Chapter Ninety-Three: The Future Prime Minister

The room was large and the lighting was good, but there was a strong smell of 'decay' on the face.

It's not that it's moldy or something rotten, in fact, the furnishings in the room look pretty good, but there's an indescribable feeling that the room is like it's been empty for a hundred years and no one has lived in it.

"I'm sorry, but there are not enough people in the presidential palace at the moment, so ......" Manuel, the interpreter, smiled apologetically: "Fortunately, we only stayed for one night, and tomorrow there will be soldiers to send us to Basra, and a full-time director of the Ministry of Commerce will accompany us." ”

This time, the location is in Basra.

"Okay, thanks." Zhao Zejun thought for a while, and suddenly asked, "Mr. Manuel, there is a Mr. Haider in your country, do you know him?" ”

"Halder is a very common and noble surname, there are too many people with the surname Helder in Iraq, and there are many people in important positions, I don't know which one you are talking about?" Manuel said.

"Hmm......" Zhao Zejun pondered for a moment and said, "Holder. Mr. Abadi, if I'm not mistaken, he should be a member of Congress. ”

"Chairman Abadi serves as the chairman of the parliamentary economic, investment and construction committee of the National Assembly, and has important and close contacts with the Ministry of Commerce and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs." Manuel nodded to recognize the man.

"Mr. Manuel, tomorrow morning I will leave Baghdad for Basra, and I would be very grateful if you could arrange a meeting with Mr. Abadi for me." Zhao Zejun said, casting a color to Ouyang Jing.

Ouyang Jing quietly took out a small rectangular black cloth bag and stuffed it into Manuer's hand.

The bag is not big, only about one-third the size of a pencil case, but Manuel feels heavy when he starts it, and quickly opens the corner of the black cloth, and when he sees the golden color, the embarrassed expression on Manuel's face immediately turns into joy, "Mr. Zhao, I will do my best to arrange it." Although I can't guarantee it, I think that since Mr. Abadi is in the relevant position, if there is nothing else important, he will be happy to talk to the big businessmen from China. After all, it's all for the recovery of our Motherland. ”

"Yes, all for the sake of Iraq's recovery." Zhao Zejun said with a smile.

After Manuel flashed around, Ouyang Jing asked Zhao Zejun curiously why he wanted to see this Abadi.

Don't look at the title of chairman on him, but the 'parliamentary committee' is only responsible for deliberation and proposals, and has no decision-making power, so his power is not small, but not too great.

During their time in Iraq, Sun Hua and Ouyang Jing made many powerful people, many of whom were ministers.

"Iraq learns capitalism, so don't underestimate the congressmen, the ministers are the ones who do things and carry the blame, and the senior congressmen have a secret influence that completely surpasses them." Zhao Zejun smiled: "Besides, you also heard Manuel say that Mr. Abadi is the chairman of the Economy, Construction and Investment Committee, which happens to be the right purpose of our trip." ”

Ouyang Jing was a little puzzled, Manuel said it, but Zhao Zejun wanted to find this person, and told Manuel that the identity of this person was one after the other, in other words, Zhao Zejun had already thought about contacting Abadi before he came.

However, Zhao Zejun is also reasonable, they came to invest in construction, and communicated with the chairman of the committee in charge of investment and economic construction in the Congress, of course, there was no problem, and it was the icing on the cake.

Zhao Zejun didn't say something to Ouyang Jingming.

This Mr. al-Abadi is not only a veteran member of Congress, but also in the future, he will become the head of Iraq's economy in charge, and then in 2014, he will become the prime minister of Iraq.

Iraq implements the prime minister's cabinet system, in which the president is the nominal head of state, but the power to form a cabinet and the executive power of the state is in the hands of the prime minister, who is the commander-in-chief of the national armed forces and actually holds the military and political power of the country.

In addition, he served as Iraq's Minister of Communications.

Do the Internet, can you bypass the Ministry of Communications? Apparently impossible.

In a place like Iraq, or overseas, especially in a chaotic country, if you want to gain a foothold, you must not only have your own strength, but also have reliable allies or proxies in the local area. This time, Zhao Zejun is a private businessman, and it is impossible to have clear contact with real executives, and as for the president and prime minister, there will be no substantive contact.

On the one hand, the Zezi system is not qualified at present; On the other hand, the current president's position as prime minister is too high, too conspicuous and 'hot'.

However, it must be beneficial to burn the cold stove of Abadi, the future prime minister, in advance.

I don't know if it was the golden sparkle that played a role, or if Abadi happened to be really free, or for other reasons, in short, after less than two hours of rest, Manuel came back in a hurry.

Congressman Abadi wanted to invite Mr. Zhao from the East to dinner.

The word "dinner" is wonderful when applied to a young girl, but sitting across from her is a bald-haired and gray-bearded Arab, who is in every sense a standard white Westerner.

Abadi, Ph.D. in electrical engineering from the University of Manchester, England, lived in exile in Britain during Saddam's administration, and after the fall of Saddam, he returned to China to actively participate in Iraq's management affairs, and can be said to be the oldest politician since the formation of the interim government.

At this time, the US military had just withdrawn, and the Iraqi government's control over the country was actually relatively weak, so the government officials' shelves were not so big.

Zhao Zejun wants to burn his cold stove, and he also hopes that Zhao Zejun can come to Iraq to invest, improve people's livelihood, carry out post-war reconstruction, and accumulate political capital for him.

Therefore, the two sides of this meal had a dialogue as equals, and a routine conversation was quite pleasant.

"Mr. al-Abadi, I heard that you were the first Minister of Communications of the Interim Government of Iraq?" Towards the end, Zhao Zejun said.

"Hahaha, the country is in ruins, I have expertise in this area, and I can do my best." Abadi is very modest, but his expression can't hide the pride, he has been in exile for many years, but as soon as he returned to China in 03, he was immediately appointed as the Minister of Communications of the Provisional Government, a ministerial-level senior official, which can be regarded as a big highlight in his life resume.

"This time we came to build the factory, and a very important part of it was mobile phones. In modern society, mobile phones are a communication tool that everyone needs. Zhao Zejun said.

"Yes, roads and communications are the two foundations of people's livelihood and military. Iraq is in ruins, and the first step is to increase investment in these two aspects! Abadi nodded, "The price of mobile phones in the West is too high, and there is a possibility of leakage, most Iraqis are unaffordable, and the upper class is unwilling to use it, so we welcome manufacturers from China." ”

Zhao Zejun nodded and took out a beautiful box, "This is a small gift of mine: a prototype machine, its functions and performance can be comparable to world-class mobile phones, but the price is only one-third of them." Of course, this is a trial version, and I would like to donate a hundred units to the office of the committee under your jurisdiction. Of course, I hope that after use, you and other users can give us feedback, so that we can develop products that are more suitable for Iraq's national conditions. ”

A small gift of a mobile phone, a donation of 100 units, is not a big number, and 'donation' is not an illegal act in a capitalist political party, and Zhao Zejun was given a high hat of 'use feedback', Abadi smiled slightly: "Thank you for your generosity." Mr. Zhao, I don't know if you have selected a tour guide when you went to Basra? ”

Zhao Zejun's heart moved, and said: "If an expert like Mr. Abadi is accompanied, I can't ask for it." ”

Abadi laughed: "It's a coincidence that I don't have any particularly important official business for the next week, and I'm happy to accompany you there." ”

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