Chapter 557 I Have Crude Oil, Do You Want It?

Kim Hyun-tae could hear Li Hong's meaning.

But Kim Hyun-tae will definitely agree if he doesn’t wear a watch. After all, he is Coco’s father, and he and Coco live in the United States in a different time and space. Therefore, Li Hong has no say in what Coco should do. He can only watch What does Kim Hyun-tae think as a father?

And Ke Ke would only listen to Kim Hyun-tae, not Li Hong, a 'stranger'.

After breakfast, Jin Xiantai and his party left the rice noodle shop and went straight back to the hotel.

The things here in Dragon City are basically done, and the rest can be left to the team from the United States, so Kim Hyun-tae doesn’t have to deal with the follow-up problems by himself, so Kim Hyun-tae is going to leave Dragon City and return In the United States, after all, time is running out, and he has to rush back to school.

Therefore, after returning to the hotel, Kim Hyun-tae expressed to Li Hong that he was leaving, and at the same time expressed his gratitude to Li Hong for his company in the past few days.

"I'm planning to set off to return to China tomorrow. I really want to thank you these days. Without you, my investment in Dragon City would not have gone so smoothly. I really appreciate it."

Kim Hyun-tae was about to leave, which made Li Hong a little bit sad, but she also knew very well that she had no reason to keep Kim Hyun-tae.

So she could only respond and said: "It's nothing, after all, it's something Jin Jianshe confessed, and as a friend, I always want to help."

Jin Xiantai smiled: "The rest of the Dragon City is very simple. My team has already set off from the United States and will be able to arrive at Dragon City in a few days. At that time, they will discuss the next thing with Dragon City." It was negotiated by the Municipal Party Committee, and I have already transferred enough funds to my personal account of Longcheng Construction Bank, as long as there is no problem with the Longcheng City Committee, these two investment projects can be completed and put into operation basically two years later."

Jin Xiantai said this to reassure Li Hong, and at the same time to reassure those people in the Longcheng City Committee through Li Hong's mouth. Li Hong nodded in a second understanding of Jin Xiantai's little calculation.

"Well, since that's the case, I'm going back to Beijing. After all, I have a lot of things on hand, but I may not be able to see you off when you leave."

Indeed, Li Hong is not idle, and she has many things to do.

If it wasn't for Jin Jianshe's request, and if the matter involved Jin Xiantai, she wouldn't rush to Dragon City.

Now that Kim Hyun-tae is leaving, there is no need for her to stay, so she is also planning to leave for Beijing tonight.

In the living room of the room, the waiter prepared a local newspaper, and Jin Xiantai picked it up and glanced at it.

The headline on the front page was the news that Kim Hyun-tae had signed two investments with the Longcheng Municipal Party Committee, and it was accompanied by a group photo of Kim Hyun-tae and Wei Chengfeng, who took up half of the page, shaking hands, and in the photo There is also a big red banner behind the two of them, and some very routine words are written on the banner.

However, it was not this news that attracted Jin Xiantai's attention, but the news about international oil prices in the cracks of the page.

[Currently oil prices continue to fall, and the international crude oil price was quoted at 4.73 on August 23...]

Crude oil production in the Middle East continues to expand, and places such as Venezuela and Mexico also export a large amount of crude oil, so the international crude oil market continues to fluctuate.

At the same time, the United States announced the temporary suspension of crude oil import reserves, which made the international crude oil market suddenly lose a big customer. Therefore, a large amount of crude oil accumulated in the international crude oil market, which also led to continuous decline in prices.

And this matter is definitely not good news for those oil-producing countries, especially the Soviets who rely on crude oil exports to earn foreign exchange. This is not good news.

It stands to reason that lower international crude oil prices are great news for some countries that need to import oil.

But in fact, it can't be seen that way.

For example, South Korea and Japan, which lack natural resources and have always relied on imports, would of course import large quantities of crude oil for storage in normal times.

It's just that in the current low international crude oil price, not only can they not buy it, but they can only watch it with envy.

First of all, the lower international crude oil prices are a conspiracy by the Americans and the oil-producing countries in the Middle East, the purpose of which is to hit the Soviets and curb their economy.

After all, the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan has made countries in the Middle East very nervous. They don't know if Afghanistan falls, it will be their turn next.

With the greedy character of polar bears, most countries have very bad inferences. Therefore, when the Americans came up with such an idea at this time, the oil-producing countries in the Middle East immediately agreed.

In addition, the United States has signed another crude oil import agreement with the Middle East oil-producing countries in private. Of course, this is very secret and will not be publicized to the outside world.

Now that the international crude oil price has dropped to 4.73 US dollars (barrel), according to the agreement between the United States and the oil-producing countries in the Middle East, the United States will continue to import at a price of 30 US dollars (barrel) to strengthen its own crude oil reserves.

So the only ones who are unlucky are the polar bears. Although the polar bears also want to follow the American routine, looking at the countries around the world, there are really no countries that can send money to them according to their wishes.

It is different from another time and space. It stands to reason that Huaxia should help the polar bear at this time, but the relationship between polar bears and Huaxia in this different time and space is not so good, so it is very difficult for Huaxia to give them a hand at this time. difficult things.

You know, because of the territory of Vladivostok, the two countries have been fighting each other for decades, and they have fought several times.

Of course, if it is really sold at the price of 4.73 US dollars, the Chinese people don't mind taking advantage of the polar bear.

