Chapter 574: A New Round of Sanctions
"This matter cannot be forgotten!!" Thorin roared angrily during the video conference.
Wilson looked at the old man on the screen in disgust, and could not come up with any constructive solutions except for roaring.
After the video conference, Wilson analyzed: "It seems that s.l.k already knew Snold's identity in advance. He deliberately threw out the plan of the King of Africa to delay time!"
Black said: "The shocking information on Snold is likely to be stuffed into Liu Ming. This guy is too cunning!"
Wilson said: "Boss, since this plan has been abolished, Liu Ming has been on guard. I think he should use another plan!" This time he is going to kick off the Tongyun Group and work alone.
Black nodded, "Okay, you can arrange it as soon as possible, and you must not let him continue to grow bigger!"
On the other side of the earth, Cao Zhengde finally received good news. The consortium of s.l.k and the Oriental Group won two target gas power plants in one fell swoop in the second bidding of the emirate, and entered the mainstream market in the Middle East with its head held high.
The winning bid for the Emirates project also made the leaders of Oriental Group breathe a sigh of relief, and finally there is a market that can replace the shrinking Tianzhu market.
After years of high growth, the giant ship of Oriental Group began to enter the dangerous shoal stage. Only at this time did everyone realize the benefits of the continuous profitability proposed by Liu Ming back then.
Liu Ming went to Germany and personally commended the crypto team led by Nakamura Haruka, who, due to his outstanding contribution to the group, has been promoted to the deputy general manager of Yingfeilong Company and obtained 5% of the company's shares. It was precisely because of the 1 million cryptocurrency he handed over to free that Liu Ming was able to earn back to an electric vehicle company.
Before Liu Ming could return to China, he received bad news.
"Boss, the current crude oil price has risen, and our airlines have suffered large losses!" Najiahui reported.
"Hmm? Don't we have our own oil refinery? What's going on in Nangaoli?" Liu Ming frowned. He was born in the oil sector of the Swallow Xiandu to protect his energy security. As a result, Heishi still attacked his weakness.
"Several sellers in the Middle East only claim that our refineries have illegal operations and need to suspend oil supply for verification. At present, we can only import from African Villa. The distance and price in the middle are much worse than those in the Middle East."
"Villa? Isn't there still a civil war?" Liu Ming asked.
Najia nodded, "The civil war between several major forces is also competing for oil resources. They also urgently need to exchange oil for weapons and supplies. Because of this, we can only buy oil if the United States cannot control it! However, these crude oils, the aviation oil extracted from the aviation oils are still unable to meet the daily flights of its three major airlines, and they also need to purchase refined oil from other refineries."
"Transporting from Villa is not a long-term solution." Liu Ming knocked the table with his finger, "It seems that we are going to travel to the Middle East! By the way, Suhar of the Emirates has been inviting, so we will sign a contract with the gas power plant. You can arrange your trip. As for the three airlines, they can accept temporary losses, and the oil price cannot keep rising like this."
"Okay, boss!"
As the saying goes, a piece of cloth above my head is the richest in the world! I have never been to Tibai City, so I don’t know how rich the people here are. As a new rich man, Liu Ming has long wanted to come and see the rich life here.
Liu Ming and others sat on the official car and were surprised to browse the scenery of this rich city. They rarely saw German and Nan Goryeo cars on the road. Instead, they were replaced by Qingyishui's Japanese-made SUVs, and the rest were supercars that flashed from time to time.
"Did you see it? This Japanese man is very smart. He specially designed models based on the extreme characteristics of many deserts in the Middle East, put them on the market at a designated location, and soon occupied the low-end market here. The models of other brands are still stupid and come here to sell them with their best-selling models in other regions. Of course, they can't beat them." Liu Ming explained casually.
The meeting with Tibai Business Minister Suhar was very grand, and the other party even arranged a stick dance with a very ethnic characteristics for Liu Ming's team.
Suhar is about forty years old and well maintained. He looks very chic with a white robe with real silk silk.
After the signing ceremony, when Liu Ming chatted with him, he intentionally or unintentionally brought the topic to buying oil.
Suhar agreed at first, but when Liu Ming reported the oil company under his name, Suhar felt embarrassed.
He pulled Liu Ming to a secluded room and asked, "Have Mr. Liu offended the big American company recently?"
Liu Ming nodded and admitted: "There was indeed some friction a few days ago."
"That's it, your company was secretly sanctioned by the Americans through the OPEC."
"There is still such a saying?"
The origin of this punishment method starts with the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries.
This organization was originally composed of several Middle Eastern countries, with the purpose of uniting to enhance the oil bargaining power for Omegia. Later, it gradually developed and brought in several African oil-producing countries and Venezuela in South America. So far, its member states controlled about two-thirds of the world's oil reserves, accounting for more than 78% of the world's oil reserves and providing more than 40% of the oil consumption, and its influence became increasingly stronger.
But even so, it is still impossible to completely get rid of the shackles of the United States. After all, after the collapse of the Bretton Woods system, the United States mandatory requirements for all oil transactions around the world to be completed through Mi Yuan, which also led to no currency that could replace Mi Yuan in the next few decades.
The Middle Eastern countries only have oil and no industrial foundation at all. Not to mention cars, even washbasins cannot be made. In the face of the threat of the US economic sanctions stick, they can only exchange oil for rice dollars first, and then use rice dollars to buy global industrial products. However, this exchange process has allowed the US to remove a layer of wool in vain. Fortunately, in the past few decades, global industrial construction and development have been inseparable from oil, so these countries have also made a lot of money.
So when the United States wants to punish an oil company, it only needs to give it a message. In order to maintain the situation, OPEC will help to use measures without harming the interests of its members.
"So is there a limit on this kind of sanction?"
Suhar nodded and said, "It won't last long, and it's just giving you a face and meeting the situation!"
Liu Ming could hear that Suhar was not very interested in the United States, and his attitude could represent a considerable number of Middle Eastern countries.
Chapter completed!