super energy power

Americans have a very high tolerance for joint ventures. Basically, as long as the company is based on American employees and pays taxes to the United States, it is regarded as an American company.If it is based on state units, the concept of American companies is even broader.

Moreover, due to the secrecy system in the United States, someone with a heart can hide the names of the owners layer after layer, making it impossible for people to determine who the real owner of a company is.Under such circumstances, it is moot to go into the ownership of an American company.

Diab’s list of U.S.-Arab joint venture companies is based on the broadness of the U.S. to joint venture companies and wants to get a fortune from Chinese orders.After all, for an ice-breaking trip, you have to prepare hundreds of millions of dollars. In 1989, when it entered the depreciation channel, this amount of money was quite a lot, enough to buy the oil equipment China needed in the next two years, or hundreds of millions of dollars. Boeing aircraft.Especially when these US-Argentine companies are likely to own private shares of the crown prince...

Su Cheng asked directly: "Do any of these dozens of companies have shares in the crown prince?"

"The crown prince owns some shares, and some companies are owned by the crown prince's supporters." Diab scratched a line on the paper full of company names with his fingernail.

Amir, who was fishing, turned sideways curiously.He was raised as an heir, and his English is almost the same as his mother tongue, and his political and economic concepts are far superior to those of his peers. He was a little surprised by Sioux City's performance.

Looking at Sioux City, of the 50 or so companies, one-half belong to the Crown Prince, and one-half belong to supporters.He nodded slightly and said, "I will recommend it to the Chinese government."

Diab held down his hand and said, "No, the Crown Prince hopes that you can use all your means to secure a large order based on the list, just like bidding for an oil field."

"It's impossible." Su Cheng gently broke away from Diab's hand, and said, "I'm just a businessman under the Chinese government..."

"I believe there is a way." Diab interrupted him.

Su Cheng smiled and said: "I believe that if I facilitate a large order, there will be benefits, but I want to know, if I fail to facilitate it, what will be the disadvantages?"

"This..." Diab was speechless.He didn't consider the possibility of Sioux City's rejection, because judging from the way he bid for the oil field, he was just a Chinese oil businessman who was more like an international oil businessman.

But Su Cheng chose to directly refuse.

Diab said unwillingly: "The crown prince will be very happy if the order can be concluded, and we will try our best to assist you in the development of the Setan Oilfield."

Su Cheng chuckled, and said, "The UAE doesn't have any other large oil fields to develop right now. Are you going to give up the Setan Oil Field because of this?"

The development of a large oil field is also beneficial to the host country.Otherwise, why would the UAE sell off the oil fields.All the oil produced in Sioux City must be transported to the port through the UAE's oil pipeline, and then shipped to the sales place. Most of the equipment, consumables and other materials required for mining must be purchased in the UAE.In addition, he has to pay a management fee of several dollars for every barrel of oil produced.This was the rule before the 90s.

Diab shook his head helplessly.He clapped his hands again, asked the beautiful girl to serve him a drink, and drank it down again, before he pondered, "Why is Mr. Su Cheng willing to contribute?"

"It's like bidding for an oil field? It's impossible." Sioux Cheng drank his drink and said, "Besides, to tell you the truth, Dahua Industrial also produces oil equipment, especially offshore drilling platforms are the focus of our development. We It’s here that you focus your energy first.”

Diab's eyes lit up, and he said, "Offshore oil platforms? How many generations of offshore oil platforms can you produce?"

"Three generations." Dahua Industrial has actually only completed the research and development of the quasi-third generation. However, this kind of petroleum equipment exhibition is all order-based. When an order is thrown in, the delivery time is often one or two years later. At the speed of Dahua Industrial , but catch up.

Diab lowered his head and thought about it.

After a while, he said softly: "If we can make a few orders related to Dahua Industry, can Mr. Su Cheng make...the purchases on the list?"

