industrial overlord

Chapter 614

West Africa, Nigeria, the streets of Lagos.

The three Chinese were walking on the street talking and laughing, stopping from time to time to ask the merchants on the side of the road what they were doing.The official language of Nigeria is English, so it is not too difficult for the two sides to communicate. If you encounter a French-speaking country, it is really not easy to pick out so many French-speaking talents in China to communicate.

"Oh, no, it's not easy to find a suitable venue." The leading Chinese man wearing myopia glasses sighed.His name is Lu Qihong. He graduated from graduate school three years ago and applied to work in Hanhua. After several years of hard work, he is now able to work independently.Two months ago, he was appointed as a sales manager. After receiving a rigorous training, he brought two subordinates all the way to Lagos to prepare for the establishment of Hanhua's sales center in Lagos.

They just arrived in Lagos a few days ago, and they have been walking around the city for two days in order to find a suitable place to build a sales center.

"Manager Lu, don't worry, isn't there still time for Mr. Xiang to give us? Take advantage of this time, let's have fun, shall we?"

It was a middle-aged worker named Wang Shuijin who spoke.If someone has a good memory, he should remember that he was originally a worker of Jiangshi Electric. When Hanhua merged with Jiangshi Electric, he once made troubles with the assassin Sun Xiangyun, trying to fish in troubled waters and get some benefits.As a result, under the offensive of Lin Zhenhua and others with sticks and carrots, the farce ended hastily.

Today, Sun Xiangyun has been fired for repeatedly violating labor discipline, and has opened a lottery stall on the streets of Nandu. It is said that the income is quite good.Wang Shuijin changed his ways and picked up the long-abandoned fitter skills. Over the past ten years, he worked hard and gradually became a skilled maintenance technician. This time he was also sent to Lagos to be in charge of the technical work of the sales center.

"Master, haven't you been to Africa many times? You should be very familiar with this place, right?" This is Wang Shuijin's young apprentice talking. His name is Zheng Wenhao, he is only 20 years old this year, and he is the son of an employee of Yuanjiang Shidian.After graduating from Hanhua Technical School a year ago, he was assigned as an apprentice under the name of Wang Shuijin. This was his first time going abroad, and he was dazzled by everything he saw.

Wang Shuijin pretended to be disdainful, but with the intention of showing off in his heart, he said, "I have been to and from Africa quite often. In the past ten years, I have come back and forth more than 20 times, right? But you also know , Our Hanhua construction sites are all in the wilderness. Occasionally, we take a group to the city for a walk, and we are in a hurry. How can we have such a leisure time. Don’t tell me, I have never heard of the city of Lagos before. Now it looks like it’s quite prosperous.”

"Old Wang, this is because you are ignorant." Lu Qihong said.He belonged to the intellectual ranks in the company and had little contact with workers like Wang Shuijin in the past.However, in the past two months of training, they have established a deep friendship, and they have spoken very casually.

"Lagos was the capital of Nigeria in the past. After the capital was moved to Abuja in 1991, it is still the country's business and industrial center, with a population of 700 million. From the perspective of the whole of Africa, it is considered a big city." Lu Qihong said Well, since he knew that he was going to work in Lagos, he made up his knowledge of African geography, so he made sense.

Zheng Wenhao raised his head and looked around, and said contemptuously: "What big city, I think it's just average. Not to mention comparing it with Xunyang, even Nandu is much more prosperous than it... Hey, look, there are still a lot of people over there. There are us Chinese."

"Now there are more Chinese people in Africa. In addition to our employees of Chinese-funded enterprises, there are also self-employed people who come to Africa to do business. When we were doing projects in Africa, we hired Chinese restaurants in the city to cook for us. Well." Wang Shuijin was showing off his African experience again, but he still followed Zheng Wenhao's finger and looked forward, after all, it is very kind to meet a Chinese overseas.

"It's him!" Wang Shuijin couldn't help shouting: "Jinchang...Old Jin! Is it Jin Jianbo?"

A dozen steps away, Jin Jianbo in a suit was talking to two black men. When he heard someone calling his name in Chinese, he suddenly turned his head and looked at the line of unfamiliar Chinese.

"Old Jin, it's me, Wang Shuijin from the engineering team, do you still remember me?" Wang Shuijin walked up to Jin Jianbo with a few steps, and reminded Jin Jianbo with a smile.He originally planned to call Jin Jianbo the director of the factory, but thinking that Jin Jianbo was imprisoned in an accident during his tenure as the factory director, calling him the factory director would be suspected of exposing someone's scars.Anyway, everyone is in their 40s, so it is more appropriate to call them Lao Jin.

"Wang Shuijin? Oh, Xiao Wang, that's not right, I should be called Old Wang. Why did you come to Lagos?" Jin Jianbo was stunned for a moment, then remembered, and quickly extended his hand with a smile, shaking hands with Wang Shuijin.

When Jin Jianbo was the deputy factory director of Jiangshi Electric, there were more than 2000 workers in the whole factory. Of course, he couldn't know everyone.But he is quite familiar with Wang Shuijin, and the reason for his familiarity is naturally because Wang Shuijin and Sun Xiangyun are relatively close, and they usually make things difficult for the factory directors.After more than ten years, the grievances and grievances of the year have long been forgotten, and Jin Jianbo is no longer Wang Shuijin's leader. What is left in everyone's heart is just the closeness of former colleagues.

