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Chapter 100 Arrival in Saudi Arabia
On the Aimego Company side, with Liu Luanxiong, the chosen one in the business world, managing it, and financial supervisors sent by himself, Lin Haoran basically doesn't need to worry too much and can just wait for the harvest.

After returning to Hengfeng Building from the AMG Kwun Tong factory, Lin Haoran began to study Saudi Aramco.

If nothing unexpected happens, the loan of HK$2.4 million should arrive before the 31st, and he will then have the funds to contact Saudi Aramco.

Saudi Aramco's headquarters is located in Dhahran, a small and inconspicuous city in Saudi Arabia.

Since there are no direct flights between Hong Kong and Saudi Arabia, Lin Haoran can only take a flight from Hong Kong to Cairo, the capital of Egypt, then fly from Cairo to Doha, the capital of Qatar, and then take a ship from Doha to Dammam in Saudi Arabia. The distance between the two is not far.

Dhahran, the headquarters of Saudi Aramco, is next to Dammam, the third largest city in Saudi Arabia.

The journey is a bit complicated, but for the sake of making money, Lin Haoran doesn't mind.

He could go directly to Doha and contact local oil companies in Qatar. After all, Qatar is also a major oil country, but his main goal is to seek stability.

Now that he has Bao Yugang's connection with Saudi Aramco, he should stop messing around. If anything unexpected happens, he will lose all his 300 million Hong Kong dollars, and then he will be left with nothing to cry about.

The loan from Yumin Financial Company can basically be obtained, but in order to ensure that everything is foolproof, Lin Haoran did not set out early, but planned to wait for the funds to arrive before setting off.

Otherwise, after arriving in the Middle East, if Yang Changdao told him that the loan was not approved, then his trip would have been in vain.

He now has only one month left, which is not long, but enough.

For the next two days, Lin Haoran, who had nothing to do, basically lived a life of going back and forth between home and work.

Either in Hengfeng Building or in Qingzhou Yingni Company.

In the blink of an eye, it was the morning of July 10nd.

He was woken up by a ringing phone. Lin Haoran looked at the time and found that it was already nine o'clock in the morning.

"Hello, this is Lin Haoran. What? Has the money arrived? OK, OK, thank you very much, Uncle Yang. I will prepare the 500,000 cash for you later. See you at the usual place at 10 o'clock in the morning." After hanging up the phone, Lin Haoran was no longer sleepy.

The call was from Yang Changdao, who said that HK$2.4 million had arrived.

After hurriedly washing up and changing his clothes, Lin Haoran went out with his bodyguards.

After arriving at Huifeng Bank, he was received by Huang Yulan, the senior account manager from last time.

There is a dedicated receptionist, and everything can be done quickly.

In less than half an hour, he not only checked the account funds and converted 300 million Hong Kong dollars into 60 million US dollars, but also withdrew 500,000 Hong Kong dollars in cash.

Converting Hong Kong dollars into US dollars is naturally for the convenience of transactions.

After all, in the Middle East, especially in countries like Saudi Arabia that have good relations with the United States, major contracts are basically traded in US dollars.

After finishing these things, Lin Haoran once again took the cash and went to the hotel where he met Yang Changdao last time.

It was still the same box. After handing the box to Yang Changdao and saying a few polite words, he left.

After this time, he probably won’t have much interaction with Yumin Financial Company anymore.

After two loans, Lin Haoran already owed Yumin Financial Company 3.5 million Hong Kong dollars, and this does not include interest.

The amount is already very large.

Moreover, he is confident that he can obtain enough funds through this oil crisis.

In the future, if you need a larger loan amount, it would be better to go through Huifeng Bank.

After finishing all this, Lin Haoran first called the airport to inquire about flights from Hong Kong to Cairo.

Coincidentally, at 11:1 am tomorrow, November st, there will be an international flight from Hong Kong to Cairo.

So he decisively booked four tickets.

In addition to Lin Haoran, Li Weidong and Li Weiguo, he also needs to find an Arabic translator to go with him on this trip to the Middle East.

Although he speaks good English, the Middle East region he is visiting this time are basically Arab countries where Arabic is the common language. Having an Arabic translator would definitely be much more convenient.

It's easy to hire an Arabic translator.

Hong Kong itself is one of the international financial centers, gathering talents from all over the world. With his connections, it is not difficult for him to find such a translator.

He found a suitable translator that afternoon.

The translator was a Saudi, a 24-year-old international student who had just graduated from Hong Kong University and stayed in Hong Kong to work as an Arabic translator.

Everything is ready, just waiting to set off.

He didn't plan to stay in Saudi Arabia for long this time, but he had already told Su Zhixue, the head of Huanyu Investment Company, and Burton, the general manager of Qingzhou Yingni Company, that he would go abroad.