The price of a second-generation offshore drilling platform is close to tens of millions of dollars, and the price of a third-generation offshore drilling platform will only be more.

If it is such an exchange condition, from the perspective of the country, China will definitely not lose money, because they are ready to import in large quantities regardless of whether they export or not.Of course, it is even more powerful for Dahua Industrial, as the countries in the Persian Gulf are the best places to sell shallow water drilling platforms.

Su Cheng laughed and said, "If that's the case, I can directly negotiate terms with relevant people from the Chinese government, and there is no need to make a private agreement at all."

The advantage of open negotiations over private agreements is that they are fairer and closer to equal exchange.

Diab was a little worried, and asked: "The Chinese government can decide to purchase, can it interfere with the price?"

He also wants to seek more profits.

Su Cheng smiled and said, "I don't really want to get involved so deeply. If you are interested, you can talk directly with government officials and various companies."

Price manipulation is a serious accusation in many countries. Diab shook hands with understanding and said with a smile: "Thanks to Mr. Sioux Cheng for your help, we will try our best to facilitate orders for drilling rigs."

Su Cheng smiled and nodded.

Diab clapped his hands again, and this time several beauties came in, serving drinks and snacks.

Seeing that they finished talking, Amir turned around and said with a smile, "Mr. Su Cheng, can you fish?"

"Oh, I have practiced for a few days." Those who wander in the officialdom can easily learn to fish.

"Let's play together. If you catch the fish you like, you can stay and ask the chef to cook it. If you don't like it, just throw it back." Amir had already left a few retractable fishing rods, and helped Su Cheng prepare a small chair, with skillful movements .Fishing was probably his main political activity.

Diab also found a fishing rod and sat on it to accompany him in fishing.However, he does not hang bait, it is completely the Arabian version of Jiang Taigong fishing.

The three of them chatted one after another, and there were beauties below who brought up food and drinks. It looked like a pleasant and leisure afternoon.

In the fish tank, colorful tropical fish are swimming in a daze, and they will be caught if they are not careful.Amir is still a child at heart. If he can’t catch any fish for a while, he will secretly hang up the usual fish food. No matter how smart a fish is, he can’t figure out why there is an extra hook in the afternoon when the food is safe in the morning...

Amir often catches big fish weighing one catty, and some even weigh five or six catties.The fish pond in the entire room is almost like an aquarium. It is connected to the outside and dug deep into the ground. It is estimated that there are a lot of fish in it.

In this way, during dinner time, Diab invited Sioux City to the entrepreneur dinner in Abu Dhabi. These were the company executives.

Of course, this is also good for Sioux City.The Persian Gulf is the center of the world's oil, and it will also be the research and development center of alternative energy in the future.Countries such as Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates know that oil will be dug out one day, maybe 50 years later, maybe 100 years later, maybe 0 years later.Therefore, it is also a pretty good choice to use a lot of dollars to research alternative energy sources.In Sioux City's memory, their research center still has some achievements.

Sioux City stayed in Abu Dhabi for more than two weeks and signed a large number of agreements before returning to China.

The Middle East knows almost nothing about China. Therefore, there is actually a lot to talk about when discussing cooperation in a state of poverty.It's like a Venezuelan businessman goes to China and introduces senior government officials, and participates in many entrepreneurial gatherings. The deals that can be negotiated are endless.

Especially when the two parties have a basis for cooperation, they can't finish talking about the activities of the oil exhibition. It is almost natural to increase some agricultural products, timber, and primary processing transactions casually.

When Sioux Cheng set foot on the Chinese territory, the agreement documents that accompanied him to the landing, how many boxes weighed in tons.

In addition to the gifts from others, Qi Meng looked at the whole truckload of gifts purchased by Su Cheng with a wry smile on his face, and said: "Boss Su, I really had a good time, I bought a lot of special products, I am so anxious that I am about to have a cerebral hemorrhage." .”