Wang Shuijin was very happy to see that Jin Jianbo recognized him, and he began to introduce each other to everyone: "Old Jin, we came to Lagos to build a sales center. Come, let me introduce you, this It's the manager of our sales center, Lu Qihong, who graduated from Huazhong University of Science and Technology, a well-known graduate student. This is our Jiang Shidian... Uh, our colleague of Jiang Shidian in the past, Jin Jianbo, also graduated from university. Manager Lu, don't you Convinced, they are college students in the early 80s, they are genuine materials, and the brand is very strong."

Lu Qihong had never heard of Jin Jianbo's name, so he naturally didn't know that he was the ex-husband of Fang Yanwu's wife, the boss of the chemical equipment company.Hearing that he was a college student in the early 80s and had worked in Jiangshi Electric, Lu Qihong didn't dare to neglect, and hurried forward to shake hands with Jin Jianbo and exchanged pleasantries.

When introducing Zheng Wenhao, Jin Jianbo found that he actually knew him.Zheng Wenhao is a child of Jiang Shidian, and Jin Jianbo and his father had some dealings.However, when Jin Jianbo was imprisoned, Zheng Wenhao was still a child, and he really didn't have much impression of this former parent officer.

After everyone greeted each other, Wang Shuijin asked: "Lao Jin, I heard from the masters in the factory that you came to Africa, and I didn't expect to meet you here. Why, you have been in Lagos all the time Do you work here? By the way, what exactly are you doing now?"

Jin Jianbo smiled slightly and said, "I also came to Lagos the year before last, and opened a small trading company here, mainly selling some of our Chinese products."

"Oh, then these two are your clients, right? Do you have any important matters to discuss, or else, we won't delay you, let's make an appointment to chat at another suitable time." Wang Shuijin looked at the The two black men Jin Jianbo spoke to said with interest.

Jin Jianbo waved his hand disapprovingly, and said, "It's okay, they are employees of my company, and I was explaining to them just now. How about it, do you have any arrangements? If there are no arrangements, I will be the host at noon, and everyone will get together ?”

"Why is this so embarrassing?" Lu Qihong said, "Boss Jin's work is so busy, we are really embarrassed to disturb him. Besides, we still have some things to finish."

This is why Lu Qihong had a wink. He clearly saw that the two black men who stood respectfully beside Jin Jianbo were well dressed and should belong to the white-collar family in Lagos. Jin Jianbo said that such people were his employees, which shows that Jin Jianbo's business is absolutely It is not a small company, but a certain strength.Thinking of other things, he quietly changed his title to Mr. Jin.

"What is Boss Jin?" Jin Jianbo said casually, obviously it was not the first time he had heard such a title, and he didn't think there was anything wrong with it at all, "Since we met, we must have a meal Yes, Lao Wang, Xiao Zheng and I are old friends. Having a meal won’t delay your affairs. I still have some contacts in Lagos. Maybe I can help you with what you want to do. A little busy."

Wang Shuijin is a bit of a gossiper. Jin Jianbo has been in Africa for several years, and some people in the factory occasionally say that he is very successful, and sometimes he is actually poor.Now that I finally met him on the streets of Africa, Wang Shuijin also wanted to see how Jin Jianbo was doing, so he gave Lu Qihong a hand and said, "Manager Lu, we don't need to hurry up with our affairs. , Lao Jin is familiar with the situation in Lagos, maybe he can introduce us to a venue with high quality and low price.”

"Oh, are you looking for a venue?" Jin Jianbo asked, "I am quite familiar with the chamber of commerce here, so I will tell them later that it should not be a problem to find a suitable venue for you. Otherwise, let's go to my office first. Go to the company and sit down, and you can talk about what requirements you have for the venue."

Having said that, Lu Qihong has no reason to shirk, he bowed his hands to Jin Jianbo with a smile, and said: "Being obedient is worse than being respectful, then bother President Jin."

Jin Jianbo said something to a black man beside him, and the black man took out his mobile phone and said something in local dialect.Not long after, a Mercedes-Benz S600 came out from nowhere and parked beside them without a sound, with a black driver sitting in the driver's seat.

"Wow, Lao Jin, this is your car!" Although Wang Shuijin couldn't recognize so many car models, he could tell the luxury of this car from its appearance, "It seems that you really made a fortune in Africa!"

"So-so, everyone, please get in the car." As Jin Jianbo said, he was about to pull the car door, but his black subordinates hurried forward, opened the rear door for him first, and beckoned Lu Qihong and others to get in.Then he opened the door of the front passenger seat and asked Jin Jianbo to get in the car.

Jin Jianbo nodded his head slightly, and when he stepped into the car with one foot, he told his subordinates lightly: "Duwar, you have to hurry up on that project in Sokoto, we must start work before the rainy season, otherwise the progress will be delayed." It's going to be affected."

"Okay, boss, I'll fly to Sokoto right away." The subordinate replied loudly.

(End of this chapter)