Chapter five hundred and thirty seventh election campaign
Although he attended many banquets, Sucheng was still not very adaptable to the atmosphere of Western banquets.
However, the real banquet protagonist never needs to learn etiquette.
Don’t know about cocktails? It doesn’t matter. The beauty will give you a cup of it. After tasting the red lips, she will then introduce it to you with a breath of orchid.
Don’t understand the etiquette of a banquet? It doesn’t matter, the beauty surrounds you. As long as you don’t proclaim sexual misconduct in public, others will not see your etiquette of a banquet.
Don’t know how to chat? It doesn’t matter. The beauty laughs before speaking. No matter what you say, in short, you are wise and powerful, great and glamorous... If anyone has the ability, they will be angry - and you still say that you don’t know how to speak, you are professionally trained!
Su Cheng's age is one of the reasons why major oil companies choose to break through the beauty formation. At this moment, he is like a cat, trapped in the gentle formation.
After more than ten minutes of warming up the scene, half of Sucheng's body was snatched by a French beauty with a maroon color. She held Sucheng, pressed his arm tightly on his chest, and blocked other women with subtle steps. At the same time, she smiled in English: "I am the representative of France's Fina Company. We have done business with Dahua Industrial and rented the offshore drilling platform you produced, which is very good. However, we also have our own technology, such as marine exploration. The cost of Fina Company is lower than that of its peers and is quite efficient. Our exploration aircraft can complete 200 square kilometers of marine exploration every day. This year, we only took three months in North Africa to explore two oil fields."
"Fina? The name is good." Su Cheng looked left and said to him.
The French beauty chuckled twice, leaned in her ear, and exclaimed, "It's not just the name."
Su Cheng was still a little itchy when he was touched by his sexy lips. He tried to push her away with great perseverance, but unexpectedly he touched the sensitive position again.
The French beauty said "ah" and then smiled and said, "It seems that you are very willing to cooperate."
Su Cheng quickly withdrew his hand, and while savoring, he said in English with a dry smile: "To be honest, I have no intention of cooperating with foreign companies."
"Why?"
"If you have learned about my journey in Azerbaijan, you should know how much I have done, and I will not give up my interests in the end."
“Precisely because of your huge contribution, our Fina Company is willing to give up control in cooperation. You can get at least 51% of the shares.”
Su Cheng curled his lips and refused to answer. The French obviously wanted to get a free ride, let alone 51%, giving 90% would be a profit.
There are at least thirty or forty oil companies present. This is still related to China or a large-scale oil company. However, even if it is a layer of subcontracted oil contracts, there will not be too many oil companies that can eventually obtain the contract. The maximum capacity of super-large oil fields is the limit. According to Sucheng's idea, he will be worthy of the capitalists of various countries if he doesn't just take it alone.
Most oil companies cannot obtain contracts for large oil areas independently. If you want to get one, you must take great risks like Sucheng, and put in a lot of effort.
Foreigners also know how to ask for a lot of prices and pay back the money by landing.
The French beauty was rejected and still insisted, smiling at Sucheng, saying, "I heard that Dahua Industry did not receive support from the Chinese government? This is the same as what we had encountered in the 1980s. The Lambert Cabinet at that time did not like us very much. Total received various cooperation from the government, and we could only eat some leftovers. Since then, Fina has begun to focus on government relations... Now, Fina Company, like Total, can get full support from the Elysee Palace. As you know, Fina Company is not as large as Total, so the resources we can use are extremely abundant. If Dahua Industry needs some government cooperation, cooperation with Fina Company is the most ideal. We can be responsible for all government relations except Azerbaijan, Russia, Kyrgyzstan, Turkey... and even China..."
There is indeed no one who can be easily matched in this kind of occasion.
Even if Su Cheng decided not to cooperate, he was still moved.
Officials are afraid of foreigners, and foreigners are afraid of the people. Dahua Industry is a private enterprise, and its current troubles really come from more domestic sources.
If you cooperate with a foreign company, many troubles can be solved. As this French beauty said, a company with high government resources that is similar to Dahua Industrial is obviously more ideal than a large multinational company of super scale.
So, put on the skin of a foreign company in a project in Azerbaijan?
