At 10 o'clock in the morning, Zhou Ming was moving his body under palm trees in the yard of the Presidential Palace. Zhou Ming now knew how petty the Americans were. Iraq only destroyed an infantry regiment in Gubal, and the Americans' aircraft and missiles bombed Badina for five days.

In the words of the old Liu Master, this is such a lack of rules. Are you only allowed to attack others and not others to attack you in reverse? There is no such statement. It is completely unreasonable robber logic.

However, since Iraq has prepared in advance, the American bombing has basically not achieved much results. It is precisely for this reason that the US military has gradually reduced the frequency of bombing. Zhou Ming has the opportunity to come up and seize the time to move forward, otherwise he will stay in the dark air-raid shelter every day, and Zhou Ming feels that he is about to get moldy.

Of course, this does not mean that the conditions of the air-raid shelter below are so bad. In fact, because it is specially provided for the president and other senior officials, the environment is pretty good, there is also a lot of space, satellite TV and various communications are complete, and there are even two computers. However, this kind of life that can only see the lights every day is still very depressing, and it is simply a large ant tribe.

Suddenly, Majid hurried over and said to Zhou Ming: I'm sorry for disturbing your exercise, but I have something very important to tell you.

It is impossible not to say that since Majid understood that the situation in Iraq had to rely on Zhou Ming to support this alone, he admitted to Zhou Ming and consciously placed himself in a subordinate position, with his posture very low. This kind of pleasure in recognizing the thief as a father made Zhou Ming feel that he was also a figure.

Zhou Ming took Majid to sit down next to him. Before Zhou Ming asked questions, Majid consciously said: The frequency of US air strikes has been reduced a lot. According to intelligence, they are likely to be planning a second large-scale attack.

Zhou Ming nodded and said: It's time for them to attack, but after the lessons learned last time, they will only be more cautious this time. The advancement is destined to be very slow. Let's prepare according to our initial plan. We will restrain their strength in every city. So is there anything else?

Majid nodded and replied: Another thing is that you said you wanted me to prepare oil before. I have mobilized all the production of the family oil field, which is expected to reach more than 200 million barrels.

This is good. According to the current international crude oil futures price, it can earn billions or even tens of billions of dollars in revenue. However, this should be just an oil field inventory, Zhou Ming asked.

Zhou Ming’s question is not aimless. After all, a large oil field can produce hundreds of thousands of barrels per day. Iraq has been under sanctions since its invasion of Kuwait. It has been nearly half a year since it has been. As the fourth largest oil producer in the world, it is normal for Iraq to stock up hundreds of millions of barrels without stopping production of the oil field.

Majid's answer also proves Zhou Ming's conjecture. He replied: This is only the reserves of the Rumaira oil field, which is directly controlled by our Hussein family. Other oil fields still need communication and negotiation.

As expected, this is true. In fact, when he was asked to make him prepare to agree with Standard Oil, Zhou Ming had already foreseen this result. After all, Iraq is not at home. The ethnic conflicts and sectarian conflicts and even some inexplicable conceptual conflicts can make a country split. Just like a Kurdish man who strives for independence, they control several large oil fields, so they can continuously buy various arms and continue to fight against Salm.

Then even if a dictator like Salm cannot control the entire Iraq, then Majid, who has only replaced him for a week, will naturally be even more unlikely to enforce the order.

Mr. Zhou Ming, I know that I have not completed the tasks you assigned, but the communication with other families is still continuing, and I am very sure to convince them to cooperate with me to prepare oil. Majid hurriedly explained to Zhou Ming.

Zhou Ming knew that he thought he was angry when he said this, so Zhou Ming waved his hand and said to him: It doesn’t take it. It doesn’t matter if they want it. It doesn’t matter if they don’t. Just prepare so much first. I will notify you immediately after I find a buyer.

Although Majid understands that capital is a demon who can take risks with benefits, he has no idea what kind of way Zhou Ming can do to transport the domestic oil from Iraq under the siege of the world's most powerful army. However, since this person is Zhou Ming, Majid can only choose to believe him now. He will do it if he says it is OK.

Then when Majid left, Zhou Ming set up his own satellite phone in the yard. Without exception, he called Lin Muqing's phone number. The phone was still connected quickly, and he was still the familiar question: Is it Zhou Ming?

Of course it was me. Sister Mu Qing, you and Ranran have always been on the phone, but they got connected so quickly. Zhou Ming said.

Lin Muqing said with a hint: The situation in Iraq is so dangerous now. I am afraid of missing any of your phone calls, so I can only charge the phone and keep it by my side at all times.

