Chapter 535: Looking at Aqijiu from afar
Aliyev's speech was a little lengthy, which was for the innocent people who were unknown.
For factions who understand the situation, Aliyev's speech was still very content. His future Azerbaijan cabinet design, his views on international diplomacy, and especially his plans for the development of state oil and private oil fields, all took the opportunity of the consultation meeting to speak out.
Ordinary people think that Aliyev can't come to power, but they just enjoyed their mouths. So after being surprised, they did not take what they should sleep and what they should talk about seriously.
Only a few people listened very seriously.
This is the first time that Aliyev expressed and explained his policy program. To be honest, there will be countless people's lives and career developments affected by this.
Husseinov analyzed the pros and cons as if his head was twisted, Mamedov stared at the podium with a sarcasm, and Sucheng and the Russians kept saying a word. The real audience was more than a hundred people from the Aliyev faction, and they would also be the backbone of the new Azerbaijan government.
It is undeniable that Aliyev has accumulated over the years and has countless collections in it. Despite his awkward position, he can still find many suitable supporters. This is the only thing that Husseinov and Mamedov cannot compare with.
Although Husseinov occupied the capital with force, half of the government officials he designed were collaborators and half of them were soldiers. Mamedov had been a party figure for many years, and the cabinet he prepared was actually all from the political party, and most of them were unarchitected.
This is what Azerbaijan, which has just been republic, cannot be so hasty when it comes to another country.
After two hours of speech, the host took the stage and everyone's eyes gathered on Husseinnov.
Aliyev obviously wants to compete for the president. At this moment, Husseinov, who has the advantage, has made some statements, which is the most consistent with the script's performance.
The extras looked at the starring actor and wanted to have another round of scenes.
However, Husseinnov never made any clear statement.
The bank promissory notes that were paid at the time of the bill were kept in his arms. Even if he left Azerbaijan, it would be quite good to be a rich man.
The money fell into his hands. Strictly speaking, the symbolic significance is greater than the actual significance, but it is impossible to say that it is meaningless.
As for Azerbaijan's current bird-like appearance, Husseinnov would probably have to plunder the money in cash.
But after the search, his president still couldn't do it.
Not only that, the funds he received cannot be all in his pocket. To raise 100 million US dollars in personal income is indeed a challenge for Husseinnov. Although he has served as a military and political leader in the Ganja area, he is first a soldier and secondly a political leader. It is not easy for him to barely maintain his army every month, and it is unlikely to have enough money. This is thanks to his inheritance of the army and equipment of the former Soviet Union and the appropriation of the Azerbaijan central government.
The army of tens of thousands of people is not so easy to maintain, not to mention the maintenance costs of a large amount of equipment. Husseinnov has seen a lot of money, but he just left after passing. It is impossible to intercept 100 million US dollars.
Perhaps, when Azerbaijan's oil industry is in full swing, $100 million will be a breeze.
However, Husseinnov was not sure about this. He had no experience in local construction and was not familiar with the oil industry. Apart from foreign loans, he could not think of a way to indeed increase the treasury income.
In addition to the increasing unstableness of his subordinates, Husseinov suddenly lost the courage to refute.
Yes, if I become president, how can I maintain this country and this army?
Also, more than half of the people sitting in the hall will become opposition again. What should I do if it happens then?
He was thinking about these issues and really lacked interest in debate with Aliyev.
The host waited for a long time and ended the meeting strangely.
People left in groups of three or three.
For Aliyev, the first day of consultation meeting could not be smooth.
At night, there were more banquets. The huge Baku City was like a festival, and the lights were brightly lit everywhere.
Sucheng, who reappeared in the public eye, briefly attended a banquet held by Aliyev and gave the second payment to the division commanders and brigade commanders under Husseinnov. Compared to the previous time, these officers who were used to the glitz-like world took it more happily.
Little Aliyev was nervous for an hour, and then sent Sucheng away as quickly as possible.
Husseinov's military police lie outside the door for two hours, but in the end he did not come in to find the bad luck of Sucheng.
It should be said that Husseinnov lost his interest in seeking bad luck.
This matter will eventually come to Aliyev. Sucheng only plays the role of a money bag. After his anger, Husseinov makes his own decisions.
However, this time it was Su Cheng's own judgment, an adventure made by himself.
History will not tell him a temporary decision by Husseinnov. This is a decision made by Sucheng in the context of Azerbaijan. Whether Husseinnov wants to compete for the president, or wants to give up the president, or hesitate, he should not regard Sucheng as his primary goal.
Moreover, the $100 million burned out, even if it was burned in the name of the Aliyev family, it would eventually burn some incense.
