Chapter 952 Chen Er's Envy (Thanks to the Leader [Shi Fanfanha] for the Reward, 6,000 Words)

Time flies, and four days have passed in a blink of an eye.

Today is the day for the second transaction between Oil City and South Paradise.

Xiao Jun has already loaded all the oil to be brought back to the camphor tree base, and is only waiting to take away the sugar and salt after the transaction with South Paradise.

Ju Tianrui and Xiao Jun stood on the wall at the same time, and He Bing and others not far from them were still installing mobile gate knives.

These mobile gate knives are not that simple to install, and now dozens of people are busy with this every day.

"Should we ask them to temporarily stop installing the mobile gate knives and wait until the transaction with South Paradise is completed?" Xiao Jun hesitated for a moment, and finally decided to say it.

Ju Tianrui shook his head and said:

"Mr. Li attaches great importance to this matter. He asked to install the mobile gate knives as soon as possible. Our transaction this time will take at least two or three hours. Anyway, they can all see it, so there is no need to stop."

"Well, okay." Xiao Jun nodded and looked down at his watch.

The time they agreed to meet with South Paradise was 12 noon, and there was still half an hour left. According to his understanding of Chen Er, he should arrive early.

After looking at his watch, he raised his head, picked up the telescope on his chest and looked in the direction of South Paradise.

As expected.

A huge convoy drove towards them, most of which were tankers, and there were also several large trucks.

"They are coming." Xiao Jun put down the telescope and said to Ju Tianrui.

"Okay, is it the same as the last time you went out to talk?" Ju Tianrui asked.

"No, it was their captain Chen Er who came in to talk."

"Into our Oil City?"

"Yes, he set up a simple shed next to the gate and talked inside the shed. Mr. Li was there at the time, but he didn't say much. He mainly asked me to talk to him."

Ju Tianrui nodded and said to Xiao Jun: "I told you yesterday what Mr. Li's bottom line is in sugar and salt transactions. You have experience dealing with him. Why don't you negotiate with him later? If it exceeds our bottom line, then don't trade this category of materials with him.

In addition, Mr. Li said that the transaction amount this time is 80 tons and it cannot exceed it."

Ju Tianrui used to be Xiao Jun's immediate superior, but Xiao Jun came to the big camphor tree base earlier than Ju Tianrui. Later, after the personnel transfer and allocation, they basically had no distinction between superiors and subordinates.

However, when Xiao Jun and Ju Tianrui were together, Xiao Jun still respected Ju Tianrui's opinions.

After hearing Ju Tianrui's words, Xiao Jun nodded and said, "Okay, I'll talk to him later, and I can also introduce you to him."

"Thank you for your hard work."

Soon.

Chen Er and his team in Southern Paradise arrived at the place one kilometer away again, and Chen Er drove here alone.

But this time, he brought another person, who was Ma Dong's daughter.

As one of the founders of Southern Paradise, although Ma Dong died in battle later, his daughter is still alive.

A tiger father has a dog daughter. In Southern Paradise, Ma Yingxue is the only female team leader.

She inherited the team under her father. Since her father died, Tiger Master and Crazy Man have taken good care of her.

Ma Dong originally had the best relationship with Tiger Master, and Tiger Master even recognized Ma Yingxue as his goddaughter.

So, Ma Yingxue has always been very loyal to Tiger Master.

This time she came with Tiger Master, and it was Tiger Master who proposed it. Although Tiger Master trusted Chen Er more, for the cooperation with Oil City, Tiger Master still considered sending one more person to check and balance each other to avoid some accidents.

Chen Er had no objection. It happened that he went there alone every time. Bringing a woman with him could also reduce the precautions of Oil City against them.

More importantly, Ma Yingxue had an identity. She was the goddaughter of Tiger Lord, the leader of Southern Paradise. Going there together could show the importance of their Southern Paradise to Oil City.

On the way to the gate of Oil City, Chen Er repeatedly explained to Ma Yingxue, and at the same time synchronized the information he learned about Oil City with Ma Yingxue.

Squeaky——

The gate of Oil City was opened, and Chen Er and Ma Yingxue got out of the car.

Xiao Jun inside the gate was not too surprised to see that Chen Er was not the only one coming, but he was a little surprised by the height of this woman.

Ma Yingxue was tall and could walk side by side with Chen Er, and was as tall as him.

Chen Er's height was not low to begin with, nearly 1.8 meters, but this Ma Yingxue could be as tall as Chen Er.

Seeing them come in, Dongtai and Zuo Ruxue stepped forward and searched the two people.

During the body search, Ma Yingxue looked at Zuo Ruxue, who was also a woman, with curiosity. At the same time, Zuo Ruxue was also secretly observing Ma Yingxue.

