The Peninsula Hong Kong is located on Salisbury Road in Tsim Sha Tsui, in a prime location overlooking Victoria Bay.

Cigar smoke rises in the large conference hall, and the sound of clinking glasses fills the room.

Zhao Yuemin knew that before borrowing money, he had to chatter.

Accompany these bank and government bigwigs, chatting for five yuan.

As soon as the conversation box opened, these Europeans began to talk about the Iran-Iraq war, the withdrawal of Soviet troops from Afghanistan, and the end of the civil war in Angola.

Zhao Yuemin knew that if he wanted to make these people happy now, he had to accompany them. For a while, he accompanied these Europeans with righteous indignation and criticized the Soviet Union, and at the same time, he followed them and scolded Saddam Hussein, which made these foreigners very happy.

"Yuemin, you and we still have a common topic." Richard, a representative of HSBC in the UK, laughed, "Your views are really broad. ”

After that, we got down to business and talked about loans.

Zhao Yuemin compiled the current development of the Tarim Oilfield into materials, sent them to several deputies, and informed them of the current funding gap in the Tarim Oilfield.

On behalf of PetroChina, Zhao Yuemin promised that the loan will enjoy preferential and high interest rates, and the lender will also receive a share of the oil and gas revenue from the Tarim oilfield.

What Zhao Yuemin didn't expect was that once it came to the loan issue, the good atmosphere of the venue that he had painstakingly cultivated before quickly disappeared.

Several European representatives who were still calling each other brothers just now all regained their calm expressions, and one by one they bowed their heads and looked through the information without saying a word.

Zhao Yuemin rubbed his hands and waited for a while, seeing that everyone still didn't speak, he couldn't bear it anymore, and asked Richard, who was closest to him:

"Mr. Richard, what is your opinion on investing in the Tarim oil field?"

"Well...... Richard snorted, dipped his thumb in saliva, flipped through the investment prospectus, and said, "In our financial world, there are several businesses that are high-risk, such as nautical freight, and oil and gas investment. Mr. Zhao Yuemin, you also know, in terms of physical investment in general. Oil and gas investments are mainly made up of economic and technological risks. In particular, oil and gas exploration is very risky and different from ordinary projects. ”

Richard lit a thumb-thick cigar and said, "Irregular fluctuations in oil prices and inflation make it difficult to achieve efficiency targets." Oil and gas exploration is a kind of gambling activity in the search for underground resources. Am I right? ”

"That's right." Zhao Yuemin had to admit it.

Oil and gas exploration is an investment activity to find underground resources, due to the complexity of geological conditions and the limitations of people's understanding of underground laws, the actual exploration results are likely to deviate greatly from the predicted oil and gas resources, which constitutes a risk that general investment does not have.

"Mr. Zhao, even if you solve the geological problem, there is still an engineering process problem. Do you have confidence in your engineering process, but I have heard that three exploration areas in the Tarim oil field have been rejected and abandoned before...... "said the representative of the Finnish government.

Several deputies, you and I, have different opinions, and they are not optimistic about the investment prospects of the Tarim oilfield.

Zhao Yuemin thought to himself, it was still difficult to borrow money. After all, the exploration of the Tarim oilfield did encounter some significant difficulties in the past. These foreign financial tycoons, all of whom are sophisticated, obviously will not pay money easily.

He took advantage of the break to run outside and call Wu Xinliang for help.

"Yuemin, are you in trouble in Hong Kong?" Wu Xinliang's deep voice appeared on the transatlantic phone.

"Yes, Secretary Wu, you are really like a god."

"Are Europeans unwilling to borrow?"

"Yes."

Wu Xinliang pondered for a moment on the other end of the phone and said, "I'm in Sudan now, and I can't go back for the time being." If there is no direction on the side of the Europeans, you focus on Japanese banks. ”

"Bank of Japan?"

"Yes. Japan is a close neighbor compared to Europe, and they have recently had an oil crisis, and there is a war in the Middle East where oil is supplied, and there is a shortage of oil in Japan. ”

Secretary Wu's words made Zhao Yuemin empowered. He returned to the conference hall and immediately had a private conversation with a representative of the Bank of Mitsubishi of Japan.

Previously, the representative of the Bank of Mitsubishi of Japan has been silent and has not expressed his position, and his attitude seems to be neutral.

"Mr. Tanaka, as far as I know, your current oil suppliers in Japan are mainly located in the Middle East."

In the café, Zhao Yuemin and Tanaka sat alone.

"That's right." Tanaka smiled politely.

"Well, then, you should avoid over-concentrating the risks. The Middle East is full of wars, and many countries are busy with wars and have closed their oil fields. I am sure that your Government is also a candidate of great concern. I believe that the Tarim Oilfield is a very suitable choice for you. ”

Tanaka suddenly smiled sarcastically.

This smile made Zhao Yuemin a little uncomfortable.

"Mr. Tanaka, did I say something wrong?" Zhao Yuemin was puzzled.

"No......" Tanaka smacked his lips, "I just think that Mr. Zhao, you are really a noble person who forgets things." I can't even remember an old friend like me. ”

Friends? Zhao Yuemin looked at each other and really couldn't think of it.

"Let me warn you...... Tanaka's eyes showed a sinister smile, "I was the president of Nippon Oil a few years ago. ”

Zhao Yuemin reacted immediately, and his face changed suddenly.

This Tanaka was Fujii's boss back then.

The road is narrow.

I heard that the diamond drill bit competition at the Canton Fair not only caused Fujii to lose his position as president of China, but even his boss Tanaka was also punished within the group.

Now, feng shui takes turns, and it is his turn to borrow money from the other party, but he has run into his former enemy.

Zhao Yuemin sighed in his heart that he was unlucky.

"Mr. Tanaka, this time, you and I represent the interests of both groups. You, Mitsubishi Bank, also want to seek high-yield investment, and the current Tarim oil field is a good opportunity......"

When Zhao Yuemin was talking, Tanaka just sneered at him.

In the end, Zhao Yuemin couldn't say any more, he felt that he could almost give up fighting for a loan from Japan at this moment.

When encountering such a grudge-minded Japanese, entangled in small interests and ignoring the overall situation of the country, what else can Zhao Yuemin do?

"Of course...... Tanaka stopped sneering, "I'm not here today as a representative of HSBC to talk to you. As long as you agree to the following conditions, our Bank of Japan will still lend you a loan, please read the contract......"

Zhao Yuemin took the contract, turned a few pages, and found that it was all overlord clauses of Japan's Mitsubishi Bank interfering with the technology of the Tarim oilfield.

After flipping through a few chapters, Zhao Yuemin frowned and said, "The technical information of the Tarim Oilfield should be shared with you?" If on your terms, is this China exploiting oil fields, or is Japan exploiting oil fields? ”

"Zhao Yuemin, I know that the capital chain of your Tarim Oilfield has been broken." Tanaka said calmly, "Moreover, the representatives of the European banks just now also clearly rejected your request, and if you want to borrow 2 billion, you can only ...... through our Japan."

Zhao Yuemin's eyes suddenly turned angry, threw the contract to the ground, and scolded: "Tanaka, you want me to be a traitor, no way!" ”