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754: Chapter 754: Oil Tycoon!

Super Huge Pit!

754: Chapter 754: Oil Tycoon!

Super Huge Pit!

VIP lounge.

The atmosphere was extraordinary.

Wu Jie’s face wore a smile, yet he remained silent.

Across the couch, several Middle Eastern oil tycoons wrapped in turbans were seated.

They were extremely excited, jabbering away in Luthian, non-stop.

Fang Qingya gently nudged Tang Xiao beside her and whispered,

“Look at him with that serious face.

Can he understand Luthian?”

“Even if he doesn’t, he has to pretend he does!”

Trying to stifle her laughter, Tang Xiao’s beautiful eyes focused on Wu Jie, feeling that he might actually understand.

Fang Qingya pursed her lips, “I’d better hurry up and push, get the interpreter here quick!”

As she spoke, Fang Qingya was about to get up and leave.

But, unexpectedly…

Wu Jie began to speak.

It wasn’t Mandarin or any foreign language; it seemed to be Luthian.

Evevryone thought Wu Jie was just speaking nonsense, but the oil tycoons listened with utmost seriousness.

One moment nodding continuously, the next laughing and shaking their heads.

“Oh my!

He…

he can actually speak Luthian?” Fang Qingya nudged Tang Xiao, “Your husband is too amazing!

Is there anything in the world he can’t do?”

“Shh!” Tang Xiao made a silencing gesture and gave Fang Qingya a look, “Quiet!

Don’t make a fuss!”

Hmph!

Fang Qingya hummed softly but her gaze lingered on Wu Jie.

She was becoming more and more puzzled.

How long did it take to master Luthian to chat so engagingly with the oil tycoons?

She had heard people say that Wu Jie was very skilled in networking technology.

Fang Qingya hadn’t believed it, but the company’s R&D department had struggled for a long time with the networking management system, and it still wasn’t ready, even as the new car was about to be launched.

After Wu Jie arrived, it only took him a couple of hours to get it sorted.

And it wasn’t just a hasty job; after repeated testing and evaluations, everyone praised its powerful functionality, stable operation, and safety and reliability!

“To understand Luthian too, he’s definitely a freak!”

Fang Qingya managed a smile but was immensely curious inside.

Are you mocking me for my lack of education?

Just tell me what you’re talking about, will you?

Making me sit here, what am I, a decorative vase?

After patiently waiting a while, Wu Jie shook his head with a grin and finally turned to look at Tang Xiao and Fang Qingya.

“I didn’t expect you to understand Luthian!

So, what were they really saying?” Fang Qingya eagerly asked immediately.

Wu Jie smiled and said, “They test drove three models and felt the overall performance was very impressive, on par with international standards.”

“The performance of the Graphene Composite Battery and the operation of the battery swap stations was particularly astonishing, worthy of praise as a great invention!”

“They think that the gradual replacement of fuel cars is a trend, but we’ve greatly accelerated the replacement speed!”

“Now the global oil production capacity is already seriously in surplus, and with our actions, oil will become even less valuable!”

Fang Qingya laughed and said, “Of course!

In Luoxi Continent, drinking water is more expensive than oil, an egg can exchange for forty liters of oil, and our oil prices only seem expensive, have you tried calculating without the taxes?”

Tang Xiao directly asked, “So what exactly do they want?”

Wu Jie spread his hands, laughing, “It’s simple!

They used to make a lot of money selling oil, but if oil prices won’t work in the future, the economy is bound to suffer, so it’s better to invest in other areas before that time comes!”

“That’s why many years ago, they began to make diversified investments, finance, real estate, e-commerce, retail, etc., whatever industry that earns money or has prospects, they would invest in it!”

“And now they’ve taken an interest in our Tianyuan Green Energy Auto, hoping to invest ten billion Gold Coins to acquire a twenty percent stake, which means, they value our company at five hundred billion Gold Coins!”

Upon hearing this, Fang Qingya instantly widened her eyes in astonishment.

Zhongzhou oil tycoons really do make extraordinary moves!

Ten billion Gold Coins!

For just a twenty percent stake!

Thinking about how she spent less than five hundred million Gold Coins to develop the company to this hot level, owning a thirty percent stake.

If she were to transfer a twenty percent stake to these Zhongzhou oil tycoons, wouldn’t she immediately get her hands on ten billion Gold Coins?

