Chapter 564 Fraud

"Yes, Mrs. Zhong Gu." Li Lin didn't know why Su Cheng was curious about the name, but she said conscientiously, "She is a special consultant of the French Elf Oil Company. It seems that there is a special public relations company, so she outsourced the public relations project of Elf Company."

"Oh..." Su Cheng recalled vigorously. He is sure that he has heard the name. Although his memory is not clear, it is likely to be important information.

However, after all, this kind of memory has been too long, and Su Cheng has no answer for a moment, so he said, "Give me some information about Mrs. Zhong Gu and find as much as I can."

The contact person of the Information Bureau is Li Shirong. He agreed and drew several circles on the notebook in shorthand.

"If you pretend, you can't write well." Liu Qiu always couldn't see the secret style of the Information Bureau, especially after his department was asked to keep all kinds of secrets, he said a lot of sarcasm because he thought it was troublesome.

Li Shirong had no choice but to close his notebook and said, "Mr. Liu, confidentiality is not a bad thing."

"Tell me, who is the spy here?"

"This...this is Su Dong's rule." Li Shirong is the second-in-command of the Information Bureau. When Dong Feng was commanding outside, he came to the headquarters meeting. However, in Dahua Industry, technology has the natural and superior attributes. Whether it is year-end dividends, daily arrangements, or even the purchase of desks, it is the technician first. Liu Qiu is not only the top of the technical personnel, but also the old minister of Dahua Industry. Not to mention the semi-old and new Li Shirong, even Dong Feng is two or three heads shorter than him. Li Shirong can only speak under the aura of Su Cheng.

Liu Qiu scolded the Information Bureau if he wanted to. Even if he pulled out Su Cheng, he still stared at him and said, "What's wrong? Su Dong stipulated that I can't talk?"

He is in a rhythm of quarreling.

Li Shirong didn't dare to quarrel with him. He looked at Su Cheng aggrievedly and whispered, "Of course that's not..."

Liu Qiu snorted and turned around.

Su Cheng laughed twice and didn't see it. A mining oil company needs to collect information, but he is always wary of the existence of the information bureau. Therefore, some people in the company take the initiative to be the opposite of the information bureau, and he is encouraging.

At the same time, in terms of the appointment of the Information Bureau, Dong Feng and Li Shirong are also newcomers, and the level is not high, which is slightly inferior and weighty. Thinking about it, Dong Feng, Li Shirong and other members of the Information Bureau can also guess one or two, so at high-level meetings, most of them are people with their tails between their legs.

In order to maintain its current position, the Information Bureau has to work hard. In order to collect the information of Mrs. Zhong Gu, Li Shirong even ordered the personnel stationed in Europe to find a way to obtain information.

Nevertheless, it took him almost two days to get Mrs. Zhong Gu's report.

The report was collected through public channels according to the long-standing working methods of the Information Bureau. Just because of the attention of the upper class, the staff stationed in Europe asked several good French journalists. In European countries, they often know more than reported.

In the end, Li Shirong still got only two pages of the report. He was not very satisfied with such results, but he couldn't wait any longer and still knocked on the door of Su Cheng's office.

"Su Dong, this is the information we have collected from Mrs. Zhong Gu." Li Shirong put the document on Su Cheng's desk and was in a nervous mood.

Su Cheng nodded, put down the pen in his hand, kneaded his wrist, and opened the file to read.

Two pages, he looked at it for a long time.

Su Cheng looked at it and thought about it.

In terms of public information, Mrs. Zhong Gu seems to be an ordinary political butler. She was appointed by Elf Oil Group in 1991 to be a special public relations consultant to the large oil company. In addition, she was also appointed by Thomson to be the middleman of a lobbying group they formed in 1990...

At the end of the document, Li Shirong indicated the identity of Thomson: the French Arms Group, the manufacturer of the Lafite-class frigate.

The last name made Su Cheng suddenly realize that the so-called Mrs. Zhong Gu is the "lady of the Republic".

The Republic here is naturally the French Republic.

And this Mrs. Zhong Gu, in such a name, has naturally done a lot of things that are popular with foreigners. The most famous of them was to be a lobbyist for Thomson, lobbying the French cabinet at that time to support the sale of six Lafitte-class frigates to Taiwan.

