West Africa, Nigeria, streets of Lagos

Three Chinese walked down the street talking and laughing, stopping from time to time to ask the merchants on the side of the road about something. The official language of Nigeria is English, so it is not too difficult for the two sides to communicate, and if you meet a French-speaking country, it is really not easy to pick out so many people who are proficient in French in China to liaise.

"Alas, no, it's not easy to find a suitable venue." The Chinese in the lead, wearing short-sighted glasses, sighed. His name is Lu Qihong, he graduated from graduate school three years ago, applied for a job at Hanhua, and after several years of tempering, he is now able to take charge of himself. Two months ago, he was appointed Sales Manager and, after some rigorous training, traveled to Lagos with two of his subordinates to set up a sales center in Lagos.

They had only arrived in Lagos a few days ago and had been around the city for two days in search of a suitable site for a sales centre.

"Manager Lu, don't worry, isn't it too late for Mr. Xiang to give us? Let's have some fun during this time, shall we? ”

The one who spoke was a middle-aged worker named Wang Shuijin. If someone has a good memory, they should remember that he was originally a worker of Jiang Shidian, and when Hanhua merged Jiang Shidian, he used to make trouble with Sun Xiangyun, the thorn head, and wanted to fish in troubled waters and make some gains. As a result, under the offensive of Lin Zhenhua and others with sticks and carrots, the farce finally ended hastily.

Now, Sun Xiangyun has been fired for repeated violations of labor discipline, and opened a stall selling lottery tickets on the streets of Nandu, and it is said that the income is quite good. Wang Shuijin changed his ways, picked up the long-abandoned fitter technology, worked diligently for more than ten years, and gradually became a highly skilled maintenance technician, this time he was also sent to Lagos to be responsible for the technical work of the sales center.

"Master, haven't you been to Africa many times? Familiar with this place, right? "This is Wang Shuijin's little apprentice talking, his name is Zheng Wenhao, he is only 20 years old this year, and he is the son of a worker of Yuanjiang Shidian. After graduating from Hanhua Technical School a year ago, he was assigned to Wang Shuijin's apprenticeship, and this was his first time abroad, and he was dazzled by everything.

Wang Shuijin pretended to be disdainful, but with a sense of showing off in his heart, he said: "I often come and go to Africa, and in the past ten years, I have been back and forth more than 20 times, right?" But as you know, our Hanhua construction sites are all in the wilderness, and occasionally they are collectively pulled to the city to go around, and they are also in a hurry, how can there be such a time to be idle. Don't say it, Lagos is a city that I haven't heard of before, but now it looks quite prosperous."

"Lao Wang, this is your ignorance." Lu Qihong said. He belonged to the intellectual sequence of the company, and had not dealt much with workers like Wang Shuijin in the past. However, in the past two months of intensive training, they have established a deep friendship, and they have become very casual in their talk.

"Lagos was the former capital of Nigeria, and after the capital moved to Abuja in 1991, it is still the industrial and industrial center of the country, with a population of 7 million, which is considered a large city in the whole of Africa." Lu Qihong said that since he knew that he was going to work in Lagos, he made up for his knowledge of African geography, so he said that it was the first thing to say.

Zheng Wenhao raised his head and looked around, and said disdainfully: "What kind of big city, I think it's average." Not to mention compared with Xunyang, even Nandu is much more prosperous than it······ Look, there's still us Chinese over there. ”

"Now there are more Chinese in Africa, in addition to our employees of Chinese-funded enterprises, there are also self-employed people who come to Africa to do business, and when we were doing projects in Africa in the past, we hired Chinese restaurants in the city to cook for us." Wang Shuijin was again selling his African experience, but he still followed Zheng Wenhao's finger and looked forward, after all, meeting a Chinese overseas is still a very kind thing. …,

"It's him!" It didn't matter if he looked at it, Wang Shuijin couldn't help but shout out in a lost voice: "Jinchang...... Old Kim! Is it Kim Jianbo? ”

A dozen steps away, Jin Jianbo, dressed in a suit, was saying something to two black men, and when he heard someone shouting his name in Chinese, he turned his head sharply and looked at the strange group of Chinese.

"Lao Jin, it's me, Wang Shuijin of the engineering team, do you remember me?" Wang Shuijin came to Jin Jianbo in a few steps, and reminded Jin Jianbo with a smile. He originally planned to call Jin Jianbo the director of the factory, but thinking that Jin Jianbo was imprisoned in an accident while serving as the director of the factory, calling the other party the director of the factory would inevitably be suspected of revealing people's scars. Anyway, everyone is in their 40s, so it's more appropriate to call Lao Jin.

"Wang Shuijin? Oh, little Wang, no, no, you should be called Lao Wang, why did you come to Lagos? Jin Jianbo was stunned for a moment, then remembered, and hurriedly smiled and stretched out his hand to shake hands with Wang Shuijin.

When Jin Jianbo was the deputy director of Jiang Shidian, there were many workers in the factory, and of course he couldn't know everyone. But this Wang Shuijin is relatively familiar to him, and the reason for being familiar with it is naturally because Wang Shuijin and Sun Xiangyun are relatively close, and they usually add to the blockage of the factory directors. After more than ten years, the grievances of the year have long been forgotten, and Jin Jianbo is no longer the leader of Wang Shuijin, and all that is left in everyone's hearts is a kind of closeness to former colleagues.

