Due to the hostage-taking incident, Zhu Tiejun, Lin Zhenhua and his entourage went abroad very quickly. In just three days, the entire hostage task force was on a plane and flew to Addis Ababa, the capital of Ethiopia, bordering Sudan, via Karachi, Pakistan. From there, they will travel by car to the Siya tribe in Southern Sudan.

The media was not as developed as it is today, and bad news such as the abduction of overseas workers was generally not reported. Therefore, the hostage incident has been happening for several days, and the public in China is not aware of it. In this way, of course, the pressure on Hanhua Heavy Industries is much less.

However, the fact that the public does not know does not mean that the officials do not know either, and such a big matter must be reported level by level. Within two hours after Lin Zhenhua received a call from Africa, the central government leader had learned of the incident and instructed the relevant departments to set up an emergency response team to discuss countermeasures and defuse the crisis.

For a time, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Ministry of Security, the military, the Ministry of Foreign Trade, the State Council and the Family Planning Commission, the Structural Reform Commission, the Machinery Commission and other departments were all busy. Some people began to investigate the ins and outs of the project, claiming that the department that approved the project was responsible. Some people pointed the finger at Hanhua Heavy Industries, saying that they did not carry out the domestic modernization construction at the end of the year, and had to go to Africa to make a show, and now that something happened, the relevant leaders must be disciplined.

When Gao Zuxing of the Ministry of Foreign Trade heard these accusations, he immediately slapped the table, saying that this project was promoted by himself, and whoever wants to be held accountable should find himself. Gao Zuxing is already Ben Liu's age, there is no hope in his career, and he belongs to the kind of person who dares to say and do. He has some prestige in various ministries and commissions of the central government, and his reputation is also very good, and it is not easy for others to rectify him. With Gao Zuxing's hair, many people will not be able to say anything.

Then, He Haifeng of the State Planning Commission also came out to speak, saying that the fact that the state-owned enterprises of the Central Committee of the People's Republic of China have always supported the going out of the state-owned enterprises of the Central Committee of the People's Republic of China, and that it is not surprising that all kinds of things will occur. He also listed evidence that there have been casualties in China's past foreign economic cooperation or other diplomatic activities. This time it was just an accident, and the hostages are still safe, so it is too early to hold them accountable.

Later, the military and the Ministry of Security also spoke, believing that the overseas market development of companies like Hanhua Heavy Industries is conducive to building China's security pattern, and should continue to be encouraged in the future.

With so many people coming out to speak, the voices of those accusations gradually weakened. In the end, the various units sat together and discussed a countermeasure, that is, to accept the plan proposed by Hanhua Heavy Industries, and Hanhua Heavy Industries sent people to Africa to negotiate with the hijackers, and listen to the conditions offered by the other party. In addition to Hanhuá Heavy Industry, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs must also send people to participate. Before the departure of the people in the country, the staff of the Chinese embassy in Sudan had already gone to the Siya tribe to understand the situation. According to their reports from Africa, the hijackers insisted on negotiating with the builders of the Siya refinery project, and the others were unable to do so for a while.

"Manager Lin, what do you think about solving the hostage crisis this time?" On the plane, Jiang Yajing, a guān member sent by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, asked Lin Zhenhuá.

Jiang Yajing and Lin Zhenhuá are also acquaintances, when Lin Zhenhuá first organized a group to go to the Thai Màijun ship, Jiang Yajing was in the representative group, and since then, they have been friends for six or seven years.

Hearing Jiang Yajing's question, Lin Zhenhuá said: "Our consideration is that people are the most important, and no matter what kind of request the hijacker makes, we will consider it on the premise of ensuring the personal safety of the abducted worker." ”

"Are you saying yes to any conditions?" Jiang Yajing asked.

Lin Zhenhuá said: "That's basically what it means. Of course, we have to negotiate with the hijackers, and if the negotiations fail, in the absence of anything else, we can only agree to the other party's conditions, and saving people is the most important thing. ”

"What if the other party asks for a ransom?"

"Then of course we'll have to take a picture of it." ”

"What if the ransom amount is high? I've heard that in a bǎng case outside the country, the ransom is sometimes as high as hundreds of thousands of dollars. Jiang Yajing said worriedly.

"Hundreds of thousands? If there is nothing else to do, we will definitely give it. Lin Zhenhuá said without hesitation.

Jiang Yajing said in surprise: "However, this is the property of the Yan family!" Can you afford such a large amount? ”

Lin Zhenhuá said: "Assistant Jiang, you're not mistaken, right?" Over there, it's the lives of our workers, and the money is insignificant compared to life. Jiang Yajing was silent, and in her impression, it seemed that she had always encouraged people to sacrifice their lives in order to protect the property of the national family. The heroes she studied when she was young, some of them were to save a group of sheep in the collective, some to protect a few machine tools in the workshop, and some to fish for a piece of wood that had been washed into the flood, all of them paid with their lives. Now that Lin Zhenhua is here, everything is reversed, and it is right or wrong to use the money of the state family to redeem the lives of several workers?

