Chapter 768: The Admirable Lin Consortium!

Indeed, Saudi Arabia is known as the "oil kingdom" and is one of the countries with the largest oil reserves, production and sales in the world. In 1984, the proven oil reserves were 23.151 billion tons and the natural gas reserves were 3,488.5 billion cubic meters. Oil revenues are the country's main source of economy. In 1981, oil production reached 490 million tons, and revenues were $103.2 billion. Since 1983, production and revenues have plummeted due to the fall in oil prices, with production of 165 million tonnes and revenues of $34 billion in 1985. The huge oil revenues allowed Saudi Arabia to rapidly transform from a traditional backward agricultural and pastoral economy to an economic structure based on the oil industry, and by the 70s it had become one of the countries with the highest per capita national income in the world. In 1984, the GDP was about $109 billion, and the per capita income was $10,074. The Saudi government has used oil revenues to develop a huge economic development plan. In recent years, the Saudi government has pursued a policy of economic diversification, focusing on the development of modern industry and basic industry, in order to gradually change the situation of relying solely on oil revenues and establish a modern and diversified national economic system.

Saudi Arabia attaches great importance to agricultural development. There are 32 million hectares of arable land in the country, and 3.6 million hectares of cultivated land have been cultivated. About 390,000 people are employed, and agricultural income accounts for 4.7% of GDP. The government has implemented preferential policies for agriculture and encouraged the cultivation of crops, especially wheat, which has aroused the enthusiasm of peasants. At present, the main agricultural products are wheat, dates, corn, rice, citrus, grapes, pomegranates, etc. The food self-sufficiency rate is 98 per cent. Wheat is self-sufficient and exported. Animal husbandry mainly includes sheep, goats, camels, etc. The government has also used the power of local and private enterprises to set up broiler and layer farms. Develop the fish farming industry and encourage large companies to set up various farms. There are 40,000 artesian wells, 52,000 drinking water wells, 220 dams, and a water storage capacity of 800 million cubic meters.

"Mr. Lin, that's the case first, you rest here first, and when you eat later, there will be people, um. You're going down to eat. Or let them send it up. Or rather, how about going out to eat Western food? People here eat, except for Western food, most of the time they use their hands. Not like us. You have to use dishes and chopsticks, and the two of us have already followed the local customs. I don't know if you're used to it. Yang Zhigang hesitated. This VIP who personally came forward to take care of himself at the top of the company, did not dare to make any mistakes. To be honest, if Lin Yu hadn't repeatedly insisted that he didn't have to be so polite, and he also refused to stay in the hotel in Jeddah, he wouldn't have brought Lin Yu and the others back here.

Lin Yu turned around in the bedroom and said indifferently: "Find a place, I will invite the Chinese people in the company here to have a meal, you can choose the location, and we can also taste the authentic Arabic flavor." ”

Yang Zhigang waved his hand again and again: "You are our honored guest. It should be up to us to do the landlord's favor. How can you come and pay us for it? Before coming here, the president asked me to treat you well, and how dare we disobey the president's orders. This is unacceptable! Let's ask you. Going out for Arabic food is fine, but it's best for you two to take a look at the essentials to keep in mind when eating, so as not to cause some unnecessary trouble. ”

Lin Yu nodded and said, "Manager Yang." You don't have to worry about this, we'll definitely pay attention. However, you'd better find a way to get in touch with me as soon as possible, and I hope things get done as soon as possible. It's good to return soon. At this time, Saudi Arabia is really not a place to go on vacation. In fact, Lin Yu has another reason. This time, due to the matter of oil futures, he couldn't go home, but his own children had already been born, and they were twins, but Lin Yu only stayed at home for more than a month because of some things and went to Europe.

Yang Zhigang said with a difficult face: "Mr. Lin, please rest assured." I'm going to find a way to get in touch. Now, though, this month. Saudi Arabians have always had short working hours and a lot of holidays, and even if they get in touch, it's hard to say whether they can meet in time. All I can say is, I'll do my best. ”

"This Manager Yang doesn't have to worry, as long as you help me contact someone, the rest is our business."

It is naturally impossible for Yang Zhigang to directly contact the royal family members of Kuwait, and Lin Yu does not want to contact Kuwait through the embassy personnel of Huaxia and other countries.

With the participation of these countries, this donation will undoubtedly have political significance, although Lin Yu does not mind helping the Chinese government win a little favor from the Kuwaiti royal family by the way, but this matter will become troublesome and sensitive.

There is a saying in Huaxia that no official is not greedy, so Lin Yu is very doubtful that if he passes through the Huaxia Embassy, how much of this money will go to Kuwait.

