The journey starts from the Titanic

Although Situ Nan temporarily left, Thomas slowly came to Sinclair.

"Some interesting things need to be discussed with you. But I want to know that if Sinclair Oil Company's shareholders know that you are setting up a secret account outside and swallowing the money, they probably won't trust you anymore.

By the way, I also have a 1% certificate of Sinclair Petroleum Company in my hand, and my agent is puzzled by this behavior."

Thomas smiled to Sinclair.

He probably knew about the teapot mountain oil scandal. The oil company colluded with senior officials of the Ministry of the Interior and leased three navy oil reserves to Sinclair Oil and other oil companies without a tender.

This is the first step in the dark box operation.

After several oil companies such as Sinclair Petroleum extracted the oil, they sold the oil cheaply to a continental trading company run by a Canadian lawyer. The continental trading company then resold the crude oil to Indiana Standard Oil. The price difference appeared as soon as it changed hands. Up.

Continental Trading Company is a leather bag company, but its shareholders include Sinclair’s several businessmen involved in oil black box operations, including Robert, the manager of Indiana Standard Oil Company. Robert’s role is to allow Indiana Standard Oil Company to acquire Continental Trading Company from Naval Oil. Crude oil extracted from the ground.

In this way, the ins and outs are very simple, just a few people made up a fictitious oil company, colluding internally and externally to profit from it.

Take Sinclair as an example, because this is an illegal transaction that cannot be accounted for, but the oil producer is indeed Sinclair Oil Company. The price is low, which naturally harms the interests of Sinclair Oil Company, so Sinclair himself I didn't dare to tell others, but secretly opened an account and deposited the money in it.

This is the second part of the dark box operation-secretly divide the loot!

Maybe Sinclair himself didn't intend to take the money alone, thinking about returning the money to the company at an appropriate time, but this is just his personal thoughts and only exists in his mind.

In fact, if it had not been exposed, Sinclair and the others would not have taken advantage of it illegally.Only Sinclair Petroleum Company and Indiana Standard Oil Company are the ones who suffer, as well as the government.

"In just two years, the mainland trading company made more than two million US dollars! It's crazy! What a whisper... Maybe Mr. Sinclair made 1% of the money-me! "

Thomas smiled and pointed to his nose. He is now the agent of this 1% stake.

"You!" Sinclair's face changed, and he looked at Thomas in astonishment.From the first glance, he felt that this smiling man was very dangerous, like a poisonous snake, that smile would not warm people, but would make the surrounding temperature drop.

"By the way, Indiana Standard Oil also has a copy of Rockefeller. Mr. Rockefeller Jr. is a guest in Los Angeles. If we can, do we have to explain this misunderstanding to Mr. Sinclair."

Thomas's smile grew stronger, as if he was sure of Sinclair. Although he didn't laugh out loud, his smile was even more scary.

calm down!

Sinclair warned himself secretly, after taking a few deep breaths, his mood became calmer, and his pale face slowly returned to ruddy.

"Response quickly, really an old fox." Thomas praised in his heart, paying attention to Sinclair's expression, and it is not difficult to guess the other party's mind.

To stand out from the many oil merchants in the United States and establish a top ten oil company, Sinclair can be said to be accustomed to the storm and understand his situation within a few breaths.

Since the other party is looking for themselves, they naturally want to benefit from it, and they didn't take advantage of it if they made trouble.Before coming here, Sinclair had already expected it, but he didn't expect the other party to know so clearly. This was definitely not done in a short time.

Since when have you been targeted?

Who else knows about this?

What do they want?

How to get out?

For a while, many problems lingered on Sinclair, his face seemed to be calm again, but the waves in his heart were surging, and his breathing was a little irritable.

Although it was invisible, he couldn't escape Thomas' eyes. He still looked at Sinclair with a smile and didn't speak. His eyes seemed to say: I know what you are thinking?

