Daming 1805

Chapter 447 Don't Try to Take Advantage of Daming

After confirming the cooperation direction of the free trade zone, the meeting was suspended for a while, and then continued.

Wedemeyer first tested his attitude towards the development of the Ural region.

"...Our idea is that oil and gas resources are buried underground, and Daming and Lucia have natural rivers as their boundaries.

"The two sides can maintain communication and cooperation, but we can develop on the inside of our own borders. There is no need to establish a joint venture company to jointly manage the affairs of both parties.

"We know that His Royal Highness Prince Dashi is used to being straightforward, and we also directly explain our true inner thoughts.

"Our Lucia has only found this clear oil field so far, so we hope to ensure full control of this oil field.

"And Daming already has many oil fields all over the world, so it shouldn't need to care about the uncertain oil production.

"We speak out so openly, and hope that Daming can understand our situation."

Lin Zexu actually felt that what Wedemeyer said made sense.

Daming really doesn't care much about the oil and gas resources here.

In Zhu Jingyuan's previous life, the best quality light oil in the world was the Beihai oil field, which had not been discovered at that time.

At this time, the best light crude oil in the world was in the Nanyang region, which belonged to the hinterland of Ming Dynasty.

The world's largest heavy oil field is in Nanyinzhou, which is the Venezuela of Zhu Jingyuan's previous life, and it is under the jurisdiction of Daming Xintianfu.

The largest oil field in the world with the most complete types of crude oil, the lowest extraction cost, and the most abundant output is in the Persian Gulf, which now belongs to the land of the Great Food Kingdom of the Ming Dynasty.

The Tyumen oil field developed under the guidance of His Royal Highness Prince Dashi has now been confirmed to be rich in resources. It seems that the three countries of Kazakhstan, Khiva, and Persia have also discovered oil along the coast of the Caspian Sea.

The oil fields of these inland vassal states are developed, and the supply of cheap oil and gas in the inland areas of Daming will be guaranteed in the future.

Lucia now only has this oil field, and it is understandable that she wants to hold on to it tightly.

But reasonable does not necessarily have to be accepted, understandable does not mean to understand.

Lin Zexu said with a straight face:

"There is estrangement when there is a boundary, and there is misunderstanding in the development of each side, and conflicts will arise if there is estrangement and misunderstanding, and border conflicts may arise after the contradiction escalates.

"Da Ming hopes to cooperate with Lucia to develop the border oil field, first of all, to supervise and avoid the occurrence of Lucia's military facilities and personnel in the local area.

"Then it is to prevent the local oil and gas resources from being used in industries that threaten the border security of Ming Dynasty.

"So all strategic resources in the border areas of the two sides must be jointly developed and operated by the joint venture companies of the two sides."

Wedemeyer and Lucia's mood suddenly became very uncomfortable.

Lucia wants to ensure complete control of this oil field, and Daming must prevent this oil field from being completely controlled by outsiders, and then used in industries that threaten Daming's safety.

Wedemeyer felt a little regretful, he was indeed straightforward, and so was Da Ming.

However, when both parties have conflicts, they both directly express their attitudes and demands, which is a direct contradiction and conflict.

Even room for maneuver is hard to find now.

Fortunately, there are still people on both sides of the negotiation.

Wedemeyer said very helplessly:
"We already know Da Ming's attitude, and Da Ming should also understand our attitude.

"These things are not for us representatives to directly decide.

"So why don't we go here today, how about we go back to report and ask for instructions?"

Lin Zexu did not refuse either, so the meeting was suspended again.

After the two parties left the venue, they immediately sorted out the content of today's meeting and reported it to their respective superiors.

When Lucia Emperor Nicholas read Wedemeyer's report and suggestions, he felt extremely aggrieved and kept rolling:
"The oil in the Urals is not important to Daming at all, but it is very important to Lucia.

"However, Da Ming insists on this kind of unimportant matter to them, and must prevent Lucia from completing her very important strategy...

