This is a threat of war from the Americans...**naked threat of war...

Lin Fei's expression became solemn, he looked at the middle-aged fat man in front of him, a little unpredictable, what is the US government going to do? Could it really be an excuse to attack the Chinese Empire under the pretext of the Lady of Liberty incident? Although the United States is strong, it is thousands of miles away from the South Seas, so do Americans really dare to come over?

Lin Fei decided to deal with the Dutch first, and then deal with the Americans, so Lin Fei smiled and said: "Regarding the matter of compensation, let's talk about it later, I want to go and negotiate with Mr. Aridro about the lease first." ”

Johannes smiled and nodded, blinking with his hand!

Lin Fei was stunned for a moment and asked, "I negotiate with the Dutch, do you also want to participate?" ”

Johannes solemnly said: "Of course, we in the United States of America have huge potential interests in Sulawesi, and we will be involved in any national operation into Sulawesi. ”

Lin Fei's heart "chuckled", the Americans actually intervened, and my plan to get a leased land in Sulawesi may face great difficulties.

Lin Fei smiled heartily, "It's okay, since Mr. Johannes intends to participate in the negotiations, then please come in." ”

After Lin Fei finished speaking, he turned around and walked to the reception room, Johannes followed him, and when he arrived at the conference room, Johannes walked directly to Alidero's side and sat down, obviously walking into the same front as Alidro.

Lin Fei spoke first: "I plan to lease Tanakek Island in the south of Makassar as compensation for sinking our transport ship for a period of 99 years, and the rent is ......" "Tanakek Island" is a small island in the south of Makassar, only 40 kilometers away from Makassar, if Lin Fei occupies this place, he will achieve real-time monitoring of Makassar.

"Mr. Lin Fei, please forgive me for interrupting you." Johannes suddenly spoke on the side, interrupting Lin Fei's words, it is extremely impolite to interrupt other people's words in daily conversations, not to mention that in diplomatic negotiations, the arrogance of Johannes and the Americans behind him can be seen.

Lin Fei held back his anger, looked at Johannes, and asked, "Mr. Johannes, what do you have to say?" ”

Johannes raised his head, "Mr. Lin Fei, this compensation is too heavy, and it is really unreasonable for you to put forward such a compensation condition." ”

There was no reason to talk about the great power rivalry, Lin Fei could use force to deter the Dutch before, but now his force could not deter the Americans...

Lin Fei said coldly: "If this compensation is unreasonable, then please ask Mr. Johannes to propose a reasonable compensation." ”

Johannes said with a smile: "Three Dutch warships sank one of your country's transport ships, but your country sank three Dutch warships, three against one, it is obvious that the Kingdom of the Netherlands suffered, and I think it should be your country to compensate the Kingdom of the Netherlands." ”

"What did you say?" Lin Fei's face changed instantly, Aridero laughed on the side, he took out a document and put it in the center of the table, then pushed the document in front of Lin Fei, and said with a smile: "This is an agreement that our Kingdom of the Netherlands wants to lease Voss City in the Huaxia Empire, if your country agrees, then sign it." ”

"Voss City" is a newly built port city in the Chinese Empire, "Vos" is a transliteration of the local Aboriginal language, meaning "beautiful harbor", Voss City is located in the south of Mindanao, facing Maluku Island and New Guinea Island, is an important base for Lin Fei to go south to Australia.

Lin Fei saw that Alidero suddenly proposed to lease his own land, and his heart was so angry that he wanted to kill Johannes with his eyes, but Lin Fei quickly calmed down and carefully analyzed the current situation.

Lin Fei stared at Johannes, only to see an unpredictable smile on the corner of Johannes' mouth, Lin Fei's mind suddenly flashed with inspiration, and he smiled at Johannes: "Mr. Johannes, can we borrow a step to talk?" ”

Alidro and Johannes were stunned for a moment, looked at each other, and bit their ears, and Johannes smiled and said, "Mr. Lin Fei, then let's go out and talk." ”

Lin Fei took Johannes to the next cabin, and Lin Fei laughed softly: "Mr. Johannes, how much money did they give you for helping the Dutch like this?" ”

Johannes shrugged his shoulders and said with a smile: "They didn't give me money, and the reason why I helped the Dutch is because your Chinese Empire is too arrogant and unreasonable." ”

Lin Fei smiled disdainfully: "Mr. Johannes, we are all people with rich diplomatic experience, let's put away this set, hurry up, how much money did they give you?" Or rather, how much benefit have they given to your oil companies? Sue me and I can give you more, as long as you no longer support the Dutch. ”

Johannes put away his smile and said: "Since Mr. Lin Fei is so happy, then I will say it bluntly, the Dutch have leased a large oil field in the west of New Guinea Island to our Standard Oil Company for exploitation, and the annual profit is expected to be about 50 million US dollars, 50 million US dollars, Mr. Lin Fei, can you get a lot of money?" ”

$50 million was not much for a large multinational company in Lin Fei's time, and it cost more to make a blockbuster than that, but at the end of the 19th century, $50 million was already a staggering number.