Tsk tsk!

This is freaking too profitable!

“Five hundred billion…

and in Gold Coins?”

Fang Qingya couldn’t help but exclaim in shock.

It’s too frightening.

The company’s market value had actually skyrocketed to so much.

However…

Tang Xiao, standing by, was not moved at all, her expression as calm as still water.

“Tell them, we can’t possibly sell our company shares so cheaply, just ten billion Gold Coins for a twenty percent stake?

They’re seriously underestimating us.”

No sooner had her words fallen than Fang Qingya immediately shouted, “Jie, hold on!”

Turning to the side, grabbing Tang Xiao’s hand, Fang Qingya’s face was filled with confusion and disbelief, “Xiao, are you sure you’re not mistaken?

Ten billion!

And in Gold Coins, not just big paper money or even yen, and it’s only for a twenty percent stake!”

“Our company, up to now, with my investment and the group’s various expenses combined, haven’t amounted to six hundred million Gold Coins, right?

If we sell some shares together, we’ll instantly get ten billion Gold Coins.

Where else could you find such a good deal?”

“If our cars sell for seventy thousand Gold Coins each, we make a profit of twenty thousand per car, we’d have to sell five hundred thousand cars to make ten billion Gold Coins, right?”

Tang Xiao looked at Fang Qingya with a cold face, giving her a sidelong glance of disdain, “Have you not seen money before, or do you lack confidence in the company’s future development?”

Fang Qingya quickly explained:

“No, Xiao, as the leading company in the electric vehicle industry, Tesla’s market value is only around sixty billion Gold Coins, right?

Our new company being valued at five hundred billion Gold Coins is already quite impressive!”

“Of course, if that super amazing Graphene Composite Battery patent belongs to the company, and the company exclusively monopolizes the battery exchange stations, responsible for the supply and sales of batteries, then I think it could be worth five trillion Gold Coins.

But the key point is, it’s not!”

“The batteries are produced by Tang’s Chemical Industry and the battery exchange stations belong to the newly established Liuli Continent Green Energy Industry.

Our Tianyuan Green Energy Auto is only responsible for the production and sales of electric vehicles.

Five hundred billion Gold Coins is already very good!”

What Fang Qingya said was true.

The most important Graphene Composite Battery and the battery exchange stations do not fall under the company’s operations, so the market value cannot be too high.

If Tang’s Chemical Industry were to supply batteries to other automotive companies, such as Volkswagen, Ford, Toyota, and others,

Then these established manufacturers, with deeper technical expertise, better consumer reputation, and greater fame, if they start producing electric vehicles with Graphene Composite Batteries, they could definitely rapidly outperform Fang Qingya’s company.

Therefore.

Fang Qingya felt that it wasn’t that she was dazzled by money, but that she was very self-aware.

And, of course, Tang Xiao fully understood Fang Qingya’s concerns, and immediately counter-asked:

“Are you worried that the graphene composite batteries won’t be exclusively for Tianyuan Green Energy Auto in the future?”

“Did you forget that our group is the company’s major shareholder?

Do you really think I, Tang Xiao, would provide batteries to other car companies, effectively shooting ourselves in the foot?”

“And if you’re worried that our batteries will soon be cracked and replicated with similar performance, that’s also an unnecessary concern.

We have measures to prevent dismantling, complex processes, and formulas.

Without spending a few years, could anyone succeed in cracking and replicating them?”

“In a few years…

haven’t we already launched even better batteries?

So, you see, which current tech powerhouse is taking the road of imitation and piracy?

Those led by the nose by others are doomed to be behind for a lifetime!”

Having said all there was to say, Tang Xiao didn’t want to elaborate further and directly looked at Wu Jie.

Wu Jie nodded slightly and immediately passed the message to the oil tycoons.

This time.

The tycoons became anxious.

They discarded the use of Coldberg Language and directly spoke to Tang Xiao in a foreign language:

“Twenty billion Gold Coins, President Tang, we only want a twenty percent share, and we’re happy with just dividends, without interfering in your management!”

“If there’s a need for secondary or even tertiary financing in the future, we’ll invest proportionally to maintain our twenty percent stake!”

“If you think the money is too little, we can have a proper discussion!

If you think a valuation of five hundred billion Gold Coins is too low, then perhaps you should name your price!”

“Tesla’s current market value isn’t even seven hundred billion Gold Coins.

