Chapter 166: Log Transporter
Inside the office, Kikwete fell silent again.
After a few seconds, he nodded and said to the staff:
"Invite him to the reception room, and I'll see him."
"Also, give him back his books!"
The clerk nodded, took the two books and left the office, and after a moment Kikwete, who was sitting there, sighed, the corners of his mouth slightly raised to reveal a less obvious smile, and then whispered:
"Unite all forces that can be united"
Then he got up, left his office, and walked to the reception room.
In the reception room, I saw a middle-aged man with black skin sitting there, who didn't look very old, at most in his early thirties, and his appearance was quite handsome.
At this moment, he was sitting in a chair and waiting, and a little eagerness could be seen in his eyebrows.
"Squeak!"
With the sound of the door opening, he suddenly looked in the direction of the door, and saw a friendly-looking, medium-sized, and young middle-aged man pushing open the door and walking in.
In an instant he stood up, stretched out his right hand, and said in French:
"I'm Thomas Isidore Noel Sankara."
"Hello sir, currently the State Secretary for Government Information in Upper Volta!"
Because Upper Volta was once a French colony, the official language of their country is naturally French, while the official language of Tanzania is English, but fortunately, Kikwete can speak French, and there is no problem with the communication between the two.
"Hello, Jakari Kikwete, Deputy Minister of Defence of Tanzania."
"Nice to meet you, please sit sir."
Then Kikwete stretched out his right hand, shook hands and sat down, and after sitting down, Kikwete said straight to the point:
"Mr. Sankara, I heard from the staff that the purpose of your coming to me is to hope that I will help you go to Huaxia?"
"To be honest, my request makes me feel very confused."
"If you want to go, then you can go through the normal channels of your country, why look for a way from us?"
After the staff left just now, Kikwete carefully recalled that Upper Walter should have established normal diplomatic relations with Huaxia a long time ago, so it was completely possible to go through normal channels, not through Kikwete.
Hearing this, Sankara, who was sitting there, said with a smile:
"You're right, if I just want to go to Huaxia, then I can naturally go to Huaxia normally."
"But I don't just want to go to China."
Speaking of this, Sankara couldn't help but sigh and said:
"Over the years, I've studied in many countries, such as Madagascar, Morocco, and France, where I've been exposed to that kind of thinking, and it's been very impactful."
"Later, when I looked around the world, there were two people who I particularly admired, and the book of one of the great men, the one I showed you just now, benefited me a lot, and even in my heart, he was my most important teacher."
"It's a pity that my status at that time was low, and I couldn't go to Huaxia."
"Until this year, the changes in Tanzania have reached our country through various channels, and I have been deeply touched after hearing about these changes, and I am deeply aware that the political situation in my country today is actually similar to Tanzania a year ago.
Speaking of this, Sankara couldn't help but shake his head, smiled helplessly and said:
"I want to change something, but because I don't have enough ability, I can't do it in a complex situation, and the work I'm doing also makes me feel my strong shortcomings, I hope to learn, more in-depth learning."
"So, I made up my mind to go to Huaxia, but I didn't just go to Huaxia, I wanted to study in Huaxia."
"I heard that you have been studying at a special military school in China for more than a year, and I am very much looking forward to it, hoping to get your letter of recommendation or introduction, which is the purpose of my visit."
Suddenly Kikwete suddenly realized, but he was not too surprised by Sankara's request, and after thinking for a few seconds, he said:
"Could it be that with your current status, you can't submit relevant applications from within your country?"
Sankara smiled helplessly, then shook his head and said:
"No, the situation on our side is very complicated at the moment."
"I don't have the slightest chance to do it, otherwise I wouldn't have crossed the whole of Africa and come here to ask for your help."
Speaking of this, Sankara quickly added:
"Normally, I should give you enough benefits if I make such a request, but I think you should not look down on ordinary gold and precious stones, so I can only promise here, if you are willing to support me, after I return from my studies and take power, I will definitely promote the friendship between Volta and Tanzania!"
"And this friendship is multifaceted, you should know what I mean."
Hearing this, Kikwete smiled and didn't seem to care, waved his hand and said:
"That's too far away, but for some reason, I don't really mind helping you, and it's gratuitous."
"So, Mr. Sankara, how do you want me to help you?"
As soon as Kikwete's words fell, a look of joy appeared on Sankara's face, and he said what he had prepared for a long time:
"I hope you can write a letter to your alma mater and ask them to invite me to study."
"Or ask the school to give me an acceptance letter, that's fine."
In response to Sankara's statement, Kikwete thought for a few seconds and then nodded and said:
"Yes, but I don't guarantee that the school will agree."
"I'm just a graduate, after all, you should understand."
Suddenly, Sankara quickly nodded and said:
"I understand, of course I do."
"I just hope that you can give me a brief introduction in the letter, this is my relevant resume, I hope to be favored by the school."
As he spoke, Sankara took out a folded document from his pocket and respectfully handed it to Kikwete, and then the two talked for about ten minutes before Sankara politely took his leave.
After Sankara left, Kikwete's eyes flickered a few times.
After the official Tanzanian troops began their counteroffensive, the whole situation was reversed, and the overall situation was much calmer, but now Tanzania is almost completely separated from the two giants of the United States and the Soviet Union.
However, in general, although the relationship has been severed, it has not yet reached the point of complete evil, after all, those proxy rebels have been cleaned up, but the United States and the Soviet Union in Tanzania-related industries are still normal, because both the president, the general, and Kikwete understand that at this time, the two giants must not be completely offended, otherwise the current war will not be so easy.