Moreover, Lin Yu's donation this time is really a fancy to Kuwait's oil, although Lin Yu supported Iraq in the war, but the failure of Iraq's invasion of Kuwait is certain, this Lin Yu has long thought that the United States will definitely help Kuwait defeat Iraq, as for whether Iraq and Kuwait will become vassals of the United States after the war, this is difficult to say.

But Lin Yu is now befriended by the Kuwaiti royal family, and he will be able to put Kuwait's oil into his pocket when the time comes.

Yang Zhigang arranged the accommodation of Lin Yu and the two, and he didn't care that he was also tired from the journey, so he hurriedly //--No ads//Contact Robert Dudleyway. As the chief representative in Kuwait of the British Fuqiu Petroleum Holdings, which buys millions of tons of oil every year, Robert Dudleyway is also quite well-known among high-level people in Kuwait and knows many members of the Kuwaiti royal family. Of course, this has a lot to do with Kuwait's entangled relationship with Britain before independence. Although the Kuwaiti royal family took back ownership of the oil company during the oil crisis, as a former British colony, the influence of the British is still pervasive here. Most obviously, while the official language of Kuwait is Arabic, the lingua franca is English. And the British, the potential influence in Kuwait, is something that no country can ignore.

As the chief representative of the British Fudy Petroleum Holding Company in Kuwait, Robert Dudleyway's life is still good, except for the entertainment activities, which is relatively hidden, which makes him feel a little inconvenient as an Englishman, the treatment in other aspects is still very good. Not only does he have a high salary, a mansion and a good car provided by the company, but also a huge salary subsidy, which is enough to ensure that he can live an enviable life in Kuwait. A significant amount of savings can also be repatriated back to the country every year. Every once in a while, he can also return to China for paid vacation, and the company reimburses the round-trip air ticket. If it weren't for the fact that he was in an Arab country, he really wanted to take over all his wives and children.

When Iraq invaded Kuwait, although the Iraqi soldiers did not dare to challenge the authority of the British government easily, Dudleyway quickly withdrew to Saudi Arabia for the sake of safety. But he soon rejoiced in his wise actions. After Iraq's occupation of Kuwait, although it did not make it difficult for the diplomats and representatives of companies from various countries in Kuwait, it was not an easy task to leave the country. Many of the non-Arab employees of Fudy Petroleum Holdings' Kuwait office were able to get out of Kuwait only after heavily bribing Iraqi officers.

Since the situation in the Gulf is still uncertain, the Fudy Petroleum Holding headquarters gave Dudley an order to stay in Saudi Arabia. With nothing to do, he had to wait for further instructions in his hotel in the port of Jeddah. Just ten minutes earlier, he had received an order from the headquarters of Fudy Petroleum Holding to introduce a Chinese man to the Kuwaiti royal family, much to Dudliwe's deep puzzlement.

"Why do the Chinese want to meet the Kuwaiti royal family at this time? Could it be that there is some political mission? Or do you have any thoughts on the Kuwaiti royal family? However, if it is said that it has any political mission, Kuwait and China have established diplomatic relations for many years, and it can be conveyed through the Kuwaiti Embassy in China, and if not, it can also be conveyed through the personnel of the Chinese Embassy in Saudi Arabia. ”

If it is a commercial matter, as far as he knows, China is still an oil exporter today, and does not import oil from the Middle East at all, and the current Kuwaiti royal family is a government-in-exile and has lost the ability to control Kuwaiti territory, so it is impossible to fulfill the ability to export oil. Besides, if you want to import oil, can Huaxia find Saudi Arabia?

However, confusion is confusion, and the tasks sent by the headquarters must still be carried out without discount. Now he has to wait.

Fortunately, it didn't take long for Yang Zhigang's phone to call him. Since Fudy Petroleum Holdings also has business in Hong Kong and sometimes has business dealings with Lin's Shipping Group, although Yang Zhigang of Lin's Shipping Group Company in Saudi Arabia is not very familiar with it, he has several acquaintances.

Now almost all the rich people in the world know about the Lin Foundation, which is mainly due to the Lin Foundation's "Pudong Plan". The investment of 500 billion yuan is not a joke, even the richest person in the world cannot directly come up with 500 billion.

Therefore, now the Lin consortium gives the impression that it is rich and rich.

People don't know how much money the Rockefellers have, how much property the Morgan family has, how many countries the Rothschilds control, and then they don't know that there is a Habsburg family in this world. Therefore, as soon as the Lin consortium appeared, such a huge investment suddenly let people know that there was really such a rich family in this world.

As a result, people began to worship in various ways, and more wealthy people wanted to have a relationship with the Lin consortium. (To be continued.) If you like this work, you are welcome to vote for recommendation and monthly passes, and your support is my biggest motivation. )