After the body search, Xiao Jun said with a smile on his face: "Chen Er, who is this person next to you?"

Chen Er also introduced with a smile: "This is the goddaughter of Tiger Lord of our Southern Paradise. This time she came with me to trade."

Tiger Lord's goddaughter?

Xiao Jun and Ju Tianrui next to him looked at each other. Is this what Tiger Lord, the leader of Southern Paradise, meant?

However, the two also felt that Southern Paradise valued the goddaughter of the leader of Southern Paradise to come here.

"Chen Er, this is Captain Ju. He will take over my job from now on. If you come here to trade later, he will be the one to receive you." Xiao Jun simply looked at Ma Yingxue and then spoke to Chen Er. Er said.

When Chen Er heard this, he felt a little confused. He didn't know why Xiao Jun was doing well in Oil City and suddenly left.

But he didn't ask verbally. It's better to do more than to do less, as long as it can ensure a smooth transaction.

So he said to Ju Tianrui: "Hello, hello, Captain Ju. Please take good care of me in the future."

As they were talking, they walked towards the shed next to them.

The two groups sat on opposite sides, and Zuo Ruxue brought them two bottles of water.

Xiao Jun glanced at Ju Tianrui, who nodded towards him.

This scene happened to be seen by Chen Er, who murmured in his heart, is this Captain Ju even higher than Xiao Jun?

With doubts in his heart, he heard Xiao Jun say:

"To make a long story short, Chen Er, I don't know what Mr. Hu from your base said about the exchange of salt and sugar we told you last time?"

coming!

Chen Er thought to himself.

After thinking for a while, Chen Er put his hands on the table and said:

"Master Hu said it can be traded, but our production of these two materials is not large, so the quantities that can be traded are not large."

Ju Tianrui next to him asked: "Did you bring it this time?"

Ju Tianrui's style is a bit like Li Yu's. He is always simple and direct and never makes any detours.

Before the end of the world, there may have been some sophistication, but in this end of the world, who cares about you? If you want to stand on the stage, you must let others see your strength.

If you have enough strength, no matter how you speak, others will not have much opinion.

Chen Er coughed and said, "Of course we brought it, we brought thirty tons. In addition, we also brought ten tons of medicine."

Xiao Jun and Ju Tianrui looked at each other. They both knew that this time if they follow the eighty-ton oil limit stated by Mr. Li,

It is impossible to trade all the supplies brought by these people in Southern Paradise.

The previous ratio of oil to medicines was one to six. They brought ten tons of medicines, but here there are sixty tons, leaving only twenty tons of oil. Even if it is a one-to-one exchange, they cannot exchange Southern Paradise this time. The supplies brought have been traded.

Xiao Jun coughed dryly and said with some embarrassment:

"Captain Chen, there is something I forgot to tell you last time. The oil produced in our oil city is also limited, so Mr. Li stipulated that each transaction can only be up to 80 tons."

"Eighty tons?" Chen Er frowned when he heard this.

According to his plan, he would bring back at least 150 tons of oil this time.

After all, these two commodities, salt and sugar, are also hard currency in the apocalypse.

Although it is not like medicines, where one ton of medicines can be exchanged for six tons of oil, it can at least be exchanged for four or five tons of oil.

"We have brought you..." Chen Er said with a confused look on his face.

Ju Tianrui waved his hand and said:

"We have already agreed on the exchange ratio of medicines and oil before. Let's discuss the exchange ratio of salt and sugar for oil first."

Chen Er heard this and asked tentatively: "What do you think is a more appropriate ratio?"

Ju Tianrui looked at Xiao Jun.

Xiao Jun took over and said, "Last time our President Li was here, you were also present. What he said at that time was that one ton of oil can be exchanged for one ton of salt and sugar. What do you think?"

Cough cough cough.

Chen Er was drinking water and choked on the water when he heard Xiao Jun's words.

With a wry smile on his face, he said: "I thought you were joking last time? One ton of oil can be exchanged for one ton of salt and sugar, no, no, no, we can't afford this exchange method, it's too expensive."

Xiao Jun naturally knows that this exchange ratio is unlikely, but isn't that what bargaining is? First put forward an impossible condition, and then any condition discussed next will be better than that condition.

"What do you mean?" Xiao Jun asked.

"We also really want to cooperate with your base. How about we follow the exchange ratio of medicines and oil?" Chen Er said.

At the same time, he watched the expressions of the two people carefully.

Ju Tianrui's face was expressionless, he leaned back and listened quietly.

Xiao Jun, who was opposite, had a troubled look on his face and said:

"The condition you mentioned is a joke. We cannot accept such a condition."

Quiet.

silence.

The atmosphere suddenly became subtle.

