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Chapter 1309 The World of Multinational Corporations (rd update, please subscribe)
It was raining heavily and cars were driving in the rain with their headlights on.

In addition to his feelings, he is full of expectations for the voting in the next few days. After all, in the hearts of Chinese people, there is always a desire for the status of a great power. It has nothing to do with anything else, but because in their view, all this should be taken for granted. After all, this is a tradition.

While lamenting the changes in the world, Zhang Xianlin's attention is still on his work, or the situation in the Middle East.

As the deputy manager of the Nanyang Persian Gulf Oil Company, he has always been extremely concerned about the situation in the Middle East. Not only because that is where he "made his fortune", but there is a deeper reason. This is because it is the oil depot of Nanyang, no, it can even be said to be the oil depot of the entire world.

Moreover, the oil fields of Nanyang Persian Gulf Oil Company are located in the Middle East - the Persian Gulf and the Emirate of Hassa.

In this case, how can we not care about the situation in the Middle East?

"Iraq, it looks like the time has come!"

While Zhang Xianlin was thinking this, he soon arrived at the company and took the elevator from the parking lot to the 66th floor. As soon as he walked out of the elevator, his secretary Zhao Jie followed him into the office.

"What did you get?"

Zhang Xianlin asked as soon as he entered the office.

Zhao Jie flicked the notebook he had taken out of his pocket, opened it, and recounted the results of his investigation.

"In 99.5, Iraq announced that it would nationalize the Iraqi Petroleum Company, or IPC, which was controlled by the United Kingdom and the United States. After the latter objected, Qasim directly confiscated the company and distributed % of its franchise areas to farmers. According to previous discussions with the Iraqi ambassador, they believed that since the IPC had not raised any objections to the nationalization issue in the past two years, the future royal government had no intention of overturning the fait accompli of the "nationalization" status quo."

What is the current situation!
It was clearly meat in their mouths, and no one was willing to spit it out. Qasim was the bad guy, and it was so hard to make the oil company their own, so how could the Iraqis spit it out?

"Iraq's oil production last year was 1370 million tons. Although they expelled the British and American technicians from the IPC, they hired Soviet technicians. Their planned production this year is 1500 million tons."

1500 million tons!

That’s a lot!

"According to the information we obtained from former IPC employees, the estimated reserves of its oil fields are between 30 billion tons and 40 billion tons. If further developed, its annual production will exceed 5000 million tons. In addition, from the perspective of geological structure, there are still large areas of potential oil fields in the country."

Zhang Xianlin was obviously satisfied and nodded.

"It seems that Iraq has great potential!"

"Yes, Manager. In terms of oil potential, it is not inferior to Kuwait, but certainly not as good as the oil fields in Hassa."

When mentioning Hassa, Zhao Jie looked at the manager in front of him. As everyone knows, that was where he started his career. At that time, Zhang Xianlin entered Saudi Arabia alone and coordinated with all parties. In the end, he not only facilitated the cooperation between the company and the U.S. Arab Oil Company. In this process, while Saudi Arabia as a country perished, the Hashemite Kingdom of Hejaz was restored. The Hassa chief in the east also regained control of the eastern land and established the Hassa Emirate. In order to win the support of the oil companies, he also leased the land in the north, which is the oil-producing area, to the United Petroleum Company.

United Oil Company is a company jointly funded by the American Arab Oil Company and the South Pacific Persian Gulf Oil Company.

Although extremely annoyed by the "leasing" of the United Oil Company, the Kingdom of Najd, the remnant of the Saudi family, had no choice but to recognize this treaty in order to fight against the Republicans. All it did was to get the dog bones thrown by the oil company - oil field usage fees and oil income tax.

According to the agreement reached between the oil company and the three countries, the funds will be supervised by the Oceanic Bank, and Hejaz, Najd and Hassa will share them in the ratio of 30%, 30% and 40% respectively.

Saudi Arabia, which once tried to recover its oil field profits by raising oil income tax, has disappeared, but what about the oil companies?

They became the masters of that land and even employed a security team of more than 20,000 people. They not only had light weapons, but also advanced modern weapons such as tanks, helicopters and even fighter jets.

Although many countries in the world have criticized the United Oil Company as a modern East India Company, so what?

Whether it is the grievances between the three countries on the peninsula or the funds supervised by the Ocean Bank, they are like dog chains, locking the three countries tightly in the desert.

Although Manager Zhang in front of him was not the planner of all this, he was a participant.

The company...when necessary, can destroy a country and build several countries!
Of course, if a company wants, it can also develop a country!
"Hasa, that's a gift from God, you can't envy it."

Afterwards, Zhao Jie handed the manager a file that he had prepared long ago and said:
"Manager, this is the material you asked me to prepare. Everyone's information has been collected."

"Ah, very good."

