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Chapter 272 Earn Two Essex-class Aircraft Carriers from Him

When Yegorov returned to the New Century Group headquarters in Texas, as soon as he stepped into the office building, he saw the door crowded with investors in suits and ties.

Among them were bankers with huge sums of money and representatives of tycoons with connections. Everyone was eager to hand over their business cards, wanting to get a piece of the pie from him, the newly emerged oil upstart.

Yegorov just smiled slightly, handed the business cards to his assistant, and walked through the crowd without looking back to the top floor conference room.

He now has no time to pay attention to these profit-seeking investors. His eyes have already been set on more important prey.

Pushing open the heavy door of the conference room, he saw a middle-aged man sitting on the sofa, tapping his fingers lightly on the armrest, his eyes as calm as water, appearing unhurried.

"Mr. Rockefeller," Yegorov said in a calm tone with a hint of meaning, "I think we should have a good talk."

Rockefeller raised his head, glanced at Yegorov's face, and smiled meaningfully: "Of course, I have been looking forward to this conversation for a long time."

Yegorov did not exchange pleasantries, but sat down opposite him and said straight to the point:

"The Majiagang Oilfield is just south of Fog City. It's the only oilfield the John people can access without shipping. Even if another world war breaks out in the future and the three John Islands are blockaded, as long as they have this oilfield, their war machine can continue to operate."

Rockefeller listened and nodded slightly, his face remaining calm.

He whispered, "So?"

Yegorov smiled, spread his hands, and said with a hint of ridicule:

"So, even if I sell the oil fields to Mobil or Exxon, you won't have a chance to fully control them. Why would a John's man let someone else control his balls?"

Rockefeller was slightly startled, then raised the corner of his mouth.

He reached out and brushed off the nonexistent dust on his sleeves. His tone was gentle but with a hint of sharpness: "Dear Mr. Yegorov, perhaps you have misunderstood something. Mobil is Mobil, Exxon is Exxon, and I, I am me."

Yegorov raised his eyebrows and spread his hands in mock surprise. "Oh, that's great. It seems you have independent ideas."

In fact, Yegorov had already learned from the time traveler Zhang Chi that Rockefeller was not in the same mind as the major oil companies.

Ever since the Rockefeller family split Standard Oil into a series of companies including Mobil, Exxon, and Texas, the Texas oil industry has become complicated.

This is also the reason why Yegorov, under Zhang Chi's instructions, found the third-generation Rockefeller in front of him. The latter, as a marginal figure in the family, is not in the same boat with those companies.

"So we might as well sell the majority stake in the oil fields to the Johns and start over."

Yegorov took out a map and drew a circle along the coast of North Africa with his finger. There was a hint of mystery in his tone. "I have a feeling there's even more oil here. It's now under Allied control. Mr. Rockefeller, are you willing to take another gamble with me?"

"Oh?" Rockefeller raised his eyebrows and asked teasingly, "Mr. Yegorov, do you know what your nickname is that's being spread around?"

Without waiting for Yegorov to answer, Rockefeller leaned back in his chair and said the answer: "The right hand of God."

"And I am very willing to stand at the right hand of God." Rockefeller said, extending his right hand. "Also, don't call me Rockefeller, you can call me Finn."

Yegorov also extended his right hand, and the moment they shook hands, Texas New Century Petroleum Company began its new journey. And Zhang Chi, hidden behind the scenes, was naturally the one who benefited the most.

With Finn Rockefeller's intervention, other Rockefeller oil giants such as Mobil, Exxon, and Texas had to withdraw their covetousness of Texas New Century Oil Company.

At the same time, a newly formed oil exploration team of Texas New Century Oil Company was quickly dispatched to the hometown of Colonel Ka, the place where the Desert Fox Long had just fought, and the Kingdom of Abilion on the coast of North Afrika.

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Compared with the astonishing reserves of the oil fields in Texas, Majiagang's reserves of only 2 million barrels are not eye-catching.

Apart from being located on the mainland, which can partially guarantee the security of oil supply even if war breaks out, the absolute economic value of the Majiagang oil field is not high, so the White Eagle officials did not intervene, but only acted as a middleman to help both sides sit down and have a good talk.

So after a lot of heated verbal battles and verbal exercises, the negotiations on the Majiagang oil field were finally settled.

John United Kingdom Official and John Persian Oil Company respectively invested in purchasing 30% and 45% of the oil field shares from Texas New Century Oil Company, gaining relative control.

Texas New Century Petroleum Company will retain the remaining 25% of the shares to obtain subsequent profits.

(This is the share of the Majiagang Oilfield. Zhang Chi retaining a 25% stake means that for every barrel of oil produced and sold, he will get a quarter of the net profit after deducting the costs of production and transportation. You can understand it this way.)

In view of the continued depreciation of the John pound during the war, at Yegorov's strong request, the purchase funds must be paid in gold and John pounds in a certain proportion respectively.

After a heated argument, the ratio was determined to be 1:1.

Taking into account the subsequent operating costs of the Majiagang Oilfield, the final estimated price of the oilfield shares with a proven reserve of 2.3 million barrels is US$78 million, which is about 7800 tons of gold.

In fact, Yegorov knew very well that according to Zhang Chi, the reserves of Majiagang Oilfield were nearly 10 billion barrels.

However, the extra oil is shale oil, which will not be mined until the 21st century. The reserves of more than 2 million barrels are already the limit of current and even expected mining technology in the next 50 years.

The 25% oil field shares retained by his Texas New Century Petroleum Company are mainly for the huge profits that can be made after all the oil fields are mined in the future when technology develops.

As for the current situation, $7800 million is already a lot, close to the cost of building two Essex-class aircraft carriers.

75% of $7800 million is $5850 million. Considering that this oil field is of vital importance to the energy security of the United Kingdom of John, Prime Minister Qiu finally paid more than 29 tons of gold.

As for the remaining John Pound check worth $2925 million, Yegorov did not keep it, but directly forcibly purchased shares of John Persian Oil Company, which currently controls a large number of oil fields in the Iran-Iraq region.

In fact, neither party was satisfied with the deal.

Prime Minister Qiu resented Yegorov for taking the precious gold.

Yegorov and Finn also resented John's price-cutting.

Now, John's people have severely suppressed the value of the shares of Majiagang Oilfield on the grounds of mining and transportation costs, and Yegorov and Finn can only accept it.

After all, the White Eagle Army is not yet a force that dares to go anywhere for oil. We can't let Master Luo really attack our allies just for an oil field, right?

Yegorov and Finn looked at each other, neither of them feeling that they had the ability to influence Master Luo's choice.