"Yes, I'm going to ask for the land. Mr. Abadi, can you really call the shots?" Zhao Zejun nodded seriously.

"Of course, although I am the chairman of the Economic Construction Committee, I am also a member of the National Assembly, as long as Mr. Zhao is willing, we can sign the right to use this land together when we sign the contract. Abadi said in a trance.

His current mood can definitely be summed up in five words. In fact, after many years of war, there are many such minefields in Iraq, and most of them are outside the cities, and the lives of the Iraqi people are really not very valuable.

This land is different, as I said before, the location is very good: it is very close to Basra, surrounded by the largest oil field in Iraq, and as long as Iraq recovers, it will have good commercial value sooner or later.

So every time he chats with foreign businessmen, Abadi will 'sell' this land, which is simply used to becoming natural, and when he meets Zhao Zejun, he just said casually, how do you know that the other party knows that there are mines, and he still takes it without hesitation.

Although it is not necessary to pay for it, but if it is not demining, this land is wasteland, and you have to bear responsibility. When it belongs to the Iraqi government, if someone strays into the bombing and is killed, there is nothing wrong, but if it belongs to a certain company, then the situation is different, at least financial compensation must be given.

"Mr. Adiba, I have one more condition for buying this land. Zhao Zejun continued: "Within a year, I will ask the troops near Iraq, whether it is this motorized brigade or the mountain regiment stationed here in the future, in short, to assume the task of vigilance, as now, to prevent people from entering by mistake." Withdraw after a year. ”

"In other words, are you sure that you will be able to drain all the mines in this land within a year?" Zhang Ming of Sinopec said in a somewhat unbelieving tone.

"Try it. Zhao Zejun smiled, "It's really not good, so I'll be idle all the time." He glanced at Abadi and said, "I don't want money anyway." ”

"That's not good!" Aladi immediately shook his head when he heard this: "I can help you fight for a year, but it is impossible to be idle for a long time, and within two to three years, this land must be put into use." This needs to be clearly stated in the contract. ”

Abadi said, his tone softened: "Mr. Zhao, I believe you understand the current situation in Iraq, there is a lot of idle state-owned land, but if a piece of state-owned land is given to a certain company for free...... Well, Chinese companies, in particular, are still idle, and there are a lot of people who will voice their objections. ”

"Maybe among these people, there are also Americans. Zhao Zejun said with a smile.

"There must be. As a compatriot and future neighbor, Zhang Ming kindly reminded: "Not only Americans, but also hostile political parties, sects, and nations." Mr. Abadi and his party will be under a lot of criticism, not to mention that he is also the chairman of the Economic and Construction Committee, and there will be accusations that he will trade the country's land for personal gain. ”

He spoke in Chinese, but did not prevent the translation of Manuel, Manuel looked at Zhao Zejun, Zhao Zejun nodded, and Manuel then translated the original words to Abadi.

Abadi smiled slightly, and made a very European and American shrug gesture, indicating that this was exactly the case.

"Don't worry, Mr. Abadi, I won't give anyone else the opportunity to slander a patriotic statesman. Zhao Zejun nodded.

……

In the next two days, Zhao Zejun conducted a detailed inspection in the local area, finally confirmed the location of the factory, and then returned to the capital Baghdad, and discussed the details of the contract in detail with the commissioner of the Iraqi Ministry of Commerce.

Unexpectedly, among the members of the negotiation team sent by the Ministry of Commerce, Abadi was actually the first senior adviser. Because of his status as chairman of the Economic Construction and Investment Committee, the status of this senior congressman is far higher than that of the director of the Ministry of Commerce, and he is like the emperor of the negotiating team.

During the week-long negotiations, the two sides finally reached 12 major contracts and 33 details, the most important points are:

Zhongze Group's investment in Iraq, including the construction of factories, will not be less than 100 million US dollars within three years;

Employees of factories and companies invested by Zhongze Group shall be given priority to Iraqi nationals, and the treatment shall not be lower than the average income of employees of Iraqi overseas enterprises;

The Iraqi government has the obligation to protect the safety of the property and life of Zhongze Group and the investors it introduced, and to ensure the safety of transportation, storage and sales of goods and raw materials.

The Zhongze Investment Group was authorized to form an armed contingent of reasonable numbers to be responsible for the security of the plant, and several cadres of the Zhongze Group at the middle level and above had the authority to legally possess firearms in Iraq......

There are also two supplementary agreements, one for the minefield. A total of 1.2 square kilometers of minefield land was allocated to Zhongze for 40 years without compensation, and must be put into use within three years, and within one year, it will be garrisoned by Iraqi government forces; the other is about the military camp funding agreement, Zhongze Group donated 40 million US dollars, and the Iraqi government raised part of the funds to build a regiment-sized military camp between the future factory area of Basra and the oil mining area, which will be settled by the 7th Mountain Reinforcement Regiment of the Iraqi National Defense Force, the main combat force of Iraq.

……

After the Iraqi affair, he set off for home.

Jiang Xuan brought someone to pick up the airport, on the way, Zhao Zejun asked how the company's internal preparation process is going, the Iraqi side has signed a contract, and the next step is to line up to build a factory.

Liang Shi took the initiative to ask for battle, and his attitude was very resolute. Jiang Xuan told Zhao Zejun about Liang Shi's break-into his office that day.

Liang Shi took the initiative to ask for war, although because Zhao Zejun was abroad, he did not approve it immediately, but as soon as the news spread, it really drove a group of middle-level cadres. Liang Shi has a high status in the company, old qualifications, and an extraordinary relationship with Zhao Zejun, and he is willing to go, which shows that the company does attach great importance to Iraq.

There is another reason that cannot be spoken, Liang Shi treats people very righteously, and if the prospects of the Iraqi company are worrisome and half-dead in the future, he will stand up and speak for the people who went to Iraq.

"Of course, it's best if Lao Liang can go, he is much more relieved to me. Zhao Zejun frowned and said: "But I'm just worried about his body, I felt it very deeply this time, the infrastructure over there was all damaged, and the living conditions were very bad." ”

"I'm worried about that too. Jiang Xuan said: "But Lao Liang's attitude is very resolute this time, if he doesn't let him go, he will resign." I don't think it's okay to resign, but the position has been clear, and I guess I can't persuade you. ”

Really persuasive, where is there persuasion, but the Iraqi side really needs such a person, Zhao Zejun thought about it, and finally nodded, and said: "Agree with him to go, in addition, send another medical team, not too many people, the key is to find a few nurses, who can take care of the life of a group of leaders over there." Not afraid to spend money. ”

Saying that, he said to Gianna, who also came to pick up the airport: "You inspect the mercenary company during this time, we can form an armed security team by ourselves on the Iraqi side, I want to select a part of Zhongze's security guards, plus about one-third of the professional mercenaries to lead the team, professional mercenaries do not need too many, control within 20 people, mainly to help train security guards and lead the team." ”

"Okay, no problem. Gianna nodded, and then said with a somewhat strange expression: "Mr. Zhao, when you were not in China, there were some not very good rumors. I was worried that you would be distracted in Iraq, so I didn't report to you right away. ”

"Not very good rumors?" Zhao Zejun looked dazed, he hadn't done anything 'not very good' recently.