"Steven, why are you or the Rockefeller family so sure that the map must be in my hand? If you were just relying on inference, I don't think you would have traveled all the way to China and tortured me here for eight days.
!" Liu Dong asked after pondering for a while.
And this was also the unsolved confusion in his mind. At first, he thought that there were no flaws in the process of obtaining the half of the map in the underground vault of the Swiss Bank.
"Liu, in fact, I couldn't be 100% sure that the map was in your hand at the last moment. In other words, I could only be 60% sure that it was in your hand."
"60%? Steven, you don't act like you're only 60% these days!" Liu Dong said.
"Liu, actually 60% is not low. You must know that we spent a year to deduce the whereabouts of this half of the map, and only you have a probability of more than 50%!"
"Why?" Liu Dong suddenly asked with great interest.
Meeting Liu Dong's eyes, Steven breathed a sigh of relief. After putting aside his biggest worry, a smile appeared on his face, "Liu, China is a mysterious country. In the past few hundred years, the entire West has been studying China.
But until now, we still can’t understand this ancient land, let alone what the people on this land are thinking.”
As he spoke, Steven raised his right hand and tapped his head with his index finger.
"Especially in the past few decades, whether it was the Korean War or the Vietnam War, as well as China's rapid economic development after reform and opening up, it has given the United States and the West too much shock."
"Steven, this doesn't seem to have anything to do with me?" Liu Dong said.
"No, it does matter! It does matter a lot! We can understand all the thinking patterns of Westerners and then deduce their behavior. But our Rockefeller family think tank has never been able to understand the Chinese people's behavioral patterns. Let alone,
Why can a seemingly thin and ordinary person be able to throw and catch a horse weighing more than 1,500 pounds like a circus doll? This is inconceivable in the eyes of any scientific expert who studies the human body and life.
It’s possible!”
Listening to Steven's words, Liu Dong regretted his rashness in the UK. The moment of happiness brought him too much attention. This seriously violated Liu Dong's code of conduct of keeping a low profile and pretending to be a pig to eat the tiger.
"Based on this, you think the map is in my hand?"
"This is just one of them! In fact, we have analyzed all your past growth experiences. If I have to describe my mentality after seeing this detailed investigation report, I can use an idiom in your Chinese to describe it, that is
'Unbelievable'! Almost no one in the world can turn their assets from less than US$10,000 to a super rich man with a net worth of at least US$50 billion in less than two and a half years!"
Speaking of this, Steven, who looked at Liu Dong, also showed a hint of amazement in his eyes!
"...and if someone can do this, then this person must be a 'genius'. Geniuses are always different from ordinary people. They always have some abilities that ordinary people can't imagine. They can also do things that are difficult for ordinary people to do.
Things that are imaginable. Obviously, Liu, you are such a genius. And after we exclude all possible ordinary people, geniuses like Mr. Liu who can do many incredible things and achieve amazing achievements become the most likely
The one!"
"Steven, can I understand that this is a compliment to me?" Liu Dong, who had been silent for a while after hearing this, suddenly turned around and smiled.
"Of course! But what I said is also true!"
To be honest, looking at Steven Rockefeller's serious look, Liu Dong couldn't help but feel a little proud. No matter how steady he is, he is still a young man in his early twenties. What's more, the other party is from the Rockefeller family.
heir.
However, the moment of pride did not make Liu Dong lower his guard. The exchange conditions that he had planned would not be relaxed at all.
Follow the garden road into the corridor around the courtyard, and then enter Liu Dong's study in the middle courtyard. After the two sat down opposite each other on the sofa, they understood that the next step was a real 'war'!
Of course, before entering the ‘battlefield’, the two of them have to take out their respective chips.
Steven Rockefeller doesn’t need to emphasize it. He has told Liu Dong his bargaining chip countless times these days, and he even started to get annoyed with it!
Therefore, the most important thing now is Liu Dong.
Looking at Steven's distraught eyes, Liu Dong smiled and took out half of the map that he had already put in his pocket.
"Steven, this should be the half of the map you want?"
Looking at the black and yellow paper exposed in the small sandalwood box Liu Dong placed on the table, Steven's breathing suddenly became heavier. His eyes quickly became hot.
"I want to identify it first!"
After taking a few deep breaths and calming down his emotions, Steven said seriously.
"Of course! Please!" Liu Dong smiled lightly.
