Chapter 54 The Difference Between Upstream and Downstream

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Judging from the exterior of the building, the circular building does not determine the number of floors of this building at all. Because except for the lowest floor, starting from the second floor, the balcony of the building is uneven, and even the area of the balcony is larger than the area of the building.

Each of these large balconies is guaranteed to be planted with a tree more than five meters high, and more than 200 trees need to be transplanted for more than 200 balconies. Each balcony has at least 10 pots of flowers and plants, and there is no less than 5 square meters of lawn. What's even more amazing is that these balconies are connected by staircases, which are decorated with flowers and plants, leaving only a passage less than 30 centimeters wide for gardeners to pass.

Since Singapore is located on the equator, it is a windless area, so even if you plant a large tree on the balcony, you are not afraid of being blown down by the wind due to unstable foundations, and the designers can play to their heart's content.

Upon entering the interior of the building, you will find a large patio shaped like a ring, large at the top and small at the bottom. Not only is the outer ring full of trees and flowers, but the inner ring is also the same, but because of the lighting, there are no big trees in the inner ring, and it is not designed to be split like the balcony outside.

At the top of the building, a large swimming pool is designed, which is five meters wide and surrounds the building, reaching a length of 500 meters. This pool is designed with shallow and deep water areas within the sea and is flanked by lush gardens.

In fact, this swimming pool not only has the function of swimming, but also can provide sprinkler irrigation water for the flowers and plants of the entire building according to the adjustment.

Of course, this series of designs has resulted in a building with an area of 20,000 square meters, but the utilization rate is very low. With the exception of the first floor, the utilization rate of each of the nine upper floors is less than 50 percent, and the higher you go, the lower it gets, and by the tenth floor, the utilization rate is only 20 percent.

Of course, Zhou You didn't care about this waste, because in his vision, he never thought of building a large company with tens of thousands of people, as his group headquarters, which was at most one or two thousand people, and now has more than 50,000 square meters of office space, and each person averages more than 20 square meters, which is enough to use.

Of course, these are all beautiful scenery that will come later, and the current headquarters building is still a big pit.

Braney Island covers a total area of about 1.5 square kilometres, and currently there is only the Singapore Coast Guard Headquarters in addition to the traveling companies. The two occupy the most environmentally friendly areas in the central and southern regions, about 40 percent of the area. What exactly the rest of the east, north, and west will be used for is still being discussed, but there is a high probability that a container port will be built.

The Coast Guard Headquarters is larger than the base that travels around, and they occupy most of the southern area, with two piers nearly a kilometer long. The base of the tour is located in the southwest, except for a three-hundred-meter port, and then the divided area extends all the way to the center of the island.

The new headquarters building is located in the center of the tour, and when completed, it will be the tallest building on the island, with panoramic views of Singapore to the north and beautiful Sentosa Island to the south.

After walking around the island, the war in Afghanistan is in full swing, the US military is planning for the second Iraq war, and the Iraq war will break out again in more than three months, so the US naval base is busy, and the docks are full of transport ships coming in and out.

Zhou You turned around and asked, "Is the date for the general relocation of the US military confirmed?" ”

Lin Wei nodded and said, "It should be that during the Spring Festival this year, their base in Changi has been completely built. ”

Zhou You asked again: "Do you think we need to continue to ask the government for a little more area?" ”

Lin Wei rolled her eyes and said, "Boss, don't be too greedy, there are many people in Singapore and there is little land, how many companies have you seen with such a large area as ours?" We now have a total area of 100,000 square meters, except for the airport and several refining and shipyards, our area is already the largest. The per capita floor area of our company has exceeded the per capita land area of Singapore by thousands of times! ”

It is also true that the total number of companies traveling around is now less than 200 people, but because he is going to build a headquarters in Singapore, and it happens that Branney Island is now relocated, so he has the opportunity to win an area of 100,000 square meters at once, and the company that needs more than several thousand people covers an area that is not as large as his.

Zhou You even thought that when the headquarters building was completed, he would build another luxury villa in this large garden as his future home. This place is located on an isolated island, and it is heavily defended, and the Shanghai Police Headquarters is next to it, so the safety here will definitely be guaranteed in the future.

His personal phone rang, and when he saw that it was the young master, he quickly answered the phone. "Evan, are you back in Singapore now?"

"yes, not long after I came back." The implication is that I just came back, so don't bother me if there's nothing to do.

But the young master obviously didn't think so, he said with a smile: "Let's have a meal together in the evening, there are some things I want to communicate with you too." ”

Seeing that he couldn't hide, Zhou You had no choice but to say, "Do you need me to prepare anything?" ”

"I'm mainly interested in getting a glimpse of your operating model in Colombia and, if possible, I'd like you to take care of the local resource businesses as well."

