"Sure enough, the amount of information determines everything." Chen Taizhong was deeply touched by what happened in Sudan. Otherwise, everyone said that the leadership's decision-making was "the crystallization of collective wisdom"? This is really true.
Of course, regardless of whether he felt deeply or not, he didn't want to get involved in this matter anymore, so he called the embassy, "Is Counselor Gu here? I'm the Phoenix Office in Europe."
Gu Tao answered his call and heard him hesitating and refusing to say more. He immediately understood that Chen Taizhong was in trouble, so he put down the phone and ran directly to the European Office.
On the way, his mind was still thinking: Is it a good thing or a bad thing? He didn't think that Chen could do anything good for him. All the previous things were laid out one after another.
However, the possibility of it being a bad thing is not very high. The relationship between the two parties has eased recently. Last time I made a high profile and took the initiative to send the phone to him, and the guy's reaction was normal.
After arriving at the European Office, Counselor Gu was a little shocked when he heard Chen Taizhong's topic. When did this guy know how to cooperate with me? But it is very regrettable that he doesn't know much about Sudan's situation.
So after listening, Gu Tao had questions, "This is an African matter and has nothing to do with me, but..." As far as I know, the current government of Sudan has a very good relationship with my country. You suggest funding local forces in this way? Is it appropriate?" "The situation in Sudan is more complicated than you think." Chen Taizhong pointed out that he should also give the other party a popular science. Some people think that this force is worth cultivating. I am just reacting to this situation with you. Whether it is possible or not, I have no idea. Do not care."
When Gu Tao heard these details, he guessed the article inside after a little thought. However, as he said, this matter didn't really fit with him, "I can help you deal with this matter, but how will others see it?
It's not up to me to make the final decision. Thank you for your timely notification. Director Chen hopes that we can continue to communicate with each other."
As Counselor Gu, it was not a big deal to say this. However, considering the huge figure standing behind him, this thank you was quite powerful. That was the famous "relevant department".
"Do you want to continue to communicate with each other?" Chen Taizhong just heard a bitter smile, and he was still depressed. "This is really sitting at home behind closed doors, and disaster comes from the sky. I don't want something like this to happen again."
"That's true." Gu Tao laughed after hearing this. Director Chen is really a troublemaker. Not only can he cause trouble, he can also make trouble for any employee in his small office. Even if he has a girlfriend, he will be very lucky.
To be involved in the Sudanese civil war, how strong a character does it take to do this?
"Isn't that ridiculous?" Chen Taizhong curled his lips and glared at him angrily.
Not to mention, the relevant departments were very efficient when they were serious. Two days later, when Levi was impatient to wait, the chairman of a trading company in Songfeng City, Bikong Province came to Paris and came to see Chen Taizhong.
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The chairman's name is Shimei. The company is not big, only about 20 people, and he doesn't have any specific business on weekdays. He just resells some things from abroad and makes a small profit. However, he has relatively abundant cash flow, so he does this.
Trading is also the kind that does not open for three years and lasts for three years after opening.
Mr. Dou went to the European Office, naturally not because of the instructions from Provincial Party Committee Secretary Meng Yi, but because he heard from Counselor Gu that Director Chen was on good terms with the Sudanese people and Shiming had become tired of doing business in the past two years. I couldn't get enough of it, so I wanted to create an entity.
Sudan not only has oil, but also iron and copper. He was wondering if I could explore the mines in Sudan. If appropriate, it would be better to open a factory. Personally, he was more inclined to build an iron factory.
Even if you can't build an iron plant, you can still build an ore dressing plant. It won't cost much. Then the iron ore powder will be transported back to the country and sold. There are several large iron plants in Bikon Province, Meng Yi has warned. Pass by Chen Taizhong and keep an eye on the results of Mannesmann's split. If appropriate, get some good things back for Bikong.
Of course, the transportation conditions in South Sudan are very bad, but don’t we have our own people there? Dou Ming even said, “It’s really not possible. Let’s just resell gum arabic, and I’m not afraid of not making money. I don’t do trade twice a day.” Damn it."
Levi patiently listened to what he said for a long time, and finally couldn't bear it anymore. He looked at Chen Taizhong, who was working part-time as a job hunter, and said, "Director Chen, I welcome your country to invest in me, but" why didn't he mention arms? Woolen cloth?"
The chief knows very well that South Sudan is in a mess right now and it is not a good time to invest. For the Sudanese with a weak industrial base, factories are always easy to attract others' covetousness. "Without guns, I cannot provide him with the necessary supplies." protection of."
