Resource Tycoon Reborn

Chapter 478 The bet was won

That night, Fang Mingyuan stayed at Prince Abdullah's seaside villa, and Prince Abdullah arranged a sumptuous Arabic dinner to entertain him.

After the dinner, Prince Abdullah did not leave the villa to return to the city, but stayed. As for Wubach, due to busy business, he had returned to Kuwait City in the afternoon. The two sat on the top floor of the villa under the clear night sky

, looking at the sea in the distance and enjoying the refreshing sea breeze.

"Fang, you won that bet!" Prince Abdullah shook the red wine in his hand and said with a somewhat unbelievable look, "To this day, when I think about it, I still feel like it was a dream.

Overnight, my country fell under the wheels of the Iraqi army. I originally thought that returning to this city would require us to wait at least ten or eight years. After paying a heavy price, no one except you could

In addition, who could have imagined that in just over two months, the air strikes alone had already beaten the vicious Iraqis into a state of disarray. The Iraqis were completely defeated as soon as the ground battle came into contact. The Iraqis were successfully recovered.

We have lost our country! Fang, why were you so sure at that time?"

Prince Abdullah had been thinking about this issue for a long time. At that time, although most military experts from various countries in the world believed that the coalition led by the United States and Britain would inevitably win the Gulf War, no one dared to do what Fang Mingyuan did.

He said that once the war officially started, the US military would win within three months. At that time, he thought that Fang Mingyuan might be too young and said some big words, but now it seems that Fang Mingyuan is sure of it!

Fang Mingyuan couldn't help laughing. He had already guessed that someone would definitely ask this question when he returned to the Middle East this time, so he had already thought about the answer. "Prince Abdullah, actually I also guessed at the time.

The certainty is only about 60%. Everyone has seen that Iraq and Iran fought a war for nearly ten years, which can be regarded as a training of the army, but what kind of war did they fight? To put it bluntly, it was a war in the World War II model

! And World War II has been more than 40 years ago. With the development of military technology for more than 40 years, the war model has already changed! They may have just seen the failure of the United States in the Korean War and the Vietnam War, but

Have you never thought that Americans have suffered such a big loss and have never thought about changing it?"

"Besides, as one of the superpowers, how could the United States launch a war hastily if it had little certainty about this war? The failure of the Korean War and the Vietnam War had a profound impact on the prestige of the United States in the world at that time.

The damage is not small, Americans are not stupid, how can they make the same mistake over and over again. So I think the US military will win this time!" Fang Mingyuan raised his index finger and said, "This is one of them."

"Secondly, Americans did well economically in the 1980s and were at the top of the world in the electronics industry. But in today's world, any newly invented technology has the highest priority.

Almost all are in the military field, because fundamentally speaking, military supplies have lower cost requirements than commercial products. A technology that cannot be promoted on a large scale due to its high cost is not suitable for the military that pursues leadership in military equipment.

It’s not a problem. Therefore, I think that U.S. weapons technology, thanks to strong support from the domestic electronics industry, will definitely undergo a revolutionary development.”

"Thirdly, in the eyes of the Americans, the Middle East is their oil depot and their energy base, and there is no room for failure. However, the climate in the Middle East is not conducive to the US military fighting the Iraqis here for a long time.

It is a war of attrition, so they must pursue a quick victory. If the summer in the Middle East comes, then the Iraqis, who are natives of the Middle East, will undoubtedly account for a large proportion compared with the Americans who are not adapted to the climate here.

It is cheap. Moreover, after the summer, a large amount of sand and dust will also cause huge difficulties for the Americans to maintain those military equipment. Therefore, the Americans will also pursue a quick resolution. I think about it, based on the processing speed of the United Nations Security Council at that time.

Look, the time to authorize the Americans to launch war has been delayed until this year, so it is still very possible to achieve the goal of expelling the Iraqis from Kuwaiti territory in three months."

"That's all?" Prince Abdullah looked at Fang Mingyuan in surprise. Although these three points he said were all reasonable, but relying on these three points alone, he dared to spend one billion dollars to make this bet with himself?

Fang Mingyuan shrugged and said: "That's all. Since it's a bet, you may lose. I'm mentally prepared for that. Besides, if you and I change the time to half a year, will you still make this bet with me?"

"

Fang Mingyuan's blunt words choked Prince Abdullah for a while and he didn't know what to say. Indeed, as Fang Mingyuan said, if Fang Mingyuan had set the time for half a year, would he have agreed so happily? You know, in Kuwait,

The oil industry is owned by the state, private enterprises or foreign-funded enterprises. It is not easy to join the oil industry. Even the investment intentions of well-known oil multinational groups in Europe and the United States have been turned away by the Kuwaiti royal family.

Yes, there are many people there! If it weren’t for the special period, the Kuwaiti royal family would never have agreed to Fang Mingyuan’s condition!

"Okay, okay! No matter what you thought at the time, you won the bet anyway!" Prince Abdullah spread his hands and said helplessly, "The Emir has officially approved your investment. In our country

You have a 25% stake in the Kalafar oil field in the east. Do you want dividends or molecular oil?"

"Krafal Oilfield? Twenty-five percent of the shares? How come there are so many?" Fang Mingyuan was also surprised. Although Kalafal Oilfield is not the largest oil field in Kuwait, it is also a medium-sized self-injection oil field.

, its 25% stake is worth one billion US dollars?

Prince Abdullah looked at Fang Mingyuan's surprised expression and smiled proudly. When he was with Fang Mingyuan, Prince Abdullah always had the feeling that he was dealing with adults and that the other party was always confident, which made him feel like he was everywhere.

Being at a disadvantage, he finally saw Fang Mingyuan showing a surprised look, which made him feel very good.

"Of course we can't buy 25% of the shares in the Kalafar Oilfield for one billion US dollars! But..." Prince Abdullah said in a long voice.

At this moment, Fang Mingyuan had the desire to kick him hard.