Especially on the side of Qingzhou Yingni Company, Lin Haoran told Burton that if there was anything he could not solve, he could discuss it with Lin Wanan, chairman of Wanan Group, or wait for him to come back to deal with it.

In the evening, Lin Haoran went back to the Lin family villa. "Daddy, Mommy, I'm going to leave Hong Kong for a while." In the evening, while sitting on the sofa with his parents watching TV, Lin Haoran said to them.

"Which country are you going to? Didn't you just acquire Qingzhou Yingni Company? Are you free?" Lin Wanan asked in surprise.

"Let's go to Egypt to relax. We've been so tired from working so much lately." Lin Haoran said with a smile.

"Hao'er, be careful when you go out." Mother Lin said with concern.

The two did not object. Going to another country was not a big deal. After all, Lin Haoran had just studied in the UK for four years.

"You've grown up now, and I can't control so much. In short, safety is the most important thing when you are outside," Lin Wanan reminded.

"Don't worry, Daddy and Mommy. This time I'm not only bringing the two brothers Li Weiguo and Li Weidong with me, I've also hired an Arabic translator. There will absolutely be no problem." Lin Haoran said with a smile.

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In the blink of an eye, the night passed.

At eight o'clock the next morning, Lin Haoran hurriedly went out with two bodyguards. They first met an interpreter in Tsim Sha Tsui, and then went to the airport together.

The translator's name is Kanu. He said his family lives in Jeddah, the second largest city in Saudi Arabia. His family is relatively wealthy. After studying in Hong Kong, he fell in love with the freedom here and stayed here to work as a translator.

The job offers freedom and the salary is not low, which is just what he wants.

At 9:28 am, an airplane took off from Hong Kong's Kai Tak International Airport and soared into the sky.

After traveling to this era, it was the first time Lin Haoran left Hong Kong and he was quite excited.

There were not many passengers going to Cairo. Lin Haoran noticed that the entire plane was only about half full.

Now he had the money, so he bought four first-class tickets. The journey was long, and the first-class seats could be adjusted and even laid flat. The seats were spacious and many times more comfortable than economy class.

It was the first time for both Li Weiguo and Li Weidong to take a plane, and they felt very excited at the moment.

For them, this was an eye-opener.

During the time that the two of them served as Lin Haoran's bodyguards, Lin Haoran had always treated them very well, so now their loyalty to Lin Haoran has increased to over 95 during this period of time.

17 hours later, Lin Haoran and others arrived in Cairo, Egypt.

After resting for a night in Cairo, the group set off again from Cairo International Airport to Doha, the capital of Qatar.

After another three hours of flight, Lin Haoran and others arrived at the wealthy small country of Qatar.

Without staying for long, with the help of translator Kanu, they quickly boarded the passenger ship from Doha to Dammam.

Finally, on the afternoon of November 11, Lin Haoran and others arrived at Dhahran, a small city in Saudi Arabia.

Lin Haoran knew very well that the most important thing at the moment was to resolve the issue of purchasing crude oil as soon as possible.

He has been paying attention to the international oil prices. Today, the latest international oil price is US$12.87 per barrel. The oil price rose slightly throughout October and early November, but the increase was not large.

But Lin Haoran knew that starting from December, when Iran stopped supplying crude oil to the outside world, causing a shortage of international crude oil supply, oil prices would rise sharply.

That's why he didn't stop to play all the way through the two countries.

On the way back, he can play however he wants, but now he has to finish his task as soon as possible. This is the purpose of his coming here.

Although Dhahran is a small city, due to the presence of Saudi Aramco, many people come here on business trips, and the hotel service industry is also quite good.

With Kanu's help, they checked into a hotel very close to Saudi Aramco's headquarters.

Almost all the guests in this hotel have cooperation with Saudi Aramco.

"Kanu, you've worked hard on this journey. You can rest more in the next two days." After checking in and going back to their rooms, Lin Haoran said to Kanu.

When you go to the headquarters of Saudi Aramco, you don't need a translator. Basically, everyone who can work there understands English, so there is no obstacle to communication.

"Okay, Mr. Lin." Kanu nodded.

He was also surprised to be able to return to his homeland.

However, Lin Haoran had asked him before, and he had no plans to go home to visit his family.

After entering the room and closing the door, Lin Haoran used the hotel's phone number to dial a number.

This phone number was exactly the office contact number of the president of Saudi Aramco that Bao Yugang provided to him.

"Hello, Mr. Ahmed Zaki Yamani. I am Lin Haoran. Mr. Bao Yugang has contacted you before... Yes, yes, yes, I have come to the headquarters of Saudi Aramco and am currently staying in the hotel. When are you free? I would like to meet with you to discuss oil procurement issues... Tomorrow morning at 10 o'clock? No problem, I will be there on time. OK, OK, I won't bother you anymore."

After hanging up the phone, Lin Haoran couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief. There should be no problem with this deal.

(End of this chapter)