money trouble

Chapter 460
It was the first time for Wu Qian to see a parade in reality, and he felt it was a little strange.

Although our predecessors taught us not to put our own happiness above the suffering of others, Wu Qian still sat in the car very unkindly and looked lively.

Because of safety concerns, he will not go close to watch the excitement, but even if he is far away, he can still feel a kind of oppressive emotion from the people walking quietly on the street holding banners.

These things have caused Mr. Mark of France a headache, and he has tried to mediate many times, but it still has no effect.

It is related to people's livelihood issues, and it cannot be settled by just saying a few words and flicking twice!
It's like how I used to be able to eat fifty catties of meat with a monthly salary, and my life was happy, but now I can barely buy ten catties of meat with a monthly salary, and I'm so tight, no one is happy!
"Rosalind, do you know what these people are marching for?" Wu Qian looked at the crowd walking quietly on the street in the distance, and asked in puzzlement.

Rosalind herself didn't know it. After checking the news on the Internet, he said: "BOSS, the yellow vest parade is mainly to resist the increase of fuel tax and other taxes, which increases their living burden."

"Fuel?"

Speaking of fuel, Wu Qian remembered what he talked to Sartmucci at the party yesterday, which was also related to this.

Wu Qian curled his lips and said: "It's really interesting. When you don't pay attention, you just need to refill your car. Pay attention. It feels like everything revolves around crude oil. No, the plane also needs fuel, haha. "

Oil is very useful in daily life. Wu Qian just didn't have a deep understanding of it. If he dabbled in the field of oil, he would find that not only gasoline, but also ice silk and acrylic acid in clothes are also extracted from oil.

There are also petroleum derivatives in cleaning products, plastics, kerosene, rubber, lubricants, cosmetics, and even some foods are inseparable from petroleum...

"BOSS." David, who was driving, suddenly spoke up. He said, "BOSS, I know that I shouldn't worry about your investment, but there is something I don't quite understand, so I don't know if I can ask you."

Wu Qian was never an overbearing boss, he said, "David, you can say anything you want."

"It's about what you and Mr. Sartmucci talked about last night. I was wondering, shale oil has become so popular in recent years. If you spend a lot of money to hoard oil, is it... a wrong investment?"

Although David is a "force-type" bodyguard, it does not mean that he has a low IQ. On the contrary, he has a good IQ, and usually pays attention to various news to enrich himself, but it is usually a little funny.

He learned from various media that a product called shale oil has appeared in the world, which can replace oil to a certain extent. In the past few years, shale oil has had a great impact on crude oil in the international market.

When Wu Qian heard David's question, he remembered that he had read some reports about shale oil, and vaguely remembered that there were many problems in the exploitation of shale oil.

"David, shale oil can't completely replace oil, and it's very difficult to extract, and the technical threshold is very high. It's not popular in China. I remember...it seems to say that the exploitation of shale oil will cause great environmental pollution. Yes. , that's right."

Rosalind sat aside and did not speak until Wu Qian finished speaking. She continued: "Boss, you are right. Although shale oil has a certain impact on the price of crude oil in the international market, it is essentially Say, it can't replace oil at all in a short time."

The corner of Wu Qian's eyebrows twitched, signaling for Rosalind to continue talking.

After learning about Wu Qian's plan to hoard crude oil in the Celestial Dynasty, Rosalind didn't raise any objections, just because she knew about it.

"Shale oil is barely considered a type of petroleum, to be precise, 'artificial petroleum', but its quality is not up to the standard of petroleum, and because of the technical threshold, and the exploitation of shale oil requires a lot of effort. environmental cost, so only a few countries are currently mining..."

"Development of shale oil requires a large amount of fresh water resources, which will contain a large amount of toxic substances after participating in the exploitation. If the collection and treatment are not in place, it will cause serious consequences and the harm to the environment is immeasurable."

"At the same time, the cost gap between oil and shale oil of the same equivalent is very large, and the gains outweigh the losses..."

"In the final analysis, shale oil cannot completely replace petroleum. It is just a new energy source discovered in the process of replacing petroleum energy. Even if the technology matures in the future, it will still face the problem of high costs. This is a fundamental problem that technology cannot solve. .”

After listening to Rosalind, not only did Wu Qian have a deeper understanding of shale oil, but David also understood.

David clicked his tongue and said with a smile: "Understood, that is to say, shale oil can only be regarded as an immature substitute. It may have an impact on crude oil in the financial market, but it cannot actually replace oil."

Wu Qian nodded, and said: "These are not the most important, David, I bought oil and stored it in the territory of the Celestial Dynasty, not to make money, but to increase its strategic reserves. You can take your time and savor the rest. ..."

"Not for making money?" David muttered in surprise.

David, who was deeply influenced by the capital country's education, really didn't understand what BOSS was going to do for a while.

Dimaneva chose a safe place to park his car after moving away from the streets where the crowds of demonstrators were.

Dimaneva got off the Mercedes-Benz and walked quickly to the rear window of the Phantom, with a naive smile mixed with great embarrassment. He took an important client to tour the city, but when he encountered a parade, he was really beeping enough.

Wu Qian pushed down the glass and said with a smile, "It seems that I came at a bad time today, haha."

Dimaneva was so embarrassed that he didn't know who to complain about, the people who were complaining about the demonstrations, or the government officials who were complaining about increasing taxes.

"Mr. Wu, it's been a long time since the parade happened. The last time was last year... I'm really very, very sorry for making you laugh. The main road in the city is probably occupied by the 'yellow vests'. It's not as good as us..."

As he spoke, Dimaneva raised his finger and pointed to the north, which was the direction of Airbus headquarters.

There is a big gap between the "long time" in Dimaneva's concept and Wu Qian's cognition. In Dimaneva's view, there has been no parade for a year, even if it is a long time, I really don't know whether this freedom is happiness or misfortune ...

Wu Qian understood what Dimaneva meant, and the plan to visit the "City of Roses" ran aground. It's best not to hang around outside at this time, it's dangerous.

"I heard that the best foie gras in France comes from Toulouse. I originally planned to taste it at noon today, but now it seems to be a waste."

Wu Qian shook his head with a smile. He has also traveled to many cities abroad, and this is the first time that the plan has been shelved due to objective reasons.

　Thanks to the book friends for looking at the 3500 rewards.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)