Chapter 33: The Cold Bench
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Liu Handong didn't feel like he was in a foreign country, but felt that Qin Xianyang was extremely hypocritical, because this thing has been complimenting himself, saying that he is worthy of being a talent from our regiment, and his individual combat ability is strong, even more powerful than the special forces, and we have all studied the report on the rescue of hostages in Afghanistan, and the boys have taken you as an example.
Don't talk speculatively for more than half a sentence, Liu Handong is a straight person, not good at being a hypocrisy, Qin Xianyang has a hot face and sticks to a cold ass, and after a while, he doesn't speak.
The office environment of the branch is good, the air conditioning and refrigeration are powerful, everyone has a laptop, the network is also swishing fast, everyone else is busy, but Liu Handong has nothing to do, because he is directly managed by the general manager, and others are not qualified to give him tasks, so he can only be idle before Zhang Bangxian comes back.
Liu Handong spent two days getting acquainted with the new unit, it is not like a company, but like a government agency, with strict hierarchies, there is a big gap between the treatment of regular workers and hired personnel, the temperature in the Arabian Peninsula is very high, 50 degrees during the day and 35 degrees at night, there is no way to go out and wander around, only cats surf the Internet in the dormitory, or play cards and chat with colleagues, drinking is not allowed, Saudi Arabia is a country where alcohol is prohibited, Hawabi sect is a stronghold, the company is disciplined, even if you are not a Muslim, you must abide by the local Shari'a.
This day is simply unbearable, Liu Handong began to regret taking this trick, boring, monotonous and boring, and his imaginary work is very different, just when he had the idea of resignation, Zhang Bangxian came back.
Zhang Bangxian is about fifty years old, with a medium physique, black head, meticulous, wearing a white shirt and straight trousers, no tie, and looks like a domestic department-level cadre.
The meeting was basically Zhang Bangxian talking, he was off-script speech, methodical, very high-level, after the meeting, the secretary asked Liu Handong to go to Mr. Zhang's office.
Mr. Zhang's office is very spacious, with shiny solid wood floors, small Arabic carpet decorations, the national flag and the corporate flag of Zhongyan Huang stand behind the grand executive desk, a group photo of Zhang Bangxian wearing a helmet and the former general secretary hanging on the wall, and there are various books on the shelves, most of which are original foreign language editions, and looking at the way they are placed, they should not be pretending, but often read.
"How many days has Xiao Liu been here? Drink coffee? When you go to Arabia, you must try the local coffee, which is very energetic and refreshing than drinking tea. Zhang Bangxian personally poured coffee for Liu Handong, asked him if he was used to the local climate, what needs he had in life, and he was kind like an old trade union chairman.
Liu Handong is neither humble nor arrogant, he can cope with it freely, sits in a correct posture, and has a military demeanor.
Zhang Bangxian sat back behind the desk and asked with great interest: "Do you have any insights and opinions on our company's exhibition?" ”
Liu Handong made a draft, because Zheng Jiayi told him that the so-called international public relations department is by no means a secret service agency that takes unconventional means to solve problems, but cooperates with the company to coordinate the relationship with the host country, buys and acquires overseas assets for the company, and cooperates in the development of oil and gas energy to remove obstacles.
"I think that although China's oil companies have abundant capital, they are not oil predators in essence, and in fact, they have failed to operate for more than 20 years." Liu Handong began to talk eloquently, not caring at all about the change in Zhang Bangxian's face.
"Zhongyanhuang, as well as Sinopec, PetroChina, and CNOOC, do not have their own oil and gas assets in Saudi Arabia, and can only rely on helping others build oil refineries, drill wells, explore, and rely on these businesses to make profits, and the ideas are all wrong......
Zhang Bangxuan politely interrupted Liu Handong's whimsy: "Xiao Liu, what good do you have?" ”
Liu Handong thought for a while and said: "We need a new party, the original set has been proven to be unworkable, whether we can get the ownership of the oil and gas fields, we must balance the interests of the people, public opinion, oil companies, and the behind-the-scenes controllers of resources and Western oil companies in oil-producing countries, instead of looking for the royal family and the government to get things done." ”
Zhang Bangxian said: "Your opinion is very innovative, not bad, so let's go back to work first, and write a material to me when you have time." ”
The phone rang at the right time, Mr. Zhang picked up the microphone and spoke in English, Liu Handong got up to say goodbye, Zhang Bangxian smiled and nodded, and watched him out.
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In the next few days, Liu Handong has been sitting on the cold bench, Zhang Bangxian did not arrange any specific work for him, until one day, the people in the office said that he needed to go to Medina on a business trip, and there was a lack of a driver, so he pulled Liu Handong to drive a van, back and forth a few times, and unconsciously became one of the full-time drivers of the branch, and called him out of the car for big and small things.
A week has passed, two weeks have passed, and the colleagues of the branch have forgotten about Liu Handong, the high-ranking commissioner of the international public relations department, and only remember Xiao Liu, a diligent and hard-working, boring driver.
