Reborn Industrial Tycoon

Chapter 330: Three Corpse Brain Pill? Leopard Fei Yijin Pill?

In his previous life, when Li Weidong was dealing in second-hand machinery and equipment, he once met a Malaysian boss of Chinese descent. This boss was engaged in oil-related business. He not only owned a small refinery, but also had three private drilling teams.

This boss is very good at speculation. During the Asian financial crisis, instead of losing money, this boss made a fortune in the futures market, which was like following Soros and taking a sip of soup.

Perhaps because he made money in the futures market, the boss invested all his assets in the futures market.

At that time, there was a change of president in the United States, and the newly elected George W. Bush was closely connected with oil companies. The boss believed that oil futures must be promising, so he invested all his wealth.

At that time, he also invited Li Weidong to do oil futures together, claiming that he could make a lot of money. However, Li Weidong felt that he did not understand futures and did not dare to enter.

A few years later, when Li Weidong met the boss, he had already lost so much money that he no longer even recognized his mother. He owed a lot of debt and wanted to sell the second-hand equipment of the drilling team to Li Weidong so that he could repay the debt.

During the conversation with the boss, Li Weidong learned some information, including Mobil's concealment of the Tabasco Oilfield.

According to the boss, after Mobil obtained the exploration rights for Block 521, it soon discovered that this area contained a large amount of oil and was a super-large oil field with reserves of one billion barrels.

However, Mobil did not announce it to the outside world. Instead, it hid the information. It was not until the 21st century that the United States replaced a president with a sworn relationship with the oil industry that Mobil announced the information about the Tabasco oil field.

Mobil was not the only one to do this at that time. For example, the Jingma Oilfield discovered by BP in the deep sea was only announced after the United States changed its president in 2000.

The discovery of this kind of super-large oil field will naturally affect the international crude oil futures market, and this Malaysian boss also lost more than half of his family fortune.

As for why Mobil concealed information about the super-large oil field, the Malaysian boss did not introduce it, but everyone knows that Mobil must do this to obtain more profits.

According to Li Weidong's hindsight analysis, Mobil deliberately concealed information about the super-large oil field, which can be regarded as killing two birds with one stone.

First of all, international oil prices have been on a downward trend in 1992.

After the Gulf War, the oil supply in the Middle East became stable. Coupled with the disintegration of the Soviet Union, oil oligarchs in Russia were frantically selling oil, which led to the decline in international oil prices.

Mobil probably feels that it is more cost-effective to import oil from the Middle East than to exploit offshore oil, so it might as well store the Tabasco oil field offshore and wait until the oil price is high to exploit it in the future.

In addition, Mobil concealed information about the super-large oil fields in the offshore area and successfully confused its competitors.

At that time, it was not just Mobil that was exploring oil in the Gulf of Mexico, but also Chevron, ConocoPhillips, British BP, Shell and other oil giants. Among them, the ones with the strongest offshore exploration technology were not Mobil and Chevron, but

British BP.

BP and Shell have many years of experience in oil extraction in the North Sea. In the late 1980s, the two companies exploited a large oil field with reserves of more than 500 million barrels in the deep water area of ​​the Gulf of Mexico.

Mobil did not announce the discovery of large oil fields offshore, which also led BP and Shell to believe that oil could no longer be found in the offshore areas of the Gulf of Mexico. They began to develop into offshore areas and also improved their drilling technology in offshore areas.

For example, BP has improved its deepwater drilling technology from 5,000 feet to 10,000 feet. This is not too deep in the eyes of later generations. After all, there will be 30,000-foot drilling rigs in the future. But at that time, it was definitely the top drilling depth.

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After BP improved its technology, it actually found two super-large oil fields in the deep sea area of ​​the Gulf of Mexico, namely the "Jingma" oil field and the "Mad Dog" oil field.

Mobil successfully deceived BP and Shell into digging for oil in offshore areas, while it itself went on another path, which was to study shale oil extraction technology.

What happened later is clear to the whole world. After the U.S. shale oil revolution, ExxonMobil became the biggest winner in the shale oil industry!

The timing of Mobil's announcement of the Tabasco oil field is also intriguing. In addition to the transition of the old and new presidents, it was also the time when Exxon and Mobil completed their merger and integration.

