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After a tour of the black market, the group finally came to the mechanical equipment area. It was quiet and deserted, in stark contrast to other places in the park.

Ding Datou didn't know much about this and couldn't help much.

Fortunately, Ye Hui had done her homework in advance and called the previous broker on the spot. The other party soon showed up and led everyone into a five-story office building.

Hearing that there was a big business coming, the boss of Zhenxia Equipment Co., Ltd. was very enthusiastic and actually came out in person with several employees waiting at the door of the company.

"Mr. Xu, I've heard of you for a long time!"

The broker quickly introduced: "Mr. Xu, Mr. Ye, this is Mr. Qian Xia, one of the largest second-hand equipment suppliers in our Philippines. From large offshore drilling platforms to small flour mills, their company can provide them, and they are good quality and cheap."

"Mr. Qian, did you really get a drilling platform?"

Xu Dong expressed doubt.

Offshore drilling platforms are called "floating land on the sea". They have a very high technological content and can be regarded as a major weapon of a great country. Not everyone can get involved.

"Of course." Qian Xia seemed confident. "If you need it, Mr. Xu, I can help you contact the seller now. As long as it is on the Blue Star, it will be in place within half a year."

"Excuse me, where did the drilling platform come from?"

"Don't worry, Mr. Xu, since the Europeans occupied the Middle East oil fields, they have looked down on the North Sea oil fields. Many offshore drilling platforms have been "idle" and are in urgent need of being sold."

Qian Xia explained hurriedly.

The size of the offshore drilling platform is there. Even if it is sold as scrap metal, it can be sold for a lot of money. A high price means a high commission. He hopes that the other party is interested.

"Why? Is there no one in our country to take over?"

Xu Dong was suddenly curious.

I have heard that there are a lot of oil and gas resources in the South China Sea. Now the sea level has dropped by more than 100 meters compared with more than ten years ago. It is a good time for large-scale development.

"Well, the current oil price is low, and the cost of offshore oil production is too high. It is not worth the loss."

Qian Xia explained helplessly.

Since the establishment of the United States of America and the formal truce between Europe and Israel, the world situation has generally tended to be stable, and oil production has hit new highs.

With more crude oil on the market, oil prices have naturally fallen all the way. At the beginning of this month, it directly fell below the 60-dollar mark, and it seems to be back to a few years ago.

In fact, in addition to food, not only oil, but also other bulk raw materials are slowly falling in price.

After all, there are less than 1.5 billion people in the world, and more than two-thirds of them are in Asia.

On the one hand, there is overcapacity;

On the other hand, Asia almost monopolizes the commodity trading of the entire Blue Star and completely controls the pricing power of the market. This is the advantage of the entire industrial chain.

Xu Dong smiled and nodded: "So that's the case, I've learned a lesson."

"Mr. Xu, if you need drilling here..."

Qian Xia was a little unwilling to give up, and carefully tried.

"No need, just chatting casually just now."

Xu Dong waved his hand.

With the current world situation, the energy industry is definitely profitable, and it can make a lot of money. Unfortunately, most of the market is not something that private enterprises can get involved in, and they have no ability to intervene.

After all, the external risks are too great.

If an unexpected situation occurs, at best, the effort will be in vain, and at worst, the family will go bankrupt.

Only state-owned enterprises can bear this risk.

After entering the conference room, the two sides immediately started a war of words. This is a super project with a total value of more than 2 billion yuan, which cannot be negotiated in a short time.

Xu Dong listened to a little bit of the general situation.

In general, Qian Xia is capable of completing this project. According to the other party, their company has deep connections at home and abroad, and whether it is equipment or engineers, it is not a problem.

The biggest problem is the price.

If engineers are to be recruited from China, the cost will be high. Not only will it delay time, but just the round-trip fare will cost millions of yuan per person.

Ye Hui proposed to recruit engineers from Europe.

Qian Xia nodded on the spot: "Mr. Ye, Europeans are indeed cheap and easy to use, but there is one thing that will be very troublesome."

"What trouble?"

