Easy Tycoon

Chapter 805 The Most Bitter Guy Haha
Shaking his head, Yang Jing shook off all the thoughts raised by Guo Dabao's words.

This kind of national-level energy strategic plan is beyond his reach. Perhaps after taking over the entire Dragon Fund in the future, he can intervene in this level of game, relying on the huge economic strength of the Dragon Consortium and its experience in major mining industries. The company's shares become the best middleman between China and those energy exporting countries.

But, that still takes time.The most important thing I should do now is not to think about such high-level things, but to continue to be a "seeker for oil" honestly.

On the way from the airport to the city of Baku, you can see closed old oil wells everywhere on both sides of the highway, and of course, low houses are also indispensable.

As the capital of Azerbaijan, the Baku city circle consists of ten administrative districts and 46 towns. These towns are distributed over an area of ​​more than 2000 square kilometers, making this area extraordinarily messy.

That's right, Baku's urban planning is not good. Most of these towns were developed on the basis of those oil fields back then. Now, although Baku's oil fields no longer produce oil outside, the entire city has successfully transformed, but The overall planning of the city is really messy.

The downtown area is better, with high-rise buildings everywhere, but in these larger urban agglomerations in the suburbs, it is rare to see buildings with a height of more than five floors, most of which are two-story and three-story residential buildings .If you look at these towns alone, it is really difficult for people to associate the capital of a country with this place.

"It looks messy here, doesn't it?" Guo Dabao asked with a smile.

Yang Jing nodded. Over the years, he has been to many foreign capitals. Although there are many shabby capitals like Nuuk, the capital of Greenland, the shabby places are shabby, and the urban planning is not so messy.

Baku can be said to be the capital with the most messy urban planning that Yang Jing has ever seen.

"Hehe, there is no way. Baku has a very long history. It can even be traced back to the third century BC. It became the capital of the Baku Khanate in the 18th century. It was incorporated into Russia in 1806 and became the capital of the Soviet Republic of Azerbaijan in 1920. But in Before the 1946th century, this city was a very backward city. There was not even a single tree in the city. However, after the world's first real oil well was successfully drilled here in [-], the city The city has entered a stage of rapid development.”

"I have been here for a few days, and the day before yesterday I went to the city museum to have a look, where I saw a lot of old photos taken a long time ago. In those old photos, the large area at that time was full of There were many derricks, especially after 1870, when the Russian government abolished the state monopoly, private enterprises developed explosively, and there were more than 20 small oil refineries in the vicinity of Baku at that time!"

Yang Jing nodded with a smile and said: "Uncle Guo, I know this. British Prime Minister Winston Churchill once said that if oil is the queen, then Baku is her throne. At the beginning of the 20th century, the Baku oil field became the world's The oil field with the highest production volume became the industrial center of the South Caucasus and the oil base of Russia. Since then, Baku has been known as the 'Oil City' all over the world."

"That's right!" Guo Dabao nodded, "At that time, the Tsarist Russian Empire was one of the largest oil producers in the world. At that time, the Russian Empire's oil production accounted for one-third of the world's share. Here, Rothschild The German family and the Nobel brothers once competed with each other for business hegemony. However, with the October Revolution in 1917, the Russian Civil War and the nationalization of oil companies, the oil industry in the Soviet Union was dealt a severe blow. However, foreign capital did not withdraw from the Soviet market. The German family and the Nobel brothers were replaced by New York's Standard Oil Company and Vacuum Oil Company, later Mobil Oil. In 1923, the Soviet Union's oil industry normalized and oil exports returned to pre-revolutionary levels. The Caucasus and Caspian Sea regions remained It is the most important oil producing area in the Soviet Union, so Hitler coveted the Baku oil field for a long time, and even launched the Barbarossa plan against the Soviet Union."

Yang Jing smiled and said: "Yes, fortunately Hitler did not take down Stalingrad at that time, otherwise once the German army took down Stalingrad, the Baku oil field would completely fall into Hitler's hands. At the end of World War II It’s hard to say how it will end.”

"Yes, when Hitler attacked the Soviet Union, it was the peak period of the Baku Oilfield. In 1940, the output of the Baku Oilfield accounted for 71.5% of the Soviet Union's oil production at that time! If Hitler really took the Baku Oilfield First of all, the tank group of the Soviet Union will be finished, and then Hitler, who has obtained the oil resources of the Baku oil field, will turn around and attack the Allies from the west. Perhaps the result of World War II will be really different." Guo Dabao said with a smile.

