Chapter 505 Free Market

The Caspian oil circle in the early 1990s, like the Middle East oil circle in the early 1970s, is in the prelude to blowout development. There are many oil companies here, not only super oil development companies, but also oil exploration companies and oil drilling companies. As for marginal companies such as oil storage and transportation or oil finance, there are more.

BP Petroleum Company is a big Buddha in the world's oil circle. Ducat, the technical director, is wandering around the world. Compared with his colleagues who often go to the Middle East on business trips, Ducat is more aggressive and has more power, and can often make important decisions on the spot.

When Timsey saw Ducat, he suddenly felt a bad feeling, and his brain turned quickly.

Ducat also saw Timsey, but it was like looking at the scenery. In a while, Ducat came to the city of Su with a crutch.

His legs are a little lame, but with a civilized stick, there are basically no ups and downs when walking, which gives him the style of an old gentleman familiar to the Chinese.

Ducat slowly stretched out his hand and laughed in English with an accent: "Please allow me to introduce myself, my humble Ducat, who is responsible for BP's technology purchase, patent licensing, and the procurement of scientific research equipment. I heard that Dahua Industry has made cheap carbon fiber, which made the cost extremely low. I came immediately. I hope I can investigate it. I didn't disturb you."

"We've finished talking about it." Su Cheng nodded to Tim West, as if he was not aware of the competitive relationship between the two sides.

Ducat reacted very quickly, and the interface said, "In this case, Chairman Su, please talk to me in the car. My legs and feet are not good, so I can't walk and chat with you.

When he got into his car, it was naturally inconvenient for Timsey to follow.

So, in the farewell voice of Su City. Timsey looked at Su Cheng getting on Ducat's car, and suddenly there was a depressing steak that had been taken away.

Compared with buying cheap carbon fiber in bulk, Timsey naturally prefers this carbon fiber technology. With the current development pace of oil companies, there are too many places to use carbon fiber. Although dozens of dollars per kilogram of carbon fiber is still expensive, this technology involves some basic patents, which is hard to say. This can be understood by looking at the booming electronics industry.

However, there will always be all kinds of uncertainties in the estimation, so before seeing Ducat. Timsey wanted to talk about it slowly. At least he had to carefully examine the patent and technical points. Unexpectedly, he met a bald figure like Ducat when he went out, and he pulled Su Cheng away.

Such a competitive competitor immediately raised Timsey's expectations. It also raised the value of cheap carbon fiber to a higher level.

Timsey himself is the vice president of Halliburton, but he is not good at the technical direction. On the contrary, the technical director of BP is the technical authority of the industry. Ducat, a lame man, has invested heavily in several technologies, and all of them have received a lot of rewards.

Timsey's most anxious thing is that Ducat can use a lot of money. Since BP began to implement their famous elephant strategy. BP often chooses not to buy the right one, but only the expensive strategy.

Such behavior will naturally raise market prices.

Timsey didn't have time to go back, so he patted his head on the street. He said, "Let the technical department of the group focus on analyzing the value of Dahua's carbon fiber, and I want to get a report as soon as possible."

The men left in a hurry. Ayman and Timsi were left by the roadside.

Aiman was originally interested in Timsey, and this is the opportunity. Ling Bo stepped on it slightly and turned to Timsey. He laughed and said, "Mr. Timsey hasn't eaten yet..."

"I have to rush back to the company. There are too many things to do." Timsey rejected Ayman a little abruptly, and he was really in a hurry to go back to explain the situation.

How could Aiman let him go so easily? He said enthusiastically, "I'll see you off. My car has the license plate of the presidential palace and is unimped all the way."

In 1993, Almaty will not have traffic jams. What she said is unimpeded, and even traffic lights can be casually broken. This is also a privileged act inherited by Kazakhstan from the Soviet Union. Many departments, including the oil sector, have considerable privileges.

Timsey hesitated for a moment, nodded and said, "Thank you then."

Aiman smiled and showed his good teeth, and his buttocks were like a shark's tail. He connected Timsey to the car, patted the front seat, and waited for the car to start. He had nothing to say, "Is the carbon fiber Mr. Timsey wants to buy a very important thing?"

"It depends on the quality and price of their carbon fiber. If the quality is gone, the price is really only one-tenth, or a quarter of the current price, which is already a very promising product. Timsey explained two simple sentences.

Aiman seemed to be a good student and said curiously, "So if you said earlier that you want to buy technology, can you develop better carbon fiber?"

