Eight Hundred and Sixty Eighth Careerist

In the 1960s and 1970s, Venezuela's high-quality oil was basically exhausted, leaving only the heavy oil.

The United States was the first country in the world to develop heavy oil refining. It can even be said that Texaco is the most powerful among them. Later, Texaco built several refineries in Texas to refine heavy oil imported from Venezuela. Oil.

Later, Texaco was merged by Chevron, and then these refineries became the industry under the name of Chevron.

In the 1990s, when world oil prices soared, Chevron also increased investment and upgraded several refineries in Texas to improve refining efficiency.

But who would have thought that Venezuelan madmen would come on stage, nationalize all those oil companies, and then sell a large amount of the oil they produced to Huaguo and other South American countries.

At that time, it drove the United States crazy, but at that time there was oil support from the Middle East, and the United States did not look down on Venezuela's heavy oil.

But Chevron is different. Before that, they upgraded the refining equipment for the heavy oil in Venezuela and invested more than two billion US dollars.

Now that they haven't made any money, they've been in vain. How do you think they feel?

Later, Chevron dismantled those equipment one after another and sold them to several countries in South America, such as Copper Country and Brazil, and charged patent fees to teach them the technology of refining heavy oil.

But even so, they still didn't think it was enough, so this was the case that Sunan came to their door.

Now Venezuela is being sanctioned by the U.S. government. All companies in the U.S. dare not do business with Venezuela, and Venezuela’s oil cannot be sold.

The current price is simply touching, and other countries in South America are very short of oil.

For example, Colombia, such as Peru, Brazil, Argentina, copper countries, and even Guyana next to Sunanli, and French Guiana, are all oil-poor countries.

All their oil needs to be imported, and the main import target is Chevron.

In this area, the only oil-producing country is Sunanli, and several oil fields have been discovered near their coastline.

Some of the oil produced by these oil fields is for their own domestic consumption, and the other part is exported to foreign countries, such as Guyana, Trinidad, and Caribbean countries such as Barbados.

The Sunanli National Petroleum Company is nominally state-owned in Sunanli,

But in fact, it is just a vest worn by Chevron.

Because all technologies of this company from exploration, to mining, to refining, transportation, etc. are all supported by Chevron.

Among the more than 600 employees in this company, except for the front-line workers, almost all the management are sent by Chevron.

"Wait, Mr. Sunan, I have a question. Are you Chevron not afraid of sanctions from the US government? Are you not afraid that someone will report, or the US Department of Commerce will find out that you are refining Venezuelan oil? "

Xiao Feng called Li Xingkai and explained some questions he wanted to ask. After Li Xingkai returned to the meeting room, he directly threw the question to Sunan.

Sunan on the opposite side was taken aback for a moment, and then a wry smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.

"Well, I won't keep it from you, otherwise you can also get the news from other sources. We recently invested in a mining and refinery near Tombrijo..."

Li Xingkai nodded. When he came to Sunanli last time, he saw the local news reports on TV.

It is said that Sunanli National Petroleum Company discovered a large oil field in Tangbulihuo.

Tombrejo is a small village located 55 kilometers northwest of the capital Paramaribo, only 15 kilometers away from the coastline.

It is said that the exploration company discovered a large oil field with reserves of about 200 million barrels here, and the Sunanli National Oil Company plans to build a large oil refinery by the sea, with a daily output of 7,000 barrels.

In this way, not only can the domestic oil supply be satisfied, but the excess oil can also be exported overseas.

At that time, the news was very popular, and many people in Sunanli rejoiced, thinking that the country would usher in a great development.

But later, nothing seemed to happen. If Sunan didn't mention it today, he would have forgotten the news he read last time.

"Well, I know about that oil field. I've read the news."

Li Xingkai said, but the smile on Sunan's face was even more bitter.

"Later, our factory was half built, but there was a problem when mining, because we found that there was not so much oil underground, that is to say, there was only enough oil for us to mine for three years. This was a complete mistake. Sentence!"

"Forehead…"

Li Xingkai really didn't know how to comfort this Sunan, but in the oil industry, such things are very common.

For example, Australia discovered an offshore oil field in their western waters. At the beginning of the exploration, they said that it was a large oil field, with reserves of at least several hundred million barrels.

As a result, the share price of the Australian company rose from a few dollars to more than 30 Australian dollars in just a few days.

