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"Yes, Mrs. Zhong Gu." Li Lin didn't know why Su Cheng was curious about this name, but she still dutifully said: "She is a special consultant of the French Elf Petroleum Company, and it seems that there is a special public relations company, And thus outsourced Elf's PR project."

"Oh..." Su Cheng thought hard.He was sure that he had heard this name before. Although his memory was not clear, it was likely to be important information.

However, it has been too long since such a memory, and Su Cheng didn't have an answer for a while, so he said, "Find me some news about Mrs. Zhong Gu, as much as you can find."

The contact person of the information bureau was Li Shirong. He agreed, and used shorthand to draw a few circles of different sizes that no one could understand.

"If you're just pretending, you can't write well." Liu Qiu has always looked down on the secretive style of the Information Bureau, especially after his department was required to keep various secrets, he found it troublesome, and he often made sarcastic remarks.

Li Shirong closed the notebook helplessly, and said, "Gong Liu, keeping secrets is never a bad thing."

"Tell me, who is the spy here?"

"This... this is Dong Su's rule." Li Shirong was considered the second in command of the Information Bureau. When Dong Feng was outside commanding, he came to attend the headquarters meeting.However, in Dahua Industrial, technical personnel are naturally superior. Whether it is year-end dividends, daily arrangements, or even the purchase of desks, technicians are the first to come.Liu Qiu is not only a top existence among the technicians, but also a veteran of Dahua Industrial, not to mention the half-worn Li Shirong, even Dong Feng is two or three heads shorter than him, Li Shirong can only speak under the halo of Sucheng.

Liu Qiu scolded the Information Bureau as much as he wanted, even if he pulled out Su Cheng, he still stared at him and said, "What? Chairman Su stipulated that I can't speak?"

He is a rhythm to fight.

Li Shirong didn't dare to quarrel with him, looked at Su Cheng aggrievedly, and whispered: "Of course it's not..."

Liu Qiu just snorted and turned around.

Su Cheng chuckled twice, pretending he didn't see it.A mining oil company needs to gather intelligence.However, he has always been wary of the existence of the Information Bureau. Therefore, if some people in the company take the initiative to oppose the Information Bureau, he is encouraging.

At the same time, Dong Feng and Li Shirong were both newcomers to the Information Bureau, and their ranks were not high.Slightly humble and weighty.Come to think of it, members of the information bureau such as Dong Feng and Li Shirong.I can also guess one or two, so in high-level meetings, most people behave with their tails between their legs.

Just in order to maintain the current status, the information bureau has to work hard.In order to collect information about Mrs. Zhong Gu, Li Shirong even sent a telegram to the personnel stationed in Europe to find a way to obtain information.

Even so, it took almost two days before he got Mrs. Zhong Gu's report.

The report is collected through open channels in accordance with the long-standing working method of the Information Bureau.Just because of the attention of the upper echelon, the staff stationed in Europe questioned several French journalists who had been friends with them.In European countries, they often know more than is reported.

In the end, the report Li Shirong got was still only two pages. He was not very satisfied with the result, but he couldn't wait any longer, so he still knocked on the door of the Sioux City office.

"Su Dong. This is the information we collected about Mrs. Zhong Gu." Li Shirong put the document on Su Cheng's desk, feeling uneasy.

Su Cheng nodded, put down the pen in his hand, and opened the document to read while kneading his wrist.

Two pages, he read for a long time.

Su Cheng watched from the side.Thinking back.

As far as public information is concerned, Mrs. Zhong Gu seems to be an ordinary power broker.She was appointed by Elf Oil Group in 1991 as a special public relations consultant for the major oil company.In addition, she was also commissioned by Thomson Corporation to act as an intermediary for a lobby group they formed in 90...

At the end of the document, Li Shirong indicated the identity of Thomson Corporation: the French Fire Group, the manufacturer of the Lafitte-class frigate.

last name.Su Cheng suddenly realized: Isn't the so-called Mrs. Zhong Gu a "republic whore".

The republic here is naturally the French Republic.

And this Mrs. Zhong Gu, with such a name, naturally did a lot of things that foreigners like to hear and see.The most famous of these was being a lobbyist for Thomson Corporation, lobbying the French cabinet at the time to support the sale of six Lafitte-class frigates to Taiwan.

