Zhang Yating felt Yang Shuoming's special gaze, and her body suddenly underwent a strange change, this change can only be experienced by herself, and outsiders have no way of knowing it on the surface.

Two men and two women sat down in the living room. Zhang Yating sat in the far corner, holding a cup of tea, Yang Shuoming and Rockefeller sat on an antique Western-style bench, Rockefeller had fragrant coffee in front of him, Yang Shuoming took a well-made silver lighter, and lit a Havana cigar for Rockefeller himself, but he didn't smoke it himself. Babs sat a little further away from the two of them, as if afraid of smelling the smoke. Rockefeller noticed that on one wall of the living room, Yang Shuoming had deliberately placed a screen, and on the screen, there was a map of China.

It's just that the map of China on this screen does not draw mountains, rivers and city roads, and in extremely unfamiliar places, there are black dots of all sizes, and Rockefeller carefully searched his memory in his mind, but he couldn't think of where these black dots marked. But with his ingenuity, he immediately guessed what place was depicted on this map.

Yang Shuoming noticed where Rockefeller's gaze stayed, and said with a smile: "Mr. Rockefeller is invited here today just to talk about this oil." ”

"General Young is indeed an honest gentleman," Rockefeller said with a smile, "and if you have any thoughts on this, you may as well tell me directly." ”

"China's oil industry has been developing for many years now, and although it has reached a certain scale, I think it is far from enough." "Many foreign oil experts believe that there is a lack of oil fields in China, but my team of experts and I both know that they are wrong. But until now, under their influence, foreign companies have not trusted us, nor the prospects of China's oil industry, to be precise, they have not trusted the Chinese to develop oil fields like them. So far, no foreign company intends to cooperate with us. I hope to be able to use our cooperation to show that their views are wrong. ”

"It's understandable that this is the case." Rockefeller nodded, "After all, there are still quite few oil fields in China that we already know, and the production is also very low. For projects with uncertain prospects, the average person is reluctant to take such a risk. ”

"Yes, in my opinion, it is fair and reasonable for them to think like this." "However, I think that's the difference between them and me, and you, Mr. Rockefeller, or rather, not as good as us, because they're not good at seizing opportunities." ”

"You, Mr. Rockefeller, are the elite of the American oil industry, and you have a good business education, and you have a lot more experience in life than I do. But now, I have an idea, and I want to write a story with you, which I want to tell to Chinese entrepreneurs, to foreign entrepreneurs, to all the workers in the oil industry, to the world. Our story will become a legend in the world's oil industry. ”

"What we want to write is a miracle, an American-style miracle, but the place where this miracle occurred is China, which is thought to be unable to produce much oil."

Hearing that Yang Shuoming actually took the initiative to ask to cooperate with him, Rockefeller's heart was full of joy, but his career in business for many years still kept him vigilant enough.

"You now actually have enough money to write such a miracle on your own, General." Rockefeller said, "I wonder what you need me to do." ”

"Our goal is to oil fields in China as a whole, not just in Siberia." Yang Shuoming pointed to the map on the screen and said, "I need more funds and advanced technical equipment." ”

"Each of us can make the money we deserve from this miracle. But making money is not the ultimate goal of the general," Zhang Yating looked at Yang Shuoming and added for him in fluent English, "Because not everyone can tell such a story in this field, and not everyone can make this story successful, a story must have a beginning, development, **, and an end, the discovery of Siberia just gave us a good start, we have to let this story continue to develop, such a miracle, the general's own strength alone is not enough, It's up to all of us to do it together. ”

After listening to Zhang Yating's explanation, Rockefeller's eyes flashed with surprise again. And Yang Shuoming seemed to be very satisfied with Zhang Yating's addition, and gave him an encouraging smile when she turned her head to look at him.

The whole living room was silent. Rockefeller's cigar was sparkling red little by little, Babs looked at her coffee cup, and Yang Shuoming carefully observed the movements of the father and daughter, as if waiting for their performance.

Rockefeller took a puff of his cigar, raised his head with a smile, and said to Yang Shuoming: "I don't like to win for a while, I want continuous victory, because only in this way can I become a real strongman." ”

"That's right." Yang Shuoming smiled and nodded.

For the first time, a sincere smile appeared on Rockefeller's face: "I think our cooperation will be very pleasant, General." ”

Yang Shuoming smiled: "We will achieve unprecedented success." ”

"My belief is to get there before anyone else." "So before we really start working together, I have a few questions that I hope the general will answer honestly." ”

"If you have any questions, just ask." Yang Shuoming said, "I will try my best to give you a satisfactory answer. ”

"Before I came to China, I was pleased to hear that China is now becoming a country with the United States as its goal, and the rule of law." Rockefeller said, "I don't think you would be willing to accidentally interrupt the process of China's open-boiled rule of law, but what are you going to do if our cooperation involves some of these issues?" ”

"We can break certain rules," Yang replied, "but we can't break the law." ”

"Is this your principle? Checkmate? Rockefeller asked with a smile.

