King of Industry

In Addis Ababa, the capital of Ethiopia, in the embassy in Ethiopia, a group of Huaxia-African Trade and Investment Promotion Group is in talks with officials of the embassy in Ethiopia.

The oval conference table was divided into two columns by the embassy in Ethiopia and the trade and investment promotion mission.

On the left side of the embassy in Ethiopia, Jiang Longsheng, the Chinese ambassador to Ethiopia, is naturally sitting in the middle.

On the left and right of him are Cao Depei, Counselor of the Chinese Political Department in Ethiopia, and Yuan Yunhai, Counselor of the Chinese Consular Department in Ethiopia.

Afterwards, Tang Xiaolin, Counselor of China's Economic and Commercial Office in Ethiopia, and Wei Minghui, Senior Colonel of Huaxia's Military Attache Office in Ethiopia.

As China's ambassador to Ethiopia, Jiang Longsheng is a department-level cadre, while Cao Depei, Yuan Yunhai, and Tang Xiaolin are all deputy department-level counselors, and their status is similar to that of Senior Colonel Wei Minghui.

On the side of the trade and investment promotion group, Bao Anjun, head of the group, naturally sat opposite Jiang Longsheng, Zhao Guoyang sat opposite Cao Depei, and Zhang Zheke sat opposite Yuan Yunhai.

After that, there were several heavyweight business representatives of the delegation.

The meeting has been going on for more than an hour, and basically everyone is still in the process of getting to know each other.

After listening to Bao Anjun, the head of the trade and investment promotion group, talk about the purpose of this Africa trip, Ambassador Jiang Longsheng nodded with a smile: Director Bao, this is the first stop for you and the trade and investment promotion group. It was the right choice.

Although Ethiopia's economic level is relatively low among African countries, its development potential is still huge. Especially in the area of ​​commerce and trade, it has a strong complementarity with China.

Compared to other African countries, it also has great advantages in terms of agriculture and animal husbandry!

After Jiang Longsheng finished speaking, Bao Anjun nodded in relief and said, Yes, Ambassador Jiang. Our trade and investment promotion group has designated Ethiopia as the first stop. Apart from these reasons, there is another important reason, which is the country's Important oil and gas resources...

Bao Anjun turned his attention to a middle-aged man next to Zhang Zheke, and introduced with a smile: Ambassador Jiang, Mr. Lin is the vice president of our Huaxia Oil and Gas Company, and is responsible for integrating overseas markets.

This time, Mr. Lin is going to show his strengths during the 'Trip to Africa'. Whether you can fire the first shot in Ethiopia depends entirely on you and the embassy staff!

Mr. Lin that Bao Anjun was talking about was Lin Tianhai, the deputy general manager of Huaxia Petroleum and Natural Gas Company.

Lin Tianhai is the highest-ranking member of the trade and investment promotion group. He has the same administrative level as the deputy head Zhang Zheke, and is also a deputy department-level cadre.

For him, the leaders of the embassy also look at him differently and will not neglect him in the slightest.

At this time, after Bao Anjun's introduction, Jiang Longsheng and Lin Tianhai nodded with a smile and said: Mr. Lin, don't worry, the relationship between the local government of Ethiopia and our embassy has always been very good. It is also important for foreign companies to exploit local oil and gas. Be open minded.

Tomorrow, I will ask Counselor Tang Xiaolin from the Economic, Trade and Commercial Office to contact me to see if it is possible to visit several mining sites that have been completed and put into production.

Tang Xiaolin is the only woman among the senior officials of the Chinese embassy in Ethiopia. She is forty-five years old this year, and because of her proper maintenance, she looks like she is in her thirties.

At this moment, upon hearing Ambassador Jiang's order, she nodded with a smile and agreed.

Ah, that's great, I really trouble Ambassador Jiang and Counselor Tang! Lin Tianhai thanked again and again.

After hearing his words of thanks, Tang Xiaolin smiled and said, Boss Lin, from the perspective of reserves, Ethiopia is still very rich in oil and natural gas resources. I guess it should be able to meet the import needs of your Huaxia Petroleum and Natural Gas Company.

But there is a difficulty, but I have to remind you first!

Lin Tianhai was stunned when he heard the words. He collected himself, then forced a smile and said, Counselor Tang, what is the problem? Is there a solution?

Tang Xiaolin tapped the table with her hand, and explained slowly: This difficulty is the problem of transportation.

Mr. Lin, you should know that Ethiopia's shipbuilding industry is very backward. After the oil and gas resources in its territory are extracted, many of them are directly loaded by European and American transport fleets and directly transported back to China.

