As soon as they finished visiting the fire-fighting equipment on the construction ship, Ali and Chief Engineer Al-Burda, who were far away in Kuwait City, and Prince Muteb and Mohammed, who were far away in Ta'if, an important town in southwestern Saudi Arabia, called one after another.

Several power plants were so badly damaged that even several engineers of the Kuwait National Electricity Company were frustrated that they would not be repaired in a short period of time, and were about to report to Ta'if's government-in-exile when Chief Engineer Al-Burda proposed a plan to "tear down the east wall and make up for the west wall." It was proposed that some of the equipment from several other power plants, which were relatively intact, be disassembled and assembled into the Schweich power plant, where the steam turbines were intact.

Large-scale equipment has a production cycle, the fastest is three months, the slow is half a year, counting the installation and commissioning, a power plant will be put into use at the fastest time it will take more than a year.

In contrast, this is undoubtedly the best choice in front of you.

The government-in-exile, eager to return to Kuwait, accepted the offer without hesitation. Considering that it would take time to disassemble and install, he even took the initiative to postpone the construction period to one month. Prince Metb and Mohammed were asked to complete the emergency repair work of the Shuweh power plant as soon as possible while ensuring temporary electricity supply.

This was a great opportunity to prove their strength, and for the next big order, Prince Metb and Mohammed consulted the chief engineer of Alberta on the phone, and then told the Emir of Kuwait and the Prime Minister that the construction period was still eight days! He also claimed that Mohammed Power Engineering and the company's partner, NB Electric, would rush to repair the Schweich power plant at all costs.

Eight days is an almost impossible task in the eyes of the Kuwaiti royal family.

But they only care about time, after all, Kuwait's population is too small, and a third of them are Shiites. After the start of the war, more than half of them fled. There was even a puppet government formed during the occupation. It was only later that the mask was torn off and "annexed" to Iraq. If the infrastructure is not restored as soon as possible, and if the exiled people are not mobilized to return to their homes as soon as possible, there will be many uncertainties even if the coalition wins.

So, with the attitude of a dead horse as a live horse doctor, Prince Metb and Muhammad were allowed to throw off their arms.

Eight days to repair a power plant requires a lot of personnel and construction equipment, which means that the "after-sales service" army of NB Industrial Manufacturing must start early. This means that the repair fleet anchored at the port of Jubail must depart nine days in advance.

Since money is not a problem, then everything is not a problem!

The charter immediately ordered the voyage to set sail, and after six hours of sailing, the fleet finally arrived at Kuwait Harbor, where the smoke had not yet cleared, before dark.

There was chaos on the docks, there was no pilotage, no customs, and no one to collect all kinds of fees.

Ali, who had been waiting for a long time, had already used several tugboats in the harbor to clear out three berths, and as soon as the ship docked, he climbed up and said eagerly: "Zhang, the two shore cranes behind me have been inspected and can still be used." But the generators we brought were not powerful enough. You'll have to figure it out for yourself. ”

The crane on the ship cannot lift large equipment, and the quay crane at the dock must be used.

Charter nodded slightly. Turning around, he said, "Mr. Bernard, it's up to you next." ”

"No problem, it's our job."

Some of the generator sets on board do not even need to be hoisted ashore, connected to the transformer that has been prepared in advance, drag out three cables, and in less than half an hour, the lights around the berth will be bright. Immediately afterwards, large construction vehicles that were originally intended to be used to extinguish fires were hoisted ashore one by one.

The dining room of the No. 2 nanny ship became the headquarters of the emergency repair project, and three maritime satellite telephones and six high-power walkie-talkies rang non-stop. Dr. Hall's team, Captain Hertz's team, and Bernard's team of engineers all became emergency repair crews, and under the command of Chief Engineer Alberta, they rushed to five power plants in and around Kuwait City.

Cranes, bulldozers and loaders drove out of the dock, and Chen Zhenghuai was so worried that he couldn't help but look back and ask: "Regulations, can it be repaired in eight days?" ”

Statute glanced at the time on his watch, and said casually: "Muhammad should be in Riyadh at this time, the domestic charter plane will land in one hour, the German charter plane will land in four hours, and the second batch of construction workers should be able to arrive at the construction site before dawn, and the manpower is sufficient, and it is completely possible to work in two shifts and twenty-four hours a day."

As for the construction vehicles, if you count Muhammad's, there is no problem. The point is that some equipment that we don't have must be procured from our peers as soon as possible. Chief Engineer Alberta is compiling a list of purchases, and if the action is fast enough, eight days should be in time. ”

The list of equipment is more than 20 pages long, and several electrical engineers from Germany, China and Saudi Arabia carefully check whether they have any in their warehouses one by one. It was not until the confirmation was completed that the Hong Kong headquarters, Mohammed and the European headquarters were contacted by maritime telephone.

At one o'clock in the morning, we received replies from Cao Xuming, manager of the commercial department, Mohammed in Riyadh, and assistant to the president of the European region. They agreed that compared to large equipment such as steam turbines, which had to be ordered in advance, what was needed now was something that was relatively easy to procure and guaranteed to be delivered to the site within three days.

