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Two days later, business delegations from the two countries in the energy field launched their first talks.

This time the negotiations were still conducted online. Although the other party strongly requested to organize an on-site meeting in a third country, China completely ignored the other party's request.

The organizers of the conference had only one sentence to answer them:

Wherever I say it will be.

In desperation, Chouguo finally accepted the online meeting.

They sent company representatives from multiple energy giants, especially oil giants, as well as relevant important personnel. There was only one issue they planned to discuss, and that was how to stabilize the current world crude oil price.

Neither Chen Hao nor Ye Zhou participated in this meeting. One of them was busy promoting the establishment of the quantum computing project personnel list, and the other was busy following the manufacturing of Qilian engine and turbofan-20 engine. Neither of them planned to focus on this meeting. Although it is important, there is no such important meeting.

The video conference started, and everyone from the Chinese delegation appeared on the screen.

"Hello everyone, there is no need to say any more pleasantries. Let's get straight to the point of today's meeting."

"First I would like to introduce the agenda of this meeting."

"This meeting consists of three parts. First, a discussion on the recent fluctuations in international oil prices; second, a discussion on how to maintain the orderly operation of international oil prices in the future; third, on the subsequent development of each company in energy, agriculture, and Discussions on cooperation in various aspects such as biochemistry and finance.”

"The total estimated duration of the three agendas is 6 hours. Topics 1 and 2 are one hour each, and Topic 3 is 4 hours. Please confirm if you have any objections. If not, then we will directly enter the discussion."

The person who spoke was the negotiator from China. He glanced at the representative from Ugly Country on the screen. After only a few seconds of pause, he announced the start of the meeting.

The first person to raise his hand to speak was the commercial representative of Mobil Oil. He looked directly at the camera with a serious face, and then said:

"We have noticed that due to your intervention, the current oil price has fallen below 10 Torres per barrel, and there are signs of further decline. We believe that if no measures are taken, within a few days, The price of oil futures is about to fall below the positive value. I would like to ask, can you take responsibility for this situation? Or let me put it more bluntly: This situation is detrimental to both of us. In your case, After the goal is achieved, can oil prices be stabilized in the shortest possible time?"

The Mobil representative had a tough tone, but everyone could hear the underlying meaning in his words.

Yes, you Chinese people are awesome, and there is nothing we can do to push oil prices to this level. But the problem is that such low oil prices harm our common interests. You can't just leave it alone, right?

If you have any purpose, then bring it up for negotiation as soon as possible. Once the negotiation is completed, the oil price will be restored. Don't affect both of us making money.

The official officials of Ugly Country looked at the Mobil representatives very hard. They were different from these businessmen. They considered more of the overall interests. As soon as the Mobil representatives spoke their words, they had already placed their own position on the table. Next.

If you only eat based on people's faces, is there any need to negotiate?

Just as their officials thought, upon hearing this, the Chinese side immediately felt confident.

The tone of this negotiation has been set, so there is no need to adjust the strategy next.

As long as we stick to our advantageous position and use a strong attitude to make demands for our interests, it will be fine.

Thinking of this, a man sitting in the corner tapped the keyboard lightly, and then a command was passed to the small screen on someone's desk in the venue. The man glanced at the screen and replied:

"We do not think that the so-called oil price position is unfavorable to us. Everyone, you also know that compared to you, our oil reserves are very low, and even the per capita oil reserves are even less than yours. Less than a quarter.”

"Are low oil prices a bad thing for us? No. We can take this opportunity to expand our oil reserves to deal with some extreme situations that may occur."

When it came to the words "extreme situation", the spokesperson deliberately increased his tone. The faces of the Ugly Country officials on the screen darkened, and one of them quickly replied:

"We believe that with normal and stable oil supply, the extreme situation you are worried about will not occur. We can guarantee this in advance."

"I understand. Your attitude is very sincere, so we also have a question: If oil prices continue to remain low, how much impact will it have on you?"

The Mobil representative looked at the camera helplessly. He knew that the other party was asking questions knowingly, but he had to answer.

"The impact is huge. If this continues, related companies on both our sides will face massive profit losses, unemployment, or even bankruptcy."

"Oh? Is that so?"

