Reborn Xiangjiang Tycoon Growth

The press conference is still going on. Although the second son has given a tone, the Japanese media may pay more attention to what Mitsubishi thinks. Or what achievements they have achieved in Iraq; these are all heroes of Japanese companies' overseas expansion.

People in China want to know about his deeds and are waiting for their reports.

As for the Xiangjiang media, they basically didn't come, so Bao Zixuan didn't care about it. And he didn't want to make too much limelight today, so as not to overshadow the other two.

After all, one needs to let the world see the style of the successor to Iraq and whether he has the ability to govern a country. The other needs to let the Japanese people understand the personal charm of Mitsubishi's future leader and his ability to lead the group to greater glory.

As for Bao Shaofu, he no longer needs to prove himself to anyone. Heiyun Group is not a listed company and does not need to disclose financial statements; as long as it does its job well and gives confidence to its employees and partners, there will be no other problems.

The Asahi Shimbun is very active on this matter. Japan’s domestic economy no longer needs to prove to the outside world. People instinctively believe that Japanese companies are capable and should expand their territories abroad. Because only in this way can it demonstrate its status as a great power. With Japan’s current military

Strength will definitely not do anything; most importantly, I dare not do anything. If you really have such an idea, you are seeking death.

But this does not prevent the use of economic means to capture high ground. As the most important energy in the world, it can be said that people's lives are inseparable from oil. Now Japanese companies can obtain mining rights in core energy areas;

A great victory.

The Asahi Shimbun reporter first asked: "Hello, Mr. Iwasaki! Could you please tell me whether Mitsubishi has obtained the qualification to exploit oil in Iraq this time, and what price Mitsubishi has paid for this."

It is very reasonable to get benefits and pay a small price. However, asking this has a sense of exchange, which makes people feel uncomfortable. In fact, it is normal. The Asahi Shimbun newspaper phalanx has always insisted on facing the intellectual class and taking the popular newspaper route. Its readers

The Asahi Shimbun has always been positioned as a mass newspaper that mainly attracts the intellectual class. To this day, the Asahi Shimbun still maintains the color of an "elite newspaper" among Japanese newspapers. That is, its readers have the highest academic level, with 33.2% of readers having college or above.

In other words, readers of the Asahi Shimbun want to see the most true side. Readers will not buy it if it is simply deception.

Koki Iwasaki said with a smile: "Mitsubishi Heavy Industries' technology has always been at the world's advanced level in oil extraction and smelting. And I have long wanted to have my own oil fields; but oil is a strategic resource, and there is almost no such resource in Japan."

"So when the Iraqi side invited Mitsubishi to come to Iraq for inspection, I think any company would be moved; the same goes for Mitsubishi. It is our technical strength that has been recognized by the Iraqi side; in addition, because the war has just ended, Iraq does not have much funds for

Oil extraction.”

"That's why it was agreed that Mitsubishi would develop an oil field entirely. Of course, Mitsubishi must pay the taxes and other costs in full. However, the Iraqi side does not interfere with the pricing power. In other words, Mitsubishi has independent rights to transport the oil back to the country.

Pricing power.”

"I was deeply touched by the Iraqi side's sincerity and determination to reform. It just so happened that Mr. Bao Zixuan of the Black Cloud Group was planning to build a steel plant, a power plant, and a shipyard in Basra. These are Mitsubishi's strengths, and

Because of our relationship with United Aircraft Manufacturing Company, I am very familiar with Mr. Bao Zixuan personally."

"He dared to invest, and Mitsubishi certainly couldn't let go of this opportunity. Therefore, he decided to invest together and expand the scale of the project. The two companies will divide labor and cooperate. I believe that these factories will be able to create brilliant results in the future."

"Furthermore, the Basra Shipyard's early planning is only to produce oil tankers and natural gas carriers, which can be said to be very suitable for the Middle East market. As for whether there is any relationship between oil extraction and factory construction, I can tell you that we first go to the oil field to finalize the contract.

Later, Mr. Bao Zixuan proposed to build a factory in Basra."

The media finally understood that it turned out that Iraq had no extra funds to invest in oil field exploration, so Mitsubishi got a big advantage. In fact, it is normal to think about it; after all, the scale of the Iran-Iraq war was not small, and both sides suffered heavy losses. If we don’t think about it from the outside

Method, then relying solely on domestic strength will be difficult to develop in the short term.

As for Mitsubishi's so-called pricing power, it is just a trick to fool Japan. It makes the Japanese instinctively feel that Mitsubishi oil will definitely be cheaper. At the same time, they also believe that Mitsubishi has indeed got a big deal in the Middle East this time.

