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Chapter 153 Seven oil sisters.

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To some extent, the existence of Fittig proves that the title of "Liberator of the Philippines" by Emperor McLaren comes from a void.

Being cut off from logistics, being robbed of credit, being sent out to die, being backhanded...

That is, Fettig, ordinary people, where is life left?
In this way, MacArthur of Fittig was black all his life, and he was so black!
After the war, Fittig served four years as a reserve officer at the Colorado School of Mines, a surprisingly low-ranking post after such a stellar wartime career.

The inside news is theoretically speaking, according to the achievements of Fittig's long-term combat and organization of resistance forces, it can be said that it is not painful to be rated as a low-level general.

However, after the war, Fettig was thrown into the Reserve Officer Training Corps, where he majored in mining research, which meant that he basically bid farewell to the normal promotion channels within the follow-up army.

It was suggested that MacArthur was afraid that he would steal the limelight.

(Mike Arthur is really disgusting~, just the name of a Filipino liberator?)
After surviving like this for five years, due to the Korean War, MacArthur fell, so he could join the Pentagon's psychological warfare department and set up a special psychological warfare center in 1953.

"Psychological warfare" was later upgraded to "special operations."

To put it more simply, he is one of the founders of the Green Beret. The "tactical textbook" of the US special forces to find "high-value targets", survive as a lone wolf, organize guerrillas, and assassinate and harass is basically him. written.

This became the cornerstone of Special Forces," he is considered one of the founders of the U.S. Army's Special Forces.

Previously, Peyton had heard some more secrets when he was in the small circle meeting.

As soon as Fittig meets his old subordinates for the rest of his life, he will start to tease and greet MacArthur's ancestral parents.

In his diary, he even wrote about bragging pigs and Mussolini on our side to mock MacArthur.

Especially after MacArthur was deflated in the Korean War, he happily wrote in his diary to pay tribute to the Chinese People's Volunteers, because they taught this hypocritical snake a good lesson.

Colonel Fittig retired from service in the mid-20s.

Fittig is widely regarded as a hero by the people of Mindanao.

In June 1958, Fittig and his wife returned to Mindanao for a business trip. When the inter-island freighter sailed into Cagayan, the captain approached Fittig and said, "Sir, I think my friends are waiting for you."

Thousands of Filipinos waited on Cagayan's waterfront as countless boats full of shouting people surrounded the ship...

They came from all corners of Mindanao, women in the white uniforms of the Women's Auxiliary, men in Philippine Legion caps, and the red feathers of the Moro.

The men were shouting, the women were singing.

Then they saw a huge banner hanging from the pier: Welcome to Mindanao, General Fittig, a staunch patriot who alleviates human suffering!
(It is highly recommended to watch Khan's video, it is really tearful!)

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Peyton bowed quickly, with a smile on his face: "I know General Fittig. I have participated in some small military discussion meetings before. Several old gentlemen shared the story of General Fittig with me."

"I have to say, General Fittig, your achievements in the Philippines are amazing and admirable."

Fittig looked at Peyton with some surprise, feeling a little good in his heart.

To be honest, due to some reasons, he was suppressed by Mike Arthur in the early stage, and later participated in highly confidential work. His reputation is really not high. Even after retiring, very few people in his hometown knew his story.

(In fact, he didn't even have a biography later.)
Unexpectedly, this young man actually understood.

"Still to emphasize, I am only a colonel, and I have retired."

Peyton said solemnly: "The Federation will never forget your contribution."

Fittig nodded, but he didn't know what he was thinking.

Cheeks smiled: "Payton, since you know General Fittig, it's best."

"General Fittig used to be the head of the psychological warfare center. After retiring, he was engaged in the resource development of mining companies. He is very interested in the mineral resources of Libya in Africa and will also go to Libya."

"In the future, if you encounter problems overseas, Mr. Fittig will answer your questions."

