"Five stars invite five rings, Beijing connects the four seas, China is opening up, and the Yangtze River is open-minded...... The glorious flag flies high...... Tell the blue sky, tell the earth, we run to the future......" At six o'clock in the evening, the loudspeaker of the factory released a song, like a school bell, announcing the end of the day's work.

The workers who change shifts and the workers who get off work are like two turbulent rivers, quickly filling the spacious road and the quiet workshop, which is also filled with the strong song of "Five Stars Invite Five Rings".

Su Cheng and Lin Yonggui, who were thinking about it, stood up unconsciously.

"Five Stars Invite Five Rings" is the theme song of the Seventh National Games, and it is also a typical political song, which is the accompaniment for China's first application for the Olympic Games.

Despite this, the high-spirited momentum in the style of "Five Stars Invite Five Rings" is very in line with the mood of the two.

1993 was the year that Chinese people most wanted to prove themselves. Nearly half a century after the founding of the People's Republic of China, more than 10 years of reform and opening up, when years of material scarcity ended, when years of hardship were alleviated, when we opened our eyes to see the world clearly...... Chinese suddenly and incomparably hopeful that there is a person who stands up, preferably a foreigner, to prove that he has persevered and struggled for many years, and that it is not a moon in the water and a sand in the sea......

Applying for the Olympics is the ultimate manifestation of this desire.

When the song was about to end, Lin Yonggui suddenly seemed to wake up and said: "If I can build the China-Kazakhstan line and obtain an oil field in Central Asia, it will be worth it in my life." ”

Su Cheng was stunned for a moment, and then smiled: "Mr. Lin underestimates himself too much, you still have a good time to do a lot of things." ”

"As long as I can do it, I'm satisfied. Leaving his own territory, Lin Yonggui seemed to have taken off his solemn and majestic mask and repeated what he had just said.

Su Cheng nodded slightly. His face also became serious.

His eyes looked out of the not bright window of the workshop, his eyes were fixed on the team of gray and yellow uniforms, and after a while, he whispered: "Whether the China-Kazakhstan line is feasible or not, I will go to Azerbaijan and try to get a piece of oil field." ”

In fact, Su Chengyuan didn't have to tell Lin Yonggui about this plan, but at this moment, he felt. Maybe Lin Yonggui should be let know about it.

There are too many companies staring at Azerbaijan's oil fields, and Shengli oil fields, or any domestic company, are far from becoming serious competitors. He doesn't

Lin Yonggui was not surprised, and only asked softly: "If the China-Kazakhstan line fails, after you get the oil field in Azerbaijan." How do you transport oil?"

"It is said that the Americans will build an oil pipeline from Azerbaijan to Turkey to bypass Russian control, and if I get the oil fields in Azerbaijan and I don't win the China-Kazakhstan line or the Ontario line, I will probably try to use this oil pipeline. Su Cheng explained simply, revealing a message again. Unlike the information he remembered, this news was information collected by the Information Bureau from open channels in the United States, and after analysis, the conclusions reached were not much different from the facts.

Although it is not known what the pipes were built by the Americans. How much does it pass through each year, but borrowing the pipes of other countries will definitely have all kinds of inconveniences. Business competition aside, political changes alone are enough to drink. Lin Yonggui has also been doing oil for many years. Very aware of the dilemma of losing transport channels. If Dahua acquires an Azerbaijani oil field, it will be as soon as the oil is produced. The drilling almost can't be stopped, it can't be shipped, and the best solution is to sell it cheaply to the middlemen in the United States, and in the end only make a profit.

This is also one of the risks of oil development. In order to obtain the world's most expensive liquid, oil companies have always taken risks that ordinary people cannot afford.

Compared with state-owned enterprises, the risks of private enterprises are particularly great. Small private businesses, in particular, tend to be heaven one second and hell next......

Lin Yonggui touched the white hair on his temples and exclaimed, "It's not easy for anyone. Actually......"

He hesitated for a moment, but still said: "Actually, Dahua can live well without oil development and oil pipelines." In my life, I have given Shengli Oilfield, you don't have to know it is easier said than done. ”

"The difficult road has been walked a lot, and it has become an easy road to walk, and it is not easy to come to this world, if you pursue enjoyment, you should not be a business. "Sioux City half-truths.

Lin Yonggui blinked and smiled: "That's how you can develop oil." ”

"It is with the foundation created by Secretary Lin that we have a choice. Su Cheng lost no time in holding Lin Yonggui.

Lin Yonggui smiled happily, rubbed his chin, and said, "Think about it, I'm also in my fifties." I have been in the party for 32 years, and if I want to talk about the foundation, my generation is also standing on the foundation of my predecessors. ”

Without Su Cheng's response, Lin Yonggui said to himself: "I joined the party in 61, the last year of the three-year natural disaster. At that time, let alone the Olympics, we couldn't even think about buying oil from abroad. Everyone got up in the morning to drink a bowl of wild vegetable porridge, and then drank a stomach of water, and then staggered to work, every day to hold back their energy, just want to be able to extract 1 ton more oil, can change more fertilizer back, change more grain back......"

