The original plan was to go out for two days with the family, but due to Mr. Li's interview and participation in meetings held by several ministries, it was delayed for more than a week.
However, we have gained a lot. Due to their performance during the floods in East China, companies such as Nanfang Industrial were highly recognized by the country and rated as advanced. The media carried out repeated publicity and became popular all over the country.
Yao Yuan had to persuade the official media not to report on Nanfang Industrial and Dongfeng Group. As for other companies, he really had no choice.
This was something that was expected, but for the tens of millions of victims in East China, Yao Yuan could no longer take care of it.
The Boeing-747, which had been flying continuously for more than half a month, arrived at the Capital Airport on the morning of October 17 after several days of inspection and maintenance. At three o'clock in the afternoon, Yao Yuan and his party took off on the Boeing-747 to Baku, where they arrived.
Arrive at 5pm.
Baku belongs to the East Fourth District, which is 4 hours behind Beijing, and the flight time is 6 hours. Therefore, Yao Yuan and his party arrived in Baku at around 5 p.m. local time.
Aliyev Jr. personally brought a motorcade to greet him at the tarmac, laid out a red carpet and organized a welcome ceremony. It was so grand that Yao Yuan couldn't laugh or cry.
After getting in the car, Yao Yuan said, "Charles, didn't you say you won't hold a ceremony? Why is it so big?"
Young Aliyev named himself Charles, which is equivalent to a nickname, and most people don't know it.
Little Aliyev said with a smile, "Don't you Chinese people like ceremonies? Besides, you have been back for such a long time and it is rare for you to come over. We also have to express our enthusiasm."
Shaking his head helplessly, Yao Yuan said straight to the point, "Let's get down to business. I've said hello to you before. I'm here this time to implement the oil pipeline."
"Don't worry, you haven't been here for several months. Don't forget that although Mr. Su Jianmin is the executive deputy general manager of the Azerbaijan National Oil Company, you still have to make decisions on major matters. You finally came here, don't go
Let’s take a look at the oil fields?” Aliyev Jr. said.
At Yao Yuan's strong request, he and all the executives of Dongfang Petroleum Company withdrew from the Azerbaijan State Oil Company, leaving only Su Jianmin as the executive deputy general manager of the Azerbaijan State Oil Company. Yao Yuan's general manager position was given to Aliye Jr.
Husband concurrently serves.
Aliyev was very happy with Yao Yuan's actions.
At the beginning, Aliyev had just come on stage and was unsteady on his feet. Naturally, he tried every means to please and support Yao Yuan, who strongly supported him, and he wished he could wear a pair of trousers.
However, as time went by, Aliyev secured his position as president. Looking back, he found that the only general manager of the National Oil Company that could create a large amount of foreign exchange was sitting in the position of a foreigner, even if he regarded him as a foreigner.
Yao Yuan, a "close comrade-in-arms", still had knots in his heart.
Just when he didn't know what to do, Yao Yuan made an international call, saying that he wanted to resign as general manager, and suggested that Aliyev Jr. should take over the position concurrently. As for the specific operations of the company, it can be carried out by the CEO of Oriental Petroleum Company.
Official Qin Zhenjun came to take charge as executive deputy general manager.
Aliyev was overjoyed to get the best of both worlds, but at the same time he felt a little guilty about Yao Yuan.
This is what little Aliyev meant by what he just said.
Yao Yuan wanted to go to the oil field to have a look, so he said politely, "How about we go directly to the oil field?"
"No problem, go directly." Little Aliyev readily agreed.
The group rushed directly to the Baku oil field.
First, we arrived at the old oil field in Baku, which is an onshore oil field. Su Jianmin and Qin Zhenjun were already waiting there, along with Jason from Halliburton and Kamil from Total.
After exchanging pleasantries, Su Jianmin and Qin Zhenjun walked ahead with Yao Yuan on the left and right to report on their work first.
Su Jianmin was the general manager of Dongfang Petroleum and Qin Zhenjun was the chief engineer. After the work in the Tyumen Oilfield was on track, the two of them shifted their focus to the Baku Oilfield.
"Mr. Yao, the production recovery rate of the old Baku oil field has been 80% completed, and the remaining 20% are hard problems. Either the equipment and facilities are seriously aging, or there are many problems with the oil wells. I discussed it with Lao Qin
, decided to set up a special working group to resume and increase production in these old oil fields, and shift the focus to the exploration and production of shallow offshore oil areas." Su Jianmin said.
Yao Yuan nodded, "Okay, first easy and then difficult. Azerbaijan is in urgent need of foreign exchange, and they are eager to increase production. For us, they need to use oil to repay the money for infrastructure contracts. It is good for everyone to increase production as soon as possible. We are blindly dealing with old oil wells."
It’s not appropriate to compete.”
"Yes, the Baku Oilfield can increase production according to the time schedule, no problem." When Su Jianmin spoke, he looked back at Jason and Kamil.
In order to achieve growth as quickly as possible, it is not enough to rely on Dongfang Petroleum alone. Dongfang Petroleum has contacted the National Petroleum Corporation, but even so, it is still difficult to meet demand.
Under this circumstance, it is inevitable to introduce Halliburton and Total to cooperate in exploration and mining.
Of course, Halliburton and Total paid a considerable price to become strategic partners of the Azerbaijan National Oil Company, while oil giants such as Standard Mobil and Chevron could only obtain contracts for a single project, which is of little significance.
big.
In order to become a strategic partner, Halliburton provided technology to Oriental Petroleum, while Total Petroleum Company transferred 8% of its shares to Southern Industrial.
After Su Jianmin finished his report, Qin Zhenjun reported on the technical aspects and was able to proceed according to the plan.
However, Yao Yuan noticed the worry hidden between the two people's eyebrows. He also thought that after getting off the plane, little Aliyev's behavior was not normal, and he vaguely felt that there was something he didn't know.
However, he did not ask, but continued to inspect the oil field calmly. After inspecting the old oil field, it was completely dark, and the group returned to the city. Aliyev Jr. organized a grand welcome dinner, and Aliyev personally
Attending the banquet allowed those who participated in the banquet to have an intuitive feeling about Yao Yuan's status.
On the stage, Aliyev put his arm around Yao Yuan's shoulders and said emotionally, "Everyone, Mr. Yao Yuan will always be my good friend and the Azerbaijani people!"
Everyone clapped excitedly, but Yao Yuan was not as happy as he appeared on the surface. He was basically certain that there must have been some changes in Azerbaijan, and perhaps there was interference from outside forces.
Aliyev stayed until the end of the welcome banquet, which was rare.
Before leaving, he held Yao Yuan's hand and said, "We haven't had a good chat for more than half a year. Mr. Yao, I'm quite busy during this time. You can stay in Baku for a while and we can have a good talk sometime."
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Yao Yuan naturally agreed, but his mood became increasingly heavy.