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The princess of the Vanderbilt family is so beautiful that it is enough to make Situ Nan tempted: her moving appearance and rich artistic accomplishment are definitely the objects of men's pursuit.

Situ Nan secretly commented on this Kate? Miss Vanderbilt, the other party's gushing opinions on art are ringing in her ears, and her eloquence is so good, I guess she can go to the university to take the course "Modern Art Appreciation".

In politeness, Situ Nan listened with a smile on his face, but he was thinking about other things, such as stocks or investing in Europe.

Fortunately, time did not last, and it didn't take long for Laura to appear. But it's not Situ Nan who enjoys her enthusiasm, but Kate? Vanderbilt.

The two women knew each other and knew each other very well, and when they got together, they seemed to have endless words, Situ Nan was coldly put aside, and he was happy to pour coffee.

It didn't take long for Miss Chanel to show up with a middle-aged man, who was said to be called Pablo? Ruiz? Picasso, with a pair of peach blossom eyes, looks like the kind that can provoke women. Well, artists are more romantic, except for those who are down-and-out and only great after death.

"Miss Chanel, there is a good Jianyì, I have some connections in Nanhua, I can provide you with abundant fragrances, the flavor technology there is well developed, if you can, I will build yì You will invest in the local perfume factory."

Situ Nanjian said that among a group of artists and art lovers, he is still more accustomed to discussing vulgar business.

"Really? I'll think about it. Chanel's eyes lit up, and she was tempted by Situ Nan's construction.

For her. Art is important, but business interests her more. However, she is a charming woman, and the topic of investment with Situ Nan is stopped, so as not to affect the atmosphere of her elaborate art salon.

What can a group of people talk about when they sit together but art? Clothes, perfumes, hairstyles?????? In Situ Nan's view, these are all very paradoxical things, and there are more real and more goals in life than this small group of people's self-satisfaction.

In fact, the so-called fashion trends are very OUT things in Situ Nan's eyes, and when others pursue fashion, he appreciates the classical taste more, just like the woman in front of him with some classical charm.

Situ Nan opened the work of the street painter, under the frown of the master Picasso. Appreciate it with taste. The woman in the painting is very classical, classical, a good wife and mother, but unfortunately now her enthusiasm for Situ Nan's "fashionable things" is a little too high.

"I'm sorry to snub you." After coming out of the exhibition, Laura looked at Situ Nan apologetically, and then remembered that her husband didn't seem interested in the discussion just now.

"It's good to know! You'll have to make it up to me at night. Situ Nan smiled ambiguously. Pour Laura into his arms.

"I saw you and Kate chatting so happily just now, do you know each other well?" Situ Nan asked casually.

"Of course, we've known each other for a long time. When we were in the U.S., we met a lot, and we were all young, carefree, and free to do a lot of things. Later, I went to France to study. It wasn't long before she came over from the United States as well. She's a good friend. ”

Laura sighed with emotion, thinking of her girlhood, as if it was yesterday, and now she is a mother, it is really a hurry. I don't have a feeling in my heart.

Stuart South vs. Kate? Vanderbilt didn't know much, only that she was born in a railroad family, but she didn't expect that her husband's family was not simple, it was the famous Whitney family.

The Whitneys are powerful in New York's banking community and are shareholders in several major banks. The elder Rockefeller once said that the Standard Oil Company was controlled by several families such as Rockefeller, Whitney, and Stillman. So Kate? Vanderbilt also added the surname Whitney to his name.

"It's so eternal for this thing!" Situ Nan sighed in his heart.

In Laura's words, Situ Nan knows that the marriage formed by the marriage of the upper class is actually not good, at least emotionally sparse, generally maintains a respectful way of getting along, does not interfere with each other's lives, you have your happiness, I have my wonderful, Kate? Vanderbilt? Whitney is an example of this. A person in Paris, France, spends his days with art and fashion, and lives a leisurely life.

