Brother Cai, are you busy during this time?

After lunch, it has always been a time for several people to communicate with each other alone or many people, Zhao Guodong knew that he also needed to explain some problems to Cai Zhengyang, Cai Zhengyang obviously saw that there were some subtleties in the relationship between him and Liu Ruotong, how could the other half of the newlywed Yan'er have to be stationed abroad? There is no explanation other than to explain that there is a problem in the relationship between the two.

Zhao Guodong's preemptive strike made Cai Zhengyang's idea of what happened between him and Liu Ruotong alone, and he didn't want to make the atmosphere too tense, after all, Zhao Guodong is also about to be thirty years old, just like Xiong Zhenglin said, he is also a mature and rational man, he should have his own views and judgments on any issue, and the opinions imposed on him by others may not have much effect.

"Well, it's a bit busy, and it has something to do with what you mentioned, the two suggestions I put forward to the State Council have now been adopted, one is to strengthen all-round cooperation with Central Asian countries in energy, encourage and expand investment in Central Asia, especially energy investment, including at the national level and at the non-governmental level, comprehensively deepen political and economic and trade ties with the five Central Asian countries, expand and deepen China's influence in Central Asia, and take advantage of the current political and economic vacuum in Central Asia to expand, The political and economic presence of our country in the Central Asian region. ”

Talking about his work, Cai Zhengyang was immediately full of interest, and even put aside the question he wanted to ask Zhao Guodong for the time being.

"The other is to take advantage of the current low international crude oil prices to further promote China's state-owned energy enterprises to go out, strengthen foreign mergers, obtain strategic assets, and at the same time are planning to establish national strategic crude oil reserves in China."

The corners of Zhao Guodong's mouth smiled slightly, history finally appeared slightly under the wings of the butterfly of self-sacrifice, and some changes appeared.

In fact, Zhao Guodong has been sparing no effort to do a job, that is, to slander some of the things brought from the memory of later generations, although he himself is powerless to change some facts, but he can influence through some other ways, such as Cai Zhengyang instilled the national energy strategy and policy forward-looking, to Lei Xiangdong instilled the rational use of foreign exchange reserves, these have begun to have some effect.

At a time when mainstream economists are glad that it is the abundance of the country's foreign exchange reserves that has ensured that China has helped Hong Kong withstand the Asian financial crisis, Lei Xiangdong has done the opposite, frequently publishing articles reminding China that the continuous growth of foreign exchange reserves will certainly help strengthen China's resistance to external financial turmoil, but it also needs to consider the rationality and balance of the foreign exchange reserve strategy.

In a number of articles, Lei Xiangdong analyzed the current composition of China's foreign exchange reserves and future policies, and also put forward suggestions for diversification and strategic resource utilization in light of the threat that the international financial strategy, especially the United States, might pose to China's foreign exchange reserves.

However, one thing is certain, the possible impact of the continuous growth of foreign exchange reserves has attracted the attention of the central leadership, and Lei Xiangdong's diversification and strategic resource strategy for the changes in foreign exchange reserves has also won the support of some economists, and the top management is also assessing the feasibility and reliability of Lei Xiangdong's view.

Cai Zhengyang's proposal for national energy enterprises to go out and acquire strategic assets is just in line with Lei Xiangdong's point of view, and the country's top management has also made a positive response to this, and Sinopec, PetroChina and CNOOC, which have completed strategic integration, have also begun to take the first step, especially in the current situation that the Shanghai five-country cooperation mechanism has become more and more mature, it is even more extraordinary.

"Brother Cai, the time of low oil prices will not last too long, due to the rapid economic growth of our country, especially the expansion of the scale of the manufacturing industry, the value of the people's living standards continue to improve, the demand for energy, especially oil and natural gas, will also increase significantly, China's oil and gas imports will increase at a fairly high rate, if we lay out early, in the future will definitely be subject to others." Zhao Guodong took a deep breath, he knew that Cai Zhengyang was now quite appreciated by Premier Hong, and many views could be directly heard by heaven, if Cai Zhengyang could be persuaded to accept his own views, it might help the country to avoid many detours in this regard in the future.

