After a year, Qian Dan went to Khartoum, the capital of Sudan.

This time it was on an Ethiopian Airlines flight from Cairo to Khartoum.

Qian Dan thought about the exhausting journey a year ago, and asked for a small bottle of red wine when the flight attendant delivered a drink, and closed his eyes and went to sleep after drinking. He wants to recharge his energy, ready to meet a sandstorm again, not knowing where to land, returning, and tossing again.

The landing gear slammed into the ground, and Qian Dan was awakened and opened his eyes to find that the plane had landed on the runway.

His first reaction was that the captain's level was a little poor, and the plane landed too much; The second reaction was to ask the neighbor, is this to Khartoum?

The black uncle next to him replied categorically, "Of Course!" ”

Qian Dan looked at his watch, but it was only a three-hour flight.

He had trouble crossing Sudanese customs.

Of course, Qian Dan knew the rules of northern Sudan and knew that wine and meat people should not ostentatiously pass through the market, but he clearly remembered that when Chen Yongsheng brought in two bottles of vodka in Khartoum last year, everyone got drunk in a Chinese restaurant.

So, even though his suitcase was already stuffed with the Egyptian Asfu crystal that he had brought for everyone to give as a small gift to his customers, he hurried to the duty-free shop at Cairo airport and bought a bottle of Chivas Regashi and squeezed it into his suitcase, ready to have a drink with his brothers.

When he arrived in Khartoum, Qian Dan lamented that the renovated arrival hall was much more beautiful than a year ago, and that there was still peace in order to have development, and at the same time absentmindedly stuffed his suitcase into the X-ray machine.

The customs officer did not say a word, gesturing and ordering him to open the box for inspection.

They easily seized the bottle of "Chivas Regal" in the suitcase.

Qian Dan followed a lean customs official to the side to go through the forfeiture formalities.

At this time, a local employee from the subsidiary came to pick up the airport and assist in the landing visa. The old man and the customs officer muttered a few words, and then the two of them pulled Qian Dan aside, spread their hands at him, and shook their heads: "You, no problem. I， have problem.”

Qian Dan was stunned, what do you mean by "I have no problem, you have a problem"?

No problem yourself, but there is a problem with the locals who came to pick up the airport? Could it be that the Sudan has forfeited the international friends who have committed the crime, but what guarantee responsibility does the local person who comes to pick them up have to bear?

Qian Dan hurriedly asked him, but he still spread his hand, shook his head, and repeated: "You, no problem. I， have problem”。

Looking at his helpless expression, Qian Dan, who was originally in a relaxed mood and felt that it was a big deal to pay a fine, suddenly felt guilty, and his heart was confused, feeling that he should not be reckless and cause trouble for the Sultan brothers.

He asked, what kind of "problem" would there be? But the man muttered that he couldn't speak clearly.

Qian Dan was even more confused, the man was even more helpless, but the eyes of the customs officials on the side were full of expectation.

The three of them spent some time together, and the customs officer finally seized his drink, waved his hand, and let his man go.

Qian Dan walked out of the airport hall and went to the office after completing the formalities with an uneasy heart. As soon as they saw Cao Song, they hurriedly asked, what would be the consequences?

Cao Song was happy when he heard this: "The local employee never knew the difference between 'You' and 'I' when he spoke English, and always used 'You' to mean 'I' and 'I' to mean 'you'. Brother Dan, do you know what they actually want to do? ”

"What do you want to do? My wine has been confiscated, what do I want to do? ”

"The guy at customs really didn't want to confiscate your wine, he wanted to ask you for a few dollars and let you go. I didn't expect you to be confused by the local staff. ”

Lin Han arrived in Sudan on a business trip before May Day, and it has been a few days since then. He added: "Boss, it's right to pretend to be confused when you encounter this kind of thing, people don't want to spend too much time on you, time is also a cost, instead of wasting time on you, they should quickly find someone else to find a fine." ”

Qian Dan was depressed: "I knew that I would have given them a few dollars and brought the wine in!" I brought it over to drink with everyone. ”

While speaking, Chen Yongsheng walked in, and he shouted loudly: "Lao Dan, you are too bureaucratic!" I don't care too much about the brothers of the Sultan, I only come once a year! ”

Qian Dan asked him: "Why did you bring in two bottles of vodka last year, and my bottle of Chivas Revas was confiscated?" ”

Chen Yongsheng asked rhetorically: "Where did you put the wine?" ”

"I was in my suitcase, and I was turned out when I passed the X-ray machine."

