Chapter 478: The bet was won

That night, Fang Mingyuan stayed at Prince Abdullah's seaside villa, and Prince Abdullah arranged a sumptuous Arabian dinner to entertain him.

After the dinner, Prince Abdullah did not leave the villa and returned to the city, but stayed. As for Wubach, due to his busy schedule, he had already returned to Kuwait City in the afternoon. The two sat on the top floor of the villa under the clear night sky, looking at the sea in the distance and enjoying the refreshing sea breeze.

"Fang, that bet, you still won" Prince Abdullah said with a look of disbelief as he shook the red wine in his hand. To this day, looking back, I still feel like a dream, overnight, my country fell under the wheels of the Iraqi army, I originally thought that returning to this city would take us at least ten or eight years of long time, after paying a heavy price, who would have imagined that in just over two months, just the air raids alone have already beaten the evil Iraqis to the ground, and the Iraqis will be crushed as soon as the ground war is contacted. Having successfully recovered the land of our country, how sure were you at that time?"

Prince Abdullah had been thinking about this question for a long time, and although most of the military experts from various countries on Shijie at that time believed that the coalition led by the United States and Britain would inevitably win the Gulf War, no one dared to say that once the war officially started, the US military would win within three months. At that time, he felt that Fang Mingyuan might be a little more important and said something big, but now it seems that Fang Mingyuan is in his chest

Fang Mingyuan couldn't help laughing, this question, he had already guessed that when he returned to the Middle East this time, someone would definitely ask about it, so he had already thought of an answer. "Prince Abdullah, in fact, I guessed at the time, and I was only about 60% sure of it. Everyone has seen that Iraq and Iran have fought a war for nearly 10 years, and they have honed their military, but what kind of war have they fought? To put it mildly, it is still a war in the World War II mode, and World War II has been more than 40 years away from today, and the military jishu has developed for more than 40 years, and the war model has long changed.

Moreover, as one of the superpowers, how could the United States rashly launch this war if it was not sure about it? The defeats in the Korean War and the Vietnam War at the beginning did not cause considerable damage to the prestige of the United States in the international community at that time, and the Americans were not stupid, so how could they make the same mistake again and again. So I think the U.S. military will win this time," Fang Mingyuan raised his index finger and said, "This is one of them." ”

"Second, the Americans had a good economic development in the first decade, and in the electronics industry, it can be described as the top level of shijie, and in today's shijie, any new invention of jishu, the highest priority is almost the military field, because fundamentally speaking, military supplies, the cost requirements are lower than commercial, a jishu that cannot be promoted on a large scale due to the high cost, for the pursuit of military equipment leading military, is not a problem. So, I think, the American weapon jishu, thanks to the strong support of the domestic electronics industry, must have had a transformative development. ”

"Third, the Middle East, in the eyes of the Americans, is their oil depot and their energy base, and there is no room for error. However, the climate in the Middle East is not conducive to the US ** team fighting a war of attrition with the Iraqis here for a long time, so they will inevitably pursue a quick victory, if the summer in the Middle East is coming, then the Iraqis, as natives of the Middle East, will undoubtedly have a great advantage compared with the Americans who are not adapted to the climate here. Moreover, after entering the summer, a large amount of sand and dust will also cause great difficulties for Americans to maintain those military equipment, so the Americans will also pursue a quick solution. I wondered how, judging by the speed of the UN Security Council at the time, the time to authorize the Americans to wage war would have dragged on until this year, and it was still very possible to achieve the goal of expelling Iraqis from Kuwaiti territory in three months. ”

"That's all?" Prince Abdullah looked at Fang Mingyuan with some surprise, although the three points he said were all reasonable, but just by virtue of these three articles, he dared to take out a billion dollars to make this bet with himself?

Fang Mingyuan shrugged his shoulders and said, "That's all, since it's a bet, it's possible to lose, I have that mental preparation." Besides, if you and I were to change the time to half a year, would you still make this bet with me?"

Fang Mingyuan's outspokenness choked Prince Abdullah for a long time, and he didn't know what to say. Indeed, as Fang Mingyuan said, if Fang Mingyuan had set the time for half a year, would he have agreed so happily? You must know that in Kuwait, the oil industry belongs to the state, and it is not easy for private enterprises or foreign-funded enterprises to join the oil industry. Even those well-known oil multinational groups in Europe and the United States have been rejected by the Kuwaiti royal family, and there are many people who have Fang Mingyuan's condition, if it were not for the special period, the Kuwaiti royal family would not have agreed to it at all

"Okay, okay, no matter what you thought at the time, you won the bet anyway" Prince Abdullah spread his hands and said helplessly, "The emir has officially approved your investment, and you have a twenty-five percent stake in the Qafar oil field in the east of our country." Do you want dividends, or do you want oil?"

"Twenty-five percent of the shares of the Al Qafar Oilfield, how can there be so many?" Fang Mingyuan was also taken aback, although the El Qafar Oilfield is not the largest oil field in Kuwait, it is also a medium-sized self-spraying oil field, and its twenty-five percent stake is worth one billion US dollars?

Prince Abdullah looked at Fang Mingyuan's surprised expression and smiled proudly. With Fang Mingyuan, Prince Abdullah always has a feeling of dealing with adults, and the other party always has a feeling of confidence, which makes him have the upper hand everywhere, and now he finally saw Fang Mingyuan showing a surprised appearance, which made him feel very good.

"Twenty-five percent of the shares in the Qafar oil field, of course, a billion dollars can't be bought, but ......," Prince Abdullah said in a long voice.

At this moment, Fang Mingyuan had the urge to kick him hard.