The journey starts from the Titanic

Ronald Gomez said that he estimated that Brooke should have rushed over to inquire about the news when he knew that the Americans wanted to invest in the oil of Lake Maracaibo.

Before the two sides had an unpleasant cooperation, Ronald has always kept it in his heart, and naturally doesn't want to pay attention to Brooke.

After climbing up with the Americans, Ronald is now no longer afraid of the British. Now everyone knows that American talents are the masters of America, and Europeans such as British, French, Germans, etc. are no longer useful.

After another round of bargaining, the Gomez father and son finally decided to accept Thomas’s conditions and lease the remaining land on the east bank of Lake Maracaibo to the Panama Petroleum Development Company, while dividing the land on the west bank of Lake Maracaibo into several parts. Blocks were leased to BP Fruit Company, Caribbean Petroleum Company and a new enterprise called Maracaibo Development Company.

This is a joint venture between the William Consortium and Maracaibo City, which controls half of the land on the west bank of Lake Maracaibo.

Among them, the Panama Petroleum Development Company provides technical funds, and Maracaibo provides funds, land, labor, and the shares of both parties are in proportion to the investment. In fact, it is the industry of the Gomez family, and they account for more than four-fifths of the shares. The source of the funds is what they just embezzled from the first US$5 million loan.

The Maracaibo Development Company is actually a leather bag company. Ronald Gomez used his power to divide the Maracaibo Development Company's land into several pieces, and then sold them to the Panama Petroleum Development Company and the Caribbean Western oil companies such as oil companies.

Of course, the shrewd Thomas has not forgotten to obtain the oil extraction rights of the entire Lake Maracaibo area. Although the current technology can not extract oil in the water, it is always right to occupy the position first.

Juan Gomez did his best to silence the domestic opposition, while using his profit to win over his cronies, let them cheer for himself.

They repeatedly emphasized that the lease of Lake Maracaibo to foreign companies is not a ceding of land. Once the lease expires, the land will naturally return to Venezuela, and there is no suspicion of traitorousness.

The government's move was also helpless. The country's finances are vacant and debts are high. It is also cost-effective to exchange poor and barren Lake Maracaibo for loans from foreign companies.

Juan Gomez also deliberately promoted the Maracaibo Development Company as a new model for attracting foreign investment and promoting local industrial development.

At the same time, in the Zulia state government, Ronald Gomez triumphantly promised the people of Maracaibo that the government's move would greatly improve their living standards.Everyone has a job and everyone has a meal.

While doing a good job of appeasing public opinion, the Gomez and his sons strengthened their armaments and prepared to suppress his opponents by force.

With the efforts of Juan Gomez and his cronies, the William Consortium’s plan to develop Lake Maracaibo was finally passed.

"There is good news to notify Mr. President. I just received news from Los Angeles that next month there will be one division's arms reaching Caracas. They are all advanced American weapons."

Thomas put away the wet land lease contract and said with a smile.

"Huh, didn't you say that you have three divisions?" Juan Gomez asked.

"Well, this, Mr. President, you also know that the United States is now recruiting soldiers and there are more than one million soldiers waiting for equipment. Our factory is too busy even to produce. These are all our secret orders from the government. It’s not easy to buckle it down."

Thomas explained.

"Oh!" Juan Gomez nodded understandingly, but urged, "I hope you will send us our weapons as soon as possible."

He urgently needs these arms to stabilize his rule.

"Don't worry! Now that we have promised, we can do it naturally, and we will ship the remaining weapons on time within the scheduled time. I believe we will have more happy cooperation in the future." Thomas said expectantly.

He did not tell Old Gomez that with the arms, there were hundreds of security guards from a security consulting company who had been trained.

These mercenaries will continue to recruit upcoming Chinese workers in the manor of the BP Fruit Company in addition to being sent to the oilfields to perform defense tasks. Once these people are trained, they will become an important team in the Maracaibo area. Armed forces.

After signing the contract, Venezuela's treasury immediately received a US$5 million loan from Wells Fargo Bank.

However, it didn't take long for the money to be divided up. Except for some of the money used to pay foreign debts, the rest fell into the hands of Gomez and his cronies.

This is how China sold it. In addition to the lease of oil exploitation rights, important resources such as the railways, ports, and mines of Lake Maracaibo have gradually fallen into the hands of Situ Nan.

