Over the vast North American continent, a beautiful Boeing wide-body airliner soars through it.

In the palace in the sky, Able reclined on the wide and fluffy sofa, looking through the stack of papers in his hand, while Lydia handed Ruby Roman grapes worth more than two hundred dollars each into Abel's mouth.

"Tsk, these little devils are really going to make money." Feeling the sweetness in his mouth, Abel had to admire.

Lydia picked up a ping-pong ball-sized grape and put it in her mouth, and the delicious taste was truly superb.

In the past, although she was born in a wealthy family, because her mother was not valued in the family, she actually lived a very average life.

Of course, it is better than ordinary people and the middle class, but even if her surname is Hirst, her previous life was actually like that.

If it weren't for the family, there would be invisible discrimination in one way or another. In all aspects, if the treatment is much worse than Amanda next to her, she will not form the current character.

Since following Abel, this eldest lady from a wealthy family has enjoyed many things that she didn't enjoy before.

Ruby Roman grapes like this new market, supplied to well-known and wealthy people for $6,400 per bunch, cost more than $200 each, and she really couldn't afford to eat it before.

"I heard that the yield is very low, if you like it, I'll call them in a moment and prepare a little more." Lydia picked one up again and handed it to Abel's mouth, and said softly.

That way she can eat more......

"Hmm. Let people be a little more prepared, everyone has a share. Abel didn't raise his head, and said as he flipped through the papers.

"Understood." Lydia's heart was a little sour, knowing that he meant to send these grapes to his woman as well.

Fortunately, she knows that she also has a share, not to mention that she is not "justified" now, so she naturally has to be obedient.

At this moment, the mobile phone on the table rang, Lydia reached for it, looked at it, and then handed it to Abel, "Boss, it's Mr. Smith's phone." ”

Generally speaking, in front of Abel, the only person who can be called Mr. Smith Sr. is his grandfather Alex Smith.

"Oh?" Abel stretched out his hand to take the phone, picked it up directly, put it to his ear, and greeted with a smile: "Good morning, no, it's already noon." Good afternoon, Grandpa. ”

"Hehe, good afternoon, where are you now?"

"On the plane, I'm flying to California, is there something wrong?" Abel asked with a slight frown.

"Anadarko Oil, are you interested?"

"Oh? Let grandpa make this call, it seems that this business is a bit interesting. Abel was a little curious.

The name of Anadarko Petroleum Company, Abel has some impressions.

He remembered that it was a very large oil company, headquartered in The Woodlands, Texas, and it was a somewhat tricky piece of fat.

"Hehe, Anadarko Oil, in debt. In two years, it has up to $8.5 billion in corporate debt to pay. On top of that, it has about $6.5 billion in liabilities. The company has not paid dividends for seven years in a row because it has been losing money. Someone on my side wants to sell its shares, the number is relatively large, are you interested? ”

"Of course!" Abel's eyes lit up, he sat up straight, and said with interest, "How many?" ”

At this time, the people around him had changed from Lydia to Alan Baker, the chief thinker who was urgently called.

Alan was also holding a notebook in his hand, which contained information about the Anadarko Petroleum Company.

Abel glanced at the information while talking to his grandfather.

Anadarko Petroleum is one of the world's largest independent oil and gas exploration and production companies.

It was founded in 1959 and is headquartered in Texas, United States.

It employs about 1,529 people. In 1996, the company had 40.82 million tons of crude oil and 50.9 billion cubic meters of natural gas, 20% of which were in Algeria and 80% in the United States.

In 2002, the company's total revenue was US$1.569 billion, net income was US$90 million, total assets reached US$22.584 billion, and liabilities were US$15.054 billion.

"I didn't ask much about the specifics, but it will be about 15%~18%, after all, a loan of 2.375 billion US dollars is involved, if you are interested, I will ask the other party to contact you."

"Okay......

After getting some more information from Old Smith, Abel hung up.

Anadarko Petroleum is seen as a very tricky piece of fat in the global energy market.

The Company is engaged in oil and gas exploration, development and sales of petroleum products.

In the past, it was mainly based on natural gas exploration, but the company's business has changed in the past 10 years, and the crude oil exploration business has increased, and the existing reserves have reached more than half of the total reserves.

Among them, the Mahogany oil field in the Gulf of Mexico is the first pre-salt oil field in the region to be put into production, with a total annual production of 4.67 billion cubic meters of oil, natural gas and natural gas liquid, 918,000 tons and 481,000 tons, respectively.

At present, the company's main business is concentrated in Algeria, Peru, Jordan and Ethiopia, as well as in the United States in the Gulf of Mexico, Alaska and the Permian Basin.

The reason why it is said to be a tricky piece of fat is that although it has a high debt, it has very large oil and gas reserves.

If that's all there is to it, it won't be tricky to look at the real oil and gas reserves.

It can be said to be tricky because most of its oil and gas reserves are difficult to develop, and they belong to shale oil and shale gas.

Combined, these three factors make Anadarko Petroleum a tricky piece of fat.

However, even so, there are still a lot of energy giants who want to eat this piece of fat.

