Chapter 572: quid pro quo

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"Mr. Guo, in fact, we don't mind you becoming our ExxonMobil shareholder!"

"Could it be that ExxonMobil is still planning to buy our Unocal?"

"Isn't that great? Once the two companies merge, Mr. Guo will become the largest individual shareholder of ExxonMobil. ”

Hearing this, Guo Shouyun's expression remained unchanged, but he couldn't stop complaining in his heart.

At Unocal he can say a lot. But if the two sides merge, in the best-case scenario, he could get a dozen percent of ExxonMobil's shares. These shares are gold mines in the eyes of investment institutions, but in Guo Shouyun's eyes, they are chicken ribs.

According to the existing commercial law, if the shareholding institution or individual holds no more than 30% of the total shares, it does not have the 'veto power' over the group's decision-making. Without that right, he would be a shareholder with a larger stake at best, and shareholders sound good, but there are many such shareholders on ExxonMobil's board. Except for the fact that it will be useful when holding a general meeting of shareholders to exercise voting rights, it is not useful at all.

As for the idea of increasing ExxonMobil's stake to 30%, unless it is a special opportunity, such as the subprime mortgage crisis or the oil crisis, it is not very likely. Because the power is so great, the chairman of the board of directors, the CEO, and the COO of ExxonMobil are definitely not willing to add a emperor to their heads. Guo Shouyun is 100% sure that once he tries to do so, ExxonMobil's management will split shares, poison pill plans and other ways to diversify equity.

Therefore, one is to be a nominal shareholder, and the other is 'a promise', and fools know how to choose.

"Mr. Hurt, I'm still very young, and I don't plan to retire so soon!"

"Well, it seems that I won't have a chance to work with Mr. Guo. After a pause, "I would like to ask, if ExxonMobil supports Unocal's decision, how much of a share of the Brazilian coastal gas pipeline plan we can get?"

“5%~10%！”

"That's a little too little. ”

"If ExxonMobil can help me get a majority stake in the Maginu field, I can give you all of Pacific Energy's shares in the Brazilian gas pipeline. ”

Brazil's natural gas pipelines are undoubtedly lucrative, but how can they compare to a super-giant oil field with proven reserves of 13 billion barrels and hidden reserves of 25 billion barrels!

Chris Hurt smiled and didn't speak.

Support and take, the difference between one word, the meaning of which is very different. Support doesn't require a lot of effort, and ExxonMobil doesn't need to use its own network, it just needs to be enough not to oppose Unocal's claims when the time comes. But winning is a completely different concept. With the situation of more wolves in Iraq and less meat, even ExxonMobil will have to use countless connections and money to make it possible.

It's not worth paying such a big price for a Brazilian coastal gas pipeline project.

"Although I personally wanted to agree to Mr. Guo, I couldn't convince the board of directors. So, I can only apologize. ”

"It doesn't matter. As long as ExxonMobil doesn't get in the way of this. Guo Shouyun didn't expect the other party to really agree.

"OK!

This is despite the fact that ExxonMobil and BP share the Rumaila field. But what they got was the South Rumaila oil field, which has reserves of up to 1.96 billion tons. Just the reserves of South Rumaila are higher than those of the Majinu oil field, and they naturally have no reason to disagree.

Guo Shouyun nodded, "I will convey it to the person in charge of Pacific Energy and ask them to talk to ExxonMobil in detail." ”

After the two sides continued to communicate with each other, Guo Shouyun hung up the phone.

"Finally got ExxonMobil!"

On the administration side, he has already dealt with George W. Bush. Now ExxonMobil has almost won. Most of the factors that prevented him from getting the Maginu oil field had gone.

"Wang Jue, is there any news from Chevron Texako?"

"This is a document that has just been sent from the Department of Information Management, and yesterday the Chevrolet Texaco board of directors officially announced on its official website that Calvin Booth was removed from his position as chief operating officer and succeeded by John Watson. ”

Guo Shouyun's expression moved, and he quickly looked at the result document from Wang Jue's hand.

"If you are unwell, you will resign voluntarily?"

Looking at the reason for Calvin Booth's resignation written in the document, Guo Shouyun shook his head, when he met Calvin Booth a few days ago, he was full of energy, for Chevron Texaco to participate in the natural gas pipeline from Port Alegre to Victoria, and constantly fought with himself, what kind of physical discomfort was there?

"Is there a more accurate reason?"

"There is no more accurate response from the Information Management Department. ”

The Information Management Department, a branch of the Guo Shouyun Secretariat, is headed by Will Harington, which collects global economic, political, and business intelligence to support all of Guo Shouyun's decisions. After three or four years of development, the organization is now an astonishing organization with nearly 300 full-time staff and more than 10 million archives. However, compared to the intelligence services of the old family and business trusts, it lacks some background.

However, in addition to trying to make up for the defects caused by this time, Guo Shouyun can't think of a good way. Fortunately, Will Harrington is genius enough, and since he became the head of the Information Management Department, this intelligence agency has been growing rapidly, and the information is also timely.

In addition, under Guo Shouyun's huge secretariat, in addition to the information management department in charge of intelligence, there is also a "security department" in charge of security, a "blues foundation" in charge of think tanks, a "finance department" in charge of his personal finances and investments, a "personnel department" in charge of human resources, an "administration department" in charge of document editing and processing, book proofreading and publishing, a "logistics department" in charge of arranging vehicles, ships and private jets, and a "legal department" in charge of law.

Except that it doesn't have a company name, it's almost the same as the management of a company.

And this increasingly large secretariat is Guo Shouyun's real brain, assisting him in managing all his enterprises, as well as dealing with information and public and private matters from all aspects, which is very important!

Although there is no more accurate information on the side of the Information Management Department, Guo Shouyun can also guess that the reason why Chevron Texaco has such a change is nothing more than the result of internal power tilting.

When a company is big, politics is inevitable. Even Taizu said: There is no party outside the party, the idea of the emperor, there is no faction in the party, and there are all kinds of strange things. It is human nature to compete for power and profit. And it's no secret that executives at Chevron and Texaco are vying for power in the company.

And now, with the departure of Calvin Booth, it is a sign that the battle between the two factions has gradually come to an end. From later generations, Chevron Texaco took the initiative to remove the Texaco name and only keep the Chevron brand name, which shows that the former won the battle.

However, these have little to do with Guo Shouyun. He didn't want to get involved. Moreover, if Chevrontexaco's infighting can make them relax their focus on Iraqi oil, it may still be a good thing for him.

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