"Yes," Yang said, "it's not just my principle, it's also the way out I've been looking for for China for many years." ”

"Why do you say that?" "If I'm not mistaken," Rockefeller asked, "the Chinese people used to seem more accustomed to an emperor ruling them, and now the young people of China seem to be more obsessed with Marxism." ”

Listening to Rockefeller's words, Zhang Yating remembered her trip to Moscow, and her heart shrank slightly, but the expression on her face was not the slightest different, but still maintained her original sweet smile.

"I will eliminate these influences on our common cause and the most harmful things for the Chinese." Yang Shuoming said.

"Is it by legal means?" Rockefeller asked again.

"You are a typical American, Mr. Rockefeller, you are not in my place, and your experience with your ancestors in the United States is completely different from my experience in China. In the imperial era of China, no matter how capable your subordinates are, as long as the emperor says a word, you will get out at any time. From this point of view, except for the emperor who lives with dignity, everyone else is nothing, whether it is the prime minister of the dynasty or the common people. All people are the property of the emperor, even if it is a high-ranking minister, it is still like this, and it is still for the emperor. For his subordinates, the emperor has no trust, only containment. He wanted people to die for him, and he wanted them to bind their hands and feet. The Chinese have been wearing these shackles for too long. In such an environment, no one is truly safe, and there can be no development. Yang Shuoming said, "The so-called 'October Revolution' in Russia brought Marxism to China with the sound of a cannon, but in fact, what was sent was only an imperial scholar who was dressed in a coat of doctrine and borrowed the corpse to resurrect his soul [***], and I will never allow China to follow such an old path." ”

"Legal means, of course, are not enough to solve all problems, so some extraordinary means are necessary. But I promise you here that I will not use such means lightly, and this is the greatest guarantee I can make to you. ”

"Yes, if a person wants to earn the first pot of gold in his life as pure as an angel, I think this is just a dream and will never come true." Rockefeller couldn't help but sigh when he remembered what happened to his father back then.

In 1859, after the American Drake drilled the first industrial oil well in Pennsylvania, oil companies came in droves, oil prices changed rapidly, and in the oil frenzy of strong players, the shrewd old Rockefeller did not follow the trend. He decisively started downstream from the oil industry, and in 1865 he bought the refinery of the Englishman Clark, who was his partner, and obtained a large amount of money to gain a foothold in oil. In the 70s of the 19th century, when the capital of the United States and Europe developed rapidly and was in urgent need of oil, the old Rockefeller was soberly aware that whoever controlled the transportation of oil controlled the oil. As a result, he gradually monopolized the oil processing and distribution industry in the United States through various connections, encompassing railway transportation personnel, reducing costs, and even adopting some unethical behaviors. Just when he was in the refinery industry, oil prices plummeted sharply due to the continuous expansion of the oil market, competition became fierce, and the refining industry began to fall into difficulties. But the elder Rockefeller learned from the career of a bankrupt businessman that in the unpredictable market changes, taking the road of "cooperative operation" can reduce risks. In 1870, he founded Mobil Oil Company (also known as Standard Oil); By 1871, the operating conditions for the oil industry continued to deteriorate, and the refining industry was in a state of panic. At this anxious moment, the elder Rockefeller had another bold idea - to achieve a greater union of the oil refining industry, and he established the "Southern Improvement Company", a consortium of oil refining and rail transportation; By 1870, Rockefeller had become the owner of the world's largest oil refining group at the time. Someone once commented that the old Rockefeller's actions were "the most brutal and deadly of all the American industrialists came up with." ”

The elder Rockefeller, through his extraordinary business planning skills and prediction and strategy of market development, constantly overcame the external shocks of various operations and technologies, and broke through the lawsuits of some oil merchants and monopoly capitalists against his improper business methods. Finally, a complete set of oil production and operation system from crude oil production, processing, transportation and sales was finally realized. By the end of the 19th century, Mobil Oil's business tentacles had extended to all corners of the world, and the elder Rockefeller and his high-level decision-makers, sitting in the headquarters of a nine-story building at 26 Broadway in New York at that time, commanded the world's unique "oil kingdom". The old Rockefeller was recorded in the history of the development of the modern oil industry with his image of being inferior to the public and his great achievements in the development of modern capitalism and commerce. The elder Rockefeller became the richest man in all of America and rose to the pinnacle of the American oil industry.

