Germany was reunified, East German factories were closed, and workers were unemployed.

West Germany had many opportunities, high salaries, and good treatment, and they all went to West Germany to look for jobs, and East Berlin almost became an empty city.

The charter was a little shocked by the main street of the former East Germany, named after the great mentor Marx, who had just walked through. This street, which once marked the post-war construction of the GDR, where festivals and military parades were held, suddenly became deserted, and although it still retains its extraordinary appearance, it gives people an extremely bleak feeling.

Considering that the factory and the power plant were under construction, and it was far away from the city, and it was inconvenient to come and go, Daniel, the president of the European region, with the consent of the chairman Liu Siwei and the articles of association of the largest shareholder, spent 240,000 marks to buy a four-story office building of the former East German Berlin City Business Coordination Committee from the trusteeship bureau as the headquarters of NB Electric Europe.

This Soviet-style building is directly opposite Karl Brown, who once carried all the glory and power of the GDR. Karl Marx Street, close to the Central Railway Station, has a tree-lined sidewalk at the gate, which is wider than the roads in China.

Like the Hong Kong headquarters, the main station faces the main entrance, with the office area on the left, the product exhibition hall on the right, and the president's office, conference rooms and the offices of national managers on the second floor.

With the development of transportation in Europe, all the previous branches were abolished, and the managers stayed in hotels on business trips and came back to live in the living quarters on the third floor. The company has a property in Berlin, so Zhang Lin naturally no longer lives in the gloomy apartment on Unter den Linden, but moves here as soon as the renovation is completed, and lives on the fourth floor with Daniel and his wife.

I don't know how the upstairs is, and the downstairs decoration is really flattering.

The speaker has no intention, but the listener has the intention. Daniel actually pulled the Berlin Wall as a partition for the office area on the first floor, and the exhibition hall was full of various military hats inlaid with red stars. The flowers are green, and they are gorgeous. I didn't even pick up a bronze statue of Marx and Engels out of nowhere. One left and one right are placed on both sides of the exhibition hall, like two door gods.

The intestines of the charter were about to be broken by him, and he didn't even bother to greet his colleagues in the European region, so he gritted his teeth and said: "Mr. President, this is the European headquarters, not a museum!" ”

"Zhang, don't you think it's tasteful?" Daniel didn't think he was really angry, and after saying that, he grabbed a military hat and put it on, and ran to the bronze statue to pose for a pose.

It's too extravagant. He even used the precious Berlin Wall as a partition.

The top is welded to death, it will be broken when it is dismantled, and it is worthless if it is broken, what a super loser. Thinking that there are still many of them, and that these Berlin Walls are still on their own turf, the charter is much better.

"Mr. Zhang, welcome back to Berlin."

Linny. Heideman has become a regular employee of NB Electric, and no longer works as a nanny for Zhang Lin, and the charter nodded slightly. He smiled and asked, "Miss Linnie, what position is it now?" ”

"Sales Assistant, assisting Mr. François in charge of French sales." As if worried that the charter would think she wasn't working hard, Lynnie hugged the folder she was carrying. He added: "I just returned to the headquarters yesterday and will go to France after Mr. François has left for his leave. ”

The first colleagues of the former foreign department, Philippe and Arsena Wenger, went on a business trip, as did the former East German diplomats Lucas and Leo. Even his former "guardian" Zhang Tingxiu went to Frankfurt, and there were only six newly recruited colleagues at the headquarters.

Say hello to them one by one. The charter came to the second floor with Daniel and gave a brief introduction to the Saudi agent Mohammed. Dumaid cooperation.

Let's get down to business. Daniel seemed to be a different person, and said with a worried face: "Zhang, I have no problem with sending Lucas and Leo to the Middle East, but isn't it too risky to do so?" It is important to know that Saudi Arabia does not have a Foreign Investment Law, in fact they do not welcome foreign investment, and the Saudi king will only protect his people. ”

Setting up a temporary factory in Saudi Arabia is equivalent to building a joint venture with Mohammed, and as Daniel said, Saudi Arabia has not enacted and promulgated relevant laws and regulations. Foreign investment is not only not protected by law, it is also prohibited by law. Except for a few large oil companies in Britain and the United States, Saudi Arabia can hardly find a joint venture except for national joint ventures.

If memory serves, they won't allow foreign investment until after 2000.

The charter smiled and said casually: "The risk is indeed great, but I think Muhammad can be trusted." ”

Daniel was not as optimistic as him, frowned and said bluntly: "The production equipment and raw materials are purchased in his name, and the technicians and workers also go to Saudi Arabia in the name of being recruited by him, and even the sales are in charge of him, which means that everything is done by Mohammed, and all of us are working for him, and even have to invest more than 20 million Hong Kong dollars."

