If there's one maverick in the Western world, it's France! As a proud Gallic chicken, France is full of personality in every way. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

For example, in order to confront the Soviet Union, Western countries had to huddle together to form a military bloc called NATO, which was a must choice for Western countries in the face of the Soviet Union's rolling torrent of armor.

However, France did not, and de Gaulle at that time did not agree to join NATO at all, and France could not tolerate the presence of American troops, nor could it tolerate the presence of the United States above his head.

Therefore, in terms of France's national defense policy, it has a great deal of autonomy, and France can sell weapons that NATO cannot sell, of course, the price is high, after all, France's weapons of the three armed forces are all developed and produced by themselves, and the cost cannot be shared, but there will definitely be a lot less political additional factors.

At the same time, in some international affairs, France will also go against the United States in order to show its existence, so to speak, France is a-stirring stick in the Western world, stirring up a stench for the Americans to smell.

Therefore, starting from France and building momentum for the new government in the international community is the most suitable entry point, which is also the purpose of Andrey's trip! Andrei's identity is special, and the weight is sufficient, anyway, everyone knows what is going on, and there is no need to say it.

Frix smiled, this General Andre was really cheerful enough and spoke sharply, he looked at Andre and said, "Then what benefits can we get if you ask us to do this?" ”

There is no great friendship between countries and countries, only naked interests, and since the other party is open and honest, then the other side will directly ask for clarification.

"At a price 20 percent below the market price, 100 million barrels of crude oil are obtained every year from Saudi Arabia, Iraq, and our Soviet Union." Andrei said: "This contract, we can sign it for twenty years. ”

Petroleum! Now, it's finally time to hold the stick of oil high! You know, with the integration of the oil resources of Iraq, Iran, Kuwait, and Saudi Arabia, plus the oil of the Soviet Union, it can be said that now the Soviet Union can control more than 80% of the world's oil production!

So, what's next? Needless to say! Of course, it is through production cuts to raise international oil prices! It's something you don't even think about, what are you fighting so many battles and paying so much for? Isn't it just profit?

Therefore, when the Saudi royal family surrenders, it indicates that the price of crude oil in the world will rise at the speed of a rocket! In fact, because of the ongoing wars in the Middle East, first Kuwait and then Saudi Arabia, these wars have led to the rise of world crude oil prices, and up to now, the international crude oil price has reached a high price of 70 US dollars a barrel.

However, this price is obviously not satisfactory to the Soviet Union, and in any case, it will cost 100 dollars a barrel!

The Western world, led by the United States, wants to enjoy low-cost crude oil, it is impossible! These resources in the Middle East must not be manipulated by the United States! In the 80s of history, the United States maliciously increased crude oil production by manipulating Saudi Arabia and other countries, pulled down the world crude oil price, put the Soviet Union in a dilemma for exporting oil, and dealt a serious blow to the Soviet economy.

At the same time, to negotiate with France, this is also the most suitable breakthrough, in Europe, France is a country with poor oil resources, its own production is far from meeting the demand, so every year it imports a large amount of crude oil from abroad, of which crude oil from the Middle East accounts for 70 percent, and oil from the Soviet Union accounts for 10 percent, and the remaining 20 percent comes from Africa. In order to get rid of the situation of energy dependence on imports, France began to diversify energy from the seventies, after various investigations, France chose the nuclear power industry, in the world, France's nuclear power accounts for the largest proportion of power generation, the use of new energy such as nuclear power makes the proportion of oil in energy consumption decline year by year, but even so, oil consumption is not completely replaceable, for example, just this year, France's national energy consumption is about 200 million tons of standard oil, and oil consumption accounts for 50% of it.

Therefore, France's dependence on oil imports is quite high. And now, importing oil 20 percent below the market price is definitely a big temptation for France!

And all France needs is international support for the new Saudi government!

Hearing this, Flicks shook his head: "I'm sorry, we risked offending the entire Western world to support the new Saudi government, and what we got was only 20 percent of the imported oil below the market price, and we suffered a loss in such an exchange." ”

"And what do you need?" Andrei asked.

"We need Saudi Arabia's oil exploration rights, and our oil companies want to enter Saudi Arabia and occupy at least 50 percent of the oil exploration rights." Flicks said.

When he heard this, Cusse, who was behind Andrei, slammed the table and stood up: "Gauls, don't go too far! ”

Because of his youth, Qusse couldn't help it at first, Iraq risked the destruction of the country, sent troops to Saudi Arabia, and sacrificed countless soldiers in exchange, and now, the French just opened their mouths and made a statement, they want 50% of the mining rights, this is simply robbery!

"It seems that we have a big difference." Andrei looked at the arrogant Frix and said, "We can make another concession, the currency you pay is not necessarily the dollar, we can also accept the payment in francs, how about it?" ”

The current international currency is the US dollar, even if the Soviet Union imports materials to the West, it needs to be paid for in US dollars, and the US dollar is the only currency used in the Middle East as the payment for oil, and now, Andrei agreed to pay in francs, which is already quite a concession, you know, if the French are desperate, they can start the money printing press, print money like crazy, and then buy oil from here!

Flicks said: "Then we can also give in, 40% of the mining rights, what do you think?" ”

Andrei is not entangled with the other party in the oil exploitation rights at all, this aspect does not need to be discussed at all, according to the prior agreement, Saudi Arabia's oil is divided by Iraq, Iran and the Soviet Union, and it is simply not acceptable for a fourth country to intervene!

Moreover, what did the French do? Nothing! They dare to open their mouths now, and sure enough, capitalist countries are not easy to deal with, as if they have calculated their own side! (To be continued.) )