Chapter 36 Super Oilfield

"Texas has discovered a super-big oil field!" -- New York Herald

"Stark Ross is another Rockefeller!" -- Tribune

"A miracle of a thousand-fold increase in the value of $20,000 in three months!" -- New York Tribune

"He is the Son of God!" ――――― The New York Times

At the behest of Huo Shan, the news of the discovery of a super oil field in Texas and its owner, Lucky Stark, made headlines in the national newspapers three days later! Everyone talked about this lucky guy who got rich overnight.

At an ultra-low price of $20,000, he bought a super-large oil field with reserves of 680 million tons! Oh my God! Only a son of God can have this kind of luck! Perhaps it will not be long before another 'Rockefeller'-style oil giant rises in the United States.

Of course, it's not just Stark who is happy, but the state of Texas is also very happy, although it is indeed a pity that such a super big oil field only sells for one cabbage price! But the rest of the wasteland is surging, and batch after batch of adventurers who dream of getting rich overnight, and the state zhèngfǔ who takes the opportunity to raise the price is full of money, and naturally they can't close their mouths!

Huo Shan put down the newspaper in his hand with satisfaction, smiled and asked Stark, who was dressed in a neat suit and bow tie in front of him, "Has anyone from Standard Oil come to you now?"

"Not yet?"

"Young master, such a large oil field, why don't we develop it ourselves and cooperate with Standard Oil?" Stark asked with some confusion. He knew that although his boss was young, he was definitely rich!

"Stark, you must know that although we have a large oil field in our hands, the Standard Oil Company led by Rockefeller controls the oil processing, transportation and market of the entire United States, and we now join this industry, not only need a lot of money to build an oil smelter, but also incur a comprehensive suppression of this American oil trust, which is thankless! But now, we can reap a lot of dollars just by paying some shares in the oil field, and we can also sell the oil from the ground through Standard Oil's refinery and sales network, and we can sit at home and count the money without spending too much jīng effort, is there anything better than this?" Huo Shanle said hehehe.

"That's what the young master said, but now it's been more than a week since we discovered the oil field! The news of the Texas oil field has already spread, why haven't they sent someone over yet?" Stark asked, a little confused.

"It's okay, who makes the family a big company! Controlling the entire US oil market, we are always more confident than us! Of course, we will be more ruthless in lowering prices during negotiations!"

"So, Stark! Tomorrow you will release the news that the American Resources Company will build a new 100,000-ton oil refinery in Texas and go all out to enter the American oil industry!" Huo Shan said with a sudden determination.

"Young master, you won't really buy it, will you?" Just now he said that he wanted to cooperate with Standard Oil, and now he suddenly wants to build his own refinery, which made Stark a little confused for a while.

"Really buy it! Don't worry, just do as I say! But after the oil refining equipment is bought, don't ship it to Texas, ship it to San Francisco on the West Coast, and ship it to China!" Huo Shan didn't care about Stark, whose mouth grew bigger and bigger, and after explaining it, he kicked him out!

Then he sat on the sofa depressed, he didn't need to be in such a hurry, but his wife had already sent a telegram, if she didn't come back within a month, she would come to the United States to pluck her ears!

This completely ruined his dream of visiting the whole of the United States!

"Oh, my trip to New York!" Young Master Huo lamented in his heart.

His approach worked, and when the news reached Standard Oil's ears that Resources of the Americas had begun to build its refinery with great fanfare, the entire company's board of directors could not sit still. After controlling the oil production and processing of the whole United States, the money earned is too large, and they don't want another pair of chopsticks to their rice bowl!

So, as soon as the order for Stark's refining equipment was placed, Standard Oil's negotiators came to the door!

"Two million dollars! 51% of the shares!" Huo Shan smiled as he pinched the Standard Oil offer in his hand.

"They're robbing, oh God! 680 million tons of reserves, $200 million worth of super oil fields! They actually want to get a 51 percent controlling stake in the new company for 20 million. Impossible! I will never agree to such bandit-like conditions! Young master, they are robbing openly! Oh, God! These filthy capitalists!"