This is a hot arms deal, and it is a famous case of public relations lobbying.

Because 91 years ago, the French government had promised the Chinese government that it would not sell weapons to Taiwan, but after two years of work in the lobby group specially established by Thomson Company, the attitude of the French government has changed 180 degrees.

In the end, they not only sold the frigate to Taiwan, but also the price soared from the original 11 billion francs to the final 15 billion francs, equivalent to 2.7 billion US dollars, and the unit price is three times the price purchased by Singapore.

Of the huge price difference, at least $500 million was handed over to French politicians. Around 2000, Mrs. Zhong Gu and a series of French politicians and businessmen were imprisoned for this.

When the name of "Republican Woman" was at its highest, Sucheng was also in puberty, so he knew the secrets very well.

Now, about the part about France, Su Cheng can't remember clearly. All he knows is that the French Foreign Minister at this time is probably the mistress of Mrs. Zhong Gu. But on the other side, he knew that Taiwan's military and political circles were also deeply involved.

Thinking of this, Su Cheng closed the document and asked, "Is there an arms sales fraud case in Taiwan this year?"

In China in the 1990s, it was difficult to understand the beautiful scenery of Taiwan outside Sun Moon Lake, but we can still know a lot about the dirty and ugly parts of Taiwan. The Taiwan military fraud case in 1993 has also been reported in mainland China for a long time.

Of course, France's sale of weapons to Taiwan is also a continuous diplomatic problem in the past two years.

Li Shirong thought for a moment and confirmed, "The Information Bureau has collected information in this regard. In my impression, there was a Taiwanese officer who died off the coast of Suo and Australia. The cause of death was related to the warship sold by France to Taiwan.

"Give me the details."

"Yes." Li Shirong turned around and wanted to leave.

"What are you running for?" Su Cheng stopped him and said, "Isn't there a collection of information? Call and ask."

"Yes." Li Shirong picked up the phone on his desk and called back to the Information Bureau. After a while, he hung up the phone and said, "I'm sure that a colonel named Yin Qingfeng of the Taiwan Navy Headquarters was found dead in the waters of Su'ao, Taiwan. He went to France to inspect the Lafitte frigate in September this year, and allegedly found 34 defects, so he opposed the purchase plan... Now, Taiwan and France have set up specialized agencies to investigate, but there is no result.

"34 defects?" A smile appeared on Su Cheng's face.

Li Shirong heard that the string was elegant and picked up what he knew and said, "It was the Taiwanese media that broke the defect. The French company did not admit it. In addition, the contract has not been substantially affected."

"I know." Based on his memory, Su Cheng had decided to take advantage of this opportunity. He quickly called Li Lin and said, "You can make an appointment with the representative of Total, and I want to talk to them. In addition, another time to invite Mrs. Zhong Gu.

Total is the first oil company in France. It is extremely powerful. In a few years, they will even launch mergers and acquisitions to control the Elf Petroleum Group, which is also a French company. Like those giant oil companies, Total's shareholders in the world's top five include high-end companies and institutions such as BNP Paribas, French nuclear industry group AREVA, Societe Generale, and Belgian National Securities. Two years ago, the French government still held shares in Total.

If you want to do anything with France, giant oil companies like Total are the best choice. As long as they are willing, they can connect every corner and every industry in the country horizontally.

In the same way, Su Cheng did not casually stretch out his tentacles. Taiwan's arms sales corruption case is only a new thing for other countries, but completely different for China.

Now that the arms sales have been completed, there is no way to stop it. However, it is still valuable to get the specific details of Lafite's 34 defects and publicize them.

This kind of information is difficult to know from both sides of the transaction, but it is not too difficult to get it from the intermediary. Su Cheng clearly remembered that it was Thomson itself that sent Mrs. Zhong Gu to prison. They thought that the Elf group, which took a large amount of lobbying fee, did not play its due role, and then filed a fraud lawsuit in the court...

In Sucheng's opinion, as long as it works properly and only obtains information, it is not difficult at all.

China's intelligence organizations have always been poor, and they don't have much power in France. They can't go online with such a huge organization as the Thomson Arms Group. It is not cost-effective to pay a lot of money and manpower just to obtain the defect of the warship.

Sucheng is different. He is bidding in Azerbaijan, and it is completely easy to obtain this information.

