Two days later, Sioux City received a diplomatic package from the Chinese embassy containing information on the Setan area collected by CNOOC.

Although only initial exploration has been carried out, the proven reserves of 167 million tonnes and the water depth of less than 30 metres make it the most suitable shallow offshore oil deposit. Sioux City thought to himself: If a single well can produce more than 10,000 barrels, the cost will be only $8 at most, maybe less than $5.

This kind of price is cheaper than the onshore oil fields of Shengli Oilfield. Those oil wells with a water content of more than 90% are expensive to use electricity and labor, and they have long been abandoned in the Middle East. This is definitely a good thing for countries and companies that have won bids, but it means more pressure for bidding.

"The bidding fee is estimated to rise, and I wonder if there is any new Chapter 156 difficulty news from the barber. Sioux City turned his mind around and put the documents back in his package and deposited them in the hotel's safe.

Now there is still more than a month before the bidding, and it should be faster among the bidding companies to get the location of the oil field at this time.

Su Cheng stored his things, returned to the living room, and said, "Gorou, I'm going to go out for a while, you stay in the room, if someone brings something, just put it away, don't let anyone else into the house." ”

"Understood. "Gorou has experienced the competition for fishing boats in the port and the ups and downs of international bidding, and he has shown that he is very mature, and he is a Jingshan man with courage and responsibility, just like the Jingshan people in the Xikou era.

Sioux City left him behind and went to the tailor in Wahaibi Alley to retrieve a suit. Then ask the other party to order a tuxedo.

Only when he got back to the car did he tear open the lining of his suit and find a note with a paragraph written in English.

Sioux City pulls out a copy of Shakespeare that he has with him. Following that paragraph, find out the page number and the number of lines it is in, and then multiply and subtract it with the agreed formula, and get the current bidding price: 41.2 million.

"It's terrible!" Sioux City sighed.

Compared to the oil reserves, this money is naturally not as difficult as Chapter 156. However, without seeing a drop of oil, it is also a challenge for multinational companies to pay $41.2 million first.

Take the unspoken rules of the oil industry. 40 million is already on the verge of the cap. Those oil conglomerates that have to bid for large oil fields every year have to prepare economic assistance programs that cost tens of millions or more every year, and they may lose all their money. It is to be evenly spread out into a successful winning bid.

Behind each $40 million winning bid is the cost of hundreds of millions of dollars in financial assistance programs.

Coupled with the huge exploration costs, Su Cheng felt a little hairy in his heart.

He had a total of $45 million in preparation...... Domestic assets, with the exception of oil, are not liquid. And. They must be pledged as assets to Evergreen and Formosa Plastics......

Sioux City closed Shakespeare, looked out the window, re-settled himself, and thought about his decision again.

Participate in international bidding before 1989. It was his only chance to get the oil field in a few years. Because the country's oil fields will never be sold to Chinese private companies, this opportunity has been lost. Foreign oil fields will also set up barriers for Chinese companies.

Sioux City did not want to have less and less knowledge and information because of politics. until it loses its effectiveness.

However, the pressure of international bidding still made Sioux City think to himself: "Am I in too much of a hurry......"

The answer, until it's over, will never come out.

Bentley stopped in front of the Kempinski Hotel lightly.

The waiter opened the door for him, and then stood respectfully to the side.

Sioux City casually handed over five dollars, and with the waiter's smile, walked into the hotel and headed straight to the pool. He needs to calm his head: 41.2 million means that the final bid price will definitely be above 42 million...... Even, $45 million may not be enough.

Although the third phase of financing has been prepared for a long time, it should have been a bidding to get the oil field and prepare it for exploration.

"It seems that we can only refinance from Formosa Plastics and Evergreen. Su Cheng took a deep breath, it must not be easy......

He lowered his head and quickly raised it again, remembering what the teacher had said when he was in school: never show negativity.

The words and phrases that I thought were very meaningless back then are so vivid now.

"Mr. Sioux City, meet again. Moriyama Nohito grinned and bared his teeth.

"Mr. Nohito Moriyama, I haven't seen you for a long time. Su Cheng nodded slightly, no expression on his face. After experiencing all kinds of crossing, his temperament has also been tempered and he has become resolute, in fact, every young man who can be a "face bully" has a perseverance factor.

Moriyamano laughed boldly, attracting the attention of countless people and didn't care, and said: "It's been half a month since we last met? I didn't expect that Dahua Industrial, which is not favored by anyone, has become a strong competitor, and I would like to introduce you to a friend, Mr. Takanobu Ito, the vice president of Ito Trading." ”

"Mr. Ito. Sioux City nodded.

