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Keizo Obuchi had set foot on Soviet soil for the third time as a Japanese delegation, but this time it was not a comfortable Moscow hotel, but the Kara Sea, north of the Siberian wilderness. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 InfoThis time the Japanese delegation will travel to Siberia on the Il-96 plane provided by the Soviet aviation department, and from Siberia to the waters off Kela by steamer. As a super oil field near the Arctic Circle, this major discovery by the Soviet Union has aroused strong dissatisfaction in the United States. The U.S. government announced a ban on a series of oil extraction companies, including Mobil and others, from cooperating with the Soviet Union in the development of oil fields in the Arctic Circle, in an attempt to slow down the Soviet Union's development of oil fields.

However, Yanayev, who has a big business, does not care about US sanctions, and the current Soviet Union is the Soviet Union, not Russia, which wants to see the faces of the capitalists. Yanayev didn't care about the U.S. tactics at all, and just after the U.S. announced a ban on any oil companies from participating in the development of the Kara Sea oil fields, Yanayev announced that the Soviet government had allocated nearly 10 billion dollars to maintain the early development of the project.

It is estimated that the budget for this development may be nearly 80 billion US dollars, which is equivalent to nearly half a year's revenue of the Soviet government. That's why Yanayev wants to pull the Asia-Pacific countries into the water and share the costs of development projects.

On the Il-96 plane, which was specially prepared for the Japanese delegation, in addition to the Japanese delegation, there was also Soviet Foreign Affairs Chairman Shevardnadze, who accompanied Keizo Obuchi. Rather than accompaniing, Shevardnadze's coldness made Keizo Obuchi think that he was the official who accompanied him.

On the plane, Obuchi simply consulted Shevardnadze about the actual amount of crude oil stored and the expected progress of the project's development. Although the other party's answer was very concise, the content revealed in the information surprised Megumi Obuchi.

"How much crude oil is stored? With proven reserves of 1 billion barrels of crude oil drilled in the Soviet Union and the same geological formations in the surrounding area, the oil reserves in the area are comparable to those in the US Gulf of Mexico, so do you think the Kara Sea super oil field will be worse than the Middle East? What's more, Saudi Arabia's proven oil reserves are only 800 million barrels. ”

Shevardnadze's answer silenced Obuchi, which meant that Japan should join the Soviet Union's oil development program, and the sooner it seized the initiative, the more benefits it would have for Japan.

Keizo Obuchi asked cautiously, "Minister Shevardnadze, how many countries are expected to be involved in the Kara Sea oil development project?" ”

This is Japan's main concern, according to the Japanese market will certainly not be able to eat the vast majority of the oil supply, but he can use the priority to nibble on a large piece of the cake, especially when Shevardnadze proposed that no country is involved in the process, Obuchi Keizo smelled the opportunity.

"So, what do you think of the Japanese government's willingness to jointly develop the Kara Sea oil fields with the Soviet Union?" This was Keizo Obuchi's first temptation, and he wanted to know what the attitude of the Soviet Union was, and then adjust the next rhetoric according to the attitude of the other side.

However, Shevardnadze's performance was a little unpredictable, he looked at the scenery outside the glass window of the plane, and said slowly, "I have a question, Minister Keizo Obuchi, what do you think of this Il-96?" ”

"Huh?" Keizo Obuchi didn't know why Shevardnadze suddenly mentioned this Il-96, but he always had a hunch that something was going on behind it.

"This is the latest Soviet development of the Il-96 Airliner, ready to compete with the Boeing 777 and Airbus A320 in the civil aviation market of the 90s." Now you are the first delegation to board this new Soviet Airbus. It was also an advertising campaign for the development of the civil aviation industry in the USSR. ”

Keizo Obuchi took a deep breath, he didn't expect that even a civil airliner would hide a well-designed routine from the Soviet Union, so how many sinister routines were waiting for him on this journey. Keizo Obuchi felt very embarrassed, because now the oil-poor countries of the world are eyeing the fat of the Soviet Union, trying to get a piece of the pie in the early development, and there is no doubt that Japan is now the first and the one with the greatest advantage.

Shevardnadze sighed deliberately and said to himself, "Compared with the previous Chinese government, it is much more generous. When they learned that the Soviet Il-96 was ready to be launched, they immediately proposed a commercial deal between Air China and China Southern Airlines to purchase the Il-96......"

Keizo Obuchi has also heard rumors that China has abandoned the purchase of Boeing 777 models for the first time and purchased the Soviet Il-96, but the meaning of Minister Shevardnadze is different. This means that the rumors are most likely true, and the Chinese side's currying favor also makes Obuchi feel a little afraid.

However, all this is a nonsense of Shevardnadze, although the Chinese side has made a request to purchase the Il-96, but no delegation has ever gone to Moscow for negotiations. Simply Shevardnadze took advantage of this incident to put psychological pressure on Keizo Obuchi.

"Think about it, Minister Keizo Obuchi."

Shevardnadze was just about to say this, but Keizo Obuchi was the first to add.

"We will go back and carefully consider the request made by Minister Shevardnadze, and the senior leadership of All Nippon Airways will give full consideration to your new aircraft. After all, it's time for the Japanese aircraft to be replaced. You can rest assured that the new Soviet model will also be included in the consideration of the top management. ”

Keizo Obuchi expressed his "will" at the right time, and in his opinion, if he did not want the Kara Sea oil field development plan to be delayed, then it was better to follow the request of the Soviet Union at this time.

Keizo Obuchi's acquaintance made Minister Shevardnadze sneer inwardly, he would not believe that Japan would succumb so quickly. As long as Japan does not show any willingness to buy, he will not be able to get a piece of the project development in the Kara Sea.

But as long as the gap between Japan and Japan opens up, then he doesn't have to worry about the sales of Il-96, and some people even put forward the idea of using the Kara Sea oil field project to bundle and sell Il-96, but Yanayev refused.

After all, Yanayev hopes to use a market-led approach to eat away at Boeing's pitiful share bit by bit.

(Spit out, if the curse works, then I hope that the managers of those pirated websites will be hit by cars and die, cancer will overcome their parents, their son will follow Lao Song next door, his wife will be cheaper than Ma Rong, and finally the ashes of the whole family will be blown up to the sky.) (To be continued.) )