Rise of the Argentine Empire

“Oh? It seems Blanca City doesn't have any oil resources.”

San Jose was a bit surprised. Although Southern Oil's actions in Rome weren't exactly hidden, very few people in Argentina could have gotten this news.

Having learned many lessons, this cooperation with Italy is quite low-key.

Blanca City is San Jose's territory.

He couldn't help but look at Lant, who was about the same age as him, had taken over the consortium for several years, and could be regarded as a dragon among men.

He probably has some ability. The only pity is that his father offended Peron.

But San Jose is not afraid of offending Peron now.

“Our company has information from the National Oil Company that a oil pipeline will be built here, and since the establishment of Southern Oil Company, the country has opened up some oil access thresholds.”

Lant said calmly, explaining the reason.

“How much capacity refinery can you invest in?”

San Jose nodded. So it wasn't Southern Oil leaking the secret, he asked.

Otherwise, he would have to doubt the level of his company.

“800,000 tons, which is almost our limit.”

Lant said.

“That seems a bit too little. I hope you can increase production capacity.”

San Jose shook his head. Compared with Southern Oil's 3 million-ton refinery supported by the Italians, 800,000 tons is not enough, although it is already considered large in Argentina.

Argentina currently produces about 3 million tons of crude oil, imports 2.8 million tons, which consumes a lot of foreign exchange, and the domestic refining capacity is only 1.1 million tons.

The National Oil Company's technology is backward, and the mining equipment is almost at the level of the 1930s, and there is no money to continue investing.

“Oh? Mr. Mayor, you should know that a production capacity of 800,000 tons is already the largest refinery in Argentina.”

Lant said with some disbelief, but he was quite disdainful in his heart.

He saw that Argentina's national plan was to build a 2 million-ton oil pipeline here, so he planned to lay out in advance.

“Our Blanca City will have a 3 million-ton refinery, and at least 10 million tons of crude oil will be transported here every year to develop the petrochemical industry.”

San Jose said directly. Southern Oil's transportation capacity is 10 million tons, and there is still a lot of surplus. Deep processing is more conducive to industrial development.

“That's impossible. 3 million tons requires at least 15 million US dollars in investment… 5 years of construction time…”

“How much money can you invest in building this Blanca City refinery?”

San Jose asked again. If it is a refinery that produces gasoline, the process is relatively simple, and it seems that they are directly importing production equipment.

Lant gritted his teeth, thought for a while, and then said, he also wanted to know more about Blanca City's attitude, but he used a trick, that is, he only said the company's wealth, but did not say the family's wealth.

“Our company has about 3 million US dollars in reserve funds. German banks can lend us 3 million US dollars, which is also our source of technology, but we want to build an automobile factory, and the financial pressure is too great.”

“Oh? Automobile factory? Where is the source of technology, and how much is the output?”

San Jose asked with interest, changing the topic.

“The technology comes from Germany, with an annual output of 1,500 units. All parts are domestically produced by us.”

After San Jose heard about the automobile factory, he felt little interest. Although it was already very remarkable, German cars were far inferior to those of later generations.

His plan for Leydon Motors is to get the most advanced American automobile technology. He has already asked Sequoia Capital to inquire about it. It is best to dismantle a production line and bring it back, with all the supporting factories and the engine production line.

The engine production line is the heart of the car, and the technical level of the diesel engine factory is still a bit poor, and it is also handed over to them for technical reserves.

Building a real automobile factory, even if it produces 1,000 vehicles a month, is very remarkable.

So he looks down on the SIAM automobile factory with 1,500 vehicles per year.

He still knows a little about the automobile industry. The most important thing is the internal components. As for the shell, each has its own characteristics, and many popular styles are somewhat convergent, especially when the automobile factory is just developing.

As long as the core components, production lines and processing equipment can be obtained, the shell is not difficult. Just copy the good-looking models in the world.

He can already draw some classic best-selling models directly.

This is the case in the world's car-making industry. Many automobile companies started by imitating other people's famous brands.

For example, Japan's Toyota started by imitating Ford, and South Korea's Hyundai started by imitating Mitsubishi and Toyota.

Honda is still producing motorcycles.

“How about this, you double the production capacity of the refinery, and I can help you contact for loans, and construction can provide certain support, probably providing 3 million US dollars in low-interest loans.”

He suppressed the emotions in his heart, switched back to the topic of the refinery, and said to Lant.

The oil and automobile industries complement each other and promote each other. In addition, there are the steel and non-ferrous metal industries, which can stimulate development together.

If automobile sales are good, the steel body is also large, which is a huge stimulus to the steel industry's special steel plant.

After all, the biggest demand for special steel plants is for civilian use. He is already very pessimistic about the development of Rheinmetall, and the demand is not high. He regrets the construction of the tank factory. It would have been better to build a truck factory.

Fortunately, after the construction of the diesel engine factory and the tractor factory, it was not too wasteful, but there was no need to build a production line, and many design engineers also went to the aircraft factory and the tractor factory.

“1.6 million tons of refinery? The price will be much cheaper, but we don't have so much crude oil to refine.”

Lant's heart was racing, very tempted. Building a car factory was something he was very optimistic about for Argentina's automotive development, but the oil refinery was SIAM's main business, and extremely profitable.

"Don't worry about the oil, I already have a source."

Seeing that Lant seemed hesitant, Saint-Hesse said confidently, throwing out the bait, just to see if this consortium would take the bait. Lant didn't tell the truth.