"So young, what's the matter with cerebral hemorrhage?" Su Cheng smiled and handed him a small box, and said, "Whoever sees it has a share, and indeed there is a gift."

Qi Meng put it away, sighed helplessly, and said: "It's great to be an entrepreneur, come up with a concept, and leave the rest to us young people. Do you know how many people are there? Are you worried about the equipment exhibition? Yes, come with me."

"We entrepreneurs should be the ones to say this. If the officials come up with a concept, we will leave the rest to us."

"The body of our Economic Reform Commission is the size of a quail, but it's the heart of a dinosaur egg." Qi Meng pointed his nose, and greeted Su Cheng into the car of the Economic Reform Commission, saying: "Su Dong, the oil equipment this time In the end, it was decided that the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Ministry of Foreign Trade and Economic Cooperation, the Ministry of Energy and the Ministry of Propaganda will jointly supervise the implementation, do you know?"

"Oh? How do you say it?" Both the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Ministry of Propaganda are major departments with unusual status. They jointly supervise the oil equipment exhibition, which shows that the order came from a higher level.

Naturally, Qi Meng would not be idle telling him about the big boss in Beijing, he just nodded and said: "Director Su, I found out that you are a person who does things, takes one step, looks at two steps, and the last three steps are all yours." Yes. The ulterior motives for this petroleum equipment exhibition are not for drinking. The Jinshi General Factory is still happily collecting its own technology, running around to apply for patents, and does not hesitate to offend other factories. In my opinion, the collected technology , it’s all yours in the end.”

"I didn't expect this." Su Cheng raised his hands and quickly cleared himself.

Qi Meng laughed twice, expressing his disbelief, and said, "It doesn't matter if it's just Jinshi General Factory or not. Formosa Plastics Group will also participate in the exhibition.

Su Cheng chuckled and didn't speak.Formosa Plastics Group's investment in China is top secret.The boss of Formosa Plastics lives in the United States, such as Wang Sheng and others, every time they go to the United States in the name of visiting the boss, and then from the United States to China, making a big circle, just to avoid being discovered by the Taiwanese media and politicians.In China, cadres with insufficient rank cannot hear about this matter at all.What is known is also known within a small range, and discussions are not allowed with each other.

Historically, Formosa Plastics’ US$70 billion investment was finally caught by reporters when Formosa Plastics executives got off the plane, and they concealed it for two or three years.After the news came to light, the Chinese people were the first to be frightened. At that time, China’s foreign exchange reserves were not even 70 billion U.S. dollars. Many cadres who came from the movement years could not understand such a large number.From the point of view of 1989, this is indeed a petrochemical group that is as rich as an enemy.

Qi Meng didn't really want to discuss and asked, so he said, "Formosa Plastics participated in the exhibition, did you guess it?"

"It's normal for Formosa Plastics to participate in the World Petroleum Equipment Exhibition."

"Is it you who invited me here?" Qi Meng knew that the country is currently tense about the Formosa Plastics matter, and various resources and policies are tilted.If Formosa Plastics shows [-]% interest in the Petroleum Equipment Exhibition, China will show [-]% sincerity.

Su Cheng was still smiling.

It was useless for Qi Meng to blow his beard and stare angrily, and said for a while, "It's fine if you don't want to say it. After a while, you can explain it to the leaders of various ministries and commissions, as well as the exhibitors. You can see what they are talking about when you look at me in a state of distress. That's it."

Su Cheng hurriedly said, "Why, the leaders of various ministries and commissions and exhibitors are still waiting for me?"

"You are beautiful." Qi Meng finally felt a little more comfortable, lying on his back, and said with a smile: "Since you left, the level of petroleum equipment has been raised step by step. Now it is supervised by the four ministries and commissions, so the national official Ministerial-level enterprises should consider participating. Since it is in the United Arab Emirates, everyone is not familiar with it, so they are holding meetings recently to discuss how to make this international petroleum equipment exhibition well and make it unique. The meetings have been held all the time. When you came back today, Secretary-General Gan ordered me to bring you here. So, explain yourself to everyone.”

