Director Ram walked into the prime minister's office with several reports in his hands.

In the small suite at the door, there were two or three senior cadres waiting, and when they saw him, they happily said hello, and then each did his own thing. Secretary Xiaojing made tea for the Ram Director with quick movements, which was the Ram Director's favorite Biluochun.

The director smiled and nodded, and secretly thought: The young people nowadays are really amazing, and they seem to remember the hobbies of every cadre who has come......

In a blink of an eye, Director Ram unconsciously thought: Su Cheng seems to be 10 years younger than the secretary Xiaojing, and now he is not only in charge, but also has to merge and acquire a vice-ministerial-level factory. He is also an independent director of the China National Petroleum Corporation, and if he is placed in the system, a main hall will not be able to escape...... This world is a bit incomprehensible.

Director Ram simulated in his head those seventy and eighty old deputy hall and old hall, how to visit Su Cheng, that is, pure simulation, Dahua Industrial asked all the high-level of the Jinshi General Factory to resign, as far as the point of view of structural reform, he agreed-Jinshi General Factory can retain the identity of state-owned enterprises, so that employees can retain the status of state-owned enterprise employees, but the administrative level should be abolished, and the internal positions of state-owned enterprises will be transferred, which is also the development trend.

While drinking tea, Director Ram laughed slightly, picked up the document he was carrying again, and flipped through it again to enhance his memory:

Trends in International Oil Prices.

World Industrial Transfer and Offshore Petroleum Equipment.

"Dahua Industrial Acquires Tianjin Petroleum Machinery General Factory".

These three reports are the main points he wants to elaborate. All out of the Sioux City report, but different. At least 20 comrades from the Commission participated in the revision of the report. Every sentence in it is carefully considered and there is a source for the sentence, he only allocated 30 minutes of time, and it is extremely important to allocate time and focus reasonably, and Director Ram closed his eyes and thought silently.

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Sioux City arrived in Abu Dhabi and was first welcomed by Emirati dignitaries.

Not every company that bids on an oil field can get oil, and there are countless companies that spend a lot of dollars and end up failing to find oil during the exploration period. Every year, a number of oil companies in the Arab countries go out of business.

"Only oil companies that can produce oil are oil companies that are worth dealing with. This kind of thinking is very popular in the Middle East. Officials in the UAE have long since left behind the reserve of the bidding period, and invitations to various banquets and balls have snowflaked. Just the UAE's oil minister. Just signed two different events, a year ago, his attitude was completely different.

For a whole day. Su Cheng only had time to talk to Sha Mingyin on the phone for 10 minutes, and it wasn't until 10 o'clock in the evening that he found a chance to leave early, and threw himself on the hotel bed in exhaustion.

"Bang bang bang".

There was a knock on the door as if it had been pinched by time.

Su Cheng swayed on the bed and got up, and finally reluctantly got up to open the door, and at the same time, Shiro in the opposite room opened the door first and asked, "Who are you?"

Standing in the corridor were two Chinese, thirty or forty years old, wearing ordinary blue suits. Wear gold-rimmed glasses. From the Chinese perspective of the 80s, it can be regarded as fashionable, but in the style of Abu Dhabi, it is a bit behind the times.

The attitude of the two was kind, and they turned around slightly. smiled: "I am Dai Xu, the commercial counselor of the embassy, and this is my contemporaneous Wang Lin." We are here to visit Mr. Sioux City. ”

"What's the matter?" Shiro replaced Goro, who was five big and three rough, and became half of Sioux City's followers. Of course, the people of Jingshan are all in the shape of five big and three thick, and there are not a few who have big arms thicker than their heads, even if they have a normal tone. There is also a natural threat.

"We're here to visit Mr. Sioux Cheng and ask him for some favors. Dai Xu was fine, but Wang Lin was a little allergic and took a small step back.

Sioux City listened silently for half a minute, when the door opened from behind.

Wang Lin was so frightened that he almost jumped up.

Dai Xu slapped him, pressed this guy's shoulder, and said with a smile: "Hello Su Dong, I am the commercial counselor of the Chinese Embassy in the UAE, and I wanted to come earlier......"

"Hello. Sioux City guessed that they had been waiting for a long time.

"Can you go inside and say it?" Dai Xu was very comfortable.

Su Cheng let the two in.

Dai Xu was polite, entered the living room according to his words, looked around, and said with a smile: "Su Dong received a lot of invitations today." ”

"Huh?"

