A quarter of an hour before the end of the bidding, only three companies had yet to submit their bids

In the auditorium of hundreds of people, the representatives of the companies who handed in the bids were like students who had just handed in their papers, talking excitedly, and their voices were loud and small, and they were noisy.

The bids have been handed in, whether it is dead or alive can not be changed, the mood is relaxed, and the adrenaline secreted in front of it has naturally become a source of excitement.

bp's Ducatt is also one of the excitements. This time, BP made a comprehensive bid for 11 oil fields in Azerbaijan, which cost countless manpower and material resources, and just to dredge up relations, four shadow cabinet members of the British Labour Party were specially invited. In addition, they are also discussing with Turkey, the United States, and other countries the possibility of building a Caspian oil pipeline, thus affecting the diplomatic activities of the whole of Asia. Bidding on this scale is rare in BP's history.

As a senior director, Ducat, who ranks far outside the top 100 in the huge BP group, is able to preside over such an important Azerbaijan oil field project, which is both a coincidence and a lot of accumulation, and Ducatt has enough reason to be excited.

Of course, the ultimate goal is to get as much of the oil field as possible, as well as the shares of the oil field.

For the latter, Ducatt asked himself to do a good job, for the former, he actually didn't have much confidence, when the tender was handed in, his work was completed. Although Aliyev made a promise to the shadow cabinet members of the Labor Party, Ducat, with his broken lameness, also knew that Aliyev would definitely make similar promises to Shell, Exxon and other companies.

It's fairness under unfairness.

The last thing Ducatel can do is to delineate the specific bid within the price range given by the company's board of directors and the company's group, and then submit the bid.

Unlike Dahua Industrial, BP's simultaneous bidding for 11 oil fields is a collective act. Ducat's bid must be agreed upon by all parties and agreed upon before the tender can be written. Therefore, important factors such as price had been determined a day earlier, and all he could do when bidding was to control the time of delivery.

The last quarter of an hour, in Ducat's opinion. Tenders are already difficult to amend. This is not a simple crossword puzzle, and the difference in price and share ratio will change many of the items inside, unless the tender for various proposals is prepared in advance, otherwise it will take a quarter of an hour to go. And how to complete the bidding.

In the simplest case, there are dozens of combinations of price and share ratio. Because the proportion of 0.1% is a huge amount of money, any company that uses the black box operation method will try its best to increase the share ratio by 0.1%, from 50.1% to 60% or even more, from tens of millions of dollars to hundreds of millions of yuan in signing money, only these two conditions. You can derive a lot of bids.

A company usually bids on several or all of the oil fields, so the company has too many bids to prepare. At least, the far-sighted BP company. It means that all the bids are not made in advance.

Ducatt found that the bidding group of Dahua Industrial was still silent, and couldn't help but be surprised, and thought to himself: what the hell did Sioux City think.

He still doesn't know that the real focus of Dahua Industry is only the No. 6 oil block.

No one would think so. Sioux City's contribution in Azerbaijan. Industry insiders are obvious to all, so there are a large number of companies looking for Sioux City. I hope to form a corporate group.

This kind of dedication is just a desperate bet to the No. 6 oil field, and those who know the inside story will only find it incredible.

Although Dahua has announced a separate bid for the No. 6 oil block, more people prefer to believe that it is a smoke bomb.

There are also many companies that fancy the No. 6 oilfield, but in the case that the existence of the super oilfield has not been determined, the "fancie" of these companies naturally cannot be compared with Dahua Industrial.

However, in order to avoid being known by Dahua Industrial, Ryutaro Watanabe, the main representative of Inpex, and Francis of the Italian Eni Group have maintained the same silence.

It wasn't until 5 minutes before the bidding that Francis couldn't help it, turned his head to look at Sioux City and Ryutaro Watanabe, muttered something in his mouth, and then got up and handed in the bid.

The Azerbaijani official, sitting in the front, skillfully checked the appearance of the tender, then sealed it in a box, affixed a seal, stamped it, and sent it to the back room.

Seeing that everything was completed, Francis breathed a sigh of relief and looked at Sioux City curiously. Although he had been through many bids, he still didn't quite understand what Sioux City was doing.

In the last few minutes, if you don't submit the bid, do you want to give up?

Ryutaro Watanabe was also a little uneasy. He was like the last two candidates to turn in the papers, and unlike Sioux City, the latter seemed to have some plan, and he was just procrastinating.

Just like the difference between a scumbag and a top student.

"What does he think?" Ryutaro Watanabe suddenly asked Shigeru Nishioka, who was beside him.

"I don't understand this either. Shigeru Nishioka lowered his head deeply, he had been observing or scouting Dahua Industrial, but the effect was not very obvious, and now he couldn't answer the question, and he was helpless.

The flesh on Watanabe's cheeks fell loosely, as if he was always angry, and asked, "Then in your opinion, do we have to wait until Dahua Industrial bids?" Or have they actually quietly bidd, and we are left?"

