"So our interests can still be aligned?"

"Yes, we have always seen Yukos as our best partner."

He laughed and said, "I'm very happy to hear you say that, and I hope we'll have time to talk about it later." ”

"That's what I thought, too." Chen Mo nodded to him, and got to know several colleagues he brought one by one, and then brought them into the reception with the girl who welcomed them.

Today, the venue used to entertain guests is the largest ballroom in the club, which can accommodate about 100 people for a cocktail reception. There is not only a dining area and a meeting area, but also a small dance floor.

Although Chen Mo invited a lot of guests today, it was far from enough to fill this place. However, for these big people, a more relaxed environment can make them feel more comfortable.

For the sake of style, or to save money, Chen Mo did not invite those popular stars or young and beautiful models, except for the waiters in the club, he did not invite any outsiders.

Domestically, the ambassador did not come today, but two counselors and a military attache came. Seeing the rank of major general on the shoulders of the military attaché, Chen Mo clearly understood the importance of the international relations between China and Russia.

In order to dilute the political factors of today's cocktail party, Chen Mo explained when he invited him that today's cocktail party would not invite the leaders of the embassy to speak, limiting this cocktail party to the economic category.

So when it was seven o'clock, Chen Mo just followed Berezovsky to the podium, and the two of them humbled each other, but Berezovsky still insisted on letting Chen Mo, the nominal master today, start the speech.

The first time he appeared as the host of a cocktail party, before Chen Mo took the stage, his heart beat much faster than usual. But after a humble exchange with Berezovsky, his mood regained his calm. Looking at the dozens of high-powered bigwigs in front of him, he used self-hypnosis to treat everyone in front of him as puppets.

He had already written the speech yesterday, and he had memorized it for a long time. It was his first official international appearance. There must not be a joke left behind. Otherwise, it will be a shame and regret for his life.

Coughing secretly, he leaned closer to the microphone. "Ladies and gentlemen, leaders from various government departments, seniors from all walks of life, good evening. On this bright spring day in May, we gather in beautiful Moscow, a great city with a history of more than 800 years. Although the history here is incomparable to that of the cities of our country, there is nothing but history. It has a depth and vitality that only a few cities in the world can have. ”

She witnessed the rise of the great Russian nation from the rebellion against the Mongol aristocracy, the development of the great Russian nation over the centuries of wars in the east and the west, the unsinkable giant ship against European aggression, and the rebirth of the great Russian nation from the ashes. Today, we are also witnessing that this great nation of Russia has entered a new beginning of rebirth in the first year of the new century. ”

There was a round of applause, with the guests and Jews belonging to the domestic camp clapping politely, but some Russians clapped their palms red with excitement.

Although I don't think so. I even wish that the old Maozi would die and give up all the territory of Asia to China, but at least in words, I still have to praise them.

"When the curtain of the Cold War opened. The East and the West have put the battlefield of the battle in the economic field, and we have to admit that we have fallen behind in this battle. The nearly 200 years of industrial development in the West have left us in a backward state with a history of less than 100 years. But we firmly believe. The future must belong to us, because China and Russia not only own the world's largest land, but also own the world's largest market. ”

Chen Mo didn't mind everyone present spreading this ideology and position. As far as China and Russia are concerned, there is still a certain amount of support for his words. In Western society, they pay more attention to interests, and Chen Mo can also use his youth to dissolve the accusations against him in Western society.

"Russia and China are the two most important neighbors in the world, and our national quality control also has a natural basis for cooperation. Russia is rich in resources and has the strongest heavy industry base in the world. And my country has the world's largest industrial goods consumption market, and it is also the world's largest factory. People of insight in China and Russia have been actively promoting the development of the two countries, and our two countries also have a long history of cooperation and good prospects. ”

"When I was younger, the first foreign language I heard was Russian, because my grandfather was fluent in Russian, and he had many friends in Russia when he was younger. Although I have not inherited his fluent Russian, I am willing to make my own efforts for the friendly economic exchanges between China and Russia and the development of state-to-state relations like him. ”

The audience remembered another round of applause, although it was not fierce at the beginning, but it still expressed a certain degree of recognition for Chen Mo's change from large to small, from macro to subjective.