Although Singapore is small, there are also several large oil companies and mineral companies, Singapore as the world's oil trading center, is also the world's largest oil entrepot city, these oil companies are not small.

Mining companies are weaker because Singapore does not have any minerals, and these mining companies are generally developing minerals in Southeast Asia. However, since most of these mining companies are strong alliances, they are not weak.

At half past six in the evening, Zhou You held Guoguo, Yan Fangqing carried two bottles of red wine and a large box of roasted Colombian coffee beans in his hands, plus Long Long, who took the lead, and walked out of his yard.

This neighborhood is very quiet, there are dense greenery on both sides of the road, and because of the age, even if there is a fence, the fence is also crawling with all kinds of vines, and if you don't look carefully, you can't see the houses on both sides at all.

Although the two-lane asphalt road is not wide, there are only a dozen households here, and many of them do not live here often, so there are fewer people and fewer cars.

The young master's house was only two or three hundred meters away from Zhou You's home, and Long Long ran in front alone, and the guard opened the door for him. He turned around and shouted, "Dad, Mommy, hurry up." "I ran in first.

Zhou You couldn't help but laugh and said, "This little guy doesn't treat himself as an outsider anymore!" Yan Fangqing couldn't help but laugh when she heard this.

After entering the courtyard, Long Long no longer knew where to run. He Jing waited at the gate and saw the fruit in Zhou You's arms, so he stretched out his hand to take it. "The child will give me a hug, your Uncle Li is waiting for you in the small living room, and I won't greet you."

Seeing the two women holding their children and starting to talk about some parents' shortcomings, Zhou You knew that He Jing would not participate in today's topic, and it is true that Temasek did not have much interest in discussing investment in Colombia today.

Because Temasek is an equity investment fund, it will only be interested in some promising companies, and they will generally not participate in real investment projects.

The two families are now considered to be a good family, so Zhou You also entered the small living room by himself, and he didn't have to care about some false courtesies.

For the Li family, his feelings are very conflicted. The main reason is that the Li family's ruling policy is biased towards Europe and the United States, but they only talk about economic and trade relations with the mainland, and they are emotionally unacceptable. Although this has their difficulties, Zhou You also knows very well that this is also their deliberate de-sinicization.

However, Zhou You also knows that he is very immature in politics and cannot have his own understanding. He didn't want to have a bad relationship with the Li family because of this, so he just talked about business, not politics.

He described his plan in detail with the young master, and even included his own profit plan, and the young master also praised the boldness of the tour. In the end, he still asked directly: "I know that mainland companies have talked about it now, but is it possible for Singapore companies to get involved?" ”

Zhou You shook his head and said, "I won't tell you." This time it was difficult because all the projects had already been assigned and I couldn't go back on it. If companies in Singapore are interested, I know a little bit of information and should be able to use it. ”

"Oh, let's hear it."

"Angola in Africa has recently been attracting investment in offshore oil development, and I have received news that there are rich oil reserves in the northern plate region where they are attracting investment."

The young head paused for a moment and asked, "Is the news reliable?" ”

Zhou You nodded affirmatively. "It's very reliable, and if it weren't for the fact that I didn't understand the industry, I would have wanted to participate in the bidding."

"Is it one region in the north or all of them?"

Zhou You said with a smile: "More or less problems, anyway, it won't be in vain." ”

The young head still didn't give up, and asked again: "Is it really difficult to do it here in Colombia?" ”

Zhou You said bitterly: "I really can't do this now, at most, I can provide services for Singaporean companies to go to Colombia for exploration, you know, 90% of the area there has not been explored......

In the resource sector, the upstream segment is often the most profitable and the most risky. If you explore an oil field, you can get rich overnight, and at the same time, if you can't explore it, you can also go bankrupt.

The risk of the midstream link is smaller, and the profit will of course be less, but because of stability, it is favored by large enterprises. These large companies have been able to maintain stable development by exploring oil wells in small quantities based on the extraction of oil in the oil sector.

Now Colombia's investment belongs to this link, because oil and minerals have been determined, and they only need to be extracted from the ground, so there is almost no risk.

But because of the civil war in Colombia, which led to the fact that no one on either side could mine, it is now cheaper to travel and domestic enterprises as a third party.

As for the downstream refining and chemical industry, the profits are the lowest, and the technology is still changing quickly. If it weren't for the fact that these resource companies needed their own stable markets, I'm afraid no one would want to enter this industry.

The opportunity that Zhou You provides to Singapore companies, although the profits are very large, but the risks are also very large, so when you hear Zhou You say this, you should also think about it.

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