Jiang Xinxu smiled: "At least the main reason." ”

Xiong Ping asked, "What is the second point?"

Jiang Xinxu said: "The second point is that you think too highly of the people who promote the construction of this oil pipeline at home and abroad. Let's talk about foreign countries first, that is, an oil company is muttering, and at most a few people associated with this oil company shout a few words in the media. But who shouts about the people who really have weight and status? And the domestic ones are even less meaningful, and the more fierce PetroChina shouts, the more people may be afraid and unwilling to build this oil pipeline. ”

Xiong Ping's eyes widened, but not long after, he shook his head again and said: "No, I understand that among the Russian political officials, there are ministerial-level leaders who talk about this, at least they don't object." ”

Jiang Xinxu said: "The struggle between groups and groups. It's just using this as a tool to attack each other. Is there really any official who is pushing this thing down to earth?"

Xiong Ping thought for a moment and shook his head.

Jiang Xinwei smiled bitterly: "Leader Xiong, why are you so optimistic about the line that the East-JM Investment Company is preparing to build? With this line, our country can also import a lot of crude oil every year, right?"

Xiong Ping glanced at Jiang Xinwei a little embarrassed, and then said after a while: "But it still has to pass through Kazakhstan, isn't one more country an extra layer of risk?"

The truth is this, but Jiang Xinwei is very depressed in his heart: no matter how big the risk is, it is better than not being able to build it at all.

When they arrived at the embassy, it was almost meal time, and Jiang Xinwei and the others walked towards the cafeteria after washing up.

The ambassador also came out to eat with them. But I don't know if it's because he knows that Xiong Ping didn't persuade Jiang Xinwei, so he doesn't want to mention it, or because he doesn't care about it at all, anyway, the ambassador didn't talk about the oil pipeline during the meal, but just asked Jiang Xinwei about the situation of Feixun Group, and was surprised that Jiang Xinwei's business was so much and so extensive.

Early the next morning, Jiang Xinwei took the car of the East-JM investment company to the Moscow airport.

After more than three hours of flight, the plane reached the city of Barabinsk and, on a bunch of off-road vehicles, went to the location of the oil field.

When the small convoy passed by the railway station in Balabinsk City, Jiang Xinwei saw two trains carrying derricks, generators, diesel engines, and containers for exploration.

The city of Barabinsk belongs to Novosibirsk, and apparently there are many companies that come here to explore and exploit oil fields, and there are people of all colors next to the trains that carry the drilling. A few of them looked like Chinese, but he wasn't sure if they were Chinese, because the employees of East-JM Investment Company who drove to pick up the plane told him that there were not only Chinese, but also Japanese, Singaporeans, each working for a different oil company.

Not long after leaving the city of Barabinsk, the convoy entered the vast snowfield, and the road on which the vehicle was walking was also covered with thick snow, and it could only follow the marks left by the car in front of it.

Ma Liantao asked a white man in the passenger seat in English with some uneasiness: "Isn't it a bit blind for us to walk like this, what if we go under the road? Can we wait for the snow to melt a little and be able to see the road clearly before walking?"

Obviously, Ma Liantao is not worried about what will happen to him, but worried about Jiang Xinwei.

The white man who was asked was named Merstafa, an employee of the public relations department of East-JM Investment Company, and he came to greet Jiang Xinwei today on the order of General Manager Mayoni. He smiled and said, "It's okay, you can rest assured." The temperature outside the car was low, at least below minus 20 degrees, and even if there were any puddles or ditches, they were covered in snow and frozen, and nothing happened to the car. ”

Ma Liantao glanced at Jiang Xinwei, and saw that he was not worried about himself at all, just looked out of the car, and couldn't help but say: "Jiang Dong, the weather is so bad now, can you drill wells?"

Jiang Xinwei still looked outside, and said in his mouth: "It doesn't matter if you can drill a well or not, at least you can transport supplies." When the weather is warmer, you can start work, which can save a lot of time. ”

After walking some distance, they saw a huge construction site outside, several huge crawler tractors roaring to push away the frozen hills, ploughing through the blackened dirt and pushing the stones to both sides.

Not far away, there are many derricks, drill pipes, diesel engines, generators, etc., which are parked to load the drilling equipment, and there are also several cranes to lift the bulky drilling equipment from the truck and place it on the ground.

As soon as Jiang Xinwei opened his mouth to ask if this was the oil company there, he saw the LOGO of a piece of equipment on it, and asked: "Mestafa, this seems to be the French TOTAL oil company, why did they come here?"

Merstafa, who was sitting in the passenger seat, replied: "Almost all of the world's leading oil companies have exploration teams in the Balabinsk region. Because there are several Russian oil tycoons here who want to explore and extract oil. On the one hand, they came to earn service fees and collect fees for the exploration of Russian oil tycoons. On the one hand, they want to have a good relationship with these oil tycoons, and they will buy the oil as soon as it is extracted. ”

Jiang Xinwei smiled: "This group of vampires. Are there any other oil companies looking for you?"

