The journey starts from the Titanic

"Drink! I've been busy for a long time." He Wenxiu didn't know when he appeared next to Situ Nan. He heard what they said just now, but he didn't know anything about it, so he persuaded Situ Nan in a hurry. .

"What did you say? Say it again!" Situ Nan's mind flashed with inspiration, as if he had caught something faintly.

"Drink some water, I've been busy for a long time!" He Wenxiu said it early, secretly wondering, is it possible that people will lose their hearing when they are worried?

water!

"It's water! I finally remembered!" Thank you, Ho!Situ Nan suddenly jumped up happily to embrace He Wenxiu.

Situ Nan's enthusiasm made He Wenxiu, a mad man, feel embarrassed. You have to know that you are familiar, but I am not that kind of person, and I have no such tendency.

A blush flashed across He Wenxiu’s dark cheeks, but was covered by a thick beard. Just when he wanted to push Situ Nan away, Situ Nan had already let go of him and said excitedly, "I know how to penetrate the rock. If you add water, first the rock layer can become soft, and second, you can wash the drill bit so that it is not easily damaged."

"Is this okay? It seems that I have never done anything like this before? But this is the only way at present." Hayes and Pratt were a little skeptical, but a dead horse is a doctor, try!

Rumble, accompanied by the roar of the steam engine, under Hayes' skilled operation, the drilling rig was working again.

The facts are just like what Situ Nan said. After the water was added, the situation was greatly improved. The rock was drilled out little by little. Although the progress was much slower, Situ Nan's heart rekindled hope.

The whole drill rig has only advanced three or four meters. Compared with the previous speed, this speed is really snail crawling, but it has to be endured. I hope this layer of rock will not be too thick!Situ Nan couldn't help praying to God that he would give him a little luck.

Perhaps God finally heard the prayer of the pseudo-believer Situ Nan, perhaps God is kind and fraternal, and would not care about this little ungodly, so the following scene occurred.

On the third day, Hayes concentrated on operating the drill as usual. The vibration and roar of the machine could not hinder the tough heart of this strong man. He felt like an indestructible drill bit spinning at high speed. Move forward bit by bit, until it seems like something is being penetrated below, the drill rig vibrates violently, and a huge force seems to be gushing out!

Is it?...

It was like an uncontrollable swelling of excitement in Hayes' heart, and suddenly the earth vibrated, and a burst of black jetted out from the ground, shooting up to ten meters high in the void!

what!!!

It's oil!!!

Out of oil!!!

Everyone screamed in excitement, jumping up and down, and didn't mind being splashed on by the falling crude oil, like a black mud monkey!

Situ Nan looked at the high spray of oil, his heart never felt attracted by the high spray of black as it is now. This is one of the most beautiful scenery he has seen in his life.

There is no doubt that this underground is a huge oil field, which is about to bring rich returns to Situ Nan. At this moment, Situ Nan's heart finally fell, and there is no need to worry anymore. All the pressure is gone. Situ Nan looked at all this with a smile, feeling great.

"Quickly, pay attention to fire prevention, pay attention to fire prevention." The experienced Hayes shouted, yes, if there is a little spark on the scene, it is likely to cause a major accident.

Everyone knows all these things, they just forget about it. After being reminded by Hayes, everyone immediately did a good job of blocking the well head in an orderly manner.

After drilling out the oil, the hard work finally yielded results. Although everyone is exhausted, they are excited inside.In the evening, after strenuously washing off the oil on his body, Situ Nan and the workers held a field celebration at the station.

"Everyone, I have a few words to say." Situ Nan held the wine glass, pressed one hand to signal to be quiet, and said to the workers, "In view of your hard work and unity, we have achieved such results in our work. I am very grateful to everyone. For the hard work, I think everyone should be rewarded for their efforts!"

Situ Nan paused, and found that everyone was quiet, watching him with scorching eyes, and everyone realized what kind of reward Situ Nan might have.

Situ Nan smiled and said, "I decided to reward Hayes with 10% of the proceeds from this well. Everyone can see his efforts. Ten% is awarded to Pratt. , His technology has helped me a lot. The others are rewarded one percent each! I hope that everyone will continue to work hard and drill more oil."

"Ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh It's not good to say that the dollar may still exceed 10,000.You must know that the current wages of oil workers are only two or three dollars a day. For one thousand dollars, it takes an oil worker to save for two or three years.Besides, Situ Nan has already paid his salary, which is an additional reward, so everyone is very satisfied with this announcement.

Eating alone is hard to fatten, and being happy alone is not as good as others. Only the alliance of interests is stable.Situ Nan understood this truth, so he wanted to give Hayes and the others a bit of sweetness.

As the saying goes, if you want a horse to run, you have to feed the grass!In addition to Hayes, there are several workers. On the basis of 1% of the oil well per person, even He Wenxiu who accompanied Situ Nan on the hunt has a profit of 1% of the oil well.

Situ Nan's reward was less than 30% of the income of an oil well, and most of it was still in his own hands.