Zhou Ming knew very well that she was not just saying this. After all, she was in the Middle East and had a ten-hour time difference from San Francisco where they were. It was midnight when they were noon.

OK Zhou Ming, I know that because the US military's air strikes did not have so much contact time, I will talk about it first. As for the proposal you mentioned to convert Iraqi oil into crude oil futures on the New York Commodity Exchange, Ranran and I have discussed it with the Down family and Edward respectively. They both said that Iraqi oil has great commercial value, but it is not a wise choice now. Lin Muqing said.

Simply put, those guys think that their oil is very valuable in terms of the current situation in Iraq, but they are unwilling to bear the reputational losses of war dealers. Zhou Ming asked.

Lin Muqing replied: That's what they mean. They believe that Iraq is now an evil war country and will be punished. It is the enemy of the United States and freedom and democracy. If they help Iraq digest oil, they will become the enemy of the United States. They are unwilling to take this risk, or the interests of oil are not enough to offset this reputational risk.

So what if it was carried out under the banner of humanitarianism, Zhou Ming asked.

Faced with this sudden problem, Lin Muqing was stunned at the time because she had no idea what Zhou Ming said meant.

Zhou Ming knew that Lin Muqing could not understand for the moment, so he explained: In fact, this is easy to understand. The Gulf is a desert. Although there is a Mesopotamia here, the arable land area here is still very worrying, and there is also a danger of continuous desert erosion. It can be said that for a long time, most countries in Iraq, including the Gulf, have maintained their food and fresh water by import.

So now, when Iraq is subject to US sanctions, he undoubtedly lost this import channel. Zhou Ming continued, of course, this will not have any problems for a ruling family like the Hussein family, but for ordinary Iraqi people, what will happen to their lives if they lose a stable source of food and fresh water.

Prices are rising, and the lives of ordinary Iraqi people are very difficult. They may not be able to eat a full meal a day, which leads to pale face and thinness. Lin Muqing took Zhou Ming's words and guessed.

This is inevitable. At this time, as long as the media can expose the lives of ordinary people in Iraq and promote the human rights of civilians. The one who emphasizes that the Salm dictatorship is wrong is that the Salm dictatorship is not ordinary Iraqi people. They can propose an oil-for-food plan under the banner of humanitarianism. I think they can openly exchange Iraq's oil for a very low price.

Zhou Ming finally added: Since it is humanitarian rescue, not only do you have to worry about the damage to reputation, but you can also gain a good reputation.

Lin Muqing did not blindly applaud Zhou Ming's proposal, but asked with some concern: Zhou Ming, your idea is very imaginative and surprising, but the key to the problem now is whether Americans really sympathize with the suffering Iraqi people because it seems that they are still funding the enemy country, but they are just a different way.

The fact is indeed this, but Americans are civilized after all. Although the tragedy here was caused by them, they will still feel sad about the tragedy, which is the key to their agreement. Zhou Ming said.

Zhou Ming is very confident about this. After all, the oil-for-food plan was first proposed by Americans, and later led by the United Nations. For this reason, a secretary-general was involved in the bribery scandal.

As a rebirth, Zhou Ming also witnessed the face of the Virgin Mary in Westerners very thoroughly. They disturbed a country and created more than four million refugees. Then a photo of the dead little boy shocked the West. Later, Western countries began to accept refugees under the power of the Virgin Mary, so they ignored the other party's quality and living habits, etc., and even had a ridiculous thing that required the people of their country to understand when a refugee crime occurred.

It is precisely because of the Westerners' understanding of the super Virgin Heart that Zhou Ming is very confident in the oil-for-food plan.

But Sister Mu Qing, if we do this, we will become war dealers who really make money from war. Zhou Ming said.

I don't think so, but Lin Muqing said that because the Iraqi people are indeed living a very difficult life due to the US sanctions, if there is no oil-for-food plan, these Iraqi civilians will come and become more and more difficult. Not only will there be no food, but they will also lack medical treatment and medicine. On the contrary, oil-for-food can bring a turning point in their lives. So from this perspective, Zhou Ming, you are their savior.

Zhou Ming smiled: I'm afraid you are the only one who thinks about it this way, my sister Mu Qing.

I don't think so. I think Iraqi civilians can still distinguish right from wrong. Lin Muqing said seriously, then Zhou Ming and Tang Ran will contact the Tang family and Edward tomorrow respectively. I believe that with their personality, they will definitely be happy to accept this plan. You should know that yesterday the prices of crops such as soybeans and wheat could hit a new low in ten years. It is very cost-effective to trade low-priced crops for soaring oil.
Chapter completed!