Then, Zhang Xianlin asked his secretary to leave, and then he turned around and opened a safe in the office, where there were documents, forms, bonds, stock certificates, contracts, and maps!
In fact, in every big company's safe there is a map. Although these managers do not need to attack cities and territories like soldiers, they are dividing the world in their own way.

Over the past decade or so, major companies in Southeast Asia have been waving hundreds of millions of U.S. dollars under the banner of "free trade". In recent years, they have also been waving British pounds and South African dollars. They have been trying to win over officials from all over the world, especially emerging countries, under the pretext of helping them build and get rid of poverty. Those guys who were just ordinary low-level civil servants before independence became ministers, senior officials, and even presidents after independence. They have no resistance to Southeast Asia's luxury cars, high-end home appliances, fashion, and jewelry.

They signed the contract easily, and large sums of money were quickly transferred to the private accounts of officials at all levels - these accounts were often opened in banks in Mindanao.

Although Mindanao is an autonomous region, it has developed into the world's largest offshore financial center and wealth gathering place. Mindanao's banks operate in many countries around the world, and its "Bank Secrecy Law" modeled after the Swiss banks has also made it a reliable deposit channel for those officials.

Mindanao's bankers certainly don't lock their money in a safe, because the life of money lies in its flow. These funds are used for investment and for the development of Mindanao, which has developed rapidly as a result.

At the same time, in the safes of large companies in Nanyang, many more symbols appeared on those maps.

When the people in those emerging countries cheered for their country's independence and for getting rid of colonial rule, in their simple minds they really didn't understand the complicated relationship between companies and governments. They only knew that those companies were there to help them build their country and get rid of poverty.

For emerging countries, they lack both technology and money. They need investment from companies. Without the help of companies, their people will continue to suffer in hunger and poverty.

In this way, big companies are quietly taking over the world, without using iron and blood, but only using money and bribes. Everything is so cheap, so juicy, and so promising. All important minerals and resources are inadvertently controlled by big companies.

It all happened so naturally, some countries became independent, colonists came, the door to free trade opened, and companies came.

In the end, the colonies gained independence, and the big companies in Southeast Asia took everything.

They all have their own bright future!

Now, the map that Zhang Xianlin unfolded is a map of the company. Although the standard things on this map have not yet become the company's, for Zhang Xianlin, he is confident that he can add a few strong strokes for the company on the map.

"Iraq……"

With a slight smile on his lips, Zhang Xianlin said to himself:
"No matter what, they always need technology and funds, and we just provide them with help to the best of our ability."

help!

This is exactly what big companies like to do most. They always like to provide selfless help, and those countries also welcome it. After all, only with the help of big companies can they get rid of poverty and achieve industrialization.

Therefore, in many cases, backward countries welcome the arrival of large companies with open arms.

"So, all we need now are a few checks!"

Zhang Xianlin is already very familiar with all of this and can be said to be very familiar with it.

“Let’s go to Zamboanga first!”

Some things always have to be done personally, especially this kind of thing. Nanyang has the "Anti-Commercial Bribery Law", which not only restricts the actions of enterprises in the country, but also restricts the actions of enterprises abroad. However, for companies, they always find ways to circumvent the law.

Zamboanga and Surabaya are not only the world's offshore financial centers, but also provide other supporting services. For example, business consulting services for large companies are a very important business.

In fact, it is all nonsense. Those companies that provide business consulting services are themselves the white gloves of large companies in Nanyang. It is true that Nanyang has laws, but Zamboanga does not. Companies only need to hire "business consulting companies" to provide them with corresponding services. Those services are not limited to "money to open the way". If necessary, they can also purchase "security services", which is "force to open the way".

In short, this is big company!
After making up his mind, Zhang Xianlin pressed the intercom on the table and instructed Zhao Jie on the other end:
"Prepare a plane. I'm going to Zamboanga this afternoon."

Afterwards, Zhang Xianlin looked at the map while looking at another file next to it. This file was the file of officials of the Iraqi government in exile. Although the company had contact with these officials in the past few years, the future contact would be the real substantive contact. As for the past, it was just an advance investment just to make themselves familiar.

Unfolding several photos in the folder, Zhang Xianlin said:

"That's almost them!"

A few hours later, Zhang Xianlin drove into a general airport in the east of Chang'an. The car drove directly to the apron. After getting off the car, he boarded a company's "Gulfstream" aircraft. During the Cuban Missile Crisis, the company's several Gulfstream aircraft had been flying around Europe and the United States, "sending" senior executives of Aramco and some other related companies out of the United States.

During that period, not to mention the deputy manager, even the general manager had to queue up if he wanted to take a Gulfstream. When the plane took off, Zhang Xianlin looked at the plane and said to himself in his heart:
"Private jets are really convenient. You can fly whenever you want and leave at any time..."

(End of this chapter)