As a result, after only one year of production, the oil below was exhausted, and the company's stock price plummeted from more than 30 Australian dollars to a few cents, and finally went bankrupt directly.

This time, Chevron didn't know that there was a mistake in that link, which caused such an oolong incident.

But for Chevron's size, it means losing hundreds of millions of dollars, which is not a big deal for them.

It was originally a bad luck, but for Sunan, an ambitious guy who wanted to climb up, he felt that he had encountered an opportunity.

Especially after he learned through Tongguo Petroleum that there is actually a Chinese in Ithaca who can buy low-priced heavy oil from Venezuela, he came up with an idea as soon as he moved his mind.

Chevron's refinery in Texas is specially prepared for Venezuelan oil, but there are still two left there.

The equipment inside has been treated as non-performing assets by the company and has been trying to dispose of it.

However, Tangbulihuo in Sunanli had another oolong incident. The factory was half built, only to find that there were not so many reserves at all.

According to the normal way of thinking, the oil company will definitely not continue to invest in the construction of the refinery. As for the kowtow machine invested in the early stage, it will be withdrawn immediately after the oil is drained.

But what if we secretly reorganized and utilized those domestic oil equipment?

For example, transporting the Texas factory equipment to Tombrejo, opening up channels, getting heavy oil from Venezuela, and refining it here, then it can be directly sold in Brazil, Colombia, and the Caribbean.

In terms of the current cost of Venezuelan heavy oil and oil prices, this plan is indeed very promising.

It is easy to earn hundreds of millions of dollars a year.

With this in mind, Sunan came to the door and wanted to discuss cooperation with Li Xingkai.

At this time, Xiao Feng, who was sitting in the back, also understood what Sunan meant, and he called Li Xingkai again, telling Li Xingkai not to rush to agree, but to come back and discuss it first.

Li Xingkai agreed, then turned around and returned to the meeting room, chatted with Sunan again, and finally told him that they had to think about it for a few days.

Sunan nodded with a smile. After all, such a big business cannot be decided soon.

Sunan left, while Li Xingkai smiled and returned to the CEO's office upstairs.

"Haha, this person is really a surprise, Mr. Xiao, I really want to thank you!"

Seeing this guy's face full of joy, Xiao Feng felt that this guy must have some ideas.

"What? What can we get from this transaction? Have you figured it out?"

"Hey! What I want is to be exempted from the control of capital flow! It's good for our bank's future development, so there's no need to mention it."

"Huh? How do you do it?"

Xiao Feng also sat up straight.

Although Sunanli is rich in gold, the circulation of foreign exchange is very troublesome.

For example, if an individual remits money abroad, he can only remit up to 500 U.S. dollars per day. It is really very difficult to get some money out.

It is even more difficult to make money overseas by transferring money to the company, and it may even cause someone to check the account.

So many Chinese like underground banks very much. When you go to those banks, as long as you give them gold, you will receive the same amount of cash in your overseas account the next day.

It is fast and convenient, so not only Chinese people like to use it, but many other foreigners who do business here also like to use it.

But this approach is not as safe as a regular bank. Once it can obtain the right to freely enter and exit funds, then the National Bank of Maribo will have a lot of trouble.

"We can contact the president and ask him to give us a franchise."

"What? Can you still do this?"

"Of course, what's wrong?"

Li Xingkai rolled his eyes, apparently disdainful of Xiao Feng's rare and strange appearance.

And Xiao Feng finally understood this time, why people often say that South America is a magical continent, and the rules here are so child's play?

All laws and morals are bullshit, as long as you have access, you can change everything.

"Can you tell me more about it? First of all, how did you get on the line of the president? That Dejotte doesn't seem to be a good talker."

Xiao Feng also did a lot of homework on Sunanli before coming here, at least he always needs to know who the president of this country is.

The current president of Sunanli is named Dejotte. He used to be a soldier. In the 1980s, he launched a military coup and overthrew the government at that time.

Later, he served as the country's military minister and other positions. Later, he formed his own political party and participated in the national election several times, but in the end he failed.

He was not elected president of the country until a few years ago.

This resume looks like an old fritter with ups and downs in the officialdom. It must not be so easy for him to issue a franchise.

Xiao Feng really wanted to know how Li Xingkai managed this matter.

And this old guy, although he claims to be of Chinese descent, but a series of policies after he came to power, it seems that he is not particularly friendly to the Chinese.