Chevron Energy, Occidental Petroleum, BP, Shell and other oil companies have clearly expressed interest in it and made inquiries.

It's just that the shareholders of Anadarko Petroleum Company did not agree, and it ended up being what it is now.

However, in parallel time and space, in the end, it was Occidental Petroleum that got its wish and won the possibly the largest independent oil and gas company in the United States at a very high price.

"Alan, what do you think?"

After a cursory reading of the information and listening to the introduction of the think tank, Abel asked him.

"Very nice asset. It can be used as a reserve supplement for Pacific Energy. Although the technology for the development of shale formations is not very perfect, the cost is very high. But the technology will always be perfected one day. At that time, these reserves of Anadarko will become very valuable. ”

The chief thinker continued to analyze: "Otherwise, the Seven Sisters of Oil would not have pursued it so frantically. ”

To put it bluntly, most of the reason for Anadarko's current losses is that international oil prices have not been very good.

The problem is that Abel, as a reborn, knows very well that the international oil price will be higher and higher in the future, and it will break through $180 a barrel at the craziest time.

The average price will remain at 60 or 70 US dollars, which is a very high state.

He still remembers that in parallel time and space, the United States later changed from an oil importer to an exporter, because the high oil prices were so fascinating.

Let its internal oil merchants, frantically develop technology, and then use shale oil development technology to mature.

Fueled by high oil prices, the United States has been able to tap into its abundant underground oil, producing high volumes every year, and has gone from being a complete oil importer to an exporter, and it is still at the top of the list.

This has had a very great impact on the strategy and correct policies of the United States.

In parallel time and space, the petrodollar declined so quickly in later generations, and the oil produced by the United States accounted for a large part of the factor.

Anadarko Petroleum has a great advantage in this regard, and it is the oil company with the largest reserves of shale oil and shale gas in the world.

From this point of view, Anadarko Petroleum is indeed a super fat piece of meat.

If Abel takes over, it will be merged into Pacific Energy.

Then Pacific Energy can change from the current production and supply giant to a more comprehensive multi-energy giant.

Compared with the old giants such as Occidental Petroleum and Chevron, Pacific Energy needs a very high-quality independent energy company like Anadarko Petroleum.

The only problem is that the price is bound to be expensive. With more than $15 billion in debt alone, it would be a super-acquired deal totaling more than $40 billion if the company was to acquire Anadarko Oil.

But it's worth it, because according to the future international crude oil price of $70 a barrel.

Just the amount of oil reserves, which account for half of Anadarko's oil and gas reserves, can be sold for at least seven or eight billion dollars.

Not to mention that there is about the same amount of natural gas, if it is properly managed and developed. Just these oil and gas reserves can make Anadarko Oil Company worth more than $200 billion.

But let's not forget that Anadarko Oil's old business is oil and gas exploration, and it's the best exploration company in the world.

This means that it can always look for new oil and gas resources, both in the United States and abroad.

In other words, with enough financial support, it will be able to find more oil and gas resources, and its value will continue to grow.

Of course, the premise is that international oil prices and natural gas have been high. At the same time, the development cost should be reduced, otherwise the actual profit will not be much.

But there is no doubt that Abel is very excited.

Alex said that the other party would go to California to find him in person. The seller is a wealthy family in Texas, but not within the Texas consortium.

Grandpa also hinted that the other party may be interested in joining the Texas consortium. Those shares of Anadarko Petroleum Company may be the other party's vote.

Otherwise, no one would be willing to give up such fat, even if Anadarko Oil continued to lose money.

Then wait until you get to California, and the other party will come to you.

This kind of thing can't be rushed, and if it's urgent, it's easy for Occidental Petroleum and Chevron to get involved.

When the time comes, the price will be raised, and perhaps what can be obtained for $4 billion will need five or six billion dollars.

At around 4 p.m., Abel's sky palace "Smith" arrived at Los Angeles International Airport.

It's actually raining in Los Angeles today, and the rainy season is generally from October to February.

It's the end of March, and it rarely rains.

However, the rain curtain is not very large, and it is dripping.

It's Sunday, and it's evening. The roads into Los Angeles are jammed with water everywhere.

The traffic jam in Los Angeles is arguably the worst in the United States. On Fridays and Sundays, it's easy to jam all day.

Friday is because of the holiday, so when you go home, you go home to go out to play, and the way out is naturally blocked.

On Sunday, it was time to go to work, and everyone was back in Los Angeles, and the way back was jammed.

Knowing this, coupled with the fact that it was not raining much, the flight weather was also very good.

Abel simply didn't take the car, and had a helicopter sent in, and the plane took off from the helipad at Los Angeles International Airport, aiming for Beverly Hill in the heart of Hollywood.

Da Da Da –

The propeller stirred up the rain curtain and scattered the rain, and Abel wrapped up his trench coat tightly and squinted towards the main mansion of the Beverly Hills Manor Villa, where the bodyguard pressed the scraped and deformed black umbrella to block the rain.

"Shet!"