The question was too sharp, Nishioka Shigeru didn't dare to answer, and said softly, "I'll ask again." ”

"There are still 4 minutes. Ryutaro Watanabe looked at his watch and said, "I'll wait until 1 minute at most." ”

"Understood. Shigeru Nishioka lowered his head and left the edge of the venue, immediately going to an acquaintance to inquire.

However, it is extremely difficult to get accurate information about Dahua Industrial in Azerbaijan.

Although the newly established Azerbaijani government leaked the same leakage, precisely because it was newly established, the channels for gossip are not mature, and there will not be consulting companies specializing in selling business intelligence, as in Europe and the United States. Therefore, the method adopted by Dahua Industrial is to flood the market with a large number of fake news, just like the Internet era came to Baku in advance, anyone can easily get the news about Dahua that seems to be true or false, but it is difficult to say that it is really credible.

Shigeru Nishioka was sweaty and ventured to call Saqbal......

Minutes and seconds passed. Sioux City sat upright in a chair like a sculpture, without the slightest change.

"There is one minute and thirty seconds left before the deadline, and at the end of the notice, there is still one minute and thirty seconds left before the deadline for bidding. The Azerbaijani officials on the stage had their eyes fixed on Su Cheng and Ryutaro Watanabe and had to be reminded.

Ryutaro Watanabe involuntarily glanced at Sioux City, then frowned and looked to the right.

Shigeru Nishioka came running wildly and shook his head.

Ryutaro Watanabe decided not to wait and picked up the suitcase at his feet. Handed to the front.

The Azerbaijani official in charge of the audit breathed a sigh of relief, and simply did the work of checking, sealing, affixing seals and seals, then nodded to Ryutaro Watanabe and said, "We accepted the bid for inpex." ”

"Okay. "Ryutaro Watanabe watched the tender be sent to the outside room. Until it is out of sight.

Shigeru Nishioka looked at Sioux City with a sharp gaze that had never been seen before.

He didn't believe that Sioux City would give up the bid, however, he also wanted to know what Sioux City was waiting for.

At the last moment, the representatives of the various companies stopped the heated and happy discussion and focused their eyes on the large pendulum clock overhead.

Deadline. It is based on the time of the pendulum clock.

In the conference hall, the silent pin drop can be heard. Hundreds of people stared with bated breath, secretly counting down, that look. It's like a countdown to the New Year.

"Crunch. ”

The door of the conference room made a faint sound of the door shaft turning

The people on the chair turned their heads back in unison, making a "whoosh" sound like military training.

Pure wooden double door. I was being pushed away by two people.

Immediately after, there was the sound of "pop pop" running.

A young man with a Dahua badge. With a suitcase in his arms, he ran from the other end of the corridor in a 100-meter race.

In just a few seconds, the young man walked through the door, ran straight up to Sioux City, and slipped his suitcase into his hand.

The crowd turned their heads around in unison, making a uniform "whoosh" sound.

And at this moment, Ryutaro Watanabe was surprised to find that Su Cheng had already stepped out with both feet and went straight to the Azerbaijani officials in front.

"Our bid. Sioux shouted in English.

Definitely there is a problem!

Ryutaro Watanabe didn't think that just a few tens of seconds, or a few minutes, would allow Dahua to complete the work of filling in a bidding book.

However, he intuitively believed that there was a problem.

If there is no problem, why be so stuck in time. What's more, why bother to send bids from outside, everyone's bids are carried with you.

didn't have time to think about it, seeing that the Azerbaijani official took the suitcase from Sioux City, Watanabe Ryutaro simply yelled: "It's time." ”

Shigeru Nishioka woke up from a dream and shouted in English, "It's time, it's time." ”

At this moment, the large pendulum clock overhead chimes the time with a "knock, knock".

The official who received the documents smiled slightly, and said in the same English: "With this time as the criterion, the tender delivery of Dahua Industrial is valid." ”

Ryutaro Watanabe's old face trembled, and he had a bad feeling of palpitations.

His company, Inpex, also has a strong interest in No. 6 oil blocks, so it has a direct competition with Dahua Industrial. As a result, he has always been mindful of his own and Azerbaijani official intelligence control.

But it is now difficult for him to determine whether his intelligence controls are working.

Shigeru Nishioka had the same sense of crisis, but said, "In such a short period of time, it is impossible for our offer to leak out." Even if it leaks out, Dahua Industrial will not have time to revise the bids, unless, they have prepared multiple bids in advance...... At least dozens of bids, 3 months is possible, 3 days is completely impossible. ”

Ryutaro Watanabe agreed: "Well, in 3 days, it is very fast to be able to make three bids." ”

"So, the priority now is for Azerbaijan to announce the results of the bid on the spot. Must not stay overnight. ”

Shigeru Nishioka reminded Watanabe Ryutaro to stand up immediately and said, "We ask to inspect the tender on the spot and announce the conclusion on the spot." ”

"Check it on the spot, announce it on the spot. The representatives of the various companies were all smart, and the quiet conference hall immediately became noisy again.

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