"Coming from a family of oilers, I was exposed to data in the energy sector at a very young age, especially when I officially entered the job last year, and I had a clear understanding of the data on energy transactions between China and Russia. Why do we have to cross the Pacific Ocean, the Indian Ocean, to Saudi Arabia in the Middle East, and bring back tens of millions of tons of crude oil shipby ship, but we can't buy more crude oil from our neighbors? When our trading volume with Saudi Arabia exceeded 10 million tons, our purchase volume in Russia was only more than 1 million tons! ”

"Is it because we don't have a good relationship? No! Both during the Soviet period and during these 10 years, our two sides have maintained the basis of friendly and good-neighborly exchanges. Is it because Saudi crude oil is cheaper? No, the export price of Russian crude oil has always been lower than that of OPEC members. I even had a sense of irony when I found out that the biggest bottleneck in our transactions was simply because of the shipping issues. ”

Taking a breath, Chen Mo continued: "Here, I would like to thank Mr. Khodorvsky, the president of Yukos Petroleum Company, whose ideas have opened my hope for expanding the oil trade between China and Russia, Russia has the longest oil pipeline in the world, and in the direction of Europe, there are several pipelines that continuously transport crude oil and natural gas to the West. But in the direction of our neighbor, there is still not a single pipeline, and every year we can only rely on the dilapidated Far Eastern Railway, which transports more than a million tons of crude oil. ”

"Mr. Khodorski is great because he has been working on the construction of this pipeline, and even at the time of the financial crisis, he has not stopped surveying the route of this pipeline, accumulating a wealth of geological data. However, times are evolving, demand is rising, and our country's imports have been increasing every year since we became an importer of crude oil seven years ago. In a recent expert demonstration, we predicted that in the next ten years, our domestic demand will reach more than 300 million tons per year, while our domestic production will only be 200 million tons at most. This means that in the near future, we will have an annual import demand of more than 150 million tons. The pipeline that is now being planned at most 30 million tons a year is really not enough to meet the needs of both of us. ”

"Russian companies need to export more crude oil in exchange for more supplies and more money. And we need more crude oil to meet our future needs. That's why I'm here today, and that's why you're here, because we're all here for the same purpose. Here, I would also like to thank my esteemed elder and close friend, Mr. Berezovsky, for providing us with an opportunity to get along with each other, and for providing me with convenient conditions and selfless assistance when I came to Moscow with the dream of promoting energy exchanges between China and Russia. ”

Chen Mo turned sideways, opened his left hand, and asked him to stand beside him. He said with a smile: "From Mr. Berezovsky, I found that Russian entrepreneurs have a strong interest in expanding energy transactions between China and Russia, just like us, and I am willing to work with all people to fight for this ideal, so that a pipeline that can meet the needs of all of us is established between our two countries as soon as possible, so that this pipeline can become the bloodline connecting the economic development of the two countries, and provide a steady stream of power for the development of our two countries!" Thank you! ”

There was a round of applause from the audience, even more so than the first time. But I don't know if it was because I was moved by Chen Mo's words, or because his words were finally finished.

After Chen Mo's words were finished, he also breathed a sigh of relief. Although in the tone of some sentences, the performance is not ideal, and it is not subdued. But he was able to successfully complete the speech and convey his meaning to everyone completely and clearly, and he also gave himself a score of eighty.

Berezovsky was much more at ease, adjusting the height of the microphone to the lowest and smiling: "Evan Chen is one of the most powerful young people I have ever met, I was only a small graduate student at his age, but he can now talk about business with me as an old man." Whether in Russia or in China, countless outstanding young people emerge every year. They have a broad vision, professional knowledge, abundant physical strength, and perseverance. This makes me full of optimism about the future development. (To be continued.) )