"Harry Burton is the largest system solver, and naturally it can develop better carbon fiber... If it can meet the standard of T300 and one-tenth of the cost, it is not too much to change the carbon fiber market." Under the lady's compliment, Timsey said her goal.

Nowadays, most of the European and American markets are occupied by cheap Japanese carbon fiber. Some companies gave up the carbon fiber market and quit completely, while others turned to making carbon fiber equipment and went upstream. Halliburton also has the same plan.

However, for new materials such as carbon fiber, the investment in equipment is high-risk, and the average profit can only be said to be meager. Halliburton also continued to study in order not to be completely kicked out of the market. God knows when carbon fiber can become a petrochemical product with an annual output value of hundreds of billions. Now that it is running away, don't think about the future dividends.

If you can make a complete set of cheap fibers and return to the carbon fiber production market, it will be a great success. However, the average quality and ultra-low price are not so easy to achieve, that is, companies like Halliburton set such a high target from the beginning. In Dahua Industry, Su Cheng did not dare to have such an unrealistic fantasy.

For Chinese companies, it is impossible to make T300 regardless of cost, let alone low cost.

Aiman looked at Timsey's thinking and felt itchy and admired him very much. He smiled and said, "You will definitely change the market. I know that people like you are born to change the world.

What he said suddenly made Timsey excited.

When it comes to his position, in addition to endless money and endless power, the pursuit is not to change the world and make a name in history.

So, Timsi looked at Ayman and nodded and said, "We really have to take a good look at the carbon fiber technology of Dahua Industry. Even if the quality of carbon fiber is not good, it is rare to be cheap. Japan has made great achievements in this regard, but looking at China's current level of textiles, it seems to have more experience in reducing costs.

What he said, Aiman probably nodded and said yes. Only Su City is a new enemy, and he can't forget it even if he wants to. Aiman couldn't help saying, "Is the technology of Dahua Industry so good? Can't you develop new technologies by yourself?

Timsey was not clear about the situation and shook his head to explain, "If such a cheap fiber is in line with the market, as long as the other party is willing to invest, it will definitely be improved in terms of quality and cost. Let's start from scratch. If we can't keep up with their speed, it will definitely become a loss. It

"You must have done better than theirs." Aiman still wants to cheer up.

Timsey shook his head vigorously and said, "You don't understand. It's not easy to do a good job. The research and development cost alone is very difficult. On average, each researcher needs an investment of 150,000 US dollars. If you use less, it is too slow. If you use more, it is not cheap fiber.

With that, he involuntarily patted the front seat and ordered, "Go faster, I'm going back to the company."

"So, Sucheng's company has made a great thing?" Aiman finally understood why a company like Dahua Industry was protected and recognized by his father.

"It's worth at least one oil field." Timsey paid attention to the window and said unconsciously.

Such a description can't be more clear for Aiman. Even if she was not interested in it, she has become interested now. She quickly asked, "Do you mean the value of an oil field or the continuous profit?"

"There are all of them. What will happen in the future depends not only on the carbon fiber market, but also on their respective levels. Yes, can you help me book the fastest flight? There are a little more people in China. Timsey said whatever came to mind. China and Kazakhstan have direct flights, but the capacity is not high, and the frequency is not up to one flight a day. It is a little difficult to buy tickets temporarily.

Of course, this is nothing to the privileged Ayman. She asked cheerfully, "How many tickets do you want?"

"20 sheets, bring more people, and the evaluation will be faster."

This number surprised Ayman for a moment. It is not too much for European companies to describe it as grand for so many people traveling.

However, what made Aiman even more unexpected was that her presidential daughter, who sent someone to buy tickets, even got a "sold out" reply, and she couldn't even increase the number of flights.

After further inspecting, it turned out that there were many oil companies going to China, so that the few tickets were exhausted in an instant.

Sucheng also encountered the problem of tight ticket sources. Fortunately, the perennial charter flights of the oil company prevented him from falling behind most companies.

In fact, when he arrived at Shanghai, several companies operating in China had arrived in advance.

When Sucheng's plane landed at Hongqiao Airport, I saw not only the pick-up team of Dahua Industry, but also the pick-up team of the local government and the foreign government.

Under the slogan "Welcome foreign-funded enterprises to inspect the local investment environment", there are not only the local China Merchants Bureau, but also the China Merchants Bureau personnel of the foreign office in Shanghai, staring at the channel one by one.

There are more flexible staff, who have broken through the barriers of all kinds of guards, sent small cards to everyone, and said like chanting scriptures: "50,000 US dollars for capital verification, free travel for a week!" No investment, car pick-up and drop-off, free market!" ( To be continued) RS