The building that houses the Energy Leadership Group is the northernmost building of the NDRC, which has a concave shape with a south-facing opening. Across the garden to the south, there is also a separate office building, which is also the office building of the National Development and Reform Commission. Bypassing this building, in the far south, there is also a building where the NDRC's canteen is located.

Although it is a working meal, the standard is quite high. In the form of a buffet, there are almost ten dishes, there are also two kinds of soup, a variety of drinks and fruits are prepared, except for the absence of alcohol, everything is satisfying.

As soon as Chen Mo finished the dishes, he heard Assistant Kong calling him. Although he is only an assistant, it also depends on whose assistant it is, according to Mr. Zou's level, his assistant is not at the deputy ministerial level but also at the department level.

So Chen Mo didn't hesitate at all, and sat opposite Mr. Zou with the meal.

On the other side, Mr. Zheng was very open-minded, and when he saw Chen Mo sitting over, he was not dissatisfied. In fact, he and Mr. Zou are half serious, half pretending to be competing.

This kind of competition is mainly for the above, showing the attitude that their company attaches importance to. If the pipeline is really to be built, tens of millions of tons of crude oil will be refined and sold every year, which will be enough for several of them to eat.

However, it is not possible to do without competition, and if we give in today, we may give up countless economic and political interests, and we cannot but fight. Whether it's in the shopping mall or in the officialdom, if you don't fight, where will you be taken seriously?

In Mr. Zheng's thinking, being able to occupy 40 percent of the plan this time is a victory, a little less, and it cannot be less than 35 percent. After all, the north is the sphere of influence of the national oil, and their foundation in the north is indeed better than that of CNPC.

Seeing the right meal on Chen Mo's plate, Mr. Zou laughed. "I really envy you young people, you can eat and dry. I know a little bit about your experience, but I haven't talked to you yet. Tell me what specific ideas you have for the future? I'm going to have to cooperate with it! ”

Chen Mo had no idea of hiding his true thoughts in front of his own people. Such a big plan cannot be accomplished by just playing tricks. Just like the struggle between countries, it is impossible to win the competition by intrigue alone, and in the end it still requires a fair competition of national strength.

"Originally, I wanted to use Berezovsky's influence in Russia to attract a group of allies to come out and then promote this plan, but after going to Russia this time, I had the honor to meet with Putin once, and now I have reached an intention to cooperate with his representative, Medvedev. Now the Russian government is also paying attention to it, and it is up to them to integrate domestic resources too much. It would be more effective than if we negotiated separately one by one. ”

Mr. Zou said: "Our negotiations with Yukos have lasted for several years, and now even the route for the construction of the pipeline has been explored, and we will stop when we say so, which makes us have no integrity at all in front of Yukos." ”

Chen Mo knew that he was just using this sentence to listen to something he didn't know, not complaining about anything. Their plans with Yukos have been hampered at various levels. The main reason is that Yukos has too many enemies in the country, and Mendeleev wants to use this pipeline to reap more benefits.

"Yukos itself probably understands that their plan is unlikely to be approved by the Energy Commission. Your negotiations are just making a wedding dress for someone else. ”

"Why do you say that?"

"Khodorvsky's relationship with Putin is not an exaggeration to say that he is an enemy. Now that Putin is in power, do you think he will allow Khodorvsky to take a large part of the plan? Speaking of this, Chen Mo lowered his voice and said, "I also heard a little news when I went to Russia this time. Putin is ready to open a knife on the oligarchs in Russia, and he was originally going to fix these thorns one by one before talking about energy cooperation, but I also spent a lot of effort this time. It made them change their minds. ”

"Oh......" he asked curiously, "how did you convince him?" ”

Chen Mo smiled: "How can I convince him!" I just took advantage of his urgency to get Berezovsky to obey him as soon as possible, which saved him a lot of time and energy. Putin is now facing three major difficulties, one is the Chechen problem, the second is the problem of funding, and the third is the political struggle. Berezovsky is now bent on following Putin, and Chechnya has one less big financier, and his influence relative to Putin has greatly increased. However, Berezovsky's financial resources alone are far from enough for Russia, and our plan can also effectively promote Russia's domestic economic development. This is also a good opportunity for him to consolidate domestic forces and fight political opponents, so Putin will definitely not miss this opportunity. ”

