On the plane from Xiangjiang to New York, Cao Yunshang sat next to Chu Huan, with some worry between his eyebrows.
"My sister-in-law is still quite sad."
Chu Huan sighed and said: "There is no way. If I don't do this, people like Chu Duanjing will definitely make more progress after the first time. It is better to have short-term pain than long-term pain.
Cut the mess with a sharp knife!"
Cao Yunshang nodded slightly and said, "I understand the truth, but I'm still a little worried when I see my sister-in-law like that."
Chu Huan said: "Don't worry, with what I said, Chu Duanjing should not dare to go to my sister-in-law anymore, otherwise, my sister-in-law's little money will be deceived by Chu Duanjing in the end!
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Why did Chu Huan say those words to Chu Duanjing when they were at the cemetery? It was because Chu Huan understood what Chu Duanjing was like. If she couldn't get money from her, she would definitely make plans for her sister-in-law.
With my sister-in-law's personality, it only took a few times for her to be deceived by Chu Duanjing.
"If she really dares to go to my sister-in-law, what will you do? Will she really take action?" Cao Yunshang looked at Chu Huan curiously.
Chu Huan chuckled, "Chu Tianxiao has already gone in. If Chu Duanjing comes in again, do you think I will have any psychological burden?"
Cao Yunshang shook his head and said: "After Chu Tianxiao's lesson, I think Chu Duanjing really doesn't dare to go to my sister-in-law."
Chu Huan nodded and said: "Okay, let's not talk about these unhappy things and have a good sleep. You didn't even sleep well because you made such a fuss last night!"
Cao Yunshang's expression turned red instantly, and small fists fell on Chu Huan's shoulders like raindrops: "Who made the fuss last night?"
"It's you. I asked you to call me daddy, but you didn't do it. Isn't this making trouble?" Chu Huan said matter-of-factly.
Cao Yunshang's face turned completely red, and then he bit Chu Huan's shoulder hard.
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New York International Airport!
Chu Huan, Cao Yunshang, Lin Feng and others walked out of the airport and saw Kelly waiting for them in the lobby.
"Dear Yun Shang, Huan, congratulations to you two on completing the engagement ceremony!"
After seeing Chu Huan and Cao Yunshang, Kelly immediately came over and gave her 'sincere' blessings!
Cao Yunshang did not doubt that he was there and smiled and hugged Kelly.
When Chu Huan and Kelly hugged each other, Chu Huan clearly felt the other party pinching her hard on the back.
"The hotel has been prepared for you two. Let's go to the hotel first."
After the hug ended, Kelly preached to Chu Huan and others.
Chu Huan and the others naturally had no objection. They walked out of the airport hall, got into the car that Kelly had prepared and went straight to the hotel!
"Huan, the last time you came to New York, you didn't take a good tour of this paradise on earth. This time you come with Yun Shang, do you want to take a good look around?"
Kelly asked Chu Huan with a smile in the car.
This is not a paradise, it’s just your own ATM machine. Who do you think would wander around next to your own ATM machine when they have nothing to do?
Chu Huan rejected Kelly's invitation.
"Wow, Huan, you are too ignorant of style. How can you bring Yun Shang here without having a good time strolling around New York?" Kelly muttered loudly.
There was no need for Chu Huan to answer. Cao Yunshang smiled and said: "The paradise here is not our paradise, and we can't stay here for more than a few days. We will go back after doing our business!"
Kelly said with envy: "Yun Shang, you are too indulgent and will be manipulated by him in the future!"
Chu Huan then looked up at Kelly and said with a smile: "Maybe I should consider changing to a manager!"
Kelly quickly smiled and said: "Dear boss, I hope that from now on, you can control me to death!"
Cao Yunshang didn't understand Kelly's code word, but thought Kelly was very interesting and couldn't help but chuckle.
When they arrived at the hotel suite, Chu Huan said to Kelly: "Okay, bring the information I asked you to prepare, I need to take a closer look!"
Kelly was in her bag and took out all the information that Chu Huan had called her to prepare before coming.
Although she already knew clearly when the oil crisis would officially break out, she still had to do what she had to do. So Chu Huan took the information handed over by Kelly, sat aside, and read it carefully.