Abel ran into the door of the mansion, reached out and took the towel handed by the maid, wiped the rain on his face and hair, took off his windbreaker, handed it to the maid, walked into the living room, saw that it was empty, and couldn't help asking, "Where have all the people gone?" ”

"Madame, young master, and young lady are upstairs in the bedroom."

Abel nodded, took off his suit, pulled off his tie and handed it to the maid, unbuttoned the collar and cuffs of his shirt, rolled up his sleeves twice, changed into slippers, and went upstairs.

Lydia didn't follow, she was in the staff quarters at the foot of Beverly Hills.

"Tsk, this lazy woman!"

Pushing open the door, Abel saw Yin Kana, who was wearing a white T-shirt and a pair of gray casual mom pants, with blonde hair hanging down on the pillow, lying on Tronsimmons and falling asleep, next to little Andy and little Yin Fanna, who also looked to be sleeping soundly.

Abel took off his slippers and walked cautiously to Simmons with bare feet, and saw that Yin Kana, who was sleeping on his stomach with his side face, squeezed his cheeks deformed, and saliva flowed from the corners of his mouth, so he couldn't help pouting.

No matter how beautiful the goddess is, she sleeps and dies like that. The so-called beauty spring sleep, that you have to sleep without drooling.

He no longer looked at Yoon Kana, but at the sleeping twins.

Compared to the previous ones, the two little dolls have fully grown. Half a year old is the cutest time, and it looks as cute as a doll.

Suddenly, Xiao Yin Fanna's little face, which was more delicate than a doll, suddenly couldn't help but smile, it was really cute and cute, it was just a little angel descending to earth, and Abel's heart was about to melt.

Well, the daughter is a little different after all.

At this time, Yin Kana, who was sleeping lightly on her stomach, opened her sleepy eyes suddenly, and after seeing that it was Abel, she blinked her sleepy eyes a few times, and saw that Abel was looking at the children with a smirk, and the corners of her mouth couldn't help but turn up and raise her eyebrows.

It's hard to imagine that such a caring man would like children so much. Only now did Yin Kana feel that she gave birth to two babies at such a young age, which was really a very correct choice.

Just for the strength of his love for children, isn't this the best guarantee for his future?

Seeing that Abel wanted to bow his head to kiss little Andy and little Yin Fanna's cheeks, Yin Kana, who knew that the two children were just light sleepers, hurriedly reached out and gently slapped Abel, and whispered angrily: "Don't disturb, it's easy to wake up." ”

Abel paused, turned his head and saw Yin Kana, who was wiping the corners of her mouth with her hand and getting up yawning, looked at the kou watermark on the pillow again, rolled her eyes and complained: "You won't be playing with our children, you will fall asleep first!" ”

"Not really!" Yin Kana retorted with a smile, "I knew you were coming over and going to work early in the morning." After a busy day, leave work early. I was too tired to fall asleep, and the children came in from behind, and the nanny sent it to me, so that it was convenient for me to feed the girl. ”

Abel nodded, and Yin Kana snorted lightly, got off Simmons, and walked into the bathroom, and the door was not closed.

Listening to the sound of the water, the corners of Abel's mouth full of black lines twitched a few times.

No matter how goddess a woman is, after giving birth to a child, it will always be a little different. This kind of thing that she wouldn't have done before when she was killed, but now she can do it very casually.

It is no wonder that most of the men who marry the wives of goddesses will cheat as long as their careers are relatively successful.

Because the goddesses in the eyes of outsiders are, to put it bluntly, just beautiful women with good figures. At most, add ethereal things like temperament.

But in essence, they are nothing more than female humans. Since it is a female human, it is a more advanced primate to put it bluntly.

Those who can't touch it and can only see it will think that it is a goddess. But a man who has married a goddess's wife naturally knows this after a long life. Over time, the mystery faded, and the characteristics in the man's DNA returned. When you meet other beautiful women, you are naturally more likely to have problems.

This is especially true when you have the ability to make other women, including goddesses, throw themselves into your arms.

Abel feels that he has done a good job of this, because he likes the new but does not get tired of the old!

The light rain outside the house turned into a heavy rain, from the dripping to the beginning of the pounding on the floor-to-ceiling windows.

Abel put his arms around Yin Kana, who was sitting in his arms, and the two nestled on the sofa and chatted.

"Why isn't Paris here?"

"She's in San Francisco, and YKM is doing a better job there. She's going back to New York next month, after all, it's the fashion center of the United States. ”

"You can't mean that you deliberately split her apart and then want to eat alone, right? You can't handle it, be careful to eat too much. ”

"Humph! My appetite is very good, so I don't eat so easily. ”

"Are you sure?"

"I'm sure! Whining...... Woo...... Don't, wait a minute. Wait until I've fed Andy and Yin Fanna...... Woohoo......"

"I'm going to feed you now!"

"Wait...... Ah......h

“……”

It turns out that although Yin Kana's "appetite" is really good, her combat effectiveness is okay.

But if she eats alone, she really can't eat, at most she can cope with 1/3.

I was completely exhausted, and I didn't have the strength and mood to take care of the children, so I could only ask the nannies to help.

She may be called self-inflicted sin.