Because the other party threw out a rather hot potato when they were caught off guard - environmental issues, Maxim had to convene an emergency meeting of the group's top management and think tank.

The chief financial officer took the team to work all night last night, and took out a theoretical profit statement of the oilfield after rectification in accordance with environmental protection.

Maxim looked at the theoretical profit of about 25% on the statement, and was also a little dilemma for a while.

If the current market price is based on the current market price, this profit is okay, but if the global oil price is greatly low and volatile or affected by other factors, then the family's oil fields will reduce or increase production, and their company's profits will be further compressed.

Moreover, these oil fields are still in sensitive hot spots.

Maxim didn't want to sell these oil fields, but because it was obviously a buyer's market at present, and the rice country guys were behind it, he was 100% sure that these oil fields would lose at least about 20%. Conversely, there are times when it is necessary to overcome difficulties and make great strides, all of which require the decision-maker to take all factors into account.

At the venue, all the participants frowned, hesitating between advance and retreat.

Maxim knew that there was no way to waste time, and that the negotiation with the other party was less than an hour, and they had to have a purpose or attitude at this time.

Maxim pushed the gold-rimmed glasses on the bridge of his nose and said slowly, "This kind of profit is okay, as long as there is no big crude oil problem or local armed conflict, our group will still be profitable." But energy is the lifeblood of the economy, and no one can guarantee 100 percent. I don't know if you have any good suggestions. ”

Andrei, the chief expert of the think tank, was the first to speak: "I think we still need to figure out why the other party suddenly threw up such a question when we were about to complete the signing, about the issue of environmental protection, didn't they think about it before?" If I'm not mistaken, both countries are members of the Environmental Protection Council. ”

Without waiting for Andrei to finish speaking, Boris, the vice chairman of the group, couldn't help but interject: "It must be for profit, to put it bluntly, I don't want our oil field exploitation to go smoothly." ”

After hearing this, everyone at the scene nodded subconsciously, so once interests are involved, even simple things will become quite complicated.

Boris continued: "We have agreed too much, and if we continue to regress this time, I think we can also change the places that were previously agreed, such as the direction of the oil pipelines, such as the direction of the crude oil ports, especially the direction of the oil pipelines, which is a very sensitive issue, and if it is not handled well, it can be easily sabotaged." ”

Maxim shook his head and rejected Boris's proposal: "Boris, your method may be used within our ability, this is the international market, there must be sufficient reasons, the other party's environmental protection from another point of view, although it is to dig a hole for us, it can also stand well, we want to reject the previous agreement, there must be a sufficient reason." ”

Maxim was right, they had run into a literate scoundrel this time.

……

After some discussion, everyone did not have a resolution on the entry and return, and there was also no way to resolve the other party's environmental protection problems.

Vladimir has been quietly listening to the speeches of these predecessors, constantly refining them, which is the method he mastered as a writer in his previous life, just like the text and the outline, the text of millions of words can sometimes be condensed, a few thousand words or even a thousand words.

He also heard that in fact, everyone's speeches just now were just an analysis of the situation, and there was no way to resolve it at all.

But there is one thing that everyone is quite aware of, and that is profit.

The other side wants to fight for the greater good, that's all.

"Father, I have a suggestion." Just as the venue fell silent, Vladimir raised his hand.

When Maxim saw that it was his son who wanted to speak, he couldn't help but open his mouth slightly, this meeting was just to let him come and listen, he had also given him a vaccination before, who expected him to speak.

Maxim was a little worried that his son would say something unrealistic.

Vice Chairman Boris saw that it was the future successor of the Ivan family and wanted to speak, he couldn't help but smile contemptuously, he was also familiar with Maxim's child, this guy has lived a life of fine clothes and food since he was a child, he has never suffered or suffered, and when he becomes an adult, he spends all day drinking with the rich second generation in China, and he is obviously a complete gentleman.

Boris is considered the patriarch of the Ivan family, and many times he secretly compares Vladimir with Maxim's eldest son Nikolai, in his opinion, Vladimir and Nikolai are not half a point, but 108,000 miles, he doesn't understand why Maxim will appoint this guy as the heir of the future family, but Nikolai, who is quite talented, is looked down on by him at all.

Secretly, Boris courted Nikolai, and Nikolai, who was secretly supported by Boris, also had the idea of becoming the heir to the Ivan family.

"Vladimir, you are not an employee of the company, you can only be regarded as an observer today, you have no right to speak." In order not to disgrace himself, Maxim came up with such a reason.

Vladimir didn't expect that the solution he had come up with with so hard would be rejected by his father like this.

"Father, I'm not a member of the company, but I'm a member of the family, is it possible that the company is not a family?" Vladimir retorted.

"Vladimir, you listen quietly, we don't have time to discuss it here, so let's do it, we will try not to express opinions in the afternoon meeting, and it is better to drag it out for a few days until we return from the Philippines." Maxim decided to put the matter on hold for now.

"Father." Vladimir felt that he was being slighted and ignored, but he only shouted the title "father" before hearing Maxim's decision to "dismiss".

Vladimir was very puzzled, his father's behavior seemed to be ready to train him as a future successor, who expected that at the critical moment, he unceremoniously deprived himself of the right to speak.

After the meeting, Maxim did not come to talk to him, but took the group's senior management directly to the conference room.

Vladimir didn't even want to go to the conference room to participate, but Uncle Boris chatted with him quite enthusiastically, and he had no choice but to walk into the conference room.

In the conference room of the seven-star hotel in Lundu, the advisers of the United States in suits and leather shoes and the Middle Easterners were already waiting there.

After a seemingly enthusiastic but secretly hidden knife contact between the two sides, it is straight to the point.

Environmental protection, or environmental protection issues.

At this time, Vladimir realized that this negotiation was full of fierce gunpowder.