"Our ambassador to Sudan is in the process of negotiating with the Sudanese government and asking the Sudanese government to come forward to resolve this matter." Jiang Yajing reported to Lin Zhenhuatong.

"Don't count on the Sultan's government." The old knife sitting next to Lin Zhenhua said. He also took the initiative to invite Ying to join the working group, of course Lin Zhenhua couldn't ask for it, anyway, Lao Dao is also a person on the secret front, and his experience in dealing with this kind of thing is far richer than him.

"Why?" Jiang Yajing asked.

Lao Dao said: "The Sultan's government has long lost its control over the south, and the Woheni tribe has always been outside the jurisdiction of the Sultan's government, and what the Sultan's government says has no effect on the Woheni tribe." In addition, the Sultan's government has always complained about our help in building an oil refinery for the Siya tribe, and they will definitely choose to see the joke rather than help. ”

"What the old knife said is extremely true." Lin Zhenhua nodded and said, "Assistant Jiang, it may be more appropriate to solve this matter through our private channels." Southern Sudan is a state without a government, and the government has little role to play there. ”

Jiang Yajing knew that what the two of them said was true, in fact, this was also the situation that the Ministry of Foreign Affairs had already mastered, but the Ministry of Foreign Affairs still had to go through such a formality, otherwise it would be a dereliction of duty.

"Okay, then I'll cooperate with you, and you can just say what you need me to do." Jiang Yajing finally said.

The plane landed at Addis Ababa airport, where three buses sent from the construction site were already waiting. The team did not have time to rest, so they got on the bus and rushed to the construction site of the Xiya Tribe Oil Refinery, which is located 800 kilometers away.

"It's Manager Lin, my name is Song Qiyuan, and I'm also from Yan'an State, Myanmar. As soon as something happened this time, I rushed over from Burma, only one day before you. On the bus, a strong man in charge of the response team said to Lin Zhenhua.

"Oh, it turned out to be Lord Song." Lin Zhenhua hurriedly got up and shook hands with Song Qiyuan. He and Song Qiyuan have never met, but after hearing Lan Wufeng talk about this person, he knows that he is steady and generous, shrewd and brave, and he turned out to be the deputy company commander of the Educated Youth Company in northern Myanmar, and later served as the deputy commander of Yan'an Bang. In recent years, Yanbang has obtained official status in Myanmar and started doing business, and Song Qiyuan is the general manager of Yan'an Bang's subordinate shipping company, which is in charge of several ocean-going freighters.

Song Qiyuan hurriedly said: "Manager Lin, you're welcome, just call me Old Song." Although I have never met Manager Lin, I have always remembered Manager Lin's help to us. ”

Lin Zhenhua knew that he was talking about the incident when he lent $50,000 to Lan Wufeng, and it was with this $50,000 that the Educated Youth Company bought a large amount of equipment from arms dealers, so as to turn defeat into victory in the battle against the Burmese government's army. Whether it is Qi Yue or Xiao Renwu, they have all mentioned this matter when they saw Lin Zhenhua. The entire educated youth company regards Lin Zhenhua as his life-saver.

"What help, that's just some respect for you seniors." Lin Zhenhua said, "Okay, I'm not polite to you, I'll dare to call you Lao Song." However, don't call me Manager Lin, just call me Xiaolin. ”,

"Haha, I've heard Fengzi say that you are a righteous person. Okay, I'm a few years old, so I'll call you Xiaolin. Song Qiyuan laughed and patted Lin Zhenhua's shoulder. Except for Qi Yue and Lan Wufeng, who later went to Myanmar, the rest of the people in the Educated Youth Company all passed in the late 60s, and these people are currently in their early 40s, and they all belong to the eldest brother's generation in front of Lin Zhenhua.

"Old Song, how is the situation on the construction site now?" Lin Zhenhua asked.

Song Qiyuan said: "I don't know, I only arrived in Addis Ababa yesterday, and Fengzi asked me to stay here and wait for you." However, we have already thought about it, negotiate first, and if the other party does not want to make a face, we will directly deal with them. You see, I brought 30 comrades from Burma, all of whom are soldiers of our Educated Youth Company. ”

As he spoke, he pointed to a group of men in the car. Lin Zhenhua had already noticed when these people first got into the car, they were all wearing American-style military uniforms, but they didn't wear steel helmets, each of them had an AK47 in their hands, and the tactical backpacks on their bodies were bulging, which should be bullet medicine and other equipment.

"Old Song, where did all these martial arts weapons come from?" Lin Zhenhua asked.

"I bought it on the local arms black market." "We have equipment in Myanmar, but we can't take it on a plane. Fengzi has already purchased a batch here, and we will be fully equipped as soon as we come. ”

"Okay, if there is anything superfluous, my people also need to be equipped." Lin Zhenhua said.

Song Qiyuan said: "Of course there is, Fengzi has already explained, and I have prepared 50 sets of equipment for you, and I will immediately have people distribute them to comrades." ”。 ）