It was a high-profile arms deal, and a notable example of PR lobbying.

Because before 91, the French government assured the Chinese government that it would not sell arms to Taiwan. However, after two years of work by the lobby group specially established by Thomson Corporation, the French government's attitude took a 180-degree turn.

In the end, not only did they sell the frigate to Taiwan, but the price also soared from the initial 110 billion francs to the final 150 billion francs, equivalent to 3 million US dollars, and the unit price was three times that of Singapore's purchase.

Among the huge price difference, at least 5 million U.S. dollars was handed over to French politicians. Around 00, Mrs. Zhonggu and a series of French political and business people were jailed for this.

When the name of the "republic whore" was the loudest, Sioux City was also in puberty, so I learned a lot about the secrets.

Now, about the part about France, Sioux Cheng can hardly remember clearly, all I know is that the French foreign minister at this time is probably Mrs. Zhong Gu's mistress.But on the other side, he knew that Taiwan's military and political circles were also deeply involved.

Thinking of this, Su Cheng closed the document and asked, "Is there an arms sales fraud case in Taiwan this year?"

In China in the 90s, it was difficult to understand the beautiful scenery of Taiwan other than Sun Moon Lake, but it was still possible to understand a lot about the dirty and ugly parts of Taiwan. The Taiwan military fraud case in 93 has also been reported in mainland China for a long time.

Of course, France's arms sales to Taiwan have also been an old diplomatic issue that has continued for the past two years.

Li Shirong thought for a moment and confirmed: "The Information Bureau has collected information about this. I have the impression that a Taiwanese military officer died off the coast of Suao. The cause of death is related to the warship sold by France to Taiwan."

"Find me the details."

"Yes." Li Shirong turned to leave.

"What are you running for?" Su Cheng stopped him and said, "Didn't you collect information? Call and ask."

"Yes." Li Shirong picked up the phone on his desk and dialed back to the Information Bureau. After a while, he hung up the phone and said, "It's confirmed, a colonel of the Taiwan Navy Headquarters named Yin Qingfeng was found dead in Su'ao, Taiwan." Offshore. He went to France to inspect the Lafitte frigate in September this year. It is said that 9 defects were found, so he opposed the purchase plan... Now, Taiwan and France have set up special agencies to investigate, but there is no result.”

"34 defects?" A smile appeared on Su Cheng's face.

Li Shirong heard the strings and knew the meaning, picked up what he knew and said: "It was the Taiwanese media that revealed the defect, and the French company did not admit it. In addition, the contract has not been substantially affected."

"I see." Su Cheng combined his memory.Having decided to take advantage of this opportunity, he quickly called Li Lin and said, "You can make an appointment with the representatives of Total, and I would like to talk to them too. In addition, I will invite Mrs. Zhong Gu at another time."

Total is the No. 2 oil company in France, and it is extremely powerful. In a few years, they will even launch a merger and acquisition, bringing the Elf Petroleum Group, which is also a French company, under control.Like those giant oil companies, Total's shareholders, among the world's top five, include BNP Paribas.French nuclear industry group Areva, Société Générale, Belgian National Securities and other high-end and high-end companies and institutions.Two years ago, the French government still held shares in Total.

If you want to make a deal with France, a giant oil company like Total is the best choice.As long as they want to, they can connect every corner of the country horizontally and every industry.

same.Su Cheng didn't just extend his tentacles casually.Taiwan's arms sales fraud case is just a new thing for other countries, but it is completely different for China.

Now that the arms sale has been completed, there is no way to stop it.But there is some value in getting specific details of Lafitte's 34 flaws, and then making the hype.

this kind of information.It's hard to know from both sides of the transaction, but not too difficult from the intermediary.Su Cheng clearly remembered that it was Thomson Corporation itself that finally sent Mrs. Zhong Gu to prison. They believed that the Elf Group, which had received a large amount of lobbying fees, had not played its due role, and then filed a fraud lawsuit in court...

From Su Cheng's point of view, as long as it works properly.It's not difficult at all just to get information.

China's intelligence organizations have always been poor, and they don't have much power in France, so they can't get along with a huge organization like the Thomson Arms Group.It is not cost-effective to spend a lot of money and manpower just to obtain the defects of warships.

Sioux City is different. He is playing bidding in Azerbaijan, so it can be said that he obtained this information easily.