"Oh, that's your business," Chen Taizhong answered him with a smile, "Of course. I can remind him that the security situation in South Sudan is not very good, and you need some weapons to protect the distinguished Chinese guests."
"That's right. That's what I mean." Levi burst out laughing after hearing this. "If he can be sold cheaper, my children will protect him 24 hours a day. I am serious.
He had no reason not to laugh. In this way, not only would he have cheap arms, he would also be able to open factories in his own territory. What a wonderful word that was. As for whether this Sanimei was a real businessman or a fake businessman? , He doesn't care, not at all. They provide him with something he urgently needs, which is friends.
Dou Ming finally waited for this question. He hesitated for a moment, then nodded heavily, "Okay. I can think of a way to do this, but I can't guarantee it. "Director Chen, do you have any ideas?"
"Is that interesting for you to ask?" Chen Taizhong frowned and glared at him. It's enough for everyone to understand each other tacitly, but you still pretend to be like me? "I emphasize one point, no domestic products are allowed."
"That's for sure." Seeing him speaking happily, Dou Ming immediately laughed, but he felt a lot of contempt in his heart. This person is outside the system after all, and his awareness of confidentiality is really bad. "Ask him. How many guns and ammunition are needed?”
"Can you guys talk about this yourself?" Chen Taizhong frowned again when he heard this. He only knew that Levi wanted about ten mortars and how many rifles and ammunition he needed. He really didn't ask. There are some things you know. It’s really boring to say more, “I don’t want to get too involved in this matter.”
"Then who should I ask to do the job?" Dou Ming rolled his eyelids and said, "It needs to be kept secret. Look, even now we are still doing the job." Didn't you ask me to go?
On the contrary, Mr. Yin and Levi communicated through Director Chen and Xiao Heika, both of whom were indispensable. Taking into account the confidentiality requirements of this matter, even if Chen Taizhong was reluctant, he had to continue with this poem translation. Of course he couldn't let it happen.
Dou Ming went to PetroChina for medical consultation. You must know that PetroChina cooperates with the Sudanese government.
Then he knew that there were not too many tribes in the Liwei tribe. There were about 40,000 people. The tribe's traditional territory was about 1,500 square kilometers. It was a little worse than those tribes with hundreds of thousands of people, but it was still considered
It's pretty awesome.
Sudan is a vast and sparsely populated country with an area of 2.5 million square kilometers. It has a population of just over 30 million, with an average of only 13 or 4 people per square kilometer. Taking into account factors such as urban settlements, the average population per square kilometer is
About ten people.
Someone asked, Levi's tribe has 40,000 people and only occupies 1,500 square kilometers. Is it too small and disadvantaged? The person who asked this question really thought wrong. The chief occupies an area with abundant rainfall.
South Sudan is not North Sudan, which is full of deserts, Gobi and semi-desert grasslands!
Frankly speaking, Levi's tribe's per capita resources are better than most tribes. Otherwise, as mentioned earlier, Kavanagh's tribe is relatively wealthy?
Sudan has a total of more than 30 million people, and there are nearly 700 tribes of various sizes. Putting aside the factors of cities and towns, it is only 30 million. On average, Levi's tribe is only slightly lower than the average.
The officials here are all appointed by the government. But without the support of the local tribes, you can’t do anything. Children aged six or seven would dare to throw rocks at you. In fact, most of the grassroots officials are from the local area.
"People are responsible for it, people from outside the country" who will buy your account?
So, even though these officials are exercising the power granted by the government, when they go back to their tribes, it is really nonsense. In addition, South Sudan has never bought into North Sudan’s decrees. Therefore, the power of South Sudan’s chiefs is less than
North Sudan is more concentrated.
The Levi tribe is not large in number, but it occupies a place that is not so large that the sense of crisis is particularly strong. Especially recently, many tribes have purchased new weapons, and Chadians are also disappearing and appearing. The chief is even more so.
I received news from a friend that Libyans in the northwest are also very active.
The northwest and southwest are far apart, but Levi is very cautious. He inherited his father's position, but this does not mean that he is an incompetent playboy. He is the smartest among his nine brothers.
He even finished high school in Khartoum - if his father had not died suddenly, he had to return to his tribe. He would have gone to Egypt or Europe to study at university.
Things are going to change! He knows this very well. Although the civil war in Sudan has lasted for more than ten years, this time he has the strongest sense of crisis, so he wants a lot of weapons: a thousand rifles.
"Hmm" This is just the first batch.