For Liu Handong, this period of time is a rare comfortable and regular day in recent years, 9 to 5, two o'clock and one line, in addition to attendance, that is, back and forth between the dormitory and the office, occasionally colleagues get some non-alcoholic beer, gather in the dormitory to drink and chat, it is rare entertainment.
Once when drinking, Li Song said indignantly: "Director Liu, the company doesn't let you sit on the cold bench, but it's too much to call you as a driver." ”
Liu Handong smiled indifferently.
Li Song lowered his voice and said: "I know who made the bad, it is surnamed Qin, he has a grudge against you, and he speaks ill of you in front of the leader, this guy is from the countryside of Henan, from Zhumadian, a place that specializes in liars, can his heart be better." ”
Liu Handong said: "Don't mention these, has your sister returned to China?" ”
Li Song immediately became embarrassed: "She has already returned to China, the 100,000 US dollars, let me take it slowly, or I will give you 50,000 yuan first, and then take out a part of your salary every month to pay you back." ”
Liu Handong said: "No need, that money was not borrowed by you, it was something I was willing to spend, and I don't need you to pay it back." ”
Li Song's tears of emotion were about to fall: "Brother Liu, don't say anything, if there is anything you need for me Li Song in the future, go up the knife mountain and go down to the oil pot, in a word." As he spoke, he slapped his chest with a snapping sound.
Liu Handong patted Li Song on the shoulder, saying that he appreciated it, the cold bench encounter during this time, he may be resentful if he changes others, but Liu Handong has passed through a lot of winds and waves, and he has long been pampered, he is a newcomer in this industry, no qualifications and no experience, why let people reuse you, the reason why he is happy to be a driver is that he just takes the opportunity to be familiar with the environment of Riyadh and Saudi Arabia, when he gets out of the car, he will always remember every road, and in his spare time, he will also suffer from an Arab robe to go out and chat with the locals, The level of Arabic has improved by leaps and bounds, the beard has become more and more Arabic, coupled with the skin tanned by the Middle East sun, mixed in the streets, no one recognizes Chinese.
According to the notice of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Prime Minister will visit the five Gulf countries in the near future, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Yemen, Qatar, Oman, the crude oil imports of these five countries account for 35 percent of China's total crude oil imports, do a good job in the bilateral relations of the Gulf countries, is very important for energy security, Zhongyan Huang Middle East Branch is one of the key links, the company in the western Saudi Arabia joint Red Sea refinery project, plans to produce 100,000 barrels of gasoline per day, 300,000 barrels of low-sulphur diesel, as well as 60 million tonnes of petroleum coke and 1,500 tonnes of sulphur, when the prime minister will visit the Red Sea refinery to cut the ribbon with the Saudi crown prince, is a top priority for the subsidiary, and all other businesses must give way.
Zhang Bangxian once said at the meeting that it is necessary to absolutely ensure that there is no accident during the prime minister's visit, not only can there be no accidents, but also achievements. Whoever makes the company lose points will be fired immediately and never used.
Mr. Zhang's loud words are still echoing in his ears, all the employees of the company are full of spirit to devote themselves to the preparation work, even the most idle typist aunt has been assigned tasks, every day is very busy, only Liu Handong, the headquarters of the Middle East international relations coordinator, is still sitting on the cold bench, occasionally out of the car to help the company purchase some daily necessities or something.
Liu Handong knew the reason, Zhang Bangxian was ambitious, had a deep background, and wanted to replace Song Jianfeng, so he would naturally not reuse the people sent by the old Song Dynasty.
But Liu Handong still found Zhang Bangxian to take the initiative to apply for a job, Mr. Zhang thought about it and said: "Good steel should be used on the blade, our branch is preparing to set up a branch in Kelin, you go to the front station, you need any human and financial support, you report to me directly." ”
The Emirate of Colin is a small peninsula country located in the north of the Persian Gulf, bordering Iraq, Kuwait and Saudi Arabia in 6 places, in the early nineties of the last century, the former ruler of Iraq Saddam Hussein waved his army south to take Kuwait overnight, but it did not move the Emirate of Kolin, mainly because the country is too poor, close to the large oil producer Kuwait, its own oil and gas resources are very poor, limited reserves, small scale of exploitation, with the slowdown of the world economy, oil demand is reduced, Colin's income has also plummeted, It has now become a poor country that lives off the export of dates.
Opening an office in such a country, how can there be any future, it is like the feeling of degrading officials in ancient times.
Zhang Bangxian also said with concern, what people need to be brought over, Xiao Liu, you pick it yourself, and I will help you do their ideological work.
This is quite shameless, this is not clear to make Liu Handong offend people, as long as people with a normal mind will not be willing to be transferred to Colin to work.
Liu Handong is not stupid, he said, it is better to sign up openly, and it is mainly voluntary.
So the branch notified and recruited employees to go to the Emirate of Colin to prepare for the office, and what was surprising was that Li Song, who had been in front of Liu Handong before, did not sign up, and Tian Fei did not sign up, but Qin Xianyang, who was said to have a vendetta with Liu Handong, signed up.