章節 919: Chapter 919: Fooling Around with George W. Bush
The aviation industry in the United States is very developed, and airports are built in most cities. Midland City naturally has one as well, even though it only has a population of 100,000.
Not only that, but Midland Airport is also the ninth busiest airport in Texas. It is located 15 kilometres southwest of Midland, Texas, and is also close to the city of Odessa.
When Xia Yu got off the plane, he happened to see George W. Bush standing in the cold wind, waving at him.
Xia Yu waved back and quickened his pace.
'Mr Xia, welcome to Midland!'
'Mr Bush, thank you for coming to meet me in this cold weather!'
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While exchanging pleasantries, Xia Yu shook hands with George W. Bush.
'It's a bit cold here, let's get in the car first. It'll take about 20 minutes to get to the company.'
'Okay!'
After saying that, Xia Yu and his bodyguards got into the cars arranged by George W. Bush.
Xia Yu naturally sat in the back seat of the car with Bush in the middle.
'Mr. Bush, which shareholders are willing to transfer their shares?'
Xia Yu looked over his shoulder at Bush and asked straight to the point.
Bush smiled and said, 'I have spoken to all the shareholders in the past few days, and I have finally convinced them all. They are all willing to have me sell their shares on their behalf.'
Xia Yu smiled and continued, 'How many shares are we talking about? How do you think we should cooperate?'
George W. Bush had obviously thought about it for a long time, so he said carefully, 'I can transfer 49% of my shares to you, which is worth 8 million US dollars. You need to pay 3.92 million US dollars, and then we will inject a total of 2 million US dollars into the company according to our shareholding ratios as capital for the company's future development.'
After hearing this, Xia Yu did not answer, but instead looked at George W. Bush calmly with a smile.
After a while, George W. Bush seemed a little embarrassed, his gaze a little wandering, and he asked again, 'Mr. Xia, do you have a different opinion?'
Xia Yu smiled and said, 'I'm a bit of a perfectionist, and I like to be perfect, especially with numbers. So, based on the value of 8 million dollars, I'll pay 4 million dollars, and you and I will each own 50% of the company. After that, we'll each invest another 1 million dollars to increase the company's value to 10 million dollars.'
After saying this, Xia Yu still looked calm, smiling as he looked at George W. Bush. However, if you looked closely, you would notice that Xia Yu's smile had a deeper meaning.
George W. Bush is a smart guy, and since he really had something on his mind, he naturally realised that Xia Yu had seen through his little trick, but Xia Yu had spared his face.
(If you're interested, you can try to figure out what little trick it was, and the psychological activities between the two of them.)
His expression stiffened slightly, but then he quickly became natural and said enthusiastically, 'Since Mr Xia likes round numbers, let's do it your way.'
'Thank you!'
Xia Yu thanked him softly, then changed the subject to the scenery outside the window.
Looking at the talkative George W. Bush, Xia Yu pondered that he must impress George W. Bush later, otherwise it would not be so easy to deepen the relationship between the two when George W. Bush became more and more experienced.
Twenty minutes later, the car arrived at the parking lot of an office building in Midland, and the group got off and came to the elevator in the underground parking lot.
'Mr Xia, this is the eastern business district of Midland City. The companies here are mostly involved in the oil industry. Our company is on the sixth floor.'
While he was speaking, the elevator arrived. Everyone got in, and Bush's subordinate pressed the button for the sixth floor. The elevator then closed, and after a while, with a 'ding' sound, the elevator doors opened and everyone got out.
'This is our company. It's quite simple, with only 15 employees. Don't be fooled by the small number of people, because most of our company's people are actually considered to be quite a lot compared to most of our peers. Before oil was discovered, the only business was to rent land and then hand it over to explorers to detect oil, so not many employees were needed.
'Once oil is detected, the company will naturally expand. Texas is not short of talent in the oil sector, so it's very easy for the company to expand.'
It seems that he was afraid that Xia Yu would be disappointed by the company's humble scene, so George W. Bush gave Xia Yu an explanation in advance, as a precaution.
Xia Yu nodded in understanding and said, 'This is a wise approach. Only after oil is discovered does the company become valuable. It would be a waste of money to recruit many unimportant employees in advance, and it would be better to use the money to explore one more piece of land.'
'Yes, that's the way it is,'
As they spoke, the group arrived at the company. The first thing that caught their eye was the sign behind the reception desk, which read 'Bush Energy Company'. There was a young female employee standing at the reception desk. When she saw George W. Bush, she immediately got up and said, 'Hello, Chairman!'
George W. Bush smiled and nodded, and then introduced Xia Yu, saying, 'Mr. Xia, this is Lisa, my secretary and the receptionist.'