We’re offering you a valuation of eight hundred billion, what do you think?”

…

The tycoons were falling over each other to make their offers, fearful that Tang Xiao would decline.

Upon hearing this, Fang Qingya was even more tempted.

A valuation of five hundred billion Gold Coins deemed too low was promptly raised to eight hundred billion!

This meant they would spend one hundred sixty billion Gold Coins to acquire a twenty percent stake.

That was sixty billion Gold Coins more than before.

It was truly thrilling!

In just a few minutes, the other party was coaxed into taking out an extra sixty billion Gold Coins.

If she could hold on a bit longer and continue to negotiate, wouldn’t it be possible to get even more?

“Damn it!

We’ve really encountered the tycoons!

They truly are capricious, with mines at home!”

“They can fork out one hundred sixty billion Gold Coins; surely two hundred billion wouldn’t be a problem, right?”

Fang Qingya’s eyes shone cunningly as she looked at Wu Jie and Tang Xiao.

She couldn’t help but think that this couple was putting on an act.

One playing good cop, the other playing bad cop.

They were trying every trick to get the other side to offer more money.

Since that was the case, why bother interrupting?

Let this couple play their roles well; maybe they could make the other side give two hundred, or even three hundred billion.

As for oil tycoons, when were they ever short on money?

Oil wells continually producing oil, each barrel worth dozens of Gold Coins, extracting two to three thousand barrels a day, amounted to an income of more than ten billion Gold Coins.

So, what they were really digging wasn’t oil at all, but liquid gold.

Therefore.

To the Zhongzhou oil tycoons, what was two or three hundred billion Gold Coins?

Mine more oil, and the money comes back.

Fang Qingya kept silent, listening on the side.

After all, as the second-largest shareholder of the company, she couldn’t possibly lose out.

However…

The development of the situation was unexpected.

The automotive industry’s highest-valued company was Yincheng Toyota, at around 1850 billion Gold Coins.

Daimler, Volkswagen, Honda, and others were not far behind, but their market values were also just a few hundred billion Gold Coins.

Originally, Tang Xiao had requested that the company be valued at one thousand billion Gold Coins, and the oil tycoons had agreed.

After all, in the financial investment market, share acquisitions typically come at a premium.

Paying one thousand billion to acquire a company worth eight hundred billion isn’t unusual.

But the irritating part was…

The oil tycoons claimed that paying two hundred billion Gold Coins in cash for the acquisition was too large an amount for them to pay upfront.

So, they hoped to give twenty billion in cash, and the remaining one hundred eighty billion in oil.

The current price for crude oil was 74 Gold Coins per barrel, and considering political and economic factors, this could fluctuate.

They were willing to supply three hundred million barrels at an ex-factory price of 60 Gold Coins per barrel.

Their numerous oil fields could produce twenty million barrels a day.

Deducting some for regular customers, it might take two hundred days to deliver the full three hundred million barrels.

So…

The oil tycoons’ offer was straightforward: sign the contract, and they’d immediately offer twenty billion Gold Coins in cash.

Then, over two hundred days, they would deliver three hundred million barrels of oil, merely at the ex-factory stage!

Tanglong Industrial Group would need to use a fleet of large oil tankers to the Persian Gulf to bring back the oil.

To turn it into money, they’d have to find petrochemical companies themselves, refine the crude into diesel, gasoline, kerosene, etc., and sell it.

What did this mean?

Wasn’t this a pitfall?

With the graphene composite battery emerging and the gradual spread of battery switch stations, fuel cars would inevitably be phased out.

Oil would become less and less valuable; it was an inevitable trend.

If crude oil is currently at 74 Gold Coins per barrel, what would it be worth in two hundred days?

Maybe it wouldn’t even fetch 50, or possibly 40 Gold Coins!

And it’s only the price for ex-factory delivery; they offered no responsibility for the transport, processing, and sale of the oil!

What if the oil prices plummeted?

What if it couldn’t be sold?

After bringing it back and refining it, weren’t taxes payable?

These oil tycoons, their calculations were indeed sharp!

With oil that would become increasingly less valuable, they wanted to exchange for shares of the exorbitantly priced Tianyuan Green Energy Auto.

Was this manna from heaven?

It was more like a meteorite creating a massive crater!

In an instant!

Fang Qingya, who was initially overjoyed, became infuriated…