"Until 1950, it was still the largest oil field in the Soviet Union, and its oil production accounted for 39.2% of the total output of the Soviet Union. However, since the 50s, due to the declining reserves, the crude oil production of Baku Oilfield has been exploited 12 billion in total. After that, the production situation declined sharply, and the Soviet government increased the exploitation of oil fields in the Volga region and the Ural region. As a result, in 1955, the crude oil output of the Baku oil field fell to 15% of the total output of the entire Soviet Union. In the 60s, as the Soviet Union started to exploit oil in the vast area of ​​West Siberia, a large number of people migrated to this densely populated area. The increase in Soviet oil exports led to a decline in world oil prices, which also became the 1960s One of the reasons why OPEC was formed in [-]."

"Since then, the Baku oil field has taken a smaller and smaller proportion of the Soviet Union's oil production. In 1970, Baku's oil production only accounted for 5% of the Soviet Union's annual oil production. By 1980, this The proportion has dropped to only a pitiful 2%. Later, the Soviet Union disintegrated and Azerbaijan became independent. After the new century, Baku’s oil reserves were even close to depletion. Therefore, there are many old oil fields here, and those viscous and unexploitable It is estimated that there are several billion tons of oil. Most of these old oil wells have been shut down for decades, and some have even been shut down for hundreds of years. Xiao Jing, can we find oil fields that have been 'revived' from these old oil wells? , but it's all up to you."

Yang Jing nodded and said, "Uncle Guo, isn't that why you called me over to ask me to do this kind of thing?"

Guo Dabao chuckled and didn't answer the question.

Yang Jing sighed, changed the subject and asked, "Uncle Guo, how many old oil wells did we buy this time?"

"A total of 625 old oil wells were bought at a total cost of $1.1 million!"

This number made Yang Jing gasp, "My God, are you planning to exhaust me to death?"

Guo Dabao spread his hands and said helplessly: "What can I do? It's not my decision, it's an indicator that was forced down from above. Now Rongbao Mining is building two precious metal mines in Papua New Guinea, so I don't want to go there. So much money has been invested in these old oil wells. If the higher-ups hadn’t given our company a loan this time, do you think I could have bought so many old oil wells?”

After a pause, Guo Dabao continued: "The reason why the higher-ups suppressed this matter this time also has a lot to do with the partner this time."

Yang Jing asked suspiciously: "Who is our partner this time? Is it worth the country's efforts to buy so many useless old oil wells?"

"Vagit Alekperov, do you know this person?"

"Sounds a little familiar."

"The boss of the Russian Lukoil company, one of the Russian oil oligarchs, a loyal supporter and friend of the Tsarist President. He is a native of Baku, and he was born and raised here."

"Lukoil? The Russian oil company that first cooperated with Huaxia?"

"That's right, it's that Lukoil company. Because Lukoil company had a good cooperation with Huaxia before, so this time we, Rongbao Mining, were able to buy these old oil wells from Alekperov. .”

Yang Jing rolled his eyes and said angrily: "Uncle Guo, it's not that we are begging that Alekperov, okay? It should be him begging us. These old oil wells hardly produce oil Alright, who bought it? We paid more than 1 million U.S. dollars in real money, and Mr. Alekperov is probably secretly happy in his heart now."

Guo Dabao gave a wry smile helplessly, "Xiao Jing, I'm just talking about this matter, don't say that when you go out to guard outsiders. Also, let's spend more than 1 million US dollars to buy these useless old Oil wells, isn’t it because you are supporting them? If you can find a few old oil wells that are ‘alive’ among these old oil wells, then we still make money!”

"Uncle Guo, you think too much of me, don't you? There are more than 600 old oil wells. How long will it take me to look at them one by one?"

"Hey, Xiao Jing, let me tell you, in fact, don't look at the large number of these old oil wells, but in fact these old oil wells belong to two different oil fields, and they are basically all concentrated together. You don't have to Too much running."

"Moreover, to show the importance we attach to this cooperation, Mr. Alekperov has flown from Russia to Baku, and now he is setting up a banquet in his own manor, waiting to welcome you."

Yang Jing patted his forehead, sighed helplessly and said, "Uncle Guo, anyway, I'm the one who suffers the most."

"Hey, Xiao Jing, who made your ancestral Da Wang Qi technique so magical? This is an oil field, show your true skills, and let's find a few more oil wells that come back to life from Baku. I'm still waiting Opening a branch in Baku!"

(End of this chapter)