Nowadays, the world's crude oil market is no longer in an era when the seven oil sisters dominate the world... Well, that's not right. The name of the seven oil sisters should not have come out yet.
This title was not mentioned until 1975 by a British journalist.
Since then, the "Seven Sisters" have become synonymous with the Western oil industry and are also known as the international oil cartel.
These seven companies are Exxon Oil Company, Mobil Oil Company, Chevron Oil Company, Texaco Oil Company, Gulf Oil Company in North America, as well as Persian Petroleum Company (BP) and Shell Company in Britain!
Among them, Exxon Oil Company was formerly known as Standard Oil of New Jersey, Mobil was formerly known as Standard Oil of New York, and Chevron was formerly known as Standard Oil of California.
These three companies were originally subsidiaries of Standard Oil of North America. In the 1980s and 1990s, North America's oil production accounted for 70% to 80% of the world's total production, and Standard Oil controlled 30% of North America's oil production and 80%
More than 85% of crude oil pipeline transportation and more than 85% of petroleum refining and oil product production and export.
Such a monopoly position aroused dissatisfaction with the North American government. Then in 1911 of this century, Standard Oil was disintegrated under the direct intervention of the then North American president.
By the way, the founder of Standard Oil is called Rockefeller!
But even after the disintegration of Standard Oil, the seven sisters clearly became a community of interests in the remaining time. By the 1950s, the seven major oil companies had already weaved an intricate network of relationships and formed a "marriage."
The kinship network of the parent company has formed a community of interests in which we are part of you and you are part of me. We are all prosperous and suffer losses, and we coexist and prosper together. This is a real cartel.
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! Cartels are also known as monopoly interest groups!
At that time, the seven sisters jointly developed oil in the Middle East and made a lot of money, even enough to influence the local politics.
But where there is oppression, there is resistance!
In 1960, the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries, also known as (OPEC), was established. At that time, there were only five member countries of this organization: Iraq, Saudi Arabia, Iran, Kuwait, and Venezuela!
Have you seen that these countries often appear in your sight because of wars?
At the 1970 Caracas meeting, OPEC member states had increased to 13. At that time, OPEC member states were united so closely for the first time to support each other and fight against foreign oil companies led by the "Seven Sisters", demanding that crude oil prices reflect exchange rates.
In order to fight against OPEC, the Seven Sisters organized 23 foreign companies in the Middle East into a "United Front" to jointly fight against OPEC member states. International companies formed a group to negotiate with OPEC, and each company did not negotiate with the governments of oil-producing countries alone.
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If a company is reduced or even stopped by an oil-producing country, other companies will provide it with crude oil.
However, this strategy completely failed because the OPEC Caracas meeting promoted Libya's experience.
Gulf oil-producing countries first forced international companies to sign the Tehran Agreement, and then Libya and other Mediterranean crude oil exporting countries forced companies to accept the Tripoli Agreement.
In the end, the price of crude oil was raised, and the tax rate was raised. The control position of the "Seven Sisters" in various oil-producing countries was shaken, and their privilege of controlling oil prices was also deprived.
It can be said that this period was the era of confrontation between the Seven Sisters and OPEC.
It is precisely because of the confrontation between the two sides that the price of crude oil has risen from the previous US$1.5 to US$1.8 to US$3.011 per barrel!
Because the major oil-producing countries in the Middle East have not yet entered the era of complete nationalization, the price of oil today remains stable at $3.011 per barrel.
If Chu Huan wants to profit from this oil crisis, there is one most important problem now, and that is... there are no crude oil futures in the futures market at this time...
This seems a bit embarrassing. Chu Huan has a huge amount of funds, but there are no crude oil trading options in the futures market. So how should Chu Huan profit from this crisis?
Chu Huan already knew this before coming to New York, and naturally had a way to deal with it. This is why Chu Huan chose to come to New York 7 months in advance.
If you can’t operate the futures market, you can only operate the spot market!
Moreover, the spot trading market at this time was quite different from the spot trading market in later generations. A computer in later generations was enough for people to complete online spot transactions more quickly.
But there is no computer network now, so the time cannot be that short.
