The journey starts from the Titanic

Robles was very interested in Stuart's suggestion and approached Moody's Fitch to discuss and prepare to build a new economic index.

"What? Are you going to build a skyscraper?" Situ Nan looked at Walter Chrysler with a look of surprise. When he was competing with the oil giants, Chrysler jumped out to trouble himself.

Chapter 198 Fighting and Compromise

"I have prepared this plan for many years. The Chrysler Automobile Company has developed to this day, and the competition with Ford and General Motors can no longer be confined to the field of automobile manufacturing. If the Chrysler Building stands in Manhattan and demonstrates our existence to the world in the center of the world, this Isn't it a good advertisement?"

Walter Chrysler looked forward to Stuart South Road. If a skyscraper could be built in New York, it would undoubtedly establish an image-the Chrysler automobile empire is the king of the American automobile industry.

"This is an astronomical figure!" Situ Nan said nonchalantly, reminding him that building a skyscraper is not a trivial matter and involves too much capital, so don't affect the normal operation of the car company.

"I know!"

Chrysler nodded, his face a little more solemn, "My plan is like this. The total budget is about 50,000 U.S. dollars. The auto company can put out 10,000 U.S. dollars, which is enough to pull the project. The remaining funding gap, except for the bank. For the loan, I hope to get the support of the cooperative enterprise. Everyone will participate and build this building in partnership.

Chrysler Automobiles does not impose rigid requirements on the shares of the building, but it must have the naming rights for the building."

"So Cummins Electric, Chevron Petroleum Giant Corp. Robles Securities has become the object of your lobbying?" Situ Nan asked with a smile.

"After all, they also need to buy an office building in New York, don't they?"

Chrysler said, "In addition to these large companies, I am also planning to choose a department store hotel to cooperate. Many people are interested in this opportunity. I think before the building is completed, most of the tenants are resolved."

Situ Nan glanced at Chrysler and saw his confident look, and knew that this guy was determined to do it.Chrysler Automobiles has been in good condition over the past few years and holds a large amount of funds in its hands, which gives others confidence.

Although it does not hold tens of hundreds of billions of dollars in cash like Microsoft and Apple a hundred years later, the 1920s was the most prosperous era of the auto industry. Chrysler Motors had too much money to burn, and the situation was similar.

This is true for Chrysler, and so is GM.

Otherwise, after the Chrysler Building was completed, General Motors then built the Empire State Building.

If there is no grudge in it, no one believes it.

In contrast, Ford Motor Company is low-key and pragmatic.

This is why Chrysler General Motors went bankrupt, and Ford Motor Company was still alive and well. It didn't depend on it to wait and survived crises on its own.

Situ Nan had no intention to comment on whether Walter Chrysler's plan is good or not. He only asked: "Can you guarantee that it will not affect the development of the car company?"

Chrysler nodded.

With confidence, he said just now that Chrysler Automobiles could provide US$10,000 in funds. In fact, he has reservations. The auto company can also use more funds to build a building. If you are cruel and mortgage the company to the bank, you don’t have to deal with it. By cooperating with other companies, Chrysler Automobiles has the ability to build the building on its own.

Of course, the premise is that he wants to convince Situ Nan that in such a major incident, he must reach an agreement with the major shareholders in any case.""

"Build the building well! Don't be too stingy!" Situ Nan said.

Walter Chrysler left with satisfaction and enthusiastically implemented his dream of a skyscraper. He didn’t know that Situ Nan’s image of the Chrysler Building would be taller than the Chrysler Building. Know what it looks like.

He didn't say anything, let Chrysler toss, and didn't intervene in the design of the building. In fact, Situ Nan liked the Chrysler Building and thought it was better-looking and more artistic than the Empire State Building.

Chrysler approached Situ Nan not only to make Situ Nan nod his head on the project, but also to find other companies for "alms" in the name of Situ Nan.

The Chevron Petroleum Company, which is currently the most popular, is his goal. Hengda Brown also recognized Chrysler's plan and readily agreed to participate in Chevron Petroleum.

"Does the use of funds to build the building affect the development of Chevron Oil Company?" Situ Nan asked when he found Henda Brown.

"No, no! As one of the shareholders of skyscrapers, Americans will recognize the strength of Chevron Oil Company more!" Henda Brown said.

Situ Nan still underestimated the American enthusiasm for skyscrapers in this era. Big companies like to build skyscrapers to show their strength, such as advertising. The more you boast, the more people believe.

