Dawn breaks, and even in early January, it's not cold in Texas on the Gulf Coast,
Gasoline is ignited from the internal combustion engine, electricity is connected again from the grid,
When the morning rush hour traffic fills the main road in the early morning, the carriages pass through the underground track around the city, and the cars and subways transport the crowd.
As energy drives 'transportation', the city's cornerstone,
Huge cargo ships in the port began loading and unloading, planes at the airport took off, and buildings such as hospitals, banks, stock exchanges, and aerospace centers in the city opened their doors.
Known as the "Space City", the fourth largest city in the United States and a large international city,
It's another day of hustle and bustle in Houston.
In this busy scene, several convoys of black business cars are passing through the huge traffic flow, starting from different places and taking different routes to the same destination in the urban area.
And that location is—
Essencoforme's branch office building in Houston.
At this moment, the branch office building is also in a state of intense busyness!
The conference hall on the first floor of the building is a spacious space that can accommodate nearly a hundred employees of the entire branch.
The flower basket at the entrance, the large conference table, the microphone on the rostrum, the background board with lights above,
The staff who are hurriedly making the final arrangement, the media personnel who have arrived at the scene and are adjusting the position of the equipment, and the high-level person in charge who is directing everyone on the scene,
At the moment, the conference hall where people come and go is a scene of preparations like a large-scale press conference.
Everyone present cheered up and waited for the opening. If you want to ask why, it is because today is the largest energy overlord in North America.
The scene where Essencoforme signed an agreement with five other global energy giants!
Strategic cooperation was reached in the name of maintaining industry stability and stabilizing North American crude oil prices, etc., and entered people's after-dinner vision through various financial information channels such as Business Weekly and Wall Street Journal.
The cooperative transportation carried out by six energy giants on the North Atlantic route revolves around changes in crude oil prices and interests,
This action does not know how many industries and people's nerves will be affected!
"How is the preparation for the venue? What about the guests from other companies?"
"All the layout of the venue has been completed, and the process of seating, lighting, media and signing ceremony is ready,"
When the supervisor in charge of the on-site command replied to his superior on the phone,
"Someone else has arrived."
All the people who were waiting at the scene saw the arrival of the first energy giant at this time!
The pitch-black vehicle stopped, and several assistants were behind him, representing the Xuelong Group. Heinz walked into the gate of the venue with a smile amidst the photos taken by the reporters.
At this time, the door inside the venue opened, and Andre's figure appeared from there,
He was followed by a group of high-level executives of the company. As the president of Essencoforme, he greeted them in the flashing lights and shook hands with them.
Then at this moment, a car stopped at the door,
Representatives from the Royal Shell Group, British Petroleum, Total, NE Gas, and other four energy giants also attended the scene in turn.
After shaking hands with a smile, under the guidance of the reception staff, the main body of today's signing ceremony,
A series of high-weight figures in suits and leather shoes took their seats one after another.
In the formal and dignified atmosphere of the scene,
The signing ceremony officially opened according to the pre-arranged process!
"First of all, it's a great honor to be here today...."
The opening welcome speech by the organizer, the speeches of the heads of several other companies as guests, the introduction of the relevant agreement and the prospect,
In short, all the speeches were finished with a social smile, and the scenes for the public and the media were over, and the meaning and impact of this agreement was finished according to the speech written by the subordinates.
Andre watched the signing assistants walk out with the documents in their hands, and finally heaved a sigh of relief when the whole venue entered the signing session.
I received a call from the president of NE the day before, and in less than a day, I received a temptation from my opponent, and I didn't know what to do when the backbone suddenly disappeared.
But fortunately for Andre, the worst situation such as the "superpower" attack at night did not happen,
After flying back from Calgary yesterday, he immediately arranged the preparations for the signing meeting. The last day passed in his tense preparations.
Seeing that the signing meeting in front of me has successfully entered the final step, with the signing of the "North Atlantic Energy Agreement",
The major crisis in Fiseld's energy field is finally about to be resolved!
Thinking of this,
The big stone that had been weighing on Andre's heart finally fell.
But right now!
"I'm very sorry, Mr. Andre, there seems to be something wrong with this agreement."
An untimely words that broke the atmosphere of the venue suddenly sounded!
Interrupting the action of everyone, including Andre, who was about to sign, and looking for the source of the voice, everyone present looked at the person who said this...
The person in charge representative sent by NE Company.
"In the documents attached to this agreement..."
A short man with glasses and a slick look, the NE representative flipped through the signed documents in his hand, and a shrill question flashed in his eyes across the conference table:
"It seems that a contract document for your company's oil exploration in the Middle East is missing."
