Read more books to find out. Jonas could only use the excuse of reading, and he had already bought a lot of books and been reading them.

"When I inherited the oil company, I couldn't read the technical information for several years, and it took me almost ten years to get started," Hubert said. You can read a book?"

Jonas laughed: "Technical data is not necessarily as difficult as economics, is it? ”

Hubert looked at Richie and said, "This little guy is a genius. ”

Jonas was secretly ashamed, but shrugged his shoulders in a bland manner. "We're almost done talking, have a drink, I'll go get a bottle of Kande genuine. ”

Richie shook his head and smiled, "That kind of good wine should be drunk when the taste is the best." We don't sleep most of the night, our mouths are bitter, and we can't taste the best wine. ”

Jonas didn't force it, opening a bottle of his home-made rosé on the coffee table next to Richie and pouring half a glass for everyone.

Rosé wines have a freshness and a distinctly fruity aroma in terms of flavor, and the grapes grown by the Jonas family are of average quality, and generally make sweet wines with better taste and are loved by ladies.

Two years of cellaring is best, generally not more than three years, and it will be drunk in its entirety. After four years, the taste will deteriorate.

Although this wine is not as good as vintage wine, it is not easy to make it delicious, and the wine of the Jonas family is made by his mother herself.

As one of the heirs of the Romanée-Conti family, his mother's skills were first-class, although they were not reliable.

Ricci took a sip, threw a pine nut in his mouth, and ate it before he spoke: "Jonas, Angolan oil development, after the discovery of oil, will make the area a sensitive area."

Now, the Angolan government's massacre of the Bukzau tribe has been exposed by some media. So, the idea that you want to restructure your enterprise architecture and hide yourself is correct.

However, even I have a headache about how to distribute it. All I hope is to discover a few more oil fields......"

Jonas poured wine into Hubert's glass, turned around and said, "Now that the Soviets are in front, I'm not really worried. ”

As the general developer, it is also possible for Jonas to leave a large oil field for himself.

But he didn't have that idea, because now by selling the mining rights, the profits will come the fastest.

In the future, he retains only a part of his administrative authority and exists as a mediator, which makes him even more detached.

As for shipping and sales, these Rich and Green will worry about it, and Jonas won't interfere.

Thinking that in the future, I only need to establish a trading channel between Angola and other oil companies, which will be very worry-free.

However, all this is easier said than done.

There are at least hundreds of individual oilmen engaged in oil extraction, and none of them do not want to buy out an oil field.

Unless there are so many oil fields, there will always be people who can't allocate them.

This is only the overall situation, in the details, the reserves of the oil field, the difficulty of exploitation, the sale of mining rights, these must be discussed one by one, even if someone gets the oil field, it may not be satisfied.

In the future, it will also involve the distribution of interests with Angola, and there will be different disputes and even struggles at each stage.

You can make money, you can make a lot of money, but you also have the heart to.

Grandma was worried about him precisely because of this.

Rich groaned for a moment and said: "Putting the Soviets at the front can certainly deter some people, but it can't solve the root cause." ”

Jonas laughed, "That's why I'm buying a warship." ”

"Aren't you afraid that the Soviets will take over the throne and meddle in offshore oil extraction?"

Jonas would not tell him that in three years, the USSR would begin to mess up, and in a few years the USSR would be gone.

Moreover, Richie's current attitude, although he is guiding Jonas, I am afraid that he already has a plan in his heart.

He asked rhetorically, "Uncle Mark, since you have raised these questions, do you have any good solutions?"

Richie did have a mature solution in mind before he came over tonight.

However, his plan was mainly to persuade Jonas to transfer some of his shares to win over several powerful allies, and then reduce Jonas's importance in order to resolve the conflict.

Of course, Jonas is still an important figure in the development of Angolan oil, after all, Santos recognizes him.

Gather a few strong allies to help Jonas resist the wind and rain, and the subsequent transfer of mining rights will allow Jonas not to have to bear too much pressure alone.

But after meeting Jonas tonight, he felt that to rush forward with this plan was tantamount to asking someone else to pick Jonas's peaches.

When oil was not discovered, Jonas took the risk alone, but now that he has discovered oil, he wants to share most of the benefits, what will Jonas think in his heart?

Even in the face of reality, Jonas had to accept it, and Richie was afraid that Jonas would quit the oil circle in a fit of anger.

Jonas is not only in the oil industry, in fact, although Jonas has invested a lot of money in the oil industry, in fact, the main focus is on the automobile industry.

Jonas is his chosen heir, and it would be more than worth the loss to quit the oil industry because of this.

