Chapter 561: Drunkenness

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"For the two years since Molly fell into a coma, it has been Wendy who has been taking care of both children, and even many times she has been taking care of Molly. This behavior is enough to show that she is a gentle and kind woman, and this is the main reason why I agreed to marry her. ”

While visiting his nephew and niece, Al Bevan met the woman named Wendy Roosevelt. Whether it is from the feelings when they met, or the performance in the past few years, she is indeed as Guo Shouyun said, a gentle and virtuous lady.

"Okay. Now that you've made a decision in your heart, I won't interfere much. Dad wasn't as talkative as I was, though. If he had known about you, he wouldn't have agreed. After all, he loves Molly too much. ”

"I know. ”

Guo Shouyun nodded, this was also his biggest headache.

"Al, please keep this matter as secret as possible for me. ”

"I can keep it a secret for you, but you know, in this society, nothing is an absolute secret. ”

"Of course I know. But that's the only way now. ”

After a sigh, there was a long silence.

"What about you, how are you doing with Olivia?"

"Divided!" said Al Bevan in a muffled voice.

"Why?"

"After the initial passion faded, the contradictions began to appear, and we did not cross over. Al Bevan shook his head.

"I think you should think again, Olivia is a good girl. ”

"I know. But I couldn't go to Athens with her. ”

"Is there anything bad about Athens?"

"Athens was nice. But Rudy is very old, and Molly's coma hits him hard. I was in the hospital for a week with high blood pressure last month, and I couldn't have left him to go to Athens. ”

"What? Why didn't Rudy notify me if he was hospitalized?"

Although Guo Shouyun did not really marry Molly, in his heart, Rudy Bevan has always been his father-in-law. In terms of relationships, he was closer than Butler Roosevelt.

"I was going to inform you, but Rudy stopped me. Al Bevan hesitated for a moment.

"It seems that he still hasn't forgiven me. Guo Shouyun sighed.

"He's always had Molly in his hands...!"

Al Bewen didn't finish speaking, but Guo Shouyun already understood the meaning of his words. It is said that the daughter is the father's intimate little padded jacket, and the relationship between father and daughter is much deeper than that between father and son.

"Do you want to drink?"

After a moment of silence, Guo Shouyun suddenly turned his head and asked.

"Okay!"

Al Bevan smiled, then nodded in agreement.

"Matthew, get some bottles of brandy. ”

"Yes!"

Matthew, who was standing next to him, answered, picked up the radio and explained a few words. It didn't take long for the two bodyguards to come up with four bottles of Hennessy XO grade cherry brandy.

Brandy is a type that belongs to the longer the storage age, the better the quality, generally more than 2 years is called VSOP, more than 6 years is called XO, and higher years are Napoleon grade and so on. The higher the vintage, the higher the value. Many of these well-known cognac brands are more than twenty or thirty years old.

And Guo Shouyun's four bottles of Hennessy XO grade cherry brandy, although they have not been cellared for twenty or thirty years, are also well-known cognacs for ten years. The wine is amber in colour and opens with a hint of fruit.

"Come on,!"

"Just drink like that?"

Seeing that Guo Shouyun unscrewed the cap of the bottle, and didn't use the cup, he directly stretched the bottle towards him, Al Bewen asked in surprise.

"It's a pleasure to drink like this!"

After seeing his persistence, Al Bewen shook his head, "Forget it, I will fight it this time." !"

"Ding...!"

With the sound of clinking glasses, the two of them each put their bottles to their mouths and drank them.

After two hours, they finished drinking four bottles of 'Hennessy XO Cherry Brandy' worth more than $50,000.

Brandy, as a distilled spirit, has a degree of forty or even fifty degrees. Two bottles of wine are two catties. People who drink well can't stand it, let alone them.

So, in the end, the two of them successfully lay down.

The next day, Guo Shouyun slept until the afternoon before waking up. The scheduled meeting with John Watson, executive vice president of Chevron Texaco, had to be postponed.

"Boss, this is the decanting soup that Lao Lin made for you!"

"Thank you!"

took the small bowl handed over by Wang Jue, and after drinking, Guo Shouyun felt that his symptoms after his hangover had been reduced a little.

"Al, bring him a bowl. ”

"Mr. Bevan is gone. ”

"When?"

"At ten o'clock this morning, he didn't bother you when he saw that you weren't awake. Also, he said that he was going to Santos, and he would go back to Europe directly after his errands, and he would not come to say goodbye to you. ”

Guo Shouyun nodded. Obviously, Al Bevan personally went to handle Neymar's joining the junior echelon of Santos Football Club.

