chatted with Ibn as the white woman who seemed sexy in terms of mainstream European and American aesthetics was irritated because she couldn't interject.
There are many luxury brands in this huge market, and it was not easy to bring the owner Ibn over to "go shopping", mainly to buy some clothes, shoes, bags, rings, necklaces, etc., but now Ibn is focused on talking to Fan Liancheng, and it seems that she has completely forgotten what to buy, no wonder she is unhappy.
The eyes are more poisonous, staring at Han Xiaowen, who is a mixed-race, her eyes are mainly focused on the Cartier classic leopard-shaped bracelet on her wrist, as for the pink stud earrings, you can't tell if it's a real diamond, and of course, you can't tell the value of the pear-shaped blue diamond pendant on your neck.
Due to the existence of several Chinese bodyguards, this white woman did not think that Fan Liancheng would be poor, and walked behind out of curiosity, searching for "Dylan", "Huaxia", "rich" as keywords, and really found several news related to Fan Liancheng.
There is no need to look at anything else, just the words "Forbes 500 Rich List", "New York Times", "Wall Street Journal" and so on, let her vaguely have a general idea, and when she read a more detailed introduction in Wikipedia, she learned that Fan Liancheng also has a father who is about the same value, also about 3.5 billion US dollars, has directly ignored the existence of Ibn, and only feels that the back of the young Chinese in front of her is shining with golden light, and joy is written on his face.
Anyway, it has entered the 3G era, and you can access the Internet a little bit through your mobile phone, but the network speed is slower than that of a laptop, and the function is relatively simple.
If you stare closely, you will find that the one in her hand is "iPhone2G", the second mobile phone produced by Apple, and it is just like that, so it didn't have much influence, Fan Liancheng still used the Vertu that he got for free from Lao Fan last year, equipped with the Symbian operating system.
There are opportunities everywhere, but we must also have a vision beyond ordinary people to perceive it.
At least, Fan Liancheng is not interested in this PC manufacturer that mainly produces notebooks at all, and is mainly focusing on VC (venture capital) and PE (private equity investment), trying to use this to make a small profit and earn more pocket money back.
Not all women worship money, on the contrary, there are more good girls in the world.
It's just that the circles are different, so Fan Liancheng comes into contact with a lot of money worshippers on weekdays, and they always come to people like moths to a fire, but looking back, in fact, there are many men who pursue Han Xiaowen and try to gain both wealth and sex, and they also want to take shortcuts.
That little impatience was swept away, and the woman named Anna suddenly became enthusiastic, took the initiative to take a few quick steps, intentionally or unintentionally approached Fan Liancheng's side, sometimes saying something not too funny, and pretending to be happy, and the whole person almost stuck to him.
It's a pity that this kind of little trick was used on the wrong person, Fan Liancheng didn't look down on the other party, and didn't think about other aspects at all, just when Iben's female companion had an abnormal head, and his mind continued to focus on reminiscing......
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After flipping through the old yellow calendars that had already begun to blur, and chatting with the group of classmates who used to study at Harrow Institute of Technology, the topic gradually shifted to business.
When he took an extended Lincoln sedan to the docks, Ibn opened a bottle of champagne for Fan Liancheng to celebrate the coincidence, and then he paused briefly and asked Fan Liancheng: "Dylan, you are a very rich man in China, do you know the top management of your national oil company?"
"In our country, almost all of them are controlled by state-owned enterprises, because it involves the field of national security and people's livelihood, but in order to fulfill the agreement when we joined the WTO, some private companies have begun to get involved in the oil industry.
As soon as Fan Liancheng finished speaking, Ibn immediately said: "I have a batch of oil in my hand and have not found a buyer for the time being, if you can help me negotiate, then the profit can be divided into a part of you, the total income will be about 70 million US dollars, and a part of the profit will be given to the buyer, if we can find a more powerful buyer, the two of us will have the opportunity to earn more, and the profit will be half of each person." ”
The routine is the same.
Ge Junfa relied on mines to eat mines, Han Manxing relied on cars to eat cars, and Iben, a "student" whose family was engaged in the oil business, even began to get involved in crude oil trading, and the scale seems to be not small, and a single profit may reach 70 million US dollars.
Most of the domestic oil depends on imports, and the demand is not small, Fan Liancheng felt that if the price is right, there should be no shortage of buyers, a little cautious, but did not show it.
Just tentatively asked, "Where is the oil, your company's business?"
Ibn nodded:
"My father's private investment in Brazil is a partnership with Petrobras to develop two pre-salt oil fields, mainly for export, and if they are fully exploited, they can produce 60,000 barrels per day, and there are ready-made tankers, so the freight can be slightly cheaper.
I have already negotiated with Koch Industries in the United States, but because the price of oil has been rising, the other party has temporarily canceled the cooperation, if you find a suitable buyer, I can give you the lowest price below the market, and take you to share the profits, if you have the ability to raise the price, the other money earned will belong to you. ”
Fan Liancheng understood what the other party meant.
It means to give yourself a reserve price, and you can get the commission of being an intermediary when you negotiate the business, and you can increase it slightly on the basis of the price you get and make a quick buck from it.
This business may sound like a good business, but since crude oil can't be sold, there must be a reason.
During this period of time, international oil prices have long risen to the sky, Fan Liancheng reads financial news almost every day, how could he not have heard of it, in recent days, it has just exceeded 100 US dollars a barrel, breaking through a record high, and the trend is simply incomprehensible to him.
Doing this kind of business is a bit risky, but the profit is also relatively large, Fan Liancheng didn't dare to say more, for fear of being glued by this old classmate who has not been in touch for several years, only told: "You send the details to my mailbox, or tell me later, if you can find a buyer, then contact you, but don't get too hopeful, I have never been in contact with oil except driving." ”
Everyone's money-making business is a little easier to talk about, Iben has been staring at this commission for a while, and he hasn't pinned his hopes on Fan Liancheng, it's just a chance to meet, and casually say a few words about multiple opportunities.
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