Dr. Hall's fleet was only the vanguard, and more than 200 people were refitted while sailing, and even if the three broken ships were refitted, only three or four hundred people could be accommodated. As soon as the war ended, domestic and German follow-up personnel would charter planes over, and two or three thousand people would eat, drink, and sleep in advance.

Kuwait's electricity system is different from that of China and Germany, with 33 kV, 132 kV and 300 kV transmission lines. It is necessary to communicate with Kuwaiti electrical engineers invited from the refugee camps, and to organize technical seminars for electrical engineers who have arrived from China and Germany.

It is one thing to want to participate in reconstruction, but it is another thing for Kuwait to allow it to participate.

It is also necessary to keep abreast of the progress of Daniel, the president of the European region, and Dr. Klinsmann, the director of the NB laboratory in Berlin, and to keep in touch with Mohammed, who is negotiating with the Kuwaiti government-in-exile in Ta'if.

As the largest shareholder of NB Electric, I finally came to Saudi Arabia once, and I don't know when Lu Dao will come next time, and I will visit other agents of NB Electric in Saudi Arabia one by one, accompanied by Zuo Heng, the manager of the Middle East branch.

It's not that easy to be a boss, and it's even harder to be a boss who is still in the entrepreneurial stage. The charter schedule was full, and before I knew it, half a month had passed. Mohammed finally brought back good news that the temporary factory should hurry up and produce a batch of 33,000-volt small-capacity transformers.

"It's just temporary electricity, and as for the reconstruction...... The crown prince of Kuwait has not relented, but we are confident that the Saudi government, as the second troop contributor in the Arab world, should have priority. ”

Muhammad was so optimistic about the future that he even decided to take him to meet the real big boss behind the scenes, Prince Metbu. Looking at the way his eyebrows fluttered, the charter couldn't help but smile and asked, "Mr. Ahmed." Is there any inside information? ”

"There are some. However, it cannot be leaked before it is announced. ”

"Rest assured. How could I possibly embarrass you as a partner. ”

Muhammad. Ahmad nodded, leaned into his ear and whispered mysteriously: "All the building materials are provided by Saudi Arabia, and the agreement signed last night." ”

The charter smiled meaningfully: "This is good news. ”

"As you expected, the coalition forces are sure to drive the Iraqi army out of Kuwait in a short period of time." Thinking that Iraq was also bombed by the coalition forces, Mohammed added: "It is a pity that the scale of the war was set before the war, and if we can oust Saddam Hussein in one go, we may be able to participate in the reconstruction of Iraq." ”

The charter asked, not without curiosity: "Who prescribes it?" ”

Muhammad patiently explained: "This is, after all, an internal affair of the Arab world. Just like agreeing to the US presence in Saudi Arabia, there is a lot of controversy. The king was very determined to get to where he was now, and neither Saudi Arabia nor the UAE would allow the coalition to expand the war. ”

"In our old words, it's easier to please God, but it's hard to send God."

"It's a fitting analogy, and in fact I don't really like Americans."

Time flies, and the car stops in front of a palace in southern Riyadh.

The emaciated camel was bigger than the horse, and Prince Metbu was no longer taken seriously, he was also a prince. The palace is extremely luxurious, and the entrance is a lobby more than 20 meters high, with spiral staircases on both sides. The interior area is up to two hectares. There are at least 100 rooms. Look around and there are beautiful decorations everywhere.

Entertainment facilities such as bowling alleys, indoor and outdoor swimming pools, football fields, and cinemas are readily available. I really don't know how Lu Dao built this palace with a royal allowance of $1.5 million a year.

Led by Muhammad, he finally met the young prince in a study. Two mustaches, a white Arab robe, maybe the robe is too white, maybe he inherited more genes from his mother than his father, his skin was slightly dark, and he looked more like a South Asian than a Middle Easterner.

He was very kind, and as soon as he met, he beckoned him to sit down, and waited for the servant to finish serving black tea, fruits, and snacks before he smiled and said, "Mr. Zhang, Muhammad often mentions you and your company in front of me. I've always wondered what kind of person is the largest shareholder and chief engineer who will fight for two employees, but I didn't expect you to be so young and have a lot of academic achievements. ”

As if to prove that he was also very knowledgeable, he took out a copy of the journal Nature from the shelf, turned to the page of the paper with the name of the charter, and added with a solemn face: "The giant magnetoresistive effect, a very remarkable discovery!" King's University of Science and Technology is studying this, and if it weren't for the fact that you don't have enough time, I would like to invite you to King's University as a visiting professor on behalf of the royal family. ”

The charter thought that I really don't have time, and you can't represent the royal family, so we should do what we should do, let's make money together.

