industrial overlord

Chapter 636

On March 2002, 3, the Independence Day celebration of the Central African Republic of Goma and the commencement ceremony of the Equatorial Power Plant were held as scheduled.

Next to the celebration site of the Equatorial Power Plant, the equipment and raw materials shipped by various equipment manufacturers filled the entire temporary cargo yard.The most eye-catching one is the main equipment of the power plant from China. A huge wooden grid box is neatly placed together. Through the pine strips, you can see the generator and gas turbine with tile blue paint inside. unit.

After attending the brief ceremony, the heads of state and industry ministers from more than 20 African countries who came to watch the ceremony were led by the host to visit the power plant site.What they are most interested in, besides the sand table model of the power plant, is the advanced power plant equipment.

The narrators sent by China Hanhua Heavy Industry and Xingbei Heavy Machinery stood in front of their own company's equipment and introduced the basic parameters and advanced features of the equipment to potential customers in Africa in several languages ​​such as English, French, and Arabic. wait.Although these officials don't understand those complicated technical concepts, at least they know one thing, that is, this set of equipment was approved by the World Bank after defeating the Germans. best.

"Minister Nuzama, thank you very much for inviting us to participate in this groundbreaking ceremony, allowing us to see the power plant equipment from China." A minister of industry from a neighboring country patted Nuzama on the shoulder and said, "Our country used to I have used the fertilizer equipment provided by the Chinese. The quality and price are good, but there is still a big gap between the technical level and the Europeans. I have never known that the Chinese have made such rapid technological progress in recent years. In terms of equipment, it is actually able to compete with giants like ALK."

"Yeah, yeah, I was surprised too." Nuzama had an embarrassed look on his face.Originally, there was absolutely no need to hold the Independence Day celebration and the power plant’s groundbreaking ceremony together. He tried to combine the two. In fact, he heard Khedira’s promise to him, saying that the Chinese would definitely not be able to deliver the equipment on time. In place, he wants the Chinese to make a fool of themselves in this matter, thus making it difficult for the Chinese to enter the African power equipment market.

Unexpectedly, the Chinese succeeded in transporting the equipment on time. Nuzama was dumbfounded when more than a dozen large flatbed trucks traveled thousands of miles across northern Africa to transport the equipment to the power plant site.Originally trying to embarrass the Chinese, but now it has become an advertisement for the Chinese.

Khedira was secretly looking for pirates to attack Hanyuan No. 4 ship, but Nuzama didn't know about it in advance.At the beginning, he didn't even know that the Chinese cargo ship that was reported in the newspaper was being attacked by pirates was transporting power plant equipment for them.When the Chinese workers who escorted the equipment arrived, he learned the specific situation from everyone's narration, and suddenly realized the mystery.

At that moment, he had a feeling of fear, which came from two aspects.First of all, he didn't expect that Khedira would be so unscrupulous about business ethics, and would not hesitate to use this method to deal with competitors.Secondly, I didn't expect that the Chinese would be so tough. A group of unarmed sailors would dare to fight the pirates. The purpose of doing so was only to ensure that the equipment would arrive on schedule.

"Our Hanhua Heavy Industry Group has strong technical strength and good credit. You don't know, the equipment you see in front of you is the equipment that was almost hijacked by pirates in the Gulf of Aden a month ago. To ensure these The equipment was delivered to Goma on time to ensure the holding of the Independence Day celebration, and our escorts fought desperately with the pirates and paid the price in blood.”

A salesman wearing a Hanhua uniform stepped forward and introduced the heroic stories that happened to this set of equipment to a group of guests.To everyone's great surprise, the marketer turned out to be a German with a high nose.There is no doubt that he is Haig, the German project engineer recruited by Lin Zhenhua.This time he won the power plant project in the Republic of Goma, and he has made great contributions.

After hearing about the attack on the Hanyuan No. 4 ship, Haig, as a senior project manager, keenly realized that this was a good opportunity for public relations. In front of so many African politicians, he must of course Get this story out there.There are a few reporters around every political leader, and when their brilliant pen writes like this, then the news of Chinese equipment entering the Goma Equator Power Plant will at least spread throughout Africa.

"There is such a thing?"

"It turned out that the Chinese crew members who fought the gangsters bravely in the Gulf of Aden were the ones who transported this equipment!"

"The Chinese are really amazing!"

"..."

Haig's sensationalism really played a role.In the minds of these African politicians, the image of Chinese companies has suddenly become taller.That's right, they have been dealing with European equipment manufacturers in the past. Europeans never consider their needs, and everything is based on contracts.But the Chinese are different. They could obviously give up these devices and evade responsibility with reasons such as "force majeure", but they chose to fight the pirates in order to prevent the Independence Day celebration of the Republic of Goma from being ruined.