In addition, the current oil spot trading market is more of a means for major oil companies to adjust their surpluses and exchange oil products with each other. The oil spot trading volume only accounts for less than 5% of the total world oil trade, and the spot price only reflects the overproduction of long-term contracts.
sales price.
Therefore, the oil spot market at this stage is called the "residual market".
Therefore, if Chu Huan wants to profit from the oil crisis at this time, he can only cooperate and negotiate with the five major oil companies in North America!
So at this time, Chu Huan, the identity of chairman of Jiahu Textile is not enough.
“How are the connections with the Big Five oil companies going?”
After Chu Huan read the report, he asked Kelly who was chatting with Cao Yunshang.
Kelly immediately replied: "The five major companies have already responded, but they are not very positive about cooperation intentions!"
Chu Huan's identity is not good enough, so he can only operate this matter in the name of Wanbang Shipping.
It is understandable that the other party is not active. Although Chu Huan prepared 112 million Hong Kong dollars for this transaction, in fact, based on the current exchange rate between Hong Kong dollars and US dollars, when converted into US dollars, it is only 19.9 million US dollars, respectively.
The cooperation with the five major oil companies is only US$3.98 million each!
"It doesn't matter if you are not active, as long as you can cooperate in the end!"
Chu Huan didn't care about the other party's attitude. He only cared about whether the transaction could succeed.
Kelly said: "I have made appointments with the heads of their major companies. Huan, you can continue to negotiate with them. I believe this deal will definitely be successful!"
After finishing speaking, Kelly said with some worry: "Is it really that troublesome? Now the international oil price is very stable. Even with the establishment of OPEC, they want to fight against the seven major oil companies and
It’s not that easy!”
Kelly's thoughts are actually the thoughts of most North Americans. They always believe in the power of their country and their control of oil, especially now that the relationship between the US dollar and oil is gradually established.
No one would believe that anyone dared to challenge them at this time.
This is why there is no oil in the futures market!
Chu Huan traveled thousands of miles to North America and even conducted spot transactions in a tortuous manner. In the end, the price of oil did not change much. So Chu Huan's behavior this time is likely to not only not benefit, but also cause losses.
Facing Kelly's doubts, Chu Huan did not explain because it was not needed.
"Help me arrange a meeting with their person in charge!"
The so-called person in charge, of course, cannot be the person in charge of their company, just the person in charge of this transaction!
Seeing that Chu Huan had already decided, Kelly could only nod helplessly in agreement.
"Okay, I'll call them now to agree on a time and place for discussion!"
Chu Huan nodded with satisfaction.
This time when he came to North America, although Chu Huan was accompanied by Cao Yunshang and protected by Lin Feng and others, Chu Huan still had no idea of wandering around New York. New York in this era was really too chaotic, even with Lin Feng and others.
Protection, it is inevitable that some things will not happen.
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! Chu Huan is here to make money, not to make herself uncomfortable.
Maybe the next time Chu Huan comes to North America, she might have a good time shopping, but at that time Chu Huan didn’t come to New York, but to Los Angeles!
Judging from the responses of the major oil companies, we can also see that they are not enthusiastic about this deal. Kelly has already had one round of discussions with them in advance, but now that Chu Huan has come to New York, when Kelly makes an appointment with them again
When Chu Huan arrived in New York, Texaco Oil was the first to agree to meet Chu Huan on the third day after Chu Huan arrived in New York!
The person responsible for negotiating with Chu Huan at Texaco Oil was a middle-aged white man named Clark, who was in his mid-thirties.
"Hello Mr. Clark!"
Facing Chu Huan's proactive greetings, Clark just sat there and nodded simply.
Seeing this situation, Chu Huan just smiled briefly and sat down.
"I didn't expect that Wanbang Shipping would send such a young person to trade with our great Texaco oil. It seems that you don't care much about this transaction!"
When Clark saw Chu Huan taking the initiative to sit down, he suddenly became a little dissatisfied.
Chu Huan remained unmoved in the face of the other party's contempt. He still asked with a faint smile: "I wonder what kind of position Mr. Clark holds in Texaco Oil?"
"Manager of Sales Department Three!"
Clark preached proudly.
That is, a salesperson.