On the way back, Laura told Situ Nan about the living conditions of many upper-class families, which made Situ Nan know a lot of secrets.

In contrast, fatherless, motherless, and alone, Situ Nan, the newly developed "Xiao Kai" in the west, has a much simpler background, without the filthiness of the so-called big family, and the life of the couple in Los Angeles is also different from that of the celebrity family in the east.

"If I hadn't met you, I think I might have been like Kate, who was restrained everywhere I went."

Laura smiled happily, feeling lucky, in the United States, there is no woman who can do what she likes as she wants, and Situ Nan doesn't mind her showing up.

"Do what you love to do! We don't have that many stinky rules in our house. Isn't it true that people live to be at ease? Situ Nan smiled and sniffed at the tip of Laura's blonde hair.

Laura saw encouragement in his eyes and thought to herself: the William Foundation can develop into philanthropic art in the future.

"By the way, what did you think of the exhibition just now?" Laura asked again.

"Pretty good. The woman of Chanel had a great mind, combining fashion and art, and artists like the House of Chanel and Picasso got the results they wanted. It's a development model worth trying. ”

Situ Nan commented, not hiding his admiration for Chanel's woman at all. Also out of the "sell", Chanel is good at packaging, selling more elegantly, people flock to it, this is the ability.

Then Situ Nan changed his words again: "To be honest, I'd rather go to the Louvre than watch such an art exhibition." Or look for those wandering painters on the streets of Paris. ”

"Oh well! Tomorrow we will go to the Louvre! Laura smiled, the blush on her face had not faded, and the two of them had been grinding their ears and temples just now.

"Still don't. There's something to do tomorrow. Situ Nan shook his head apologetically. It's not that I haven't been to the Louvre, but I don't feel good when I go, especially the large number of precious cultural relics looted from China in it, Situ Nan has the urge to ransack the Louvre every time he sees it, and several times he is ready to let the Taoist come over to do something.

Thinking of the Taoist chief who was far away in Shanghai, Situ Nan was happy, because one night, a group of black-clothed people entered Pu Yi's small villa in the Tianjin concession without knowing it, and served more than 1,700 treasures that Pu Yi had worked so hard to steal from the palace.

Including Situ Nan's favorite Zhang Zeduan's "Riverside Scene at Qingming Festival", which has now been shipped to Guangzhou for collection. Except for a few that were shipped to Los Angeles by Situ Nan. Most of the treasures were left in Guangzhou and kept secret.

"What are you thinking?" Laura put her face on Situ Nan's face, and when she saw Situ Nan laughing, she asked in a low voice.

"It's nothing, I just think it would be nice to move the Louvre back home." Situ Nan said with a smile.

"Okay!" Laura pinched Situ Nan's arm a little angrily, and only this husband, whom she had never fully understood, would dare to make such a joke.

"Well, forget it. We're in Paris now, and we'll talk about it when we get back to the United States! Situ Nan shook his head. I thought: can I do what the Germans have not done?

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The next day, Laura warmly invited Situ Nan to watch the game: "Honey, there is a wonderful tennis match in the morning, and one of them is a tennis player from China." ”

"Really? It's a shame that I made an appointment with someone else. You and Andy and Alice go cheer for my people! Situ Nan kissed Laura's forehead. The woman got up early in the morning to get dressed, and it turned out that she was going to watch the game with herself.

"Oh well! I'll tell you the result. Laura smiled and nodded and went out, and after a while the sound of a car leaving.

"Xiangu, has the head of the French National Oil Company made an appointment?" Situ Nan asked He Xiangu.

Today he is going to talk to the French about cooperation in oil, and he sees how well the Americans, the British, and even the Soviets dig for oil. The French are envious and jealous in their hearts, and they are going crazy thinking about oil.

