"Invite them to come up to the deck. "Sioux City is not shy about seeing the state of an offshore rig.

Representatives of the two companies disembarked.

Needless to say, the Japanese company INPEX participated in the bidding of Azerbaijan, and participated in the competition for the No. 6 oil block, and although they failed in the end, they still participated in the acquisition of part of the shares of the other two oil fields, and the harvest was considered to be medium to high.

Sumitomo Trading Co., Ltd. is even more powerful, it is an old financial consortium, with total assets of 300 billion US dollars and annual profits of more than 3 billion US dollars, it is a standard Fortune 500 company, which can be called the crystallization of the power of Japan's monopoly, and it is also difficult for Dahua Industrial to achieve now. Slightly different from other Japanese or American conglomerates, Sumitomo Corporation is a company deeply involved in financial products such as futures trading, and the famous "Mr. 5%" is Sumitomo Corporation's copper futures traders in the City of London.

This is a large financial trading company that has the ability to make a profit of $500 million, and is even more capable of losing $5 billion, and it is 80% correct to see it as a combination of banks, insurance companies, and securities companies.

Shigeru Nishioka, in a typical Japanese image, stooped over the deck of the drilling platform, greeted him with a non-stop bow, and looked at the workers around him with small, flexible eyes.

Sumitomo Trading's Hirano Hidetomo seemed to be more westernized, and after a quick and light bow, he introduced himself in fluent English: "I am Hidetomo Hirano, who has just arrived in Azerbaijan, and because I am often involved in the financing of oil companies, I know a little about the crude oil market, so I was sent to Baku." Well. Traders are saying that the next direction of the oil market will be decided by the chairman of Sioux City. ”

Although he knew that it was a compliment, Sioux City was still "Dragon-faced Dayue". said with a smile: "Even the Pan-Asia Fund does not have the strength to determine the direction of the crude oil market, let alone Dahua Industrial, which does not have a large number of shares." Personally, I believe that the direction of crude oil is ultimately determined by the market. ”

"Futures do have an unusual charm. Hirano clearly understands the market that Sioux City is talking about as a financial market. Like most of these consortia, Sumitomo Corporation's members consider the manufacturing and resource extractive industries to be second-class affiliates. Their superior gaze is always concentrated in the pure financial field.

Su Cheng didn't explain, nodded slightly, and said, "You can visit as you like." It's fine not to interfere with other people's work. ”

Seeing that he was leaving, Shigeru Nishioka hurriedly stopped him and said, "Su Dong, how is the situation in the oil field?"

"That's the current situation, Yang Ming will introduce it to you in detail. "Sioux City has no intention of being seriously entertained.

Hirano Hidetomo saw it. He laughed twice. Before Su Cheng left, he said: "Chairman of Su Cheng, is Pan Asia Fund seeking financial support now?"

"Do you want a loan?" Sioux City gave him a strange look.

"No, it's not a loan, it's a capital injection. Hirano shook his head and said, "We are very optimistic about the professionalism of the Pan Asia Fund, and the fund company composed of oil companies must have a very detailed understanding of the crude oil market...... However, you should still lack a professional financial company. Do I mean to be involved in the most core decisions, or should there be financial firms? It is easy to get a profit in the financial market...... Therefore, Sumitomo Corporation wants to take a stake in the Pan Asia Fund, which is a good thing for mutual benefit. ”

"You don't know the constituent companies of the Pan Asia Fund, do you?" Except for the unexpected appearance of Dahua Industrial and Kangle Company, other companies are still more willing to hide in the shadow of offshore funds.

"I learned a little bit about the periphery. ”

"Hmm. ”

Hirano smiled and said, "You may need a little time to discuss, but I want to make it clear that Sumitomo Trading is very sincere, and once it comes to the specific discussions, His Excellency the President will personally preside over the matter." ”

With the strict hierarchy of Japanese companies, the president's share merger or purchase is the most important business practice of the trading company, and Hirano Hidetomo believes that businessmen like Sioux City must be able to understand the implications.

Shigeru Nishioka coughed twice and said, "Sumitomo Corporation owns a part of the company's shares, and if Sumitomo Corporation joins the Pan Asia Fund, we can also have further cooperation." ”

"I see. Su Cheng's expression was indifferent.

