Chapter 8: The Rhythm of Life (Revised)
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Situ Nan is now a millionaire, and it only takes less than two months to go from a 10,000-dollar household to a millionaire, creating an oil myth in the history of American oil. (Like this book, please collect biquge.info) more to the United States to be stimulated, have invested in oil exploration, their footprints even to the nowhere to be found.
However, there are always a few who succeed, and only the lucky ones among them can laugh at the end.
What is disgusting is that Situ Nan despicably used the power of his ancestors to discover several good small oil fields around Los Angeles one after another, and then sold them to California oil or other oil companies, making a small profit of five or six hundred thousand dollars, which made Handar a little crying and laughing.
Hantec has invited Situ Nan to hold a certain position in California Petroleum several times, but you are also a major shareholder, why can't you watch me work hard and you are at ease! ~
Who knew that Situ Nan didn't understand Handa's "good intentions" at all, and sent Hengda with a sentence of "Your master is capable, I trust you".
Don't want to work in the company, forget it, but run to be a "wildcat explorer"? You're worth millions, and you're still working as an oil worker?
Fortunately, Situ Nan still remembered to take care of his own company and sold those few nice small oil fields to California Petroleum. Otherwise, Henda Brown will have to teach this unscrupulous creature a hard lesson.
Time is fast, mediocre, and three months have passed in the blink of an eye.
Although the climate in Los Angeles is still warm, it can't stop the passage of time, and the leaves on the streets are yellowing.
When the wind blew, it was scattered all over the ground, and I don't know when, all those leaves were gone, and only bare branches remained.
On a leisurely afternoon stolen from the busyness, I opened the window, and there was a slight snow in the sky.
Looking back at the calendar board on the wall, the time had come to December 23, 1912, and the street was already in the Christmas atmosphere.
During these days, Situ Nan rarely went to California Petroleum to see, and he never went to Shengdafen Spring, which was indeed very lively.
The wolves were so full that even the prostitutes of Los Angeles County, who received the wind, went there to do their great service industry, where the men were strong and generous, if they didn't care about the stench of the men.
However, Situ Nan's enthusiasm for oil exploration has not changed, he just took Hayes, Pratt and He Wenxiu to many places, and continued to speculate on oil, that is, the role of wildcat prospector.
Practice makes perfect, and if you don't take into account too much theoretical knowledge, after grinding a thick cocoon on his hands, Situ Nan can boast of being an excellent oil worker.
However, Situ Nan knew that among their group, only Pratt was the real oil seeker, and he was a real person, with a professional background and experience, and in time, after tempering, Pratt would become the best expert in oil exploration in the United States as in history.
This is simply a treasure sent by God to himself, Situ Nan warned himself that he must win over this guy well, don't cheapen others.
Situ Nan offered Hayes and Pratt a position as technical consultants at Petro-Cal, but he had never seen these two men go to work, and they received double salaries, and the other was naturally given by Situ Nan.
Hayes and the two of them have followed Situ Nan in the past few months, and have successively opened several good small oil fields, Situ Nan is more generous, and no one has given them tens of thousands of dollars in bonuses. In this way, they are even more unhappy, and they are too lazy to go back to work in PetroCal.
Fortunately, Situ Nan finally ran for a while, and almost ran part of the oil fields near Los Angeles in his memory, some successful, and some nothing.
The overall results were promising, and the newly developed fields were eventually used as reserve oil fields for the company.
After receiving the good news, Hantec often came over to harass Situ Nan, which was a little annoying, especially the chrysanthemums wrinkled on Hantec's face when he smiled a lot, which made Situ Nan's heart a little slippery......
Situ Nan was a little tired and wanted to take a break, so he disbanded the improvised exploration team, and then everyone returned to everyone, specifically Hayes and Pratt, who were used to the wild, going back to work in a serious way at the oil company. It's not like following Situ Nan to have a quick fishing.
Pratt is okay, the education level of the people is good, and the people are more conscious, but Hai is also a rough man who is determined to follow Situ Nan, for fear that Situ Nan will go out to "make extra money" and leave him behind.
As a result, Situ Nan persuaded this honest man to leave.
Of course, if Situ Nan wants to go to the diamond, he doesn't mind taking Hayes, in his words, Hayes is solid and durable, and he can leave some dirty work to him. However, Situ Nan also knows that such things rarely happen, and with the growth of his career, Situ Nan can no longer have so much time and energy to drill wells in person as he did at the beginning.
As for He Wenxiu, it is strange to say that since the two met for the first time, He Wenxiu has been following Situ Nan like a bodyguard.