Not long after the two oil giants completed their merger, they announced a super-large oil field with a reserve of one billion barrels. There are too many things behind this that make people imagine.

It can be seen that deliberately concealing the Tabasco Oilfield is an important move by Mobil Corporation and involves Mobil Corporation's future strategic deployment.

So when Song Jinlong mentioned that he wanted to buy petrochemical equipment from Mobil, Li Weidong immediately realized that he could use the Tabasco Oil Field incident to force Mobil to sell the equipment to Huanghai Petrochemical.

But Li Weidong had too little information after all. He only knew the name, general location and oil reserves of the Tabasco Oil Field. He needed more information to bluff Mobil.

So after he came to the United States, the first thing he did was go to the library to inquire about the oil exploration blocks issued by the US Bureau of Land Management.

The name of Tabasco Oilfield comes from Tabasco hot sauce, which is produced on an island in the sea south of New Orleans. After searching, Li Weidong found that around that island, there happened to be Mobil's

An exploration block is Block 521.

Except for Block 521, the other blocks held by Mobil were too far away from the island of Tabasco, so Li Weidong easily determined that Block 521 was the location of the Tabasco oil field.

Li Weidong then began to collect information on other oil fields in the Gulf of Mexico. This included various smoke bombs released by Mobil, saying that large oil fields could no longer be found in the offshore areas of the Gulf of Mexico, and BP began to vigorously develop offshore exploration technology, etc.

When all the intelligence was brought together, Li Weidong came to the conclusion that Mobil was using the Tabasco Oil Field for strategic layout.

Throughout the 21st century, only five super-large oil fields with a reserve of one billion barrels have been discovered in the world. As an oil field with a reserve of one billion barrels, the Tabasco Oil Field is indeed worthy of Mobil's big move.

What happened next was much simpler. Li Weidong used the information he had at his fingertips to bluff Mobil.

And this trick was really effective. Wallace was indeed bluffed by Li Weidong. He didn't know how much inside information Li Weidong knew. But what was certain was that Li Weidong was asking for hush money.

Wallace fell into silence, but Li Weidong looked at him with a smile.

Finally, Wallace said: "Mr. Li, you have to know that leaking trade secrets is a crime, and we, Mobil Company, can sue you!"

Wallace decided to scare Li Weidong first in order to gain the initiative in the subsequent negotiations.

Li Weidong instantly saw through Wallace's intention. He smiled calmly and said: "Mr. Wallace, if Mobil wants to sue me, you have to have evidence. First, you have to prove that I know your Mobil's business."

confidential.

Secondly, you have to prove that if Mobil's trade secrets are really leaked, it was me who did it. Thirdly, I am not an American. I can book a flight back to China tomorrow. Are you sure that the laws of the United States can govern it?

To Chinese territory?”

The scare failed, and Wallace suddenly turned pale.

Li Weidong took another sip of coffee and continued: "Mr. Wallace, I come here with sincerity, and my request is not outrageous. I just hope that you will sell the equipment to Huanghai Petrochemical. Of course, I hope it will be a reasonable one."

price.

Your Mobil Company is originally a manufacturer of petrochemical equipment. As a customer, Huanghai Petrochemical bought equipment from you at normal prices. You did not lose money, but still made a huge profit.

At best, the asking price of Huanghai Petrochemical is not as high as that of the Saudis, so you make a little less money, but even if it is calculated according to the normal market price, you can still have an explanation to the shareholders."

"To put it nicely, if you make less money, you will lose money!" Wallace thought to himself.

However, Wallace also knows that what Li Weidong said is true. Even if the equipment is sold at normal market prices, the profits from petrochemical equipment will still be presented on the financial statements as a series of very beautiful profit figures, which will definitely satisfy shareholders and

Investors are satisfied.

Seeing Wallace fall into silence again, Li Weidong continued: "In fact, Mobil is not the only one selling petrochemical equipment. Huanghai Petrochemical can also purchase equipment from other channels. If you buy the equipment with some information,

, said there is also a discount price!”

