The high-level meeting of the seven companies ended in just one day, and everyone clarified the details, signed the various documents of the "Pan Asia" offshore fund, and went back to their respective homes.

The power of the offshore fund is quite broad, and its fund manager is Sir Tom, a non-natural person born in London, traveling around the world, and living in Zurich, and its actual power is in the hands of the seven-member committee, and each company that participates in the shares is counted as a shareholder, and takes turns to serve as executive directors.

There is no doubt that Dahua Industrial, which owns 25 percent of the shares, is the first of the seven-member committees, and other companies have internal board issues, and as the owner of a private company, Sioux City can do it all in one word.

Since Rockefeller and his partners invented trusts, offshore funds have been about the best means of hiding wealth, and many large Chinese private companies have adopted this approach, and in the 21st century, it has gradually become a common practice. Of course, most of the Chinese companies in '94 were local tycoons, but Dahua was not the first and only Chinese company to do so.

The directors of the Pan Asia Fund left, but the Chinese officials who came to see Dahua's latest offshore drilling rig remained. High-level leaders met with Azerbaijani political officials on the way, middle-level leaders took advantage of the situation to do local tourism, and low-level civil servants were accustomed to delays......

Taking advantage of the east wind of the political axe group, Sioux City came to the presidential palace of Azerbaijan unnoticed.

Although it has only been a few months since the last meeting, Aliyev, who has already received the full signing fee, has a real presidential posture.

A few hundred million dollars for such a small Central Asian country means not only better food and better clothing, but also more tank and aircraft parts, more loyal subordinates and wider advocates.

At the same time, Azerbaijan, which is advertised as a new **, is no longer a funnel where anyone can enter and exit.

The renovated presidential palace uses imported materials and imported designs, and the final image is brilliant and ethnic, with expensive furniture and accessories visible from time to time.

From the perspective of Sioux City, it is like a miniature version of the royal building, and the oil-producing countries of later generations are almost doubly luxurious.

At that time, the price of oil naturally doubled.

"The situation in Azerbaijan is good. Lin Yonggui, like the top executives of oil companies in other countries, is now paying more attention to the situation in the Caspian Sea region, and he can't help but hope that after his promotion, he will have the opportunity to gain access to Azerbaijan's oil fields.

"Looks pretty good. Su Cheng sighed and said, "If you take out a dozen oil fields, it's no problem to pay back a little account from the Soviet era." ”

"It looks like you haven't been here for a long time?" Lin Yonggui's main focus was still on officialdom.

Su Cheng was dumbfounded, and said with a smile: "How can I come now, if it weren't for the opportunity of this official meeting, I guess I would have to find a way to sneak in, or send a plenipotentiary or something." ”

Lin Yonggui thought about it for a while and understood. The current Sioux City and Aliyev are indeed not suitable for meeting easily, otherwise, whether they are found out by reporters from various countries about the past or speculated by everyone about the current things, it is not in line with their wishes.

However, it is the model of the official group, not only Dahua Industrial Company, but also the members of the Ministry of Machinery Industry brought by Minister Xu. Many companies are directly killed from the machinery industry exhibition, for state-owned enterprises in the mid-90s, participated in international exhibitions, it is also a good qualification. Nowadays, there are many high-level executives of state-owned enterprises who do not know how to deal with large foreign companies, and the number is much smaller than that of those who do not know how to travel abroad.

However, the presidential palace in a foreign country is a relatively rare spectacle, and whether you have experience or not, you will look at it with wide eyes.

Even the person in charge of a central enterprise does not often have the opportunity to come to the presidential palace to play.

Aliyev specially sent Vice President Husseinov and several ministers to receive the Chinese delegation, and negotiations on the extension of the China-Kazakhstan oil pipeline will also be carried out.

Minister Xu was busy promoting the companies in the system, pushing and pushing, and suddenly asked, "Why is Su Cheng gone?" ”

"Bathroom. "Lin Yonggui doesn't look like he's fifty years old, and he is not embarrassed at all to lie.

Minister Xu immediately believed it, and then continued to introduce the enterprises under the name of the Ministry of Machinery Industry to the Argentine personnel.

On the other side, Sioux City quietly walked through the corridor and, led by several people, met Aliyev.

"I heard that the third well was drilled, but unfortunately I was too busy, otherwise I would have to go and see for myself. Aliyev came to the door of the office to greet Sioux City, although it may have been only a dozen seconds earlier, but it was full of sincerity.

Su Cheng shook hands with him with a smile and said, "When we determine the reserves of the Azijiu oil field, and then invite His Excellency the President to attend the ceremony, according to our judgment, the Azijiu oil field will definitely become the goldenstone of Azerbaijan, the biggest goldenstone." ”

Aliyev, who had just started earning black gold, was very interested in absorbing gold, and immediately asked: "The reserves are high?"