Chen Taizhong was a little stunned when he heard one thousand rifles and one million rounds of ammunition. Didn't your family only have a hundred rifles before? Forty thousand people and one thousand rifles, that's a one to forty military and civilian comparison.
.This is only the first batch. The number of mortars has also become 20, requiring 10,000 rounds of artillery shells, and Levi said that he also hopes to get some grenades, explosives and rocket launchers as well as some anti-tank mines. It is best to have more
Some flamethrowers.
20,000 chapters to poach people
"Are you sure he is just a chief and not a senior leader of the anti-government armed forces?" Dou Ming couldn't help but smile bitterly when he heard these requests. He really didn't expect that the other party's target was so big. "These guns
Ammunition, defending a businessman like me is too exaggerated."
He couldn't help but smile bitterly. The order from above was to buy half, get half, or even give them all. What was particularly terrible was that these weapons and ammunition had to be collected abroad. Even if he could afford it, he would be tired and vomiting blood just to collect these goods.
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"That's what you have to worry about." Chen Taizhong smiled nonchalantly, and he was secretly glad that I didn't agree to Lao Huang's request, otherwise "it would really cost a lot of money."
However, Huanzong did not give it in vain. He said with embarrassment that the quantity of guns and ammunition was too large, because he was not an arms dealer after all, so he hoped to come in batches, "or the models may not be the same.
On the other hand, skilled gunners are easier to find, as there are so many veterans in the world."
No problem, as long as it's cheap! Levi nodded. It can be seen that this arms list really put too much pressure on him. And he is not too worried about the other party's words not being counted - after all, you are still in my territory.
Isn't there mining nearby?
It can be seen that when relevant departments operate certain things, the linkage is indeed very strong. Even Huanming himself may not be an insider. He is more likely to be a peripheral person. Through less eye-catching private business cooperation,
The purpose of making friends and wooing was achieved, and even the next step of gathering intelligence and infiltration was laid out.
However, Chen Taizhong didn't care about these things. He thought that his task of pulling the strings had been completed. So he went to Germany, where Catherine was waiting for him.
Vodafone completed the acquisition of Mannesmann in February. Mannesmann President Kassel, who had previously vowed to protect the company, unexpectedly announced the merger to the media on February 4, saying, "The company is very happy to join forces with
Tidafeng's top brass have agreed that Düsseldorf will become one of two European centers for the Tidafeng behemoth."
Next, what everyone was worried about became a reality step by step. Shortly after Vodafone took over Mannesmann, it began to consider the split of the company, and all the businesses that were not part of the telecommunications part were split and sold.
This is an old factory that is more than a hundred years old. It was born in the 19th century, and its main business has always been the steel industry. It was not until the 1960s that it began to transform into the production of electronic tubes. And it has entered the telecommunications market, so far.
Less than ten years.
Sad! Those workers and engineers who are part of the manufacturing sector can only be described by these two words. Of course, there will be people who will buy the separated departments, but the shadow of chaos and despair hangs over most people.
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Catherine promised Chen Taizhong that she would contribute in this matter. She entrusted a headhunting company to contact many valuable people. The situation was neither too good nor too bad. Some people had already negotiated with other companies.
Some people will be kept as seeds in Mannesmann, while some of the remaining people are willing to take risks in the distant east.
There are not many such people, there are seventeen or eight, but they are superior in quality, especially the two small expert figures. But it is precisely because they are experts that they know the competing companies.
Their relationship is not that good. They once rejected high-paying offers from others. They don't want to be dependent on others now. Everyone has their own dignity.
Among the others, there are two file managers. Mannesmann's glory has become a thing of the past. No matter how clear they are about the split business, it is meaningless. This is really a wonderful thing. Chen Taizhong still values it. Such people.
By now, the rumors of splitting have become more and more intense, and it is basically a certainty. Director Chen must come forward to contact these people, which will play a decisive role in calming people's hearts.
So, he met Catherine in Germany. But at the same time as he flew to Germany, Elizabeth flew to France. She wanted to take the opportunity to visit her relatives and children, so the CEO Prince he met in Germany changed his attendant.
In a hotel in Dusseldorf, Chen Taizhong spent a whole day talking to these people. Germans are famous for their rigidity. Everyone put forward very detailed conditions for their working environment and treatment. Especially those two. The request put forward by the experts is simply impossible in Director Chen's opinion. Provide you with a professional laboratory, equipped with assistants and corresponding funds? Okay. I guess the boss will frown upon it.
The two archivists are also very interesting. In their opinion, although the Chinese want to hire people like themselves to manage large archives for some unknown purpose, there is no doubt that without Mannesmann, they Nothing.
