Beta cerrada que solo yo jugué Novela - Capítulo 499

At the Daesung Group at the time.

“Maldición! Why did America decide to take action?”

Daesung had already bought a huge amount of crude oil in the futures market, and even rented an oil tanker by paying five times the normal price.

En otras palabras, the longer the situation of Saudi Arabia and Iran’s blockade of the Strait of Hormuz persisted, the better it was for Daesung, because they bet everything on the long-term status quo.

But the development unfolded in a completely different direction.

“Maldición! What are you doing with our ties with the Blue House? You should have found out about the US action! That’s why we have bribed the Blue House officials, bien?”

“Bien, I hear that even the Blue House was briefed about their visit belatedly. And they visited here all of a sudden.”

Chairman Junghan Kim could not control his anger despite Yu’s explanation.

Si las cosas salieron mal, not only Daesung Oil Refinery, but also the Daesung Group might go bankrupt. They simply spent so much money securing the crude oil at hefty prices.

“Entiendo. Por cierto, why did the American bastards decline the Blue House’s escort offer?”

“Bien…”

Estallido!

“Maldición! no sabes nada? How can I do business in this situation?”

Chairman Kim slammed the desk hard when Director Yu replied hesitantly.

En ese momento, Mansoo Kim, President of Daesung Oil Refinery, cautiously said, “I’m afraid to tell you this, but if our government imports crude oil from the United States, the prices of crude oil we have purchased in the futures market will drop drastically. Realmente, the oil prices in the domestic oil market have already begun to fall. We have to sell them before the prices fall further. I think Japan will buy our oil.”

“How much do you think they will offer to buy it from us?”

“...”

President Kim could not answer Chairman Kim’s question because Japan would not buy crude oil from Daesung at high prices if they found out what was going on in the local oil market.

“If a huge amount of American crude oil begins to be unloaded here, our losses will increase tremendously. The US suppliers are ExxonMobil and Chevron. If they join hands together, they can supply Korea with enough oil for several months within the next several days. Teniendo en cuenta que, we need to minimize our losses now!”

President Kim appealed to him to take the second best out of the available worst options. no hace falta decir que, ExxonMobil and Chevron were huge oil companies.

But Chairman Kim said, “Ya es tarde. We’ve rented oil tankers at a huge cost, and we will incur huge losses if we sell it now. I would rather bet on negotiations failing between the US delegates and their Korean partner.”

“...”

“...”

“...”

A heavy silence fell on the conference room of the Daesung Group.

***

Anybody who was engaged in economic activities or who was interested in the economy watched the morning TV news carefully. Even those driving cars or scooters watched it as well because of the oil prices that had almost doubled in two weeks.

When the US economic delegation stopped in front of a huge building in Seoul, everyone watching the TV news was shocked because it was not the Blue House or a hotel, but the Myongjin Group headquarters that they stopped at.

además, the Myongjin Group staff hurriedly came out to greet them as soon as they arrived as if they had been waiting for their arrival.

Después de todo, those watching the TV realized that it was the Myongjin Group that called not only the US Secretary of Commerce and the Deputy Secretary of the Interior, but also the leaders of the world’s top oil companies to Korea.

So there were quite a few people who were surprised.

“Hombre, it’s the Myongjin Group, not the Blue House?”

“Si, I’m surprised it’s Myongjin, not Mirae.”

“Did Myongjin have such a huge influence?”

“Por supuesto, it is true that Myongjin is one of the top five conglomerates in Korea, but the visitors are from the United States! además, even President William’s right-hand man, Thomas Tyler, has also come!”

The people were shocked that the American delegates naturally entered the Myongjin Group headquarters escorted by the Myongjin staff.

But some were even more shocked, a saber, the Daesung and Kusan Group that had been competing with Myongjin for the second place in top business rankings.

Hanil Energy was also on alert.

“Do you still have strong ties with Myongjin Oil Refinery right?”

“Por supuesto!”

“Contáctales! Get an appointment with them by all means!”

“Entendido!”

Maseok Caltex was on high alert too.

“Maldición! Those who requested me to join hands with the Daesung Group, come step forward and prepare yourself to be fired!”

“...”

“...”

“...”

De todas formas, the oil refining industry had no choice but to plunge into shock.

***

At the Myongjin Group headquarters.

“Uf…”

Before welcoming the guests, Chairman Hong took a long, respiracion profunda.

Realmente, he had met foreign presidents and prime ministers when travelling abroad for business purposes, but he had never met the top officials of the world’s largest country. además, he could not help feeling excited because he could also meet the leaders of ExxonMobil and Chevron, who he had never met before despite his huge efforts.

En ese momento, la puerta del ascensor se abrió, and the top US officials appeared.

Chairman Hong stretched out his hand, then shook hands with them one by one.

“Bienvenidos! My name is Sangman Hong, and I’m the Myongjin Group’s chairman.”

He introduced himself to them in a humble manner.

“Un placer conocerte. I’m Harrison, the US Secretary of Commerce.”

“Un placer conocerte. I’m Walton, the Deputy Secretary of the Interior.”

“Un placer conocerte. I’m Thomas Tyler, Special Advisor to the White House.”

Chairman Hong had plenty of experience meeting lots of people, including politicians and businessmen, so he could immediately figure out the other party’s feelings by checking their expressions.

From their expressions and attitude, he concluded that they were being cautious and polite in dealing with him.

Para ser sincero, Chairman Hong was slightly shocked that they were being humble and polite because they could easily act arrogant as they were top US officials.

sin embargo, they were very cautious and polite in their words and deeds.

And the top executives of the world’s leading oil companies were more or less the same.

“Un placer conocerte. I’m Ian, Vice President of ExxonMobil.”

“Un placer conocerte. I’m Bakon, the General Manager of Chevron’s Asian Branches.”

With their famous brand as an oil refinery, ExxonMobil and Chevron were evaluated as more valuable than the Myongjin Group.

Por supuesto, there was nothing like a master-servant relationship between them even if the two oil giants’ corporate value was bigger than Myongjin, but given the urgent situation Myongjin faced, Myongjin was obviously in a less advantageous position.

For securing crude oil was the top priority not only for Myongjin, but for Korea as a whole.

But Chairman Hong was even more surprised because of their humble attitude, but he didn’t express his feelings, por supuesto.

He wasn’t stupid enough to ask why they were being so cautious.

De todas formas, he escorted them, who were being unusually cautious and prudent, into the conference room.