Sherdar got in the car and left the Grand Turkmen Hotel, and did not notice a Lada car following quietly. There are very many civilian cars of this kind in the former Soviet Union, and they can be seen everywhere in Ashgabat.
Yakov was driving, and there was another person sitting in the passenger seat.
Behind them, there was a gray van, following them alternately one behind the other. This kind of job couldn't be easier for people like Yakov.
Sherdar did not go home, but went around to another hotel two streets away from the Grand Turkmen Hotel, and walked in through the side door of the hotel with a bodyguard.
Yakov and someone quietly followed him in.
Their faces are easy to use. If it is Jiang Yong and others, Asian faces are very easy to expose.
Sherdar arrived at the VIP reception room with his own eyes. Yakov saw with his own eyes a middle-aged man with an Asian face who warmly greeted Sherdar at the door.
He did not approach hastily. When he arrived at the door, he noticed that there was a bodyguard, also with an Asian face. He whispered a few words to his subordinates, and he strode over, pretending to look for someone. He was stopped by the bodyguard. After a few words of negotiation, the subordinates quickly returned.
"They are Japanese." His subordinate reported in a low voice.
Yakov said, "You stare here."
After arranging follow-up follow-up, Yakov quickly returned to the Grand Turkmen Hotel to report to Yao Yuan.
"Japanese?" Yao Yuan frowned.
Yakov said, "I have arranged for people to investigate and there will be news soon."
Yao Yuan said, "They are doing things so secretly. I'm afraid they are well prepared and it is difficult to find out."
"Don't worry, boss, there are old subordinates of mine in the Turkmen Ministry of Internal Affairs, and I'm asking them to help with the investigation," Yakov said.
The Ministry of Internal Affairs of Turkmenistan he mentioned refers to the KGB agency during the former Soviet Union. The Ministry of Internal Affairs was only formally established after Turkmenistan declared its independence. In fact, a considerable number of people are still members of the original KGB.
The KGB is the largest intelligence agency in the world. At its peak, the KGB had an overwhelming advantage over the CIA. During the Cold War, the KGB single-handedly challenged the intelligence agencies of all Western countries. In other words, the KGB was led by the CIA.
The intelligence agencies of all Western countries combined can barely equal the KGB.
This shows how powerful this intelligence agency is.
In terms of scale, at its peak, the KGB system had more than 500,000 employees, 300,000 of whom were border combat troops. There were also nearly 2 million informants, and 300,000 espionage personnel abroad. The annual budget exceeded
10 billion US dollars.
That was US$10 billion during the Cold War in the 1970s and 1980s!
At the same time, China's defense budget was only over 10 billion US dollars, which shows how huge the scale is and how abundant the funds are. The leader of the KGB is a member of the Standing Committee of the Central Committee of the Soviet Union and one of the leaders of the five major countries, which shows its high political status.
Yakov spent more than half of his military career in the Eastern European branch of the KGB. He served as the head of the KGB in East Germany and later served in the military district headquarters with the rank of colonel. He had many comrades and many old subordinates.
Since he said that he could quickly find out the origins of those Japanese, it would not be false.
Yao Yuan pondered and said, "Don't worry about anything else, just worry about being a Xinrihua person."
Different from the time in the Tyumen Oil Field, this time Nippon Chemical received the support of the Japanese government and did not hesitate to send the Minister of International Trade and Industry to visit Azerbaijan. Thanks to the close relationship between Yao Yuan and Aliyev, and sufficient preparations in advance
, otherwise the Pakistan-Croatia oil pipeline project may really be aborted.
In the Tyumen Oilfield, the Hyundai Petroleum-Shin Nippon Chemical joint bidding entity was mainly Hyundai Petroleum. Shin Nippon Chemical provided funds and was responsible for downstream business, so its presence was not very strong.
But if you underestimate Xinrihua because of this, it would be a big mistake.
Yao Yuan rarely said such slightly depressing words.
"This is the information we found about Xinrihua. The background is very impressive." Lin Wei took out a piece of information and handed it to Lin Xiaohu for them to circulate.
Yao Yuan said, "Behind Nippon Chemical are Mitsubishi Petroleum Corporation, Sumitomo Corporation and Daiichi Kanye Bank. These three are the top five chaebols in Japan. The Mitsubishi Motors and Mitsubishi Petroleum Corporation we deal with are both companies owned by Mitsubishi Corporation.
.Mitsubishi Corporation also owns Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, which is even more powerful and builds warships and fighter planes.”
"Our scale is not small, but we are much weaker than these Japanese chaebols. The most important thing is that they have the support of the Japanese government. To be honest, with the full support of the Japanese government, Nippon Chemical will bring us
A lot of trouble."
Lin Xiaohu and others fell into deep thought.
After reading the information, Su Jianmin handed it to Qin Zhenjun and said in a deep voice, "After all, we own 30% of the shares of the Azerbaijan National Oil Company and are the operator of the company. At the same time, we are basically responsible for Azerbaijan's infrastructure projects. Ali
President Yev has some concerns."
"Turkmen is different. After the disintegration of the Soviet Union, our country established diplomatic relations with Turkmenistan in January this year. According to the information collected, President Alipov intends to follow the path of permanent neutrality."
Yao Yuan nodded slightly, "In other words, Alipov doesn't want to offend anyone, and he has no obvious inclination. What's terrible is that the diplomatic relations between our country and Turkmenistan have just started, and the appreciation of the yen has brought it into the hands of the Japanese
There is a lot of idle money, and they are investing it all over the world."
"Turkmen is very rich in natural gas and its extraction is relatively easy, but for oil, the cost of extraction may be higher than that in Baku." Qin Zhenjun expressed his views from a technical perspective, "If we win the Sedan Oilfield, we will
We can’t take care of the Turkmen side at the same time.”
He was implicitly reminding Yao Yuan not to make the stall too big.
For now, the two places, Tyumen Oilfield and Baku Oilfield, have exhausted all the technical strength of Oriental Petroleum, mainly exploration teams, and most of the exploration teams are rented from major oil fields under the National Petroleum Corporation.
production, there are no more exploration teams to rent.
If there is a competition to win the Sedan Oilfield, exploration will follow immediately, and the exploration team will become a scarce resource.
Yao Yuan pondered.
According to his plan, there was a time lag. After discussing pipelines and oil fields, pipeline construction began and oil field exploration began, which was basically a year later. By that time, large-scale exploration activities in the Tyumen Oil Field would have basically begun.
At the end, the exploration team can move to Sedan Oilfield or Turkmen Oilfield, choose one of the two.
However, if Nippon Chemical intervenes, it will not be a matter of choosing one or the other, but both must compete, because Nippon Chemical has already decided to participate in the bidding for the Sedan Oilfield. This was clearly stated in the UAE's notification.
To put it bluntly, it cannot be broken open with human hands.
Yao Yuan thought for a while and said, "We have to find a way to solve the problem of the exploration team. It is really impossible to introduce a joint venture. The top priority is to figure out the situation of Xinri Chemical in Turkmenistan. Whether it is pipelines or oil fields, they cannot get it."
No one noticed that Yao Yuan said "cannot let Xinrihua get it" and did not "make sure he gets it", which shows that his bottom line is "even if he can't get it, he can't let Xinrihua get it".
The reason is very simple, Yao Yuan can't let little Japan have an easy time.