"I'm not going to quit. Sioux City didn't even think about it, so he gave the answer.

Liu Bing appreciated his persistence, but he could only say helplessly: "China will not give you any help." Our country is still a resource-exporting country, and some comrades believe that we should first work hard to improve our internal skills, wait until the country has a demand for crude oil, and then spend a lot of money on international bidding......"

Su Cheng said disappointedly: "Although I don't expect to have domestic capital subsidies like Japan and South Korea, but ...... When we need crude oil, there will be no crude oil left in the Middle East. The Middle East is already engaged in shallow sea oil fields, and in another 20 years, it will be difficult to get unprofitable deep-sea oil fields. ”

Liu Bing said softly: "I agree with your opinion, this is a rare opportunity for us to enter the Middle East oil circle. However, the state has given up, and if you continue to persevere, there will be great resistance, and you have to be mentally prepared. Lao Lin can still withstand it, Sinopec's natural gas project, you don't have to think about it. ”

"They don't want to import LNG from the UAE?"

"Soviet gas was closer to China, and Sinopec gave priority to gas from Central Asia. There's not much I can do about that. Liu Bing is the deputy general manager of the National Petroleum Corporation and has only indirect influence on Sinopec.

It seemed that he also felt that he had put too much pressure on Su Cheng, Liu Bing lowered his voice and said: "Underwriting liquefied natural gas, this is a major decision, you must calculate it, if it really doesn't work, just quit." ”

Even Liu Bing didn't think Sioux City could sell 1,800 tons of liquefied natural gas, which was 10 billion cubic meters. Until 1988. Only the United States in the world has this spending power.

"I'm still holding on. ”

Su Cheng put down the phone, but his fingers were trembling slightly. It's still that his nerves are strong enough, and if he were someone else, he might have collapsed.

For individuals, enterprises, and countries, bidding for the Middle East oil fields is like a fateful imperial examination.

Victor Phoenix Nirvana. The ashes of the losers are hiding.

Compared with companies in other countries, Sioux City has an extra sense of mission when it comes to understanding history: it is the moment that determines the fate of the country's energy. The replenishment of 1 billion barrels of high-quality crude oil and tens of millions of tons of liquefied natural gas can double the rotation of the engine made in China.

"Even if you lose your net worth. And what does it matter. Su Cheng smiled abruptly, fell heavily on the bed, and fell asleep with his head covered.

Formosa Plastics Group and Evergreen Group were a little later and also learned the news that the Chinese delegation had withdrawn from the race. Although it was not surprising, it still increased the weight of Dahua Industrial in their minds.

After an all-night of communication. Early the next morning, the two expressed their intention to increase the loan unconditionally to Sioux City.

Sioux City's response was bland.

His mind was already occupied by another thing: the bidding prices of other companies.

$41.2 million was news two weeks ago, and $45.5 million was psychological warfare for Takanobu Ito. What the final bid price will be, Sioux City has no idea at all.

Zhang Rongsheng could understand his nervousness, so he took the time to hand him a note and said, "According to our news." Japan was given an oil concession. ”

Formosa Plastics Group and Evergreen Group have overseas branches, and they have sales and maintenance tasks on the one hand, and intelligence gathering on the other. For Taiwanese companies, gathering intelligence on Japan and other East Asian countries is the most important thing

Su Cheng was not surprised and said, "The yen is appreciating." There's no reason Ito Trading Company to be short of money. ”

"I'm afraid they're bidding too hard. Wang Sheng said in a low voice: "Japan's oil management department encourages companies to bid for foreign oil fields, and Ito Trading Company can receive a subsidy of no less than 5 million US dollars, so it is not surprising that the bid will reach 45 million US dollars." Mobil still seems to be bidding for oil fields in Norway, and I guess they will pay up to $43 million, and Shell should be paying a little less......"

Wang Sheng spoke quickly. After a while, I introduced various companies, and obviously did my homework.

He finished speaking excitedly, but saw that Su Cheng still had a flat expression.

Wang Sheng asked impatiently: "Su Dong, what do you think?

"I'm waiting for news. ”

"Just wait?"

"Hmm. Su Cheng thought to himself: No matter how accurate the analysis is, it will be an itch in the boots, and it will be too late to analyze it when there is news.

That's what he thought and did, but, unexpectedly, Diab's message never came.

On January 22, only three days before the bidding, the location of the oil field was also publicly announced, but Diab seemed to have evaporated from the world.

Everyone began to sit still.

Su Cheng is also foaming with anxiety, 3 months of hard work and dedication will be reflected on the day of the bidding. Everyone is doing everything they can to find information and support, and if Diab and the crown prince behind him go back, the damage will be enormous.

Wang Sheng looked at the fire bubbles on his mouth, and also knew that Su Cheng really didn't get the information. This kind of thought, he also tossed and couldn't sleep well, and he couldn't bear to go around the room.

Zhang Rongsheng has practiced Qi cultivation kung fu for 40 years, and when it was time for dinner, he couldn't help but ask: "Will the other party really call?"

