Great Power Technology

While Ye Zhou and Chen Hao were looking forward to their plans for the energy structure, 12,000 kilometers away, a plane landed at a dilapidated airport despite violent wind and sand.

This is Khartoum, the capital of Sudan. However, this airport is almost as backward as the bus stations in larger county towns in China.

Some aircraft that have long since been retired are scattered chaotically around the perimeter of the airport. Those aircraft bear witness to the country's past glory, but also hint at its current decline.

After getting off the plane, Li Mingchu frowned and looked at the sky full of yellow sand outside the arrival hall window, silently took out a dust mask and put it on.

This is not the first time he has come to sudan, but every time he comes, his feelings are completely different.

Or to put it more bluntly, every time he felt that the country was worse than the last time he came.

A series of reasons such as melees, constant armed conflicts, decline in imports and exports, and severe inflation have led this country step by step towards the abyss of destruction. And on the edge of the abyss, there is a giant with a hypocritical smile standing.

The giant's hand stretched out, seemingly trying to pull the fallen man up, but in fact it was just putting more force on his back, pushing him deeper into the abyss.

It does not want to save anyone at all, it is just seeking its own interests under the guise of saving.

Li Mingchu sighed, walked out of the arrivals hall, and got on the special car that was already waiting in front of the door.

There was a middle-aged man with a weathered face sitting in the back seat. When he saw him coming up, he immediately said:

"Mingchu, I've been waiting for you for a long time. How are you? Did your flight over go smoothly?"

Li Mingchu shook his head and said helplessly:

"It's not going well. The Ethiopian Airlines planes don't even provide lunch now. Is there any food in the cafeteria? Let's go over and have some food."

"Our canteen has been closed a long time ago. There are only a few people here now, and they all cook at home. Why don't you go to my house for a bite? Or you can go to the canteen of Hua Ji's representative office here."

"Then let's go to Hua Ji's place, Brother Song. How is the situation now?"

The man next to him is Li Rusong, the sudan regional business manager of a domestic energy company called "Qudian". He is now responsible for the country's photovoltaic projects.

Hearing Li Mingchu's question, Li Rusong shook his head and replied:

"It still doesn't work. They can accept our plan, but they are unwilling to sign the contract. They must see actual results before they are willing to let go. We have no choice but to give in."

"Within the next week, we plan to deliver a photovoltaic project experimental bureau to them. The main equipment has arrived. Now we just need a UPS. Originally, we planned to use Huaji's UPS to support it, but they didn't do it. accept."

"So, the current situation is that we can only wait for the new batteries from Ningde in China to arrive. The news I received is that they will make a batch of experimental prototypes within a week and send them over, and then use them in the experimental bureau , as long as the performance can meet expectations, it’s basically done.”

Li Mingchu nodded and continued to ask:

"What are the opinions of SPLM and SPA?"

"Basically everything has been negotiated. Anyway, this national project has only benefits and no harm to all forces. They have also assured us that as long as the project lasts, they will never touch the project's infrastructure."

"That's good, so the only difficulty now is the Experimental Bureau? Is it possible to use our own relationships to sign an agreement with them before the Experimental Bureau succeeds? They can afford to wait, but we can't afford to wait."

Li Rusong sighed deeply, looked at the dilapidated buildings passing by outside the window, and said helplessly:

"There's nothing we can do about it. The other party is a big boss in the military. We can't use many of our guest worker methods on them. We can only talk to them about friendship and interests. What's even more difficult is that during this period, You also know what happened to them. Many of our original key relationships have been wiped out, and all customer relationships have to be redone, which is very troublesome."

"So, aren't you being transferred here? You are one of the earliest managers here. You have strong connections and are familiar with the situation. I will work hard for you in the past few days to see if you can achieve our goal ahead of schedule. .”

"Understood. I'll go meet Heri from SPLM in the afternoon, and then I'll meet Sami from SPA tomorrow. If we can get them both together, it shouldn't be difficult to sign the contract. Where is the official side? Is it done?"

"There's nothing wrong with the officials, they're all puppets anyway."

Li Mingchu nodded thoughtfully and stopped talking. A few minutes later, the car stopped at the entrance of the canteen of the Huaji Representative Office. Li Rusong took him in with ease and greeted the chef. After a while, two bowls of steaming rice were served. The steamed noodles were served in front of them.

Li Mingchu couldn't help but sigh while eating noodles:

"Should I say it or not, Huaji is still rich. I heard that the salary of their chefs here can go up to 30,000 yuan?"

Li Rusong smiled and replied:

"That's normal. I serve dozens of people a day. Occasionally, Chinese-owned enterprises like us come over to help with the meal. Sometimes we feel bad about it. Occasionally, people who bring some wine or something will not accept it. We can only write Write a letter of thanks and ask Huaji to give them a salary increase."

"It can be regarded as borrowing flowers to offer to the Buddha - but there is no way, this place is like this, the conditions are too difficult, just hug together to keep warm. This time, their station in the area was smashed by someone, and it was the security we assigned to them."

"Well, that's good. It's about optimizing the allocation of resources. How is the situation here recently?"

"It's very stable. There are occasional demonstrations, but they are not big and there is no chaos. Guns have not been used for a long time. At most, they just smash rocks or something."

"Where's our security? Why don't we arrange security to follow us now?"

"It's just the two drivers. They have guns - but they don't dare to use them unless it's an absolute emergency. It can easily cause unnecessary trouble. Do you understand what I mean?"

"I understand, let's eat, and hurry up later. Our time is too tight."

The two of them stopped talking. After finishing the noodles in the bowl, Li Mingchu stood up and said goodbye to the chef, and then walked straight out the door.

His mind was still consolidating the information he had obtained, and he was also planning what he would say and what strategies he would use when meeting the SPLM supervisor later.

The criticality of this project had been emphasized to him countless times by his leader before he got on the plane. If the photovoltaic project failed to satisfy the other party, then there would be no need to discuss subsequent cooperation in the petroleum field.

The other party will not hesitate to turn to Chou Country, because Chou Country has indeed provided them with extremely credible, tangible and practical benefits.

And photovoltaics?

In the short term, there is no possibility of profit, only huge investment.

Even if most of these investments will be realized through double-optimal loans from China Development Bank, it still makes them feel uneasy.

Because if the project fails, they will still be saddled with huge debts, and this debt is likely to make the country's economy worse.

They can't afford to gamble, but they have to convince them to gamble.

Therefore, the only way is to show them all the chips in the pool.

They must first become greedy before they can arouse their desire to place bets.

Thinking of this, Li Mingchu silently recorded these fragmented thoughts in his small notebook, and gradually formed a complete logic.

His expression has become more and more confident. He has been traveling in Africa for many years and has never failed.

So how could it fail this time?

But he was so immersed in his own thoughts that he didn't notice that there seemed to be more and more people on the road.

Li Rusong on the side looked outside nervously, and even the driver took his right hand off the steering wheel.

This land cruiser has been bulletproofed. It is not afraid of stray bullets in small-scale riots, but if it is blocked by a crowd on the road, the situation will be very serious.

Li Mingchu, who noticed the unusual atmosphere, raised his head, glanced out the window and asked:

"So unlucky? It happened to us?"

Li Rusong shook his head and replied:

"It's not unlucky. In fact, it happens often. There may not necessarily be a problem, it's just a lot of trouble."

However, before he could finish his words, a stone flew from a distance and hit the side window!

Debris flew everywhere, and the situation suddenly escalated!