After hearing this, Wallace finally couldn't hold it any longer. Li Weidong's subtext was to use the information on the Tabasco Oil Field in exchange for benefits from other petrochemical equipment manufacturers.

Wallace realized that he had to stabilize Li Weidong, so he immediately said: "Mr. Li, the equipment transaction involves hundreds of millions of dollars. For such a major matter, I need to discuss it with the company's senior management!"

"No problem, but I hope to get a reply as soon as possible." Li Weidong paused and then said; "After all, it is a super large oil field with a reserve of one billion barrels. I think it is also a deal for an oil service company like Zapata.

Big business.”

Upon hearing the name "Zapata", Wallace's expression became even more livid.

The "Zapata" in Li Weidong's mouth refers to Zapata Offshore Oil Company, a company located in Texas. Its main business is offshore oil exploration and drilling, which can be regarded as providing services to large oil companies.

company.

The founder of this company is George Herbert Walker Bush, the 51st President of the United States.

It is said that the Bush family started in the oil business. Strictly speaking, the real business of the Bush family is not to sell oil, but to provide supporting services to oil companies. Especially the generation of oil drilling in the offshore Gulf of Mexico, which is Zapata Petroleum.

The company's core business.

The Tabasco oil field is located in the offshore area of ​​the Gulf of Mexico. If it is to be drilled, how can it not give Zapata Petroleum a piece of the pie?

To put it another way, once the Tabasco oil field is made public, those who want to develop this oil field most will not necessarily be the major private companies, but oil service companies like Zapata.

This type of oil service company only earns money from providing services based on its technology. If oil companies keep large oil fields in their hands and do not develop them, then who will oil service companies find to provide services? How will they earn service fees?

Therefore, if the Tabasco oil field is made public, immediate exploitation will become inevitable, and then Mobil's overall strategy will be broken.

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Li Weidong left Wallace's office and walked downstairs, where Song Jinlong was waiting.

"Director Li, how did the conversation go?" Song Jin asked impatiently.

"Go back and wait for the news!" Li Weidong continued; "It won't be long before Wallace will take the initiative to contact you."

"What exactly did you say to Wallace? And what did you mean by giving Wallace a bottle of chili sauce?" Song Jinlong asked again.

Li Weidong did not answer directly, but said: "This is not the place to talk. Get in the car first, and let's talk slowly."

After getting in the car, Li Weidong lowered his voice and said, "Director Song, please go back and inform the people in your factory that the chili sauce matter must be kept confidential. You cannot mention it to others after you return, let alone write it in your work report.

.If word of this gets out, you won’t be able to buy the equipment you want!”

When it came to whether he could buy the equipment, Song Jinlong immediately nodded, but his face was full of confusion.

Li Weidong had already talked about this, and Song Jinlong couldn't ask any more questions.

Li Weidong continued: "If Wallace mentions the chili sauce thing to you, just say that you don't know anything and don't understand anything, and just pretend that you haven't seen it today."

Song Jinlong nodded again, although Li Weidong's instructions sounded like filming a spy drama.

However, in order to be able to buy equipment, Song Jinlong was willing to give it a try, let alone a spy drama, even a blockbuster with an FBI subtitle warning at the beginning!

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Being able to deploy in the Saudi petrochemical industry is certainly a good thing, but Mobil's foundation is still in the United States after all.

For Mobil, entering the Saudi petrochemical industry is also the icing on the cake. Even if it fails in the end, Mobil will not lose anything.

If the Tabasco Oilfield is made public, it will directly affect Mobil's strategic layout in the next few years.

Make no mistake, Mobil knows how to choose.

Two days later, Mobil's senior management reached a consensus, and Wallace took the initiative to contact Song Jinlong.

"Mr. Song, after careful consideration, we have decided to provide your company with the petrochemical equipment you need!" Wallace said.

"It's really done!" Surprise flashed in Song Jinlong's eyes.

"This Li Weidong is really quite capable. We have been talking about Huanghai Petrochemical for so long, but there has been no progress. He just gave us a bottle of chili sauce and it was done? Is that really chili sauce?"

Song Jinlong then thought: "Could it be that Li Weidong poisoned it? After Wallace ate it, he was poisoned, and then Li Weidong used the antidote to blackmail Wallace! Could it be the Three Corpses Brain Pill?"

