It wasn't until the dead of night that Sinclair woke up from a hangover, he pinched his forehead, his brain ached, and he drank a lot of wine during the night party, and the smell of alcohol on his body did not dissipate.

But everything is worth it, and there is indescribable joy in my heart.

It feels like a dream!

Sinclair got up, drank a large glass of water, and calmly returned to his body.

The blowout is a big deal, not only changing Libya, but also putting itself and Chevron on the spotlight.

It was impossible to conceal it, and in the afternoon, he ordered the news to be blocked, and the exploration team was strictly managed, which would drag on for ten days and half a month at most.

Sinclair couldn't imagine the Italians, the French, the British, and their fellow Americans, those guys whining like flies.

Thinking of this, Sinclair felt pressure, how to keep the oil field, and expand the scope of the oil field as much as possible became his top priority.

Sinclair couldn't sleep anymore, and kept lying in bed thinking about the future development of the situation in Libya and what measures Chevron would take.

As soon as the morning dawned, he brought two dark circles under his eyes to Hayes and Zhou Ziqiang.

"It's time to wake up, folks, the is over, at least for people like us, the is in the past, and the trouble has just begun."

Sinclair clapped his palms, attracting the attention of Hayes Zhou, and said in a serious tone, "Think about it, the news of the discovery of the oil field will spread soon, and I don't doubt that the Italians, the French, the British, including the surrounding indigenous tribes, will all have their eyes on us, if we take it lightly." These wolves tore us apart and swallowed us into their stomachs. ”

"Intrigue is your job. My job is to find out the oil fields. Now that my mission is complete, my boys have had enough of the sand here, we have to go back to the big city for a vacation, hey, it's been a long time since I left Los Angeles. ”

Hayes yawned, said tiredly, and waved his hand as if he didn't care. "You and Zhou can do it!"

"This guy! -- It's really muddy that can't hold up the wall! ”

Sinclair glared at Hayes, after a night, yesterday's good impression of Hayes seemed to be a little less, but this can't be blamed on Hayes, Chevron Oil Company has strict regulations, and the task of the exploration team is to find oil, as for the follow-up oil field construction, oil exploitation, and transportation work, it will be done by other departments.

For Hayes, they. The holidays have already begun, and the sun and beach beauties are beckoning to them.

Hayes glanced at Sinclair. This guy regained his shrewd appearance in the early years, and said with a smile: "If I were you, it would be imperative to report the good news to the local area, and without the support of the headquarters, it would not be easy to occupy all the oil fields." ”

Sinclair didn't intend to get any useful advice from Hayes, and when Hayes said this, he nodded and said, "Before you get up, I've sent someone back to Siirt Town to send a telegram to headquarters!" This would presumably have reached Los Angeles.

We ourselves have to be prepared before the local order arrives. ”

Hayes shrugged, smiled, and stopped talking.

Sinclair turned his head to Zhou Ziqiang to hear what he had to say.

Zhou Ziqiang analyzed from the perspective of security that before the big forces came in, the security personnel of the oil company were enough to deal with the surrounding tribes.

But if someone wants to take the risk and offend the oil fields, more personnel will have to be sent from Benghazi and other areas.

Sinclair nodded, agreeing with Zhou's statement.

"Practice has proved that our geological report is credible, this area, this, this, this, and this," Sinclair spread out a map of Libya, pointed to several important exploration points in the Siirt Basin, and confidently judged, "There may be oil in this area, and the entire Siirt Basin is a vast oil field." The failure of some of the previous exploration wells only means that we almost looked away, not that there is no oil underground. ”

"Our goal is to occupy the entire Siirt Basin region, at least as much as possible."

Sinclair said angrily.

"We have already bought land in the area of Well No. 1, there is no problem with this, the area of Well No. 2 and Well No. 3 is next to Well No. 1, and we can occupy it, but the Siirt Basin is so big, we all want to occupy it, this is impossible, the Italians are not so stupid."

Zhou Ziqiang was not so optimistic, and said with a frown.

