Chapter 252: 20 million barrels of crude oil
When it comes to oil rights, it is not something that Shapur or even the head of the delegation can decide. Shapur almost doesn't go out anymore, staying in the room and communicating frequently with the country. He also politely declined the invitation of the inland port area government. Their itinerary was originally confidential, so the relevant departments also expressed their understanding.
Li Lu couldn't breathe a sigh of relief, he hurriedly sorted out the report and wanted to report the latest situation of the negotiations to Wang Jiaqing. He has not yet been qualified to report to the leaders of relevant departments, and his first superior is Wang Jiaqing, director of the Xinguang Factory.
Who made the new bright factory the largest shareholder of the Red Star Defense Company.
"Wow, you kid plays such a hand, which means that hundreds of millions of foreign exchange are gone!" After Wang Jiaqing read the plan, he was so angry that he slammed the report on the table.
He was naturally referring to the foreign exchange funds that the New Guangming Factory could obtain after the deal was concluded, and he only cared about the profits of the New Guangming Factory.
Li Lu said, "Wangchang, the premise is that Shapur can come up with such a large sum of money to buy our Asian tigers." ”
Slowly, Wang Jiaqing calmed down. He doesn't understand this truth, the customer has no dollars, and it is useless for you to force it. The contrast between doing business and not doing business is obvious, although the plan proposed by Li Lu earns Huaxia coins.
Huaxia coins can't buy imported machinery, but they can be used casually in China!
It's all money!
After calming down, thinking that he had finalized the order of 100 million US dollars for the evil fox with Shapur, Wang Jiaqing's anger disappeared a lot. It's scary already. Obviously, once this deal is approved, Wang Jiaqing will become the best leader of state-owned enterprises in the province, and will be taken very seriously, and even easily attract the attention of the leaders of the Government Council.
After carefully thinking about Li Lu's plan, he keenly found a bright spot - that is, sovereign loans. How Iran takes the initiative to lend money to China, and the loan is in Chinese currency, will be of great benefit to international public opinion and diplomacy.
The more he thought about it, the more he felt that Li Lu's plan was very reliable and could bring many additional benefits, and the most important thing was that Li Lu solved the most difficult problem - he was willing to sign a contract and promise to purchase crude oil repaid by Iran. This is tantamount to solving the worries of the future, and the government is upside down, and the interest is high.
At this time, he felt that he shouldn't lose his temper with Li Lu.
After thinking about it, he asked with concern, "You promised to purchase the crude oil for repayment, even if I believe you have the financial resources, what do you want so much oil for?" The domestic market has long been saturated, and it cannot consume so much oil. ”
Li Lu said with a smile, "The market is changing, Wangchang, haven't you noticed that the number of cars running on the road is slowly increasing?" The more cars there are, the more oil will be consumed. ”
"That also has to be refined into refined oil, you can't do this. Xiao Li, I'm thinking about you. In the next three years, you first have to spend hundreds of millions of dollars to buy crude oil that Iran repays, and then you have to refine it into refined oil. Is this something you can do as a private company? Wang Jiaqing pointed at Li Lu, intending to make him sober up, "The plan is a good plan, but you can't do it if you accept close to 500 million Huaxia dollars of crude oil." Red Star Factory Fenyuan Company, even if you add your shares in Red Star Defense, you can't gnaw it off. ”
Li Lu shook his head slightly, and said with a faint smile, "Wang Factory, if you are willing to help me apply for a petrochemical license, I can take out the shares of Red Star Factory, Fenyuan Company and my equity in Red Star Defense as a guarantee to take over these crude oils." ”
Wang Jiaqing was taken aback, "Xiao Li, it's not necessary, right?" ”
It's all or nothing.
