As a king of a government-in-exile, there are still many things that can be mortgaged, such as the gold and silver jewelry accumulated by the royal family for hundreds of years, the mining rights of mineral resources in the kingdom, land management rights, etc., and even the land can be mortgaged to
Bank, as long as the bank dares to ask for it.
It is a government in exile anyway. If the restoration is successful, it will be worth the price.
If the restoration is unsuccessful, there will be no loss anyway, and the money lost will belong to the bank.
This is the same as when a rich person owes a debt. The more things are mortgaged, the greater the weight. In the end, banks are afraid of investment failure and have to provide more and more loans.
Said’s method is very simple. Although the operating rights of the Najd Oilfield are given to the Najd Oil Company, the Najd Sultanate will benefit from it. This part of the proceeds can be used for bank loans. The bank will definitely be happy.
At this time, what the bank considers is not whether the Sultanate of Najd has the ability to operate the oil fields, but whether the Najd Oil Company is strong enough. As long as the Najd Oil Company is strong enough, for the bank, this loan is a sure profit.
Losing business.
The key to the question is whether the Sultanate of Najd dares to take a gamble.
“If you are willing, I can help you match people” Said’s true colors are revealed. This is the principle of oil and gas. Brokerage is a promising industry.
“Sayed, I have to think about it, think about it carefully.” Hassan was very confused. This risk was too big, and he might be in catastrophe if he didn’t do it.
Later, Said actually brought a bank manager to Hassan, but it was not Rand Bank, but Citibank of the United States.
Citibank is still part of the Rockefeller Foundation.
Although Hassan does not appear to be very smart, he still has the necessary political sensitivity.
The news of the breakdown of the Los Angeles meeting has spread. Instead of rising, international oil prices have begun to fall.
This is a bad signal, indicating that competition among international oil companies has begun to intensify.
This time the price reduction started with Standard Oil. Standard Oil took the lead in lowering the price to a level similar to that of Aldan. Such a price would be unprofitable for Standard Oil. Even so, it would be difficult for Standard Oil to compete with Aldan.
Dan company competition.
The key is the quality of the oil. If the oil quality is good, more oil can be refined. If the oil quality is bad, less oil can be refined. This is the fundamental reason why Adan Company’s crude oil is so popular.
Therefore, Standard Oil is not targeting Adan, but other oil companies. The competition now is strength. Whoever cannot hold on first will exit the market first. When other oil companies are almost gone, Adan and Standard Oil will
Can monopolize the global oil market.
“Your Highness, if the Sultanate of Najd is willing to use the proceeds from the Najd Oilfield as collateral, then Citibank can provide 100 million U.S. dollars.” Citibank is very generous. You may not believe it, but Standard Oil is also a major customer of Adan Company.
It is still the reason above. The cost of oil is actually very low. No matter who refines the oil, Adan Company’s oil is of good quality and low price. Standard oil also integrates production and sales, and the refinery is all based on profit.
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This is very embarrassing. The price of oil from Port Elizabeth shipped to the United States is lower than the cost of oil extracted by Standard Oil. If you were Little John, what would you do?
It is said that sometimes it is necessary to support the enemy.
"One hundred million is too little, far from enough." Hassan has a big appetite. One hundred million sounds like a lot. Let Hassan spend it on his own. It will be enough for Hassan to spend his whole life. But compared with the actual value of the Najd Oilfield, it is too little.
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One hundred million U.S. dollars, converted into rands, is about 33.33 million. If Adan Company does not develop the Najd oil field, it will only rely on the annual payment of 2 million, which will be enough for more than ten years.
If Adan Company develops the Najd Oilfield, profits will be lost. Adan Company sells four barrels of oil for one rand, and more than 80% is profit. If the oil well output of the Najd Oilfield can reach a daily output of 10,000
tons, then one oil well can contribute 1,500 rand to the royal family of Najd every day.
That’s 550,000 a year.
This is a well, an oil field with reserves of tens of billions of barrels. There must be more than one oil well.
"Hassan, you are taking a loan, not selling it. The loan must be repaid." If it were not for the sake of profit, Said would really not want to deal with Hassan.
Roark chose to support Hari Rashid at that time purely because Hari Rashid was very obedient and did whatever he was asked to do without any resistance, which is why the Rashid family rose to prominence.
Compared with Hassan, Said was of real royal origin and a serious prince of the Ottoman Empire. That is to say, the Ottoman Empire had collapsed, so Said had to deal with Hassan.
Of course, the current Said is definitely not qualified to look down on Hassan. On the contrary, Hassan still looks down on Said. What about the king? The only value of the king in the exile government is probably that of the royal family in European countries.
When a member holds a wedding, if he shows up to save face, he may not even be able to afford the ceremony.
“I know, but what is one hundred million dollars enough for?” Hassan was young, but his tone was not that young.
