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一 |     TVB节目《东张西望》上周报道了一桩“渣男”骗局：一名自称“郭总”的男子冒充富豪，对40岁女保安Tammy展开猛烈追求，骗财骗色。    Exxon Mobil is buying Pioneer Natural Resources in an all-stock deal valued at $59.5 billion, its largest buyout since acquiring Mobil two decades ago, creating a colossal fracking operator in West Texas. Including debt, Exxon is committing about $64.5 billion to the acquisition, leaving no doubt of the Texas energy company's commitment to fossil fuels as energy prices surge. Pioneer shareholders will receive 2.32 shares of Exxon for each Pioneer share they own.“I think fossil fuels, as the world looks to transition and find lower sources of affordable energy with lower emissions, fossil fuels oil and gas are going to continue to play a role over time,” Exxon Mobil CEO Darren Woods said during an interview with CNBC. “ That may diminish with time. The rate of that is, I think, not very clear at this stage. But it will be around for a long time.” Woods explained that Exxon and Pioneer will be able to use their combined capabilities to drive down emissions and produce lower carbon intensity oil and gas. Exxon purchased XTO Energy in 2009 for approximately $36 billion. In the late 1990s, the merger between Exxon and Mobil was valued around $80 billion.The deal with Pioneer Natural vastly expands Exxon's presence in the Permian basin, a massive oilfield that straddles the border between Texas and New Mexico. Drilling the Permian accounted for 18% of all U.S. natural gas production last year, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration.Pioneer's more than 850,000 net acres in the Midland Basin will be combined with Exxon’s 570,000 net acres in the Delaware and Midland Basin, nearly contiguous fields that will allow the combined company to trim costs. That is a big driver of the deal. Natural gas rigs in operation have declined over 26% in the U.S. since the start of the year, according to government data, largely due to the rising costs for drilling materials and labor over the past two years. “Their tier-one acreage is highly contiguous, allowing for greater opportunities to deploy our technologies, delivering operating and capital efficiency as well as significantly increasing production,” Woods said of Pioneer in a prepared statement. The company will have an estimated 16 billion barrels of oil equivalent in the Permian.Once the deal closes, Exxon Permian production volume will more than double to 1.3 million barrels of oil equivalent per day, based on 2023 volumes. It's expected to climb to about 2 million barrels of oil equivalent per day in 2027. “The combination of ExxonMobil and Pioneer creates a diversified energy company with the largest footprint of high-return wells in the Permian Basin,” Pioneer CEO Scott Sheffield said in a prepared statement. Citi's Alastair Syme wrote that the transaction could provide multiple benefits to Exxon. “Across the industry, the logic of consolidation in the highly fragmented Permian shale remains compelling with significant gains to be achieved from economies of scale by minimizing facilities spend, optimizing drilling and reducing" general spending, Syme wrote. Exxon is flush with cash. The company posted unprecedented profits last year of $55.7 billion, breezing past its previous record of $45.22 billion in 2008 when oil prices hit record highs.Exxon Mobil Corp. has been using some of that cash on acquisitions. In July the company announced that it was buying pipeline operator Denbury in an all-stock deal valued at $4.9 billion.Pioneer Natural has been making similar maneuvers. In 2020 the company said it was buying Parsley Energy in an all-stock deal valued at approximately $4.5 billion. It then purchased DoublePoint Energy in a cash-and-stock deal worth about $6.4 billion in 2021.The boards of both companies have approved the transaction, which is expected to close in the first half of next year. It still needs approval from Pioneer shareholders. Shares of Exxon fell more than 4% in Wednesday morning trading.。Tammy在镜头前怒斥对方：“衰人，扮有钱人，为了讨好我，骗财骗色，我真是有眼无珠认错人！”据Tammy透露，“郭总”自称身家雄厚、经营多家公司，还与李嘉诚谈生意、请高海宁做代言人，甚至随身携带装有100万人民币现金的行李箱。在“银弹攻势”下，Tammy与他发生了关系，但随后发现对方根本是“空心大老倌”——不仅没钱，送的名牌包全是假货。然而，报道出街后，网友的焦点却落在了“郭总”的打扮上。Tammy形容他喜欢穿金戴银、扮古代皇帝，日常爱穿浮夸的鲜色西装。主持人梁敏巧追问：“是不是穿得像安德尊（TVB资深艺人）那样？”Tammy回答：“是的，类似吧！”梁敏巧当场笑场，不得不暂停访问说：“不好意思，我笑了。”节目播出后，观众纷纷想一睹这位“翻版安德尊”的真容，但《东张西望》对其面部做了打码处理。不过，由于“郭总”打扮过于高调，很快就有网友扒出Tammy与“郭总”的合照，二人真面目曝光。更令人关注的是，网友发现香港艺人刘子仪（可人Kelly）也曾与“郭总”有交集。可人Kelly早前因在马场活动中被指“只帮自己P图、没帮方媛P图”而引发热议，如今又被翻出2021年与“郭总”的合照。照片中二人在某房间内，“郭总”穿着酷似“名侦探柯南”的服装，桌上摆着三层英式下午茶和心形饮料，可人Kelly身旁还有一大束红玫瑰，疑似为“郭总”所赠。此外，2023年元旦，可人Kelly高调宣布换新车，晒出与一辆鲜蓝色跑车的合照，并配文：“祝愿我朋友圈每一位朋友都可以心想事成（帮可爱的郭总卖个广告）”，暗示该车与“郭总”有关。考虑到“郭总”曾自称是租车公司老板，网友担心可人Kelly也遭其欺骗，纷纷留言：“看Tammy的前车之鉴……马场Kelly恐怕也……”面对舆论，可人Kelly于火速发布声明，澄清与“郭总”的关系。她表示，对方仅是“正常商业活动宾客”，二人只在商业活动上有礼貌性往来，绝无任何私下财务或私交关系，且自2023年7月起已再无联络。她强调，过往社交平台上的宣传文案“纯属当时店家对活动宾客及赞助之商业公关礼貌”，呼吁外界切勿过度解读。声明中，可人Kelly多次强调自己“独立清醒，专注事业”，并称：“本人多年来专注于医美及个人事业发展，拥有完全独立的商业判断力与经济能力。感谢各位粉丝与朋友的关心，外界切勿随不实报道起舞。特此声明，此后将不再对此事作任何回应。

二 | ”目前，“郭总”的真实身份及是否涉及更多受害者，仍有待警方进一步调查。而《东张西望》的报道也让公众再次警惕“扮富豪”的骗局手法。

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