Sioux City has experienced how terrible the conference in China is.If it is unanimous, it may be easy to solve the problem, but the Petroleum Equipment Exhibition is a shopping exhibition after all, and competition with each other is inevitable...

Thinking of the four ministries and commissions of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Ministry of Foreign Trade and Economic Cooperation, the Ministry of Energy, and the Ministry of Propaganda, plus the petroleum system, foreign economic and trade system, chemical industry system, machinery committee system, and maybe the electronics industry system, the simulation in Sioux City's head It's just a mess.

When we arrived at the main venue of the Ministry of Foreign Trade and Economic Cooperation, there was indeed all kinds of entangled commotion, as if a shrew's shop occupied the place of a prostitute's house.

In the conference hall of several hundred square meters, there were six NO.70 people, half of them were smoking, and half of them were shouting with their sleeves rolled up. In addition to the banner of "International Petroleum Equipment Order Fair Preparatory Committee" on the rostrum, Sioux City also So I saw the scene of migrant workers asking for wages.

Especially the moment the door was opened, one could clearly smell the aroma of bacon.

"Come on, smoke a cigarette and fool your nose." Qi Meng had already gotten used to it, so he lit a cigarette at the door, took two strong puffs, and then walked into the venue.

This is the most painful time Sioux City has ever smoked.

Qi Meng went to the rostrum and whispered a few words to the secretary-general.

Secretary-General Gan covered the microphone and asked a question, turned around, tapped the microphone, and said: "Everyone be quiet, that, Chairman Su of Dahua Industrial has returned from Abu Dhabi, let's listen to what he has to say." , on-site experience.”

Su Cheng clearly saw that there were hundreds of eyes staring at him with a swipe.

"Su Dong is here, here, come up and sit." Secretary-General Gan understood the upper-level movements and was very polite to Su Cheng. He spoke on the microphone and waved gently.

Su Cheng went up to the rostrum along the passage in the middle, all the way was full of covetous eyes, including Du Lijun's wolf-like gaze.

Du Lijun actually hated and was afraid.No matter how much he thought about it, he couldn't understand how an exhibition held by a private company could have such a scale. There were no rare equipment exhibitions in China before.What Beijing International Equipment Exhibition, Dalian International Equipment Exhibition, and Dongying International Equipment Exhibition, whether it is international or not, only the parties know. But this time, the country has not yet been released, and a group of ministerial-level enterprises first It popped up, and the Jinshi General Factory looked like it was born by a maid.

Su Cheng stood on the rostrum in two or three steps.

Secretary-General Gan asked someone to assign a microphone, and said, "Director Su, the enterprises and ministries and commissions present here have some questions. How about you introduce the situation in Abu Dhabi first.

Sioux Cheng didn't know where to start. Fortunately, he had also been trained for a long time, so he quickly adjusted and introduced the oil industry in Abu Dhabi.

This kind of popular content can be easily obtained by everyone present, and Director Yun of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on the rostrum said dissatisfiedly: "Su Dong, what we are facing now is a practical problem, can you solve the practical problem for us?" .”

He is not as polite as Secretary Gan.Someone below shouted regardless of their status: "That's right, what's the matter if you leave it to us? We don't have oil fields in Abu Dhabi."

Su Cheng was stunned for a moment, picked up the microphone and turned around, and said with a smile: "Then, what practical problems can't be solved?"

"Excuse me, Director Su, how to solve the venue problem?" The first person to open fire was the official of the Ministry of Foreign Trade and Economic Cooperation who was in charge of hosting.They have to be responsible for basic issues such as the venue, which is very troublesome and expensive, and there is an additional layer of procedures to remotely control foreign countries from China.

Su Cheng was puzzled and asked, "Is there anything wrong with the venue?"

