() The development of oil wells in Basra was a last resort. In four months in Basra, Canglong spent more than 10 billion U.S. dollars. From the reconstruction of Basra, the development of hydropower, and the recovery of agriculture and industry, Canglong basically used Canglong himself. Private money is running, and the construction of these things is for long-term considerations.
If you want to get benefits, I'm afraid you have to wait a few years, especially for the army. All military expenses are paid for by Canglong. This is a huge expense, and Basra's own fiscal and tax revenue is a drop in the bucket. In Vivian's words , she can't spare a dime for Canglong's expenses now.
As for Oriental International itself, it does not have much capital, and most of the funds are spent on domestic expansion. This is done by prepaying dividends to Hamlet, the shareholder, although Hamlet doesn't care much now.
But the 10 billion US dollars spent is not unworthy. At least everything in Basra is on the right track. In the aviation field, it has re-established contacts with several neighboring countries, and the trade at the port has also begun to recover. These are all It cost a lot to get there.
But Canglong's own private money is not much, and he still barely has more than 20 billion US dollars. Most of the money is spent on maintaining the intelligence network.
If Basra is to face a war one day, this money will definitely not be enough. The Americans spent nearly 700 billion U.S. dollars fighting the Iraq war. In the ten years of occupation, the cumulative total cost was nearly 2 trillion U.S. dollars. , such a high price allowed the United States to take root in Iraq.
Canglong spent 10 billion to allow him to settle down here, which is already a great advantage, but he must find a way to make money, at least in the future, and cannot use his own money to maintain the operation of Basra, otherwise he will occupy Basra. It's such a useless thing, it's better to just give up.
The only thing that can solve this problem is Basra's oil. Of course, Canglong's efforts here will not be in vain. He is not a philanthropist, and now is the time to reap the benefits. The next day, the government of Basra Province suddenly announced in a high profile that Rumay will be auctioned. The exploitation service rights of the two super oil fields, North Rumaila Oilfield and Zubair Oilfield, centered in Basra, as well as some small oil fields in Basra, will also be opened one after another.
The profit per barrel of oil development provided by the government of Basra Province is 2 US dollars, which means that if one million barrels of oil are developed every day, the service provider can earn about 2 million US dollars. For a super oil field, 1 million barrels of oil are developed every day. One million barrels of oil is not a problem at all as long as it is operated properly.
Chiram, the governor of Basra Province, also deliberately reduced the mining tax. Only one-tenth of the service tax will be charged on the profit from each barrel of oil extraction, and all other taxes will be exempted.
As for Basra’s other super oil field, as well as several other medium-sized oil fields, they are not open for the time being.
But as soon as this news was released, it shocked the whole world. First of all, the service profits and service taxes offered by Basra were very considerable and reasonable. Any oil company that bids to develop these oil wells would make a lot of money. fu It has cut off all financial supplies to Basra and even caused famine in Basra. The major mainstream media in the world are exaggerating that Basra's Prophet Army may break away from the fu.
There is certainly reason for this conjecture. First, the Prophet's Army launched a coup and occupied Basra. Although they still continued to use the name of the province, the Iraqi government was unable to constrain Basra. In fact, it was already a duli kingdom. This was not only financial. The government even clearly stipulates that the government of Basra Province cannot use Basra's oil fields to seek profits. They belong to all of Iraq. Now that Basra Province has rebounded, it is hard to say whether this tender is legal or not.
But this news has once again focused the world's attention on Basra. This is the second time that the world has focused on this Iraqi province after the scandal broke out in the Qatar prison.
But no one expected that Basra's international airport was open to air traffic. When reporters came to this city one after another to interview Basra, the first thing they felt was surprise.
In just four months, there were almost no traces of war in Basra, and no homeless people could be seen from the airport to Basra. What is even more shocking is that in the ten years of the Iraq War, the British have occupied ten In , Basra was still in poverty, but after the Prophet's Army had been here for four months, Basra had undergone earth-shaking changes.
From advanced airports to modern cities, as well as restored transportation, restored academic schools and production factories.
In the streets of Basra, reporters even saw people taking a break from their busy schedules to drink coffee in small shops and chat with smiles on their faces. This is a city that has experienced countless wars.
Musharraf, Al Jazeera's reporter, had already become a world-famous journalist. He was only famous for his inside report on the prisons in Qatar.
"Is this still Basra?" After Musharraf arrived here, he felt that his eyes had an illusion and thought he saw a mirage, which is common in the desert.
Because a few months ago, there were potholes everywhere, homeless people everywhere on the streets and corners, robberies and car bomb attacks from time to time, and the whole city was in a state of depression.