Ito was about 40 years old and was about the height of Sioux City, which was very rare among Japanese who had been born before the war. When he smiled, he was also arrogant, but he covered it up well, and said, "Mr. Su Cheng." We got a rumor that we don't know if it's true or not, Dahua Industrial has already obtained the location of the oil field?"

Sioux City looked directly at him without saying anything.

"We also know where the oil fields are, and maybe, we can corroborate each other. ”

"No need. ”

"Are you so sure of your intelligence sources?" Ito smiled.

Sioux City asked rhetorically, "You don't trust your own intelligence sources?"

Ito laughed and said, "You are really an interesting Chinese, maybe we can cooperate." ”

"Nope. Sioux replied quickly and firmly.

Ito was surprised, "You don't want to listen to the content of the cooperation, I believe that it must be your favorite condition." ”

Su Cheng shook his head and said, "It's nothing more than funds, technology, and equipment...... I don't need to. ”

"No, it doesn't seem to be the case with Dahua Industrial. I heard about you going to Taiwan to raise money, let me guess how much? 45 million?" Ito Takannobu directly said the exact number.

Su Cheng stiffened his face and said, "You care too much about Dahua Industry." Perhaps, by moving your sights to the UAE, you can have a better return. ”

"I know how to beat you, 45.5 million. Takanobu Ito said, "If you don't cooperate with us, we will raise the bidding price to 45.5 million." ”

"From 30 million to 45.5 million, just because my total amount of funds is so much?" Su Cheng said, "This is not even evidence, at best it is a basis." Can the shareholders of Ito Corporation agree?"

"I've got the president's approval. The major shareholders of Ito Trading Co., Ltd. are all members of the Ito family. ”

"Family members are the most troublesome, right? As long as you have the slightest problem, someone will immediately blame you. Su Cheng smiled and said, "If you are willing to bid according to the total amount of funds of China Dahua Industry, then you can do it." ”

Takanbu Ito said disapprerovantly, "The price will eventually rise." ”

"Oh?"

"It's Setan. He said lightly and said: "The reserves of 1 billion barrels have been preliminarily proven, and they will be increased later." ”

Su Cheng's heart was shocked.

He thought that Ito Trading had obtained an unstable source of information, and perhaps it was information obtained by means. However, only a handful of people were able to get the location of the oil field. Kings, crown princes, maybe two or three more chiefs, but by no means all.

In fact, Su Cheng did not see the crown prince either, he only contacted the crown prince through the cronies around the crown prince.

However, rich and developed countries such as Japan and Switzerland can directly reach out to the crown prince and the king if they can convince their own leaders.

"If Dahua Industrial has the intention of cooperating, come to me again. Takanobu Ito left with a smile.

Sioux City knew that he had his eye on an oil concession.

Ito Trading Co., Ltd. will never dare to sign an offtake agreement for 180 billion tons of liquefied natural gas. However, if Daihua Industries undertook the offtake agreement, Ito Trading Co., Ltd. would share the oil concession, which would be a very cost-effective deal for them. So it's okay to pay some money and spend on equipment.

As for the information relationship that Su Cheng has, as an addition, it is estimated that it is also very suitable for the Ito family's appetite.

Sioux City walked into the pool without saying a word, changed into brand new swimming trunks under the service of the waiter, walked out of the locker room with a towel, and then jumped directly into the heated pool.

The water is a little cooler than the outside temperature, as if you are washing your face with tap water in summer.

Sioux City slowly, slowly sank to the bottom of the pool, sitting cross-legged, thinking in the silence......

The lifeguards jumped into the pool and rescued Sioux City, who had disappeared for a minute.

Sioux pushed him away, took a few breaths, and sank into the pool again.

The lifeguards were accustomed to seeing all the people in the hotel, so they had to stay by Sioux City's side. Kempinski has several swimming pools of different depths and lengths, so it is only natural that there are other lifeguards to take over.

Sioux City poked out of the pool once every minute or so.

Water and quiet, allowing him to think better.

Su Cheng knew in his heart that when he came to this point, no matter how accurate the future information was, he would not be able to help him. It's all about immediacy.

Just like the bidding money, it is always changing depending on the bidder.

He climbed out of the pool, wiped the water off his body, found the phone, and called the Formosa Plastics Hong Kong branch to inform them of an additional $10 million in funding. This is naturally extremely difficult, and it is estimated that after Wang Sheng and them see it, they will be anxious again.

Su Cheng shook his head and went back to his room to rest.

Of course, he can't be the only one who feels difficult. Zhang Haochang is also desperately making phone calls to get the natural gas offtake, while Ito Trading is trying to get more money.

Even a company with billions of assets cannot casually increase by $5 million, and difficulties exist for everyone. ！！！