Murstapha replied, "Of course." However, they were all rejected. They all envy your Huaxia country's exploration team. ”

Jiang Xinxu asked, "Is it because the Huaxia team didn't need to compete to get the contract?"

Merstapha replied: "It's not just that. Not only do your exploration teams from China get exploration contracts easily, but more importantly, they get a lot of preferential treatment here, such as priority train transportation, which makes exploration teams from many countries jealous. In addition, your Huaxia team gives priority to the use of large helicopters, which can transport diesel engines and engines directly from the station to the construction site by helicopter. ”

Jiang Xinwei was stunned for a moment, and blurted out: "There is such a good thing?...... , can't exploration teams from other countries rent such helicopters?"

Mestapha said proudly: "Chinese people first." Because East-JM Investments has a 51 percent stake in this helicopter fleet. ”

Jiang Xinwei sighed, and then laughed: With the absolute control of East-JM Investment Company, it is difficult for the Huaxia team not to get priority.

Although the road was slow on the snowy road, after a few hours, the convoy arrived at a village called Ignano, which is the headquarters of the East-JM investment company in the Barabinsk oil field and the headquarters of the Chinese exploration team.

Hearing Jiang Xinwei coming, a Chinese man named Wang Jindong hurriedly greeted him and shook hands with Jiang Xinwei very warmly: "Jiang Dong, hard work." The road is going well, isn't it?"

Wang Jindong is Wang Jianyun's father, the standard appearance of an oil worker, dark and capable.

Jiang Xinwei held his hand and said, "It's been a good journey." Commander Wang, thank you for your hard work here. ”

Wang Jindong hurriedly said: "What's hard, it's not hard." This is much better than our domestic exploration, everything is mechanical, we are also commanding and commanding. ”

Jiang Xinwei asked, "How many exploration teams are there now?"

Wang Jindong said: "Two branches, one oil field and one oilfield. ”

Jiang Xinwei smiled: "You are so balanced?...... When will you be able to get to work?"

Wang Jindong smiled embarrassedly and said, "No way. We don't fight, it's the people above who fight, and we all want our team to come over early and find oil one step earlier. We have almost all the staff and equipment in place, and we are discussing how to get started. ”

As he was talking, there was a rumbling sound in the distance, and Jiang Xinxu, like everyone else, looked up in the direction where the sound came from, only to see a huge metal monster suspended in the air, roaring and flying towards them.

Liu Changgui was surprised to see: "Oh my God! Mi-26 helicopter! Why did this thing come about?"

Wang Jindong excitedly pointed to the Mi-26 helicopter and said: "Jiang Dong, this thing is awesome! Not only can it easily lift a diesel engine and fly hundreds of kilometers, but even a truck can be transferred away." It is mainly our equipment that is brought into the grasslands. Wait a minute, see how powerful it is. ”

Soon, the Mi-26 helicopter descended on the flat ground outside the village, because the view was blocked by the houses in the village, Jiang Xinwei and they could only hear its roar, but could not see him.

Wang Jindong asked, "Jiang Dong, do you want to go and see it?"

Jiang Xinxu said with a smile: "I've seen it before." Can you introduce me to the other people in charge here? ”

Wang Jindong said yes and walked towards the tent next to him, and Jiang Xinwei followed.

When they arrived at the tent, there were two people sitting at a marching table, looking at the drawings on the table, and it was not until Jiang Xinxu entered that they moved their eyes to Jiang Xinxu, with a hint of suspicion in their eyes.

Wang Jindong saw that they didn't get up, his face was very embarrassed, but he still said: "Deputy Commander Tu, Captain Lu, Jiang Dong is here!" Then, he said to Jiang Xinwei, "Jiang Dong, this is Deputy Commander Tu Zheng Tu, and this is Captain Lu Zhiyue." ”

The two men snorted sarcastically at Jiang Xinwei, did not speak, and then turned their gaze to the drawings on the table.

Jiang Xinwei asked coldly, "Which oil field are you from?"

Tu Zheng didn't answer, and didn't even pay attention to him.

Lu Zhiyue looked at Tu Zheng and replied lukewarmly: "I am from Victory, and Commander Tu is from Da 1 Qing." ”

Jiang Xinwei asked puzzledly: "I remember that this time there are only two oil fields, Shengli and Yumen, why did the big 1 celebration appear? Is it because you have no one to win, so please ask the people of the big 1 celebration to command?"

The two people didn't answer, only Tu Zheng looked at Jiang Xinwei sarcastically.

Jiang Xinxu turned his head to look at Wang Jindong, who looked embarrassed, and asked, "Where are the other two exploration teams from your Yumen now?"

Wang Jindong didn't know why Jiang Xinwei asked, but he still replied: "One is on the train, and it is estimated that it will take another week to reach Balabinsk City." The other is already in the city of Barabinsk and is now waiting for the Victory to carry equipment. ”

Jiang Xinxu asked, "Why wait?"