After a thousand years of trading, start a million barrels of oil

Chapter 1 Oil is too expensive

CNOOC Middle East Office, in an office with simple furnishings.

"Xiao Jiang, how did the talk go?" A middle-aged man sat on a chair, smoked two cigarettes from the cigarette case, and made a gesture to throw one to Jiang Fan.

Jiang Fan quickly waved his hand, indicating that he would not smoke, and at the same time answered the middle-aged man's question:
"112 U.S. dollars a barrel, refused to lower the price."

Jiang Fan is a member of CNOOC's overseas negotiating delegation, and this time he is here to negotiate crude oil purchases with a certain country in the Middle East.
Due to the recent turmoil in the international situation, international crude oil prices remain high,
From more than 70 dollars a barrel at the beginning of the year, it has risen to more than 110 dollars now, and even touched more than 130 in the process.

And there is a possibility of continuing to maintain a high level in the future.

In such a general environment, the country naturally hopes to have more strategic reserves of crude oil,
So let the three major domestic crude oil companies send representatives to the Middle East for purchase negotiations, set indicators and purchase prices,
And Jiang Fan is one of the members of the negotiating delegation of CNOOC, the third largest crude oil company.

It's just that the overall negotiation was not smooth. After all, the resources are in the hands of others, and from the perspective of the general environment,
For a certain period of time, crude oil prices will remain high, and the possibility of further rises is not even ruled out.

Under such circumstances, the other party is not worried about the hoarding of oil, so it will not easily let go of the price.

"These guys are really good at hoarding and raising prices." Seeing that Jiang Fan doesn't smoke, the middle-aged man took one back,
In the other mouthpiece, he took out the lighter and lit it for himself.

The middle-aged man is a resident of the office, his name is Wang Hai, and he has been here for 5 years.

He does not participate in negotiations, but he arranges all kinds of contacts and contacts.

"There's no way around that. The resources are in the hands of others, and they have the power to set prices. Naturally, others want to sell them at a good price."

Jiang Fan took a new disposable cup from the table, went to the water dispenser to pour some water,
Press the water button, there is only a loud gurgling sound, but not a drop of water comes out.

"There's no water, don't press it, it hasn't been delivered yet." Wang Hai flicked the cigarette ash and continued:
"Water is more expensive than oil in this place. I don't know how to let them share such a good resource."

Jiang Fan has gotten used to this kind of thing in the past few days, and while returning to his seat, he also returned:

"We have a lot of water resources. It would be great if we could directly turn water into oil."

Hearing Jiang Fan's words, Wang Hai couldn't hold back his sneer, but the smoke didn't come out and he choked himself several times.

Before he could fully recover, he hurriedly said:

"You only think of good things, kid. Turn water into oil, why don't you turn stone into gold?"

After finishing speaking, he choked up several more mouthfuls, which counted as repaying the debt that he hadn't finished coughing just now.

Jiang Fan smiled at Wang Hai and didn't reply again.
After all, he just said with emotion just now that turning water into oil can only be done with technology 1000 years later.

"Where did you get this bracelet?" Wang Hai saw an extra bracelet on Jiang Fan's wrist.

"This one, I saw it at a roadside store when I first came back, and bought it just by chance," Jiang Fan replied.

"Oh." Wang Hai didn't dwell on this question, and continued to ask himself what he cared about: "By the way, why did you take the initiative to apply for an assignment?"

In fact, he has always been very curious about this question. Others can't avoid such things as expatriate assignments.

I finally caught him today, so I have to ask him carefully.

"Me." Jiang Fan wanted to answer, but the phone rang.
I picked it up to see the caller, but my heart was a little struggling.
After hesitating for a while, he got up and walked out of the office first, found a corner, and then pressed the call button.

"Hello~"

"How are you over there? Are you still used to life?" A girl's voice came from the other end of the phone.

"It's all okay~" Jiang Fan's tone was not impatient, but his answer was very simple and not too long-winded.

"Are you occupied?"

"No."

"Then why do you seem not to want to talk to me?" The girl opposite obviously had a little opinion on Jiang Fan's attitude.

"Nope." Jiang Fan forced himself to smile and explained, so as to make his voice more gentle.

The girl was silent for a few seconds before she continued, "Are you still thinking about the things between the two of us?"

The girl's name is Lin Wan, she and Jiang Fan were childhood sweethearts, they played together since childhood,

But the earthquake 14 years ago changed the fate of both families.
At that time, Jiang Fan's family of three were taking a lunch break at home when they suddenly felt an earthquake.
I wanted to run, but it was too late,

Watching the house collapse, the father used his body to protect the mother and child, but he was hit hard by a big rock, and the whole family was buried in the pile of stones.

Fortunately, the rescue fighters arrived in time and rescued them by breaking through the mound.
All three lives were saved, and the mother and son were not seriously injured, but the father was seriously injured when he was hit.
But this is already a blessing in misfortune.