"I said it directly, we wanted Su Dong to bring a few people to these banquets together. ”

"What do you mean?"

Dai Xu said a little embarrassed: "We have established diplomatic relations with the UAE for a few years, but in terms of people-to-people exchanges, the situation has not yet opened, also because our country and the UAE do not have too many economic exchanges. People in these Western countries are all economical. ”

Sioux City now understands that his Setan oil field is undoubtedly the largest Chinese project in the UAE, so he and Dahua Industrial are more popular than the Chinese embassy...... Maybe it's a lot more popular.

"What banquets are you going to attend?" Su Cheng beckoned, calling Shiro, "You go and get out all those invitations." ”

"Thank you so much. Dai Xu smiled and rubbed his hands together and said: "We can refer to the invitation letter together, and you may be asked to take us in on some occasions, as long as you go in, you can move freely." ”

"No problem. Su Cheng poured water for the two of them, his expression was very indifferent.

After a while, Shiro came in with a black plastic bag thicker than his arm.

Dai Xu widened his eyes and asked, "Is it all of them?"

Shiro shook his head and said, "Not exactly. ”

He then bent down under the bar in the room, pulled out a trash can, and pulled out an identical black plastic bag.

Dai Xu was puzzled: "What is this?"

"Oh, we threw the invitations away as garbage. Shiro put on his gloves and found one **slimy invitation after another.

Dai Xu's expression was strange like baked bread.

Wang Lin coughed vigorously twice and said, "Su Dong didn't plan to go to these banquets?"

"There are hundreds of banquets. The time is concentrated in less than a week, I picked a few, and I am not going to go all. ”

"I see. Dai Xu laughed awkwardly, feeling a little weird when he saw that the invitation he was asking for was in the trash.

Invitations come in a variety of forms, as well as gilded and wooden. Because of the large number, Sioux City quickly put on gloves as well. Clean up together. There was a residue of beer and bread crumbs stuck to the invitation in the trash can, and it was clean with just a wipe of it.

A while. Dai Xu categorized the invitation letters and explained the capital, background and other information of each company to Su Cheng.

His channels are completely different from those of Sioux City to obtain information, after some explanation. Suddenly Sioux City gained a whole new understanding of Abu Dhabi's oil companies.

Dai Xu also became more and more excited the more he talked. This is a rare opportunity for the Chinese Foreign Ministry. It is also a rare opportunity for Dai Xu himself, as a commercial counselor, his job is to promote economic and trade cooperation between the two countries, and if he can promote the UAE's large imports to China, it will be complete.

Sioux City laughed on the sidelines, these companies are interested in the oil and gas resources in the Setan region, just like most companies in the Middle East. There are even some companies that are completely dependent on new oil companies to survive. Therefore, his need to expand inter-company exchanges is not as strong as Dai Xu's.

Sorting out all the invitations, Dai Xu naturally wanted to take them away. At this time, he was a little embarrassed. After thinking about it, he said: "I heard that Su Dong is going to hold an international petroleum equipment exhibition in Abu Dhabi? We have received this news, and the ministry's request is to go all out. That's right, that's the way it works. It's better than just talking about economic and trade cooperation between the two countries, right?"

"That's right. Su Cheng was not surprised by Dai Xu's words. The importance of the Petroleum Equipment Show can easily be escalated to strategic, especially for the UAE Embassy. China is in dire need of diplomacy to break the ice, and a non-governmental approach with an official background is the most appropriate for China. In 1954, the Red Cross Society of China went to Japan to break the ice, and in 1970, the American table tennis team was invited to visit China, both of which were classic ice-breaking trips. As long as the Abu Dhabi Petroleum Equipment Exhibition can be glued to the edge, it will immediately get unlimited preferential treatment.

Dai Xu left a directory of oil companies before leaving. Sioux City roughly flipped through and was full of Middle Eastern companies with ties to China.

Compared with the domestic version, the revised book in Dai Xu's hand is more complete. Su Cheng nodded secretly, handed it to Shiro and said, "Fax it back to China, and let the country send someone to contact you." Also, find a car, let's go to the construction site tomorrow morning. ”

"Are you going to go tomorrow? What about those banquets?"

