Ever since the contract was signed, Nasr has been worried.

On the one hand, he is worried that the Chinese will not be able to complete the maintenance work on time, and on the other hand, he is worried that their maintenance level is not good. In addition to this, Nasr is also worried about Chinese suddenly defaulting on the exit......

Going to Red China to sue Chinese companies? Just thinking about this kind of trouble makes Nasr have a headache.

"Next time, I will definitely be transferred to a good department, and it is really troublesome to do maintenance. Nasr cursed, picked up his drink again, and secretly poured some whiskey into it.

Saudi Arabia is a country where alcohol is not allowed, but not everyone is so well-behaved, especially a middle-aged man like Nasr, life is simply boring to the extreme. He neither works hard for life, nor lacks the ability to be promoted, and secretly drinking can be regarded as adding a touch of light to his boring life.

There was a knock on the door.

Nasr immediately shoved the wine back into the lower level of the cabinet and asked loudly, "Who is it?"

"There is a fax from Dahua Industrial. The subordinate in regular clothes pushed the door in, put the fax paper in front of Nasr, and said: "This is the procurement project of Dahua Industrial, there are two in total, one is a procurement plan of less than 100,000 US dollars, and the other is a separate procurement plan for mud pumps......

"We contract as a whole, why should we look at the procurement project?" Nasr was strange.

"It is said that it is within the process that the shipowner is notified and we are allowed to give comments. ”

"They want to use their own parts, what's the use of us giving opinions...... Oh...... This fax is very standardized. ”

Fax is available in Arabic, English and Chinese and is a standard project document. It can be seen from the content that the procurement of less than 100,000 US dollars is proposed by the project manager, and after review and approval, the procurement department inquires and obtains more than two quotations, and then the purchasing manager and the financial manager weigh and sign after the decision. Then hand it over to the purchasing department to sign the contract.

For projects above $100,000, a review by the Procurement Review Committee was added.

After roughly flipping through it, Nasr couldn't help but be surprised: "That's so standard." In total, there are just over 100 of them. The formalities are similar to those of Shell, so how did they get busy? By the way, did they start repairing the platform structure?"

"It's already started. They seem to have brought in some more people from the country. It seems to me that a Chinese can be used by two or three people, who rest almost only when they sleep, and many of them sleep in the docks, working at least ten hours a day......" Nasr's men were even more surprised than he was. Saudi Arabia is a relatively closed country, and engineers from European and American countries are the most common among them, followed by Japan. For them, European engineers working 45 hours a week, and Japanese engineers working 50 hours, are already hard-working jobs that they have never seen in their lives.

Of course. Saudi Arabia's own workers certainly don't work more than 30 hours a week, especially in the sweltering heat.

"As long as the platform structure is right, my job is done. Well, let's go to the dockyard and have a look," Nasr reluctantly gulped down his drink.

His men hurriedly ran out to inform. A while. The six men got dressed and appeared in front of Nasr's office.

The group got on three Mercedes Benzes and rushed to the dock. In a big city like Jeddah, the city is full of luxury cars, and the price of oil is surprisingly cheap, plus there is no commodity tax, purchase tax and other messes. Saudis buy vehicles very casually, and private cars are also common.

Arriving at the dry dock, Nasr first saw a truck unloading. He immediately patted the front seat and said, "Hurry up, let's see the parts they entered." ”

As soon as the driver stepped on the accelerator, he was directly sideways next to the loading and unloading truck.

When Nasr got out of the car, he saw an Indian operating a forklift, placing a large wooden box on the ground, and then slowly lifting the forklift and releasing it very slowly.

The movements of the Indians are very slow, like the ballet of the elderly, for fear of twisting their feet, and it will take a minute or two to put a wooden box.

Nasr, however, is used to such speed. The two countries that work the most in Saudi Arabia are India and the Philippines, and their work efficiency is very low, but they are much higher than the Saudis themselves.

After a while, all three Mercedes Benzes stopped next to the truck, waiting for them to unload, as if they had nothing to do.

Wang Zhou, who came to supervise the loading and unloading, thought that the shipowner was waiting to enter the door, so he urged the driver on the forklift and said in English: "Hurry up, let the truck get out of the way." ”

Coincidentally, at this time, a large dark cloud moved away.

The scorching sun, shining directly on the roof of the forklift, immediately made the inside look like a steamer.

The Indian worker sweated profusely and forked a suitcase, wiped his sweat with a towel, and then pulled out the key and got out of the car without saying a word.

Wang Zhou thought he was going to drink water, and watched him pass by the water tank at the door for transport workers, all the way forward, and disappeared into the shadow of reinforced concrete.

"What's going on?" Wang Zhou reacted at this time, jumped and screamed and rushed over and shouted: "You are absenteeism...... Alas...... At least keep the keys. ”

Nasr was somewhat familiar with the Chinese style, stopped him, and explained in simple English: "This is his legal right, the sun is very big now, he can ask for half an hour's rest." ”

"Really?" Wang Zhou was dumbfounded, and said, "The parts haven't been moved yet, and the platform is waiting." ”

"There's no way, when he is rested, he will naturally finish the rest of the work, you can rest assured. Nasr spread his hands.

Wang Zhou looked at the workers in the truck and said, "Why doesn't he take a break?"

"Maybe he doesn't want to rest, there is air conditioning in the car, and it's even hotter to leave. ”

Wang Zhou looked helpless and said: "This is a complete waste of time, and besides, he doesn't have to take away the forklift key." ”

"What can I say, this is Saudi Arabia, our workers are very free and enjoy complete rest. Nasr was a little smug.

Wang Zhou sighed angrily and said in Chinese: "Workers are the most advanced class, just like you, you want to sell oil for a lifetime." ”

His last sentence was quiet, but the first sentence was translated to Nasr. Before the latter could say anything, Wang Zhou had already dodged into the dock and shouted.

Nasr shrugged, smiling as he prepared to bypass the road occupied by forklifts and trucks. It was at this time that a group of Chinese workers poured out of the dock.

A dozen workers and several engineers, to be exact.

I saw that Wang Zhou, whom he had just seen, shouted a few times, and a few tall workers jumped on the truck, and the four of them carried a wooden box and unloaded it directly from the truck.

Later Chinese, following the example, carried a hand-held truck on their shoulders, unloaded an 8-ton truck cleanly, and then changed the trolley into different categories, ready to be transported into the dock, more than twice as fast as a forklift.

Nasr clearly saw that not only Wang Zhou, who was dressed in a white shirt, participated in the unloading, but also an engineer about his age participated in the unloading......

For a while, the air seemed to be filled with the smell of sweat, pouring into the nose, but no Saudis avoided it.

Then, the Chinese engineer who had just participated in the transportation compared the types of parts with Wang Zhou, signed them separately, and read a series of terms from the mouth of the Chinese engineer who smelled of sweat, which made Nasr feel a lot of emotion.

Suddenly, he whispered in Arabic: "These guys will take over the world." ”

The fellow Saudis nodded approvingly.

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