Chapter 542: The Lion Opens His Mouth
Lu Shaohua didn't know what the four of them were talking about in the study, if he knew, Lu Shaohua would definitely scream, and immediately heard that the king of Saudi Arabia was testing his third prince, and it was also to pave the way for his succession to the throne in advance.
Lu Shaohua's important surname does not need to be talked about, and it is precisely because his identity is enough to affect the status of their Saudi Arabian royal family that their king has to be cautious, how will his three sons treat Lu Shaohua in the future, if you choose to cooperate, then congratulations, you are right, if you choose not to cooperate, then it is a pity, unqualified, the throne does not have your share.
In this test, the three princes except the eldest prince, the second prince and the third prince all passed, that is, the eldest prince has inherited the throne has been excluded by their father king, and will not give him the opportunity to inherit the throne.
Of course, even if the answer given by the eldest prince was to cooperate with Lu Shaohua, their father would think about it carefully, because according to the intelligence of the king of Saudi Arabia, the eldest prince went to Lu Shaohua's room and came out with a gloomy face, as if he was full of hatred for Lu Shaohua.
Therefore, even if the eldest prince chooses to cooperate with Lu Shaohua, he may not be able to inherit the throne. The reason is very simple, with their Saudi Arabian king's understanding of the eldest prince, he is a reckless person, if he is allowed to inherit the throne, maybe the cooperation with Lu Shaohua will be torn apart that day.
No one knows whether the King of Saudi Arabia quietly put on a test, or a crucial test, to determine the list of their next royal heirs. The three princes didn't know, and Lu Shaohua didn't know either, because he didn't express his position, he had already made the eldest prince hold a grudge, and if he hadn't been warned by their father, maybe he would have done something to him.
Lu Shaohua is a human being, not a god, although the grasp of people's hearts is very accurate, but he, Lu Shaohua, still far underestimated the belly of the eldest prince, and he didn't know that he was such a stingy person. But then again, who Lu Shaohua was afraid of, if the eldest prince didn't do it, if he did, his backer, that is, his grandfather, the general, might be buried with him.
Everything disappeared, and Lu Shaohua didn't think about it, and he was ready to deal with the cooperation negotiations with the king of Saudi Arabia tomorrow to win the greatest benefits for himself.
However, in the middle of this, Li Zhijie has already contacted people outside through satellite phones, and the thorough investigation of the second prince has already yielded results.
"The second prince doesn't have any fatal flaws, he is very calm in dealing with people, and he keeps his promises, I think I can support him." Li Zhijie made a faint evaluation, and finally expressed his opinion.
"We don't seem to have any other choice." Lu Shaohua smiled, the situation was already very clear, either give up or support the second prince, there was no other choice.
"No, it's not that we don't have a choice, there are some direct members of the royal family, they also have the right to inherit the throne, but their competitiveness is much worse, and it is difficult to support those people." After saying that, after a pause, Li Zhijie added. "Now that I don't need to, I think this second prince is a good candidate, and we don't need to go around in a big circle to support other members."
Lu Shaohua believes in Li Zhijie's vision, and even more believes in the results obtained by Li Zhijie after collecting intelligence, combined with the preliminary understanding of the second prince, Lu Shaohua can make up his mind. "Okay, just support the second prince, you are responsible for this matter, well, our purpose is very clear, that is, the interests of the future."
"Don't worry, I'll do it." Li Zhijie also made assurances.
Lu Shaohua didn't speak, nodded, and continued. "Judging by the second prince's surname, he won't be so quick to speak, well, now that he has accepted my invitation, he may come to Hong Kong to find me soon, and then it will be the time to make a formal acquaintance."
Li Zhijie agreed with Lu Shaohua's statement and nodded in agreement.
"Huh!" Lu Shaohua smiled, then waved his hand again, and spoke. "It's too early to say that, what we should be talking about now is this cooperation, well, what happened to those four short-range missiles? Did you ship it? ”
Lu Shaohua wanted to take the four short-range missiles as a greeting gift, since it was a greeting gift, before the negotiations began, of course Lu Shaohua had to take the lead in taking them out to show his sincerity, and the four short-range missiles were still quietly on the African base when Lu Shaohua came to Saudi Arabia, and it is still unknown whether they were transported or not.
"It's here, and it arrived last night." Li Zhijie replied in a deep voice.
Just when Li Zhijie sorted out the results of the investigation of the second prince, people outside also passed the news that the missiles had arrived in Saudi Arabia. Even if Lu Shaohua doesn't ask, Li Zhijie will take the initiative to report to Lu Shaohua.
"Well, it's time for us to prepare for tomorrow's cooperation negotiations." Lu Shaohua said with a smile.
Lu Shaohua can completely predict that tomorrow's negotiations may not be so easy. Think about it, the oil field belongs to the royal family of Saudi Arabia, and they could have developed it independently, but now they are willing to take it out and develop it together with Lu Shaohua, and Lu Shaohua must come up with some price.
