Wen Xiu from the Wen family in Los Angeles, California, came to receive Tang Ning.
The Wen family, where Tang Ning's biological mother Wen Qian belonged, was born into a well-known family and had lived together as a family since ancient times. It was considered a middle-class family. However, it declined with the development of the times and many members of the family began to live overseas.
However, Tang Ning's arrival brought changes to the Wen family, and the downtrodden family became inspired again.
"Wenxiu, I want to ask about a man named Geralt Rouse. I heard he is a mining company owner."
"Geralt Rouse, I know this man. He is indeed a powerful mining owner in California. He is quite powerful and has been running gold mines for several generations."
Wenxiu thought about this person and commented: "This person is good, why do you ask him?"
"I met him on the train. He happened to own a drilling equipment. I wanted to buy it. I wanted to invest in the oil business."
"Looking for oil is a risky business. I appreciate your courage, but you must have professional assistance.
I happen to know a geologist. He's not doing well lately, but I think he has real talent and knowledge. You can get to know him. "Wenxiu said.
"What's his name?"
"Washington Mike."
However, Tang Ning didn't care. No matter which country in the world, there were so many people with different surnames and names, so there was nothing to be sensitive about.
"I believe in your vision, then I want to get to know him."
Although Wenxiu is not engaged in the oil industry, he has met many businessmen and government officials in California and can help Tangning a lot.
The next day Wen Xiu took Tangning to visit Geralt Rouse. Tangning went smoothly and got the drilling equipment from Geralt at half the price.
After getting the equipment, Tangning, under Wenxiu's guidance, found Washington Mike who was looking for a job.
This Mike is a mature and somewhat downtrodden middle-aged man.
After talking to him, we found that although this young man named Mike didn't talk much, he often grasped the key points and often spouted some professional terms.
Although Tang Ning didn't quite understand these meanings, it didn't stop her from realizing how powerful he was.
The first meeting seemed a little awkward, but Tangning was still very sociable, and Mike really needed a job, so he quickly accepted the job.
Having a professional oil talent can cover up a lot of things.
Although Tang Ning knew the addresses of some oil fields, it was impossible to discover them all at once. It was incredible for a layman to know so much.
Professional things require professional people, Tangning is going to follow the routine! He doesn't engage in metaphysics and is prepared to do science, so it's easy to explain.
After finding a professional horseman, Tang Ning was not short of money. With a stroke of his pen, he hired fourteen or five more workers.
Among them was a slightly dark-skinned, strong Indian with an old face. He said his name was Hayes. He ran over when he heard that Downing offered a salary of US$1.50 per day, which was a few cents more than other oil workers.
Of course Tang Lin was curious when she met an Indian, so she asked.
"Why do you come to me?"
Hayes said very honestly: "The wages here are high, and I have several younger brothers and sisters at home."
When Hayes spoke, he smiled innocently, and his honest expression was clearly evident.
But that determined look and those great muscles seemed to tell others that he was ready to fight for this job at any time.
What a born worker! Tangning sighed inwardly.
Everything is ready, all we need is the east wind!
Where to drill? Tangning already has a goal, and he believes that he will succeed this time.
Before that, he still had to get the land, at least the oil exploration rights.
The first stop for developing oil, he went to Santa Fe Springs in Los Angeles, where there was what he wanted to get.
The dream of getting rich overnight and making a hundredfold profit starts from Shengda Fenquan!
When we arrived at Shengdafenquan, we first found a farm on higher ground. The land here was not good and we could not produce any crops. We mainly grazed cattle.
The acquisition was quick, and Tangning bought this twenty-hectare piece of land from the owner for less than $1,100.
With the first one, there will be the second and third. The quality of the land here is not good, and it is very convenient to acquire. Tangning bought one hundred and eighty hectares for only 8,000 US dollars.
California is a vast and sparsely populated area, and land is not that valuable. It is not close to a city, so Tangning was able to spend several thousand dollars to buy a large piece of land, covering almost the entire oil field.
Without oil, this land is indeed worthless, but how could Downing fail?
Tang Lin expressed the feeling of being a big dog owner in everything, making the farmers feel that they had made a fortune, and lamented that the European aristocrats were really stupid and rich.