"Yes. ”

"The 25th is the bidding day, and he should at least give us an approximate number. Wang Sheng drank a large glass of water and said, "Let's go down and eat." ”

Su Cheng grabbed him and said, "Call room service, from today onwards, none of the three of us can leave the room." ”

"You don't want to go out and see anyone again?"

"I've done what I can. Sioux City took a deep breath and stayed on the phone.

The three of them were all in front of the phone, stupidly waiting for news, sleeping for a while when they were tired, ordering food when they were hungry, and there were almost no entertainment activities, and everyone had no mind at all.

Early morning of January 23.

The phone rang suddenly.

Su Cheng jumped up, held it in his hand, and said "hey" gently.

The other party also said in Chinese: "I'm looking for Mr. Wang." ”

Su Cheng was stunned for a moment before realizing that Wang Sheng handed it to him angrily. Said: "Hurry up and finish." ”

Wang Sheng picked up the phone embarrassedly, listened for a while, and then hung up with a solemn expression, and said, "The latest news, Ito Trading's bid is 53 million US dollars. ”

"How could it be. Zhang Rongsheng jumped up first.

"We still have some connections in Japan, and we paid a lot of money to get this news. Mr. Sioux City. With two days to go, Ito Trading is likely to increase the bid. We have to prepare early. ”

"$53 million?" Su Cheng shook his head and said, "More than 20 million more than the starting bid, this is simply letting small and medium-sized enterprises die." It's so impossible......"

"$53 million isn't much compared to the profits from oil......"

"As long as there is no oil, these are painted cakes. With so much investment in the early stage, who can stand it. Sioux shook his head, and the phone rang again.

He jumped over with a hungry tiger and picked up the phone, but it was Lin Yonggui's, and the words were mostly comforting, and at the end, he said: "The shallow sea oil drilling technology was not transferred to Ito Trading Company, which caused some losses to the oil field." Secretary Liu has already organized some people to investigate this matter, you should be mentally prepared. ”

On that day, Ito Trading Company offered a high price of 28 million US dollars, but was finally rejected by the head office. As a result, the head of the regiment was also adjusted to a position without authority. However, now that the consortium of three state-owned enterprises has withdrawn from the bidding, it is short-sighted to refuse to sell the "shallow offshore oil drilling technology" on the same day......

Lin Yonggui waited for Su Cheng to digest the news, and then said: "You must strive to win the bid, if not, try to make Ito Trading Company not win the bid." ”

"Don't let Ito Trading Company win the bid?"

"You can help other businesses. Or make a joint bid. Lin Yonggui's voice changed a little in the transatlantic phone call, but he could still hear it clearly, and said: "If the Japanese finally win the bid, think about it, how many strange claims will come out? For example, this was originally an opportunity for China's oil drilling technology to break into the Middle East oil circle and let the world know about it?"

Su Cheng's eyes widened, and he said, "That's okay." ”

"Of course you can, the three major oil companies withdraw from the bid, which will cut off your way out at all, and in recent days, there has been news in newspapers and magazines about this, the wind direction is very bad, you must make a decision early. Lin Yonggui paused for a moment, and said seriously: "You have to remember that if other countries win the bid, you will not have direct pressure, and you must not let the Ito Group bid successfully!"

"I try. Sioux City thought to himself: If the Japanese bid really exceeds $50 million, there is a good chance that they will win. It's a stupid offer. This is shallow sea oil, not land oil, and Ito Trading Company has been forced to spend money on more expensive technology, European technology, which is estimated to be no less than $50 million, which is $100 million......

Thinking of this, Su Cheng couldn't help frowning, thinking: Do you really want to cooperate with other countries? It's too late to find cooperation now.

Wang Sheng and Zhang Rongsheng watched him put down the phone, didn't ask too much, and did their own things.

They have all been involved in different types of international competitions and know the pressures involved.

The day was spent in a cycle of twists and turns, until he was woken up by the ferocious ringing of the phone.

Sioux City picked up the phone, and it spoke English.

He was stunned for a moment before he realized something, and hurriedly took out the pen and paper he had prepared earlier and recorded the words.

On the phone, only the heavy man was reading Shakespeare, so badly that there was almost no pause.

Wang Sheng and Zhang Rongsheng, who were resting in the guest room, couldn't sleep well, they all came out with their clothes on, and when they saw Su Cheng's desperate record, they didn't dare to make noise, so they just sat quietly on the side.

About 3 minutes or so, Shakespeare on the phone finished reading, and Sioux City hesitated for a moment and hung up the phone.

"Is that the call?" Wang Sheng asked in a low voice.

Su Cheng bowed, pulled Shakespeare from the bookshelf, used as a codebook, flipped through the words, recorded the page numbers and the number of lines respectively, and then calculated, but the final answer made him hesitate.

"How much?" Wang Sheng glared.

"48.9 million. ”

Wang Sheng was stunned for a moment, and said, "You can't be mistaken, right?" Is it that Japan's Ito Trading Company hasn't bid yet?"

"Six companies have already submitted bids, but Japan has not submitted them. Zhang Rongsheng said calmly: "The problem now is that Ito Shokai will not really get 53 million US dollars." ”

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