When Bai Quinn heard that there was oil, he was no longer sleepy and immediately became energetic.

However, another doubt also quietly arose.

Why did Estonian Foreign Minister Thomas Hendrik Ilves not mention the oil industry when he introduced the country's industry?

Foreign Minister Ilves only talked about telecommunications, textiles, chemical products, fishing, wood processing and shipbuilding, these industries. He also emphasized that the country is carrying out housing reforms, eliminating old residential buildings built in Susuzong's era in cities such as Tallinn, and building new residential communities.

The implication is: "Welcome to do real estate."

However, Carmen Case's suggestion is contrary to the Foreign Minister's "tip".

"But Foreign Minister Ilves did not talk about the oil industry. I remember you said before that Estonia's gasoline and natural gas were imported from Russia..."

The clever Carmen Keith explained in detail without using Bai Quinn to point it in detail: "In fact, Estonia's oil industry has developed for more than 80 years, but the oil produced in Estonia is different from liquid crude oil in the general sense, but is a semi-melt solid similar to asphalt. According to your American saying, this oil should be called shale oil."

"Oh! The shale oil that Meilingzong Reagan explicitly prohibited from developing!" Bai Quinn suddenly realized.

For Americans, the oil crisis in the 1970s taught the United States a deep lesson. Oil prices have increased sharply, and American cars with large displacements cannot survive. Japan's energy-saving cars took the opportunity to seize the market, which severely hit the automobile industry, the pillar industry of the United States. At the same time, due to the rise in oil prices, prices have also risen, people's life pressure has increased, and their sense of happiness has decreased. Therefore, this incident is always spoken by Americans.

So even Bai Quinn had some understanding of the events during that period.

As the price of imported oil rises, Americans have to try to develop local shale oil. It is not that shale oil cannot be used, but it only requires more processing processes than ordinary crude oil and requires special distillation facilities. Therefore, the cost of the oil produced must be higher than that of ordinary crude oil.

If it weren't for the oil crisis that caused oil prices to rise, smart businessmen wouldn't have developed shale oil at all.

However, in the 1980s, international oil prices fell. Putting aside the political factors, the shale oil developed by the United States alone became useless due to the decline in oil prices.

So in 1982, Mei Lingzong issued a presidential order banning shale oil extraction and processing in the United States.

At that time, many workers were unemployed, some small companies went bankrupt, and some emerging towns collapsed instantly due to the discovery of shale oil. The most representative one was ExxonMobil, a parachute town located in Colorado.

The estimated $5 billion shale oil project was stopped by Meilingzong, the factory was relocated and the workers were dismissed, and the town immediately became a "ghost town".

"Shale oil costs high and is not environmentally friendly..." Bai Quinn said just as he said, your suggestion is not reliable.

Carmen Keith said: "That's because your American technology is not good. We in Estonia have been developing and utilizing shale oil since 1918, and have long formed an efficient and environmentally friendly development model.

We don’t have to process shale oil into gasoline like you in the United States, but burn it directly!”

"Burn directly?"

"Well, it's going to generate electricity!"

Through Carmen Keith's introduction, Bai Quinn learned that Estonia may be the country with the richest shale oil resources in Europe. After independence, the shale oil extracted every year is about 20 million tons. At this mining speed, the proven shale oil resources are still enough for Estonians to use for more than 100 years.

90% of shale oil is directly used for thermal power generation, which not only meets all the electricity demand of Estonia, but also supplies two other neighboring countries.

The remaining 10% is extracted by distillation or dry distillation.

It can be said that the shale oil industry is Estonia's largest industry, and since international oil prices did not soar again after the 1980s, other countries have no urgent development demand for the shale oil industry, making the experienced Estonian Energy Company's technology always in an international leading position.

Moreover, according to Carmenkees, there have always been people in Estonia who want to expand the production capacity and power generation scale of shale oil and sell electricity to Germany.

Because during the Soviet period, Estonia's annual shale oil development volume reached 30 million tons, and the electricity produced was not only supplied to the three Baltic countries, but part of the electricity demand in the neighboring Leningrad was supplied by Estonia.

At present, the shrinking scale is a factor that saves resources. The more important factor is that the equipment of the two major power plants in Estonia is aging, and the country has no money to replace it, so the construction is insufficient.