"The straight-line distance between this oil and Moscow is less than [-] kilometers, and it is a full [-] kilometers away from Daming's Xi'an Mansion, yet Daming wants to jointly develop it with Lucia!
"Da Ming is on the lookout for Lucia's threat to Da Ming in this kind of place!"

Nicholas was instinctively angry at first, and before the anger broke out, it turned into a weak sigh.

Sitting slumped on his throne, he looked up at the chandelier on the ceiling:
"Although it is far enough away from the core area of ​​Ming Dynasty, it is indeed the border of Ming Dynasty's political level.

"It is a demilitarized zone recognized by both sides...

"This is a contradiction, what Lucia wants to ensure, Da Ming will want to take precautions...

"Things that are very important to Lucia have no meaning to Daming.

"Da Ming has enough ability to insist on things that are not very important to them.

"Lucia is unable to protect her very important things, and has to make enough concessions at the strategic level."

After muttering a few words to himself, Nicholas closed his eyes and began to lose his mind:
"Father, why did we fight a world war in the first place? Why did we challenge Daming?"

"If there hadn't been this world war, most of the Xianbei Wasteland would still belong to our Lucia, and the entire Ural region would still belong to our Lucia.

"The Volga Field is several hundred kilometers away from the border of the independent Kazakh Khanate, and the Ming Dynasty is even thousands of kilometers away.

"Great Lucia...is the Lucia nation strong? No, the Lucia people are all idiots!
"'Yelang is arrogant', 'overreaching', 'mantis is a cart'.

"Da Ming people are indeed powerful!"

After all, Nicholas was the heir who stood out among a group of princes. Although he was mentally hit and talked about for a long time, he finally cheered himself up.

"It's too late to say anything now, there is no 'regret medicine' you can take in this world.

"Now it's even more impossible to be an enemy of Da Ming...

"Now we should be thankful that Daming did not reveal his intention to claim this piece of land at all.

"It's just asking for cooperation in the development of oil fields, and it's just trying to tie other countries into Ming's economic system..."

After Nicholas seriously considered Wedemeyer's suggestion, he wrote him a reply.

"We can try to propose to set up a head office development company, which will be jointly owned by Emperor Ming and Emperor Lucia.

"The establishment of the head office should consist of people from Daming and Lucia in a one-to-one ratio.

"The head office is not directly involved in resource development and business operations.

"The head office has two branches, which are respectively responsible for the development of land resources on both sides of the border.

"Da Ming and Lucia have their own employees and run their respective branches.

"The head office dispatched supervisory and financial institutions composed of people from both countries to oversee the operation of the two branches.

"This allows for a certain degree of independence while maintaining cooperation and avoiding conflict."

Zhu Jingyuan also received a report from Lin Zexu, who believed that there was no need to make concessions on the development of the oil field.

Lucia must not dare to confront Daming head-on, and they will definitely come up with new compromise ideas.

After Lucia has made a compromise, and Daming makes demands on that basis, they should be able to negotiate a good result.

Lin Zexu believed that most of Ming's goals should be achieved.

After reading it, Zhu Jingyuan also wrote a reply to Lin Zexu, with a few words of encouragement.

Two days later, under the organization of Duke Xianbei, representatives of Daming and Lucia met again.

Wedemeyer had already received a response from Nicola, but did not say it directly this time:
"May I ask Daming representative, what does Daming think about the previous negotiations?"

Lin Zexu said of course:

"We think our request is very reasonable, and comprehensive cooperation in business and management is beneficial to Lucia's royal family, court and common people.

"In the process of cooperating, Lucia can not only obtain profits that are likely to exceed operating alone, but more importantly, she can learn and learn from Daming's craftsmanship and management concepts.

"Lucia's workers can also get better benefits in the factories that Da Ming participates in the management of.

"Lucia's royal family and imperial court can also obtain more stable oil resource output."

"We hope that the Lucians will not be confused in this kind of place."

Wedemeyer sighed inwardly, as expected, Daming would not take the initiative to give in.