"It is the best time to go out and acquire some excellent assets, especially in the current situation where the five Central Asian countries and Russia are facing a serious economic crisis, if China increases investment in these countries, including energy and infrastructure, and can also give government loans to the five Central Asian countries at the strategic level, it will greatly help China expand its influence in Central Asia, which is a golden opportunity." Cai Zhengyang nodded slightly, I also know that this is a rare opportunity, I have participated in the two ministerial meetings of the member states of the Shanghai Five-nation mechanism, energy cooperation is the most important, Russia is now in a sharp decline in strength, and it is no longer able to intervene in Central Asia at the economic level, I am actively promoting PetroChina and Sinopec to enter Kazakhstan to invest and Turkmenistan, but the scale has not yet been determined, and it is estimated that it will be clear after the formal establishment of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization this year. "The Shanghai Cooperation Organization will be officially established this year?" Zhao Guodong was taken aback: "Turkmenistan is also going to join?" ”

In Zhao Guodong's later memory, the Shanghai Cooperation Organization was established in the first half of the year of the US QLL incident, which should be the first year of D1, and Turkmenistan did not join the Shanghai Cooperation Organization because it was a neutral country.

"I see this trend, since last year, we and the five Central Asian countries cooperation level has entered a relatively good level, several projects in Kazakhstan are progressing smoothly, Uzbekistan also has two projects in full swing, but also in the Russian side of interactive communication, but so far, our cooperation with Central Asia is mainly in the energy project cooperation, Premier Hong is not very satisfied with the current situation, I hope that more enterprises in our country can go out to Central Asian countries, In particular, private enterprises are encouraged to boldly go out to engage in economic, trade and investment.

Cai Zhengyang is quite proud, promoting Sinopec and PetroChina into the Central Asian region is his most proud work after taking office as energy minister, especially into the field of oil and gas exploration and acquisition in Kazakhstan and Turkmenistan, which has caused panic among some Western multinational companies, and the Shanghai Five mechanism has benefited from the increasingly close cooperation in the energy field, and the close cooperation in energy has in turn promoted the interaction of the Shanghai Five at the political level. As a result, the Shanghai Five-nation cooperation mechanism, which had been in the superficial realm, has finally made substantial progress.

"Turkmenistan has not yet joined this mechanism, it is a permanent neutral country, and it is unlikely to break through this boundary, but the other four Central Asian countries are very interested, and we have also advocated it, and clearly put forward the idea of rebuilding the Silk Road, which has also won the unanimous approval of the Central Asian countries." Cai Zhengyang added. "And what about the Russian side?" Zhao Guodong asked curiously.

"The attitude of the Russian side seems to be somewhat vague and contradictory, and the signals sent are also vague, but this does not affect the overall situation." Cai Zhengyang said with a smile: "This is also understandable, on the one hand, the Russian side also hopes to strengthen economic and trade cooperation with them, but they are worried about our vigorous development of cooperation with the five Central Asian countries, worried that our influence has penetrated into Central Asia and taken away their backyard, which is also very related to Russia's current domestic economic recession." ”

"If China wants to rise, it must seize this opportunity to expand its influence to Central Asia, the heart of Eurasia, and one of the largest energy treasures in the future, especially this energy supply line can largely avoid the choke points of our offshore energy supply channels, such as the Strait of Malacca, to ensure our energy security." Zhao Guodong strengthened his tone, "With the continuous enhancement of China's economic strength, it will definitely attract the hostility of the best forces, especially the United States, they will definitely suppress us at all levels, use their financial strength, military strength and geographical location advantages, and do everything possible to curb our development, and energy security will be one of the most important aspects, we must have full ideological preparation and strategic foresight, we must take precautions, this is our responsibility!" Cai Zhengyang seemed to feel the strong sense of crisis in Zhao Guodong's words, and nodded silently.

Zhao Guodong's strategic foresight is indeed extraordinary, and sometimes he wonders how Zhao Guodong can think about these things so far and deeply.

For example, when he was still vice chairman of the State Economic and Trade Commission more than two years ago, when he was still vice chairman of the State Economic and Trade Commission, he mentioned this issue to himself quite accurately and solemnly, and facts have proved that his judgment and speculation are inaccurate.

The natural gas crisis between Turkmenistan and Russia, Kazakhstan's tendency to be independent, the relationship between the Central Asian Empire and Russia in this special environment, and the opportunities facing China are all issues that Cai Zhengyang has arranged for experts and scholars in the ministry to carefully study in the direction proposed by Zhao Guodong, and has also conducted a special study through the expert group of other ministries and commissions and the Academy of Social Sciences.

Although the opinions drawn from the research are not consistent, but the main points are still inclined to Zhao Guodong's judgment, which strengthens Cai Zhengyang's confidence in Zhao Guodong's view, if you must find a reason to explain Zhao Guodong's magic, Cai Zhengyang can only be described as a genius, and there is no other explanation.