"I have unique experience in refining and retrieving large archive databases and optimizing their locations." One of the women, who is nearly forty years old, said, "I can even build a mathematical model to improve it, so My annual salary cannot be less than 300,000 US dollars." You have to know that China is very far away.
This is obviously the lion's mouth. According to Chen Taizhong's estimation, even in Mannesmann, the annual salary will not be higher than 200,000 US dollars. What is especially important is that after leaving Mannesmann, she can get An annual salary of 100,000 US dollars is enough to make you laugh out of your dreams.
But these are not important. What is important is that Chen Taizhong needs these two people to sort out the huge information in his Sumeru Precepts, so he simply agreed to this condition, "If money can solve the problem, then it is not a problem." .”
Among so many people, there was only one person who had an easier time coping with it. The senior engineer hoped to solve his physical problems in China. "I think you should arrange a wife for me," just like Consultant Li De of the Communist International."
"Let's change the conditions," Director Chen replied expressionlessly, and then the man simply stood up and left.
After talking to people for a whole day, he was really exhausted physically and mentally, but he finally calmed down most of the people. In the evening, he had dinner with the beautiful female boss of Prince Company, and talked about the things they discussed during the day. He frowned. "I don't think it's easy to meet the conditions proposed by Mr. Kelas."
Mr. Kelath is one of the two experts. He strongly demands to have his own laboratory, otherwise there is no need to discuss it.
"Oh, if you don't want him, there are many people who do." Catherine looked at him with a smile, "Well, for example, non-ferrous metal companies, and Mr. He Baohua, they all welcome him to work in China.
"Oh, really?" Chen Taizhong was stunned when he heard this, and then he reacted, "Good guy, you are really capable. You can sell a favor to many families. It seems that you don't need me in the next step. You can also do it in China." Started business
"Ms. Fan Rushuang also intends to accept a few people." Catherine raised her eyebrows proudly, which made her look a little naive, "But of course, you are the first to choose.
"How about assigning those two file managers to your company first?" Chen Taizhong couldn't help but feel moved when he saw how cute she looked. He originally planned to send the two to Phoenix and use some means to force them to sort it out, but it seems
Her attitude made it clear that she planned to take root in China, so she wanted to entrust this matter to her.
The Chinese got Mannesmann's information. This is a very serious political incident, but if the Americans got it, it would be easier for people to accept. American soldiers are still stationed on German territory. What's the point of getting some information?
"I originally wanted to do this. I have some of Mannesmann's information in my hand." Catherine nodded with a smile, "But who will pay for their salaries?"
"It's okay for me to step in, right?" Chen Taizhong rolled his eyes when he heard this, thinking to himself that all your people are mine, and why are you still arguing with me about this? "You little money-crazy guy.
"Business is business." Catherine's eyes flickered and she looked at him with a smile. Although she was good at hiding it, it was obvious that she was a little emotional at this moment. If it wasn't for the followers around her, something inappropriate for children would probably happen.
It's over, "Over in the UK, I'm going to invest another 10 million US dollars in you."
As mentioned earlier, Phoenix Coal Group wanted to introduce foreign capital in order to evade the restrictions on coke export quotas. Of course, the funds were just a cover and would be gradually withdrawn, but in any case, Catherine still helped Chen Taizhong.
"Well, after this matter is done, I can return to China." Chen Taizhong let out a long breath, "I have to contact Boss Meng. Look at the panic of Mannesman." You are so capable, but there is no direct contact.
Lao Meng, please send these people’s information?
"Pali said, you have to come forward." Catherine couldn't help curling her lips angrily when he heard him ask about this, "My feeling is that Meng Yi doesn't want to have too much contact with me."
"You know how powerful you are?" Chen Taizhong couldn't help but chuckled when he saw her deflated look, "Haha, you are not omnipotent. Chinese officialdom has Chinese rules.
He was not surprised at all by Secretary Meng's reaction. He Baohua and Fan Rushuang of the Nonferrous Metals Company were willing to contact Catherine because their main business was related to Mannesmann, and Boss Meng, as a high-ranking official, could not interact with foreigners.
Keep too close contact, especially with companies like Prince that are making money in China.
By the time he and Catherine went to England again and returned to Paris, Dou Ming had already helped Levi contact two hundred technical rifles obtained from a country in Eastern Europe.
Before Liu Yuanlin had time to return to China to answer his defense, Director Chen had to go back first. He had to take the party school exam and then get a college diploma!