However, this piece of fat is too big, and if Jonas eats it alone, I don't know how many people will envy and hate him, making him the target of public criticism.

He pondered for a while, and chose to be open and honest: "Jonas, before tonight, I wanted you to sell some of the shares of the oil development company and win over a few powerful allies. But now that you are acting in moderation, it is not easy to open this mouth. ”

"Why?"

"Because I don't want you to think I'm pushing you. ”

Jonas sat on the couch and stared at Richie across from him, believing he was telling the truth. He is well aware of the abundance of oil reserves in Anglia's offshore waters, with recoverable reserves of 10 billion barrels, which is a huge asset.

As the master developer in partnership with Santos, Jonas has complete mining rights and management rights.

In the mining stage, if all the reserves are discovered, he can obtain at least more than 10 billion US dollars in upfront income by granting the mining rights, and there will be long-term benefits in the later stage.

In other words, if Jonas doesn't do anything, slaps his ass and leaves, the total income can exceed 10 billion.

This is the main reason why the oil industry attracts so many people, although the investment is large, as long as oil is found, the benefits are also very large.

Around 2002, oil companies transferred exploitation rights to each other, and several oil companies in China paid out more than $10 billion in real money, not counting the later investment.

Although that was sixteen years later, this was only a small fraction of the discovered oil rights in this area.

As long as Jonas keeps these rights and interests in his hands, and transfers the exploitation rights of the oil fields in batches and stages, it is normal for the income to be tens of billions in the whole process.

Of course, this is only according to the commercial calculation model, but in reality, oil is more of a political cooperation model.

No one would watch Jonas make so much money alone, not even Santos, who invited him, and the Angolan people would not allow it.

Jonas had to divide the benefits, distribute the interests, and hide himself.

To be honest, transoceanic drilling alone is now the world's most advanced offshore oil extraction company, providing technical services to other oil companies every year, and leasing drilling platforms can make billions of dollars a year.

So there is some quick money to make, but it is also necessary to pay attention to methods and strategies.

Jonas thought for a moment and said, "During this time, I have also been thinking about the authorization of mining rights, and I have a new cooperation model idea. ”

Richie nodded and asked, "In what way?"

"Reduce the revenue of the license and increase the amount of distribution. ”

This model is not new to Rich, and many exploration companies have resorted to charging high licence fees and selling their most aggressive interests outright to allow oil extraction companies to negotiate with the countries where the oil is located.

However, no company like Jonas can directly represent the development rights of an area, and Angola will not agree to deal with another company.

However, as long as there are more companies authorized to develop, it is easy to recover costs and make a lot of money. It doesn't matter if you can't earn the income later.

Even if you are in chaos behind Anguo, the opposition comes to power, and cancels the previous contract, my money has already been earned anyway.

Jonas's expectation of long-term gains, while inconspicuous at first, can win the favor of oil extraction companies, but it is riskier.

He asked rhetorically: "If your early investment can't be returned quickly, aren't you afraid that Santos will backtrack?"

"My biggest upfront investment right now is the $800 million secured loan from Credit Suisse, which adds up to a billion dollars," Jonas said. As long as some oil fields can be discovered in the later stage, most of the cost can be recovered, or even all of the royalties can be recovered. Just because I charge less than the license fee doesn't mean I don't charge the license fee.

Moreover, in order to win over Angola and support their oil companies, I am ready to hand over the largest oil fields I have discovered to them to develop themselves. They don't have the ability to develop, and transoceanic drilling provides them with technical services, which has long been agreed. ”

The advantage of Jonas is that he will not be able to develop oil without Anguo, and it can solve the conflict of interests between him and Anguo.

At least in the short term, Anguo will not turn against him for the sake of interests.

"Reduce the licensing fee, win over the oil exploitation company, increase the return to the Angolan oil company, and ease the conflict between you and the country," Richie said. But there are very important things that you don't take into account. What if Santos fails and Savimbi comes to power?"

Jonas laughed, "If I can't afford to take this risk, how dare I become a general development contractor in the first place?"

Rich nodded and said, "Okay, in that case, I will help you try to adjust the external contradictions, but when necessary, you still need to spread more interests." ”

The development of Angolan oil is the foundation of Jonas's foothold in the oil industry, and he would rather let a little more profit come out than let others encroach on his territory.

He nodded and said, "I'm not a money-grubbing person. ”

There is another sentence he did not say, just to make money, it will be more profitable to invest in Internet companies in the future, or to make money openly.

The oil industry brought him more power!

(I have watched the parade all the time, and the motherland is mighty !!)