It is known that a Lee Enfield rifle costs 35 rand. If 100 million US dollars were used to purchase Lee Enfield, it would buy almost 10 million rifles.
It's normal for the figures to not match up. For a military purchase of 100 million US dollars, you have to give a discount no matter what. After all, the Lee Enfield produced during the British Empire during the World War has not been sold out yet and can only be sealed. The reason is
It will be used after the next world war breaks out.
Do you believe that there will be World War II at this time?
Hassan is actually not being hypocritical. He is not qualified to mortgage the proceeds from the Najd Oilfield at all. It was just like boasting when he was drunk, but Said unexpectedly took him seriously.
Hassan is now being forced to step down, which is why he made a fuss about the fact that even 100 million U.S. dollars is not much. If it were Said who was given 100 million U.S. dollars, he would be able to unify the Asia Minor Peninsula.
This is indeed very possible, but there is a high probability that banks will not give Said such a high degree of trust. A truly unified Asia Minor peninsula is good, but what if it cannot be unified? Will all the previous investments be in vain?
You only have so much brains to give so much.
“Hassan, the cost of the Colorado-class battleship built by the United States is only 27 million U.S. dollars.” Said laughed. The United States built three Colorado-class battleships, but the total cost was less than 100 million U.S. dollars.
Colorado-class battleships are comparable to the G7. The United Kingdom can only build two, and Southern Africa can’t even build one.
Southern African navies expressed their desire.
The federal government says you don't want to.
"So $100 million can build four Colorado-class battleships. Then we might as well build Colorado-class battleships and sell them to the Royal Navy." Hassan's imagination was wide open. Not to mention whether the New York Shipbuilding Company would accept this order, even if it was true,
Even if it is built, the Royal Navy cannot afford it.
What's more, the Royal Navy won't buy it at all. It's not like the UK can't build a G7. Not every country is like Japan. Even if they pawn off their bottoms, they still have to build two G7s to save face.
Sayed and Citibank manager Brandon looked at each other, with teasing and ridicule in their eyes. They were also in love with each other, just in case it happened.
What Said did not expect was that Hassan would be called back to Garden City by Ali Rashid the next day. The Sultanate of Najd still had very strict management of royal family members.
“What do you want to do?” Although Ali Rashid was not in Port Elizabeth, he knew everything about Hassan.
“Just kidding, I never thought about it that way” Hassan knew what Ali was asking.
"It's better to be a joke. Don't even think about this kind of thing. Otherwise, I won't need anyone from southern Africa to take action. I will kill you with my own hands!" Ali was cold. This is different from ordinary people doing business. Ordinary people can still do business even if they lose money.
Starting over from scratch and trying to break away from the control of the southern African federal government would bring disaster to the entire royal family.
Hassan lowered his head and said nothing. He couldn't hold it in for a long time.
"Father, do we have to do this?" Hassan was really unwilling to give in. It was an oil field with a scale of tens of billions of barrels. If it was completely controlled by the Najd Sultanate, it would not take a few years for the Najd Sultanate to succeed.
rise.
"Yes, we must do this." Ali did not explain why. Looking at his dejected son, Ali couldn't bear it after all: "At least for now, we can only do this."
This is an example of how small impatience leads to big plans. For the Najd royal family, let’s not talk about whether the Najd Sultanate can rise. The most important issue is survival.
As long as you are alive, you have a chance.
"I understand." Hassan looked up to the sky and sighed. He didn't know how long it would take to wait.
Rock is also waiting, waiting for Haig to make a mistake.
Probably because of his old age, Haig has been very honest since coming to Pretoria and has not done anything harmful to the interests of southern Africa.
Rock is not worried about this kind of thing. Rock believes in the fact that a country is easy to change and its nature is hard to change. Haig is different from Kitchener. If he can change for the better, then Haig will no longer be Haig.
Through Kitchener's "illness", George V probably also understood Kitchin's attitude. After Kitchin was discharged from the hospital, London did not urge Kitchin to return to his homeland and take office, and still allowed Kitchin to stay in southern Africa.
Roque is still very pleased with Kitchener’s choice.
Since Kitchener gave up the Governor's Palace to Haig, Rock simply changed the Governor's Palace under construction in Hot Spring Valley into a Senate House. After it was completed, Kitchener, Adelaide and Philip could all live in it.
It's okay to soak in the hot springs, which is good for your health.
Of course, it is not suitable for all elderly people. Elderly people with heart, brain, lung diseases, anemia and other diseases should not soak in hot springs for a long time, and the water temperature should not be too high. Kitchina, Ade, and Philip are all seven
As a teenager, you still need to pay attention to this aspect.
December 1st is the National Day of Southern Africa. This day is a big day for all southern Africans, but Hague was suddenly hospitalized due to illness on this day.