"That's why I've always said that Lao Dan is a real person! You put wine in your suitcase and swagger past the X-ray machine? Who doesn't take yours? I put a coat in a paper bag with clothes on it, and I carried it in my hand, and I deliberately didn't use the X-ray machine, and they didn't pay attention, thinking it was a piece of clothing that I had put on the plane. ”

A year later, Khartoum's roads are more tidy, with more modern, brightly lit electrical shops and cafes on the roadside.

The subsidiary of "Weizhong" has changed offices, and is no longer scattered in several places as a year ago, but is concentrated in one building, like a serious company.

The subsidiary's software services team has become thriving, with a few people occupying a separate office and a small experimental environment.

Qian Dan went directly to the office from the airport according to the usual business trip, and was busy with everyone until 1 o'clock in the morning before returning to the dormitory.

The dormitory conditions have also improved significantly, and this time he lives in the "Blue House", a small independent building rented by the company, and the exterior walls are painted blue. They have been able to make one bedroom per person, and they have their own generator to deal with the power outage, although the generator is not powerful enough, and the lights in the house are always flickering dimly, but sitting under the lights at night and surfing the Internet is an unimaginable enjoyment a year ago.

However, there was still a shortage of water, and by two o'clock in the morning the faucet was still a decoration, he still didn't care about being covered in dust like a year ago, and fell asleep.

A year ago, the first cabinet of Weizhong's software products sold to ST Telecom was erected, and now their equipment has entered two telecom operators in Sudan, with three projects being delivered at the same time, and everyone is busy with customers every day.

Several local employees who joined the company a year ago are in the operation room of the "ST Telecom" data center. The big man Ganfas sat in the corner, he was surprised at the first sight of Qian Dan, but then his eyes were a little hesitant.

Qian Dan sensitively caught Ganfas's desire to speak and stopped, and walked over: "How are you?" Ganfas. ”

Ganfas's voice was low: "It's okay. ”

"Okay?"

Ganface shrugged: "Prices in Khartoum have been rising rapidly lately. ”

Qian Dan was thinking about how to pick up such a sentence from him? "A lot of local employees have left the subsidiary. Mr.Qian, Ericsson's salary in Sudan is more than twice that of 'Wei Chung', and 'ST Telecom' is also paid more than 'Wei Chung', and their work is easier and they don't need to work overtime. ”

Qian Dan asked, "So, what is your plan?" ”

Ganface smiled reluctantly: "The four of us who make software products are still in 'Weizhong', but when will we be able to raise our salaries?" ”

Cao Song and Lin Han were in the equipment room inside, and Qian Dan walked in: "Ganface went around complaining about the low salary, and he said that 'Ericsson' and 'ST Telecom' are poaching our people? ”

Cao Song said: "Yes! Sudan is at peace now, we didn't drive Company F away, Ericsson is back. They are the bosses of the industry, and the pay is high, and they can't stop it. 'ST Telecom' is also not authentic, it uses local materials and directly digs Party B's people. 'Weizhong' became a school, and these locals came in without knowing anything, and they were poached by competitors and customers after they were finally cultivated. ”

Qian Dan said: "I am not afraid to go to the customer, one of the personal values of these technical engineers is to master the equipment of 'Weizhong', right?" The more equipment we have, the more these people are valued. Let's just get together and disperse and maintain a good relationship with them. If Ericsson is really not afraid to poach our ordinary engineers with twice the salary, then how high is their cost? The key is to identify the backbone, focus on retaining, as long as the trunk is vigorous, not afraid to drop some leaves, and sprout quickly. ”

Lin Han said nonchalantly: "The boss is right, the backbone we want to keep is Cao Song, as well as Ahmad Wei and Muhammad Jun, the Sultan will leave when they leave, and they will be unreliable." ”

Qian Dan immediately expressed his dissatisfaction: "I disagree, the backbone I said is not equal to the Chinese. Don't always say that Sudanese people are unreliable, let me ask you, who are the people used by Western companies in Sudan? Could it be a bunch of Americans, Swedes over here? Why should we not be able to use the locals well wherever we are? ”

Qian Dan turned around and continued to the operation room outside: "Look outside, the Chinese sit on the left and speak Chinese, and the local sit on the right and speak English. The two skins of the Chinese side and the local area are obviously our own cultivation of the locals and still not in place! ”

