If Fang Mingyuan's previous life, the most hated state-owned monopoly enterprises in China were on the list, I believe that the vast majority of people would list telecommunications companies and petrochemical companies as the top two, these two monopoly enterprises can be said to be the two biggest vampires in the Chinese people, constantly absorbing wealth from the people to feed their insatiable appetite that can never see the bottom.

When oil prices are low, they don't see more import reserves, and when oil prices are high, they don't see them reducing imports. The most infuriating thing is that when the international oil price is more than $100 a barrel, and when the international oil price is $40 or 50 a barrel, the domestic oil price is actually the same! Moreover, as soon as the shijie oil price rises, the domestic oil price immediately rises, and as soon as the shijie oil price falls, the domestic oil price only listens to the sound of the stairs and does not see anyone coming down. After delaying again and again, until the international oil price began to rise again, they could justifiably raise the price again. And the price of oil is rising every year, they are still losing money every year, and they need subsidies from the state, I really don't know, what they use all that money for!

Fang Mingyuan remembers very well that in his previous life, China changed from an oil exporter to a net oil importer from the mid-nineties, and the number of imports increased year by year, and by the middle of the 2000s, Huaxia had surpassed Japan and became the second largest oil importer after the United States, importing tens of billions of dollars of oil every year. Although later, the country also realized the importance of energy security and decided to establish a national strategic oil reserve, but by that time, the price of Shijie crude oil had pushed up to tens of dollars, or even hundreds of dollars. What is even more troublesome is that the Middle East has already fallen into the hands of the United States, and the oil shipped from the Middle East has to pass through the Strait of Malacca, and the relations between several Southeast Asian countries and China have always been not harmonious, and China's crude oil import routes may be cut off at any time. The country had no choice but to turn to Russia, but Japan tried its best to stir up the situation, and the Ontario line finally went through nearly ten years of negotiations, and it was still the result of falling into the water and the moon in the mirror.

If the country can establish and improve the national strategic oil reserve before the collapse of the Soviet Union and when Sino-US relations are still peaceful, first, it can increase domestic energy security, and there will be no panic in the heart when there is oil in hand; second, it can also reduce the foreign exchange expenditure paid on buying oil; and third, it can also be more confident in the face of foreign blackmail from outsiders! Fang Mingyuan knew that in Huaxia, it was difficult to change something, even if he was a reborn person, and if he wanted to fight against the general environment, he was afraid that he would be a mantis arm, but watching this country repeat the old path of "history" made him feel that his conscience could not tolerate it.

In these days in the emirate of Dubai, he didn't think less about this problem, at first he was just an ordinary person in an ordinary family, although he later had a small fame in Japan, and the family also had a small reputation in Qinxi Province, and he also had a lot of private property, but Fang Mingyuan only dared to make a small fuss in Qinxi Province, at most he just did something to push the boat downstream, and let it happen in advance what was destined to happen in history. Joining the railway reform process is a rather risky thing for Fang Mingyuan, if it weren't for Su Huandong, he would have thought twice.

But now with this amount of money, Fang Mingyuan's confidence is immediately enough, even if all the existing domestic industries are lost, even if all the dollars in his hands are gone, and the billion dollars invested in Kuwait and the industries in the emirates of Japan, Hong Kong, and Dubai are enough to ensure that everyone in the Fang family has no worries about food and clothing in this life!

Therefore, Fang Mingyuan wanted to try to change something officially......

"weishenme, what do you think?" Su Huandong said a little puzzled.

"Grandpa Su, you are the Minister of Railways, so you don't know much about the production and export of crude oil in my country. You can consult with the relevant departments whether China's oil production has now entered a stable period, and it is difficult to have high-speed growth. In recent years, there have been no large-scale oil fields in China that have been explored, and those oil fields discovered in the early days of the founding of the People's Republic of China have been slowly exhausted, and China's economy is developing rapidly after the reform and opening up, and the demand for oil energy is increasing day by day.

