Reborn as a police officer in South Africa

The value of the Najd Oilfield, even based on the currently announced reserves and the current price of oil, which is one billion barrels and five shillings, is worth 250 million pounds.

This is far from the actual value of the Najd Oilfield. Referring to the data of Adan Company, the value of the Najd Oilfield is 2.5 billion.

Referring to the actual reserves of the Najd Oil Field, the value of the Najd Oil Field is well over 20 billion.

The 20 billion here is the 20 billion in 1926.

For reference, Britain's total military expenditure to win the world war was only about 16.2 billion.

And it should be emphasized that Winston was not asking about the actual value of the Najd Oil Field, but about how much the Najd Oil Company would invest in the first phase of developing the Najd Oil Field. The difference between the two is huge.

As a supplement to the Elizabeth Oilfield, Najd Petroleum Company’s investment in the first phase of developing the Najd Oilfield will probably not exceed R1 million.

So, for R500,000, you want to take 50% of the shares?

Rock would only agree to such a request unless he was crazy.

"If you want half of the shares, yes, come with one billion pounds, and I can consider this request." Like Winston, Rock is also very good at speaking loudly.

"Are you crazy?" Winston screamed, what is the concept of a billion pounds? After the end of the world war, Russia owed Britain 750 million pounds, and it had already allowed Britain to brazenly launch an intervention war.

"Then how much do you want to give?" Roque put on a negotiating posture, asking for a high price and paying back the money.

"It can't be one billion anyway, not even ten million!" Winston's face was dark, darker than Africans.

"Then there's no need to talk!" Roque immediately turned his back and said there was nothing to talk about even if he didn't have 10 million.

"Locke, it is impossible for southern Africa to monopolize the Nejd oil field. This will make southern Africa a public enemy of the world." Winston directly threatened, and would fight if there was no agreement?

"Hahahaha——" Rock laughed unscrupulously. Winston also suffered from the disease of southern Africans, which can affect the whole world at every turn, without any new ideas.

What Winston said is partly true. Southern Africa has indeed offended many countries in recent years.

For example, France, Portugal, Belgium, and Germany all have territorial disputes in Southern Africa. Southern Africa directly annexed Southwest Africa, Tanganyika, Madagascar and Portuguese East Africa, and also dominated Portuguese West Africa and Belgium behind the scenes.

The independence of the Congo, based on these facts, cannot reconcile the relations between southern Africa and France, Portugal, Belgium and Germany.

Even now, southern Africa is still tied to the British Commonwealth. France, Portugal, Belgium, and Germany dare not make trouble and have to compromise.

Even so, the most obvious thing about Southern Africa in the League of Nations is that these countries will oppose Southern Africa whenever they have the opportunity.

In terms of business competition, Southern Africa's main rivals are the United States and the United Kingdom. In this way, the major countries in the world, except for the European military police in the north, have no direct conflicts with Southern Africa. Almost all other countries have conflicts with Southern Africa. Winston's words

, to a certain extent, it is indeed possible.

But it’s not necessarily true. The United States and Southern Africa have conflicts, but they also have cooperation.

Germany has enmity with southern Africa, but it must rely on southern African capital to gradually regain its strength.

As for Portugal and Belgium, these two can be ignored directly. Except for Southern Africa under the disgust of the League of Nations, they have no strength to cause trouble for Southern Africa.

Only France remains——

Southern Africa is not France's main opponent. France's main opponent now is Italy.

Moreover, the relationships among these European countries are so intricate and their interests are so complicated that it is basically impossible to form synergy.

Don’t forget the British position. If European countries really wanted to unite to fight against southern Africa, the British would be the first to refuse.

So Rock is really confident.

"Dinner is ready, gentlemen--" Phyllis came over to call for someone, and in her words she was very dissatisfied with the two grown men who were doing nothing.

Rock and Winston didn't take it seriously. They were so thick-skinned that this level of ridicule could not break their defense.

Regardless of how Roark and Winston quarreled in private, they were in harmony at the dinner table.

After the meal, the women went shopping, and the girls returned to their rooms together without going out. Winston was not in a hurry to return to the Governor's Palace, and went to the study with Roark to continue their unfinished conversation.

"To tell you the truth, the reserves of the Najd Oilfield are far more than one billion barrels. It is absolutely impossible to take away half of the income from the Najd Oilfield with one or two million pounds, and I will not sell out 5%.

Ten shares, up to 30%, you can decide how much they are worth." Rock didn't want to monopolize the Najd Oilfield. This is unlikely. What Winston represents is the entire British aristocracy.

Adam Company now faces competition from Standard Oil and indeed needs the support of the British government.

Otherwise, if the United States really uses national power to protect Standard Oil, then Adam Company will also have to protect the market within the Commonwealth.

At that point, Rock is sure that Standard Oil will not be able to sell even a single base oil outside the United States.

