172. The big brother eats meat, and the brothers also drink soup.
The whole room became extremely quiet, and even the sound of a pin dropping to the ground could be clearly heard.
Troup was not in a hurry. He continued to look at Vladimir, an extremely handsome man, with a smile.
After some observation, Vladimir confirmed that Troup did not test him and that he did have his own purpose.
None of the opponents Trump faces this time are good. They all have rich experience in governing. It can be said that Trump is as naive as a child in front of them.
However, many people in his country are happy to buy his account.
"I can only try."
"I know, it's good to try." Troup said with a smile, "I look forward to the good news you give me, dear Vladimir."
"Okay..." Vladimir nodded.
Trump then talked with him about his campaign and his fortune. He even privately promised Vladimir that once elected, he would work for Iraq on Wall Street.
The Wan family has reserved a piece of land to build a financial center that will be taller than the Burj Khalifa in Dubai.
"Dear Vladimir, even building a public toilet in this place can make you a millionaire, let alone building a super building nearly a kilometer high. It will make your Ivan family the world's best
The most illustrious family."
"Actually, I'm not very interested in real estate." Vladimir was not eager to express his stance on the "blank check" promised by Trump.
"So what are you interested in?"
"Arms, energy."
"Haha..., dear Vladimir, you always hit the nail on the head. A super building may allow you to count money in your dreams every day for ten years, but arms and energy can definitely allow you and even your descendants to count money every day."
Counting money in a dream, to be honest, if I become president, I will also be involved in these fields, and we will work together then."
He and Troup talked in the conference room all afternoon, and when dinner time came, both of them walked out of the conference room with beaming faces.
Vladimir invited the Troup family for dinner, which was all made with top-quality fresh ingredients.
After dinner, he invited Troup to a high-end golf club to play golf for a few hours.
Helping Trump become president is definitely a much more affordable goal than letting Musala or Russell become president.
Likewise, this goal is not easy to achieve.
It can be said at the moment that Musala and Russell can become presidents at any time as long as Vladimir is willing.
Trump stayed in London for more than a week. In addition to meeting him, he also met with members of parliament from major political parties in Europe and wealthy friends from the Falls List.
Coincidentally, the day after Troup left London, Salkovsky also found him in Moscow.
Some of the content seemed inappropriate to discuss on the phone, so Salkovsky only expressed his strong feelings of missing him on the phone.
The conversation between the two lasted less than two minutes.
After ending the call with Sarkovsky, Vladimir immediately told his butler Sergey that he would arrange a flight tomorrow morning and he would return to Moscow.
Vladimir knew that Sarkovsky must have found him for a reason.
Originally, Vladimir's private plane took off at 10:30 a.m. and arrived in Moscow at around 3 p.m. local time. However, due to temporary air traffic control at London Airport, the plane was delayed in taking off.
Sergey was communicating with Bruce, hoping to let them take off early. However, Bruce also told them that there was really nothing he could do today. A famous person's special plane was about to land at London Airport. Unless he didn't want to be the president of the aviation industry.
Not only was the plane not allowed to take off, even the passengers inside the cabin were not allowed to leave the cabin at will. This situation seemed to be a higher level of air traffic control than the last time the big business owners landed on the 380 plane.
Although he was not allowed to leave the cabin, through the plane window, Vladimir still saw two 747 aircraft with the same livery landing on the private aircraft apron.
Obviously, Vladimir suddenly understood who the owner of the plane coming over was.
An hour after the 747 landed, London Airport returned to normal order.
Under Bruce's forcible intervention, Vladimir's private plane was the first to be allowed to take off.
The Gulfstream aircraft quickly arrived at the takeoff line. The air traffic controller gave an order. The Gulfstream taxied on the main runway for only a kilometer and then quickly pulled up its nose.
The pilot of this Gulfstream aircraft had 3,000 hours of Su-27 driving experience. Perhaps he realized that his boss was eager to get to Moscow, so he basically cruised at the highest speed along the way. The aircraft was almost ahead of schedule.
Landing in an hour.
As soon as the plane landed, Vladimir, protected by his bodyguards, got into a Mercedes-Benz bulletproof car and went straight to a wooden villa on the outskirts of Moscow.
There he met Salkovsky.
As soon as they met, Sarkovsky said apologetically, "Vladimir, I'm sorry for calling you back from London in such a hurry."