Of course, the current domestic oil production is not Argentina's limit. According to Saint-Hesse's estimation of Argentina's crude oil extraction capacity in later generations, Argentina's reserves can extract at least 20-30 million tons of crude oil per year. Therefore, he is doing it all at once, even if it costs more money, he will build a 10 million ton oil pipeline.

This does not include Argentina's vast shale oil resources.

This is also the source of Saint-Hesse's confidence in establishing Southern Oil Company, especially the Neuquén Basin in the Patagonia region. Thunder Mining has already discovered a batch of good quality oil fields.

Once the Italian exploration equipment arrives, it can be extracted. As long as the extraction is successful, the oil produced by Southern Oil can quickly meet domestic needs, and it can quickly increase his wealth and alleviate the domestic energy crisis.

"Regarding oil, Southern Oil Company has already obtained exploration qualifications in the south, and we will build a 10 million ton oil pipeline, so there is no problem at all."

In fact, 10 million tons is not his limit. When the special steel pipe factory is successfully built, and another parallel line is built, it will have an oil transportation capacity of 20 million tons.

"Okay, I will go back and discuss it with the board of directors. I will seriously consider it."

Lant chatted with Saint-Hesse for a long time, and had a feeling of enlightenment.

He was already very tempted, but the current SIAM was not entirely up to him.

In fact, the current SIAM has established many overseas branches, but they are all lukewarm.

After all, they are completely different from Saint-Hesse, who has a development awareness that is decades ahead, talent selection, project management, assembly lines, and sufficient funds. It would be difficult not to develop. Moreover, Saint-Hesse is not always completely smooth sailing, but can solve problems very quickly.

If this negotiation and cooperation is successful, Lant couldn't help but reveal a look of ecstasy in his heart.

Although he has taken over the Diettrich Consortium for several years, he has not made much progress. Despite his uncle's help, he is still struggling.

The development of many factories is very slow.

Southern Oil is Saint-Hesse's industry, and Italian oil can provide senior workers. He is very confident that it can be built successfully in 3-4 years.

Of course, building an oil refinery is not that simple. You can only learn while building. The construction of Southern Oil's major factories alone can provide at least 5,000 high-quality jobs.

Saint-Hesse will also simultaneously build an oil school. Argentina's domestic oil industry has developed for more than 30 years, and there are still many oil construction talents. Moreover, they can also be hired from abroad, so this is not a big problem.

As for the construction of the Diettrich Consortium, the time may be much slower. They estimate that it will take at least 5 years to build successfully, which is a long-term investment.

Oil and steel used to be Argentina's two largest imported products. Now the import of various mechanical equipment has exceeded steel, most of which are imported by Saint-Hesse's companies.

In the evening, Saint-Hesse specially spent money to entertain Lant and the others.

To be honest, he rarely comes into contact with these large consortium families in the country, and rarely cooperates with them.

For him personally, one is that it is not necessary, and the second is that it is still not necessary.

But as the mayor of Blanca City, it is very necessary to unite some large consortium families.

This is also attracting investment and building nests to attract phoenixes.

In the early stage, most of the company's factories were his own people, and then they slowly attracted steel factories and electronics factories.

This time, he caught a big fish.

But Saint-Hesse didn't appear too eager on the surface.

He wasn't the one who was anxious.

It was the people of the Diettrich family.

They had already been suppressed very hard by Perón.

So he stopped there and didn't offer any more preferential terms.

He prefers to cultivate a group of small and medium-sized factories.

The number of small clothing factories in the East District has already reached more than 50, which can also solve a large number of jobs.

And a textile equipment factory will be built separately and independently.

He believes that more and more factories and consortia will be stationed in Blanca City in the future.

It seems that the construction of infrastructure and housing needs to be accelerated. He doesn't want to turn Blanca City into a slum.

……

The winter nights are especially long, and it snowed again at night.

The next day, at more than six o'clock in the morning,

Although the weather is cold today, it is nothing to Saint-Hesse.

Saint-Hesse has benefited a lot from his strong physical fitness, and he also insists on exercising every day.

Occasionally, he also goes to the security company to train his shooting skills to prevent them from becoming rusty.

On such a cold day, Ilena and her daughter are naturally sleeping in a warm bed.

Saint-Hesse got up gently without disturbing them and started his morning exercise.

He practiced a set of boxing in the yard wearing only a single layer of clothing, and also did some simple exercises. He also practiced with his security captain, Achill Cooper, before preparing to go back for breakfast.

Achill is already in his thirties, very strong, with a bare upper body and full muscles, but his physical fitness is no longer at its peak. Nevertheless, his fighting skills and experience are very rich, and he is a very good sparring partner.

After practicing, Saint-Hesse stood still in the yard, watching the white snowflakes continue to fall, the branches were already covered with snowflakes, and a gust of cold wind blew, rustling down.

Saint-Hesse looked at this pure white world, and suddenly felt refreshed and spiritually empty, and couldn't help but think of a famous poem.

The cook, Anna, has already prepared breakfast.

For the greater Buenos Aires city of nearly four million people, this is a difficult winter, and unemployment is an unbearable burden.

The emerging industrial city of Blanca City is showing vigorous vitality.

The population is increasing every month, for only one reason: it has the most scarce resource in Argentina today—jobs.

And the businessman's sense of smell is the most敏锐.

And the already weakened Diettrich Consortium also hopes to establish achievements in Blanca City. Saint-Hesse, of course, is happy to support large consortia.

The more oil refineries, the better.