Su Cheng hesitated for a moment and asked: "Dahua Industrial has not yet obtained any Azerbaijan oil fields. If you obtain it, it is possible to subcontract some services. Are you interested?"
Subcontracting services mean that there is no share of equity and oil. This is the most unpleasant part of oil development. It is like a bone that has been gnawed. It is quite large in scale and has little oil and water. At most, it brings some soup.
The French beauty hesitated for a moment. She naturally wanted to get high value-added projects. The operating costs of French oil companies are among the best in Europe. They have world-class salary and world-class vacation system, raising generations of romantic and lazy French people. At the same time, they also have one of the best corrupt governments in Europe. The cost of public relations is much higher than that of China in the 1990s. Just look at the skillful skills of this French girl, you will know that the French government approval must not be so easy to do.
Therefore, if it was just a bone, the French company would rather not chew. However, Fina hoped to open a gap by this.
The French beauty had not made a decision yet, and the Japanese beauty half a head shorter than her smiled and said in Chinese: "We inpex are willing to undertake the subcontracting project of Dahua Industrial, and we are also willing to cooperate with Dahua Industrial's government public relations project."
Inpex is a less well-known but powerful Japanese oil company. Due to its late development, they have always liked Central Asian oil fields. Historically, among the nine foreign oil companies that shared the Azijiu oil field, Inpex accounts for 10.86%, ranking third.
Of course, any oil company can hear its name and its strength is not much weaker. It is normal for companies like Iepex to take out billions of dollars in cash at will, and Fina thinks it is no exception.
As for those well-known oil companies, they are super companies that can afford to spend tens of billions of dollars, but they are not used to support Su Cheng's stinky feet.
This is naturally not because they have thin skin, but because they have a big appetite and cannot get a 50% ratio when riding on a ride.
Inpex's first move made the French beauty of Fina very angry. She grabbed Su Cheng's arm and said: "Our technology, funds and government resources are sufficient, and we are willing to accept subcontracting from Dahua Industrial."
"We are willing, too." This time it was the American company's turn. They will always be vultures in the market, and a newly established company dared to steal the lion's food.
Su Cheng was busy and the Chinese in the embassy were stunned.
Although many of them are diplomats, who has seen this?
In the 1990s, the production cost of Chinese enterprises was not necessarily lower than that of Hong Kong, but the pressure on exports was heavier than that of Mount Tai. Many domestic enterprises, who were in China, wanted to go abroad to eat the Statue of Liberty, the kind of piety that pursued commerce and trade, the people who saw them were sad and crying when they smelled...
Companies such as PetroChina export endless crude oil and import refined oil that cannot be processed. They are very happy to make money, but in order to make this money, they cannot stand up abroad.
Not to mention Azerbaijan, companies here are either rich, technical, or government resources. And at least one of them is great. So, let alone Chinese companies. What can respect Chinese officials is the result of other people's quality education, and it is a manifestation of civility and politeness.
In the 1990s, there were few Chinese people who could be regarded as a person, and even rarer Chinese people and Chinese companies who could be begged.
"It's so annoying that people are more awesome." Han Chenghang looked at the beauty beside Su Cheng, then looked at the bald bald, short and fat man around him, and drank half a glass of wine silently, then said to Jiao Guoping: "When Su Dong gets out, we have to chat for a while, it's all up to your introduction."
"There is no problem with the introduction, I'm afraid he won't get out of it." Jiao Guoping also widened his eyes in surprise.
"It's okay, just wait." Han Chenghang said to himself, "I didn't expect that he has attracted so many foreigners. If I had known this, I should have asked him to help invite some friends."
"These foreign businessmen are probably following the fishy smell of the oil field."
"So, are they optimistic about Aliyev?"
"Aliyev may not necessarily win firmly." Jiao Guoping is no longer willing to judge the situation in Azerbaijan, and there are too many variables.
Han Chenghang nodded slightly and whispered: "You said, is Mr. Su interested in the people sent by Minister Zheng?"
He was attracted by Su Cheng's resources and was preparing to sell Minister Zheng's rhythm.
Jiao Guoping was stunned. Although he also sold Minister Zheng to Su Cheng, it was obviously not as popular as Han Chenghang's style. After thinking about it, Jiao Guoping said: "Dr. Su must be happy, but..."
