April 16th.

Two heavily armed Chinese geophysical exploration teams silently drove into the Kuwak area after passing through the bumpy road section run over by the vehicle, without ceremony, without welcome, and without flowers and applause. However, the hearts of the geophysical scouts sitting in the car were hot.

Out of Asia, out of the world!

The reason why this slogan can be widely spread in China is not because of the sport itself, but because of the emotional needs of the Chinese. In the past 300 years, China has been humiliated by foreign powers all the time, so when the people finally saw hope and became an independent citizen of the country, the mentality of longing for recognition naturally sprouted.

Now, China's geophysical exploration team has gone abroad and set foot on the land of Siberia in the former Soviet Union. With a little publicity, this kind of emotion will become strong and hot.

When the geophysical scouts saw the railway workers in the former Soviet Union competing for a quota of 50 boxes of canned food, and when the geophysical scouts saw the Russian border police looking twisted because they heard about the destination of the Chinese workers, there was no need for the banner of "Win glory for the country" and the generous salary system, everyone was ready to contribute all their abilities.

Chinese workers have always been the most touching and contributing group. In the fifties and sixties, the Chinese workers in Asian, African, and Latin American countries were aided for the sake of national politics. After the 90s, Chinese workers who went abroad to work for the sake of the country's economic ...... In the end, whatever the outcome, all they do is give and give.

Sioux shook hands with each of the geophysical scouts, then patted them on the shoulder. Watch the convoy go deep into the unexplored Kuwak region.

His location was a temporary camp prepared by Alikse, and the last supply point for the entire Kuwak region. There used to be a team of lumberjacks, but since the 80s, it has been canceled for no apparent reason, leaving a vacant lot of land with some usable wood and tools. and the most important source of water.

Compared to the city, the conditions in such a camp are naturally difficult. However, even in such difficult conditions. Geophysical scouts also don't enjoy it, once they go deep into the Kuwak area, they basically have to rely on themselves. Helicopters can only be called if it's a matter of life and death. In order to save fuel, there will be no heating in the tent, in addition, the food carried with the car is all their supplies, each person relies on dozens of kilograms of supplies, to survive in the wild for about two months, if the situation of exploration is good, it is not surprising to continue to work for three or even four months, so even the food has to be carefully calculated......

The so-called survival of geophysical scouts is not simply surviving. They also need to complete the most important exploration work. The eight-hour workday, or triple overtime pay, in the city, means nothing to the exploration crew. They must first conform to nature, secondly to equipment, and thirdly to technology. Racing against the clock is part of their job...... If you don't rush to do it when the weather is fine, it will delay the progress if you encounter a thunderstorm or storm.

If there were no thunderstorms and storms - such good weather and not working hard, the team members themselves would not have been able to see it.

Sioux watched the convoy disappear behind the hill before turning back.

Li Zhengfu, who was also in the camp, smiled and said, "The exploration team of Xinma Company. It has been transported to your destination by helicopter, and you are a week late. ”

"Oh, is it?" said Sioux in a nonsensical tone. He planned to carry tens of thousands of people on board for large-scale exploration, and naturally he could not use helicopters. In fact, the equipment and logistics involved in the relocation alone weighed 35,000 tons. The two geophysical exploration teams that have just passed are still in the nature of advance teams.

Li Zhengfu said as if he had already won the victory: "In another week, the geophysical exploration team of Ito Trading Company will also arrive, according to the rules, both sides will explore 6,000 square kilometers, if you don't hurry up, you can only wait to admit defeat." ”

6,000 square kilometers sounds like a lot, but when you count it, it's a narrow area of 100 kilometers long and 60 kilometers wide. The three exploration teams of hundreds of people can go through it in one month, and it will take two or three months at most to get a detailed conclusion. Of course, if the terrain is complex, it may be necessary to drill wells to determine, but even then, such a small exploration area will not take much time.

In his tone, Li Zhengfu was proud, and looked at Su Cheng with his eyes, looking a little villainous.

Of course, he did it on purpose. The outcome of this exploration race is so important that the winner will not only get more contracts, but also get a reasonable exploration fee. The loser, on the other hand, not only loses the contract, but also does not receive compensation for exploration, which is stated in the contract signed by the three parties.

The reason for this contract is to get a better share contract from Alikse. After all, what kind of contract is signed with Alixe, it is very likely that it will affect many contracts in the future. Therefore, they prefer to give up the compensation for defeat and hope that the fruits of victory will be sweeter. Since Alixai can get practical benefits from it, he doesn't care about the difference of a few percentage points, and happily writes down his name.

Such a result is what Dahua Industrial and Xinma are willing to see, but on the other hand, it has put great pressure on Li Zhengfu.

If it can't win against Dahua Industrial, it means that Singapore and Malaysia will have to pay all the exploration costs, which could be tens of millions or hundreds of millions of dollars, depending on how many exploration wells are drilled in the end.