I may have many diplomatic means, but most of them are useless when facing Daming.

In the end, he honestly took out the plan he had discussed with Nicholas.

That is to say, the head office cooperates, and the branch companies operate and develop their own solutions.

Lin Zexu said after listening with a blank face:
"The local resource development and operation and management must be fully integrated, and there is no need to set up branches in the territory of both parties.

"The entire company, from management to workers, must be made up of people from both sides.

"And the entire oil field must be included in the scope of the free trade zone."

Before Lin Zexu came to negotiate, when discussing with Zhu Jingyuan, he once proposed that "on both sides of the boundary line, the income related to resource exploitation of both sides should be accounted for separately, and the management level must be merged", but Zhu Jingyuan rejected it.

Zhu Jingyuan knows that this oil field is mainly located in the territory of Lucia west of the Urals, and there are basically no oil fields east of the Urals.

There are still oil resources along the Caspian Sea, but those places are not within the scope of this cooperation.

That is exclusive to the three vassal states of Kazakhstan, Khiva, and Persia.

Lin Zexu's words, although still basically not giving in, showed an attitude that can be discussed.

Wedemeyer breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, and then sighed leisurely, and now finally entered the bargaining session.

But instead of starting to bargain between the bottom lines of the two parties, they started to bargain after Lucia made a large concession, and started bargaining near Lucia's bottom line.

Wedemeyer was melancholy in his heart, but he immediately cheered up and began to ask for the price as much as possible:
"It can be jointly operated by both parties, but the framework of the head office and branch offices must still be maintained.

"In the branches in Lucia, the proportion of Lucia's employees should not be less than half.

"The people from Lucia are in charge of the management, and the people from Daming are in the supervisory position.

"In the branches in Daming, the proportion of Daming people should not be less than half.

"The people from Daming will be in charge of the management, and the people from Lucia will be in simple positions.

"The finances of the two branches should also be separated, that is, each calculates its own income.

"The income of Lucia's branch belongs to Lucia, and the income of Daming's branch belongs to Daming."

Wedemeyer proposed to calculate the income separately, not knowing that there are no oil fields in Daming.

It's because Daming hasn't started prospecting yet, but Lucia has already started construction.

From Lucia's point of view, how many oil resources Daming has is completely unknown.

What's more, even though Daming is rich in oil, Daming intentionally doesn't explore or develop it.

Only the resources on Lucia's side are consumed, and Lucia has nothing to do.

Although Daming's reputation has always been good, the risks that can be avoided should be avoided as much as possible.

As for the idea of ​​asking for a half-and-half share of the income, and then praying that Daming has more resources, and finally Lucia can take advantage of Daming, Weidemeyer's mind flashed for a moment and was directly strangled to death.

His Royal Highness Prince Dashi has reminded him many times that before doing something, first consider whether it is in the interests of Daming.

It is impossible for Daming to allow something that is not in line with Daming's interests to happen, and it will definitely not allow it to continue if it has already happened.

So Wedemeyer simply put forward the idea of ​​income separation as a precaution.

Wedemeyer felt that this suggestion should be easily recognized by Daming, after all, this is the fairest solution.

It can avoid losing money after discovering more oil. Whether it is to endure the loss or break the contract and stop cooperation, it is not a good thing for Daming's reputation.

With Daming's current size, he shouldn't care about this little benefit, and should pay more attention to prestige.

However, Lin Zexu had received Zhu Jingyuan's order that he was not allowed to calculate the income separately.

This income is really nothing to Daming, but no one will send the money out.

On the other hand, for cooperation in this kind of engineering project, Daming will definitely provide oil extraction technology.

And Zhu Jingyuan already knew that Daming didn't have much oil at all.

If the finances are calculated separately, Daming will not get any benefits, which is equivalent to providing Lucia with technology for free.

That is of course impossible.