But this can only be thought about, people have a prince title, there is a palace piled up with money, face still has to be given, and hurriedly said modestly: "His Royal Highness the prince is too famous, the giant magnetoresistance effect is just a very accidental discovery, and it does not prove that I really have any academic achievements." ”

"But you were also successful in business, running a multinational group in four years. Mr. Zhang, no matter what, you still deserve my admiration. ”

Endless words of praise, it is clear that he wants to hold you high, and then put forward a request that you can't refuse, the charter knows it, and smiles without humility or arrogance: "Your Royal Highness, this is all thanks to the support and help of Mr. Mohammed all the time, otherwise with an agent like him, it would be difficult for NB Electric to achieve the current results." ”

Muhammad smiled and said nothing, as if he were not the one who was complimented at all. Prince Metbu put the magazine aside and asked with a smirk: "Mr. Zhang, have you ever thought about working more deeply with Muhammad?" ”

Finally getting to the point, he sat up straight and said with a serious face: "Of course, in fact, we have been working hard in this direction. ”

"I think you should be well aware of the resources involved in the future rebuilding of Kuwait and the use of your products as much as possible."

"That's why we're setting up a temporary factory in Riyadh to take as much risk as possible."

Prince Metbu suddenly turned into a bargaining businessman, and shook his head again and again: "Mr. Zhang." But in my opinion, this is not enough. You know, it's a big business of hundreds of millions of dollars. And you're only investing a few million dollars. ”

The charter had already been mentally prepared, and asked with a casual smile: "Your Royal Highness, then what do you think is more appropriate for us to do?" ”

"There was an agreement on profit sharing, and I don't want Mohammed to backtrack, so I would like to suggest that Mohammed do you invest a few million dollars to turn temporary factories into permanent factories, with 50% of each owning. Of course, all this is still private. ”

In the bidding for works. The manufacturer's waist bar is always harder than the agent's. In Saudi Arabia, an extremely xenophobic theocratic country, local companies have a harder waist than foreign companies. Prince Meteb is clearly aware of this, and has shifted his gaze from Kuwait to the country, to Saudi Arabia's huge infrastructure investment over the next five years.

He earns his own money, and he still makes such trouble, which shows his status in the royal family.

Everyone earns money, and the business of eating alone will never be big, and the charter has this awareness, weighed it for a moment, and looked up and said: "Each accounts for 50%." Fair enough. However, it is better not to include the transformer business, after all, your country lacks supporting enterprises. The cost of manufacturing in your country is too high, in comparison, it is more appropriate to sell as an agent. ”

High and low voltage switchgear is convenient to manufacture on the spot, and the power transformer needs downstream support, thinking that all he needs is money, not the development of any national industry, even if he wants to think about it, Prince Matebu agreed: "No problem, on the high and low voltage sets, we need a switchgear factory, a factory that is second to none in terms of scale and technology, and only in this way can we be invincible in the future competition." ”

"I think so too."

The charter smiled, took out a list from his arms and handed it to him, and said lightly: "Your Highness, the above is the list and quantity of engineering plastic particles that my company and my company's partners need to purchase this year." I don't know much about basic industries, so I wonder if you can help with this? ”

Switch and socket panels need plastic particles, industrial appliances need plastic particles, dry-type transformers need epoxy resin, NB electronic color TVs and displays put into production at the end of the year and future CT machines all need engineering plastic particles, it can be said that it is one of the most important raw materials for NB Electric.

It cannot be produced domestically, so it can only be purchased from abroad. The United States is expensive, Japan is not cheap, and there is an agent in the middle of Taiwan, and the profits are not thin.

SABIC is the largest and most profitable non-oil company in the Middle East, one of the world's largest exporters of fertilizers, polymers and chemicals, and a leader in the engineering plastics industry.

What's more, it will acquire CE's plastics business in the United States in the future and will develop an antimicrobial plastic. If it can be purchased as soon as possible and applied to the future NB medical imaging diagnostic equipment, it will play a pivotal role in the development of NB Medical, so the charter has always wanted to find SABIC to get the goods.

As Prince Mateb, the behind-the-scenes boss, surfaced, he realized that this was an opportunity to borrow flowers to offer Buddha, and immediately called his brother-in-law Liu Siwei and asked his brother-in-law to contact all Hong Kong enterprises in the Hong Kong Special Economic Zone that need high-end engineering plastic particles, and make a group purchase to make the contract amount bigger, so that Prince Mateb can raise his eyebrows and breathe a sigh of relief.

With a total purchase order worth $50 million, as expected by the charter, Prince Metbu was overjoyed, clutched the list and asked, "Mr. Zhang, you're not joking with me, are you?" ”

"Your Highness, I don't think anyone would dare to make such a joke with you in your palace."

With Prince Saud personally serving as chairman, CBI, the core enterprise of the Saudi royal family, is undoubtedly an opportunity to show his face, and when it is operational, it can also exchange a purchase order for power engineering and equipment from CBIC.

The more he thought about it, the more excited he became, and paced back and forth in the study a few times before he turned around and said sincerely, "Mr. Zhang, thank you for giving me this opportunity. Rest assured, I will definitely get a satisfactory price for you. ”

From you to you, the relationship has suddenly become a lot closer, and the charter nodded slightly, and said sincerely: "Your Highness, since we are partners, we should help each other." (To be continued......)