"Maybe, I can use my strength to fight." Su Cheng stroked his chin and quickly fell into deep thought.

the next day.

Sioux City just got in touch with Total and Elf, and the cooperation negotiations between Dahua Industrial and French Finer have already started.

Finer Company, which was already in a weak position, heard the news from somewhere that Sioux City met with Total, as well as Mrs. Zhong Gu, the representative of Elf Company, and kept a low profile.They basically accepted all the demands made by Sioux City.

This was even better than Sioux City's expected outcome. Fina not only gave Dahua Industrial the freedom to choose whether to bid jointly or individually, but also handed over the initiative of the bidding to Dahua Industrial.

It is equivalent to saying that Fina Company will participate in the bidding with Dahua Industrial as the main body and in a subordinate position.

To some extent, this is almost the largest joint contract in the modern oil market.

Of course, Fina Company is not at a disadvantage either.They were originally small and weak, and their scale was two classes behind Dahua Industrial, and they had no special relationship or status. In the bidding field where the big fish eat the small fish, they should have played the role of accompanying the prince to study.Now that it is united with Dahua Industrial, apart from some impact on its autonomy, the obtained oil reserves may be even higher.

Thus, the first alliance of companies emerged in the face of Azerbaijan's oil bid.Coupled with the news that Dahua Industrial has started bidding preparations, the major oil companies have to speed up their pace.

Large and medium-sized companies such as Petrobras, Rosneft, or Japan's Inpex are a bit chaotic, while oil giants such as British bp, Shell, and Exxon feel urgent, but still appear to be in a hurry. methodical.

Dukat sent his deputy to discuss cooperation with Dahua Industrial. While testing Sucheng, bp also raised funds to Azerbaijan at the fastest speed.Its distinctive lobby group of members of the opposition party immediately expanded in size and sent a shadow cabinet defense minister.

Yet the face and the inside of an oil company have never been one. Whether bp is really in order, only Ducat himself knows.

As a man full of desire for control, being dragged along by others is the most uncomfortable thing for him.

Until a week later, Ducat adjusted the bidding progress of bp with amazing work ability.

Just when he was satisfied, his deputy knocked on the door and entered.

"What's the matter?" Dukat, who was standing in front of the glass window, limped and had difficulty turning around.

The deputy deliberately didn't look at his legs, and said: "In the private letter of Director Su, he sent some information. In addition, he asked us to fulfill the agreement. ...This 'gentleman's agreement', he will deliver more information to us as agreed."

"Declaration to bid for oil fields? When did this step take place?" Dukat felt very strange.

"Newly added. Announced this morning. The Ministry of Petroleum of Azerbaijan requires that oil companies participating in the bidding must first declare the blocks to be bid. At least one block and a maximum of 11 blocks can be declared at will. However, if a certain block is not declared , you cannot bid for the block.”

"This is not designed for him!" Dukat was very upset.According to the original gentleman's agreement, he has the initiative.On the contrary, the new policy of the Ministry of Petroleum of Azerbaijan transferred the initiative to Sioux City at once.

"And..." the deputy said softly, "The deadline for declaration is tonight."

"Such a short time." Dukat was speechless.Fortunately, he has also participated in many oilfield biddings, and he knows that this kind of thing cannot be based on reason, but on strength.Sioux City can talk about the Ministry of Petroleum of Azerbaijan, this is his wrist, and the background of BP is not here.

However, knowing that does not mean reconciliation, he quickly said: "Investigate Block 8 now to see if it is a smoke bomb. Make two copies of the bidding documents, one including Block 8 and one not including it."

"clear."

"Ask for news about other companies. Sioux City must sell a lot of goods." Having said this, Dukat was also speechless for a while.The gentlemen's agreement that seemed to have a lot of benefits at that time, now it seems that it is useless. He has no way of knowing exactly how much information Sioux City has provided, and how many companies Sioux City has sold the information to. Sioux City and other companies He couldn't understand the agreement in detail.

But he couldn't refuse immediately. If other companies got the information, but bp didn't, it would be easy to fall into a passive position in the bidding.

"It seems... to follow in the footsteps of Dahua Industry again." Dukat's depression suddenly burst.

...(To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to vote for recommendations and monthly tickets. Your support is my biggest motivation..)