"That's fine. The White Clothing Economic and Trade Bureau and the Secretary Li you have met are Minister Zheng's people. You tell Dong Su and say I support him." Han Chenghang said this, paused for a moment, and smiled and said, "I'm going to greet the others, it's all up to you."
Jiao Guoping took on a job foolishly.
Fortunately, Sucheng was not trapped in the Gentle Country for too long.
At about 9 o'clock in the evening, Sucheng was liberated after agreeing to discuss cooperation among several companies. Don't look at a group of beauties surrounding him, nine out of ten are experts who play affair. The one who is willing to do something must have an outrageous price.
After being baptized by the beauties, Su Cheng lacked interest in the men who were holding the wine glasses next. Jiao Guoping chose an empty man and went up to tell Han Chenghang's words.
Su Cheng laughed silently and said, "It seems that Minister Zheng is really not good. You and this Ambassador Han use him as a springboard."
"I heard that the minister doesn't like him, so it doesn't matter to him." Jiao Guoping told the truth. He and Han Chenghang are both deputy director-level cadres. If they meet the deputy minister in their heyday, they will naturally have to retreat. However, the deputy minister who has been adjusted for his work and does not know how many shoes he has to wear, so the two of them will reduce their respect.
"When did you get so honest?" Su Cheng joked and then said, "What are the specific backgrounds of these two people? Can you find them for me?"
Now is not the Internet era. If you want to find detailed information about an official, only government files can be found. If it is not a public channel, then you can only ask someone, which is not that convenient.
Jiao Guoping's connections accumulated by the Zhou Lao era can play a role at this time.
He stared at Su Cheng for a while and asked, "I can find the information, so you should be more cautious when dealing with it."
"Didn't you let me use methods?"
"I'm afraid that the two of us understand differently, so you have to consider gentle tricks."
"Don't worry, my tricks are very gentle." Su Cheng smiled and showed his snow-white and sharp teeth.
Not long after, a large wave of Azerbaijanis approached.
They introduced themselves, representing the campaign offices of Aliyev, Husseinnov and Mamedov respectively.
I believe they can’t explain what the use of this purely Westernized campaign office is, but when people come, they must be entertained, and the staff from the Chinese embassy still greeted them.
The Azerbaijanis who came here were also very real. While carrying the most expensive things to eat, they desperately fell vodka into their mouths, and at the same time they did not forget to chat with the Chinese: Who do you support?
Most diplomats will not express their opinions, nor will Azerbaijanis be entangled, but the three people assigned to Secretary Li and Section Chief Wang of the Economic and Trade Commission who were white shirts are obviously experts. Due to their psychology, the two obviously said a little too much.
Before the banquet ended, Secretary Li and Section Chief Wang, who thought they were on the line, had almost leaked the purpose of the trip.
They were originally the people sent by Minister Zheng to contact Mamedov and Husseinov. They were worried about how to do things, but now they have a good opportunity and immediately take advantage of it.
Apart from not saying Minister Zheng’s name, the two of them wanted to do a B-super to express their feelings.
Finally, they made an appointment with the heads of the two campaign offices to meet next time, and Le Taotao went back.
Jiao Guoping saw it from the beginning and then asked Su Cheng curiously: "Do you want to get another official letter from Minister Zheng? He suffered this loss and could not leave any evidence."
"These two are evidence."
"How can I pass it back to China?"
"You said, if the newspapers of Azerbaijan were published separately, the Chinese Foreign Minister fully supported Husseinov and the Chinese Foreign Minister fully supported Mamedov's two reports, and then fought against each other, would it be eye-catching enough?"
"Is this your indifferent method?" Jiao Guoping was not confident enough, otherwise he would yell.
"I promise not to let the two newspapers tell the truth."
"This truth will kill people." Jiao Guoping was cold all over. If this matter had not been done by Su Cheng, it would have been a silent story. At worst, Aliyev would have gotten into a tantrum after he came to power. If he couldn't get on the power, Minister Zheng would have made a profit.
But if Su Cheng does this, the media, which seems to be a Western election campaign, will make some jokes. At that time, all these jokes will fall on Minister Zheng.
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ps: I have had something to do during the day these two days, but it has been updated at night again.
We still have to entertain people tomorrow afternoon. If we cannot update before the afternoon, we still have to wait until the evening.
Chapter completed!