And just as Rockefeller Sr. and his Mobil Oil Trust were in full swing, a reform movement against unfair competition and corruption began to quietly rise in the United States. The elder Rockefeller was the first to be criticized as a representative of "fraud, coercion, and privilege." In 1890, the Sherman Antitrust Act was enacted, and the Mobil Oil Trust had to be dissolved. But the oil empire founded by the old Rockefeller still exists, and the various branches are still in step and working together; The revenues of each company are still managed by a principal centered on the elder Rockefeller.

In June 1899, the elder Rockefeller reorganized the Mobil Oil Company and reregistered it as the Mobil Company of New Jersey, and the oil supremacy of the Mobil Oil Company was once again established. But by 1908, Theodore? Roosevelt became president of the United States, thus beginning the most bitter confrontation between trusts and antitrusts. Roosevelt proposed to completely eradicate the Mobil Oil Company, which monopolized the market and colluded with the railroads. In May 1911, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that the Mobil Oil Company was dissolved, and the oil empire that the old Rockefeller had worked so hard for 40 years and exhausted his life collapsed. Mobil Oil Company was divided into 38 companies, each with its own board of directors. Although the old Rockefeller still owns 250,000 shares of the 980,000 shares of 38 companies, the collapse of the oil kingdom has made the old Rockefeller's achievements a clear blur.

Although his father's oil empire was dismembered in the name of the law, Rockefeller did not hate the law because of it.

"I firmly believe that laws are made for people, not arbitrary." Rockefeller said.

"Yes," Yang Shuoming said, "and the political axe is the servant of the people, not the master of the people." My goal is to build such a political axe in China, which will be powerful and exists only to protect the interests of the Chinese people. Of course, if it doesn't work well, the people will also have the right to replace it. ”

After listening to Yang Shuoming's words, Rockefeller's face showed a satisfied smile, "Now we can talk about technical issues." He picked up the cup, took a sip of the fragrant coffee, and laughed.

Yenching University, Lecture Hall.

A professor in a round glasses and a robe is standing in front of the podium, lecturing to the blackened students below.

“…… When we talk about constitutionalism, capitalism, and socialism, we should first recognize that there are two fundamentally different political parties in the world. A dozen years ago, people who talked about politics knew only one kind of political party, and that was the political parties of Britain, the United States, and Western Europe. However, in the last few years, another political organization has emerged, although it also uses the name 'political party', but the surname is completely different from the so-called political parties in Britain, the United States, and Western Europe. For example, the Bolshevik Party in Russia, the Fascist Party in Italy, and the Democratic Socialist Party in Germany have very different views, but they are very similar in terms of party organization and discipline, and they all belong to the latter category. ”

"For the sake of convenience, we can call the political parties of the British, American, and Western European styles a type A political party, and the political parties that have emerged in Soviet Russia, Italy, and Germany in the past few years as a type B political party."

"The surname of the A-style political party has the following characteristics:

(1) There is no definite number of Party members of Type A political parties, and there is no party membership to check. Everyone is free to register as a member of a certain party, and everyone is free to leave the party. For example, Churchill, the British Secretary of the Admiralty, was a Liberal Party and a Conservative Party later. For example, President Wilson of the United States was originally a member of the Ming Cook Party, but later became the presidential candidate of the Republican Party.

(2) Party members' voting is secret and secret. Party members are free to speak, and there is no party discipline to restrain party members' voting, and no special agents can interfere with party members' speech and actions. The most obvious example of this is the recent criticism of the party's policies at home and abroad by members of the American Ming Cook Party. British Labour MPs have also been heavily critical of their own policies. This kind of action, of course, cannot be sanctioned by the party, and society often allows it, and it is called 'reading power', and it is called 'no party and no partiality.' ’

(3) The principle of a type A political party is to strive for the position of a majority among two or more political parties. Every political party always wants to become a majority party, but every political party must always tolerate and respect the rights of minority parties, because this year's minority party may become a majority party next year, and this year's majority party in the DPRK may step down from the opposition and become a minority party next year. The final decision is the people's vote. Before the elections, no political party can be sure of the final decision of the people of the whole country, and no political party can control the vote of the people of the whole country. Because it's all the result of the free choice of the people.

(4) After the results of the election are determined, the victorious party shall take over power from the defeated party in accordance with the law within the statutory period. The defeated party will never dare to use the power of the police army to seize power or destroy the victorious opposition. Because they knew that they would have the opportunity to run again in a few years, they all worked hard to cultivate the grace of 'good luck in victory, and happy in defeat'. ”

(To be continued)