"Uncle, you're welcome." Salkovsky is one or two years older than Maxim, so he calls him uncle in private.
"The main reason I came to see you today is because of a little brother, Dudakov from the Energy Bureau."
Energy Agency? Dudakov?
Is it possible that there is an energy business?
Maozi is also a major oil-producing country, but their mining costs are higher than those of the big players in the Middle East. Therefore, even if they export hundreds of millions of tons of crude oil every year, their profits are not as good as those of the big players, but they can still eat meat and drink a lot.
"You tell me, uncle."
Salkovsky was not in a hurry to talk, but took a sip of the coffee on the table, and then slowly told the reason.
It turns out that Dudakev is currently preparing to compete for the position of director of the Energy Bureau of Mao Zedong. The boss said that whoever can prevent the recent agreement between the Middle East countries and the United States on increasing oil production from being reached will be the director of the Energy Bureau.
The major players in the Middle East and the United States plan to sign a ten-year crude oil production increase plan in the near future. Once this plan is signed, the annual crude oil production of the major players will increase by at least 25% to 35%. Obviously, once production is increased,
The relationship between supply and demand will tilt from the current temporary equilibrium state toward oversupply, which also means that Mao Zedong's oil market and profits will be further compressed.
Originally, Mao Zedong relied heavily on energy exports to solve foreign exchange and other problems. If energy exports are currently restricted, domestic economic development will be in an even more difficult period.
If it were to sign only with the emirates, Vladimir would be certain that Emirates Oil Company could just be added to the agreement, but the news he has learned now is about the entire Middle East countries.
There are more than a dozen countries in the Middle East, and more than half of them are major oil producers. Although Prince Hussein and the royal family have a great say in this region, it is difficult to guarantee the attitudes of other countries, not to mention that they are facing
The United States is the world hegemon.
After finishing speaking, Salkovsky picked up the coffee on the table, took a sip and told him that he had to go to the bathroom.
After Sarkovsky went downstairs, Vladimir was the only one in the living room of the wooden house.
He did not call Bazar and Abdullah immediately. He already felt strongly in his heart that this matter was not that easy to handle. He also knew that Salkovsky was actually thinking about it alone.
space.
However, judging from the tone and expression of Salkovsky's conversation just now, Vladimir felt that Salkovsky wanted to help Dudakov become the director of the Energy Bureau.
In Maozi Country, the Energy Bureau, the Ministry of National Defense and the Ministry of Finance are listed as the three most powerful departments. In the past, the directors of the Energy Bureau were either promoted to boss-level figures, or went to jail and became prisoners. There was almost no third option to choose from.
Vladimir thought about this problem with a heavy heart, and took a sip of the coffee on the table from time to time.
About half an hour later, Salkovsky came over.
"Sorry, Vladimir, I didn't disclose important information just now."
Vladimir nodded subconsciously and stared at him closely.
Salkovsky smiled slightly, "Actually, this is a battle between Ilyakovsky and I, you know."
This time Vladimir didn't hesitate at all. Since he was the backstage of the Yeluo family, don't blame him for being rude.
"I try my best."
"Okay, if this matter is completed, you can ask him for help in the oil fields in the Far East. It is very close to China. China has a huge demand for oil and natural gas, and the profits will definitely be considerable. Of course, I also know how difficult this matter is.
It’s very big, after all, it’s a confrontation with Americans..."
Under the dual temptation of politics and economics, Vladimir decided to go to the Middle East in the near future.
However, before going to the Middle East, he still had some questions that Salkovsky needed to answer, such as the inability to reach an agreement between the big dogs in the Middle East and the Americans, and their follow-up actions.
Salkovsky said that they have no further action, but they just hope to maintain the current balance of supply and demand, because one thing in this agreement is the plan to build a long-distance oil pipeline from the Middle East to Europe within 50 years.
In fact, Europeans don't want the oil giants in the Middle East to build oil pipelines. However, due to various reasons, the construction of this pipeline has been negotiated for more than 30 years with no progress at all.
Built within fifty years?
Vladimir felt that this goal was a pie drawn by the Americans.
Salkovsky shook his head and told him that this target was definitely not a pie drawn by the Americans, but was most likely a trap by them.
However, Salkovsky remained silent about this so-called trap.