The celebrations on the rig and auxiliary vessels continued all night, as did the negotiations between representatives of various companies.

The negotiation proceeds so slowly, on the one hand, because the content of the negotiation is too complex and too important, and on the other hand, it is also because the authority of different representatives is different, such as companies such as Global Petroleum and Dahua Industrial, which come to the company president or chairman of the board of directors and can make decisions on the spot, while France's Finer or the United States' Sigurt have only the person in charge below the deputy level, and once the estimated amount and rules are exceeded, they must contact the domestic ...... Repsol and GAC are both group companies with complex equity, and when it comes to large sums of money, the president or chairman may not be able to decide, and the board of directors must authorize it.

However, everyone is accustomed to this seemingly slow-paced but fast-paced way of negotiating.

They have meetings here in Sioux City, and several companies have to hold their own meetings in China. The meeting must also be an emergency board meeting, and some directors of companies who are inconvenient to come forward tacitly stay at home so as not to know something that should not be known.

The psychological price of smaller companies such as Universal in the United Kingdom and Seeger in the United States has also been gradually raised, from the initial $100 million, to $500 million, and then to $700 million...... The bids of Dahua Industries and Repsol, which were high bidders, increased all the way to $1.5 billion and $1.4 billion.

The amount of capital contributed to this point was raised, and Jestein, the president of Seeger, couldn't help but say: "If this is successful, we will all be sent to a grand jury, and maybe even questioned by the Senate! If the size of the company increases by 100 times, we may be a second Lehman Brothers." ”

"If this is successful, more than 10 billion US dollars, with 30 to 50 times the leverage, will make a profit of 1% to 2%, and the final profit will be 20% or 30%. With so much money, it's easy to get past a grand jury. Repsol's vice president laughed, similar to the South America of later generations, Spain is not only an unrestrained country, but also a country that loves speculation, and the housing prices in the Madrid area have been in a state of speculation for a long time, with dozens of times floating profits, or halves, etc., and many international players have suffered there.

And in the financial markets, Spanish companies are also notoriously bold. Of course, the countries and companies that are used as references are relatively well-regulated, compared to the Spanish companies, which are much more relaxed, and it is easy to shell out $1.4 billion of unregulated funds, which is quite rare in many countries.

Jaystan snorted twice, looked at Sioux City, and said, "It's okay to accept a few hundred million dollars to be questioned by the Senate, but I'm afraid that the profits will be insufficient, or there will be some bad sequelae." ”

"Making money is making money, and if we gather here and have to worry about any sequelae, this kind of transaction can't continue. Su Cheng smiled calmly and said: "If you are worried about the lack of profits, increase the capital, the more funds, I believe the higher the rate of return, no matter what, this is a rare opportunity." ”

"An opportunity built on the foundation of a super-large oil field?"

Gilles of the Fina Company laughed and balanced: "We have seen two oil fields, two oil fields drilled by two oil wells, no matter what the situation is underground, the foundation for creating a super large oil field has been established, and I believe that the oil market will reward us with keen fluctuations." ”

The oil market is almost one of the most sensitive markets, and countless brokers rely on the oil market to make a profit every day, and their way of making profits is often in the unit of one thousandth or even one in ten thousandths, and any wind and grass can be used as the basis for rising or falling prices. Before Sioux City, after Sioux City, there will always be countless companies doing insider trading.

If you can find a super large oil field, the profit of insider trading will be calculated in units of one percent, that is, ten times more than 100 times the ordinary profit. Even if you can't find a super-large oil field, and suddenly add 100,000 barrels per day or 200,000 barrels of crude oil per day to the market, it is impossible for oil prices not to change.

In fact, if it weren't for Sioux City's struggling to make money on futures, the pressure to increase production in this field would likely have been released through machinery orders, news reports, and a phased release of crude oil production.

However, as the 80s came to an end, there were fewer and fewer oil companies voluntarily releasing news since the 90s. More often than not, people will suddenly see reports of successful oil field development in the Wall Street newspapers or the New York Times, followed by a surge in the company's stock and a shock in the oil market.

In the post-oil crisis era, such situations are commonplace.

Jestan also nodded slowly, and said, "In this case, a complete set of media plans must be prepared. Seeger is willing to pay, but cannot be involved in such events. ”

GAC, which is also an American company, also hurriedly said: "It is not convenient for us to directly participate in the media. ”

"We'll take care of it. "Su Chengxian is reasonable. European and American companies are subject to various restrictions, and the people are quite international, in contrast, although the Chinese at this time often say "win glory for the country", but the Chinese absolutely do not have the intention of being an international police and an international moral model, and Chinese law will not make any guidance on media public relations.

"Thank you Su Dong ......"

Jestan and the others smiled.

Su Cheng also smiled very happily: "It's good to increase investment, Dahua Industrial exploits crude oil, Dahua Industrial ** is the media, and Dahua Industrial ** is futures trading...... My only request is a huge amount of funds, the scale of 10 billion is too small, and I think it is more appropriate to increase it by about 50%. ”

The smiles of the other six disappeared without a trace in an instant.

Jestein's face was full of bitterness: "It can't be increased, 700 million US dollars is not a small amount, and if it is more, the accountant and prosecutor estimate that there will be problems." ”

Global Oil's recreation is also a stunt.

"It's impossible to increase the scale by 50%, it's impossible...... Gilles also hurriedly said.

