Volume 4 Chapter 1 Identity and Power (Guarantee 3)

Two years is not a long time, but it has turned the town of Óbidos upside down. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 info

In the past two years, Obidos has built the first modern land route to the outside world. The road ends on the opposite bank of the town of Sipalu, passing through Orishmina along the way.

The four-lane express lane was built by a construction company from Huaxia and took a year and a half to complete.

With this road, Silent Farm's products can be continuously transported to the new city, which has doubled in size.

Several large-scale industrial projects have increased the city's population several times. A large pharmaceutical production plant, a large Brazilian chestnut processing plant, and a sugar mill have all been put into operation. In addition, a large number of workers are constantly expanding the city's port. And in the north of the city, there is a factory that is the envy of other cities.

A crude oil manufacturer with an estimated production capacity of 60 million tons.

More than a year ago, Huaxia suddenly announced the success of artificial oil production. Soon after, the United States and Brazil announced that they would join the artificial oil production project.

It was at this time that people learned that the key to artificial oil production was the Silent Farm.

It can be said that Li Sheng's plan has been implemented quite well. Two years ago, he made a deal with the Chinese government. He supplied bacteria and provided the technology to allow Huaxia to produce its own crude oil. And the price of bacteria is not very expensive. Li Sheng didn't ask for shares or anything like that, but just sold the bacteria directly.

There is no way to bypass the United States for something that can affect the world like this. So after Huaxia began to produce oil, Li Sheng and Huaxia waited until the United States made a request. Li Sheng agreed to sell the bacteria to the United States as well, so that their companies could produce them.

If Li Sheng is alone, he will definitely not be able to withstand the pressure of the United States. But with Huaxia, it's completely different. Cutting off people's financial means is like killing parents, and the United States is no longer the hegemonic America it used to be. At least in the face of Huaxia is no longer. So unless the United States wants to fight a nuclear war with China, you die or I die. Otherwise, no matter what he thinks, he can only let Li Sheng continue to control the core of crude oil artificial production technology.

The two countries negotiated an agreement. Li Sheng will provide equal quantities of bacteria to the two. According to the results of the experiment, each of them can produce about 250 million tons of crude oil from those bacteria.

And Li Sheng can't hang Brazil either. Li Sheng has teamed up with Qatar's Royal Asset Management Commission and Ali to collaborate on a 120 million tonnes of oil production project in Brazil.

In this project, Li Sheng invested 12.5 billion US dollars, accounting for 25 percent of the shares, while Brazil contributed 25 percent of the shares to the land, exempted oil export taxes, and guaranteed the safety of the project. The other 50 per cent is owned by Hassan, while Ali owns the remaining 20 per cent.

The project is managed by Hassan, but each shareholder has a share of the crude oil produced. The bacteria sold by Li Sheng can be supplied at 80% of the market price. And the market price is about $100 per ton of crude oil.

After negotiations, the three countries decided to unanimously share the bacteria produced by Silent Farm.

The two strongest countries in the world, as well as Brazil, where Li Sheng is located, all three countries provide Li Sheng with a certain amount of protection on the surface, which allows Li Sheng not to be disturbed too much.

Obidos' crude oil production project is still under construction, but some of the giant tanks are already ready for production.

Li Sheng, Ali, Hassan, and Brazil's minister in charge of energy all wore hard hats and stood more than 100 meters in front of a round tank. That round jar has been filled with enough water, and enough carbon source material has been poured in, and is now pressurized.

There is a benefit to the production of oil from these tanks. That is, the quality of the oil produced can be controlled. If you want light oil, you can control the pressure in it between nine and thirteen atmospheres, and the crude oil produced in it is mainly light oil. At a pressure of thirteen to twenty atmospheres, the main thing that is produced is heavy oil. When refining oil, the cost will also drop a lot.

When the pressure inside the huge cement reinforced concrete jar reaches the target, they will activate a switch to gently stir the water inside.

Countless journalists in hard hats are waiting for this moment. Li Sheng and the others have already discussed that this matter will give Brazil a face, so the work of pressing the button symbolizing the official launch of this project will be completed by the Brazilian minister who came to attend the ceremony.

When the button was pressed, Li Sheng's eyes turned white by a flash of flashing lights. But he still held on with a smile on his face until the end.

After a series of celebrations, Li Sheng finally breathed a sigh of relief. The matter of artificial oil production has finally come to an end. Now that there are Huaxia, the United States and Brazil, even if he is the target of public criticism, he will not have too much pressure.

Although he gave up most of the benefits, he could not hold them in his hands at all. As he is now, he must have earned much less than he had produced all of his own. But it's all about stability.