Mr. Zou paused for a moment, stared at Chen Mo for a long time, and asked, "How are you sure that Berezovsky is the big financier of the Chechen rebels?" And how did you convince him? Does he really see you as a son-in-law?! ”

Chen Mo was reluctant to talk about his relationship with the intelligence department, so he smiled and said: "Mr. Zou, don't ask so much, anyway, my relationship with her is still very good, and he also attaches great importance to some of my opinions." ”

He sighed, nodded and said, "The back waves of the Yangtze River push the front waves, and a new generation replaces the old ones!" It's really nice that you're only 24 years old and you have such a big picture. The oil problem has never been an economic issue, but a political issue, but it's a good idea that you can think of using political issues to resolve conflicts. So what do you think about the future? ”

Chen Mo thought about it, but still said directly: "I know that you and Yukos have spent a lot of money and manpower in the plan of the oil pipeline, but in fact, these expenses are worth it. Because our current plan is based on the existing foundation, it is nothing more than an increase in the volume of oil delivered, and the extension of the starting point and the position of the focus. So, if this plan can be approved, our plan can be carried out quickly, instead of after several years of surveying and approval, as was the case before. ”

"But in this process, we have to pay attention to two aspects, one is the supervision of pipeline costs, and the other is the dispute between the south and the north. Billions of dollars are needed for pipeline construction alone, and we have to make sure that all of this money is spent on pipeline construction. In addition, in the tundra zone north of Lake Baikal, many oil and gas fields have been found there, but due to geological reasons, the cost of oil extraction is much higher than in other places. At present, crude oil is less than $30 a barrel, but the cost of oil production is more than $20, so they have temporarily mothballed the oil and gas fields there. If the oil pipeline goes to the north, it will not only increase the construction cost by more than 20 percent, but also make the other side demand more economic support from us on this condition. So we must stick to the southern front, and we can't compromise on that. ”

"Wouldn't it be good for us to take this opportunity to enter the territory of Russia for oil development?"

Chen Mo laughed and said, "If you had been in contact with Putin, you wouldn't have said that." Putin was born in the KGB and does not understand the economy, but he is very powerful. Energy exports and arms exports are Russia's two major weapons, and Putin will definitely hold them tightly in his own hands. As far as I know, as soon as Putin came to power, he was planning to take back their shares from Occidental oil companies, and now he has no money in his hands, and if he had, he would have done so a long time ago. In such a situation, he will no longer allow any foreign capital to enter the mining industry. ”

Mr. Zou nodded thoughtfully and said with a smile: "You can eat quickly, the food will be cold for a while." ”

Chen Mo delayed a lot of time, and at this moment, he didn't care about it in front of him, he feasted on it, filled the food into his stomach in a few minutes, and ran to serve a plate, and put apples, bananas, and strawberries in the same place.

But this time, he was stopped by Mr. Zheng again. came to Mr. Zheng's face, Chen Mo still did not hide it, and said what he had just said to Mr. Zou again. Mr. Zheng was quite satisfied with his attitude, and said with a smile: "Anyway, you are still a person from our CNPC, and at some times, you still have to be a little biased towards our CNPC." ”

Chen Mo smiled: "Look at what you said, am I a person who forgets my roots?" ”

The peaceful atmosphere at noon did not last into the afternoon, and in the afternoon venue, the two CEOs were still contentious. In the end, Kang Xuedong had to interrupt the negotiation and said: "Two leaders, if this continues, we will continue to stalemate." If you don't let go, how can the people below talk about it?! In this case, I will set up a group to talk to you separately, and I hope you will give me this face and get this matter on the right track as soon as possible. ”

Both leaders nodded in embarrassment, and today's meeting did not yield any effective results. However, everyone did not break up unhappily, and everyone still ended today's meeting with laughter.

Only Chen Mo was the happiest, and in the afternoon, he received two internationally accepted BOC credit cards. This kind of sub-card of the corporate card is also the credit card for these donors. You can spend money anywhere in the world, and the balance can be transferred to other cards.

Although he didn't check it, Chen Mo also knew that it must be the same as he said at noon, the one from Petronas was $200,000, and the one from CNOOC was $100,000.

With these two cards, Chen Mo's financial situation was immediately greatly alleviated. With money in hand, the first thing he thought about was that he should change cars. He even thought about what car to buy, and he didn't think about anything else, it was Ferrari. The same Ferrari 360 Modena as Nasga, this car is his favorite! (To be continued.) )