Su Cheng made their hearts churn for a while before chuckling and said, "The amount of capital contributed is all voluntary, and 700 million US dollars is indeed a lot." However, we have not prepared enough funds, Dahua Industrial plans to come up with 3 billion yuan, in this way, it is best to do some private financing, if your own funds can not be increased by more than 1 billion US dollars, please find a way to finance. ”

Seven oil companies, the associated banks and financial institutions are numerous, as long as the information of insider trading is revealed, whether it is a risk-taking direct investment or low-risk short-term lending, there is no problem, the key lies in the concept of "private".

The guy who had just relaxed because of the words "all voluntary" tensed his muscles again.

Although the head is as big as a bucket on the surface, everyone understands what Su Cheng is doing. This is an insider transaction that needs to be done secretly, and those who are pulled into the circle have to share risks and funds. If one family's funds are less, the normal choice of the other six is not to take him to play.

What Sioux City is doing is exactly what an organizer should do.

"Let's go out for a walk and have lunch by the way. Sioux City did not ask for an immediate answer, and it was not too cautious to be cautious when it came to hundreds of millions of dollars of speculation. You must know that in the 1994 Forbes list, the bottom line is hundreds of millions of dollars, and the increase in money alone can determine whether the owner of a company is on or off the list, in addition to the fact that he owns a 100% wholly-owned private enterprise, other companies have at least a few partners.

It was almost noon, it was the hottest time on the sea, the chubby Kang Le frowned, rubbed his hard neck with his hands, and said: "If it was usual, I would definitely not go out to bask in the sun, today, let's go out to take a breath, is there sunscreen?"

"Yang Ming, find some sunscreen. Sioux City shouted to the outside world and was the first to get out of the suffocating cabin.

After a while, Yang Ming came to the deck and said apologetically: "The sunscreen we prepared has run out, and the supply ship has not yet arrived." ”

Kang Le wailed: "If you don't wear sunscreen, you will get skin cancer." ”

Su Cheng thought for a moment and said, "Go to the kitchen and get some olive oil, or salad oil or something." ”

"This, okay?" Yang Ming didn't want to abuse his foreign friends.

"Didn't the Athenians use to apply olive oil bare-skinned and run the Olympics? Why not, find a better bottle with oil. Su Cheng said to Yang Ming in Chinese, and then said to Kang Le in English: "I asked him to find someone else to order olive oil, don't worry." ”

"That's great. "Kang Le's mood has improved a lot.

A few minutes later, Kang Le applied a lot of olive oil on his bare hands, face and neck, and was in a much better mood, exuding the aroma of steak, and took the initiative to go to the drilling platform.

The first impression of a rickety commuter boat and a rickety drilling platform is that when you get on board, the white, yellow and black on the ground become the main color of the drilling platform.

"This is my first time on an offshore rig. Kang Le, who was smoked out, smiled with interest: "British Global Petroleum has several platforms in the North Sea, but I have never been there, it is too far, I didn't expect that the platform is like this." What's on the ground?"

"Oh, the white ones are probably salt grains, the black ones are crude oil, and the yellow ones are probably rust spots or dry phlegm. ”

"Phlegm?"

"Well, it's hard to be true, you're counting on a clean and spotless rig, it's not the Royal Navy. ”

Kang Le covered his nose and stopped talking.

The small platform turned around and came back, and everyone deliberately did not talk about business, leaning on the platform railing to chat.

Until Jastein came back in a hurry.

"We've found the funding. Jestan gasped twice, his face shining brightly: "One of our governors, well, whoever it is, anyway, he can get the backing of a private bank, so we have found $400 million in short-term borrowing, and the total can be raised to $1.1 billion." Oh, if Su Dong needs to give a mortgage, they are also willing to lend Dahua Industrial money. ”

"That would be great. ”

"It's great and I hope to continue working with the representatives of the companies. Jestan's expression was sincere.

Kang Le's face was full of doubts: "Where has the change?"

"Nowhere else. Jaystan shook his head vigorously.

"Seeger borrowed $400 million in one go, where did you get the courage?"

Jestan smiled and didn't speak.

Suddenly, the phone on the rig rang.

The deputy captain of the drilling team ran over to take the phone, picked it up and listened to two sentences, then his face was happy and he shouted: "Su Dong, the third oil well has also been drilled." No. 512 drilled a third well. ”

Jestan didn't understand Chinese, but he knew how to observe words and colors, and immediately gave up covering up and said with a smile: "Congratulations to Su Dong." ”

The other five also woke up.

"Another oil well? so fast!"

Although it can't catch up with the world record, in an unfamiliar area, even three wells produce oil, how much depends on luck, if it is three high-production wells, it is even more rare.

Sioux City was not surprised. The cost of the drilling platform is too high, the drilling platform of later generations, in addition to the exploration well, the success rate of the oil-producing well has been improved a lot, and the focus of Dahua Industrial on this has lasted for several years.

Of course, this is not strange based on the inevitability of the existence of oil fields, which also proves the abundance of underground resources from another side.

Gilles smiled and said, "Su Dong has picked up a treasure trove, as if it is filled with oil underneath, and it can be picked up by opening your eyes." ”

Su Cheng was half-truthful and half-modest, thinking to himself: You are really right.

It is said that the super oil field with an output of 1.5 million barrels was a black technology 100 years ago, and it can replace half of the world's oil production capacity, and it is already the biggest obstacle to use oil pipes instead of straws to exploit them.

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