Hidetomo Hirano, who is the backbone of Sumitomo Trading, has participated in similar financial activities many times, and immediately asked, "Can we decide on a time for the meeting?" Sumitomo Trading is willing to hold the first round of discussions in China or Japan. ”

"No need. ”

"Sumitomo Corporation has a lot of money and is familiar with the crude oil market, and joining the Pan Asia Fund will increase everyone's profits. ”

"Unless you want to be long. Sioux simply interrupted Hidetomo Hirano's words.

Hirano Hidetomo rubbed his eyebrows, then readjusted the tie on his shirt, and said slowly: "It's not this time that a trading company has invested in the Pan-Asia Fund, we can cooperate in all aspects, about the rise and fall of crude oil prices, you can sit down and discuss further, Dahua Industrial has not discovered a super oil field, right? There is no new news about the world market that has changed the relationship between supply and demand......"

"I can explain the question you raised, but if Sumitomo Corporation didn't join the Pan Asia Fund, we could all save some trouble. "Sioux City issued an eviction order.

Hirano Hidetomo was silent for a moment and said, "Can we just go around?"

With Sioux City's consent again, Hirano Hidetomo and Shigeru Nishioka went below deck.

Shigeru Nishioka said softly while observing Dahua's employees: "It is impossible for the No. 6 oil block to have a super oil field, he is bluffing." ”

"Inpex also evaluated the No. 6 oil block on the same day, and what is the conclusion?"

"Valuable oil reservoirs, worth exploiting, tens of millions of barrels of reserves, or hundreds of millions of barrels perhaps. Shigeru Nishioka said unhappily: "Later, Dahua Industrial adopted the model of high signing fee, and we failed to win the bid. ”

"What now, what do you think?" said Hirano unkindly.

"It's not just a few hundred million barrels, but it's not going to be a super oil field. Shigeru Nishioka snorted, thought for a while, and then said, "Su Cheng is doing so much now...... Definitely going to lose money. ”

Hirano Hidetomo glanced at him with a smile, as far as the current situation is concerned, Dahua Industrial's high contract capital strategy will earn them hundreds of millions of green money, and Nishioka Shigeru's decision at that time was obviously wrong.

However, Hirano Hidetomo did not need to continue to laugh at him, but nodded and said: "Dahua Industrial's investment in Azerbaijan is beyond necessity, and it is possible to lose money." ”

The two Japanese went around the offshore drilling platform and returned to Baku. Here are representatives of oil companies and their clubs. In the former Soviet Union in 1994, just like China at the end of the Qing Dynasty, there were always people who wanted to pick up cheap countries that could be counted.

Hidetomo Hirano and Shigeru Nishioka, like their predecessors, exchanged information in the Baku region, or snooped for more. The Pan Asia Fund's move has made headlines in both the oil and financial worlds, and there are many people who observe them, including oil companies, financial companies, media companies, government agencies......

Li Shirong and his secrecy department were more nervous than ever, and while allowing the drilling platform to be visited, they blocked a certain drilling platform from time to time, not only blocking entry and exit, but also blocking news, or for a day or two, or a week or two.

At first, some journalists were indeed skeptical and excited, but the subsequent relaxation of regulations would disappoint them, and there were fewer people staring at the drilling rig blocking the news.

Some reporters guessed why, but there was no way. There were still many professional oil journalists in the mid-90s, who had seen countless deceptions in oil transactions, but this kind of openness was the most difficult to get information.

The only thing Li Shirong is worried about is that when someone boarded a certain drilling platform, it happened to be oil.

Fortunately, that didn't happen.

Because the second round of drilling yielded nothing.

This is not surprising in oil exploration, where oil companies are very open to this when there is already a gushing of crude oil, and dry wells can appear at any time.

It also took time to change the location of the jack-up rig, and the Dahua drilling rig, which had twice as many manpower, finally chose a new location after several setbacks.

The good thing is that after half a year of analysis, the accuracy of the drilling location and depth given by Qin Shiwei and others is getting higher and higher.

On June 12, the Pan Asia Fund decided to hold a plenary meeting in a week's time.

Contacts within the Pan Asia Fund have become more frequent.

June 14th.

Li Shirong once again announced the closure of the drilling platform 505.

…… (To be continued......)