Chapter 228 Oil in the Gulf of Guinea
If there is no need to make arrangements, Zhou Ming would take a certain amount of time every day to follow his bodyguards to exercise and learn to defend himself. After all, it is still the same thing. The body is the capital of the revolution, even businessmen. Otherwise, Zhou Ming would not be able to hold on if he sat and read the materials all day long. It was a pity that Zhou Ming did not want to take it again due to his poor health in his previous life.
Besides, even if Zhou Ming doesn’t care about himself, he still has to think about so many women around him…
However, today's fitness was only halfway through, and Li Guangbi and Tang Mingjie were interrupted. They came to find Zhou Ming.
"Mr. Zhou Ming, have you been in a bad mood or in a low mood recently?" Li Guangbi asked.
Zhou Ming scratched his head and said he was confused and didn't understand why Li Guangbi suddenly had such a problem.
But Li Guangbi didn't seem to notice it and continued, "Oh, maybe you have encountered something recently, or someone told you something, or what wrong news did you see?"
Tang Mingjie asked the key point: "Mr. Zhou Ming, why do you have to insist on investing in that Yuanfang Oil Company?"
Only then did Zhou Ming realize that the crux of the problem was here.
Li Guangbi then explained: "Mr. Zhou Ming, don't worry. We are not unwilling to believe you. On the contrary, we believe you very much. So you must not be influenced by some rumors in the clan and make impulsive decisions randomly."
Zhou Ming said curiously: "So because I invested in Yuanfang Petroleum Company, there are a lot of rumors in the clan? Clan Chief Li Guangbi asked you to tell me."
Li Guangbi and Tang Mingjie were both stunned at that time. They didn't expect that Zhou Ming didn't know these rumors. So they took the initiative to talk about these things to Zhou Ming here, wouldn't that be the same as the mentally retarded?
"So Mr. Zhou Ming didn't know it? Then it doesn't matter, but this is not the point. After all, those people's speeches are not nutritious. Compared to these, we want to know more about why Mr. Zhou Ming, you insist on investing in Yuanfang Oil Company so much." Li Guangbi asked.
Zhou Ming smiled. In fact, from Li Guangbi and Tang Mingjie speaking, he guessed what they were going to ask, but they disturbed their fitness and looked so restless, so they had to worry them a little more. But now that they had asked, Zhou Ming said, "I think I have to ask you before I answer this question, how do you think Yuanfang Oil Company is."
Li Guangbi and Tang Mingjie thought about it carefully and then replied: "We have made some detailed understanding of this Yuanfang Oil Company before and after the investment. To be honest, this company is indeed a relatively powerful oil company in Africa, but its investment potential is questionable."
"So do you think the investment in Yuanfang Petroleum Company was wrong this time?" Zhou Ming asked again.
Li Guangbi shook his head immediately, and Tang Mingjie said: "I think Li Guangbi's patriarch doesn't mean this. He once told me that since he made the investment decision, he would not question it easily, but we need to know the reason."
Tang Mingjie also said: "After all, the operation of Yuanfang Oil Company is very bad. Due to the previous Gulf War, his oil fields in the Persian Gulf were directly destroyed. They were newly developed oil and gas projects, and they invested hugely. However, they were destroyed before they were used in one day. Due to the lack of some documents, the new government directly denied the signed agreement and used this as a threat to demand additional investment from Yuanfang Oil Company."
Tang Mingjie said this and looked carefully at Zhou Ming before continuing: "In short, Yuanfang Petroleum Company's situation is very bad now. He is in high debt. His former investors have withdrawn their investments. Even two months ago, Yuanfang Petroleum Company sold its own high-yield drilling platform and an oil field, with the purpose of paying workers' wages."
"This is killing chickens to get eggs. Without oilfield projects, Yuanfang Petroleum Company will lose its future revenue, and the company will not be able to maintain it, and it will even go bankrupt in the visible future." Tang Mingjie said.
Zhou Ming nodded, and I have to say that Li Guangbi and Tang Mingjie are really aimless, but they have really carefully learned about the situation of Yuanfang Petroleum Company.
"But isn't Yuanfang Petroleum Company looking for new oil fields now?" Zhou Ming said.
"If Yuanfang Petroleum Company can really find new oil fields, it is indeed good news for the company, but oil fields are not so easy to discover..."
Li Guangbi interrupted Tang Mingjie and signaled that he still said: "I have been in contact with the oil business before, so I know more about this than President Tang. I believe that Mr. Zhou Ming, since you have invested in the oil industry, you must have learned a lot about it. You know that the Persian Gulf is the world's largest oil field, and the most oil in the world comes from there. But in fact, in addition to the Persian Gulf, there are also Europe's North Sea and the Gulf of Mexico, and there is also a lot of oil production."