However, there is a lot of initial investment to develop the remote area of ​​Lake Maracaibo. Ports, railways, oil fields, all the initial investment must be undertaken by the William Consortium. The report submitted by Situ Nan’s investment consultant predicts that only the expansion of Maracaibo The cost of dredging the port of Poland is one million US dollars!

After the construction of the wharf is completed, the laying of pipelines from the oil field to the wharf will also be carried out, because in addition to firmly controlling the Maracaibo oil fields from the source, oil transportation is also an important part.

Situ Nan believes that after the construction of the Maracaibo oil port is completed, if other oil companies want to squeeze in, Occidental Petroleum can catch the opponent's neck in the oil transportation link.

Although the investment is very expensive, it is all worth it. The ambitious Situ Nan plans to build Maracaibo into Occidental Petroleum’s main overseas production base. The construction of Maracaibo Petroleum will be Occidental’s internationalization. An important step.

Just when Situ Nan was hesitating, Maracaibo heard exciting news again.

Wow!

A thick black liquid sprayed out from the surface, rushed into the sky, and then crashed down, drenching a group of crazy underground workers on the dark, people opened their arms and shouted excitedly, "It's oil! It's oily!"

This is the second exploratory well drilled by the Pratt Geological Team on the west bank of Lake Maracaibo, a self-blowing well with a daily volume of over 10,000!

Suddenly caused a sensation.

"Old Pu, you really belonged to you! This time I'm going to send it again!" Gadas thumped Pratt's chest excitedly!Gudas is right. He and Pratt, the veterans of Western Petroleum, have taken some shares in this Maracaibo oil investment.

"Ahem!"

Pratt was overwhelmed for a while and was a little frustrated by Gudas's sneak attack. He quickly beckoned to call Hayes, who had just been fished out of the oil pile in the distance, and said loudly, "Brothers, big guys will marry again later. Kaibo is looking for food, and we have to rely on our big manager Mr. Gudas to take care of him. How about we pay tribute to him?"

After speaking, they winked at Hayes, and the two lifted Gudas up and threw it into the air.

After being fiddled with by a gang of dark, slippery guys, the handsomely dressed Gadas became a black loach!

Some people are happy and others are lost!After Brooke heard that Maracaibo hit the blowout well, he couldn't sit still, and rushed over, watching the oil sprayed high in the air like those black and viscous liquids falling down, filled his heart, full of Bitter.

Thomas looked at the representative of the lonely Shell Petroleum Company, smiled and shook his head, said hello to Gudas and Pratt, and got on the returning ship.

He wants to go back and report the course of this incident, but most of the members of the business team he brought with him stayed because there is a lot of work to be carried out by these business elites.

"Haha! Mr. Pratt is really worth it. On behalf of Maracaibo, I thank you for everything you have done. Your achievements will change Maracaibo."

Ronald Gomez said with excitement that he was hurriedly attending the Panama Petroleum Development Company's celebration reception tonight. After hearing that the Pratt Geological Team had hit the blowout well, he had been extremely excited.Because he was also one of the biggest beneficiaries of this incident, he just sold two plots of land under his name to BP Fruit Company, and made millions of dollars when he changed hands.

After tasting the sweetness, Ronald Gomez wanted to strengthen the connection with the William Consortium.

"I heard Caroline say that the Situ, William University donated by your boss is good. I wonder if we can recruit students from Venezuela? My sister is thinking of studying in the United States. I hope Mr. Gudas can help me!"

Ronald said.Regarding Situ-William University, he only heard bits and pieces of information from his sister Caroline. He didn't even know that this so-called university had no shadow yet?

"This?... Easy to talk, easy to talk!" Gudas blushed, and quickly dealt with it.

...

Los Angeles, Santa Monica Port, crowded and noisy.A blue and white cruise ship rushed in from where the water and the sky meet.

Standing on the deck, Situ Nan looked at the familiar and unfamiliar port. After a year of absence, the changes were a lot, and it became lively and prosperous. He couldn't help feeling.

"My dear, is this Los Angeles? They are so enthusiastic!" Laura looked at the crowd waving at the port.

"Yes. This is Los Angeles! The place I dreamed of, I'm back again!"

Chapter 177 Situ Nan's Women

Mary's embarrassment.

Situ Nan was too excited too early. After returning to Los Angeles, there is a hand-tail he has not solved yet?It's how to put Mary mother and child together. Now that she is back with Laura, Mary's position is a bit awkward.

Mary has always been the head of her house, keeping Situ Nan's home in Los Angeles in good order, and all the servants respect her.