However, if you don't move now, it doesn't mean that you won't move in the future, and it doesn't mean that the president, the general, and Kikwete are very happy to look at those industries, after all, those industries are sucking the blood of Tanzania at a very low price.
Under such circumstances, after a high-level meeting, the president and the general finally decided that they hoped that Kikwete could go to China again before the end of the year and discuss the previous package face-to-face.
"Perhaps, you can bring this guy to Huaxia?"
"As a 'gift' to them in exchange for a deeper friendship?"
"After all, such a person who is full of ambition and has a special admiration for Huaxia should be of great value, right?"
Finally, a smile appeared on Kikwete's face and he made this bold decision.
Meanwhile.
At 7:50 a.m. China time, after Wang Ye's return, the first high-level meeting of the consortium was held.
The jubilant appearance in the conference room, everyone was smiling and talking to each other, and the staff next to him were smiling when they served tea and poured water, and their movements were fast and their hands and feet were quick.
"Alright, everyone be quiet!"
"It's not too early, our meeting starts now."
With Wang Ye's voice, the huge conference room gradually quieted down, and in the expectant eyes of everyone, Wang Ye said with a smile:
"First of all, thank you all for your hard work during my absence."
"Let our consortium thrive!"
"Applause!"
As soon as the words fell, there was a warm applause at the scene, and I don't know who suddenly shouted:
"I also thank the factory director for running orders for us personally!"
As soon as these words came out, the originally warm applause in an instant turned into thunderous applause, and after the applause gradually died out, Wang Ye continued:
"Even as soon as I came back, he didn't let me sit down for a cup of tea, and he gave me three surprises."
"But I have to say that it was a real surprise! Let me see everyone's ability and ideas, to be honest, this is what makes me the happiest, we are engaged in scientific research and manufacturing, that is, people-oriented, only if you have ideas, there will be products! ”
"So, I'm here to take this initiative and applaud our talents!"
Subsequently, the scene once again resounded with deafening applause, and it lasted for an extraordinarily long time, Wang Ye had to wave his hand to signal quiet, and then after the conference room was quiet, Wang Ye coughed lightly and said with a smile:
"Since we talked about surprises, our meeting today will start with these three surprises."
"First of all, the 59 wheeled speed of this project, I think it can be done, but we are currently only carrying out the scientific research part, the production part needs to be postponed, at least postponed until the spring, the biggest reason is that we have no customers for the time being, after my business trip, the customer's purchasing power is temporarily satisfied, they need a certain amount of time to consume, and then they will buy again."
Hearing Wang Ye's ridicule, there was a burst of laughter at the scene, and at the same time, Wang Ye continued:
"The second is that we are short of manpower!"
"Although the refurbishment of the tank is not very complicated, but it is a waste of manpower, at present, our project, the overall profit is relatively high, if you send people to refurbish the tank, it is a little not worth it, plus the future of our 59-k fire support vehicle project needs the tank chassis, originally my plan was to let the armored corps of the army disassemble the tank for us, send the ready-made chassis over, and then pay them part of the cost, but now the 59 wheeled speed project has been added, and it is not appropriate to do it again, So at the moment my thoughts are like this. ”
"Let's set up a dismantling plant, and then cooperate with the troops, they take turns to send some soldiers to come over to learn technology and part-time work, dismantling and tank chassis wheeled modification, in the future, these soldiers can be discharged from the army, they can also be directly transferred to our dismantling plant, and then we pay a certain fee to the troops according to the number of soldiers, which is essentially similar to the previous engineering troops to work for us."
Hearing Wang Ye say this, everyone's eyes lit up, the biggest problem of the current consortium is still the lack of people, and this problem directly solves the problem of lack of low-end workers, and the soldiers are hard-working, they are not old and have strong learning ability, and they can even be trained to become senior workers in the future.
"Good! I'm optimistic! ”
The old factory director was the first to say this, and then a voice echoed in the conference room.
Then Wang Ye took a sip of tea before continuing:
"And then there's the truck."
"At present, I have seen the modified product, and I always think it is a bit exaggerated and not very safe, so I do not agree to start mass production now, I think we must continue to test, at least until next spring, before it can be officially put on the market and accept the test of actual transportation work."
"However, this is just a wild road, and it can't be made into a climate."
"So in the future, the senior commissioner, you should still find a way to get us a few serious trucks, I will give you two directions, one is to focus on the civilian field, the goal is to run fast, of course, on the basis of safety, and to be able to adapt to the complex road conditions in most parts of our country, the other is to focus on the military direction, for example, it can be used to pull our rocket artillery, the current 59-p project, shabby!"
"The chassis of the old 59 carries so many rocket launchers, running up and down, straight black smoke, the key is not fast, this is definitely not good, the future must be gradually replaced, and we have already done the heart, although the remaining road is difficult, but step by step, I don't think there is any problem, so you must grasp the truck project, both civilian and military, but also two hands strong!"
Hearing Wang Ye say this, Director Gao, who got the important task, was full of red light, nodded and said:
"Yes, Director! We'll catch it. ”
Wang Ye thought for a moment, and then added again:
"As for military trucks, I would like to give you a small suggestion, that is, from the beginning of the finalized production, it is necessary to determine a set of 'core' chassis structure, which must be sufficiently scalable."
"I'll give you an example, with this chassis, you can produce two-axle, four-axle, six-axle, and even eight-axle heavy-duty trucks."
"Wouldn't that save you trouble in the future?"