"Time is on our side, we must get ahead of our competitors, and I will personally be responsible for the mining rights of these places."

Sinclair Dao, decisively assigned Hayes and Zhou Ziqiang a task, Hayes will rush back to Los Angeles as soon as possible with the information of the oil field and Sinclair's plan, and Zhou Ziqiang dispatched a Chinese engineering team to build the road from the oil well to the wharf, plan the pipeline route, and clean up the natives along the line by the way.

Sinclair himself was in the middle, sending oil company staff to buy up the land and at least get the right to oil from the indigenous tribes on their land, legally securing Chevron Oil's right to extract oil in the Siirt region.

"Damn, my vacation is ruined again!"

Hayes complained that he would leave Sinclair's office and return to the small town of Sirt to fly to Benghazi and from there to the continental United States.

From Benghazi to London, to Greenland, to New York, from where you can fly over the Atlantic, from New York over the North American continent, and best of all to Los Angeles, almost halfway around the world.

When he stepped on the Los Angeles airport, he lost a lot of weight, and his steps were frivolous when he walked.

Situ Nan, Hengda Brown and other board members are waiting for the good news he brings back.

Before he could rest for a moment, he was taken by car to the headquarters of Chevron Oil in Long Beach.

Henda Brown was most excited, and three days ago, he received a telegram from Benghazi saying that the company had found a self-blowing well in the Siirt region of Libya.

As more telegrams came back from Libya and more and more news about the Siirt oil fields appeared on Henda Bron's desk, he had to believe it.

"Well No. 1 is a self-blowing well. It scared the hell out of us. Judging by my experience. As for the No. 1 well, the annual oil production is at least 100,000 tons. Our temperament report also shows that the Siirt region is rich in oil resources, and optimistically estimates that the No. 1 oil field, where the No. 1 well is located, has oil reserves of more than 100 million tons. ”

Hayes spoke eloquently at the boardroom, his eyes sweeping over the faces of the board directors, all of whom had excited expressions on their faces. Listen intently to your own presentation.

"100 million tons?!"

The directors had a smile on their faces, and they knew there must be more than that.

I really didn't expect the adventure in Africa to succeed, and some directors were very dissatisfied with the delay in investing in Africa, but now their attitude immediately reversed, and they were the most positive.

It was the big boss, the young figure sitting at the top, his eyes wandering. There was no expression on his face, and he didn't know what he was thinking. I didn't see much excitement on my face, as if I had expected it.

Hayes continued: "Although there is no oil quality check, my years of experience have taught me that Libyan crude oil is likely to be high-quality light sulfur oil. Before I returned, the management of the oil field had been handed over to Mr. Sinclair, who is now deploying plans in Libya to ensure that Chevron's interests are not violated. ”

Hayes didn't forget to mention Sinclair a few words in the end, and explained some of Sinclair's arrangements to the board of directors.

"The situation in Libya is complicated, and Mr. Sinclair is in a delicate situation, and if the headquarters does not fully support him, the good situation could be ruined."

Hayes warned slightly.

His gaze lingered on Henda Brown's face for a moment, and then he looked at Situ Nan, who smiled slightly and nodded to Hayes.

Chevron Oil Company has expanded several times, and Hayes's stake has been diluted a lot, but he is still qualified to appear on the board of directors and is an important member of Chevron.

In particular, Situ Nan, although he does not usually manage the affairs of Chevron Oil Company, his favor for Hayes is well known to the board.

Hantec. Brown glanced at Hayes and smiled, "Well, I used to have a little opinion about Mr. Sinclair, but now it's very different. We are impressed by Mr. Sinclair's performance, no one will lose sight of his achievements, no one will let opportunities slip away in front of their eyes, and the support of the headquarters will be unreserved, and we at Chevron will have to ensure the interests of our Chevron oil company in Africa no matter what. ”

After speaking, he looked at Situ Nan, who was sitting on the side, and motioned for Situ Nan to speak, Situ Nan is the largest shareholder of Chevron.