After Carmen Keith's analysis, Foreign Minister Ilves deliberately did not introduce Estonia's shale oil industry. Either the industry does not welcome foreign capital, or he is waiting for a price.

"This is very simple. If you are not convenient to ask the Foreign Minister, I can ask the Foreign Minister's wife!"

Carmen Keith quickly gave the solution.

In the past, when the two of them passed letters, Bai Quinn discovered that Carmen Case had a clear idea and a clear structure, and was not like those small models with big breasts and brainlessness.

Later I learned that she was a chess master and was still well-known in the circle of amateur chess players in Paris. People with poor logic and thinking can't play chess well.

No wonder, Carmen Case, a 14-year-old girl, traveled to Italy, and spoke Italian like a local in just one year. When she arrived in Paris, she quickly learned French, which shows that she is really talented.

The next day, Carmen Keith had an appointment with the Foreign Minister's wife to do hair and go shopping early in the morning.

There is really no way. Bai Quinn has a lot of things to do. He only stays in Seattle for two or three days. Naturally, he needs to seize the time to take advantage of the opportunity to negotiate with Foreign Minister Ilves in person and finalize the general framework for cooperation between the two sides.

If Estonia's shale oil industry really couldn't squeeze in, Bai Quinn would just invest some money to develop real estate in Estonia, which would be considered as a part of its political resources.

Bai Quinn slept well and replenished her lack of sleep. She lay down until noon before getting up. She turned on the TV and turned to the bathroom to wash.

[Today's demonstration has caused the WTO ministerial meeting to be suspended. The mayor of Seattle declared a state of emergency in the downtown area and applied to the Washington State Legislature to dispatch the 81st National Guard Brigade stationed near Seattle to enter the downtown area to assist Seattle police and state police in restoring urban order...]

Bai Quinn ran to the TV with his toothbrush in his arms. He thought it would be amazing if tens of thousands of people participated in the parade, but he didn't expect that it had reached the point of using the National Guard. Could it be that 100,000 people participated in the parade?

In the history of the United States, there are only a handful of large-scale parades that alarmed the National Guard:

In 1932, tens of thousands of American veterans and their families flocked to Washington's "historic march", and the National Guard went to suppress, which made MacArthur the name of "butcher";

The "Washington Parade" in 1963 was said to have reached 250,000 participants, and Martin Luther King delivered the famous "I Have a Dream" speech at the event;

The "L.A. riots" caused by the Rodney King case in 1992 lasted for three days. The Los Angeles police were helpless. In the end, 4,000 fully armed National Guard soldiers quelled the chaos in the city.

In the TV camera, the background of the camera is the central hotel where the ministerial meeting is held.

Yesterday, Bai Quinn was having dinner with Foreign Minister Ilves there. At that time, he saw hundreds of people sitting quietly in the square outside the hotel. Today, he was full of people.

In the scene taken by the helicopter, people held various flags and slogans, filling the small square outside the hotel and several nearby streets, surrounding the hotel.

At the entrance of the hotel, a row of shiny black lines blocked the chaotic crowd, the Seattle riot police officers wearing helmets, holding explosion-proof shields, and holding rubber sticks.

The picture changed again and switched to the scene where the reporter photographed a conflict between the demonstrators and the police not long ago. In the picture, the crowd was rushing to the police's defense line, while the police fought back with sticks.

The studio commentator was still analyzing the cause of the protest. Suddenly the director switched to the outdoor scene. In the running camera, a blond female outdoor scene reporter ran out of breath. After standing still, he immediately said to the camera: "I am Anna Liann from Channel 31! My photography team and I are on Seventh Avenue. You can see the Space Needle TV Tower behind me. There were serious smashing and robbery incidents in the commercial area here!

According to the nearby shop owner, the smashing started with McDonald's on the street…”

As the camera turned, a store not far away was emitting a raging fire, and the yellow M-mark sign was vaguely visible in the flames.

"The organizers of the demonstration claimed that McDonald's was a typical sign of globalization, and people sacked McDonald's and ignited the fires under their agitation.

With this starting point, shops near Seventh Avenue were hit one after another. Demonstrators rushed into the store, knocked down the clerks who tried to stop them, and snatched the goods from the counter.

We rushed over and were threatened by unidentified personnel during the shooting process, and even wanted to snatch our camera equipment..."

Suddenly a voiceover appeared: "They are chasing me!"

