The journey starts from the Titanic

In fact, since the news of the discovery of the oil field in Shengda Fenquan, in just a few days, a lot of wild cats have come near the Situ Nan oil well. They are swarming like "sharks that have seen blood", delusional. A piece of it.

But will Situ Nan let them do what they want?Do not!He had bought most of this oilfield a long time ago. Without Situ Nan's permission, any oil exploration activities on the land belonging to Situ Nan were illegal.

Situ Nan was very happy to see those wild cats who couldn't enter the door when they saw the food, and looked like anxious.

Since it is not possible to drill and extract oil on Situ Nan’s land, those smart wildcats will drill and extract oil close to the Situ Nan oil field. According to the principle of whoever captures and owns oil, oil will not stay in one place, Situ Nan. People who didn't pick it would also be taken away, so the nearby land began to skyrocket. From the previous dollar an acre of land, those cunning farmers offered four to five thousand dollars per acre.

In order to lease the land for oil exploration rights, the wildcats have to be willing to be slaughtered.

In fact, after they got the lease contract for oil exploration, they drilled and drilled a lot of oil wells, and the return they received was much greater than the rent paid.

Those who can get oil wells are only partially lucky or "running fast" wild cats, but most people have not obtained land lease contracts for oil exploration and can only watch others get rich and jealous.

Every day, there are many wild cats hovering near Situ Nan Oil Well. They proposed to Situ Nan to buy or lease part of Situ Nan's land for oil exploration. After continuous drilling of oil wells in the land near Situ Nan Oilfield, the fool knew Situ. Nan holds the best oil field in his hand. Every inch of land is filled with oil. There is no need to explore this kind of land. You can drill down to extract oil.

Gradually, some large companies wanted to acquire Situ Nan's oil fields. Although their asking price was not low, this was not the result Situ Nan wanted, so they kept dragging on.Situ Nan did not refuse or agree to their request, but only announced that after ten days, everyone would be satisfied with the result.

Although the wildcat prospectors and the big oil companies that were swarmed to share part of the benefits, in order to raise funds, Situ Nan planned a wonderful oil field auction.

At the same time, under the careful arrangement of a bad person, it was confirmed by a third party (mainly wildcat prospectors, who are senior oil professionals) that the first oil well drilled by Shengda Branch had a daily output of 2,300 barrels per day, approximately With 115,000 tons/year, the news came out, and the enthusiastic auction market has added to the fire. Such high output makes those who are interested in participating in oil field auctions more ambitious.

The funny thing is that the farmer who sold the land to Situ Nan before, regretted his death after hearing that the oil was drilled here, and finally came back brazenly and begged Situ Nan to sell some land to him again.

Although this request can be ignored by Situ Nan, he still sold five acres of land to him at a price of 2,000 US dollars per acre. Who knew that this guy had no intention of operating after he got the land, and he changed hands at a price of 4,000 US dollars per acre. After selling it, I made ten thousand dollars in one go.

Situ Nan couldn't laugh or cry after hearing this, and thought this person was also quite cute.

The first partner that Situ Nan found was Hengda Brown. At the beginning, Hengda thought Situ Nan was really taking a risk, but he was still willing to help Situ Nan a little bit, but he didn't expect Situ Nan to succeed soon.

When Situ Nan found the Brown family again, Hengda was pleased with Situ Nan's success, and applauded Situ Nan's attention to the auction of oil fields.

"Awesome! You gave me a big surprise!" Hengda approached Situ Nan as soon as they met.

"Thank you! I am very grateful to the Brown family for their help. Without your help from Hengda, things have not gone so smoothly." Situ Nan said sincerely.

"Oh! It depends on your own efforts! Everyone's success is inseparable from your own efforts. We just meet the occasion." Although Hengda listened to Situ Nan's gratitude, he was very happy, but he hadn't cheered to admit himself. Credit.

"Okay! Mr. Brown, I want to work with you today. I want to set up an oil company. I will join the company with my current oil field. I wonder if you are interested in joining?" Situ Nan said.

"Oh, that sounds good." As a successful businessman, Hengda has to think through the issues before making every decision to make up his mind.