Of course, when the two are alone, He Wenxiu will also say some bad things about white people, but after following Situ Nan for so long and seeing a lot of white Americans, He Wenxiu's attitude towards white people has changed a little, at least I know that there are some good people among white people.
He never seemed to take the initiative to ask Situ Nan for anything, and he didn't know why Situ Nan never seemed to give He Wenxiu money, as if he had completely forgotten about it.
He Wenxiu saw that Hayes and the two of them had a lot of money, but they didn't care, which was somewhat confusing for Situ Nan. Situ Nan has been waiting for He Wenxiu to open his mouth to get back his share.
Situ Nan counted his fortune, $3 million worth of California oil shares, (but this cannot be cashed out for the time being), $1.2 million in cash, a small steel mill, and a large 10-hectare ranch.
After the development of speculative oil, Situ Nan became the focus of everyone, in fact, he still remembered several larger oil fields, all of which were hidden off the beaten track.
According to the inertia of history, it should be more than ten years before it is discovered, Situ Nan does not want to buy them immediately, but the problem is that now he has enough of the limelight, and his every move is watched, and it is easy to startle the snake if he acts rashly now.
This is also one of the reasons why Situ Nan stayed in California to make a fuss.
The whirlpool in the early stages rots first, or let's talk about it after a while, anyway, I don't know that the oil is buried in the ground, and Situ Nan still has enough time to operate this matter.
This is also the reason why Situ Nan will lower his shares in California Petroleum in the end, if he can get his hands on the few large oil fields that have not yet been discovered, isn't it a matter of minutes for him to get more shares of California Petroleum?
Some people will ask what it feels like to get rich overnight? Will you be happy to fly? Situ Nan is not to the point of getting carried away with happiness, he just made a small haircut, and he was happy for a while, there was no need to float himself up.
Situ Nan is a human being, especially when he inexplicably crossed over to the Titanic, he has seen too many real rich people, not to mention world-class riches now, even a self-made "nouveau riche" like Handar Brown is far inferior, so there is nothing to be proud of.
Situ Nan wrote two letters, one to Robles and one to Li Renqiao, and I didn't know how they were doing after seeing each other for so long.
Once a person pauses from his busyness, his usually suppressed thoughts pour out like a tide.
When I think of Robles and the two of them, Situ Nan thinks of Harvard, thinks of Harvard, thinks of New York, thinks of Titanic, thinks of Jack and Rose, thinks of Wallace, thinks of Mu, and the cousin and nephew who are far away in the UK.
I'm really ashamed that I have been busy with my own affairs and have never had time to fulfill my promise to Mu and take care of my cousin and nephew.
Thinking of this, Situ Nan immediately sent a telegram to Wallace, telling him that he was well developed, and asked him to help send his cousin and nephew to Los Angeles, along with a remittance slip of $10,000. For Wallace's character, Situ Nan has absolute trust.
Situ Nan also had the attitude of giving it a try, but he didn't expect it to come true half a year later, giving Situ Nan a surprise.
Situ Nan still remembers that on the eve of the sinking of the Titanic, on the first-class deck, Lao Bi and those musicians performed before they died.
Although the festivals of various places and nationalities are different, the lonely thoughts are the same, and we can only find fragments of those deceased relatives in our memories.
Sometimes Situ Nan also thinks about his past life, his parents and lovers in his past life, but after a century, time will gradually wear out, and now Situ Nan is not as strong and frequent as when he first came to this world, and slowly like through a layer of water ripples, the thoughts gradually calm down and are hidden in the deepest part of memory.
"I used to think that I could reunite with the people I missed after a busy time, but after I was busy with one thing, other things followed・・・・・・ until I finally had time, but I could never see them again."
Putting down the harmonica, Situ Nan had been playing all afternoon, and he muttered, as if he was talking to He Wenxiu beside him.
He Wenxiu didn't answer, like a piece of wood, a trace of gloom flashed in his eyes, Situ Nan's words seemed to remind him of some past events.
"Lao He, why haven't I heard you say anything about you? Now that we're in Los Angeles, we have a foothold in Los Angeles, and you have any relatives to come and live with. Situ Nan said casually, it was too deserted to have only two men in the huge house.
"There's nothing to say, they're all dead, and now I'm fine on my own." He Wenxiu said lightly.
"Oh!" Another sad person, Situ Nan thought.
In the end, Situ Nan thought of Laura, the woman who had been telling him to see her, but unfortunately Situ Nan lost the contact information she left at that time, and now it is slowly crowded, and trying to find someone is like looking for a needle in a haystack, how easy it is to talk about! See you if you have a chance!
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