"I say that, it is possible to discover new large oil fields in these places. After all, oil is also distributed in a large number. Other places are not said to be none, but if you want to find a needle, it will be as difficult to find."
Li Guangbi continued: "Yuanfang Petroleum Company has indeed been looking for new oil fields, especially after the Gulf War, but this is a long and accidental process that cannot solve the current troubles. And more importantly, it is that there are problems in the direction he is looking for. They actually put their exploration targets mainly on the Ivory Coast."
Li Guangbi said that he laughed: "Mr. Zhou Ming, do you know where the Ivory Coast is? It is in the Gulf of Guinea. It was because the ivory trade was popular there in the past, so it was named Ivory Coast, and it is also a famous drug production area."
"I mean that there are many ships coming and going there. If there is oil there, people would have been discovered long ago. How could they wait for them? Compared to the Gulf of Guinea, they might as well focus on other places that have not been explored." Li Guangbi said.
Zhou Ming shook his head and said, "I don't think this is a problem. After all, didn't you just say that the Gulf of Mexico has a rich oil reserves? Then the landform of the Gulf of Guinea is very similar to that of the Gulf of Mexico, and maybe there are also rich oil reserves."
“Is this a chance?”
Li Guangbi also shook his head: "I don't deny that there may be such luck, but even if the oil field is really discovered, it may not be what we want. Because there is also a difference in quality of oil. If it is an ordinary rotten oil field, it will not be able to save Yuanfang Oil Company."
Tang Mingjie then added: "Captain Li means that the news of discovering the oil field is not enough to bring the benefits we want. We must discover large oil fields, and at the same time, it must be of high quality and easy to exploit these points, but it is simply impossible at this time."
Zhou Ming knew that he couldn't convince them, so he had to ask them back: "So what are your thoughts?"
Tang Mingjie then said the solution they had agreed on before they came: "Instead of letting Yuanfang Petroleum Company fend for itself, we should sell them a good oil field and artificially create good news, so that's all."
Zhou Ming was stunned for a moment, just jokingly teasing them, but he didn't expect that they had even thought about the solution.
Man-made good news and then use it to make money by making money by yourself. This is not a novel operation in the capital market. If Yuanfang Company is really so bad, then this method is not bad. But the problem is that Zhou Ming knows Yuanfang Company will soon be reborn.
On June 18, Yuanfang Petroleum Company discovered the Huomoer Oilfield in the Gulf of Guinea, which opened up another vast oil-rich area.
This is a very important news in later generations. It is also Zhou Ming's oil price fluctuations in the past few years. Zhou Ming wanted to make some money, so he remembered this news. It is also because of this news that Zhou Ming firmly wanted to invest in Yuanfang Petroleum Company.
Of course, Zhou Ming didn't plan it long ago. In fact, Zhou Ming had even forgotten the news. However, while carefully reading various information that day, Zhou Ming suddenly discovered Yuanfang Petroleum Company invested by Temasek. Then he paid attention to the time. It was still one week before June 18. Isn't this just the time and opportunity for himself to assign?
It is precisely for this reason that Zhou Ming took action immediately. Zhou Ming knew that if Temasek's high-profile investment in Yuanfang Oil Company rose, it would in turn drive Temasek's shares. As long as Temasek's stock price began to rise, it would be equivalent to opening a breakthrough, and it would be easy to drive the shares of other Chinese industries to rebound through Temasek's achievements.
However, the plan is very good, but Zhou Ming has to face a lot of pressure of incomprehension. After all, Yuanfang Petroleum Company is now a company with poor operating conditions. Who knows that it can discover super oil fields?
You should know that Zhou Ming relies on his memory in his previous life, which is his biggest trump card. Even if Su Han and Lin Muqing don’t know, Zhou Ming can’t tell anyone, so how can he explain it?
Now Li Guangbi and Tang Mingjie have come to him. They have been working with Zhou Ming for a while and will not be so simple to persuade Zhou Ming to give up, but they will help find a solution. However, Zhou Ming does not want them to help. After all, fake news is fake. If this fake news is exposed, then even if the oil field is really discovered later, the market will probably stimulate the market like a wolf, and the effect will be greatly reduced.
This is not what Zhou Ming wants.
Thinking of this, Zhou Ming immediately said: "You must not make a fuss. It is not a good idea to create good news artificially at this time."
Zhou Ming thought about it and said, "I know that many people in the clan are very dissatisfied with my investment and don't understand it. You are under a lot of pressure from Li Guangbi, but we can't just invest and withdraw our investment. That's too embarrassing. You have to be steady..."
Chapter completed!