But now all this has changed. Although it is still far away from the big cities of some powerful countries in the Middle East, he at least sees a peaceful Basra, a Basra full of hope.
The same was true for reporters from other countries who traveled with him. Their faces were filled with surprise and astonishment until they arrived at the provincial government. What surprised them even more was that they actually found officials from the Shia and Sunni factions co-governing. .
As a special correspondent, Musharraf was personally greeted by senior provincial officials. Although other reporters also received courtesy, they did not have direct access to the governor and deputy governor like Musharraf.
Under the arrangement of the provincial government officials, after all the reporters took a break, they came to the venue of the press conference. This time, the provincial government's press conference was held.
When the reporters prepared their cameras and radio equipment, they were still in a state of disbelief. After all, before coming here, they imagined that Basra would be in a state of depression, with the province on the verge of collapse and in urgent need of help. It's only right to exploit oil to restore family income.
They were even prepared for the provincial government to block the news and conduct secret interviews. They never expected the provincial government to hold a press conference, but now they know that they were all wrong.
When the administrative minister of Basra, together with the governor and deputy governor, all appeared, they were overjoyed. All the questions they had prepared before coming were now changed. However, just when they were about to ask questions, the beautiful administrative minister said: " Before you ask questions, I first want to say sorry to everyone."
With that said, Vivian bowed on the rostrum and apologized: "The reason why I apologize is because the press conference was moved outside. We specially prepared a field trip and shooting for you. I think this can answer your doubts. , after all, no matter how much I say, I may not be trustworthy in your eyes."
Hearing this, the reporters were stunned. Obviously, they did not expect that this beautiful minister of administration would actually make such a move. However, as reporters, they believed that the real thing to be discovered was not the local officials pretending to be well-intentioned. Instead of telling lies to deceive the whole world, he went on field trips and took photos.
Although they were a little unable to react, the provincial government seemed to have made arrangements in advance. Vehicles had been prepared outside, and Deputy Governor Assad would accompany him.
In the car, Musharraf asked strangely: "Why don't you send police to protect us?"
This seems to be the question of other reporters. When I visited other cities in Iraq, the local officials wanted to surround them with three layers of inner and outer layers to protect them. However, Basra’s approach was completely different. There was no policeman, not even a deputy. Governor Assad himself did not bring any bodyguards, only two assistants accompanied him.
Assad opened his squinted eyes, smiled and said: "With the blessing of the prophet, we don't need police protection. You will feel not only the blessing of the prophet, but also the goodwill of the people of Basra."
This makes the reporters feel bad. Such religious words are enough to deceive the people. How could they be deceived?
So they were on guard all the way, fearing that a car would rush out of the road and explode. However, for half an hour, until their convoy left the city of Basra, they did not see any car rush out, or even look at it. At any protest or demonstration, the people in Basra were all minding their own business, and the only people who were curious were to take a look at their motorcade, that's all.
They thought that the city might have been arranged by the Prophet Army a long time ago. Now that they left the city, they did not believe that the Prophet Army would not send people to protect them. Even Musharraf thought so.
But soon they discovered that there was no protection at all, and not even the militia showed up. What they saw was that the previously abandoned farmland had been planted with crops. Many farmers were working in the fields, and large machines could be seen in the distance. The river is being dredged to divert river water into farmland for irrigation.
If the prosperity in the city can be faked, then the villages and towns near Basra cannot be faked. At least people’s smiles cannot deceive others. Even if they can deceive the lens of the camera in their hands, they cannot deceive their eyes. .
Assad took them to interview most places in the entire Basra Province, focusing on rural areas. They saw newly built water canals, farmland that almost surrounded the city, hydropower stations being built, and people returning home from school. Children playing on the road.
When they returned to Basra at night, thinking that the entire city would be dark, they found that they were wrong again. The entire Basra was brightly lit. Although it did not have the feasting and flowers of a big city, it was still prosperous. An attack occurred at night Basra, the city with the most, now has a night market.
After workers got off work from the factory, they sat on the street drinking beer and chatting about their day's work. If prosperity can be faked, then the hope and satisfaction on the faces of everyone in this city cannot be faked. Fake.
"The Prophet blessed us." Returning to the arranged hotel, Musharraf concluded his day's itinerary.
Although other reporters did not have such a miraculous statement, the surprise in their hearts kept them awake all night. Although everyone in the city believed in a man called the Prophet, no matter whether he was confusing the people or something, at least he brought Basra to Basra. It became a city of miracles.
This is a conclusion shared by all Western journalists, and there is not even a single flaw to be found