After successfully operating a gold mine, Hengda has invested in many industries, including manufacturing and shipping. Over the years, since the "spindle" oil well in Texas has blown out, the oil industry in the United States has boomed. Especially after more and more cars, the demand for oil is increasing. Hengda Brown has always been committed to the oil industry. Situ Nan suddenly came to cooperate with him, which made Hengda feel that "there is nowhere to find nowhere to break through iron shoes." , The two almost hit it off, but as an old fox in the mall, Hengda still didn’t want to be too enthusiastic. He said: “I think it’s a good idea. It’s a good idea. Company, this is our opportunity. We should not only engage in oil exploration, but also oil processing, and open our own oil refineries. It is better to have our gas stations and other sales channels. But such things depend on both of us. I can't do it."

"The old fox is the old fox. I suddenly thought of being so far away, and I just wanted to make some money quickly. I didn't expect so much. Hengda, this guy is quite wild, but according to his statement, find more partners, then My own shares have been diluted, and it is not certain that it will be swallowed by this gang of old foxes. Is it good or bad?" Situ Nan could not say for a while, thinking silently in his heart.

Seeing Situ Nan frowning in contemplation, Hengda didn't expect Situ Nan to think so far in his mind. At first, he just thought from a practical perspective, how to form an oil company, and never thought about how to swallow Situ Nan's work. Shares.

Hengda thought that Stuart didn’t understand, so he explained: “The last time I met you, Bot Fort Laus, their family runs a pipeline company in Los Angeles. If he joins us, the company will grow. Faster. Their Ford Rolls family has been operating in California for several generations, and they have a lot of connections, which can save a lot of trouble. Besides, I have known Bot for more than ten years. He is quite upright and should be a good partner. ."

"Okay! I agree with Bot to join. But how to distribute the shares? My plan is like this. The total investment of the oil company is 10 million US dollars. My oil field allocates a quarter of the land for auction, and the remaining four Three-thirds are invested in the oil company, estimated at 3.5 million US dollars, accounting for 35% of the shares, and you and Bot negotiate the distribution of the remaining 65% (but I hope that the shares of the three can be averaged) What do you think?" Situ It's not that Nan has never thought of taking more shares, but this is not realistic. Now he has a huge oil field, but no amount of liquidity. The establishment and operation of an oil company requires more resources. This is Situ Nan currently lacks the most, so he turned to Hengda Brown to cooperate, just because Hengda has more resources.It's just that Hengda's idea is bolder. He wants to bring in Botra, so Situ Nan put forward a not high or low share requirement.

On the same day, Hengda brought Situ Nan to the Fort Laus family again. Bot was surprised at Hengda’s visit. When he saw Situ Nan, Bot thought that this matter should be related to oil. Now Situ Nan is the limelight in Los Angeles. Characters, although most people have never met Situ Nan, only heard his name, and someone who knows that Stoni William discovered a large oil field in the Santa Point Springs, but as a local snake in Los Angeles, Bot is very Soon I knew that the lucky person with a large oil field was Situ Nan, the young man I met on the train who bought the drilling machine in his own hands.

"Hahaha! Hengda, you have nothing to do with the Three Treasures Hall, Stonney, I recently heard that you have made a fortune, haha, really lucky." Bot laughed loudly.

"As you wish, there is a good thing to share with you today." Hengda said.

"Oh? Talk to the study." Bot led them into the study.

"That's it. I am going to set up an oil company with Stoney, and now I want to find a strong partner. The total investment is 10 million US dollars. Stoney will invest in his oil field, accounting for 35% of the shares. I am going to Invest 4 million U.S. dollars, accounting for 40% of the shares. You come out with the remaining 25%. Don't you have a plumbing company? That's it?" Hengda Brown finished, smoking a cigar and looking at Bot with a smile.

Bot thought for a while, and thought that this was a good idea. Investing in oil is a good idea. His family has been operating a gold mine for so many years and has accumulated a lot of wealth. It is better to do something in other industries than in a bank.But Bot was not satisfied with the distribution of shares, too few, so he said: "I have no problem with the formation of an oil company, but I want more shares, at least not less than 30%."

After some bargaining, the three finally reached an agreement: Henda Brown used a transportation company to value it at 500,000 U.S. dollars, plus 3.5 million U.S. dollars in cash or other shares in the newly formed oil company, accounting for 40% of the shares.Stony William owns 30% of the shares with three-quarters of the Sunda Fenquan Oil Field.Bot Fort Rolls takes 30% of the shares with a pipeline company valued at US$1 million plus US$2 million in cash.The new company’s name is California Petroleum Company, or California Petroleum for short, based on Bot’s suggestion, and is headquartered in Los Angeles.Both the chairman and the general manager were held by Hengda. Both Bot and Hengda sent people to participate in the establishment of the new company. Only Situ Nan himself was a bachelor commander, but Situ Nan worked for Pratt and the Hayes group of workers. Position in the new company.