"Just wake up early and try to come back in the afternoon. When you're done, you go to rest. ”

Shiro let out an "oh" and hurriedly added: "I did 200 push-ups and fell asleep, or I wouldn't be able to sleep." ”

The next morning, Sioux City got up at 5 o'clock and got on a rented SUV and headed for the Setan construction site.

Three hours later, I saw the sand chiming mark under the fiery red flag. The long period of wind and sand made his originally rough skin black and rough like sandpaper.

Daqi is the third offshore drilling platform built by Dahua Industrial. It stood on eight feet in the shallow sea, crushing the oil wells below. On the upper steel surface, people come and go.

Sioux City took a commuter dinghy, jumped onto the rig, and looked around. The industrial machine at work and the steel behemoth that has just been produced in the workshop have a completely different temperament.

After Sha Mingyin helped tie the dinghy, he said with a smile: "The crude oil production of our platform is still unstable, and there is no way to make a welcome ceremony." ”

Su Cheng patted Sha Mingyin's shoulder and said with a smile: "You don't need those false ones. It's you, who have worked hard to explore for oil abroad. How's the mood going?"

"Of course I'm happy that oil has been extracted. Sha Mingyin held the walkie-talkie in one hand and said happily: "We usually take over the shift at 7 o'clock in the morning, but at 6 o'clock this morning, the people who change the shift are almost all there." ”

"Are there any more people living in desert camps?"

"Some people are not used to living at sea. However, they got up earlier, and some workers had to get up at 4 o'clock to eat, take advantage of the fact that the weather was not hot, take a car for more than an hour to the beach, and then board the boat to work. We stipulate that you have to work for 6 hours in the morning before you can rest, and this time is also the time for maintenance. Sha Mingyin said it naturally, as if it was at brunch.

If it is in the country. Su Cheng may not feel it yet, but standing in the shallow sea on the edge of the desert, Su Cheng felt that he was about to be roasted, and couldn't help but say, "In this case, you have to work for 6 hours in a row?"

Sha Mingyin was stunned for a moment, and said with a smile: "You talk like those foreign experts." Now is the most comfortable time. By noon and afternoon, the iron railings of the drilling platform could not be grasped, and it was hot. ”

"What do foreign workers do?"

"They work four hours in the morning and then rest. It stands to reason that it should have been another 4 hours of work in the afternoon, but in recent times. With a maximum temperature of 50 degrees Celsius at noon, they took it for granted that they would rest again, sometimes waiting until the sun was about to set before they worked for another 2 hours, and at the end of the day, the total working time was only 6 hours. Sha Mingyin said with disdain.

In fact, even if it is 4 hours, it is not easy in Sioux City, and it is estimated that those pampered Abu Dhabi workers are reluctant to go to the well.

Seeing that Su Cheng didn't think so, Sha Mingyin said again: "Don't look at their working hours, which are only two hours less than ours. Over time, the work efficiency has been reduced by more than 30%. In fact, wake up two hours early, everything is solved, and the day is the hottest. We also only send inspectors, not in large quantities. ”

Su Cheng hesitated for a moment and said, "Is the production stable?"

"With a daily output of 30,000 to 35,000 barrels, there is no trend of decay. ”

Su Cheng bowed his head and said, "In that case, do you want to add additional workers?"

"No additional workers can be added. There are only a limited number of people who can live on the rig. It wasn't Sha Mingyin who spoke, but a young worker eavesdropping, about 20 years old, wearing only overalls on his upper body, no undershirt inside, and his hair was shaved very short.

Sha Mingyin saw that Su Cheng was not unhappy, so he introduced: "This is Han Wo, recruited by our Dahua when we recruited nationwide, he can endure hardships and is very flexible, our drilling platform, there is no place where he can't go." ”

The whole platform is 20 stories high, and there are seven or eight floors of steel structure in the middle, just like a building, which is very complicated, and how to access the pipes during maintenance is a rather complicated problem.

Su Cheng saw that he was only a few years younger than himself, and his tone couldn't help but soften, "You can't add additional workers, how do you think you can reduce the work pressure on the drilling platform?"

Han Wo jumped down from it indifferently and said: "Workers live on the drilling platform every day, who works overtime and who doesn't work overtime, who cares so much, if you have time, it's better to send more living supplies over......"

"Not enough supplies?" said Su Cheng's face was serious.

"There was enough food or something, but it was useless, the magazines were delivered every two months, there was no TV signal, and the worst thing was that there was no telephone. Han Wo counted with his fingers, and there was anticipation in his eyes.