After the celebration, in the evening, Li Sheng did not leave that night, but stayed in a manor built by Hassan in the city.

Hassan and Ali are also very happy with the commissioning of the project.

Although this project will hurt the interests of the country, for example, the current international oil price is now fluctuating at the price of $60 per barrel -- this is only stabilized by the United States and China's deliberate cooperation with OPEC countries in order to ensure the competitiveness of this project. At the same time, there is also a suppression of the woolly bear country, which is currently the world's largest oil extraction. At this oil price, the extremely expensive hairy bear country can not make much money from oil.

This oil price is much lower than last year. But the countries of the Middle East still have a lot of profits, and they can make a lot of money from this project. So it's still acceptable in every way.

Hassan is very optimistic about this project. Although oil will not be the main energy source for more than thirty years. But for the next three decades, it was a steady stream of money. He was quite excited about this, and even made a move that did not conform to the code of conduct of the Arabs.

"For a better tomorrow!" Hassan raised his glass.

Li Sheng and Ali both froze. Because Arabs don't make a toast - even if they are secretly drinking some wine.

However, in this occasion where there are no outsiders, they are presumptuous and no one says anything.

After the celebration, Hassan smiled and said, "I think it's a memorable day for us." ”

"Yes, our cooperation this time, the biggest result has finally come out. Ali also said with a smile.

His investment this time is completely his personal behavior. So the benefits are also personal to him. As long as the project is fully operational, he will have a quota of more than 20 million tons of crude oil sales. After the cost is out, the profit after the sale of these crude oils belongs to him. This share is at least twenty times his share in the country. And he is an independent individual.

Li Sheng was not too excited, although he could have the right to sell 27 million tons of crude oil in this project, but his income in this project did not arouse his excitement.

As long as the crude oil production capacity of the three countries reaches the limit, he can obtain a net income of nearly 40 billion yuan per year. Later, with the sale of pasture grass on the farm, he can also have an annual income of more than 20 billion dollars.

He is more interested in the expansion of his influence as roads continue to build eastwards and several other crude oil production plants are being built in several smaller cities on the lower Amazon River.

Some of the farm's products also have a larger market because of the urban development driven by these projects.

The cooperation between the three of them is immeasurable. Because that's not something that can be measured in terms of economics. Like Li Sheng, Ali and Hassan also have a certain amount of energy in Brazil. This is supported by the economy. And through the private teaching of several projects, they have also accumulated some contacts in the Brazilian political circles.

Ali was probably the happiest of the three about working together. In these cooperations, he was not only able to obtain a lot of profits, but also to a large extent to improve his personal standing in the world. He may not be the richest man, but he is a prince and has a lot of wealth.

He smiled and said, "You should have received an invitation to the Davos forum." ”

Hassan smiled and said, "Yes." "Although he was an active figure in the business world before, he also controlled a lot of wealth. But he is not the head of the National Asset Management Committee, but only one of the cores. Therefore, although he was a little famous in the business circle before, he never got the status he deserved. However, this project has allowed him to rise in the country, and the project can only be managed by him. So he is still not the head of the National Asset Management Commission, but he was invited to participate in the industry leadership group at the Summer Davos Forum held in China. "They invited me to the Summer Forum. ”

Li Sheng also smiled and nodded, but he had no interest in this invitation.

Davos is the World Economic Forum. That forum was all about world development. It is said to be of great guiding significance for the development of the world economy.

He had recently received an invitation to Silent Farm to become a member of the Foundation, but he had no intention of attending the forum after learning about it. First of all, Silent Farm is not a business, and since 2016, the Davos Annual Meeting has been more focused on the development of technology. It is believed that the fourth scientific and technological revolution has arrived. And the focus in this area is artificial intelligence.

And he can't do anything about it. Even his biggest business was a sunset industry, oil, which was only needed for thirty years at most.

But maybe he didn't realize it, in fact, for the current era, although his Silent Farm is not a business, it is very much in line with the standards of Davos Forum members. Silent Farm business is barely global. At the same time, it has also made a great contribution to the world, including food security, which is still dependent on Silent Farms. This time, Silent Farm has developed an artificial crude oil production technology, which has a certain leading role in the development of the world.

Actually, that's his power. He was only on the list of world power figures for the second time last year, but he has already reached fourth place, just the head of the world's three major powers. One of the most important reasons for being on the list is that he controls the world's food security, and he also has a certain say in energy security.

Also on the list for this reason is Chen Bo. As president of New East Asia Seeds, he also has enormous power over food security. (To be continued.) )