In the end, Situ Nan looked a little bit at a loss. It seemed that he had given up 5% of his own shares to Bot Fort Laus, but Situ Nan was compensated by the equivalent of 5% of the shares. Situ Nan exchanged 5% for Bo A small steel plant worth 400,000 U.S. dollars in his hands and a 100-hectare ranch in his hands.

At the same time, Situ Nan promised to sell half of the quarter of the oilfields auctioned off to the California Petroleum Company, which is California Petroleum, at a price of $4,000 per acre.

It's so dark!secret deal!

Since then, Situ Nan's more than 6,000 acres of land, except for hundreds of acres waiting for auction, have almost been processed.

In fact, that highland is the center of the entire oilfield. The 2000 acre farm around the highland does not have as much oil as the high land. It should be said that drilling a well may not produce oil.These are nothing to hide from the shrewd "wildcat prospector" and an oil dealer, but despite this, the day of the auction was still hot. The closer the land was to the higher ground, the more valuable it was. In less than two days, all the more than 100 lots were sold, and the total was won for Situ Nan 500,000 US dollars.

After the auction was over, the entire Shengda branch became a large construction site, especially those individual oil companies who had just obtained the land and started drilling as soon as they got the land, without delay in a minute.

The blocked flow of people made the houses near the Shengda branch tense. Many people did not have houses and were sleeping outside. Just set up a tent.

The savvy Hengda saw a lot of business opportunities. He brought a large number of tents to rent to oil workers, and he also brought in engineering teams to build houses, which were then rented out to make various shops.

In just six months, the population of Shengdafenquan rapidly increased from less than 100 to 50,000, and a new oil city is emerging, which has made Hengda a small profit.

But these are small amounts of money. After the three people discussed, California Petroleum built an oil refinery in the Santa branch and built the railway to the Santa branch.Because of the fair price, other oil merchants are willing to sell to California oil.

At this time, California Oil is just a junior, far from being compared with giants like Standard Oil. However, who can imagine that this naive California oil has superhuman vitality and will become in the near future. What about an international oil giant?

Chapter 8 The Rhythm of Life

Situ Nan is now a millionaire. It only takes less than two months to change from a millionaire household to a millionaire, creating an oil myth in the history of American oil.More stimulus to the United States, one after another invested in oil exploration, their footprints even went to deserted places.

However, there are always a few who succeed, and only the lucky ones can laugh at the end.

What is disgusting is that Situ Nan used the power of his ancestors and prophets contemptuously to discover a few good small oil fields around Los Angeles, and then sell them to California Petroleum or other oil companies, earning another five. Six hundred thousand dollars, which made Hengda a little bit dumbfounded.

Hengda has invited Situ Nan to take up a certain position in California Oil several times. At any rate, you are also a major shareholder, so you can't watch me work so hard and you can be at ease by the side!

Who knows that Situ Nan is not at all sympathetic to Hengda's "diligence" and sent Hengda with the sentence "Your father is very capable, I trust you".

What if you don't want to work in the company, and instead ran to be a "wild cat prospector"?Your net worth is several million, what if you go to work as an oil worker?

Fortunately, Situ Nan remembered to take care of his company and sold those nice small oil fields to California Petroleum.Otherwise, Henda Brown must severely teach this bad guy.

Time was fast, mediocre, and three months passed in a blink of an eye.

Although the climate in Los Angeles is still warm, it can't stop the passage of time, and the leaves on the streets have turned yellow.

When the wind blew, it scattered all over the ground. I don't know when, all the leaves were gone, leaving only bare branches.

In a leisurely afternoon stolen from the busyness, when the window was opened, there was a faint white snow floating in the sky.

Looking back at the calendar card on the wall, the time has come to December 23, 1912, and there is already a Christmas atmosphere on the street.

During this period, Situ Nan seldom went to California Petroleum to see, nor did he ever go to the Sunda branch. It was really lively there.

A pack of wolves gathered, even the prostitutes in Los Angeles County ran there to engage in their great service industry after receiving the wind. The men there were strong and generous, if they didn't care about the smell of men.

However, Situ Nan's enthusiasm for oil exploration remained unchanged. He just took Hayes, Pratt and He Wenxiu to a lot of places to continue oil speculation, which is the role of wildcat prospector.