And the moment he heard him mention the contract, all the peace of mind and ease were broken,
Andre's eyes froze, and the mind that had just let go was pulled up in an instant!
Sure enough...
The headquarters was stolen a few days ago, and the signed document at this moment does not include the oil exploration contract of Essencoforme in the Middle East!
but,
The signing documents are handed over to each company for confirmation long before the signing meeting starts, and they will be ready to sign after they are approved. Not before, but it was proposed at this time.
The other party deliberately aimed at today's occasion!
For a moment, he figured out what NE had turned to Xingchen Power, gritted his teeth in his heart, and Andre responded calmly with his usual expression:
"It may be that the people below are negligent. After the signing is over, I will ask someone to reissue the contract."
But as if he had expected him to say that,
"Unfortunately, due to my duties, I cannot sign an incomplete agreement in the name of the company that lacks the necessary materials,"
The representative of NE replied pretending to be embarrassed, and then directly showed the 'blade' with a deep calculation in his eyes, which was threatening!
"Because of the importance attached to this important cooperation, I hope that you, Mr. Andre, can show this contract now."
I couldn't help frowning! After the dance party last night, now that the decision-makers of various companies have finalized the cooperation, the contract is actually a big or small problem.
But the other party insisted on making a fuss about this point, and it really made people unable to blame anything!
After being hit by this blunt statement, the hidden danger of lack of necessary materials finally broke out, and anxiety emerged in my heart.
But after decades of accumulated experience in the market, Andre still replied in a deep voice with a slight breath:
"Essencoform has been doing business in the Middle East for more than ten years, and there are various channels and methods, which can prove that our industry there has a good operating condition,"
"If you have doubts about the contract, you can not sign it until the signing meeting is over."
Knowing that with the strength of Essencoformy, even if there is a lack of a North American company, it can accept it. He heard the implication that Andre wanted to abandon NE to keep the others,
I don't want to let it go so easily. Although I don't know why the three European companies are unwavering, there is another side,
Looking to one side, the NE representative suddenly narrowed his eyes and said:
"Regarding this, we recently learned through certain channels that Esencoforme is facing a business crisis in the Middle East where the mining contract expires early due to an unknown disaster,"
"Excuse me, does this have something to do with Mr. Andre that you didn't show the mining contract?"
The moment these words fell, Heinz's pen tip, which was planning to continue signing, stopped again.
Splash dirty water!
Hearing the out-of-the-box slander from the other party, I almost couldn't control my emotions. I aimed at the signing meeting, spreading bad public opinion to the media, shaking Xuelong Group,
Andre fully understood that NE wanted to disturb today's signing ceremony!
"This is a completely baseless rumor. Depending on the impact, we may pursue legal responsibility for it!"
Clarifying something is always more difficult than discrediting it, especially when it involves internal company information that is difficult to prove. Andre can only sternly deny it in the most precise tone at this moment,
"We are completely willing to believe in Essenke Fumei, just out of prudent consideration, and hope that Mr. Andre can send someone to take out the contract to confirm the contract period of the Middle East business."
However, he pressed on every step of the way and never left the point of taking out the contract. The representative of NE immediately launched another attack.
Secretly clenched his palms, and Andre's frowning eyes sank!
The media in the venue has already started to be restless, and the signing session and dialogue have not been completed for a long time, so that they all smelled something unusual, and they also noticed this,
Andre knows that the best way at this time is to prove everything with the contract,
But the problem is that they can't get it out now!
"Please don't worry about the time. For this important cooperation, I believe everyone is willing to wait a little bit."
What's worse, the other party has figured this out and is pressing harder and harder!
Looking at Andre's expression at this moment, the representative of NE flashed a confidence in his plan to succeed, and the reason why he was so sure was that
It was because he had received extremely definite news a day ago,
The CEO of the other party was unable to attend due to an accident.
And even if he was fine, he would never be able to get the contract that was said to have been destroyed!
Thinking of the liquidated damages he could get and the benefits of cooperating with Xingchen Power, the person in charge from NE couldn't help but smile with a sure chance of winning,
At this time, he was forced to a dead end, sensing the turmoil in the media, and knew that he had to act immediately.
Then, at the moment when Andre decided to postpone the signing on the grounds that 'a lot of information will take time',
The inner door of the conference hall slammed open!
At the scene of the signing meeting, a beautiful and indifferent silver-haired beauty and a team of assistants were beside her,
A figure in a black-haired suit entered the arena halfway at this moment!