The most important thing is that Situ Nan confirmed that his memory is correct. He bought this large piece of land. As long as he confirmed that there is oil underground, the number of oil wells drilled will be hundreds of wells. , So Situ Nan's contribution is only a fraction of what he is about to get.

Of course, the reason why he did this is that everyone should be rewarded for their efforts, and secondly, Situ Nan sees not only the little benefits in front of him, but he has to win over these people if he wants to drill more oil. Situ Nan's career will only develop and grow only if everyone's efforts continue.

"Boss, I toast you a glass!" Hayes walked to Situ Nan and said gratefully. This was his biggest gain.Indeed, a generous reward touched this young and precocious young man, wishing to swear to his death.

"Work hard, I hope I can get more help from you in my career." Situ Nan patted Hayes on the shoulder and smiled tacitly.

This is somewhat funny, because Situ Nan is younger than Hayes, and he is not as tall as Hayes, but it doesn't prevent the honest young man like Hayes from feeling very useful.

Situ Nan put down the shelf and played with the workers. They all admired the young boss.

Naturally, rich and generous bosses can easily win the loyalty of the workers.

"Seriously, I admire your vision, boss." Pratt exclaimed, "I wasn't sure there was oil at the time. After encountering the rock formations, I might have given up if it was me."

"So you became a boss." Situ Nan joked, "Actually, I was blind too, but after all I succeeded, didn't I?"

Situ Nan took a sip of wine and continued: "The current oil exploration technology is not strong enough. Many people would rather believe in feeling, but I think you are right. Why? Because you are a professional, I listen to you. Keep drilling down! I believe that with the advancement of technology, more and more oil will be explored. I hope to get your technical support. Of course, you are still young and need more practice to enrich your theoretical level. I I want to leave the technical matters to you in the future. Maybe when the conditions are ripe, we can also set up a special research institute, which is your world." Situ Nan painted a beautiful prospect to this new and fledgling geology. Engineer, he doesn't believe that Pratt is indifferent!

In the past few days, Situ Nan remembered that Pratt was an outstanding oil expert in the United States in the past, and he was called "the greatest oil seeker"!

Pratt is not only an outstanding geologist, but also an outstanding businessman. The petroleum technology company he founded is also famous, and he has made outstanding contributions to American petroleum exploration technology, not only theoretically but also materially.

Situ Nan identified Pula as an important partner, so he managed to win over this very tender technician.Indeed, he did, and Pratt later became a powerful helper for Situ Nan's future career.

The path to money is bright. Situ Nan seemed to see banknotes drifting into his dreamland like snowflakes. That night, he slept so sweetly!

Chapter 7 Sensational California Oil

Los Angeles's Santa Separated Spring Heights hit the oil!!!

This rumor has become a sensational topic in California for a while, attracting the attention of countless people, and public opinion has been plentiful.

"Hey, man, why is it so noisy in front of you? Did the Mexicans fight with the Italians?" An idle passerby asked curiously.

"That's been a long time in the past, but now a major event has happened, I won't tell him for ordinary people." Passerby B quietly approached passerby A's ear and said, "Have you heard? Shengda branched out oil?"

"Hey! Do you still pretend to be mysterious? Now, who doesn't know that Shengda branched out of the oil field. Let me tell you, my cousin's aunt's brother's uncle lived nearby. He saw how much oil was sprayed out. Ten meters high!" Passerby C said triumphantly.

"Wow! The oil field has really been discovered, so let's hurry up and drill!" the passerby Ding suggested.

"Oh, hurry up and go quickly..."

Then came another noisy scene.Just as gold mines were discovered in the west a few decades ago, people from the east and the whole world flocked to California frantically. Workers threw down machines, farmers threw away farmland, civil servants left their desks, and soldiers became deserters. Under the magical power of gold, a steady stream of fresh forces plunged into the vigorous gold rush.

The oil field discovered in the Santander Springs also detonated the oil fever in California!Suddenly, all kinds of people flocked to the Shengda branch.

When the facts discovered in the Shengda Fenquan Oil Field were confirmed, the scene became more lively.

Since the first well head was drilled, everyone’s enthusiasm has increased. Under Hayes’ recommendation, Situ Nan recruited more than a dozen workers, and five oil wells were started at the same time, but this was not enough, not enough, but Situ Nan is running out of cash now and can only work slowly!

Situ Nan found the engineering team and built a tall oil warehouse near the oil well. After the oil well was reinstalled with the drill rig, a steady stream of oil was constantly being filled into the warehouse.

At this time, in addition to the large oil companies, there were countless private oil prospectors in the oil exploration industry in the United States. They moved personally or in partnership with a few people to conduct oil exploration. Such people were called "wildcat prospectors."Now Situ Nan also plays the role of "Wildcat Prospector".

"Wildcat prospectors" have short funds and demand immediate returns, so most of the oil they drill is sold to oil companies, and they are also the outposts of oil companies. Once oil is discovered, those oil companies will follow in.