Peyton nodded. Before, he asked Cheeks to contact suitable candidates to expand the scale of Blackwater Security. Now he has recruited 200 people one after another.

Unexpectedly, Cheeks gave him such a surprise again.

Now, if Fettig can be invited as a consultant, many things will be more logical.

"General Fittig is kindly requested to act as an advisor to Blackwater Security."

Fittig smiled: "You can call me sir."

"Okay, there will be Mr. Laufitig in the future."

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To do something, you are destined to be bound by some names and some people.

Just like the Iron Curtain that straddled the Eurasian continent, even if the Soviet Union disintegrated, too many people would not be able to forget this period of history.

However, the oil seven sisters, this is a common term in the oil industry.

Initially, it refers to the three major oil companies after the dissolution of Rockefeller's Standard Oil Company, and the other four major companies with international influence.

When it comes to the oil industry, this is a name that is destined to be unavoidable!
In this era, their reputation is far greater than that of the oil-producing Middle East.

Because they agreed on a uniform "rule" for the price of crude oil on the world market.

To some extent, they are another kind of monopoly cartel (monopolistic alliance) after the original Standard Oil Trust.

Today, the seven sisters are Standard Oil of New Jersey, later Exxon; Standard Oil of New York, later Mobil; Standard Oil of California, later Chevron; Texaco, later Chevron Annexation; Gulf Oil, later acquired by Chevron; Anglo-Persian Petroleum and Shell.

Not to mention the vicious competition in the past, due to various reasons such as wars and international factors, the seven major oil companies have already woven an intricate network of relationships and formed a "marriage"-style kinship network of mutual parent companies, forming There is me in you, and you in me, a community of interests in which everyone prospers, everyone loses, and coexistence and common prosperity are a real cartel.

The "foundational form" of this cartel was the Aknakari talks initiated by Shell leaders in 1928.

During this meeting, the three oil companies Shell, BP, and New Jersey reached the "Aknakari Agreement" to carve up the world oil market, and agreed on a "rule" on the price of crude oil in the world market-export from the federal Texas Gulf The price of crude oil plus freight is the benchmark.

This is a rule that is beneficial to the seven major oil companies looking for oil around the world, especially in the Middle East. It will ensure that the high-cost federal crude oil producers are profitable at any time, and will make Latin American and Middle Eastern companies due to their crude oil production. Lower cost and more profit.

Subsequently, the other four families of the "Seven Sisters" all participated in the "Aknakari Agreement".

During this period, they developed rapidly and became an international monopoly alliance.

Because of their existence, the oil companies' profits are generally divided between the governments and companies of oil-producing countries. The oil-producing countries get 30%, and they earn 70%.

Moreover, they manipulated pricing, and most of the wealth in oil production in the Middle East was earned by them. This led to the fact that although the Middle East had oil in this period, it could not be truly rich, and it was far from the local tyrants in the Middle East in the future.

"Sir, this is an invitation letter from Mr. Siebel Budge."

Peyton glanced at the invitation letter and thought to himself, "It's finally here."

Siebel Budge, a well-known figure in the oil industry, the president of Standard Oil of California.

The news that Payton found a large oil in Libya obviously cannot be concealed from others.

Moreover, Payton did not intend to hide it.

He knew very well that in the face of such a monopoly alliance, all he could do was either integrate or be suppressed.

Being suppressed, and then heroically reshaping the rules of the industry, such things will most likely only happen in novels.

Although Standard Oil was split, a monopoly, Tesla, will never disappear, it will only exist in another way.

Fighting them is fighting the industry as a whole.

And they are all federal enterprises, there is no natural opposition factor.

Payton chose to fit in.

Of course, how to integrate into it is also different.

Wagging his tail like a dead dog for a bone?
Or on the table seat, become a part of dividing the meat on the plate?

Payton chooses the latter, and only the latter will allow him to occupy a larger piece of the dinner plate.

Even in the changing situation in the future, like Chevron, they will gradually swallow their share...

(End of this chapter)