"Hmm. In an hour, they came. And the people from Chevron Oil Company will come here on time to report to you in half an hour, and I have prepared the specific information. ”

He Xiangu simply reported neatly, and added, "That's right." In the afternoon, you will also discuss with Mr. Zhang Bangxian and Crédit Agricole CIB about the investment project in Annam. ”

"Hmm. What a busy day! Situ Nan nodded, thinking that there was still an hour, what should he do?

"Fairy Gu, come and sit down and talk to me." Situ Nan patted the sofa next to him and pulled He Xiangu into his arms with a smile.

He Xiangu glanced at Situ Nan, but she didn't mean to object at all.

When Situ Nan was flirting, he didn't know that he had missed a rare game. The first time Chinese appeared in the Olympic arena was in Paris in 1924. Wei Rongluo, Wu Shiguang and other three tennis players participated in the competition in their individual names, but unfortunately Situ Nan didn't know and inadvertently missed a few meaningful events.

In charge of Chevron Oil's European operations in Europe was Sinclair, the hapless and lucky oil merchant.

Seeing Sinclair for the first time, Situ Nan asked directly: "Have you heard about the United States?" ”

"Hmm." Sinclair nodded, looking at Situ Nan with some complications, thinking back on the experience of the past half a year, it felt like a dream.

The Sinclair Oil Company, which he single-handedly created, was swallowed up by the young people in front of him, and left the remote inland area to California, where Chevron Oil Company provided him with a bigger stage.

Chevron Oil's stock has been rising, and his worth has soared several times, and most fortunately for him, he was picked out of the Teapot Hill oil scandal.

The Teapot Hill oil scandal has attracted the attention of Americans, and those involved in insider trading have become the target of public criticism, and Doherty, the secretary of the Interior who retired from the White House only last year, has been brought to court.

Sinclair's associates stayed in the United States, not only to face the company's reprimands, but also to deal with court trials, and in a bleak situation, only Sinclair easily escaped from the Occidental Petroleum takeover case, and after running to Europe, the American courts did not do anything about him.

Thinking of this, Sinclair was secretly grateful to Situ Nan in his heart. Otherwise, even if he could escape to Europe, the losses would be heavy.

"Don't talk about that. My main concern right now is Chevron's business in Europe. Situ Nan looked at Sinclair with palpitations. I laughed in my heart.

"I have to say that I admire your courage to implement the Rim of the Atlantic Plan, sir. As far as I know, Occidental Petroleum recently acquired an oil sales company in Paris, and now there are more than 100 gas stations in the Paris area, more than 500 gas stations in France, plus our 150 gas stations at Chevron, and in terms of the number of gas stations alone, our two oil companies account for 15% of the whole of France! ”

Sinclair excitedly.

"Hmm. The French automotive industry is about to grow and it is necessary to improve our sales network in Europe. ”

Situ Nan nodded. Compared to established companies like Exxon or Shell. We are latecomers, we should be more aggressive, and at the same time pay attention to good relations with the French business community.

With its headquarters in Rotterdam, the Netherlands, and Brussels, Belgium, respectively, Occidental Petroleum and Chevron have 20 and 5 large oil storage bases in major European cities, totaling more than 3 million barrels of oil.

This is just the beginning, as Western oil companies expand in Europe, these figures will quadruple in a few years, and even surpass the market share of Exxon and Shell in Europe.

"I am very happy with your watch. You can do a good job overseas! In a few years, when the wind subsides, it is not too late to return to the United States. Stuart encouraged Sinclair.

"Actually, it's not bad to come to Europe, and the development prospects here are no worse than those in the United States." Sinclair shrugged, his face indifferent. He was twenty years older than Situ Nan and was comforted by a junior. I feel a little weird in my heart.

"I'm glad you think so." Situ Nan smiled slightly.

Occidental Petroleum's business in Europe is mainly oil sales and chemicals, and in line with this, Chevron is more involved in oil exploration and transportation, and is looking for more oil resources overseas.