In any case, if Li Zhengfu, as vice president, caused the company to lose so much money, it would be impossible to be safe.

Under such strong pressure, Li Zhengfu would rather do whatever it takes to the extremes than surrender to the defeat. Pretending to be a villain, it is too simple for him to perform in his true colors, and maybe it is more relaxed.

Su Cheng glanced at Li Zhengfu with a smile, did not speak, and turned around to leave.

Li Zhengfu didn't get any information, so he let Su Cheng go, and hurriedly raised his voice: "Su Dong, is Dahua Industrial capable of this? Two geophysical exploration teams coming by train? Do you want to admit defeat." ”

"It's still early to win. "Although Sioux City spoke, he didn't actually say anything.

Li Zhengfu watched him enter the tent. went to Axes to negotiate something, but he was helpless, turned to his subordinates and said: "Go and find out what the geophysical exploration team of Dahua Industrial is, he is a little too confident." It is impossible to send just such a few people. ”

The next day.

Before the results of the exploration came back, Li Zhengfu saw the third geophysical exploration team of Dahua Industrial.

Still arrived silently, got off the bus silently to rest, and drove silently.

Li Zhengfu can feel the difference in China's geophysical exploration team. But he was a little more relaxed than yesterday, and smiled at Ito Shin: "Don't say it's three geophysical exploration teams, they just sent six teams." It's impossible to compare to our team. If you look at their equipment, many of them are products that we have eliminated, and we have sent such teams overseas. ”

Nobuyshige Ito is not well adapted to the Siberian weather. As soon as the sun passed at noon, he began to wrap himself in three layers and three layers outside, like a dwarf bear, and said with a snort: "Don't take it lightly, we Ito Trading Company and Dahua Industrial have dealt with it, and as you know, Sioux City is not an old fox, but it won't let us win easily." ”

"Maybe, but I don't see any chance of him winning. At most, the day after tomorrow, our plane will arrive. He said that the aircraft is officially the secret weapon of the Singapore-Malaysia racing exploration. Aerial geophysical prospecting by means of aircraft equipped with specialized detectors is the fastest way to geophysical survey for large areas. Although it cannot get accurate conclusions, it can save a lot of manpower and complete the primary geophysical prospecting as quickly as possible.

The aircraft was also a recent purchase by the Singapore-Malaysia Group, and the board of directors cancelled its original mission in order to ensure the success of the race to exploration. He sent it to Siberia. Li Zhengfu said with a smile: "Through aerial geophysical prospecting, we can save at least a week's time, and at that time, it would be good for Dahua to complete the preliminary exploration work." ”

Nobuyshige Ito also laughed and said, "Fortunately, we have a secret weapon. When the results of the exploration are in, I will invite you to drink. The sake brewed in my hometown is very refreshing...... By the way, when will the drilling team arrive?"

Only when the oil layer is found and the oil test is successful, can it be regarded as a real exploration success. Li Zhengfu said steadily: "I am contacting the ship, let's arrive in about 1 month." ”

In the case of the search for oil areas, that is, oil-producing areas such as the Tyumen oil fields, exploration work often lasts for 10 years. There are a lot of two dry wells drilled in about three or five years. The Kuwak area is an oil field in a defined oil producing area, and the time to drill a well must be very early, but one month is always required.

Nobuyigge Ito was relieved and said, "It's good to reduce the cost a little, and our equipment is also leased to the Russians as much as possible, and it is too expensive to ship it all from the mainland." ”

"Okay. Li Zhengfu agreed, but he didn't think so, thinking: Just now that you have a little advantage, you have started to save money, you are a good idea.

After finishing his business, Nobuyug Ito wrapped his clothes tightly, sniffed his nose and prepared to go back to his temporary residence to rest, before leaving, he said: "I remembered one thing, the exploration team of Dahua Industry is the one that passed by just now, have you noticed their equipment?"

"It's all tattered old equipment, what's wrong?" Li Zhengfu thought that Ito Nobuyi wanted to satirize Dahua, and he was ready to laugh and refresh.

Ito Nobuyshige's face was a little more solemn, and said, "The equipment they use is probably China's own equipment." Rags are indeed rags, but they are not unusable......"

"What does it matter. ”

"If they use all domestic equipment, the cost of the exploration team will be lower. Maybe you can send a lot of people, so you have to pay attention. Ito Nobuyshige casually said that the large number of people he had in mind was six or seven exploration teams, three or four thousand people.

For the oil giants, an exploration team of 3,000 people is already considered huge.

"I'm watching. Li Zhengfu didn't care, thinking to himself, even if Dahua organized one or two thousand people, it would not be possible to be faster than us.

He grew up in Singapore, and the metropolis in his mind is Singapore City, the crowds are Christmas shopping malls, and the exploration team of one or two thousand people is already a large number of people in his habitual thinking.

"Didi".

Outside, the horn of a car sounded again.

A few Russians happily went to welcome them, it was almost time to eat, and they were eager to see the supply cart full of food.

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