In fact, from a practical and economic point of view, a building of 40 or 50 stories high is enough, no matter how high it is, it is not necessary. One is that the construction cost is too high, and the other is that there are not so many users.After the Chrysler Building is completed, half of the floors will be rented out.

"How about the negotiations with Shell Oil Company?" Situ Nan suppressed his thoughts and turned his attention to the oil company.

"Shell Oil Company values ​​the ticket to enter the Middle East. They only need one-tenth of Iraq's No. 1 oil field, which is not too much. I agreed.

At the same time, I contacted Richard Mellon, and Gulf Oil did not intend to fight us."

Henda Brown said that the negotiations on Iraq's No. 1 oil field are very complicated. The most difficult issue is not the ownership of the No. 1 oil field, but the establishment of a joint venture company in Iraq by several oil companies to develop Iraq's oil in the name of the joint venture.

The first oilfield discovered was planned to be merged into the Iraqi Oil Company. Situ Nan and Chevron Oil Company had little appetite and only required a 3% share in the Iraqi Oil Company. After all, they own the No. 1 Oilfield.

But in the view of bp Mobil, Chevron used one oil field to exchange 3% of the oil in the entire Iraqi region. This is a big opening for the lion. What about Gulf Oil and Shell oil?And the French, they also want a copy.

How is this enough?

"The No. 1 oil field has unlimited potential. To be honest, I think it is a loss for the merger with Iraqi Oil Company to take up a small share, but there is no way. If we do not compromise with the British, we cannot develop the oil field."

Situ Nan said depressed and thought about it. At present, apart from the No. 1 oil field, the joint team has not found any oil fields in Iraq. Situ Nan knows that there is a lot of oil under the No. 1 oil field, because that place is in Kirkuk, the famous Kiel. Part of the Cook Oilfield.

He also felt that it was a loss to exchange 3% of the shares in Iraqi Oil Company. In the view of bp Mobil and others, losing 30% of the shares at once would not allow Chevron Oil Company to become bigger in Iraqi Oil Company?

You know, the relationship between Gulf Oil Company and Chevron Oil Company is ambiguous?Together, the two of them are almost half of the equity, which is too dangerous!

In particular, the bp oil company has the most fierce opposition. They have always believed that they are the masters of the Iraqi oil company, just like they are in Iran. Although the Americans and French have some rights in Iranian oil, most of them are in the hands of the British.

"Well, since the two sides have too much disagreement in the valuation of the No. 1 oil field, they do not require the No. 1 oil field to be incorporated into the Iraqi Oil Company, and we do not require too many shares in the Iraqi Oil Company."

Situ South Road.

"The Iraqi Oil Company controls all the oil resources in Iraq. They can make the No. 1 oil field a special case?" Henda Brown asked.

"The British only want oil resources. The big deal is to sell all the oil produced in the No. 1 oil field to the Iraqi Oil Company. The premise is that the price is appropriate, so that although the No. 1 oil field is independent of the Iraqi Oil Company, it is actually the Iraqi Oil Company. a part of."

Situ South Road.

This is a bit of a loss.

Hengda Brown nodded, since Situ Nan said so, he would kill the price, and couldn't make those guys cheap.

I believe that this distribution can be accepted by bp Mobil.

Speaking of it, Chevron Oil Company is also a beneficiary, because the owner of the No. 1 Oilfield is Duncan and the William Foundation behind it, not Chevron Oil Company, but Chevron Oil Company is the commissioned operation of No. 1 Oilfield. The two families are one.

The difference is that Chevron Oil Company aims to make a profit, while the money earned by the William Foundation is used for charity.

Henda Brown had no intention of criticizing Situ Nan's "generosity". After venturing with Situ Nan, he replied to bp Mobil and the two sides started a new round of negotiations.

This negotiation is not only between Chevron Oil and bp Mobil, but also between the United States and the United Kingdom on the interests of Middle East oil.

"John, what do you think of Chevron's proposal?"

The chairman of Exxon Petroleum, Walter Tiegel, asked John Cadman, chairman of bp oil company, as soon as they met.

Chevron Oil Company does not want to fight for the control of Iraqi Oil Company and concentrates on keeping the No. 1 oil field. The proposal of Chevron Oil Company to sell crude oil to Iraqi Oil Company is in line with Exxon Oil Company's wishes.

On the surface, it is Mobil Oil Company rushing ahead and competing for Middle East oil. In fact, all the crude oil obtained by Mobil Oil Company is sent to Exxon Oil Company's refinery?The two of them belong to the same group.