Lin Han insisted on his opinion: "Boss, all the taxi drivers in the world are Pakistanis, all the servants in the world are Filipinos, and all the programmers in the world are Indians, why can't we turn all the telecommunications engineers all over the world into Chinese?" This is the division of labor and cooperation of globalization and global chess! ”

Cao Song spoke: "Ouch, Brother Han, what you said seems to be a big pattern!" ”

Lin Han was proud, and Qian Dan was even more unhappy: "Damn!" What's the big pattern? First, have you considered the cost? How many Sudanese can be supported by the salary, subsidies and other expenses of a Chinese permanent employee? By the way, Ericsson can poach our Sudanese with twice the salary, but they don't have a bunch of Swedes here, and the overall cost is not necessarily much higher than ours! Second, sooner or later, Chinese employees will have to return to China, can you stay here for the rest of your life? It is also not necessary to rely on local employees to be rooted in the local area. ”

Lin Han rapped: "I can stay in Egypt for the rest of my life, but Cao Song may not be able to, there are too few suitable girls in Sudan, he can't say goodbye to his virgin body, boss, let's get two female employees over?" ”

Without waiting for Qian Dan to continue to refute, Cao Song smiled beside him: "You can stay here for the rest of your life now that you have a light rain and a little snow?" Are people willing to rain and snow? ”

Qian Dan was strange: "Even you know Xiaoyu?" Lin Han also asked me not to tell others, I said that the people of 'Weizhong' are very gossipy, the news spreads so fast, who told you? ”

"Brother Han told me as soon as he arrived in Sudan! He said that he should hurry up and go back to Egypt, and he asked me not to tell anyone else, because you are saying to everyone, 'I will only tell you'! ”

Lin Hangu said left and right: "Boss, I really admire Xiaowei, he hid alone under the anti-static floor during the riots in Khartoum last year, you look at the floor below, I have a claustrophobia of claustrophobia, even if I can stuff myself in, I don't dare to lock myself in." ”

As he spoke, he lifted a piece of the floor, and Qian Dan squatted down and looked at the space below the floor: "It's really not easy for brothers!" ”

Cao Song shouted on the side: "Don't change the topic, continue to tell the story that you and Xiaoyu must not tell others!" ”

Lin Hanyi said righteously: "Please! Don't blow water in the customer room, get to work. ”

He added abruptly: "I haven't dealt with Xiaoyu yet, and when I do, I can gossip about you." ”

Qian Dan asked Cao Song: "What about you?" Did you find a girl online? ”

Cao Song said: "There is no need to look for it on the Internet, my mother is in a hurry, so she has helped me find several in Beijing." Now that I have a short list, my mother has completed the qualification interview and professional interview, so I will wait for me to go back to the vacation and conduct a comprehensive interview to decide the final hire. ”

"When are you going to go back on vacation?"

"I don't know, I can't leave this time. Brother Dan, when I came last year, I said that I would go back after half a month of support, but this time it has been more than a year, I haven't brought enough cash, and the credit card here is not easy to use, and I can only borrow when the money runs out, and now everyone in the Sudan subsidiary is my creditor. I'm really going back to take a vacation and get some dollars to pay off my debts! ”

Qian Dan went to meet with Lao Zhong, the leader of the subsidiary.

Lao Zhong became more and more furious, and returned from a business trip to southern Sudan at one o'clock in the morning, and after coming back, he actually convened a project analysis meeting directly in the office, and the meeting was not dispersed until three o'clock, and he appeared in the office again early in the morning.

He has four mobile phones on his desk, and Weizhong already does business with three operators in Sudan, and he has a number in each of them. Almost no one in the subsidiary knew the number of his fourth cellphone, which he used to negotiate the most confidential contract information.

Qian Dan sat across the table across the old clock, listening to his request, wondering how he could quickly tell which phone the phone was ringing from.

Lao Zhong put forward two requirements for Qian Dan: first, the software products must ensure the manpower investment in Sudan, and the projects being delivered cannot be delayed for a day; Second, there should be no major accidents on the Internet within one year, and customer satisfaction must be guaranteed.

All in all, the coming year is extremely important for subsidiaries to lay the market structure, and software products cannot be left on the chain.

Qian Dan didn't like to pat his chest casually, he was silently thinking about how to support the work of the subsidiary, and quietly sighed for Cao Song in his heart, Lao Zhong's two requirements need to be watched by someone to be implemented, and Cao Song's vacation plan doesn't know when it will be realized?

Unfortunately, the next day there was a major crash in their system.