Rebirth of the Spanish Empire

"I don't know what I'm looking for..."

Wayne was waiting for this sentence, organized his words, and then said with a confident tone: "Not long ago, I heard from a friend that your company is planning to sell some redundant equipment. I don't know if this is true. Also, What’s ready to sell? Maybe we can work together.”

cooperate? Buy equipment? George's mind moved and he thought about it. He thought of a problem. He had reported that these equipments were out of order and needed repairs. The repair costs were a lot, more than 200,000 US dollars. The value of this batch of equipment is less than 400,000 US dollars, so the company is hesitant to repair or not. The most important thing is that it is thousands of miles away from the mainland, and if it is shipped back by ship, it will have to add a The shipping cost was huge, so the company originally gave him instructions to simply handle it.

At the beginning, he accidentally told a few friends that he intended to sell these devices. Now he came to ask, what a coincidence now?

"I don't know how much equipment you want to buy. To put it simply, what equipment do you need to buy? We have a lot of drilling equipment here. Maybe we can actually supply it to you."

Wayne couldn't help but smile bitterly when he heard this. How much should he buy? When he looked at the African branch asset report on the table on the left, especially the five zeros in the Arabic numerals under the word "2" for liquidity at the bottom, he was even more confused about how to answer.

"Why, don't we still have the equipment that we don't have?"

"No, no, no, cough, cough, that's it, Mr. George, let me tell the truth. Our company in Africa currently lacks drill bits for drilling and exploration, so I wonder if we can cooperate. We will Rent your drill bits. If they are damaged by use, we will buy them for that amount. If you rent them, they will be rented at the general price of the drill bit market price. I don’t know what you think? Please don’t worry. We The minimum lease amount will not be less than $100,000."

"This" George said with pretense of hesitation. In fact, he was simply too kind. Isn't this just a gift to him? If he has this 100,000 US dollars, then the money he concealed will need to be plugged in to make up for it, but what if these drill bits are damaged? The number will be even greater, and if I secretly sell some equipment, wouldn't it be perfect? The most important thing now is to determine the time, otherwise if the money has not arrived before Jonathan arrives, then everything done will be in vain.

So he asked this question.

"Our loan period is two weeks, which is still long. If it can be faster, maybe one week will be ok."

"Well, I have to pay a deposit of US$50,000 first, and then pay the rest at the end."

Of course, Wayne should know this. After all, in front of Americans who are notoriously stingy, it is purely imaginary for you to want to be a white wolf with nothing. So he hesitated for a moment and agreed. 50,000 US dollars was exchanged for a large number of drill bits. Should they be able to penetrate the rock layer this time?

During this period, due to the shortage of drill bits, Paul found many ways to make the drill bit work better and faster. One of them was that when the drill bit was working, it would easily get hot due to excessive friction in the rock. After experiments, , Paul found that after adding water, the situation changed a lot. Although the work slowed down, the drill bit could continue to work for a longer time, and the heat did not rise to the height before adding water.

It took Jon less than three days to transport a large number of drill bits from Liberia. In the process, he really got to know George David, the Africa manager of Standard Oil Company, and the two chatted slowly. I found that the other party was in a similar situation. Fortunately, both of them were people with professional ethics, so they only talked about useless and trivial topics without touching anything sensitive. ….

Rumble! Accompanied by the roar of the steam engine, and under Paul's familiar operation, the drilling rig was working in an orderly manner under Wayne's eyes.

When he looked at Paul, his eyes were full of admiration. A new discovery can greatly improve efficiency and save resources. He has decided that the next time he returns to the headquarters, he will specifically ask for Paul's credit at the company headquarters. Of course, the most important thing is It was still what was happening in front of him. Watching Paul clear out the broken rocks again and again, hope ignited in his heart. At the same time, I couldn't help but pray to God for a little bit of good luck.

Maybe God really heard the prayers of Wayne, a loyal believer, or maybe God is really loving. Hence the next scene.

A week later, when almost half of the drill bits shipped back from the Liberia branch of the American Standard Oil Company were used, when Wayne began to worry, when Paul was still as a practical operator, he was still meticulously working over and over again. When repeating the same action.

His attentive operation brought about the normal operating trajectory of the machine, he was familiar with the vibration frequency of the machine, and the roar of the machine sounded pleasant to him. These all proved that the machine was working normally, and he felt that he and the machine were one. , all pulses are connected to his arteries and veins.