Money is one of the necessary conditions, and the development team and equipment must also be provided by Lu Shaohua.
The two necessary conditions, these are not problems, Lu Shaohua thinks about how much crude oil can be obtained by money plus the development team and equipment, but according to Lu Shaohua, I am afraid that he can get a large share.
The reason is very simple, the royal family of Saudi Arabia has a lot of oil fields, they never lack oil, they lack money, and Lu Shaohua is the opposite, he has money, but there are not many oil fields, the two form a complementary form, Lu Shaohua has reason to believe that if he takes more money, he will be able to exchange for a considerable proportion of crude oil.
However, these are just Lu Shaohua's preliminary guesses, before the results come out, Lu Shaohua will not easily draw conclusions, everything has to wait for the next day's negotiations to know what the outcome will be.
There was nothing to say all night, and the next morning, Lu Shaohua got up relatively early, as usual, and was served by his subordinates to wash up, then eat breakfast, and then wait.
Not long after, at ten o'clock in the morning, the second prince came, he came to invite Lu Shaohua, and the purpose of inviting him was obvious, that is, to negotiate.
The king of Saudi Arabia attaches great importance to this cooperation with Lu Shaohua, and from the fact that he deliberately arranged the venue for the negotiation, he knew that the specifications could be compared with the meeting with the head of state, which made Lu Shaohua a little flattered.
Lu Shaohua and his entourage came to Saudi Arabia, and their status was the highest, and the negotiator naturally fell on his head, and there was no accident on the royal side, he was the current king of Saudi Arabia.
The two sides sat down, everything was ready, and the king of Saudi Arabia, as the host, also spoke. "Hello, Mr. Lu, now we enter the consultation of cooperation, the information on the table is the general situation of the oil field, you can take a look at it first, and then we will negotiate."
Li Zhijie knows Arabic, and although his status is not low, he is definitely an excellent translator at this moment.
Li Zhijie quickly translated the words of the King of Saudi Arabia, and after listening to it, Lu Shaohua nodded to the King of Saudi Arabia with a smile, and then took out the information on the table and began to browse the information.
Lu Shaohua is not an expert in this area after all, what he looks at is also a rough estimate of oilfield reserves, and then looks at his geographical location, and then puts it back in its place, nodding to indicate that it has been read and can be formally negotiated.
Seeing this, the king of Saudi Arabia was not polite and ran straight to the topic. "Mr. Lu, I plan it this way, I will go out of the oil field, and you will be responsible for the development team and equipment, well, pay me a part of the money, and the proportion of both sides will be 50%, what do you think?"
Fifty-fifty points, this is the proportion given by the king of Saudi Arabia, as for how much Lu Shaohua will pay, he did not give a detailed figure.
Now is at the negotiation table, the two sides should not have personal feelings, Lu Shaohua is the same, at the negotiation table, Lu Shaohua will not treat himself as a guest, and he still has to make a move when he should make a move. "First of all, thank you for your generosity, I am very satisfied with the ratio of 50%, but I have thought about more than that, I think we need to have 80%, of course, I can pay more in terms of money, well, according to the current oil prices in the target market and the reserves of oil fields, I am 80% willing to come up with 400 million US dollars, and the development team and equipment problems are also responsible for us."
Lu Shaohua just looked at the estimated reserves of the oilfield, and quickly calculated, and the result was that the oilfield was worth 500 million US dollars, and Lu Shaohua wanted to account for 80%, and it was understandable to come up with 400 million US dollars.
The situation is obvious, Lu Shaohua is willing to pay a huge price to cooperate with the Saudi Arabian royal family, although it is a bit too much, but such a large oil field, a lot of crude oil has been developed, if the negotiation is successful, Lu Shaohua will store the crude oil, and wait until the price of oil rises, 80% of the crude oil is far more than 400 million US dollars.
Lu Shaohua's sudden surprise startled the king of Saudi Arabia, and he couldn't react a little. But after all, he has been in command of the royal family for many years, and he has never seen any big scenes, so he only needs a little time to calm down.
Calming down doesn't mean that you can make a decision right away, you still need time to think about it, after all, the proportion of Lu Shaohua said is too large, 80%, accounting for four-fifths of the entire oil field, and their royal family only takes one-fifth, even if Lu Shaohua is willing to pay $400 million, he can't decide so quickly.
Consider, discuss, the king of the royal family is not able to decide this matter casually, he needs time to think about it, and at the same time, he also needs to discuss it with the people of their royal family, and finally decide whether to divide it according to Lu Shaohua's proposal.
"Mr. Lu, please give me twenty minutes, we need to discuss." The king of Saudi Arabia said with some embarrassment.
"That's as it should be, please." Lu Shaohua nodded with a smile and agreed.
The negotiations fell silent, and the Saudi Arabian royal family left the scene and went to discuss, but Lu Shaohua sat calmly, waiting for the result of their discussion.
(To be continued)