Looking at Stark, his angry and somewhat distorted face, Huo Shan smiled and comforted, "Stark, sit down!" We Chinese pay attention to harmony and wealth, this is just their preliminary condition, there is still room for maneuver, you must always stay calm!

Taking a deep breath, Stark sat down on the sofa in front of Huo Shan, grabbed the tea on the table, and 'Gollum... He looked like a cow drinking, Huo Shan shook his head, this is the big red robe he brought from Taiwan, a serious royal tribute of eight hundred, for this guy to drink, it's really a bad thing!

"Young master, the point is that the conditions they offer are too low! at least they should pay us $100 million!" Stark said with some indignation.

"100 million? Standard Oil's fixed assets are only worth two or three hundred million, if they come up with 100 million liquidity, then they don't have to cooperate with us, because bankruptcy is their best end!" Huo Shan shook his head and said with a smile. The current United States is not the factory of the world that later came, far less amazing than the wealth of later generations, and 100 million dollars is already an unimaginable astronomical amount!

At this time, our Mr. Rockefeller was probably still struggling for his billionaire dream, so how could he pay a high price of $100 million! Moreover, the internal combustion engine, which consumes the most oil, is still in a state of research and development, and the amount of oil used and the way to use it are still too narrow.

"Young master, what should we do, this oil field is the treasure trove of our American Resources Company, we have spent so long looking for oil fields, we can't let Standard Oil steal our wealth for nothing!" Stark said anxiously. In fact, what he really cares about is the one percent of his shares, the higher the negotiated price, the greater the dividends he gets, so he can't help but care!

"There are many ways to solve the problem, Stark!" Huo Shan picked up the teacup on the table, took a sip and said slowly.

Now he finally understands a little bit of the art of speaking in Chinese officialdom, leaving half a sentence for half a sentence, and leaving the rest to his subordinates to understand for themselves! This feeling of grasping the truth is really refreshing!

Seeing Stark's pitiful eyes, Huo Shan couldn't help but pat his forehead, foreign Maozi just couldn't understand the breadth and depth of Chinese culture.

"Well, Stark, we can promise to work with Standard Oil......"

"But the young master ......"

"Listen to me first!" Huo Shan glared, and Stark suddenly became honest.

"We can give them 51 percent of the shares of the new company, but Standard Oil must pay 100 million US dollars in exchange for it! Of course, considering their cash flow difficulties, we can allow them to use 30 million US dollars in cash, plus 5 million US dollars a year, in 14 years to repay the remaining 70 million US dollars, so that the conditions should be more acceptable to them, of course, this is also our bottom line, otherwise, we would rather develop it ourselves!" Huo Shan said undoubtedly.

"Oh, young master, you're a genius, I didn't think of such a good solution! I'm going to inform those guys at Standard Oil!"

Looking at his back as he hurriedly ran out, Huo Shan was secretly proud in his heart, and the benefits of crossing had been slowly exchanged for money. "But these are far from enough, the silver and copper mines of intelligence are still buried in the ground, and the oil of Venezuela is also waiting for the young master to develop! My task is still very arduous!" Young Master Huo looked at the map of the Americas, drawing circles one after another with his pencil, and his joy could not be suppressed!

"Alas, there are rich mineral deposits buried here, but unfortunately we still have to wait!" Huo Shan looked at the desolate land above the United States, drooling and secretly regretting in his heart. Where is the land he prepared for China's huge population, if there are abundant resources now, this land will not be easy to eat in the future!

"Young Master, Taiwan's telegram!" Just as Young Master Huo was drooling while looking at the map, Huo Lei walked in with today's newly arrived telegram.

"Here we go again!" Huo Shan wailed, lying weakly on the sofa behind him, his mother's telegram urging him to go home once a day was really punctual!

"Doesn't she know that the transoceanic telegram costs a lot of money?" said Master Huo as he watched.