Although Lin Zexu didn't know if there was any oil there, he would strictly abide by Zhu Jingyuan's instructions, so he refused Wedemeyer's request without hesitation:

"Are you worried that Daming will break the contract? Or are you worried that Daming will take advantage of your Lucia?
"Da Ming's purpose is to cooperate economically and establish a closer relationship with Lucia.

"So you can have a branch, and you can arrange personnel according to your plan, but the company's finances must be consolidated.

"In the first ten years since the start of formal oil production, both parties will share [-]-[-]% of the proceeds.

"Da Ming takes [-]%, because Da Ming provided technology in the early stage of the cooperation, which is equivalent to a technology transfer to you.

"Between the tenth year and the No. 20 year, the income will be divided into 20-[-]%, and after [-] years, it will be divided into [-]-[-]%."

Lin Zexu's response directly exceeded Wedemeyer's expectations.

Mainly the requirements for financial consolidation.

However, coupled with the way Daming takes the bulk of the revenue, and the technology transfer that will indeed exist, it can barely be justified.

Just in case, if Daming really has no oil resources at all, then Lucia will suffer a lot.

However, Wedemeyer felt that the situation should not happen in case.

And that's also negotiable.

Wedemeyer sorted out his thoughts, considered his language, and proposed revisions again:

"I don't think it should be directly distributed according to a fixed ratio.

"That would create a de facto inequity for either side to produce more oil.

"Unfairness will lead to contradictions, and contradictions may lead to conflicts, so we should find ways to avoid them in advance.

"My suggestion is that the benefits obtained from oil development should first offset the input costs of both parties.

"In the early stage, Daming's technology can be given a certain share ratio, and later it should be offset according to the actual investment ratio.

"After recovering the development cost and offsetting the investment of both parties, the final net profit dividend will be distributed according to the oil production of both parties.

"This should be the fairest and safest way of distribution."

Lin Zexu couldn't help frowning after hearing this.

Wedemeyer's proposal sounds very reasonable.

But Lin Zexu didn't know why Zhu Jingyuan asked for financial consolidation, so he didn't dare to respond hastily.

After careful consideration, Lin Zexu said that he would go back and think about it.

So the meeting was suspended again, and Lin Zexu sent Wedemeyer's suggestion to Zhu Jingyuan.

After Zhu Jingyuan received it, he tried his best to check his memory again, recalling the information on the Volga-Ural oil and gas region.

The peak development period of this oil field should be from the 50s to the 70s. At that time, it was the largest oil field in Red Lucia. After that, the output declined year by year, and the throne of the largest oil field gave way to the Tyumen Oilfield.

However, this oil field has been explored since the 30s, and its production capacity did not begin to explode until the 50s.

There may be a demand factor, there may be a technical factor, and there may be a war factor.

But Zhu Jingyuan basically didn't have a deep understanding of the exploration and development process, and of course he didn't dare to make rash decisions.

In the end, I decided to be conservative and wrote a response to Lin Zexu.

Let him make a compromise again, accept Wedemeyer's suggestion, and first distribute the benefits according to the investment and the actual cost.

For the final remaining net profit, Daming will get 20% in the first ten years of development, and Daming will get [-]% in the tenth to No. [-] years.

Daming took more of these profit shares as the consideration for Daming's technology transfer.

From No. 20 to No. 40, the two parties will share [-]-[-].

After 40 years, it will be distributed according to the actual output.

Zhu Jingyuan didn't reach the limit either, this oil field was still the second largest oil field in Lucia before Zhu Jingyuan crossed.

After the 70s, it was only the end of the production capacity explosion period, coupled with the development of the Tyumen Oilfield, that the proportion of production capacity declined rapidly.

Daming participated in the development, invested a lot in the development process, and only participated in the early share, which is not too much.

Zhu Jingyuan made a decision, and the talks ahead began again.

Lin Zexu spoke out Zhu Jingyuan's request, and gave a more serious reminder:

"This is already His Highness's generosity, giving you the greatest care, so make a decision as soon as possible."

(End of this chapter)