Sha Mingyin smiled bitterly: "Don't listen to him, the drilling platform can only use satellite phones, except for emergencies, who can use it? It costs a few yuan a minute!"

"Pull a phone line to the rig. Han Wo's sentence is a child's words.

He also seemed to know that it was a bit unrealistic, so there was a rather frustration in his tone.

Sioux City is silent, more than 200 kilometers from the offshore rig to Abu Dhabi, and with the technology of this era, the one-time investment in pulling the phone line is too great, and Etisalat will not provide such a service.

The main problem with satellite phones is that they are expensive, because it is not uncommon to make calls via satellite for $10 a minute. Although the salary of Chinese workers has been raised to the standard of 1,000 yuan, it is not enough to make phone calls.

"Can you go back to the city in batches?" Sioux City searched for a solution.

Sha Mingyin said softly: "The drilling platform is too far to the city, and it takes more than half a day to go back and forth, and if you miss work and time, if you don't have time at night, you have to live in Abu Dhabi, which is too expensive." Also, many of the workers didn't know foreign languages, so we had to be accompanied by an interpreter, so we never went out after we came to the platform. ”

Su Cheng's heart trembled when he listened.

Oil is always buried in areas that are inaccessible and have harsh natural conditions, and people such as Sha Mingyin may have long been accustomed to this kind of secluded life. In fact, they also know the prosperity of Abu Dhabi, in 1989, it was far better than the glitzy capital of Beijing, and the fact that these workers could endure not going away represented a state of mind.

"I dedicate oil to the motherland!" is far from being a simple slogan, and the reason why the word "dedication" is used is because hard work requires noble reasons.

Su Cheng's hand, grasping the hot railing, asked Sha Mingyin, "How long have you not been home?

"I make so much money in a month, and my family is doing well. It's just that the child is still young and ignorant, and sometimes asks his father...... In fact, I'm used to it, when I was in the exploration team, I still ran day and night. Sha Mingyin's black face was rough like sand and stones, and occasionally showed a gentle expression, which was quite jerky.

"When I'm on the expedition team, I can at least call home. Su Cheng sighed and said, "That's it, let's equip the drilling platform with a satellite phone." Each of our workers can make a 10-minute phone call home every month, and the company pays the bill, and the time is of their own choice. ”

Sha Mingyin was stunned, grabbed Su Cheng and said, "Do you know how much it costs?"

"10 minutes of phone calls, 100 US dollars a month, that is, 400 yuan ......" Su Cheng pretended to be relaxed, the rise in labor costs is a serious problem that no company wants to face, and it is not a wise practice to take the initiative to increase labor costs. However, things under the world sometimes can't be too wise.

Sha Mingyin hated that iron could not be made of steel: "The use of satellite phones is US dollars, real US dollars, isn't it just to make some dollars when we dig oil overseas? How can we waste it like this?"

It was Han Wo, although he was looking forward to it, he still clenched his fists and refused: "If you take $100 home, you can exchange it for 700 yuan, it's too expensive, and it's the same when we write letters." ”

Su Cheng said disapprovingly: "The feeling of writing a letter is different from making a phone call, we don't have an Internet now...... Alas, it's just a company welfare. ”

"No!" Sha Mingyin said, "Do you know which country is the richest in the Persian Gulf?"

"The United States?"

"The richest are the Japanese, and the best welfare is the French. They don't dare to let workers make satellite phones for free, at most they can go home one more time than we can and give more subsidies, and they are still developed countries. Sha Mingyin gritted his teeth and said, "It's a big deal, I organize people to go to Abu Dhabi every month to make special calls." Even if a long-distance call is expensive, it's not as outrageous as a satellite phone......"

"It doesn't have to be so clear. "Sioux City can see that everyone actually wants to call. When you think about it, tens of thousands of dollars a month in welfare are nothing compared to 30,000 barrels of oil per day.

Seeing that there were more workers around him, he thought about it, raised his head and said word by word: "Dahua Industrial thanks you for your high-quality service overseas. Each overseas worker is paid for by the company, and can make 10 minutes of satellite phone calls every month, or save them for the next month if they don't make the call that month. In the future, no matter where Dahua Industrial's business goes, this benefit will be guaranteed as a basic guarantee!"

Cheers erupted. Although Sha Mingyin felt that it was a waste, the warm current between his chest and abdomen made him speechless.

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