Chapter 150 underwriting
The night in the desert is much colder than expected.
Zhang Haochang wrapped his leather coat, stamped his feet, looked at the brilliant lights in front of him, shivered coldly, and said with a smile, "This dress is really good. When I go back to China, if you can send this leather coat to us, it will be in vain."
"If you can win the bid, I don't think anyone will object to this request." Kang Qingfeng smiled twice, pulled Zhang Haochang's arm again, and whispered, "Here we go."
The crowd is round and walks down the steps.
Zhang Haochang, Kang Qingfeng, and their leading translators all stood up. When the crowd passed by, Zhang Haochang first stepped forward, stood in the light, and shouted, "Mr. Hasford."
"It's you again." The man named Hasford was a little drunk and stopped with the help of the woman.
A group of people next to him are used to this. Urala said a few words without stopping.
In a blink of an eye, there were only six people left. Four men and two women.
"They don't understand English. You can say it." Haasford's English is turbid American English. As a member of the royal family, it is almost normal to study in European and American countries, and he is no exception.
Zhang Haochang and Kang Qingfeng looked at each other, and Zhang Haochang still said, "Mr. Hasford, regarding your last request, we have asked our boss for permission. The personnel will be in place within 30 days.
"It's faster. Well, I'm not really going to train the army with your [China] soldiers, but I'm just interested in your [China] national kung fu. I hope the people you sent don't let me down. By the way, bring the commonly used light weapons and get more ammunition. Haasford laughed twice and circled two circles in the air with his fingers, signaling to leave.
Zhang Haochang coughed hard and said, "Mr. Hasford, do we have a chance to see His Majesty the King..."
"You can't see the king. Only the leaders of your country can meet the king on official occasions." Haasford squinted and smiled, "However, Mr. King has no intention of receiving leaders of other countries for the time being. You should arrange ministerial talks first, and then arrange high-level talks."
"We can arrange ministerial talks." Zhang Haochang has been authorized and said nervously at this moment, "We want to know what extent of consensus we can reach in the open ministerial talks?"
"It depends on how much assistance you can provide to the economy of the United Arab Emirates."
"What extent do you think the assistance is appropriate?" Zhang Haochang's attitude is very respectful.
Hasford touched the woman next to him, let her laugh, and then said, "If you want to know this information, you have to do something for me."
"You said."
"I want three [middle] national beauties must be beautiful..."
Zhang Haochang was stunned directly.
Kang Qingfeng still has a clear mind and said categorically, "Absolutely not, this is not what we can do."
"It's really disappointing. Well, I want the old ten thousand dollars. If I have money, come to me again." Haasford did not entangle, patted the buttocks of the woman beside him and staggered away.
Under the light, the three Chinese people were speechless.
For a long time, the entourage of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs whispered, "I must report today's matter."
Kang Qingfeng nodded feebly and said, "Please come just to be a witness."
"Can we get a $100,000 license?" Zhang Haochang suddenly said a word.
Kang Qingfeng stared at him and said, "100,000 dollars, if we can meet the king of Iran, forget it. What does he mean? The direction and goal of the ministerial talks should be a semi-public news, otherwise how can we talk about it? It costs money. After the ministerial talks, there will be high-level talks. At that time, the economic assistance will be finalized. Will he be paid for every step? It's not easy for our country to earn a little foreign exchange, and we also help them financially..."
"We have aid to Africa and Southeast Asia, and we have also assisted Yemen in the Middle East. It's not surprising that we have aided another United Arab Emirates." Zhang Haochang's voice is weak.
"Assistance and economic assistance are two different things." Kang Qingfeng said angrily, "I heard that the Olive Company in West Germany will lay a telephone line in the United Nations and use the latest program-controlled phone. Although the UAE people pay for it, we can't make the decision for this level of financial assistance."
The leader of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs also coughed and said, "I met people from Boeing in the United States. I guess it's about airports and passenger planes. The United Arab Emirates has wanted to expand Abu Dhabi International Airport and Dubai International Airport for a long time."
"The most different thing about economic assistance is that it doesn't care about the ownership of oil fields. First of all, you need economic assistance before you can participate in the bidding, but if the bidding fails, the economic assistance still needs to continue. Kang Qingfeng said with hatred, "These Middle Eastern countries are really good calculations."
"So, this line is broken again?" Zhang Haochang lost his opinion and asked, "Do you still send the military instructors sent in China?"
"It still has to be sent. It has a bad reputation, and the promise will be useless in the future." Kang Qingfeng shook his head and said, "These members of the Arab royal family are all like Beile, the prince of the Qing Dynasty, bragging to the sky and doing things sparsely."
Zhang Haochang rubbed his head hard and said, "You can't just give up. This Hasford is quite reliable. It is said that the decision of the ownership of the oil field lies with the king and the crown prince. Shall we have a try?
Kang Qingfeng said anxiously, "What to try? Let's not talk about us. Is your general manager of CNOOC qualified to arrange a meeting with national leaders? Another pervert also said that the king of Iran will not meet the leaders of other countries recently. Think about it and know that everyone is looking at his oil field. Isn't it digging a hole for himself to hold talks now? Who did he answer and who he didn't agree to?"