The memories of your youth are always the most indelible.

Lin Yonggui exhaled softly, turned around, turned his back to Su Cheng, and said, "Times are different...... Back then, who would have dared to imagine that one day, we would have the ability to build a thousand-kilometer-long steel pipeline and then buy oil from abroad......"

Su Cheng was also a little excited by what he said, and said solemnly: "We will definitely be able to do it." ”

"It's a must. Lin Yonggui raised his voice slightly, and said: "Our country has 1.2 billion people - to solve the food and clothing of 1.2 billion people, to let 1.2 billion people eat and clothe warmly, and live better and better, it will cost more than now, more plastic greenhouses, more chemical fiber... I think other countries will have the same requirements. Therefore, don't look at the cheap oil in the Middle East now, one day, it will not be cheap. The sea oil passage through the Strait of Malacca is not safe. The competition for oil resources will intensify in the future. ”

Su Cheng understood in his heart that Lin Yonggui's true feelings seemed to be true and false, and it turned out that he was paving the way for Middle East oil.

In the 90s, Middle East oil was indeed cheap, and low-sulfur sweet oil was once sold for less than 30 US dollars, and such light crude oil was a hot seller in the international market, which could refine more high value-added products than heavy oil produced in Central Asia and other regions, and has always been the favorite of major oil refineries. However, due to the economic crisis and the increase in oil production, as well as the impact of world peace, crude oil in the early to mid-90s could not be sold at a price.

In China, the argument that it is better to buy will naturally prevail.

Compared with the investment in oil exploration of hundreds of millions of dollars, it seems that it is more economical to buy Middle Eastern crude oil directly.

But conservatives like Lin Yonggui would not agree with this argument. It's just that the tone that is not as good as buying is getting higher and higher, and Lin Yonggui is probably worried that Su Cheng will change course.

In fact, from the perspective of pure profit, the exploitation of Central Asian oil cannot be said to be a good choice. The same money, put into the real estate market, into the field of commercial circulation, may be able to get more returns, and the risk is less.

Lin Yonggui's hole cards can only be beliefs and goals.

Although it sounds a bit illusory, isn't China's cause, China's industry, and China's success officially established in the ethereal?

As a vice-ministerial-level official, Lin Yonggui never underestimated the power of faith and purpose.

People always have to have some pursuits.

The more you get, the purer your pursuit will be.

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Su Cheng did not give Lin Yonggui a definite answer, but he kept accompanying Lin Yonggui out of the factory.

The China-Kazakhstan oil pipeline, even if it is an enterprise behavior, is inseparable from the power of the state, and it is not something that he can accomplish by saying that he can do it, let alone make a promise.

What Lin Yonggui wants is just Sioux City's investment in this project, not really wanting an irresponsible promise. He was even happier when he saw that Su Cheng was cautious.

In the evening, Lin Yonggui quietly left Jinan.

Su Cheng continued to attend the banquet of Jichai Power Engine Factory, and on the second and third days, he attended two more meetings respectively, straightening out the relationship between the public affairs department and the branch, and then Shi Shiran left.

Although the domestic media have long been unruly, most of their sense of smell stays on red envelopes and has not yet evolved to the level of paparazzi. No reporter from an industrial newspaper noticed Su Cheng's actions, even Zhang Changting of Daqing, who actually did not pay attention to Lin Yonggui, but bet on the head office.

Officials' eyes are always on the higher-ups, at least in the domestic market, and this is quite effective.

But when encountering a private company like Dahua, there are often omissions.

Sioux City is not like the leaders of state-owned enterprises or governments, who need to attend some meetings on time or make reports from time to time.

He didn't even have to explain his itinerary and arrangements to anyone.

In this way, when he was in the process of inspecting his own enterprises, he slowly disappeared, and no one realized the problem.

in the blind spot of concern. Sioux City flew from Europe to Almaty, the capital of Kazakhstan. In addition to the professionals of Dahua Group, there were also several specially invited design planners.

Sioux City never fights uncertain battles. In the process of oil development, there will be no one who will try their luck.

According to the information provided by the General Information Bureau, as well as Sioux City's own memories, he was quite sure that the days of Almaty, a city with a strong European flavor, with the title of "Capital of Kazakhstan", were numbered.

Iron-fisted President Nursultan Nazarbayev may be most interested in oil, but his biggest headache is "moving the capital".

Yes, in a few years, beautiful Almaty will cease to be the capital of Kazakhstan.

In order to counter the resistance within the country, the steel-hardened Zarbayev could not help but show his weakness.

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ps：……

It's 6 o'clock in the morning.

I got up with firewood, and even I was scared!

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