The exchange ratio is one to one in Oil City, and the exchange ratio is one to six in Southern Paradise.

The difference is huge, and it is obvious that the expectations of both parties did not meet the standards.

Ju Tianrui picked up his watch and looked at it, breaking the awkward silence,

She said to Zuo Ruxue, "Is that horseman still repairing the oil well?"

Hearing this, Zuo Ruxue instantly understood the purpose of Ju Tianrui's words.

At the negotiation table, there are generally two situations.

One is that both parties have great needs for each other. In this case, it is easy to talk. After all, both parties need each other.

The second type is that one party is necessary and the other party is not necessary. The party that must have it will be more passive and try to compress its bottom line.

The cooperation with Southern Paradise was originally brought up by them, that is, whether it is Oil City or Da Zhangshu Base, cooperation with Southern Paradise is not necessary.

They have absolute initiative.

It just so happens that there is too much oil produced in the Oil City, and the current Da Zhangshu base cannot digest it. If some of it is stored, there will still be too much.

Now that South Paradise has come to trade, it can be exchanged for some things it needs.

However, these exchanged items do not mean that the Da Zhangshu Base is in urgent need. They are only used as war preparation materials. It is better to stock up on more.

However, Southern Paradise did not know their situation.

The limit trading that Xiao Jun mentioned just now is to make Southern Paradise understand one thing. Although we are willing to trade with you, it does not mean that you can trade as much as you want. Our output is also limited.

This is used to increase the preciousness of oil and gain leverage in negotiations.

At this time, Ju Tianrui said that the oil well maintenance also wanted to achieve this goal.

So Zuo Ruxue said: "The horseman is still repairing it over there! It will probably take a few days to repair it."

"Let him hurry up." Ju Tianrui said.

"good."

Xiao Jun next to him understood it and continued:

"Captain Chen, our oil well production is limited, and it needs maintenance recently. It has been unable to produce oil for several days during the maintenance."

Chen Er heard what Xiao Jun said and asked nervously: "Can we continue production after repairs?"

"Yes, but our output is indeed limited, otherwise Mr. Li wouldn't have said that each transaction is limited to 80 tons, right?"

"As long as I can recover, that's good. How about that? I'll take a step back for the exchange ratio, how about one to five?" Chen Er gritted his teeth and said.

Xiao Jun coughed and said:

"It's still too much."

Chen Er frowned and asked, "One-to-one ratio is definitely impossible, otherwise you are giving me an exchange ratio. Let me see if I can accept it."

When the two parties discuss these things, it is a game.

You retreat and I advance, I retreat and you advance, and then the two of them approach at the same time. When the distance is about the same as the psychological expectations of both parties, it can basically be achieved.

"How about one to two?" Xiao Jun said after being silent for a while.

"Um..." Chen Er looked embarrassed. He didn't even reach the lowest bottom line given to him by Master Hu.

If we really negotiate with a one to two exchange ratio, even if the negotiation is successful, we will be criticized by Mr. Hu when we go back.

So Chen Er said in embarrassment: "I can't explain it. One to five, this is really the sincerity of our Southern Paradise.

You know, these salts and candies can be very precious in the last days. "

Chen Er talked a lot about the functions of salt and sugar, and how difficult it was for them to produce them.

But after he said so much, Xiao Jun still did not back down.

Negotiations reached a deadlock again.

Seeing this situation, Ju Tianrui checked his body again and asked Zuo Ruxue: "Go and bring in the refined gasoline and diesel and show them to them."

Chen Er, who had been observing Ju Tianrui, his eyes lit up when he heard what he said. You must know that what they are trading has always been oil. After they get the oil, they have to refine it in the Southern Paradise.

But they use the stupidest method to refine it, small workshop style.

The refining rate can only reach 20%.

That is to say, one ton of oil can only refine 0.2 tons of gasoline + diesel.

But if you think about it with your buttocks, you know that the Oil City has the equipment and talents, so there must be a professional refinery, and it is very likely that the refining rate can reach more than 60%.

This is much better than the hard work they spent half a day and only achieved less than 20%.

soon.

Zuo Ruxue came in with two cups of gasoline and diesel in measuring cups.

Ju Tianrui made a gesture, indicating that she should show this to Chen Er and the others.

"This is the gasoline and diesel we refine. To be honest, the quality is good. Take a look." Ju Tianrui said.

Ma Yingxue and Chen Er lowered their heads and smelled. The light brown stuff was diesel and the transparent yellow stuff was gasoline.

Chen Er looked thoughtful, thinking of the difficulties they had in refining oil in Southern Paradise, so he asked, "I wonder if I can exchange this directly for gasoline or diesel?"

Ju Tianrui said: "Okay, one to two ratio."