Hearing this, Steven was not polite. He took out a magnifying glass from his pocket, put on white gloves, then held his breath and carefully took out half of the papyrus from the sandalwood box.
.
From his series of actions, Liu Dong understood that the heir to the Rockefeller family also had a high level of accomplishment in antique collection and appraisal. However, this is understandable. Heirs to large families must undergo very strict training since childhood.
.And artistic accomplishment is a very important item among the required courses for nobles, which include dozens or even hundreds of kinds.
It is also a skill that all nobles must master.
Although most of them cannot become professional appraisers due to time, energy and interest, almost most of these children of big families who have been trained since childhood have strong appraisal and collection abilities. And Steven Rockefeller is
The best among them.
For more than half an hour, Steven almost identified this papyrus in more than a dozen aspects, including its material, edge stubble, color of the paper, and degree of natural aging.
After the other party breathed a sigh of relief and put down the magnifying glass, Liu Dong smiled and said, "How is it?"
"No problem! But this is not all the maps!" Steven frowned and looked directly at Liu Dongdao.
"Of course not all of it! This is half of the map in my hand!" Liu Dong said calmly.
He is not stupid, how could he take out all the maps?
"Liu, I need to see everything! Otherwise I can't make an accurate judgment." Steven said seriously.
"Steven, I can show you half of the map, which is enough to show my sincerity! If you are not satisfied with what I have achieved, then I don't think there will be any progress in the subsequent negotiations.
It's necessary!" Liu Dong said without giving in.
There is not much content on the half map. With Steven's brainpower, he can remember it at a glance. One minute is enough for the other party to firmly engrave all the details on the half map into his mind. By then,
, there is no need for the map in his hand at all.
Under such circumstances, Liu Dong naturally ended up in vain. How could he do such a thing?
Seeing Liu Dong not giving in, Steven felt a headache secretly! This guy who was a few years younger than him was more cunning than he thought. He wanted to take advantage of him, which was even more difficult than what he saw in broad daylight.
It’s difficult for God!
"Then how do I know that the other quarter of the map is in your hand?" Even though he knew that he might not be able to gain any advantage, Steven still did not give up easily.
"Haha, easy!"
After saying this, Liu Dong took out another quarter of the map from his pocket again. Of course, the map was facing away from Steven.
"It should be okay now, right?"
Looking at the two black and yellow maps of equal size in Liu Dong's hand, put together and with the edges broken, Steven nodded.
"In that case, can we talk about each other's terms?"
After finishing speaking, Liu Dong reached out and looked at Steven's reluctant eyes, put the map he divided into two halves into the sandalwood box, and put it into his pocket.
"Liu, if you have any requests, feel free to ask. As long as it's not too excessive, I can make the decision and agree to it!" While being generous, Steven added a restriction at the end.
However, Liu Dong doesn't care about this restriction. His conditions are not difficult for the Rockefeller family, but they are not as easy as imagined.
"I heard that ExxonMobil holds 15.8% of Unocal's shares. I wonder if that's true?" Liu Dong said slowly after putting away the box.
"Unocal?"
The thoughtful Steve immediately understood Liu Dong's purpose.
Founded in 1890, the American company Unocal is an old oil company with a history of more than 100 years. It ranks ninth among the oil and gas giants in the United States in terms of reserves; and it is the seventh largest oil company in the United States in terms of operating income.
The reason why Liu Dong favors this oil and natural gas giant is mainly because of its total oil and natural gas reserves of 1.76 billion barrels of oil equivalent, 50% of which are located in the Far East. In terms of production, the Far East accounted for the company's total oil and natural gas production in 2002.
46% of the total, and other overseas regions accounted for 8%!
If Liu Dong can swallow this company, then his Pacific Petroleum Company, which is basically an empty shell, can quickly expand into a large multinational oil group that is among the top 50 in the world. Its business scope will cover Mexico in North America.
Gulf and Texas, as well as Indonesia, Thailand, Myanmar and Bangladesh in Asia.
At the same time, it will also inherit Unocal's power plants in Thailand, Indonesia and the Philippines.
If Colombia's Cartagena Petroleum Company and Peru's Iquitos Petroleum Company's 12% shares are merged into one Pacific Petroleum Company, then Pacific Petroleum will become another company with assets of more than 40 billion US dollars taken over by Liu Dong.
A super giant inferior to Standard Chartered Bank.
The emergence of this oil, natural gas and other energy industry giant will bring Liu Dong one step closer to becoming a consortium! (To be continued.)
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