"They often have additional conditions, and many require families to bring their children with them, which is a big burden."

"Bring your family with you? What does that mean?"

Xu Dong asked curiously.

"It means literally. Even a fool can see that many of these engineers are the backbone of their families in the current situation in Europe. They will not feel at ease to travel far away without their families."

Ding Datou couldn't help curling his lips: "What do you mean by bringing your family with you? I think they want to take the opportunity to immigrate?"

"Mr. Ding is right. If there is a chance, they certainly want to immigrate to our side."

"Engineers are considered high-level talents, right? Is it difficult for them to immigrate?"

Xu Dong asked in confusion.

Qian Xia quickly replied: "Mr. Xu, the current situation is different from the past. Because of the immigration wave, Europe has declined a lot in the past two years. Many factories have either moved away or gone bankrupt.

Under such a vicious cycle, the unemployment rate has remained high for a long time, and our Philippines has a weak industrial foundation and cannot absorb so many talents at all."

"What a waste."

Xu Dong couldn't help but sigh.

"No way, low-end industries are better, after all, we are short of people in the Philippines, but we are not short of so-called high-end talents."

"Didn't the upper level just move a lot of factories here? It should be able to provide a lot of jobs, right?"

"It's probably very difficult. On the one hand, water from far away can't quench the thirst for people nearby. On the other hand, it's even harder to get into state-owned enterprises. There are so many people queuing up in China waiting to go abroad. There is no shortage of people at all."

Qian Xia shook his head helplessly.

Xu Dong suddenly felt something in his heart.

He immediately took out his mobile phone and made a call to Liu Xin. The Philippine Chamber of Commerce was preparing to do a big job and simply organized a group to go to Europe to recruit a group of high-level talents.

This group of "local emperors" and bosses are strong in being cruel and ruthless, but they may not be able to run a company, so they might as well take the opportunity to make up for this shortcoming.

After hearing this, Liu Xin felt as if he had found a treasure, and called everyone for a meeting the next afternoon.

Xu Dong did not attend the meeting.

He, Yang Shuo and others had already boarded the eastbound passenger ship.

…

A week later, the group transferred to the Lina.

After rushing all the way, Xu Dong finally returned to Sydney before New Year's Day. In order to surprise his family, Xu Dong secretly returned to the manor without notifying anyone.

It’s summer in Sydney in December.

Xu's mother was sitting in the yard looking at her mobile phone. The old man was wiping away tears while scrolling through short videos.

As soon as Xu Dong entered the door, he saw this scene, so he quickly expressed concern:

"Mom, what's wrong with you?"

Xu Ma was startled and stood up quickly: "Lao San, why are you back?"

"My business trip is over, why don't I come back?"

"Why don't you notify me in advance so that I can let Master Zhong cook two more dishes for lunch?"

Yang Shuo smiled and waved her hand: "Grandma, don't bother me. My uncle and I have been riding on the boat for a month. We are almost numb. Now we just want to eat something lighter."

"Okay, Lingling happens to be at home. You should go back to your room quickly. I have some good news for you. You are going to be a father again soon."

"Lingling is pregnant?"

Yang Shuo was overjoyed after hearing this.

"It was found out last month. You two wanted to go together. She also wanted to give you a surprise, but she stopped us from telling you."

Xu Ma joked.

"Grandma, I'll come over and chat with you later."

Yang Shuo couldn't bear it any longer, so she rushed to the villa with her suitcase.

"No, please stay with Lingling."

Xu Dong took the opportunity to peek at his mother's mobile phone: "Mom, what are you looking at? Why were you crying just now?"

"Alas..." Xu's mother sighed deeply, then pointed to the phone screen and explained: "Look at what it says, the Europeans are so pitiful. A little baby who is only six or seven years old has to go to the factory. Work odd jobs or pick up rags on the streets, otherwise there will be no food.”

"Mom, not everything in the short video is true."

Xu Dong immediately comforted him.

Whether it is before or after a disaster, many so-called self-media like to take quotes out of context and make up stories in order to gain traffic, which is simply crazy.

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