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After entering the company, the scene was indeed as simple as George W. Bush had said, but the necessary office supplies were still complete.
As for the exploration and testing equipment, Xia Yu learned that it was in a warehouse in the suburbs.
After getting to know some of the staff, Xia Yu asked Bush to prepare the contract. He had already prepared one and took it out immediately.
After confirming that there were no traps, Xia Yu signed the contract and, after signing, directly took out a cheque and wrote a cheque for five million US dollars, tearing it up for Bush.
'Mr. Bush, this is a cheque for five million US dollars from Wells Fargo Bank in California. You can withdraw it at any time.'
'Great!'
George W. Bush accepted the cheque without a doubt, smiling, and carefully put it in his briefcase.
'Mr. Xia, congratulations on our partnership!'
'I hope we can continue to work together happily from now on!'
'Of course, that's for sure!'
The two shook hands and said.
After resuming their seats, George W. Bush asked, 'Mr. Xia, do you have any plans at the moment?'
Xia Yu nodded and said, 'I haven't seen the oil exploration process yet. Can you show me around Midland?'
George W. Bush, of course, had no problem with this simple request and immediately nodded, saying, 'Of course it's no problem.'
Afterwards, George W. Bush looked at his watch and said, 'It's only 9:52 a.m. If we hurry, we can still make it in time for lunch.'
'Let's go then!'
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The pedestrians first arrived at the Bush Energy Company's warehouse in the suburbs, where they switched to the jeep commonly used for field exploration, and brought along two exploration employees, Old Jack and the burly Jim.
As soon as they got in the car, Xia Yu took out a palm-sized, saucer-like object from his bag. If a Chinese person saw it, most of them would recognise it as a compass!
As soon as this object was taken out, it immediately attracted the attention of George W. Bush, who was sitting next to Xia Yu.
Looking at the reddish-brown compass with a diameter of less than 20 cm, which was covered in small characters and stripes, George W. Bush came closer with wide eyes and asked curiously, 'Mr Xia, what is this thing?'
'Is it a compass?'
'But why are there no N and S?'
The younger Bush looked more and more strange as he looked at it. This was the first time he had seen such a strange thing, and he didn't recognise any of the Chinese characters on it.
In fact, not only him as an American, even a Chinese person might not recognise all the characters on a compass.
Not to mention the ten heavenly stems and twelve earthly branches, not many people can recognise all 22 of these characters.
It is estimated that the average person can only recognise eight or nine characters such as A, B, C, D, etc.
Looking at the curious George W. Bush, Xia Yu's eyes flashed with a strange light, and suddenly, with a mysterious expression, he said to George W. Bush, 'Mr. Bush, this thing is not simple. It has thousands of years of history in our country, China. It was created by the ancient Chinese people observing the universe and combining factors such as the weather, stars, mountains, and rivers. Generally, only feng shui masters use it.'
Xia Yu gestured a bit and asked, 'Do you understand feng shui masters?'
George W. Bush looked confused.
He couldn't understand a thing, except that Xia Yu had used mysterious tones and words like 'thousands of years' and 'the universe' to describe Feng Shui, which made George W. Bush feel very incredible.
As for the Feng Shui master Xia Yu mentioned, it was completely translated from Chinese to English, and there is no such word at all.
It's right not to understand!
Seeing that Bush was clearly captivated, Xia Yu's mouth curled up slightly, and after a moment of deep thought, he said, 'Let me draw an analogy. A geomancer is like a magician or alchemist in the West, with incredible powers. This compass is the geomancer's magic prop, like a witch's broom or an alchemist's alchemy furnace.'
This analogy was vivid enough, and Bush immediately understood.
But after he understood, he suddenly widened his eyes and looked at the compass in Xia Yu's hand, especially the constantly shaking pointer on it, exclaiming:
"What?'
'This is a magical prop?'
'Mysterious power from the East?'
'Mr Xia, are you sure you're not joking?'
'We should believe in science!'
Xia Yu immediately retorted unhappily, 'Mr Bush, don't you know that the end of science is theology?'
'Modern physics and chemistry were developed by alchemists.'
'And as you should know, both Newton and Einstein turned to the study of theology in their later years. Are you saying that all the great physicists like them were wrong?'
George W. Bush was suddenly uncertain and didn't know if Xia Yu was telling the truth.
As far as he knew, the media had indeed reported that Newton and Einstein had studied theology in their later years.
But Xia Yu clearly noticed that his gaze at the compass had changed slightly, and he had already fallen into self-doubt.
'Very good, I won't feel comfortable returning to Xiangjiang until I've tricked you into not being able to find your way!'
Xia Yu's mouth curled up slightly, thinking to himself.
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