Their family was properly resettled, and their father's injuries were also treated, and his life was not in danger.

But in the end, the injury was too serious. Although he saved his life, he lost the ability to work and had to take a lot of medicine all year round.

This made the already miserable family worse. After all, although the government and the society have helped a lot, it is impossible to support them all year round, so they still have to find their own way out.

The heavy burden fell on Jiang Fan's mother, who worked three jobs every day to support the whole family.

Jiang Fan is also sensible. After finishing high school, although he got good grades in the college entrance examination, he resolutely gave up the chance to go to college.
Come out to work and help my mother relieve stress.

After working hard for two years, I joined CNOOC by chance, and my work has stabilized.
Only in the face of his father's still high medical expenses and the huge debts owed by various borrowings in the past few years,

His salary was still far from enough to fill the hole, so he took the initiative to apply for an assignment.

Ordinary people are unwilling to go abroad, because although the salary is much higher,

But after all, you leave your hometown to live in a foreign land, so there is no comfort in China,

Especially for those who have already married, they are unwilling to just separate from their families and go overseas alone.

After all, no matter how much money you have, how can you enjoy family happiness at ease.

But Jiang Fan is different, he needs money,

To repay the huge debts owed before, to pay for his father's subsequent medical expenses.

So after Jiang Fan took the initiative to apply for an assignment, it was quickly approved.

Of course, besides money, there is another reason,
It was because he wanted to avoid one person, Lin Wan.

Lin Wan was Jiang Fan's neighbor when he was a child, two years younger than him, and they were childhood sweethearts.

The parents also know each other, and they often jokingly want to book a baby kiss for the two.

Until the earthquake, Lin Wan's family was relatively lucky. They happened to be traveling outside at that time, and the whole family escaped unharmed.
After returning, although their home was destroyed, they still had assets elsewhere, so their lives were not affected much.

It's just that when Jiang Fan and Lin Wan grow up, they don't want their daughter to get too close to Jiang Fan.

After all, although I think Jiang Fan is quite sensible, but after all, there is a oil bottle in the family, and he still owes a lot of debts.
How could such a marriage be happy when the daughter married and had to help pay off the debt.

But the girl doesn't think so, she just likes Brother Jiang Fan, and she wants to be with him no matter what,
The daughter is so stubborn, her parents finally agreed,
After all, the two have been neighbors since childhood, and Jiang Fan's character is indeed good in all aspects.

If this is not the case, it is actually a good choice for a son-in-law.

It's just that although Lin Wan's family agreed, Jiang Fan himself had other ideas.

He played with Lin Wan since he was a child, and the longer she grows, the more beautiful she is, and she has a good personality. Jiang Fan naturally likes it very much.
But it is precisely because I like it that I don't want to drag her happiness down.
My family is like this, and I don't know when I will be able to pay off the debt.
Associating with her can only cause one more person to fall into pain, which is unnecessary.

So Jiang Fan intentionally alienated Lin Wan, expressing and implying several times that he wanted her to find the happiness she deserved, so don't be delayed by him.

But this girl is as stubborn as she was when she was a child, she just refused to agree, and she has identified Jiang Fan in this life, which made him very distressed.

Therefore, taking advantage of the opportunity of expatriation, Jiang Fan also wanted to use distance and time to slowly dilute this relationship,

But the result is that since he came to the Middle East, Lin Wan made one call every three days, one call every five days,

News is sent every day, and it feels like there are more contacts than in China.

Even if Jiang Fan was deliberately indifferent sometimes, Lin Wan didn't care, and told him what she had seen and heard in China:

What did I eat for lunch today? The aunt in the cafeteria didn’t shake her hands while eating today. Whoever came to the school for a lecture.

I also care about whether Jiang Fan is sleeping well here, whether he is used to eating or not, and so on.

This made Jiang Fan's heart start to waver.

So facing Lin Wan's question, "Are you still thinking about the things between the two of us?" ', he didn't know how to answer,

I had to deal with it vaguely: "No, don't think too much, go to bed early."

Because of the jet lag, it's almost bedtime in China.

Lin Wan paused for a few seconds before saying, "Well, that's fine, just remember one thing, nothing can separate us, so go to bed early."

Then hang up the phone.

Jiang Fan listened to the busy tone on the phone, but couldn't calm down inside, and murmured:
"If this was not the case for me, if I had a lot of money, I would definitely be willing to be with you!"

After muttering, he was about to go back to the house, when he suddenly heard a voice:

[Check that the user reads out the voice key, the 'trading bracelet' is now bound,

Fingerprint recognition~
Identify pupil lines~
Identify blood~
Recognize DNA~
Complete the permanent binding and specify the name of the binding person: Jiang Fan. 】

(End of this chapter)