Chapter 46: Bad luck
It was April 1910, and the climate in Mexico was much warmer than it had been a few months earlier.
Especially in Mexico City, in central Mexico, even the newly paved asphalt road has a lot of pedestrians.
At the Visby Hotel in the middle of Mexico City, a group of oil explorers working in Mexico are partying. It's a party, but it's almost the same as a cocktail party, because it's a big party that takes place every six months, and it's a time when oil prospectors and oil company bosses from all over Mexico are present.
Of course, there are exceptions, such as Yan Guang and De Gorier, because of the "reputation" they currently have, so the organizers of the banquet did not invite these two people.
However, although these two people were not invited, it does not mean that no one talked about them, on the contrary, Yan Guang and De Golier are precisely the focus of this banquet, as for the reason...
Of course, it was the waste experts who were dismissed by Yan Guang who were promoting for Yan Guang and De Goriel at the banquet.
"Forget it, Kirby, that Chinese fired you because he has no eyes, let those two crazy people continue to find their oil fields in Tampico, I believe that with your talent, you will soon find a new job in Mexico." Saying that Pearson also said to Kirby. Terra toasted.
Since paying off all his debts with the $3.5 million he received from Yan Guang, Pearson seems to be much more proud, and his slightly chubby face is not as haggard as it used to be, and he is now the lucky one praised by all of Mexico.
Kirby. Terra drank the champagne from the glass, and although Pearson's words made him feel much better, he still had a strong depression in his heart after being fired.
"Those two madmen actually want to find a productive oil field in the barren land of Tampico, even if they are looking for 10,000 years, they can't find it!" Said Kirby. Terra poured herself another glass, and several of his companions gathered around Dohanni to mock De Goril for insisting that he could find a productive oil field in Tampico.
And although Dohanni and Yan Guang did not have a holiday, he was still a little proud when he thought that the land without oil could be sold for a million dollars.
However, just as everyone was laughing and laughing, the door of the banquet hall was suddenly pushed open.
"Bang" A middle-aged man dressed as an prospector pushed open the wooden door, and the loud sound attracted the attention of everyone at the banquet.
“?” Just when everyone was puzzled, Dohanni asked with a glass of wine after breaking away from the encirclement of several experts. "Drake, what's going on to be so flustered?"
"Oil...", the middle-aged man who called Drake gasped.
"Huh?" Dohanni was puzzled. "Could it be that some gentleman here found the oil?"
"It's not." Drake shook his head. "It's that Chinese, that Chinese found oil in Tampico!"
"What?" Dohanni's face changed, and after hearing this, Kirby. Tra's glass fell to the ground.
The news that Huasheng and his Chinese boss had discovered a 2,000-ton oil well in Tampico quickly caused a sensation in Mexico and even in neighboring America.
The United States and Mexico have long been one of the hot spots for oil exploration, but unlike the United States, Mexico has been unable to find high-yield oil fields despite a large number of foreigners exploring, which has led many people to suspect that Mexico does not have large oil fields. Today, however, the discovery of this well by De Gorier proves that large oil fields can be found in Mexico.
At this time, it has been less than half a month since Degao Lier worked in Yanguang's Huasheng Company.
Of course, this news also slapped those who sneered in Mexico City, especially the experts who were dismissed by Yan Guang and Pearson and Dohanni, who thought they were the lucky ones...
While the people in Mexico City were surprised or delighted by the news, Yan Guang, who was still in Tampico, was busy with his work.
"Come on, everyone's salary will be doubled this week." Standing next to the oil well, Yan Guang shouted at the workers who were working.
"Oh!!" After hearing that the wages had been doubled, the workers at the oil well worked harder.
As a high-yield oil well with a production capacity of 2,000 tons, Huasheng No. 1 well only took a little time to fill the oil storage tank built by Yan Guang in advance.
At this time, Degaurier was carrying out exploration work on the remaining points with other people, hoping to find a second high-yield well.
Although the current Huasheng No. 1 well is only a high-yield well with a production capacity of 2,000 tons, in any case, Huasheng's first shot in Mexico is completely fired.
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In Mexico City, although spring has arrived for many Mexicans, for some it is colder than winter.
Kirby. Terra walked on the asphalt road in Mexico City, wrapped tightly in her trench coat.
Just now, Kirby. Tra ran into a colleague who knew him well, but the acquaintance who used to come up to greet him when he saw him avoided it as if he had seen something dirty.
The moment Kirby. Terra knew that Mexico had no place for herself.
And all this is because Yan Guang and De Goril found a highly productive oil well in Tampico.
"Kirby, what are we going to do now?" When Kebitra returned to his lodgings, several of his companions hurriedly gathered around him and asked.
Thinking of the acquaintance who had just avoided him, Kebitra shook his head. "There's probably no place for us in Mexico right now."
"That?"
"America, we can only go back to the United States."
Of course, the unlucky people in Mexico aren't just kerbys. Terra and several of his companions, as well as Pearson and Dohanni.
Since Yan Guang discovered his Huasheng No. 1 well, Pearson has gone from being a lucky man to an unlucky one, because he sold land where oil could have been found to a Chinese, and sold it for a low price of $3.5 million, knowing that the oil wells now standing there can spew out five million dollars a year.
Moreover, the area of Tampico is not small, and there may be other high-yield oil wells there, and whenever he thinks about it, Pearson's heart feels like someone has scattered a large number of African man-eating ants.
Dohanni's situation was better than Pearson's, because his land in Tampico was not as large as Pearson's, so the people who could find oil on that land were much smaller than Pearson's, but even so, Dohanni, who was sitting in his office, looked frustrated.
However, compared to Kebitra, the fate of the two of them is still better.
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Ask for collections and tickets ~~~