Chapter 321: California Magic Oil

"A big business? How big?"

August was very interested in the big business Liang Yao said.

Hills on the side had little interest in the big business Liang Yao said, and it could be said that he didn't believe it.

"A business of hundreds of millions of dollars, or even billions of dollars." Liang Yao answered August's question very seriously.

As soon as Liang Yao said this, August was so surprised that he forgot to put the tea cup in his hand back on the tea table. He was doubtful about Liang Yao's words.

I can’t blame August for this. A business worth hundreds of millions of dollars is really exaggerated. Even the extremely wealthy Rothschild family and the Baring family, which are currently in their heyday, probably don’t have hundreds of millions in combined assets. A lot of dollars.

If Liang Yao had been more modest and said it was a business of tens of millions of dollars, August might be more likely to believe Liang Yao's words.

"I'm very sorry, Mr. Liang, did you say the wrong number?" August even suspected that Liang Yao was too drunk and remembered the wrong number.

This is hundreds of millions of dollars, which is more than the annual fiscal revenue of the U.S. federal government.

Even August didn't believe Liang Yao's words, let alone Hills. Hills spoke with a very authentic British accent: "Mr. Liang, I now very doubt whether your mind is normal, you know What is the concept of hundreds of millions of dollars? Bahrain Bank’s liquid assets are only more than 7 million pounds!”

The reaction of the two people was completely within Liang Yao's expectation. The market of hundreds of millions of dollars is indeed incredible. Don't talk about them. Even Liang Yao and Fan Daze, who have been in the retail business for most of their lives, said that they have a business worth several hundred million. If you want to talk to him about the U.S. dollar business, Fan Daze will also take Liang Yao's words as a joke.

In fact, Liang Yao is already very modest. Considering the future development potential of the petrochemical industry, how can it be only a few billion US dollars.

Later generations of American politicians felt closer to crude oil than to their own father.

It is no exaggeration to say that without oil, human civilization would regress to the kerosene era of the 19th century.

"Koni." Liang Yao said to Kony behind him, "Bring the lamp."

Soon, Kony brought up a brand new kerosene lamp and placed it on the tea table.

Hills observed the kerosene lamp carefully and then said: "This lamp is indeed a good thing. It seems to be windproof and rainproof, but if you want to say that it has a market of more than hundreds of millions of dollars, that would be an exaggeration. , the market for this lamp is only a few million dollars at best, and what kind of oil is your lamp burning? It smells really bad. "

After saying that, Hills covered his mouth and nose with a look of disgust and asked Coney to take the lamp away.

To be honest, Liang Yao was very disappointed with this rich kid who was born with a diamond key in his mouth. He had the arrogance of a British gentleman, but did not have the business vision of a British gentleman.

Perhaps it would be more comfortable to discuss business with Thomas, the former New York agent of the Baring family, than with this guy.

August observed the kerosene lamp emitting heat waves. He turned the knob to adjust the air intake, and saw the flames in the glass cover becoming larger and smaller as August turned the knob.

Unlike Hills, who was born with a diamond key, August worked hard step by step based on his own abilities. Finally, he was entrusted with an important task by the Rothschild family and became the Rothschild family's boss in New York. agent.

Thinking of Liang Yao's service of buying lamps and delivering oil in the Crystal Palace, and the lamp oil that he had never heard of, August had already keenly sensed the huge business opportunities.

Although this lamp is exquisite and has a certain technical threshold, there are many manufacturers who can imitate it.

Wanting to make hundreds of millions of dollars by selling lights is indeed a bit of a fantasy. Liang Yao has been monopolizing gold-rich California for four years, and it seems that his assets have exceeded US$100 million so far.

But if Liang Yao masters a cheap lamp oil extraction technology, only he can provide this kind of lamp oil called kerosene, which will indeed open up a market worth hundreds of millions of dollars. This market will still exist for a long time.

August realized that Liang Yao was not just talking nonsense, but was discussing business with him very seriously, and his expression became serious: "Your Excellency, there was a rumor in California that could be purchased for twenty or thirty cents. The divine oil I bought, the rumored California divine oil, is this kerosene?”

"That's the oil."

Liang Yaodan nodded. Compared to the arrogant and stupid Hills, August's brain worked faster and he was more comfortable discussing business with smart people.

"It is an honor for me and the Rothschild family that you can trust me and come to discuss this business with me."

After receiving a positive reply from Liang Yao, August's tone of voice became humble. Hills, who was sitting next to August, couldn't help but frowned and mocked August: "August, you are as humble as a slave today. This is not like the August I know."

August didn't care about Hills' ridicule and sarcasm, he was as humble as a slave?

Faced with a cooperation project worth hundreds of millions of dollars, August was willing to be a slave to Liang Yao, not to mention being humble like a slave.

Hills verbally mocked and mocked August for being as humble as a slave. In his heart, August also laughed at Hills for being arrogant and stupid and about to miss out on an excellent business cooperation project.

For such a huge and promising cooperation project, Liang Yaoda could arrogantly demand to directly talk to the core senior members of the Rothschild family. Liang Yaoda was already very humble and thought highly of him when he condescended to talk to him.

The biggest deal August had negotiated in America before was the transfer of shares of the Nicaraguan Shipping Company with Liang Yao. At that time, the value of this deal was only two or three million US dollars.

The huge cooperation project that Liang Yao is now throwing out is a pie in the sky for August.

Lighting is a daily necessity for thousands of households. This cheap lamp oil, as long as the quantity is sufficient, the price can be maintained at less than 50 cents per liter, which is cheaper than the mainstream lighting fuel whale oil on the market. This is flowing liquid gold! There is no worry about selling it.

August was too lazy to argue with Hills about this. This arrogant guy with little common sense in life probably didn't even know the prices of the main types of lamp oil on the market.

Whale oil is more than 50 cents per liter!

At this price, it has always been in a state of being priced but not sold! After all, the production of whale oil is limited by how many whales whalers can catch and how much oil can be extracted from the whale's body.

In recent years, due to excessive hunting by humans, the number of whales caught has been decreasing at a visible rate. Perhaps in the near future, whales will be hunted to extinction.

Of course, in addition to choosing whale oil as lighting fuel, you can also choose vegetable oil and other animal fats as lighting fuel, but the effect is worse than whale oil.

But the price is almost the same. In this era, things related to oil will not be cheap.

When talking with Liang Yao about the acquisition of shares in the Nicaraguan Shipping Company, the Rothschild family and the Baring family had the upper hand. And today, when talking about the kerosene business, there is no doubt that Liang Yao has the absolute upper hand, so why not humble yourself.

Such a promising business will not worry about not having partners. Liang Yao can cooperate with other European families.

In any case, he must negotiate this business on behalf of the family! August made up his mind.