At that time, Liu Kai Xuan's large-scale funds had already been invested in the oil field.
Even when facing extortion from pirates, he would have to pay up.
In this way, the pirate lords could achieve "sustainable development," guarding the bay and making steady profits.
Of course, these were just tricks within the pirate gangs.
Liu Kai Xuan was completely unaware of this.
Liu Kai Xuan never thought of "compromising" with pirate forces.
Before my oil field is fully developed and operational, I must find a way to organize my own escort fleet.
In the future, if you want to plunder from me, you'll have to see if you have the strength.
After all, in a place like the Manya Bay where bandits run rampant, it's a society that purely respects strength.
Here, you must have strong power to have a voice.
...
Time flew by, and in the blink of an eye, a year had passed.
During this year, Zhao Fei Yan had brought her two children and visited Liu Kai Xuan for nearly a month during the summer vacation.
Liu Xiao Yue also visited Liu Kai Xuan twice during her holidays.
Liu Kai Xuan himself stayed at the mine year-round, organizing and arranging the formal operation of various tasks.
Liu Kai Xuan's continuous increase in investment in the oil field also attracted Kai Ayton's high attention.
Although Liu Kai Xuan held the vast majority of the oil field's shares, Kai Ayton still owned 10% of the shares.
Moreover, Liu Kai Xuan's presence in the Kingdom of Kaiya had indeed brought considerable revenue to the royal family.
Therefore, Kai Ayton was quite concerned about the protection of Liu Kai Xuan's oil field.
With the elite of the Imperial Army stationed around the mine for a long time, the warlords and bandit armed forces naturally did not dare to cause trouble.
It was precisely because of this that the oil field's development had been very rapid this year.
After a year of development, the first oil well, after multiple adjustments, had begun to produce output.
Petroleum resources could be considered absolute hard currency in the global trade market.
It was easy to sell oil, and Liu Kai Xuan had not actively explored the market.
For the time being, the extracted oil was sold to a large domestic enterprise.
The cooperation agreement had already been signed, and as long as Liu Kai Xuan delivered the goods, they would purchase any amount.
After all, the consumption volume of the Eastern Continent was too large. Even though the domestic economy had not fully developed yet, the market scale for oil consumption was still enormous.
One morning, Ouyang Xue approached Liu Kai Xuan and delivered some information.
A small oil depot used for storing petroleum by the company was already full of extracted oil.
Ouyang Xue had communicated with the Thunder Empire, and the Thunder Empire was willing to purchase the extracted oil.
Although the price they offered was far below the international level, it still brought some profit to the oil field.
Ouyang Xue hoped to sell oil at a low price first to accumulate initial wealth, and then develop the ocean shipping business after having a certain amount of savings.
She believed that developing ocean shipping directly now carried too high a risk.
Liu Kai Xuan said solemnly, "We don't need to cooperate with the Thunder Empire for now!"
"We also have costs when we extract oil ourselves, it's not a resource extracted without cost!"
"If we can't achieve a certain profit margin, we're actually losing money!"
Ouyang Xue replied, "Boss, your point is correct!"
"But have you considered that our current closed-door development consumes too much!"
"Extracting resources has a cost, and the extracted resources are all stored in warehouses!"
"This is equivalent to our industry only having investment and no returns!"
"In the past year, more than half of the profits of domestic enterprises have been poured into the oil field business!"
"The direct consequence is that our domestic industrial development has been significantly slowed down!"
"So, everyone is eagerly waiting for the oil field to achieve profitability soon and develop steadily on its own."
Liu Kai Xuan thought for a moment and replied, "By the way, Xue'er, I seem to remember that there is a small oil trading market in Huolan City in the Thunder Empire, right?"
"Yes!"
Ouyang Xue nodded and replied, "That's why the Thunder Empire is willing to cooperate with us!"
"We only need to transport the oil to Xinghui City at the border, where there is a material transfer base of the Thunder Empire!"
"After they receive the goods, they will pay us in cash!"
Liu Kai Xuan said solemnly, "The cooperation price with them is too low!"
"We should directly transport the oil resources into the trading market in Huolan City to gain more profit!"
"This..."
Ouyang Xue replied with a wry smile, "I'm afraid that won't work."
"If we transport the resources directly to the market, the Thunder Empire won't be able to skim any oil!"
Liu Kai Xuan smiled and said, "It's definitely not possible to transport resources directly under the name of our oil field!"
"We can completely adopt a diversified business approach to operate this industry!"
"Let's register a trading company in the Thunder Empire, and then use this company's name to transport oil resources from the Kingdom of Kaiya!"
"We can directly register the company in Huolan City, which is under the jurisdiction of the Imperial family!"
"If our company is registered here, we will be under the protection of the Imperial family, and we can avoid the exploitation of those noble forces!"
"Right, how could I have forgotten this!"
Ouyang Xue suddenly slapped her forehead, realizing with enlightenment.
"Boss, your idea is brilliant!"
"I'll go organize the company registration immediately. Boss, should we use your name to register?"
"Let's register under someone else's name. Using my name directly would be too obvious!"
"Alright!"
Ouyang Xue said solemnly, "Let's register this company under the name of Chen Qing Long!"
"Chen Qing Long has helped me a lot in the past year, and his business skills are quite strong!"
"Okay!"
Liu Kai Xuan nodded and agreed, "Let's register the company in the name of Chen Qing Long!"
"Once the company license is out, we can transport resources."
Ouyang Xue suddenly remembered something and quickly added:
"Boss, if we go it alone, it will definitely affect many people's interests!"
"Even if they can't openly make things difficult for us, they can still use underhanded tactics to targetedly disrupt our transportation plans!"
"In that case, it will still cause serious damage to our industry!"