Only then did he breathe a sigh of relief and was about to go back to the cabin to rest, when the chief engineer of Alberta suddenly ran over from next door and said excitedly: "Zhang, Mr. Wang's team confirmed that the coils and cores of the four step-up transformers and the three 132 thousand volt main transformers are fine, but the fuel tank and radiator were blown up, and they were dragged to the temporary factory to reconnect the wires, dry them, and change the fuel tank and several sets of radiators to continue to use." ”

"That's good news."

"So I want to spare some people to check all the transformers that have been replaced and see if there are any that can be repaired."

Kuwait has a lot of money, and if it breaks, it will be replaced, and there is no concept of repair. The bad transformers that the pioneers removed today were all thrown aside as scrap metal, dragged back to repair and replace the shell, and they became NB electrical products.

The charter reacted and said with a smile: "It is indeed necessary, but the timing must be right." Especially the 132 thousand volt main transformer, don't pull it back today, send it in a week, produce a main transformer in such a short time, and even don't believe in ghosts. ”

The chief engineer smiled knowingly: "I know what to do, the main transformer of the Schweich power plant is still dismantled from other power plants, and the original ones will be used later, don't you say?" ”

"Of course, as long as we get the Schweich power plant connected to the grid in eight days, it is impossible for us to repair the other ones."

The good news came one after another, and as soon as Chief Engineer Al-Burda returned to continue his work, Ali came over happily and said: "Zhang, His Royal Highness the Prince has just called, and he asked me to tell you that the Saudi National Power Company will fully support our operation, the equipment warehouse will be open to us, the technicians and construction vehicles will be called at will, and a military liaison officer and a helicopter will be sent to serve us." ”

The charter was ecstatic and couldn't help but confirm: "Really? ”

"Really, the King's order an hour ago. We were the first company to enter Kuwait, representing Saudi Arabia. As long as it can open up the situation, it will be very beneficial to fight for a second round of rebuilding contracts. ”

The charter lowered his head emphatically, and sighed with emotion: "Your Majesty the King is very wise. ”

Ali smiled and agreed, "There's no doubt about that. ”

"Well, then we'll be more sure."

The charter thought for a while, and said thoughtfully: "We have enough technical personnel, and we don't need them for the time being." The main city line is so long, and the construction vehicles do not need to be polite to His Majesty the King. As for military liaison officers and helicopters...... They were asked to stand by at Riyadh airport, and when the firefighting and blowout control experts arrived, they could take a helicopter ride over the southern oil fields to prepare for the next rebuilding of the oil grid. ”

The prince and Muhammad knew that they wanted to contract for the firefighting. Considering that the interlacing is like a mountain, and the pie of power reconstruction is big enough, there is no requirement to participate.

Friends should help each other, and the last $50 million plastic pellet procurement contract made the prince's brother-in-law show his face in the royal family. Although it was clear that going around the oil field had nothing to do with rebuilding the oil grid, Ali smiled and agreed: "No problem, I'll call Mohammed." ”

"Wait."

Thinking of the desalination plant next to the Shuweich power plant, the charter hurriedly stopped him: "Ali, after the emir returns to Kuwait, he can't always drink bottled water from the air, right?" It is very important to repair the power plant, and it is equally important to repair the desalination plant, so help me ask His Royal Highness the Prince and your brother if they are interested in repairing the desalination plant. There is no chance to be lost, and now we have almost no competition. If you miss this opportunity, you won't be able to receive it in the future. ”

Ali was happy and couldn't help laughing: "As long as it is a project that can make money, I think they will be very interested." ”

As expected by the charter, ten minutes later, Prince Meteb personally called and asked the front-line personnel to "get on the bus first and then buy tickets", as long as they are able to do it first, anyway, the government-in-exile who is eager to return to his homeland will respond to his needs at this time, as long as he can do something before the emir returns to Kuwait, money is not a problem.

This is not a project manufactured by NB Industries, nor is it a project of the parent company, NB Electric, but a project of Mohammed Power Installation Company, which is backed by the Saudi royal family and government.

As long as you do your job well, you are not afraid that you will not get paid.

Not to be missed, Major Heiko contacted Dr. Klinsmann and asked the third group to leave immediately to quickly "occupy" the docks and several desalination plants in Kuwait in the form of subcontracting the works of the Mohammed Power Installation Company.

Chen Zhenghuai didn't understand this, and couldn't help asking: "San'er, since everyone has spoken, why don't you take the opportunity to make the business bigger?" ”

How could he not know what Lu Dao was thinking, shook his head and said, "Uncle Chen, eight days, no, seven days, what else can we do besides these?" People want to see the results, if you can't get the results within seven days, no matter how hard you work and how capable you are, it will only leave a bad impression on others.

The power plant, the dock and the desalination plant are very important for the return of the government-in-exile to Kuwait and the subsequent large-scale reconstruction, as long as we do it and are not afraid of no construction in the future. Thinking about what people think and being anxious about what others are anxious about is the right way. If the human heart is not enough to swallow the elephant, it will only backfire. (To be continued......)