The traffic in Lagos was so congested that even police cars would not work, and Zhang Yida's convoy was stopped in the middle of the road.

No matter how many horns sound one after another, the car just can't move.

"What's the situation?"

Luo Xiaohu, who was sitting in the co-pilot of Zhang Yida's car, used the walkie-talkie to ask Qian Li in front of him.

"Hey, the police told me that there were two locals driving on the road ahead, who were acquaintances of each other, and they met in the middle of the road, and then they stopped to chat, and directly blocked the road.

The police said that they locals like this, they don't obey the traffic rules at all, and they just don't let them honk whatever you want.

Only when they are happy to talk will they leave, and the road will not be blocked. ”

Zhang Yida's eyes widened when he heard Qian Li's explanation on the walkie-talkie, this is a talent.

"Don't the police care?"

Luo Xiaohu also thought it was funny, from such a small thing, it can also be seen that the Nigerian government is capable of managing even the most basic transportation, let alone 200 million people.

"There have already been police officers to dredge up, and the officials of the Ministry of Science and Technology asked me to say sorry to Mr. Zhang. ”

In the traffic jam, Zhang Yida and Zhao Erya were also bored in the car, so the two commented on the scenes on the streets and alleys.

"Look at it, that bus and the domestic one don't seem to have closed the door, and the exhaust is so big. ”

Zhang Yida said with a smile, "That's not as if, it's exactly the same, and many domestic obsolete goods will be sold here."

In addition to second-hand cars and electrical appliances, even used clothes are being pulled to Africa one by one.

When you are here, you don't need to be surprised if you see any school uniforms and factory uniforms, they are all sold from second-hand goods in China. ”

"I've been watching those black kids for a few minutes, why do they only ask the Chinese for money?"

Zhang Yida was not very clear, and said guessingly: "It may be that the Chinese are kind and rich, and are willing to give alms." Over time, people will know that they have to ask the Chinese for money. ”

"They carry such a heavy load on their heads, and they don't fall off, it's like acrobatics, it's amazing. ”

Zhang Yida looked at the African women with the goods on their heads, and said with a smile: "Get used to it, if you have been like this since you were a child, you should be able to practice like this." ”

Zhao Erya is like a curious baby, feeling that everything in Africa is new.

Zhang Yida is not like her "why not eat minced meat", for most things in Africa, she can say one, two, three.

The driver who drove Zhang Yida was a young Chinese in his twenties, and Cao Lu called him Xiao Zhao.

At this time, Xiao Zhao saw Zhang Yida talking nonsense, and he had the intention to correct it, but he didn't dare to say it.

Zhang Yida saw through all this through the rearview mirror, so he took the initiative to chat with Xiao Zhao: "Is Xiao Zhao usually responsible for driving in the company?"

Seeing Zhang Yida take the initiative to ask, Xiao Zhao replied: "No, I am the head of the company's commercial department, and the company's driving work is basically not handed over to Chinese employees." ”

Zhao Erya was puzzled, "Why is this?"

Xiao Zhao replied, "On the issue of cost, when we work in Africa from China, our salary is twice or even three times that of China.

Forty or fifty thousand a month's salary, enough to hire 30 drivers"

Zhao Erya was taken aback, "I heard you right, isn't the monthly salary of 30 ordinary African employees only one thousand and five or six per month." ”

Xiao Zhao smiled and said, "Yes, the non-resident ordinary staff of our company is 70,000 naira a month.

The exchange rate between the naira and the renminbi fluctuates about 50 to 1, and 70,000 naira is almost 1,400 yuan. ”

Zhao Erya smiled slightly, said she understood, and asked: "Is this salary attractive in the eyes of Nigerians?"

Xiao Zhao knew that this was Mr. Zhang's girlfriend, and patiently explained: "Nigeria has a total of 36 states and 1 capital zone, and Lagos accounts for a quarter of the country's GDP and one-ninth of the population.

Our Chinese-funded enterprises are equivalent to those foreign-funded enterprises in the magic capital in the nineties.

To be able to work as a driver or cleaner in our company, it is not an exaggeration to say that the hope of the village is not exaggerated.

Nigerian people go to work in manufacturing factories, not to mention the hard work, it is only about 20,000 naira a month. ”

Zhao Erya nodded, she figured it out, the gap was simply too much.

"Then you employees are very rich in the local area."

Xiao Zhao smiled, "Not necessarily, the price in Nigeria is too high, a 25-kilogram bag of rice costs 10,000 naira, close to 200 yuan."

Fresh vegetables are more expensive, and many ordinary families don't eat vegetables more than a few times a year.

There are also many Chinese restaurants in Lagos, and there are even hot pots, but the prices are not cheap, they are two or three times more expensive than those in China.

The locals thought we were rich, and robberies against the Chinese often occurred.

Now the company has a rule that you must bring black armed security guards when you go out to run business, and it is best to go with the company's black employees for personal affairs.

There are also local girls, who also think that the Chinese are very rich, and we Chinese employees walk on the street, and there is always a black girl rushing up to talk to you and saying that they want to marry you.

This kind of thing will always happen two or three times a month. ”

Zhao Erya smiled, "Does the company have any employees who marry local girls?"

At this point, there was no longer any congestion ahead, and the car was moving at a very slow speed.

Xiao Zhao replied while driving, "It's still too dark and doesn't conform to the traditional aesthetics of the Chinese."

The buddies in Southeast Asia are much happier, and the girls over there are much prettier.

On our side, forget it."

Zhang Yida didn't interrupt Xiao Zhao like a chatterbox, so he quietly became a listener, and handed the mobile phone to Zhao Erya, on which Zhang Yida wrote several questions of interest.

Zhao Erya continued to ask questions, mainly focusing on how the company conducts business and whether Chinese employees are accustomed to their living habits.

Xiao Zhao saw that Zhang Yida didn't stop himself, and he was probably also interested in these topics, so he continued to answer Zhao Erya's questions from the perspective of grassroots employees.

It was not his turn to drive the car, mainly because Cao Lu was not at ease with the company's non-resident employees, so he handed over the driving job to him, the little supervisor.

This is actually a very good opportunity to drive a billionaire billionaire, which is not something that anyone can touch.

If I perform well and get Mr. Zhang's appreciation, I am afraid that I will take off in the company.

So whatever Zhao Erya asked, Xiao Zhao replied without concealing anything.

Half an hour's drive without traffic jams, it took the convoy more than an hour to reach its destination, Victoria Island.

Because it was colonized, like Hong Kong, Nigeria has many places named after queens.

Victoria Island is a wealthy area and an area where consulates, foreign executives, and local wealthy businessmen and tycoons gather, with very good security.

Zhang Yida and his entourage stayed in a local five-star hotel, and when they heard the name of the Oriental Hotel, they knew that it must have something to do with Chinese.

Indeed, this hotel was jointly established by the Dong company and the former governor of Lagos.

The Dong company belonged to the "Big Four" Chinese group that moved to Nigeria in the sixties, the other three being Lee, Chan and Cha.

The Oriental Hotel, the home base of the birch in West Africa, is often used for press conferences and other meetings.

After getting out of the car, Cao Lu accompanied Zhang Yida to the hotel and briefly introduced the origin and various relationships of the Oriental Hotel.