Chen Er's brain was spinning wildly. If it were to be exchanged for oil, they could exchange one ton of salt and sugar for five tons of oil. With a 20% refining rate, there would only be one ton after refining.

One ton of salt and sugar = one ton of gasoline + diesel = five tons of oil.

But now one ton of salt and sugar can be directly exchanged for two tons of gasoline or diesel.

Doubled.

Even a fool can figure out that this is of great benefit to them.

As for other common kerosene, lubricants, etc., although they are also extracted from crude oil, their technology is not up to standard and they cannot extract much.

Too much waste! It is better to trade the refined products directly with Oil City.

Thinking of this, Chen Er said: "If you exchange it with refined gasoline or diesel, one to two, that's fine!"

Xiao Jun and the others were also very happy when they heard Chen Er agreed.

After all, just because Southern Paradise's refining technology isn't good doesn't mean they're not good at it. Their refining rate is three times that of Southern Paradise.

Its refining level can reach 0.215 tons of gasoline and 0.394 tons of diesel per ton of oil, and the oil yield can reach 63%.

And it does not include other kerosene, lubricants, etc.

The cost is nothing more than time and manpower.

Time is the most important thing for many people in the last days.

Both parties were happy.

Chen Er simply took the opportunity to propose that the medicines could also be exchanged for gasoline and diesel.

Originally, one ton of medicines could be exchanged for six tons of oil.

Six tons of oil from Chen Er's side could be refined into 1.2 tons of gasoline + diesel.

So Chen Er proposed a one-to-three exchange ratio.

Six tons of oil in Oil City could be refined into 3.6 tons of gasoline + diesel.

Not including other kerosene and lubricants, etc.

If it is one-to-three, it is actually a profit.

At least it is better for Oil City than the previous method.

At this point, the two parties reached an agreement.

One ton of medicines can be exchanged for three tons of gasoline/diesel, and one ton of salt and sugar can be exchanged for two tons of gasoline/diesel.

They brought thirty tons of salt and sugar, plus ten tons of medicines, which can be exchanged for ninety tons of diesel/gasoline.

"It exceeds ten tons, so I will report to our General Manager Li, you wait here." Xiao Jun said.

"Okay, it's okay, you go, by the way, is General Manager Li also in Oil City? I really want to meet him." Chen Er said with a smile.

"Haha, not here now." Xiao Jun replied.

Chen Er smiled and nodded, and said with some regret: "That's a pity."

But his heart was in turmoil. Mr. Li was not here, but he could contact him.

What does this mean? It means that they have a communication tool that can communicate over long distances.

Chen Er and his friends also have walkie-talkies, but the communication range of the walkie-talkies is only a dozen kilometers.

When Chen Er came here for the first time, he came with Feng Wei. They looked around the area of ​​more than ten kilometers around Oil City and did not see other bases.

In addition, the last time they saw Mr. Li riding a helicopter, it can be basically determined that Oil City is not close to the headquarters camphor tree base they mentioned.

Long-distance communication.

Chen Er swallowed his saliva and was envious.

When they go out to perform tasks, it is basically difficult to contact the base. If they don't go back this time, Tiger Lord will not know what they are like.

I'm so envious!

What kind of communication tool will it be?

Chen Er secretly guessed, and at the same time, he looked at Ju Tianrui and his eyes with a hint of envy.

Soon.

Xiao Jun rushed in.

Guo Zi's face was full of smiles, and he said to Chen Er: "Our boss agreed. After much persuasion, he finally agreed. Old Chen, Mr. Li said that we can trade 100 tons next time."

"However, the next transaction will have to wait until a month later."

"One month, that's fine." Chen Er clasped his fists in thanks and nodded.

Ju Tianrui saw that the deal was basically agreed, so he said: "Okay, then let's start the deal. 90 tons of gasoline or diesel, do you want it?"

Before the end of the world, gasoline was generally expensive, and the purity of gasoline was higher than diesel, so the refining cost was naturally higher. The prices of the two were similar, but with the same capacity, diesel could run farther than gasoline.

However, in the end of the world, it depends on everyone's needs.

Chen Er said: "Then 40 tons of gasoline and 50 tons of diesel. Thank you very much."

"Okay." Ju Tianrui nodded.

Then they sent Chen Er and Ma Yingxue out.

Outside the gate, in the car, Chen Er said to Ma Yingxue with deep eyes:

"This Oil City is much stronger than us."

"Why do you say that?" Ma Yingxue asked.

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In the Oil City.

Xiao Jun and Ju Tianrui laughed. This time, they achieved the best result that Li Yu expected.

This is a great benefit for Oil City and the Camphor Tree Base.

(Seeking monthly tickets)