Wang Shuijin was quite happy to see that Jin Jianbo recognized him, and he began to introduce everyone to each other: "Lao Jin, we are here to build a sales center in Lagos. Come on, let me introduce you to you, this is our sales center manager, Lu Qihong, a well-known graduate student who graduated from Huazhong University of Science and Technology. This is our Jiang Shidian... Well, in the past, our colleague of Jiang Shidian, Jin Jianbo, also graduated from university, Manager Lu, don't be unconvinced, they were college students in the early 80s, it was real, and the brand was very hard. ”

Lu Qihong had never heard of Jin Jianbo's name, and naturally he didn't know that he was the ex-husband of Fang Yanwu, the wife of the boss of the chemical equipment company. Hearing that he was a college student in the early 80s and had worked in Jiang Shidian again, Lu Qihong did not dare to slack off, and hurriedly stepped forward to shake hands with Jin Jianbo and exchanged a few words of greeting.

When Zheng Wenhao was introduced, Jin Jianbo found that he still knew the other party.

Zheng Wenhao is Jiang Shidian's son, and Jin Jianbo has had some dealings with his father. However, when Jin Jianbo was imprisoned, Zheng Wenhao was still a child, and he really had no impression of this former parent official.

After everyone greeted each other, Wang Shuijin asked: "Lao Jin, I heard from the masters in the factory a long time ago that you came to Africa, but I didn't expect to meet you here." Why, have you been working here in Lagos? By the way, what exactly do you do now? ”

Jin Jianbo smiled slightly and said, "I also came to Lagos the year before last, and opened a small trading company here, mainly selling a little bit of our Chinese goods. ”

"Oh, these two are your clients, right? Do you have anything important to discuss, otherwise, we won't delay you, and we will make another appointment to talk at a suitable time. Wang Shuijin looked at the two black men who were talking to Jin Jianbo just now and said with interest.

Jin Jianbo waved his hand disapprovingly and said, "It's okay, they are employees of my company, and I was explaining my work to them just now." Well, do you have any arrangements? If there is no arrangement, I will do the east at noon, and everyone will get together? ”

"What's so embarrassing?" Lu Qihong said, "Mr. Jin's work is so busy, we are really embarrassed to disturb it." Besides, we still have some business to do. ”

This is Lu Qihong's eyes, he clearly saw that the two black men who stood beside Jin Jianbo respectfully were brightly dressed, and they should belong to the white-collar family in Lagos, Jin Jianbo said that such people are his employees, it can be seen that Jin Jianbo's business is definitely not a small company, but has a certain strength. Thinking of this, he quietly changed his title to Mr. Jin. …,

"What Mr. Kim." Jin Jianbo casually politely said, obviously it was not the first time he had heard such a title, and he didn't feel anything wrong at all, "Since I met, I definitely want to have a meal, Lao Wang and Xiao Zheng are all old friends." I don't have to delay you with a meal, and I have some connections in Lagos, so maybe I can help you a little bit with what you have to do. ”

Wang Shuijin is a bit of a gossip person, Jin Jianbo has been in Africa for several years, and occasionally some people in the factory say that he is prosperous, and that he is actually poor. Now that I finally met him on the streets of Africa, Wang Shuijin also wanted to see how Jin Jianbo was doing now, so he pulled Lu Qihong and said: "Manager Lu, let's not rush our affairs, Lao Jin is familiar with the situation in Lagos, maybe he can introduce us to a high-quality and inexpensive venue." ”

"Oh, are you looking for a venue?" Jin Jianbo asked, "I'm still quite familiar with the chamber of commerce here, so I should go back and talk to them, and it shouldn't be a problem to find a suitable venue for you." Or, let's go to our company first, and tell us what the requirements are for the venue. ”

Having said that, Lu Qihong had no reason to shirk, he smiled and arched his hand to Jin Jianbo, and said: "It's better to be respectful than to obey your fate, then you will bother Mr. Jin." ”

Jin Jianbo said something to a black man next to him, and the black man took out his mobile phone and said a few words in the local vernacular. A short time later, a Mercedes-Benz sedan came out of nowhere and quietly stopped beside them, with a black driver sitting in the driver's seat.

"Wow, old Kim, this is your car!" Although Wang Shuijin doesn't recognize so many car models, he can also see the luxury of this car from the appearance, "It seems that you have really made a fortune in Africa!" ”

"So-so, everyone, please get in the car." Jin Jianbo was about to pull the car door as he spoke, but his black subordinates on the side hurriedly stepped forward, opened the back door first, and beckoned Lu Qihong and others to sit in. Then he opened the door of the front passenger seat and asked Jin Jianbo to get into the car.

Jin Jianbo nodded slightly, and when he stepped into the car with one foot, he instructed his subordinates lightly: "Dewar, that project in Sokoto, you have to hurry, we must start construction before the rainy season comes, otherwise the progress will be affected." ”

"Okay, boss, I'll fly to Sokoto right away." The subordinate replied loudly.