The drill bit advanced bit by bit, and suddenly it felt like the drill bit had suddenly become empty. It was released, and the business suddenly became smaller and more docile. At this time, there is a lot of pressure on the place where I really want to drill, hey! It seems to be squeezing outward, just like before the fire erupted. Is this action true? . . . . .

Paul has been involved in exploration since graduating from the University of Salamanca and has been with Occidental Petroleum for several years now. He has extensive experience in oil exploration and has even helped the company explore a few wells in what are now called medium-sized oil fields. At that moment, he became excited because he felt the long-lost pressure on the machine before the blowout. It's oil, yes, the smell has come out, and there is absolutely no possibility of it being groundwater here.

Suddenly, the machine shook, and then, ah! It's oil, oil is spurting out!

Everyone jumped up excitedly. Everyone, including Wayne, had a triumphant smile on their faces. The dancing waving hands didn't mind at all that the face and clothes had been turned black by the oil forest.

Wayne and Paul hugged each other, this moment was their moment, this moment they felt that their beautiful future was coming.

There is no doubt that the quality of the oil coming out of this well is amazing. And after investigation, everyone found that there is urban oil under other underground rock layers far apart, and the quality is the same. What does this mean? This illustrates a problem, that is, the oil erupted from these oil wells The oils are together, which means they are connected. To put it simply, this is a large oil field that is easy to exploit.

The results were exciting to everyone. Spain's Occidental Petroleum Company has always been famous for its high bonuses in the industry. This time it discovered such a large oil field, the amount of bonuses should be quite large?

"Hurry up, isolate things related to fire first, don't catch fire." In fact, everyone knows these things, but everyone has forgotten it when their mood is suddenly filled with joy.

Paul also took some people to seal the well mouth. After oil was drilled, the shock was of course something to be conveyed, so after doing all the work, everyone had a party in the evening after cleaning up, and during the party everyone also emphasized the importance of confidentiality. Fortunately, these people have been partners who have worked together for many years, and they also know that confidentiality is linked to bonuses, so everyone vowed to write a letter of guarantee to ensure that it will not be leaked. ….

Early the next morning, Wayne arrived at the location of the Spanish Army in Cabinda, and directly told the leader here about the discovery, hoping that the military would protect it, just like the headquarters of Western Petroleum Company. He made a phone call and then sent a telegram with a smile on his face. Then he would go to the oil location and Paul would continue to expand the drilling area.

"What, you mean that Occidental Petroleum Company discovered a large oil field in Cabinda, Angola?" Alfonso had just returned to the palace when he heard the guard say that the CEO of Occidental Petroleum Company, Calvin, wanted to meet, but now he got this The news, the arrival of this news made Alfonso completely wake up from the encounter just now.

Angola oil fields! This is of course something Alfonso is familiar with. This news comes too timely. Now that Spain is officially developing rapidly, the popularity of cars is far from what the United States can now. It is even said that cars in the United States are still A very, very luxurious vehicle.

Because the current annual output of Ford is less than 50,000 vehicles, which is very small based on the population of hundreds of millions in the United States. In addition, Ford was only established in 1903, and it has not yet figured out how to produce production lines. model. Therefore, the total number of domestically produced cars in the United States plus imports is less than 800,000, and only about 120 people can use one car. In Spain during the same period, there were only 50 people per car. Based on 1907 data, 38 million Spaniards owned about 760,000 cars. Spain's Imperial Petroleum Company and Occidental Petroleum Company supported Spain's oil supply, and the United States was not far behind. For how many cars, oil suppliers are supplied by four of the world's top seven oil companies. This shows the lack and imbalance of oil supply and demand in Spain, especially since the United States has several major oil companies in the Gulf of Mexico. To supplement oil fields, Spain can only find small oil fields to supplement. This is even more abnormal, so when Alfonso heard the news, his first reaction was that Spain is finally more competitive!

Yesterday, the third update had around 8,000 clicks, and just over 4,000 recommendations. It has less than 200 collections. It ranks second on the public new book list. Don’t think about the first place. Thousands of people support this masterpiece. I hope it will be OK if I keep the second place. I don’t know if I support the fight? I don’t know if there will be more than 10,000 clicks today. Everyone, do you still have the votes? If so, please support it! After reading it, please remember to collect it and recommend it.

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