"Taking the current fluctuation in oil prices caused by Iraq's invasion of Kuwait as an example, if we need to import a large amount of oil in the future, but we do not have strategic oil reserves, then the sudden rise in oil prices will have a huge impact on our economy, and may even make us fall into the quagmire of economic recession like European and American countries. This is evident from what I told you about Scomo Petroleum and Shikoku Petroleum Co., Ltd. and Fudy Petroleum Holdings, which had to pay more than twice the price of crude oil for this reason. ”

Su Huandong pondered for a long time, although he really didn't know much about Huaxia's oil industry, but he just heard Fang Mingyuan say that the three petrochemical companies in Japan and Britain could not perform the original contract because of the occupation of Kuwait, and had to buy high-priced crude oil with a huge amount of money, nearly 10 billion US dollars, which is almost equivalent to one-third of China's foreign exchange reserves. And more importantly, he believes in Fang Mingyuan's vision, over the years, everything he reminded himself has happened, or it has already shown signs of it, especially the turmoil in the Middle East, which is still in front of him. Therefore, for the report he handed in, how dare Su Huandong ignore it at all.

It's just that he is not the minister in charge of this part, and it is very inappropriate to stretch out his hand rashly, and it is also against the rules of officialdom, which can easily attract the dissatisfaction of others. Therefore, even if he thinks that Fang Mingyuan is reasonable, how to send this proposal to the table of the leaders must be pondered carefully.

"Grandpa Su, I have a request for the leaders. Fang Mingyuan said solemnly, "Please help me convey it." ”

"What request?" Su Huandong said in a daze.

"When I handed over the gold mine to the state, didn't you say that the leaders said that they could grant me a request? Fang Mingyuan secretly clenched his fists and said.

Su Huandong suddenly realized that there was indeed such a thing, but at that time, Fang Mingyuan didn't think that there was anything worth asking the leaders, and later the matter was put aside.

"What do you want to ask for?" Su Huandong sat up straight, this is a big thing that should not be underestimated.

"Grandpa, this unexpected harvest can be said to have enriched my funds all of a sudden, I don't want to put these money abroad, but want to transfer it to China to support the country's economic construction!"

"Okay, that's a good thing!" Su Huandong exclaimed excitedly. Last year, the use of foreign capital in the whole of China was only 10 billion US dollars, and if Fang Mingyuan's funds can be transferred into China, it will play an unimaginable role in promoting China's economic development!

"Grandpa, but have you thought about it, where do I invest such a large amount of money?" Fang Mingyuan said in a low voice.

In China's economic system, most of the fields that can be entered by private enterprises are limited to light industry and commerce, such as railways, highway construction, civil aviation, shipping, telecommunications, minerals, iron and steel, petrochemicals, automobiles, trains, finance, insurance, and so on, all of which are not open to private enterprises. Even after opening up to foreign investment, it is not open to private enterprises, resulting in excessive investment by private capital in these fields, and profits are repeatedly diluted.

In the previous life, the reason why there was large-scale speculation in real estate, agricultural products, and stocks was to a large extent because, apart from the accumulation of private capital in banks, there were no suitable investment channels at all, and those industries that needed to be operated by large capital were all controlled by the state monopoly capital. Sometimes, even a small gap is opened, and it will be quickly and forcibly closed, so that those private capital that enters it will lose all their money. And in the bank, you can only endure the exploitation of essentially negative interest rates, and watch the money in hand become worthless day by day, which is unbearable.

Su Huandong couldn't help but be stunned, yes, where should such a large amount of money be invested? Fang Mingyuan plans to open Carrefour supermarkets and Fangjia restaurants in all the first- and second-tier cities in the country, and he will definitely not need so much money.

"Grandpa, don't tell me anything about depositing in the bank, or buying state bonds, saying something offensive to you, this is insulting my ability. It's not that I don't have investment goals, Prince Abdullah and Prince Maktum will definitely welcome me to invest in the Emirate of Dubai and rebuild Kuwait, and the return given to me will definitely exceed the interest that our national bonds and banks can give!" Fang Mingyuan gave Su Huandong a preventive shot. If it really falls to that point, then it is better to invest in Japan and the Kwok Shipping Group, at least more in return.

Su Huandong opened his mouth, but in the end he didn't say anything. Fang Mingyuan is right, such a large sum of money, if it is put on banks and bonds to eat interest, for Fang Mingyuan, who has already earned such an amazing wealth at a young age, it is indeed like an insult, then a little return will never satisfy him.

"Mingyuan, then what do you want?" Su Huandong had already understood Fang Mingyuan's intention to bring up this matter again, and asked in the same solemn tone.