Chu Huan's expression suddenly changed: "I'm just a branch manager, how dare you pretend to be a wolf with me? This time I'm negotiating a business of four million US dollars with Texaco. Four million
For Texaco Company, it may not be a big deal, but for a branch manager like you, it is a big deal. How dare you speak so arrogantly in front of me now?"
Facing Chu Huan's sudden reprimand, Clark was obviously stunned. He didn't expect that Chu Huan would dare to treat him like this.
Thinking of this, Clark felt angry.
"If you get up, I will immediately contact the other sales department managers of Texaco Company. I don't believe that all the sales department managers of Texaco will be like you and don't take the four million US dollars business to heart!
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Chu Huan sat there, but looked at the livid Clark with condescending eyes.
But even though Clark's face was livid with anger from Chu Huan, he still didn't get up and leave. Just as Chu Huan said, Texaco Oil may not care about the four-million-dollar business, but he, Clark, can't.
The generous business share made him unable to ignore this business.
The arrogant attitude just now was just a sign of looking down on Chu Huan's age and wanting to take the lead in the subsequent negotiations.
"Haha, hello Mr. Chu Huan, I am Clark from Sales Department 3 of Texaco Petroleum Company. Nice to meet you!"
After a moment of silence, Clark suddenly laughed loudly, as if the unpleasantness just now had never happened.
Cheap, it’s just cheap!
Seeing Clark's performance, Chu Huan directly labeled him, and then smiled, as if the unpleasantness never happened.
"Chu Huan, nice to meet Mr. Clark!"
Subsequently, the negotiations between the two parties entered a tug-of-war period.
Although international oil prices are now transparent, there are still too many things that can be negotiated, such as delivery time, freight, payment methods, and a series of other things.
"Four million dollars..."
Chu Huan interrupted Clark and said, "It's US$3.98 million!"
Clark was overwhelmed by Chu Huan's momentum at this time, and could only correct him: "3.84 million US dollars, according to the current international price, a total of 180,000 tons of oil, our company needs a certain amount of time to arrange the oil!"
Chu Huan shook his head and said: "Mr. Clark, you are wrong. Our company can buy 3.98 million US dollars of oil from your company at one time. I believe this is a big order for Texaco Oil Company. It takes
I know that you are not the only oil company in North America. If you can’t give our company some discounts, I’m sorry, but I need to think carefully about this deal!”
Clark raised his eyebrows slightly, then smiled and said: "Mr. Chu, the price of oil is transparent and different from other commodities. In terms of price, it is already cheap enough, and the current international oil market is also different from previous years.
It’s different!”
Chu Huan laughed and said: "So, Mr. Clark can't make the decision in this matter?"
Clark took a deep breath and said: "Of course I can make the decision, but Mr. Chu's offer of a price discount is impossible."
Nothing is impossible in this world, and Chu Huan also understood that this was just an excuse by the other party.
Subsequently, the two sides entered into a state of tension again over whether to offer preferential treatment.
After an hour and a half of negotiation, Clark could only say that he needed to return to the company to hold a meeting with colleagues to discuss the matter.
Naturally, Chu Huan stopped oppressing Clark.
In the end, the two sides ended the negotiation with a smile on their faces after almost tearing each other apart.
In the following days, Chu Huanyou met with the heads of Exxon Oil, Mobil Oil, Chevron Oil, and Gulf Oil and negotiated.
This process is actually not much different from Clark's meeting. Some company leaders are modest and cautious, and some company leaders are arrogant and proud, but they are all because the person in charge of this negotiation is at the same level as Clark.
I need this order from Chu Huan.
Unknowingly, Chu Huan took the initiative in the negotiation.
After meeting the heads of these five companies, it was already a week later.
"How about it? Do you think they will give you a cheaper price?"
Cao Yunshang stood behind Chu Huan and gently pressed Chu Huan's head.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! Although Chu Huan took a certain degree of initiative during the negotiation process, this does not mean that the entire negotiation process was easy for Chu Huan. On the contrary, it was a very laborious process.
the process of.
"It should be cheaper, but don't expect it to be too cheap. The advantage we have now is that this amount of orders has not yet reached the point where their headquarters is responsible for it, and people like Clark urgently need this amount of orders to increase their sales.
The company’s prestige, so they will be very proactive in helping us get the best price from their company.”