"Maybe, you can still use your strength." Su Cheng touched his chin and quickly fell into meditation.

The next day.

Sucheng has just come into contact with Total and Elf, and the cooperation negotiations between Dahua Industry and Fina of France have begun.

Fina Company, which was already in a weak position, somehow heard the news that Sioux City met with Total, and Mrs. Zhong Gu, the representative of Elf Company, in a very low posture. They basically fully accepted Sucheng's request.

This is even better than the expected outcome of Sucheng. Fina not only gives Dahua Industry the right to freely choose whether to bid jointly or individually, but also takes the initiative to hand over the initiative of bidding affairs to Dahua Industry.

means that Fina Company will participate in this bidding with Dahua Industry as the main business and in a subordinate position.

To some extent, this is almost the largest gap in the modern oil market.

Of course, Fina does not suffer losses. They are already small and weak, and their scale is two-class worse than that of Dahua Industry, and they have no special relationship and status. In the bidding field where big fish eats small fish, they should have been the role of accompanying the prince to study. Now in conjunction with Dahua Industry, in addition to some influence on autonomy, the oil reserves obtained may be higher.

As a result, in the face of Azerbaijan's oil bidding, the first corporate alliance has emerged. Coupled with the news that Dahua Industry has begun to prepare for bidding, major oil companies have to speed up their own speed.

Large and medium-sized companies such as Brazilian National Petroleum Corporation, Russian National Petroleum Corporation, or Japan's INPEX are slightly chaotic, while oil giants such as British BP, Shell and Exxon, although they feel urgent, they are still in an orderly manner.

Ducat sent his deputy to talk about cooperation with Dahua Industry and test Sucheng. At the same time, BP also raised funds to Azerbaijan as soon as possible. Its distinctive lobby for members of the opposition party immediately expanded its size and sent the defense minister of the shadow cabinet.

However, the appearance and interior of oil companies have never been unified. Only Ducat himself knows whether BP is really methodical or not.

As a man full of control, being dragged by the rhythm is the most uncomfortable for him.

Until a week later, Ducat adjusted the bidding progress of BP with amazing working ability.

Just as he was complacent, his deputy knocked on the door and entered.

"What's the matter?" It was difficult for Ducate, standing in front of the glass window, to turn around with a crim.

The deputy deliberately did not look at his leg and said, "Su Dong's private message, he sent some information. In addition, he asked us to fulfill the agreement. When applying for the bidding for the oil field, we will not declare Block 8. If we fulfill this 'gentleman's agreement', he will deliver more information to us according to the agreement."

"Declaration and bidding for oil fields? When did you have this step? Ducat felt very strange.

"Newly added. It was announced this morning. The Ministry of Petroleum of Azerbaijan requires that oil companies participating in the bidding should first declare the bidding block. At least one block and up to 11 blocks can be declared at will, but if no block is declared, you can't bid for that block.

"This is not designed for him!" Ducat is very upset. According to the original gentleman's agreement, he has the initiative. On the contrary, the new policy of Azerbaijan's Ministry of Petroleum suddenly shifted the initiative to the city of Su.

"And..." The deputy whispered, "The declaration deadline is 20 o'clock tonight."

"Such a short time." Ducat was speechless. Fortunately, he has also participated in many oilfield bidding. He knows that this kind of thing can't be reasonable, but only about strength. Sucheng can be said to be the Ministry of Petroleum of Azerbaijan, which is his wrist, and the background of BP is not here.

However, knowing that it is not willing, he quickly said, "Investigate Block 8 now to see if it is a smoke bomb. There are also two documents to declare the bidding, one including No. 8 and the other.

"Undert it."

"Ask for news from other companies. Sucheng must have sold a number of goods. Speaking of this, Ducat was also speechless for a while. The gentleman's agreement, which felt a lot of benefits on that day, now seems to be chicken ribs. He can't know exactly how much information Su Cheng has come out. He can't know how many companies Su Cheng sold the information to. He can't know the specifics agreement between Su Cheng and other companies.

However, he can't refuse immediately. If other companies get the information and BP doesn't get it, it is easy to fall into passivity in the bidding.

"It seems... it's time to chase the footsteps of Dahua Industry again." Ducat's depression suddenly burst out.

......RS