The spokesperson looked at the business delegation aside. Sitting there were representatives of two oil and petrochemical companies.

Seeing the spokesperson's gaze, the representatives of the two companies replied one after another:

"Our company has ample cash flow. Even if we continue to lose money, we can guarantee stable operations for three to five years."

"We can guarantee that for five years."

The spokesperson nodded with satisfaction, then looked back at the screen and said:

"So, the situation may not be as you said. If oil keeps operating at a low level, the damage to you will probably be much greater than the damage to us, right?"

"Our new energy layout is in a leading position around the world, and we are more prepared for the drop in oil prices."

"In this negotiation, we are not trying to solve our own problems, but your problems. Do you agree with this?"

".Agree."

The Ugly Country representative answered with difficulty.

His heart was full of unwillingness. He couldn't imagine that one day he would be in such a restricted situation, but there was no way. He also had a task, and if he wanted to complete the task, he had to accept such pressure.

"Very well, now that the basic position is clear, I think we can really start meaningful talks."

After that, the spokesperson took out the document and began to read to the other party China's analysis on the recent drop in oil prices.

All these analyzes are written in a high-sounding way. What new energy sources have impacted the traditional energy market? What international speculators are suppressing oil prices in order to make profits? What major oil-producing countries have overdrafted their productivity in advance due to the decline in economic conditions? What new oil fields have been put into operation?

Each sentence seems to be telling someone else's story, but everyone present knows that isn't it the work of you rabbits?

The impact of new energy on the fossil energy market is due to your sulfur-silicon batteries; international speculators are making profits, which is most likely your layout in the futures market; the overdraft of productivity by major oil-producing countries is also a result of the agreement. Who knows, you have given away money in order to let them increase production. How many gadgets cannot be mentioned; and as for the new oil fields being put into operation?

You have taken care of the important personnel of SPLM. Is there anyone who still doesn’t know about your affairs in the oil field?

After listening to the report, everyone couldn't help but have an idea in their minds.

This rabbit is not analyzing, it is showing.

It is a way to tell the other party in the negotiation, you see, we have done so many things, we can tell you all these things, and we can do more.

As for whether you should do it or not, that depends on your sincerity.

After a long time, the speaker finally finished reading the report, and the time for the first topic was just over.

Seeing this situation, the other party had no choice but to move on to the next topic.

"So, do you have the confidence to restore oil price stability in a short period of time? Our requirement is to restore oil prices to above 50 Torres per barrel within at least one month."

"We can, but we need your cooperation?"

"How do we need to cooperate?"

"It's simple, let go of Swift restrictions."

As soon as these words were spoken, everyone present fell into silence.

Swift, the most powerful and effective tool in the international financial field, has assumed extremely important functions since its birth.

It is not only a standard message for international settlement, nor a financial instrument, but more importantly, it represents a system.

Tole-oil-gold system.

Since the Bretton Woods Conference, this system has never wavered, but has become more stable.

Now, the system has its first challenger.

Chinese people.

They put forward their demands directly, even if they did not want to completely break the system, they still wanted to insert their own mark into it.

If the restrictions of Swift are truly relaxed and it is used as a simple and commercial messaging system that is internationally open and can be used by any country, then Dole's international status will face the most direct challenge. .

What will follow will be a challenge to financial dominance.

After a full minute of silence, the representative from Chou Country asked:

"When you say let go, to what extent do you mean let go?"

"We can talk."

The Huaxia spokesperson replied simply.

This answer made the other party breathe a sigh of relief. At least, what they asked for was not a comprehensive and uninterrupted release. This at least gave them room for change.

"We need to discuss this topic internally, and you can add it to the next agenda and discuss it as a separate argument. But what we want to confirm is, can you restore the price while maintaining the status quo for the time being?"

"It's not difficult."

The spokesperson nodded and continued:

"Actually, if you want to restore the price, you can do it yourself, but you don't plan to pay extra costs on this matter, do you?"

"Yes, it's a very real factor."

"Okay, then, I will briefly introduce to you some of the strategies we can implement. After the introduction of the strategies, we will enter the third part of the discussion."

"We need to discuss, what kind of sincerity does it take on your part for us to make these strategies."