But polar bears have always taken advantage of others, how could they let others take advantage of themselves, so although the polar bears sent people to contact Huaxia secretly, they made the price very high, reaching 45 US dollars (barrel), Therefore, the Chinese simply didn't bother to talk to polar bears.

Now the polar bear war in Afghanistan has shown signs of fatigue, and the resistance it has encountered has become more and more tenacious, and its own casualties have also begun to increase.

This situation made the Soviets have to increase their investment in the war in Afghanistan, whether it was manpower or material resources, but all of these required financial support.

The ruble is obviously unrealistic. This requires sufficient foreign exchange reserves to ensure that the war can continue.

You must know that many materials need to be imported from abroad most of the time, so foreign exchange needs to be used at this time, and the dollar is obviously much easier to use than the ruble.

However, under the situation that the export of crude oil is restricted, leading to a sharp drop in foreign exchange income and the trend is against the trend, only he himself knows whether the polar bear is uncomfortable or not.

However, these have little to do with Kim Hyun-tae, and he will not worry or worry about polar bears, but Kim Hyun-tae thought that he still holds a crude oil spot contract worth 20 billion U.S. dollars.

The price he got the contract from Alexander was based on the international oil price of US$7.8 at the time, but in fact Kim Hyun-tae gave Alexander the price of US$8.5 (barrel). As for who will get the extra US$0.7 Needless to say?

Jin Xiantai withdrew his gaze from the newspaper, and put it on Li Hong's body.

After thinking for a while, Jin Xiantai tentatively asked Li Hong: "Is Huaxia short of oil now? I'm talking about crude oil."

Although he didn't know why Jin Xiantai asked such a question, Li Hong still nodded: "Of course there is a shortage. Although the price of crude oil in the international crude oil market is very low, there is indeed a price but no market, especially those oil-producing countries in the Middle East. It will not be sold to you at this price, so my country has temporarily stopped importing crude oil during this period, which has caused some tension in domestic crude oil."

After hearing the words, Kim Hyun-tae asked again: "Didn't you have any contact with the Soviets? They are having a hard time recently. When I was in Mongolia, I heard some rumors about this. The war in Afghanistan made their economy a little tight."

Li Hong rolled her eyes, no one knew what she was thinking at this moment.

If it were someone else, Li Hong would definitely say haha ​​if he thought about it, and would not pay attention to it at all.

But considering that the young man in front of him is the child of his poor sister who passed away, Li Hong remained patient and revealed some relatively confidential information.

You know, for Li Hong, this is a violation of the regulations.

However, Li Hong also wanted to see what the nephew of the banana man would say in the end.

So Li Hong rolled his eyes and said, "It doesn't matter if you tell me something. After all, there is no strong force in the world. Of course, the Soviets have started to contact us, and hope that we can buy them at a price of 45 dollars (barrel)." crude oil, hehe." When he said this, Li Hong had a mocking smile on his face, "Did the Soviets take us Chinese as a fool?"

Li Hong looked at Jin Xiantai at this time and continued: "I'm not afraid to reveal some inside information to you. The Soviets have recently begun to secretly contact South Korea and Japan. The purpose is to sell their crude oil to them, but the price is really high. It's outrageous, so it's just that we didn't reach a conclusion. But you, the United States, as the boss of South Korea and Japan, it's a bit funny that you can't even control your younger brother."

This bit of information was deliberately revealed by Li Hong to Kim Hyun-tae. Kim Hyun-tae was not very clear about whether there was a sense of estrangement in it, but he didn't find it strange that such a thing happened.

There is no eternal friendship between countries, and interests are the only eternal theme.

So Jin Xiantai smiled at Li Hong: "Haha, this matter has nothing to do with me. I'm not those gentlemen in Congress. What I care about is whether I can make money. Then I have a share of 20 billion US dollars." I wonder if you are interested in the crude oil contract? As for the price, how about $30 a barrel? It must be cheaper than the price offered by the Soviets."

With the crude oil contract won from Alexander, Kim Hyun-tae felt that it had nothing to do with selling it to the Chinese. Anyway, he just didn't want to sell it to the Koreans and Japanese.

Moreover, the price of 30 US dollars (barrel) is the same as the price agreement secretly reached between the United States and the oil-producing countries in the Middle East. Therefore, as long as Huaxia understands this aspect, it should not be dissatisfied with the price of 30 US dollars.

More importantly, the price can still be negotiated.

Anyway, the price Kim Hyun-tae got for these crude oils was only US$8.5, as long as he did not lose money at this price, he would be fine.

Li Hong stared at Jin Xiantai intently, and when he judged that he was not joking, he asked, "How much crude oil do you have?"

Jin Xiantai leaned his body on the back of the sofa, looked at Li Hong with a smile and replied: "The crude oil of 20 billion US dollars is picked up in Turkey. Now it depends on whether you are satisfied with the price of 30 US dollars."

After confirming that Kim Hyun-tae was not talking casually, Li Hong also became serious, no longer affected by her personal emotions, and once again showed her shrewd and capable side.

"This matter is not under the control of our department, but I can contact the relevant people for you, and you can talk to them about the next thing."

Obviously, Li Hong wanted to contact someone from PetroChina. After all, it involved a $20 billion crude oil import order, and Li Hong had no way to call the shots.

However, Jin Xiantai put forward a little personal suggestion, and he said to Li Hong: "I can give this order to anyone, and it doesn't have to be from PetroChina. Doesn't your department need some special funds?"

Li Hong, who had taken out her mobile phone and was about to make a call, stopped when she heard the words, and at the same time, a gleam of light bloomed in her eyes. (To be continued.)