"This guy drinks so much better than me!"

After sighing, Guo Shouyun suddenly remembered his business.

"Is John Watson here?"

"In the morning, I called to apologize and rescheduled the meeting to tomorrow morning. Wu Xiaojing said.

Guo Shouyun breathed a sigh of relief, "You did a good job." ”

"That's what I'm supposed to do. ”

Guo Shouyun nodded slightly, got out of bed, took the clothes handed over by Wang Jue and Wu Xiaojing, put them on, and walked out. After a short walk in the garden of the villa, the symptoms of the hangover were much lessened.

"Boss, it's Mr. Best's call. ”

Wang Jue walked over with his mobile phone.

After taking it, "Hey, I'm Guo Shouyun." ”

"Boss, I'm Travis. The meeting with Petrobras CEO Mr. Pedro Parente has already been asked. He will be happy to meet you face-to-face, and at a time of your choosing. ”

After answering, Guo Shouyun pondered for a moment, "It's about to be the sixth round of exploration bidding for Petrobras, and both us and them are very busy during this time, so let's put the meeting time on the 9th, or later!"

"Understood, I'll notify the other party immediately!"

"Hmm!"

"Do you have any other instructions?"

"I'm going to use the information on the extension of the Argentina-Brazil gas pipeline. ”

"Yes!"

After explaining a few more things, Guo Shouyun hung up the phone.

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"Calvin, why did the head office send you to Brazil? It's just that Petrobras' exploration tender is not worth it for you, the chief operating officer. ”

Glancing at his colleagues beside him, Calvin Booth, who is the COO of Chevron Texaco, smiled indifferently and said, "John, you are still in charge of the Petrobras tender. I'm here mainly for Pacific Energy's coastal gas pipeline in Brazil. ”

After hearing this, John Watson breathed a sigh of relief. As long as it's not that the head office doesn't trust his ability to work and intends to let Calvin take charge of his own work, he fires himself by the way.

"Brazil's coastal gas pipelines? Why haven't I heard about it?"

John Watson, who got rid of his troubles, also turned his attention to the new news he heard for the first time.

"Pacific Energy has only just discussed this with Petrobras. It is still in the stage of secrecy, and not many people in the outside world know about it. ”

It is clear that Chevron has its own intelligence network in the Petrobras Authority or the Pacific Group. Of course, this is not surprising. There are many companies in the world that sell intelligence for a living. As long as you can afford it, they can find a way to get you the information you want, even if it's the color of the president's pants.

"The company plans to get involved?"

"Hmm... Pacific Energy's Bolivia-Brazil gas pipeline with Petrobras has been successful. It not only monopolized the Bolivian natural gas transmission market in one fell swoop, but also provided good conditions and bargaining power for Unocal to expand in the Bolivian oil industry. It also provides a strong boost to Pacific Energy's own expansion in the Brazilian natural gas distribution and retail market, power construction, distribution and retail market. This cluster effect has brought huge profits to the future of both companies. So, if there is an opportunity, we can't miss it either. ”

"I see!"

After nodding his head clearly, "However, Bruce Guo has always been domineering. He may not be willing to share the profits that have already been made to us!"

"No, they haven't got it yet. Although Petrobras and Pacific Energy have successfully cooperated on the Bolivia-Brazil gas pipeline, it has laid a good foundation for the next cooperation between the two sides on the east coast of Brazil. But our layout in Brazil is no worse than that of the Pacific and Unocal, and it is not difficult to thwart it. In addition, we have prepared additional conditions to convince Bruce Guo. ”

"Other conditions?"

Calvin Booth nodded, "You'll know then." ”

John Watson frowned unconsciously.

As soon as a company is large, conflicts of interest and factions will inevitably arise. Just like the classic saying, where there are people, there are rivers and lakes. Chevron-Texaco is a huge company with more than sixty thousand people. It's also normal for office politics to appear internally. And the biggest dispute within it now is the result of the last merger. That is, the dispute between Chevron's executives and Texaco's executives.

Calvin Booth belongs to Texaco, and he was originally the CEO of Texaco. After Chevron's $38 billion acquisition of Texaco in '01, he became the chief operating officer of the new company. Although the power has declined, it is still the third largest within the company after Chairman of the Board Alan Henderson and CEO Sean Bradley. Much taller than John Watson, the executive vice president.

It is said that the official level crushes people to death. Although it is biased towards innovative technology companies such as Google and Ruby. But it works well for a conservative monopoly oil company like Chevron-Texaco.

So, although he was a little dissatisfied, John Watson didn't say much.