"Are you sure oil can be drilled here?" Wenxiu, who came with Tang Ning, asked in confusion. In his opinion, $8,000 can buy better land than this rotten land.
Although Tang Ning was not short of money, it still made him heartbroken to see him burning money casually.
Including the money to buy equipment, Tang Ning's net worth of more than 10,000 US dollars is almost exhausted. If oil cannot be produced, then he will have to guard this piece of bad land and become a farmer who is laughed at.
"Don't worry, I'm not a fool. I'll get rich soon, I believe it." Tangning said confidently.
Two days after getting the machine, Tang Ning and his team happily transported the machine to the high ground of Shengda Fenquan. After some debugging, they finally installed the drill floor in the afternoon.
Tangning felt excited as work could finally begin.
As the drill bit rotated rapidly, the drilled soil continued to be dug up.
Operating a drilling rig is not only a physical job, but also a technical job. You really can’t use this machine without a certain amount of experience.
Hayes had an excited expression on his face, the muscles all over his body were bulging, and he moved skillfully. With the rumbling sound of the machine, the mud was quickly pulled out of the ground.
Geralt didn't lie to himself. Although the equipment looked a little old on the outside, everything worked well.
The impact drill used by Tang Ning and others is divided into four shifts, with two to three workers in each shift. One is the driller, who drills the pipe into the ground; the other two are tool hands, responsible for repairing and preparing drill bits and other tools.
Out of curiosity, Tang Ning gave it a try. With the enthusiastic help of an old tool hand, Tang Ning quickly became a "qualified tool hand" and became familiar with the entire drilling process.
It's good for the boss to understand technology, but he doesn't have to do everything. Let professional people do the professional things. This is Tang Ning's idea.
After getting familiar with the operation process, Tang Ning didn't want to stay there doing repetitive work, especially since the drilling rig was so noisy that Tang Ning couldn't stand it.
After getting addicted, Tangning handed over the work to Hayes. Several groups of people took turns to operate, with Mike assisting and guiding.
After arranging the good things, Tangning played around with Charlotte under the protection of several bodyguards.
Sometimes Tangning would ride a horse on the farm she had just purchased, wearing a cowboy hat and patrolling her property, feeling indescribably proud.
The original owner of the farm still planted some potatoes but had not harvested them, so Tangning pulled a lot of potatoes to stew meat.
Well, the meat comes from hunting. The place here is relatively remote. There are dense woods on the highlands and there are a lot of prey in them.
Tang Ning was not far from the construction site. Hearing the rumbling sound of the machine made him feel that everything was fine.
Tangning wore a cowboy hat and held a shotgun in his hand. He carefully approached the prey, then suddenly fired and dropped the prey with a "pop". To be honest, hunting and riding horses was much more fun than drilling.
Under Wenxiu's training and after wasting a lot of bullets, Tang Ning's marksmanship improved a lot, as evidenced by the pheasants and hares that died every day under Tang Ning's gun.
Wenxiu didn't like drilling wells either. He came here just to study with the prince, so he enjoyed hunting with Tang Ning.
Tang Ning played very coolly, but his tool man Mike worked very hard and focused on drilling for oil.
Mike not only learned the skills to operate the machine, but also analyzed the composition of the drilled rocks, thought about the nearby geological structures, and practiced it himself, striving to obtain first-hand information. Practice is more direct and profound than conclusions in books.
Mike felt that this trip was not in vain. With hard work and harvest, Mike, the future geological expert, was growing up step by step.
It takes twelve or three days to drill an oil well, and professional oil companies also need about ten days, with the fastest being eight or nine days.
It has been two weeks since Shengda split the spring, and the machine is still rumbling.
When Tang Ning felt bored, she and Wen Xiu went hunting. On the surface, she looked confident.
Over time, Mike analyzed the composition of the drilled rocks, trying to find oil-bearing rocks. The results were not ideal, which made many people anxious.
But Tangning is not in a hurry!
who is he?
He is the proud son of heaven who has traveled through time.
Tang Ning decided to drill here based on the memory of his previous life. In history, the American oil tycoon Paul Getty discovered and drilled a large oil field here.
The subordinates were a little anxious, but Tang Ning said optimistically that they should take their time and not be in a hurry.