In fact, this is a bit taken for granted. Oil pricing power involves a very wide range of things. If Mitsubishi Heavy Industries exploits a small oil field, it will not cause any trouble at all.

From the end of World War II to 1972, the world's oil pricing power has always been in the hands of European and American countries. Previously, the world's major oil-producing countries had worked hard for more than 10 years to regain oil pricing power from Europe and the United States, but they all ended in failure.

Europe and the United States rely on their strong military power as a backing, coupled with the huge funds, technology and equipment of their own oil giants, to continuously obtain more oil exploration rights from oil-producing countries. In order to obtain more oil exploration rights, several large European and American companies have joined forces to obtain more oil exploration rights.

action, which makes it difficult for other oil companies to get involved here. For example, you

If you want to seize the mining rights of a certain oil field, Europe and the United States will unite to suppress oil prices; you will not dare to exploit it after you buy it, because the more you exploit, the more you will lose. The joint approach of suppressing oil at low prices is very effective, and soon global oil production will

The country is basically monopolized by seven European and American companies. They are the famous Seven Petroleum Sisters.

The term "Seven Sisters of Oil" first appeared in the 1950s, proposed by Enrico Fonte, the president of Italian oil giant Eni. At that time, the Seven Sisters of Oil specifically referred to the United States' Mobil, Exxon, Chevron, Mobile and Gulf.

oil companies; the remaining two are British

National Petroleum Company and Shell Oil Company. Shell was jointly operated by the United Kingdom and the Netherlands at the time. Of course, these were not the only seven companies. Other oil companies also had layouts; but their strength was too weak compared to the Seven Sisters, so they were rarely mentioned. However,

They all act together with these seven families.

Europe and the United States control oil pricing, and it stands to reason that they should raise prices to make huge profits. After all, these capitalists are greedy, but they do the opposite and continue to suppress oil prices. Even starting in the 1950s, refined oil products

The export price is lower than the extraction price, so why do the oil giants sell at a loss?

This involves a huge conspiracy between the United States and Britain. After World War II, the West was eager to restore its economy, so it urgently needed cheaper oil, natural gas, etc. In order to support its European allies, the United States also, of course, wanted to better control them. So it asked oil companies to lower prices

If they are sold, these oil companies will have to cooperate with the actions of the US government; after all, the major American capitalists at this time do not have much influence on the US government.

At first, everyone exported crude oil and refined oil products at low prices, and the giants still made profits. As the United States continued to target the Soviet Union, the Cold War slowly rose. At that time, the Soviet Union discovered large oil fields; and the extracted oil began to be exported to the European market.

This made the United States and Britain anxious. So the two countries started to

The oil war started, constantly lowering the price of exports; trying to attack the Soviet Union's share of oil exports, thus hitting the Soviet economy. This behavior of sacrificing the interests of oil-producing countries and oil giants to help the United States and Britain attack their opponents; of course, the oil-producing countries

They were very unhappy, but they had no ability to resist.

In September 1960, the world's five largest oil-producing countries gathered in Baghdad, the capital of Iraq, and announced the establishment of the "Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries", also known as OPEC. The five largest oil-producing countries were Iran, Kuwait, Iraq, Saudi Arabia and Venezuela.

Hope to join forces to regain oil pricing power.

However, the initial effect was not good. It was not until the Libyan leader appeared and through a series of operations that the oil price returned to the hands of OPEC. However, Mitsubishi directly entered the upper reaches of the supply chain, and it can be said that there are no middlemen. The profit at the same price will inevitably be higher.

, so it is nothing more than saying that it has obtained Japan’s pricing power.

But they don't dare to cut prices too hard. After all, the price of bulk crude oil is basically still in the hands of OPEC. At the same time, Mitsubishi must ensure sufficient profits, otherwise it will be difficult to survive.

But this is enough to make the Japanese excited and expectant. After all, before; they were not qualified to participate in the field of oil exploration in the Middle East.

As for the construction of several factories, that is also the expansion of enterprises. The Japanese do not prioritize this, as their land area is small; it is impossible to build all factories domestically; in that case, too many resources will be taken up, and the gain will not be worth the loss.

On the contrary, the government and the people still hope that enterprises will go abroad, expand their territory abroad, make money from outside, and subsidize it domestically.

As for the secret operations between the two parties, it is no longer that important whether to agree to open a factory or invest in the oil field first. The current effect is very good, it can be said to be a win-win situation. As for the rest, no one cares!