From the perspective of his future thinking, the venue is almost something that can be done with money.

However, the Chinese in 1989 had very few opportunities to go abroad, let alone hold exhibitions overseas. There was a lack of information and resources, and domestic officials dared not do anything for fear of causing trouble.

Sioux Cheng's attitude angered the officials of the Ministry of Foreign Trade and Economic Cooperation. This somewhat scholarly official pulled off his glasses and said, "Of course it's not easy to solve. We are the organizers, and the meeting will be held in one month. But, when So far, we don't know how many companies are participating in the exhibition, and we don't know how big the venue will be? Whether we want real objects, is it in the venue? Or is it decorated on the open space..."

What he said was just a series of words, and the voice spread throughout the conference hall even without a microphone, and resentment rushed to his face.

Su Chenggen didn't think about this kind of thing.He is young, although he has done grassroots work, but he has not done middle-level coordination work, and he can't make sense with his empty teeth.

However, his network in Abu Dhabi is not what it used to be.Thinking about the oil equipment order meeting again, it is indeed something we want to do, so I took the initiative to take it over and said: "Well, I will solve the problem of the venue."

With just such a sentence, Su Cheng put down the microphone, as if the matter had been resolved.

The officials who were accustomed to kicking the ball were stunned, Du Lijun who was about to curse was also stunned, and everyone on the rostrum was also stunned.

"This...how is Chairman Su going to solve it?" The official of the Ministry of Foreign Trade and Economic Cooperation quietly put on his glasses and resumed his polite appearance.This time, he said in a much more relaxed tone: "This is an exhibition supervised by the four ministries and commissions. There are some specifications and precautions. It is not just a matter of just finding a venue."

"I'm going to find a company in Abu Dhabi for specific specifications and precautions. How about asking them to discuss with you?"

"That won't work." The official of the Ministry of Foreign Trade and Economic Cooperation said anxiously, "There are a lot of procedures here. We asked the company in Abu Dhabi, and within a month, we couldn't find a suitable venue or a hotel near the venue. There are many conferences in the UAE, so you have to book in advance."

Although Sioux Cheng didn't know how to do it, he thought about it: Since the crown prince of the United Arab Emirates is concerned about this matter, it means that the venue is not an issue at all, and he is definitely not so nervous that he can't find it.

Thinking of this, Su Cheng said softly: "How about I find the venue and let you know?"

"This is not a solution to the problem." The official of the Ministry of Foreign Trade and Economic Cooperation looked at the rostrum.

Director Yun of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs heard from people in the embassy that Sioux City has a wide range of friends in the UAE.Therefore, he pressed his hand and said: "Director Su, the venue is a pre-condition. We have not set the number of participants because the venue cannot be determined. This is a problem that continues to circulate. If we can find a solution, we will Today's meeting can be regarded as a successful meeting."

He finally said a bad joke, and no one laughed at all.

Su Cheng sat on the rostrum, spread his hands, and said, "You can't let me find a venue now."

"Since it's a solution, you have to give us an accurate statement." The officials of the Ministry of Foreign Trade below were already impatient, and their glasses were wiped off.

Su Cheng looked around, but no one helped to speak.Ding Zhipeng and Secretary-General Gan were terrified by the noise. During the ten-day meeting, they barely talked about the exhibition, and they were anxious.

The people below were also excited.The quarrel has been going on for more than ten days, from the quota to the booth, from the location to the foreign exchange, from the number of personnel sent to the reimbursement method... Even if it is a clay figurine, after so long, it has become a sculpture.

Su Cheng saw that these people were eager to try, and they waited for themselves to admit defeat and surrender, and then started scolding and throwing eggs.

After hesitating for a moment, Su Cheng got up and said, "Can I make a call?"

Without waiting for a response, he calmly walked to the right side where the phone was placed.

The heads of the dozens of people also moved slowly to the right following his footsteps,