Sinclair's ambitions are in line with his abilities, since taking office. Soon the original Occidental Petroleum Company's business in Europe was straightened out, and it was advantageous to cooperate with the Western Petroleum Company's investment in Europe, and many of the crude oil shipped by the Occidental Petroleum Company to Europe was transported by Chevron Oil Company's fleet.

This business partnership with Demooil is the highlight of Chevron, which is the largest oil company in South China, having inherited Occidental Petroleum's business in Asia.

"The French lack oil reserves, and their business is mainly based on oil sales and refining. And we happen to have an abundant source of oil, and on the one hand, we can take what we need from the French, and at the same time, we can also take advantage of the French. ”

Sinclair said confidently. The strength of the French oil industry is good, and compared with the Anglo-American oil companies, it is in an awkward position, and it is often controlled by others, because of the lack of oil.

A nose of dust from the Soviets, the benefits of Baku oil cannot be recovered. It imports mainly oil from Romania, but this cannot meet France's energy needs, so they have been looking for ways to expand their oil sources, which Stuart Nan and Sinclair see very clearly.

Using oil as a bargaining chip, Situ Nan not only wanted to enter the French domestic market, but also thought about the vast French colonies.

Not long after Stuart and Sinclair sat down, one of the protagonists of the day, Ennis Brown, chairman of the French national oil company? And Marceau came.

Very punctual, almost stepping on the point, which does not quite match the lazy Frenchman in Situ Nan's impression. Hearing the sound of the car at the door, he smiled slightly, feeling valued.

Ennis? Marceau was a rebellious old man, well-dressed and meticulous, with a folded white handkerchief in the left breast pocket of his suit, and his head slightly raised, with the arrogance characteristic of the French.

It's just that I don't know if this French nobleman will be like the Count of Monte Cristo in the world, always putting a handkerchief on other people's faces and dueling with each other.

Will the French duel shoot each other face to face like an American cowboy? Probably not, maybe fencing will be a little more elegant.

The French had just won a gold medal in fencing, and looking at Marceau, whose face was indifferent as if there was a kind of aristocratic elegance in his gestures, this idea suddenly popped up in Situ Nan's heart.

"It is said that the Marceau family was noble, and their ancestors were court officials of Louis XIV?" Situ Nan welcomed the distinguished guest into the door, sat down and asked with a smile.

"That's right! My grandfather's grandfather was still the great lord of Bordeaux, but unfortunately the damned revolution almost destroyed our cause, but now it is thriving again. ”

Marceau spat out a mouthful of elegant French and looked at his family with a smug face. The Marceau family is not only the stewards of the French national oil company, but also has stakes in BNP Paribas and Crédit Agricole, and is a giant that spans finance, industry, colonial trade and, of course, the wine they are proud of.

His eyes were picky, and after looking at the layout of the room, he nodded slightly, and his eyes fell on Situ Nan's young face, as well as the cowboy Sinclair next to him.

"I have a lot of respect for the influence of the Marceau family, now let's talk about our cooperation!" Situ Nan smiled faintly and nodded to Sinclair next to him, who bargained with Marceau on behalf of Chevron Oil Company.

"Hmm." Marceau nodded, his expression stern. "We want your company to ramp up crude oil supply to at least 1 million tonnes per year at a 20% lower CIF European price."

Marceau pulled out his cigar and looked at Stuart and Sinclair with a confident expression.

When Situ Nan heard the scolding in his heart, he looked at Marceau in front of him with some doubts, wondering if this Frenchman had been kicked in the brain by a donkey, and he was so arrogant?

One ton of crude oil is equivalent to more than 7 barrels, and 1 million tons is equivalent to more than 7 million barrels, which is fully capable of supplying 50 million barrels of annual output of two Western oil companies, but the rapid expansion of the American automobile industry also requires a large amount of oil, and the French open their mouths to ask for 1/7 of the output, which is really a bit whimsical.

Although the refining capacity of the new western oil company can only absorb half of the production, it is impossible to cheapen the French, and the other side has to reduce the price by 20%, which is of course unacceptable.

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