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In the early morning of the next day, when Zhao Ping'an and Cao Zheng came out of the hotel, in addition to a pair of policemen temporarily in charge of their security outside the door, there was also a young man with big eyes who looked quite smart.

This is the only translator hired yesterday, only 20 years old this year, studying at Bossaso's only university.

God knows why a place like Bossaso that you don't even see a junior high school or high school would have a university, it's puzzling.

The young man's name, well, forgive Zhao Ping'an's brain is not very good, he didn't remember his full name, in fact, it is estimated that except for himself and his family, there are almost no people who can remember his full name!

Because his full name is actually made up of 21 words of madness!

This is also a great local custom in Africa, it seems that whoever has a longer name is more similar!

Just like the 20,000 people who were recruited yesterday, there are many names with more than 10 words!

The young man calls himself 'Ali', he seems to know that his name is more strange, so people call him so, because since he was influenced by Bruce Lee and Jackie Chan, as well as Jet Li's pirated discs, he likes Chinese kung fu very much, so he has been teaching Chinese by himself after entering college, hoping to go to that magical oriental country one day to learn Chinese kung fu.

At present, it seems that the effect is very amazing, probably because there is some kind of obsession in my heart, and my fluent Mandarin is comparable to those foreign students in China who specialize in studying Chinese.

He got Zhao Ping'an's signal yesterday and started to work officially today, for the sudden transformation from a poor college student to a high-income person with a monthly income of one million shillings, Ali was so happy that he didn't sleep all night last night, and his family was the same.

When he went out in the morning, his mother specially prepared meat steak rice and Luo Milk for him, which can only be eaten during the festival, and told him that he would be able to eat such a delicious meal every day in the future!

You must know that this kind of steak rice, in the street restaurant, often costs $1 a piece, in the eyes of the locals, it is definitely a rare delicacy, they usually eat more sorghum and noodles, rice is a luxury food that only the rich can afford!

However, this is obviously not a big problem for Ali, and the income of one million shillings a month is enough for him to change the poverty of his family!

So he took a leave of absence without any hesitation, and his teachers also expressed their support for this, after all, this job is so rare!

If you miss it, you may regret it for the rest of your life!

Ali is undoubtedly lucky, he may be the only person in the entire Bossaso who is proficient in Chinese, and this money should be earned by him, and others can't rob it!

"Boss, Mr. Cao, good morning." When Ali saw the two bosses walking out of the hotel, he hurriedly stepped forward to greet him with a smile, and he respected the two young people in front of him who were actually not much older than him!

It is no exaggeration to say that their arrival will greatly change the poverty situation of the whole Bossaso, after all, they provide so many jobs and the salary is so expensive, as a native and highly educated Bossaso, he is grateful to these two Chinese from the bottom of his heart for what they have done for their hometown.

Even in the long run, their appearance may change some outsiders' perception of their hometown, after all, if they can get a stable job with a decent salary, who would want to risk being shot to become a pirate?

Of course, he couldn't have said these things to the two bosses, even though he knew that some of the young people who participated in the application yesterday might have been involved in piracy.

But, after all, those people are his fellow villagers, and he will not betray them.

And they, too, are for life.

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The reason why Somali pirates have not been eradicated is that in addition to the fact that many pirates will become ordinary people when they come ashore, there is also one point, that is, the local people are extremely united!

It is a country with a strong national complex.

A few years ago, the U.S. military conducted a counterterrorism operation in Somalia, when a Marine Corps tried to enter Bossaso to search for a suspected member of a terrorist organization, and the man was cornered and rushed into the streets begging for protection.

Then, thousands of Somalis rushed from their homes, guns in hand, and beat a well-armed Marine Corps to the point of losing their armor, giving up the operation, and running away in a helicopter gunship.

"Ali, good morning, have you eaten?" Zhao Ping'an patted Ali's shoulder and asked with a smile.

Somalis are considered a relatively 'thin' race in Africa, with a height comparable to the Chinese, a smaller skeleton, and most people are thin.

"Boss, I've already eaten." Ali replied enthusiastically.

"Then let's go, get in the car with us, we're going to be busy today."

Zhao Ping'an does have a lot to do today, first of all, he has to go to the municipal center, because there are the heads of several large construction companies in Somalia who have asked the local government to contact him, and he is waiting for him.

Meeting with them, naturally, for the construction of Anping Island, can be regarded as a simple project bidding meeting.

This matter seems a bit sloppy, but there is no way, after all, the situation is special, as long as they meet the standards, Zhao Ping'an doesn't mind letting them make more money.

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At 8 a.m., in the only conference room in the Civic Center.

In fact, the so-called civic center is just an ordinary two-story building.

It is said to be a conference room, but there is no conference table in it, only about thirty or forty wooden chairs with peeling paint, plus a blackboard fixed to the wall, which looks like a classroom in the mountains of China.

At this time, there were quite a few people sitting in the conference room, about four or five people in a small group, scattered and distinct, obviously belonging to different companies, and there were bosses, secretaries, and bodyguards in a small group.

People who really have some status in Somalia will inevitably go out with bodyguards, not pretending to be forced, but really thinking about safety.

When Zhao Ping'an and his entourage came here, everyone politely got up to greet each other with a warm attitude, after all, they also learned from the officials of the Civic Center that this project is to develop an island, which is definitely a big business!

Therefore, almost all of them came from other cities overnight, and they attached great importance to it.

"First of all, thank you very much for coming, and then, I need the background information of each of your companies, as well as engineering examples." Zhao Ping'an looked at the representatives of the seven companies in the conference room and said with a smile.

His personality has always been easy-going, and others are polite to him, so he will never be stingy with a smile.

Zhao Pingan spoke Chinese, in fact, his broken English was really embarrassed to take it out to offer ugliness, so after saying a word, there was no need to order anything, and the clever Ali quickly translated it in Somali.

These two pieces of information are essential for any project tender, and the seven representatives quickly submitted them.

Because I know that the customer is a foreigner, so the materials prepared by several companies are almost all in English, and a construction company called Valle is the most professional, in addition to a set of English materials, in addition to a set of Chinese materials, it is obviously a lot of effort, which also makes Zhao Pingan have some good feelings for this company.

After some discussion, Zhao Ping'an, Cao Zheng, and Ali also have a general understanding of these seven companies.

Unsurprisingly, the Valede Construction Company is the largest of the seven companies, with the qualifications to build large-scale projects and has participated in the construction of a number of government projects, which is not a problem for the infrastructure of an island.

In this way, yesterday's repeated exhortations to government officials to help contact large construction companies still had some effect.

The other six are not bad, probably because their standards have indeed been lowered a lot, at least Zhao Ping'an feels that it is better than he expected.

Of course, Zhao Ping'an also knows that most of these materials have 'beautification ingredients' and can only be used as a reference.

While the three of them were discussing which company would be more suitable.

Suddenly, the door to the conference room was pushed open.