"Because only the third has passed, our conservative estimate that reserves of more than 1.5 billion barrels are not a problem. Sioux City still gave a number, and for politicians, a clear number is quite useful.

Aliyev was stunned for a moment, and then said: "Congratulations. ”

At present, Azerbaijan does not have the capacity to produce oil, and in fact, due to the high revenues, most oil-producing countries still lack the ability to produce oil even if they take back their oil resources or share contracts. Therefore, Aliyev always has to hand over the oil field to a foreign company, not Dahua Industrial or **p, but also an enterprise.

From his point of view, the best way to get money is to get oil out as soon as possible and produce as much oil as possible.

Even if Dahua Industrial, which adopts a high contract fee and a low share, will give more than half of the gold yuan to the Azerbaijani political axe. The so-called best business must include sitting on the ground and sharing the spoils.

However, Aliyev thought of the low-share contract that Sioux City had deliberately made, and asked strangely: "How do you judge the oil field?"

"What is underground, of course, can only be guessed. Su Cheng said insincerely, and then said: "Our judgment on reserves has not yet been published." ”

"Oh?" Aliyev immediately sensed that he had something to say.

Su Cheng was not ready to sell Guanzi, and said steadily: "If the next drilling goes well, we will announce the reserves and production of the Aqijiu oilfield with conclusive evidence, and then, there will be a large amount of ** oil spot." Normally, the price of the oil market would be immediately suppressed by us. ”

"Will oil prices fall?"

"It won't take long to rebound, and the decline will be short-lived. ”

"I see. "Aliyev has not yet fully understood.

Su Cheng smiled and introduced: "Since the ** oil and the announcement of the news are in our hands, we can also determine the time when the price of oil will fall, and if we sell short in the oil futures market, it is estimated that we can make a lot of money." ”

Aliyev's eyes narrowed.

Sioux City smiled and asked, "Is Your Excellency the President interested in joining?"

Although he is the president of a country, and although the presidential palace has been newly renovated, Sioux City is very sure that the current Aliyev is more short of money than the poor man.

Forming an insider trading group in addition to insider trading is nothing new.

The oil field belongs to Dahua Industrial, and the official qualifications can only be Dahua Industrial's, since this is the case, Sioux City also holds the dominant power.

Forming another insider trading group is just a little more complicated for him.

However, unlike the previous way of forming a group, Su Cheng did not wait for Aliyev to answer, and demanded: "I will inform you of the key time points, you can make money as much as you want, I hope you can agree to the extension of the China-Kazakhstan oil pipeline, and sign a separate contract with Dahua Industry, and the land through which the pipeline passes will be given to Dahua Industry at a reasonable price." ”

An oil pipeline is extremely complex, and the interests involved are huge, and Aliyev subconsciously wants to refuse.

Su Cheng was familiar with his expression, and immediately rushed to say: "It is possible to make a profit of 30%, and it is not a problem to invest $1 billion and earn 300 million." ”

He is not worried about Aliyev leaking the news, unlike the channels of companies such as Repsol, among the people Aliyev knows, I am afraid that there are few guys who are suitable for insider trading, and even if there is, he is estimated to be included in his trading group first.

Aliyev listened to the figure of $300 million and fell into deep thought.

This is a lot of money, and Aliyev actually prefers cash to diplomatic help, which is difficult for China to provide.

The extension of the oil pipeline is, in the final analysis, not a matter of profit.

Now in Azerbaijan, except for the Baku region, there are not many valuable plots, and what he really pays for is low-cost land.

But how cheap the land is, after all, can be discussed.

"I'll give you an answer in two days, is it too late?" Aliyev was ready to ask about his think tank.

Su Cheng nodded understandingly: "There is no problem for two days, then I will leave first." ”

Nevertheless, Aliyev sent him to the door of his office, where his secretary returned to the Chinese pavilion, the conference room where the negotiations were taking place.

At this time, China and Argentina are chatting lively.

After Minister Xu finished promoting the individual company, he began to promote the project, and it happened that Azerbaijan had a windfall, and Husseinov also showed great interest.

While everyone was talking about joy, several Azerbaijani staff members suddenly stood up.

Sioux City, which had been going to the "bathroom" for nearly half an hour, suddenly appeared at the door. In front of him was none other than Aliyev's big secretary, a stern and sensitive guy.

"Excuse me. The big secretary bowed his head to Husseinov and left arrogantly.

Minister Xu stared at Su Cheng and thought: What did this guy do?

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