Situ Nan had more expression on his face at this time, glanced at the board members below, and nodded: "It has always been my plan to enter Africa, and Chevron Oil's achievements in recent years are great, which the elites of Wall Street have explained again and again with dazzling financial figures.

At the same time, we must also see that Chevron Oil is facing increasingly strong competitors, and if it wants to make greater progress, it must bravely jump out of the Americas and set its sights on the vast overseas region.

In South and Central America, we have fierce competition with Mobil Oil and Shell Oil, not to mention that.

In the future, we will have to take more decisive and aggressive measures in North Africa and even in the Middle East to occupy territories that other competitors dare not or have not yet had time to occupy.

In other words, overseas strategy will be one of Chevron's priorities. ”

At the meeting, the decision to enter Africa was adopted, and the headquarters will send a large number of study missions to Libya to assess the scale of investment in Libyan oil fields.

Of course, there is also the question of assessing economic and political risks.

Optimistic estimates, Chevron Oil has invested at least more than $50 million in Libyan oil projects!

After the meeting was adjourned, Situ Nan and Handar Anderson Henders. Brown left Hayes behind, and the three of them had an in-depth discussion on the topic of Libyan oil, and the matter that was not brought up for discussion in the board of directors was discussed in the case of Stuart and Handar. Brown can talk about it frankly in front of him.

For example, the tribal issue in Libya, the attitude of the Italians, the hiring of Chinese engineering teams, and the issue of Chinese immigrants are all very sensitive.

As long as it does not damage the interests of Chevron Oil Company, Hantec. Brown not only did not oppose the employment of Chinese laborers to develop in Africa, but actively supported it, and his attitude was even more radical than that of Situ Nan, and even believed that the oil company could contract a basket of projects in the Libyan oil fields from security, infrastructure, mining, transportation, etc. to the Chinese engineering company.

"It is foreseeable that there will be another bloody storm on the African continent, and the Europeans will not easily watch us succeed." On the way home, Situ Nan sighed in his heart.

Hayes had been sent home to rest, and the guy was tired enough.

Situ Nan knew that Libya was rich in oil resources, and the location was in the Siirt region, but he didn't expect the time to be so coincidental, when he went to Washington to discuss with Mellon and Rockefeller about entering the Middle East, Libya first broke out, causing people's attention.

If Mellon and Rockefeller don't look at the Middle East and turn their eyes to Libya, this will be good and bad, and it will be difficult to say for a while.

To be sure, their willingness to enter the Middle East will be weak, and the British will be less resistant to the entry of American companies into the Middle East, and they will compromise with Chevron in the Middle East if they want to gain oil interests in North Africa.

Will the British compromise?

How to quietly get the oil in Kuwait and Saudi Arabia without the British paying attention, Situ Nan has to deploy it well, and before implementing it, he has to work with Andrew . Mellon discussed.

Of course, there are some things that have to be hidden from Mellon, and this time it is necessary to use Andrew . Mellon's power in Washington, during the Coolidge administration, it was Andrew Brown who led the cabinet. Mellon, only by convincing Mellon and escorting Chevron with the power of the country, can he not be bullied in the contest with the British, French, and Italians.

It's just that he wants to meet his old father-in-law, how can Situ Nan feel that he is a little weak-hearted?

"Dad, we can meet my grandfather, can we?" Little Alice seems to be interested in Andrew. Mellon had an impression with Washington, and after learning that the family was going to Washington, she ran over and asked Situ Nan excitedly.

"Yes! Andy's favorite of our little princess Alice, doesn't he? Situ Nan smiled and asked, "I wonder if our lovely Alice has prepared a gift for Andy?" If not, he will be very sad. ”

"yes? I'm going to bring a gift for my grandfather, but what do I want? Alice tilted her head and thought, "Why don't you give him the dog?" No, I like dogs! ”

"Think slowly! Also, don't bring your dog into my study! Situ Nan touched his daughter's head, and said helplessly, this daughter likes the puppy, and the dog, Situ Nan doesn't have a cold very cold, and even has some allergies. (To be continued.) )