Lin Fei smiled bitterly and shook his head, "The financial income of our Huaxia Empire is not 50 million US dollars a year, and I can't take out that much money. ”

Johannes smiled, "Your Chinese Empire can completely take it, the oil fields near Balikpapan are all very large oil fields, with oil reserves conservatively estimated at more than one billion tons, if they are exploited, the annual profit will not be less than 50 million US dollars, you can completely hand over those oil fields to us for exploitation." ”

Lin Fei shook his head and smiled: "Our Huaxia oil fields will not be handed over to outsiders to exploit, but I can give you better things." ”

Johannes wondered, "Something better? What could be better than oil? ”

"Mr. Johannes, I don't know how much you know about the market prospects for oil?" Lin Fei asked.

"I know that I have been following Mr. Rockefeller for 20 years, and I have never missed a forecast of the market prospects for oil from the time it first entered the market to the present." Johannes said proudly.

Lin Fei nodded, and then asked, "Then what field uses the most oil?" Or rather, which field is the most profitable? ”

Johannes hesitated, "I'm sorry, but this issue is a core trade secret of our Standard Oil Company, and I have nothing to say." ”

Lin Fei smiled secretly in his heart, in front of me, what secrets do you have? So Lin Fei smiled and said, "Can this also be regarded as a core trade secret?" Anyone with a discerning eye can see that automobiles are the largest areas of petroleum applications. ”

"At this time, Germany's Mercedes-Benz company and France's Renault company have begun to produce cars in large quantities, and you also have automobile companies in the United States in preparation, and cars will inevitably enter thousands of families in the future, and every car will burn gasoline, and these gasolines will be refined from petroleum, so cars will be the largest application field of oil, and it is also the biggest cash cow for your oil company."

Johannes's eyes flickered twice, acquiescing to Lin Fei's statement, and at the same time, he was also surprised and puzzled by Lin Fei's insight, Lin Fei asked instead: "The power component of the car is a gasoline internal combustion engine, and gasoline is burned in a gasoline internal combustion engine, I don't know how much you know about gasoline internal combustion engines?" ”

Johannes shook his head slightly, "I'm not a technician and don't know much about gasoline internal combustion engines. ”

"Then please find a technician, what I want to give you has something to do with technology." Lin Fei said.

Johannes said incredulously: "What does it have to do with technology? How much can technology be worth? ”

Lin Fei smiled: "Please bring the technicians, you will understand when the people come." ”

Johannes said "yes", turned around and went out, and when he brought in a subordinate, Johannes pointed at him and introduced Lin Fei: "He is my technical advisor, named Madihet." ”

Lin Fei smiled and greeted Madicht, Madicht was very humble, not at all as arrogant as Johannes, he greeted Lin Fei very friendly, Lin Fei smiled: "Do you understand the detonation phenomenon of gasoline internal combustion engines?" The so-called "detonation phenomenon" refers to the phenomenon that gasoline no longer burns smoothly in the internal combustion engine, but produces an explosion, which not only greatly reduces the efficiency of the gasoline internal combustion engine, but also causes great damage to the structure of the gasoline internal combustion engine.

Madicht was stunned for a moment and asked in surprise, "You actually know about the detonation phenomenon?" ”

Lin Fei nodded with a smile, and then said: "The detonation phenomenon is the enemy of the gasoline internal combustion engine, and the appearance of the detonation phenomenon greatly reduces the life of the gasoline internal combustion engine, I think you must be very interested in how to reduce the detonation phenomenon, right?" ”

Madicht frowned and said: "The detonation phenomenon is helpless for scientists from all over the world, do you have a way to solve it?" ”

Lin Fei said solemnly: "Of course... The fundamental solution to the knocking phenomenon is to improve the gasoline, adding certain substances to the gasoline, which can significantly suppress the knocking phenomenon. ”

Madicht hurriedly asked, "What substance is added?" According to what components? ”

Lin Fei didn't answer directly, but said with a smile: "Mr. Madicht, please explain to Mr. Johannes how much commercial value this additive will have." ”

Madicht said "yes", then turned to Johannes and said, "Mr. Johannes, if this additive really exists, it is worth even more than the oil fields we got from the Dutch. ”

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