This is a kind of respect for customers and awe of credit.For a poor African country that does not have a high status in the international market, it is very rare to be able to receive such respect.Everyone couldn't help thinking of the cooperation with Chinese companies in fertilizer equipment, machinery and other projects in the past ten years. In these cooperations, they all felt the equal attitude of the Chinese people, which is what a partner should have. attitude.

"Haiger is such an old fritter."

Not far away, Lin Zhenhua and He Fei stood together, laughing and commenting on Haig's sensational behavior.

Lin Zhenhua rushed over from Yemen on the first day. When he left Yemen, He Lan had already boarded the flight back to China and went to recuperate with his parents.As for whether He Lan's plan to create a Lin Ya or Lin Ou has been implemented, it is a top secret that even Chen Tian's subordinates don't know.

Originally, Lin Zhenhua did not need to attend the groundbreaking ceremony of the Equator Power Plant in person. However, since he has already arrived in Yemen and is not far from Goma, he stopped by.Of course, Goma has no objection to this, and the chairman of the board personally came to support it, which also shows that he attaches great importance to this project.

After Lin Zhenhua arrived in Goma, he made a special appointment with Nuzama.He seemed to casually tell Nuzama about the pirate attack this time, and about someone going to Somalia to retaliate.He told Nuzama that there was definite news that the pirate Leaf was assigned by a European to hijack the Chinese freighter. The Chinese were very angry about this matter, and the consequences were serious.

"Mr. Nuzama, I want to ask, do you know anything about this matter?" Lin Zhenhua asked Nuzama with a sneer.

"Mr. Lin, I can assure you that I am completely ignorant of this matter." Nuzama swore.

"Well, I would like to believe in Mr. Nuzama's honesty." Lin Zhenhua said, "However, I think some of Mr. Nuzama's friends may know something. We Chinese are very reasonable. We treat friends well. There will be good wine; for those who try to challenge us, we have shotguns."

"I think we should be friends?" Nuzama asked uncertainly.Although he claims to be the Minister of Industry of a country, Goma is less than the size of Jiangnan Province, and it cannot be compared with Jiangnan Province economically. The power and energy of his Minister of Industry are far inferior to that of Lin Zhenhua. economic giant.In front of Lin Zhenhua, he felt a mountain-like pressure.

Somalia itself is an African country. The collective massacre of the pirates in Alamo Village caused a great shock in the African continent, and Nuzama also heard about it.Now, Lin Zhenhua is standing in front of him, talking about the matter lightly, no matter how stupid Nuzama is, he can guess that Lin Zhenhua is behind the massacre.Who said that the Chinese are easy to bully, and if you make them anxious, they will kill and set fire.With my own body, can I withstand the thunderous wrath of the other party?

"Minister Nuzama, I hope we can become friends." Lin Zhenhua smiled and shook hands with Nuzama.

This is what happened the first day. Today, it seems that Nuzama really wants to change his mind and make peace with the Chinese. Although the expression on his face is still a little stiff, his smile has never disappeared.In line with Haig's speech, Nuzama also nodded repeatedly, expressing his gratitude to Hanhua, and at the same time promised that if there are similar projects in the future, he will continue to cooperate with the Chinese.

"Mr. Lin, the ministers of industry from several countries have come to me just now, asking about the construction of the power plant. According to them, they want to hand over the entire power plant project to us directly, as a complete turnkey The project model, the profit of this model is astonishingly high. It seems that we have really opened up the situation in Africa." He Fei happily introduced to Lin Zhenhua.

"Okay, Lao He, you and Haig have contributed a lot to opening the African market. How about we set up a sales headquarters in Africa, and you can come to this headquarters as the general manager." Lin Zhenhua joked with a smile .

He Fei's face suddenly wrinkled into a bitter gourd look: "Mr. Lin, let's not scare people like this, okay? The African sisters-in-law look like Zhang Fei, if I stay here for half a year, wouldn't this aesthetic sense be unworthy?" Completely scrapped? If you want to send me as a sales manager abroad, it’s okay, let’s count it as a picturesque place with beautiful scenery and delicious food, shall we?”

Lin Zhenhua said with a smile: "I don't know what beautiful and delicious place is. However, there is a picturesque place. This place is located in the Indian Ocean and is called the Saint Goga Islands. After the incident here, you can go there with me Bar?"

(End of this chapter)