Two people arrived not long after and saw Lü Liang leading a tall and stout middle-aged man over.
“Old Qi, welcome, welcome. Come, please sit,” Jiang Qixin quickly stood up to greet him.
“Boss Jiang, thank you for thinking of your brother,” Qi Fankun extended both hands and shook Jiang Qixin’s hand firmly.
“Don’t thank me too early. Nothing is set in stone yet, and whether it can be accomplished is still up in the air,” Jiang Qixin said. “This is Guo Xuyang, my brother. Whether we can get crude oil depends on him.”
“Hello, hello! Brother Guo.” Qi Fankun did not look down on Guo Xuyang because of his youth.
“Hello! President Qi. It’s a pleasure to meet you,” Guo Xuyang stood up and shook his hand.
“Sit, sit. Let’s talk while seated,” Jiang Qixin said.
“Old Qi, I invited you here today because my brother has an idea. He wants to get some oil from Alaba, but he’s not very familiar with the process and wants to consult you.”
“What information does Brother Guo want to know?” Qi Fankun asked.
“Alaba’s Crown Prince Abdul wants to invite me to visit him for a while. Since I’m going, I thought, why not come back with something? So, I wanted to ask about the procedures for transporting oil from there to here.”
“Brother Guo wants to traffic oil?”
“Yes, I want to invest, but I don’t know how to go about it.”
“Private investment in oil requires several conditions,” Qi Fankun said, looking at Guo Xuyang.
“First, the applicant enterprise must have crude oil storage capacity and the right to use a crude oil depot with a capacity of no less than 100,000 cubic meters.
Second, it must have relevant qualifications for hazardous chemical operations.
Third, the enterprise must have good normal operating credit, have no violations of national laws and regulations, have a bank credit rating of AA or above, and possess a bank credit line of no less than the equivalent of one billion US dollars.
Fourth, it must have corresponding crude oil procurement and product sales channels, and at least five professionals with more than five years of experience in international oil trade.”
“It’s that complicated?”
“Yes. Of course, there is another way, which is for you to facilitate the procurement, and our oil import and export company will be responsible for the transportation.
Although the profit is small, it is stable and you won’t bear the risk.”
“Can I buy shares in your company?”
“I will need to report this to the chairman before I can give you a reply. Although we are a private company, I really cannot make this decision.”
“Alright. I can’t go to Alaba anytime soon anyway, so I’ll wait for your news.”
“Good. We’ll leave it at that. I have other things to attend to, so I’ll be leaving now.” Qi Fankun said, standing up and bidding farewell to everyone.
“Why don’t you stay for dinner? We haven’t sat down and chatted for a long time,” Jiang Qixin stood up and urged.
“I’ve been really busy lately. Perhaps another time,” Qi Fankun said, and then departed.
“Brother, I just received a call from President Wu, who said you want to gather everyone,” Jiang Qixin said, looking at Guo Xuyang.
“Yes. I plan to visit Mian Dian in the next couple of days. The public auction there is about to open. I’ll go ahead to prepare and see if I can find some good rough stones.”
“Ask President Wu to invite everyone over here. And have Liang Zi arrange a table downstairs. Almost half of our people are here already.”
“Okay. I’ll tell him now.” Guo Xuyang took out his phone and dialed.
“President Wu, please come over to President Jiang’s place with President Cheng and President Pi. Yes, I’m thinking of telling Li Minxi and Su Ran as well. Alright, we’re all at President Jiang’s place. Okay, goodbye.”
“They’ll be here soon. I want to talk to everyone about the establishment of our company and the profit sharing.”
Guo Xuyang explained the results of his discussion with Wu Youzhi to Jiang Qixin.
“What do you think, President Jiang?”
“I have no problem with it. You can explain it to everyone before dinner.
Especially when it comes to which store will sell the jade after it’s cut, that needs to be clarified to avoid conflicts.”
“Yes. I’m thinking the same thing. I’m just worried that President Wu and President Pi might have conflicts over these jades.”
“Don’t you have two specialty stores in Shanghai?”
“Yes. Xu Liping is in charge of them now.”
“It’s best to also specify the quantities. Each of these specialty stores can select one hundred pieces from the jade that is cut each time, or they can select them blindly.
How would blind selection work? It would be that President Wu or President Pi selects the rough stones for on-site cutting, and each person gets a hundred pieces of jade.
This way, it can avoid conflicts that arise from picking the jade after it’s cut.
Why do I say this? When jade is cut, there are ordinary pieces and there are exquisite pieces. Everyone knows that the exquisite pieces are more profitable and easier to sell. No one wants to take the ordinary ones.
What about these ordinary ones? We can’t push them all to Shanghai, can we?
So, these must be specified. It can ensure maximized profits and prevent internal conflicts.”
“President Jiang is right. I will discuss this with them separately. We are together to make money, but we cannot hurt our brotherhood over money.”
“Yes. That’s the principle.”
As the two were chatting, Wu Youzhi and Cheng Xiuping arrived one after another.
When Li Minxi and the others arrived, Guo Xuyang explained the situation of the jade company’s establishment being blocked and the opinion of moving the company to the provincial capital.
“So, if we need jade here in the future, won’t it have to be transported from the provincial capital?” Li Minxi asked.
“Yes. Before our company was established, the rough stones we previously purchased in Jieyang were all stored in the provincial capital. After being cut in the provincial capital, they were transported to Kyoto and Shanghai.”
“So the transportation costs have increased?”
“Increased transportation costs are better than being given a hard time by others.
Moreover, we genuinely don’t have enough space in Kyoto to store these rough stones.
Before we established the jade company, we bought two villas in the provincial capital and specially renovated them for storing rough stones.
This matter was handled by President Cheng. President Cheng, could you tell everyone about the renovation of the Royal Villa?”
“Okay,” Cheng Xiuping said.
“Over a month ago, to better store the rough stones, we renovated the Royal Villa in the provincial capital.
We opened up the backyards of the two villas and deepened the swimming pool without affecting the villa’s foundation.
Then, we built waterproof walls, creating a massive space that is eight meters high, fifty meters wide, and two hundred meters long.
On this basis, the space was further divided into a rough stone storage area, a cutting area, a carving area, and a premium display area.
The premium display area was equipped with the highest level of anti-theft measures and a dehumidification and anti-drying system.
At the same time, we contacted a security company to install the most advanced monitoring and anti-theft systems in the two villas to ensure absolute security.”
“We have the warehouse now. However, the company name has not been finalized yet.
Since we are all investing, I would like to ask for everyone’s opinion on a suitable company name.
President Jiang, President Cheng, what names do you think would be appropriate?” Guo Xuyang said.
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