The reason why Chu Huan chose to cooperate with the five major oil companies in North America at the same time instead of signing a single contract of 19.9 million US dollars with one oil company was actually based on many considerations.
Although the order of 19.9 million US dollars will attract the attention of the oil company headquarters, by then Chu Huan will face the management of these oil companies. Trading with them will mean that his opponents will become more powerful, which is not conducive to the development of the company.
Take the initiative in negotiations.
In addition, a shipping company suddenly reserves nearly 20 million US dollars of oil, which will also attract the attention of these oil companies. Chu Huan is still small at this time and does not want to have too many interactions with these companies at this time.
This is not conducive to Chu Huan's future business plans.
At the same time, there is also a plan to avoid risks. After all, it does not mean that they are a big company, so they will not play rogue. After all, in this regard, North America has a tradition of playing rogue from top to bottom.
Chu Huan neither wants to get this batch of oil too early, nor does he want to get this batch of oil too late. The best time to get this batch of oil is at the end of August or early September!
"By the way, have you found the warehouse you were looking for?"
In order to ensure his own rights and interests, Chu Huan will not be threatened by the identity and status of the other party during the transaction, so Chu Huan must hold this batch of oil in his hands. He would rather find a warehouse in North America to store it for a period of time.
You must not simply sign a sales contract with the other party and wait for oil prices to rise!
Finally, rely on a contract to trade with the other party!
This shows that Chu Huan is still very careful.
Cao Yunshang nodded and said: "We have been contacted. The other party has always had business dealings with Wanbang Shipping and has agreed to our leasing conditions!"
Wanbang Shipping has cargo ships coming to North America every month. With the help of Wanbang Shipping in this regard, Chu Huan is very relieved!
This is another reason why Chu Huan brought Cao Yunshang to North America.
Cao Wenjin did not show much surprise at Chu Huan's behavior of hoarding oil. In his opinion, Chu Huan actually wanted to obtain certain benefits through quantity this time. Oil is now the hard currency of the world.
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Coupled with Chu Huan's previous series of operations in Xiangjiang, Cao Wenjin had already gained 100% trust in Chu Huan's business behavior.
Of course, this kind of trust is relative. If some deviations occur in Chu Huan's business behavior in the future, Cao Wenjin's trust will also be compromised.
"That's good. With a warehouse, you don't have to worry about the storage of oil!"
Chu Huan breathed a sigh of relief, finally something went very smoothly.
While Chu Huan and Cao Yunshang were discussing the storage situation of the oil after the future transaction was successful, people from Clark and other major oil companies were also reporting the transaction status with Chu Huan to their superiors.
As Chu Huan expected, the transaction amount he chose was neither too high nor too low, which would attract the attention of oil companies but would not make them take it too seriously.
"Haha, they say that people in the East are cautious, but this time I felt it firsthand. The establishment of OPEC made them worry about the fluctuations in oil prices, but they never thought about it, how could we allow such a thing to happen?"
Clark's superior smiled speechlessly after receiving Clark's report.
As I just said, the seven sisters still have absolute say in the global oil market. Although OPEC was established, the arrogant seven sisters did not take it to heart, even if there were some minor problems in the process.
, in their opinion, it also appeared within the scope of their permission.
Therefore, in their view, the transaction proposed by Chu Huan this time was nothing more than an unfounded act of worry.
"What about the offer they proposed?"
Clark asked tentatively.
Although he hated Chu Huan who was negotiating with him, he still very much hoped to complete this transaction.
"Just do what he said, 15% off. This is the biggest discount the company can give him. In addition, the delivery time, he said July, and the delivery has been extended to mid-August. He can't say anything.
That’s it!”
Clark's superior preached smugly.
After getting this answer, Clark immediately smiled and said: "I understand, I will discuss this matter with the other party immediately!"
"Um!"
The internal discussions of the remaining four oil companies are similar to those of Texaco, and the response times are also similar.
After getting responses from all the companies, another week passed.
Chu Huan finally breathed a sigh of relief. As for the remaining details, Kelly needs to stay here to continue negotiating with the other party. Chu Huan can also take Cao Yunshang back to Xiangjiang and come to North America again when the contract is officially signed.
Got it!
But at that time, Cao Wenjin will come with Chu Huan!