Li Lu said seriously, "Wangchang, the relevant departments do not believe that I am a private enterprise with this strength, and I can understand it. I had no other way to prove to them that I could do this. ”
Two years ago, the international oil price was about $15 a barrel, but after the war between Iran and Iraq, the output of the two countries plummeted by about 3.5 million barrels per day, resulting in a soaring international oil price of more than $30 per barrel this year, reaching a high of $35 a barrel.
Shapur did not express his position in a timely manner on the plan proposed by Li Lu, which was very much in line with their needs, officially because of the sentence "according to the international oil price in 1978". In other words, at the current oil prices, Iran will need to pay about twice as much oil to repay the loan equal to about $300 million. Of course, he also knew that this was just Li Lu's offer, and there was still room for negotiation, otherwise he would be mad on the spot.
In other words, at the current exchange rate, and at 1978 international oil prices, Iran would need to repay about 20 million barrels of crude oil, or about 2.8 million tons of crude oil.
It is equivalent to the production of the Karamay oil field for two years.
Wang Jiaqing was taken aback, and his face changed. In the absence of intuitive data, the concept is not clear, and after such a careful calculation, I was immediately shocked.
In other words, in the next three to five years, Li Lu will undertake all the crude oil production of the Karamay Oilfield for two years by himself!
It's impossible!
In the end, it's not about the state coming forward to wipe your ass!
Thinking of this, Wang Jiaqing kept shaking his head and said, "No, no, Xiao Li, this thing won't work, absolutely not, even if I submit it to you here, the above will definitely not pass such a plan." ”
He shook his head with a wry smile and said casually, "Unless the Iranians are willing to provide guarantees." ”
"What kind of guarantee?" Hearing this, Li Lu asked.
"Guarantee?" Wang Jiaqing came back to his senses and "guaranteed to repurchase crude oil ......"
Li Lu suddenly smiled, "Wang Chang, you haven't noticed, what I asked for was repaid at the price of oil in 1978. Take 10,000 steps back and say, I bought those crude oils, which I can't digest domestically, and I still have money to make when I sell them for export. Did you know that international oil prices are now more than double what they were in 1978? ”
"Don't think I don't understand, international oil prices are floating, and they may fall down at any time, which is very risky." Wang Jiaqing said.
"Iran and Iraq are big oil producers, and they are now at war to the death, and crude oil production cannot return to normal in the short term, let alone increase production," Li said. Therefore, international oil prices will not fall for at least 10 years, let alone return to the level of 1978. ”
"The Fourth Middle East War has been going on for 20 days, and the price of crude oil has risen fourfold. Iran and Iraq have just started a war, and it is still unknown when the war will be fought, and judging by the preparation and scale of mobilization of both sides, it will not end in the short term. Therefore, it is certain that oil prices will continue to climb. In other words, the more crude oil you get, the more profit you will make in the future. ”
"How many years?" Wang Jiaqing frowned and asked, he didn't understand things at the military level.
Li Lu said in a deep voice, "I have studied the mobilization of the warring parties, including domestic public opinion, etc., and it is almost an endless situation. Moreover, another key factor is that the five hooligans will not intervene forcefully, and those who have the ability to intervene have many fears. Whether it is the Fourth Middle East War or the current Iran-Iraq War, both warring sides are big oil-producing countries. Even if the war can be ended in two or three years, it will not be possible to restore pre-war production in less than a year or two. ”
Li Lu almost told his true purpose.
Obviously, with the domestic economic situation, the import of 2.8 million tons of crude oil within three years will definitely not be digestible in two or three years.
Importing to export is the only and best way - he knows the general trend of international oil prices, and uses this opportunity to obtain low-priced, high-quality and light crude oil from Iran, and when the time comes, it is not a dream to double the profit.
Of course, he knew that Shapur would definitely refuse to use the 1978 oil price to enforce it, but wasn't the business just a matter of repeated negotiations. Even if the oil price in 1978 fluctuates by 50 percent, Li Lu will still make a profit.
He knows the future trend of oil prices, but it doesn't mean that others know it!