And all this is based on a series of uncertainties, who knows when the war will start, who knows what the outcome of the war will be, who knows whether the government-in-exile will be able to restore the country, who knows whether Muhammad will be able to get the reconstruction order, and who can guarantee whether he will be able to keep his promises? ”

"I don't know all of this, and I don't want to know it."

He pointed to the globe beside his desk and said with a smile: "I only know that Saudi Arabia issued $16 billion in project contracts last year, which is the largest project contracting market in the Middle East and the 18th in the world. There are large projects of hundreds of millions of dollars everywhere, and there are not a few super-large projects of more than 1 billion dollars. Prior to Iraq's invasion of Kuwait, Saudi Arabia had just completed its fifth five-year plan for 1990-1995, which included $96.5 billion in public sector investment in its national budget, not including $85.8 billion in Aramco and SABIC.

It is worth mentioning that these constructions are mainly concentrated in petroleum, electricity, transportation and communications, desalination, real estate, municipal facilities, agricultural infrastructure, etc. 20 million Hong Kong dollars to bet on 1 billion US dollars, dear Mr. President, don't you think we should gamble? ”

The drunkard's intention is not to drink, ostensibly to prepare for the reconstruction of Kuwait, but in fact to break into the Saudi power equipment market.

Seeing Daniel's sudden realization, the charter continued: "Muhammad is not a fool, he should know that no company can work with him like this except us. He withheld our production equipment and raw materials worth 20 million Hong Kong dollars. will lose at least $20 million or more, because he can't deduct our people. There are not enough engineers and technical workers, and there is no rich experience in production and management. Even if he was given a factory, he wouldn't be able to play it. ”

Saudi Arabia is the best market to do, but it is also the most difficult market to do.

It is said that it is easy to do because it is rich and rich, and it has money; It's hard to say because it's so restrictive in all aspects that several cities are not even allowed to enter by non-MSLs. Daniel weighed the pros and cons and found that working with Mohammed, producing and selling in Saudi Arabia under his name was the best option for him from any point of view.

Thinking of the people who were NB Electric from production to installation, no one Muhammad was nothing, Daniel couldn't help but sigh: "Zhang. I didn't believe a word until now. ”

"What?"

"Talent is the precious wealth of the company!"

The charter sneered: "Nonsense, it was meant to be." ”

"20 million Hong Kong dollars bet on 2 billion US dollars, this bet is worth taking. It's just that he provides the factory, is responsible for sales, and handles relevant procedures, how many shares do you need to occupy us? ”

"20 percent, after all, such cooperation has certain risks, and we should make some concessions."

"Temporary factories need workers, Chinese factories and Vietnamese factories also need skilled workers, Zhang, don't you think it's impossible for us to pull out so many people?"

The person who sells is concerned about the production. The charter was happy: "You mean the construction workers?" ”

"A construction team of 1,000 people is equivalent to all the workers in a Chinese factory, am I right?"

The charter smiled and said proudly, "That's right. But don't forget that the most important thing in China is people. Almost every province, every city and even every county has its own power installation engineering company or power installation team, which is an opportunity to earn foreign exchange. I believe they are very willing to cooperate with us. ”

"That's fine."

Daniel figured out the ins and outs and immediately grabbed the phone to inform Lucas and Leo, former East German diplomats in the European region who were most familiar with the Middle East. Traveled directly from Hungary and Poland to Riyadh to join Zuo Heng, the director of the cooperative project who was rushing there.

The room is ready-made. You can also eat Chinese food cooked by Daniel's wife Wan Yi. Although I really wanted to visit the NB laboratory and the waste incineration plant site in Berlin, I couldn't go anywhere until my second sister Zhang Lin returned.

From Hong Kong to the Middle East, from the Middle East to Europe, the biological clock is completely out of order.

I wanted to sleep for a while, but I couldn't sleep, so I simply got up and wrote a letter to Xia Yao who was far away in China, one a day, and now this one is the tenth, but I am always busy with this and that, and I can't send a single one.

At this moment, Lujiawan NB Hope Primary School welcomed two more volunteers.

One is Liu Zhanghui, the special director of the Hong Kong NB Charity Foundation, and the other is Wu Xiaolian, a volunteer of the Xiangjiang Volunteer Federation.

"Director Liu, Teacher Wu, it's cold in the mountains, so you have to cover an extra quilt at night. For the past two days, a wild cat has come running out of nowhere, and it has been barking non-stop at night, so don't be afraid, just act as if you haven't heard anything. ”

The younger brother's vision really has nothing to say, the girl in front of him is not only extremely beautiful, but also has a graceful voice, the more Zhang Hui looks at it, the more she likes it, she pulls her to sit beside her, and smiles softly: "Teacher Xia, don't be busy, talk to us." ”

The special director of the foundation, No. 1, the representative of the donor of Lujiawan NB Hope Primary School, the county magistrate was polite when he saw him, Xia Yao was a little nervous, and asked nervously: "Director Liu, what do you want to know?" (To be continued......)

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