His silent state made Sinclair worried, wondering what the other party would think of to deal with him.The unknown causes fear, and Sinclair thinks he is very patient, but when he encounters a Thomas who is more capable of "inking" than him, he feels unsure.

From the beginning, the situation was not under his control.For a powerful figure like Sinclair, this feeling is the most annoying.

At this moment, he thought of Situ Nan again.

"Join us!" The voice came out in his head, and Sinclair knew that he was so concerned about.

At the same time, I have a headache, because the word "join" has a broad meaning, and Sinclair has no idea how big the other person's appetite is.

Sinclair, who found his way, regained some confidence and was ready to bargain with Thomas.

Before that, he still has a question.

"I'm curious, how did you know?" Sinclair asked, looking at Thomas with piercing eyes.

Thomas shook his head slightly: "Is it necessary?"

"Of course!" Sinclair said stubbornly.

"Okay!" Thomas sighed softly, "Fowl called us, but was rejected! This is a shady scene that anyone with a discerning eye can see. There is no bidding, unheard of mainland trading companies, and lawyers from Canada. Not very credible. Of course, there are some accidental factors in discovering the details."

The so-called accidental factor is the key to the problem. At this point, Thomas kept silent, which disappointed Sinclair.

This can be big or small. For him personally, if he works hard, he will lose some money, and jail time can be avoided, but for Sinclair Oil Company, which is developing rapidly, it is his painstaking effort. , It is very likely that this scandal was ruined!

This was Sinclair's half-life effort, and he couldn't help but worry about gains and losses.

"How are you thinking about Mr. William's suggestion?" Thomas asked suddenly.this is the key of the problem.

"I didn't think about it much." Sinclair said in anger.This question made him uncomfortable, because there were many things, and Situ Nan left without explaining clearly.

"What do you think about Chevron Oil?" Thomas asked another irrelevant question.

"The branch of Standard Oil has met a more powerful opponent and has been merged, which can effectively expand the production scale of Occidental Petroleum! Especially Chevron's oil refinery in Los Angeles. Make your boss very coveted!"

Sinclair's tone was indifferent, and he was talking about Situ Nan and the Occidental Petroleum Company behind him.The strength of Chevron Oil Company is stronger than that of Sinclair Oil Company. It has its own oil fields, pipelines and refineries, and has a relatively complete production chain. Its business scope is mainly concentrated in California, which is worse than Western Oil, which also developed from California. After all, it is normal to be annexed.

"But what does this have to do with me? Come on, what do you want to get from it?" Sinclair's face remained calm, as if talking about a trivial matter.

"Sinclair Petroleum Company merged into Occidental Petroleum Company, Mr. Sinclair, you surrender control of Sinclair Petroleum Company." Thomas paused, his expression serious.

The squinted eyes were further west, and he looked at Sinclair a little abruptly.

His discoloration almost chilled Sinclair, but Sinclair felt more angry!

"Why?" He looked at Thomas, his fists clenched, his chest rising and falling, and the flame in his eyes told others how angry he was!

The other party actually wants to take his own hard work!

"If you want to get Sinclair Oil Company by coercion, you are wrong! I am not afraid of this threat." Sinclair said firmly.

There was a depressive atmosphere in the room, and the two looked at each other, Thomas's coldness met Sinclair's anger, and no one backed down!

"Hehe! What a nice guy! No wonder he values ​​you so much!" Thomas suddenly smiled heartily, his attitude softened, and he looked at Sinclair, his eyes felt a little warmer.

Thomas suddenly smiled, making the atmosphere of the room disappear.

Sinclair was a little puzzled, the pressure on his body suddenly relaxed, and he didn't speak, looking at Thomas, waiting for his next words.

"We do have a plan to acquire Sinclair Petroleum Company, and it is necessary." Thomas didn't need to question him. Seeing Sinclair became nervous again, he waved his hand to signal the other party to be quiet, and explained, "This is actually a huge set of plan.