? Or Baotai Yijin Pills?"

Song Jinlong probably read too many martial arts novels.

However, in the early 1990s, it was indeed a period when martial arts novels were spreading wildly in mainland China. Works by the two heroes Jin Yong and Gu Long could be found at any bookstall selling pirated books.

Wallace on the opposite side asked: "Mr. Song, since Mobil has decided to provide equipment to Huanghai Petrochemical, what about Tabasco?"

"Brother Tabas? Is that the bottle of chili sauce? Is Wallace here to ask me for the antidote?"

Song Jinlong complained in his heart, and then he remembered Li Weidong's previous warning, as long as he talked about chili sauce, he didn't know anything.

So Song Jinlong immediately said: "What is Brother Tabas? I don't know!"

"That's what Mr. Li was talking about yesterday when he gave me chili sauce." Wallace continued.

"Chili sauce? What kind of chili sauce? I've never seen it before! Mr. Wallace, I don't understand what you're talking about at all!" Song Jinlong denied again.

However, these words fell into Wallace's ears, and he immediately thought that after Huanghai Petrochemical obtained the equipment, it was willing to abide by its promise and would not disclose the affairs of the Tabasco Oil Field, so Song Jinlong simply came to

I don’t know if I ask three questions.

Wallace let out a long sigh and thought to himself: "It seems that the Chinese are very trustworthy!"

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Song Jinlong was naturally grateful for helping Huanghai Petrochemical solve the problem of purchasing equipment.

For Li Weidong, now that the business has been done, it's time to take He An'an for a spin in the United States.

The United States is so big that it is impossible to visit the entire country in a short period of time, so Li Weidong chose to go to Los Angeles, which is where most of the attractions in the United States are concentrated, and Li Weidong had to take a flight from Los Angeles when he returned to China.

Disneyland in Los Angeles is definitely a must-go attraction for men and women on a date, and Santa Monica Beach is also worth a visit.

Li Weidong also watched a Los Angeles Lakers game. Unfortunately, the Lakers this season are in an era of drought, and the team's star is the aging James Worthy.

But Li Weidong was lucky that the Lakers' opponent turned out to be the Chicago Bulls! So the ticket prices for that game were also very high, and many fans rushed to watch Mr. Joe.

The 1992 Chicago Bulls were the era when Jordan was trying to win his first three consecutive championships. It was a great blessing to be able to see Mr. Joe play.

What makes Li Weidong more regretful is that although he saw Michael Jordan, he did not see another Michael, that is Michael Jackson.

In fact, Li Weidong still wants to see Michael Jackson's concert with his own eyes. After all, Jordan will live longer than Jackson. From now on, Jordan will be seen in every NBA All-Star Game, but the living Jackson will never be seen again.

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It is a pity that Jackson is currently preparing for the "Dangerous Tour" global concert tour. If Li Weidong has time, he may be seen in Tokyo, Bangkok or Singapore.

It's a pity that I didn't see Michael Jackson alive, but if I go to Hollywood for a tour, I might be able to meet one or two big stars.

What's more, when traveling to Los Angeles, Hollywood is a must-visit attraction.

So Li Weidong took He Anan to Hollywood.

At the entrance of Grauman's Chinese Theater, the cement board is filled with the handprints and footprints of film and television stars. As the venue for the Oscar Awards, many movie fans come here as a pilgrimage.

Of course, there are also many film practitioners who have dreams.

"Roger, one day, I will stand inside and hold up a statuette of mine!" A slightly excited male voice sounded.

On the Hollywood Walk of Fame, there are countless actors standing beside the Walk of Fame, clamoring to win the statuette. Everyone is already used to it!

Li Weidong turned his head subconsciously, wanting to see if the actor who was talking big was handsome and whether he had the potential to win an Oscar.

Then he saw a white man about thirty years old, with a bald spot on his head, a shoehorn face, and relatively compact facial features.

This face is not handsome at all, it can even be said to be a bit ugly!

However, Li Weidong felt that this shoehorned face looked a bit familiar.

"Who is this?"

It’s definitely not Mr. Motoyama!

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