The following two days of consultation meeting took some form, but it was still good news for Aliyev. He wandered between various parties and forces like a tireless bee, promising all kinds of benefits, taking back all kinds of power, and matching all parties to unite...
All of this, Aliyev did as if he was in water. He had decades of political experience, and now he had capital, and he was even more relaxed.
The longer the time, the smaller the gap between him and Husseinov and Mamedov will be.
The two of them spent many years to accumulate today's advantages, such as wine being brewed. However, Aliyev was like a pool of old wine, evaporating the fragrance to make people smell it.
The turbulent political alliance belonged to Azerbaijanis, Sucheng paid as usual but no longer intervened in the political situation.
The layout of the previous two years is not counted. In just a few months, he used up nearly 400 million US dollars, and the capital he saved is more than enough.
Such large-scale public relations expenses were often seen in Europe and the United States in the 1950s and 1960s, and Japan in the 1960s and 1970s. After entering the 1990s, they rarely appeared. In fact, even if European and American companies were willing to spend money on Azerbaijan, they would not spend money as "recklessly" as Sucheng.
At least, it's not too late to wait until the new president comes to power.
Of course, the price and harvest at that time were definitely disproportionate. After 2000, the oil production capacity of huge oil areas such as Azijiu exceeded 150 million barrels per year, worth more than US$10 billion. By 2010, the production of Azijiu oil areas was 40.6 million tons, equivalent to 3 billion barrels, worth US$300 billion.
It's simply terrifying!
This is equivalent to the fact that Aqijiu Oilfield can create one or two companies in the world's top 500 list every year, or dozens of companies at the bottom of the world's top 500 list. Or three or five Forbes' top richest people, or dozens of Forbes' bottom richest people...
Of course, oil companies in the 1990s could only get a share agreement at most. The more excessive barrel compensation agreement also began to emerge.
In the early 1990s, due to the sluggish oil prices, oil companies still had the opportunity to obtain a share agreement of about 15%. This means a profit of $1.5 billion to $45 billion per year.
This is just the simplest primary benefit.
Looking at the 30-year century contract, who can control even 15% of the oil distribution rights of Aqijiu Oilfield? That is, the distribution rights of at least 20 million barrels of crude oil and 450 million barrels of oil per year will be placed on Wall Street. This contract alone can obtain a loan of several billion US dollars.
If it is an American company, it would not be difficult to use this to decide how many members of the House of Representatives to affect one or two senators or governors. However, if it is an ordinary American company, it would be very small to obtain so much oil production.
Based on the 30-year-long calculation of the century contract, the oil company has a profit of at least $45 billion.
Not to mention the US$400 million from Sioux City, when the presidential election is over, these foreign companies will not have much investment in 10 times the public relations.
Historically, the Azijiu oil field was eventually shared by nine foreign oil companies. Among them, in order to obtain some contracts, the British BP company had a record-breaking PR fee of up to 4,500 pounds, about 90 million US dollars. BP also invited several shadow cabinet members to lobby the local government, and the indirect expenses spent on future foreign ministers or defense ministers will not be less.
In addition, in order to bribe Azerbaijani officials, BP also held a grand party in London to entertain those guys who have the right to decide and even have the potential to make trouble. There are even rumors that the British MI6 also intervened during the period...
Judging from the results, foreign oil companies pay more and get less, but they also take much less risks.
The 400 million or even more funds spent by Sucheng are very likely to be wasted. This probability and risk are at least equivalent to guessing the size of a casino.
But "imperialist" oil companies do not need to do this. As long as they adopt a certain strategy and spend money in place, they are almost destined to get an oil field, at least part of the equity in an oil field. In terms of probability and risk, they are more like doing non-Chinese banking financial management, with the possibility of losses, but basically stable.
In fact, if there is a choice, Sucheng is willing to run a company like BP. However, the reality is that BP has a hundred times more resources than it. If Dahua Industrial wants to acquire Aqijiu Oilfield, even if it has part of its equity, it can only adopt abnormal methods.
weekend.
The negotiations have a clear trend of ending, and more and more oil companies gather in Baku. Some small companies will gamble before the cup starts, but most people are quietly waiting for the ending. According to the usual rules, even if the president of Azerbaijan decides, oil field bidding may be delayed for two or three years, and everyone has plenty of time.
CNPC and CNOOC also sent a small team to Azerbaijan. They were crazy about getting out and they had no results so far. They had no confidence in seizing oil fields in full view of the public, nor had so many resources, and it seemed like a formality.
The new ambassador who prepared the letter of state also came to Baku in the name of the official counselor. He immediately invited Su Cheng and others to attend the embassy party. This time, the replacement also officially announced the end of the ambassador dream of Counselor Liu, and also indicates that the Ministry of Foreign Affairs will adopt a new Central Asian policy.
Chapter completed!