The female anchor screamed and turned her head and ran away. The camera also trembled violently, and the picture was urgently switched to the studio.

Bai Quinn recalled that his hotel was on Queen Anne Street, which seemed not far from Seventh Avenue, only a few blocks away, so he hurried to the window, opened the curtains and looked out.

Although I couldn't see the firelight on the streets in the distance, I could vaguely hear the whistle of a police car or a fire truck. Someone was running on the street, not knowing what he was escaping or chasing something.

At this time, the host on the TV was already advising Seattle residents not to go out and stay at home or in a safe place to wait for the incident to subside.

At this moment, Bai Quinn suddenly rang out Carmen Case and left the house early in the morning. He didn't know where she was now, so he hurriedly found the phone number and dialed it in...

It's a busy tone that cannot be connected!

Now Bai Quinn was anxious and hurried out of the hotel room and knocked on the door next door.

The one who opened the door was Lina, "Yo, Boss, are you awake? You want to order breakfast for you...ah no, lunch?"

Bai Quinn had no time to greet him and asked quickly: "Do you know where Carmen is? Is anyone following her?"

Lina frowned slightly and said, "Miss Case went to pick up the foreign minister's wife. It was driven by Anthony. They wanted to go shopping and have lunch. I suggested that they go to the commercial center by Lianhe Lake. There was a distance from the hotel where the demonstrations occurred, so they should not be disturbed..."

Bai Quinn was even more panicked and hurriedly said, "Call Anthony, I can't contact Carmen here, I want to know their current situation."

Seventh Avenue, where the shop was smashed, looted and burned on TV just now, is actually not far from the commercial center beside the Lianhe Lake. There is only a Space Needle TV Tower in the middle, and it is only a dozen minutes away.

Lina is right. The commercial area here is quite far from the hotel where the demonstration occurred. It is theoretically quite safe. However, now the whole city is in chaos. Those thugs who took the opportunity to rob and carry out zero-yuan purchases will naturally start from the commercial area!

Anthony soon replied. The two women thought he was in the way and asked him to wait in the car in the parking lot. They went shopping by themselves. Just now, Anthony also heard the reports of the riots from the radio. He was also looking for Carmen and the others in the chaotic Lakeside Commercial District.

Bai Quinn said without hesitation: "Lina, call others, let's pick up Carmen Hannah, bring a gun!"

Hanna, who was lying on the bed with her eyes closed and rested, suddenly started to bounce. After landing, she took out the gun bag she carried with her from the drawer at the head of the bed. She first checked the pistol and magazines, then tied the gun bag to her waist, put down her loose coat, and the fatal weapon was covered.

This time, Bai Quinn brought not many bodyguards. In addition to Anthony, who was a part-time driver, there were three others, so all three bodyguards were called up, and Bai Quinn, Lina, and Hannah, a total of six people set off.

As for the other two female assistants, they didn't expect them to help, so they stayed in the hotel.

Regardless of the hotel security, the group drove onto the chaotic streets in two SUVs that they had temporarily rented in Seattle.

After driving for more than ten minutes, he finally encountered congestion. The traffic in front of him was motionless, making Bai Quinn feel irritated.

What made him even more anxious was that just two minutes ago, Anthony reported that he ran to the two hairstyle houses in the commercial center, but he did not see Carmen Case and the others.

Some panicked pedestrians ran through the streets one after another, and the sirens in front were louder. Sometimes one or two less accurate gunshots, not to mention the vague smoke, all indicate that there had been riots ahead.

"Abandon the car!" Bai Quinn said, "It's all here, it's only ten minutes for us to run over!"

Lina advised: "Boss, don't go, you and Hannah stay and wait for us..."

Bai Quinn shook his head and refused, "No, I don't have the mood to wait here. If I could wait for you to find you, I would have squatted in the hotel long ago!

I'm not relieved if I don't see Carmen with my own eyes!"

Lina also wanted to dissuade her, but was blocked by Bai Quinn and went back.

"Don't worry, I will pay attention, but it's just a small purchase of zero yuan. I won't stop them from getting rich, so there will be no trouble.

I grew up in Dongharin. I have seen the kind of gang wars in street gun battles several times. I will pay attention to my safety, so don’t worry!”

Lina had no choice but to direct the bodyguard to park the car on the side of the road, and a group of six people got out of the car and ran to the commercial center by the United Lake against the flow of people.
Chapter completed!