Zhang Haochang sighed and sat back in the chair. This was not the first line they lost. After calming down, he stamped his feet and said, "I haven't heard from Sucheng for a long time. I don't know how they did it."
"He can't even handle the ministerial meeting, so I guess he can only pay for the bidding obediently. Well, the oil trade is too complicated. We didn't expect it. I guess he didn't expect it. At the beginning, the newborn calf was not afraid of tigers, but now, it may have given up.
Based on his own experience, Kang Qingfeng judged that Dahua Industry without a national background could not win this kind of oil war.
Sucheng paced slowly in the alley of Wahaibi, like a tourist.
There are all kinds of tailor shops here. It is the most famous clothing shop in Abu Dhabi. They not only sew traditional Arabic clothes, but also cut suits, tuxedo and even costumes. Many Arab celebrities have fixed tailors to help them cut and even modify clothes.
Every day, this alley is full of people coming and going.
The roadway that only allows two people to pass often makes the crowded crowd pause.
Under the leadership of Li Wei, Su Cheng found a sewing shop with six-petal plums. When I got into the small door, the store suddenly became cheerful.
"Do you want to order clothes or come to pick them up?" The clerk is dressed in a three-piece British suit, which is very capable, using Arabic first and then English.
Su Cheng replied in English: "Is the shopkeeper there? I want to ask him to help me make a suit.
"He has guests. Please wait a moment." And made a cup of fragrant black tea for Su Cheng.
"Thank you very much." Su Cheng had already expected and sat down at ease.
He is not really waiting for the tailor. He is waiting for the tailor's guests.
After a week of comparison, Su Cheng, Go Lang and Li Wei finally found a "ad-hearted person" around the Crown Prince of Iran. Through the investigation of the local agency, it was known that he was the crown prince's barber, as well as his beautician, maintainer and stylist.
Today, this man named Diab came to get clothes for the crown prince.
Su Cheng is not sure about his influence, but it is really worth a try.
At the time of a cup of black tea, Diab came out from behind. He looks similar to the one in the photo. His face is white, he doesn't smile, and his eyes are white, as if he is always looking at you.
"Mr. Diab." Su Cheng stood up.
"Who are you?" Diab stopped.
"I am the chairman of [China] Guodahua Industry. I came to the United Arab Emirates to bid for oil fields. I hope to talk to you."
"I think you may have got the wrong person." Diab carried his clothes and continued to walk out, and the clerk of the tailor's shop naturally came up to stop him.
Goro is as strong as wild, blocking the other two people with one arm.
"Mr. Diab, we can reach two points of economic cooperation. First of all, petrochemical products, and secondly, I can open the market for natural gas in the United Arab Emirates..." Sucheng threw out the bait that had been prepared for him for many days.
Each bidding company needs to propose at least one economic collaboration project and meet the technical requirements of oil exploration. With these, we can compete on the bidding price, otherwise it will be directly eliminated. The three months from the issuance of the tender to the end of the bidding is mainly to give enough time to facilitate the companies to carry out hidden operations.
In essence, the United Arab Emirates doesn't mind other companies and countries contacting them. However, the way and method of contact must be correct.
In addition to the economy, politics, military, diplomacy, technology transfer, etc. are all things that oilfield countries like.
In order to defeat the United States, West Germany and other political, military and technological powers, the city of the Soviet Union must find another way.
In these aspects, due to the lack of state support, diplomatic, military and political bets have nothing to do with Sioux City, he can only choose economic means like himself.
And it is an economic means that you can afford.
The natural gas market is an entry point found in Sucheng.
Diab was really attracted. He raised his hand to see the clerks and asked in English, "Which country are you going to sell natural gas to and in what way?"
"I can't tell you for the time being."
Diab smiled and said, "Then there is nothing to say."
"I can sign an underwriting contract of 10 billion cubic meters per year." Su Cheng quickly answered. With an oil price of less than $20 and a spare year that has been stable for several years, natural gas is completely ignored. For the same reason, natural gas pipelines and liquefied natural gas carriers are naturally neglected, which makes natural gas sales in Middle Eastern countries always a big problem.
But Su Cheng knew that although this situation had lasted for nearly 10 years, the deadlock would be broken in only 2 years at most.
The day when oil prices soared by 50% and exceeded $30 will come soon. At that time, the advantages of natural gas will be strongly reflected. However, who can believe that after 10 years of stabilizing oil prices, it will suddenly increase so much.
Therefore, the underwriting of natural gas is an unbearable risk for other companies, and for Su Cheng, it is just a tight capital chain.
"I don't think your company has the ability." Diab thought for a long time and finally opened his mouth. Knowing Dahua Company in China shows that he really has a lot of influence on bidding.
Su Cheng smiled calmly and said, "I am willing to sign the contract. If I can't complete the underwriting agreement, I will automatically give up the ownership of the oil field."