"How many reserves are there in the Najd Oil Field?" Winston was curious. He had already expected this situation. Now, there is a lot of information about the reserves of the Najd Oil Field. Everyone has a consensus, one billion barrels.

It is certainly not the real reserves of the Najd Oil Field.

"No matter how many there are, the Nejd Oilfield plus the Elizabeth Oilfield can basically meet the world's demand for oil -" Rock didn't say that the data that Adan Company spent hundreds of thousands to obtain would not be ignored by Wensi.

Just one word and he went away.

However, Rock gave enough information. Referring to the income of Elizabeth Oilfield, Winston's previous valuation was indeed seriously insufficient.

Additional investment is definitely not something that can be decided in one or two sentences. Winston needs time, so the topic is temporarily shelved.

Rock is not in a hurry, this matter can be discussed slowly. Anyway, the longer the delay, the more valuable the Najd Oilfield will be.

While the intrigues surrounding the Najd Oilfield were going on here, thousands of miles away in the United States, Little John was working hard to expel Adan Company from the American market.

After Standard Oil lowered the price of oil to five shillings per barrel, the situation of all oil companies was extremely difficult, and the newly discovered oil fields in the Gulf of Mexico suddenly became unattractive.

The oil fields in the Gulf of Mexico are offshore oil fields. Compared with land oil wells, offshore oil wells are more expensive, the technology is not mature enough, and they are seriously lacking in competitiveness. The Seven Sisters are not enthusiastic about bidding for the Gulf of Mexico oil fields.

Compared with land oil wells, offshore oil wells have an equally long history. As early as 1897, the United States was the first to drill the first offshore oil well using a wooden trestle on the west coast of California.

The oil fields that Anglo American Petroleum took over in Venezuela were also discovered using wooden oil wells, which is why Anglo American Petroleum has not been able to make a profit.

After the failure of the Los Angeles Conference, Little John took the initiative to contact Gulf Oil and the Texas Company, hoping to establish a United Petroleum Company to unify the domestic market of the United States and kick British Petroleum out of the United States.

BP here also includes Adam.

"Purely from a competitive perspective, we have no advantage when facing Adan Company. We all know the advantages of Adan Company. If we cannot join forces, sooner or later our market will be gradually eroded by Adan Company. By then we will

A complete failure and giving up the U.S. market is a situation that none of us want to see." Little John hopes that the three oil companies can join forces to lobby the U.S. government and kick BP out of the U.S. by executive order.

Although this may cause the United States to lose overseas markets, it can at least guarantee a monopoly on the domestic market, which is acceptable to Standard Oil.

At least you can survive this way.

"Don't make the problem so serious. It is impossible for Adan Company to monopolize the oil market. At least the refinery's profits can be guaranteed -" Little Mellon was confident. Gulf Oil's profits were pretty good thanks to its relationship with the US government.

So what if Adan's oil is cheap? The U.S. government just won't buy it, and Adan has nothing to do.

The U.S. government doesn't buy it, which doesn't mean that U.S. companies don't buy it either, as well as individual U.S. customers. They don't care whether the oil company is American or British, whichever is cheaper.

"Don't think so. If Adan Company monopolizes the oil supply, then we will have no choice but to let Adan Company control it -" Little John has a big pattern, and the oil industry also has upstream and downstream industrial chains. Look at the history of Standard Oil's fortune,

You know the consequences of monopoly.

"If Adam Company raises the price of crude oil, then we will produce oil ourselves -" Ockham, general manager of Texas Company, also has ideas. It is a good thing to establish a joint company. The problem is that the equity distribution cannot be agreed upon, and the three oil companies have already quarreled.

It has been several months and there is no result yet.

"Adan Company does not need to increase the price of crude oil. According to the current crude oil production, the oil fields owned by Adan Company can be used by the world for a hundred years. So what should we do? Watch as Adan Company takes away this hundred years."

Most of the profits from oil? In that case, we are all working for Adan Company. A company with pursuits will not accept such a result." Little John did not admit defeat.

"Then what do you want to do? Send people to blow up the oil wells of Adan Company?" Little Mellon's suggestion is unreliable. If this is done, it seems that the American Oil Company will lose even more completely.

Don’t forget the relationship between Adan and Umbrella. Playing violently, the U.S. oil companies combined are not as good as Umbrella.

"If we are forced into a desperate situation, then this will also be one of the options." Little John said coldly. It is not like Standard Oil has never done this kind of thing.

Each of these large companies in the United States has a dark history behind them, and no one has a clean behind, especially Standard Oil.

"Gentlemen, let's go back to the original issue. It is not easy to expel Adan Company from the US market. We have just signed a series of cooperation agreements with Southern Africa, which will lead to a series of serious sequelae." Oka.

I don’t advocate violence. It would be great if everyone can make money happily together.