Their country itself does not have a few decent transport fleets...

Hearing this, Lin Tianhai understood what Tang Wanru meant.

Obviously, Counselor Tang is reminding himself that he must find a way to solve the transportation problem before he can consider other things.

The biggest advantage of resources companies like Huaxia Petroleum and Natural Gas Company, which emphasize overseas joint ventures, is that they can purchase relatively cheap primary resources of oil and natural gas from abroad, and then return to China to refine them before selling them.

But if the transportation cost is too high, then this method of purchasing primary resources from abroad is somewhat uneconomical.

After all, such primary resources can also be purchased in China.

Although the purity may not be as high as the resources produced in the Middle East region where Ethiopia is located, it is still possible to meet the basic operation of the enterprise.

Hearing Tang Xiaolin's reminder at this time, Lin Tianhai opened his mouth in disappointment, not knowing how to respond.

At this moment, Zhao Guoyang, who had been silent all this time, asked Tang Xiaolin: Counselor Tang, I think the transportation problem can be solved. The main thing is the price. It depends on how much the Ethiopian government gives Mr. Lin and the others...

After Zhao Guoyang said these convincing words, Tang Xiaolin couldn't help turning her eyes to him.

As for Zhao Guoyang's identity, when the meeting just started, head Bao Anjun had already introduced it to the cadres at the embassy.

This time, he is the deputy head of the China-Africa Trade and Investment Promotion Group, and the boss of the domestic SMS Construction Machinery Group Company and Xingtai International Foreign Trade Company.

Such an identity, coupled with Zhao Guoyang's obvious age of less than twenty-five years old, made the leaders of the embassy full of curiosity about him deep in their hearts.

Hearing his sudden voice at this time, Tang Xiaolin said with great interest: Researcher Zhao, I don't know how you came to this conclusion? In my opinion, the transportation issue should be the most urgent issue. Bar?

Hearing the question from Counselor Tang, Zhao Guoyang seriously explained: This is how I see it, Counselor Tang. Although Ethiopia's shipbuilding industry is relatively backward, we can definitely rent the transportation fleet of Saudi Arabia in Asia. !

Saudi Arabia's transport fleet is well-known in the entire Gulf region!

After Zhao Guoyang's explanation, Tang Xiaolin, Jiang Longsheng and others were all surprised.

As personnel who have worked in Ethiopia for a long time, the leaders of the embassy in Ethiopia have a deep understanding of neighboring countries and regions.

Saudi Arabia has always had frequent trade exchanges with Ethiopia, and its transport fleet often haunts the Gulf region.

Under such circumstances, it is absolutely feasible for Huaxia's resource companies to rent ships from Saudi Arabia.

But what surprised Jiang Longsheng and Tang Xiaolin was that this young Researcher Zhao was so clear about this matter, which made people wonder.

Just when several leaders of the Chinese embassy in Ethiopia were surprised, Zhao Guoyang added: Although Ethiopia is not strictly an Arab country, there are many people in it who are of Arab descent, and The relationship between the Arab countries is still very good.

If Mr. Lin's Huaxia Oil and Gas Company can reach an agreement with Saudi Arabia's shipping fleet, then the establishment of an oil and gas exploration company in Ethiopia will not be a problem!

Speaking of this, Zhao Guoyang turned his attention to Zhang Yufang and said: Of course, because Huaxia Petroleum and Natural Gas Company is not familiar with the transportation company in Saudi Arabia, it must be relatively difficult to negotiate with him alone.

In this regard, Mr. Lin can cooperate with Mr. Zhang's 'Xingtai International Foreign Trade Company', and our foreign trade company will be responsible for contacting the other party. In this case, the cooperation will be easier to negotiate!

When Zhao Guoyang said this, Zhang Yufang who was next to him finally understood his intention, and was amazed in his heart.

Indeed, Zhao Guoyang hardly promoted his Xingtai International Foreign Trade Company, and quietly sent this cooperation plan to the other party.

From Lin Tianhai's point of view, it is better to entrust a foreign trade company to deal with the transportation company in Saudi Arabia than to deal with it.

Because Xingtai International has established a relatively regular cooperation with Latin America, its reputation among small and medium-sized foreign trade companies in China has gradually started.

Coupled with the presence of a highly reputable chairman like Zhao Guoyang, Lin Tianhai has no reason to reject his proposal.

Sure enough, after Zhao Guoyang expressed his thoughts, Lin Tianhai nodded approvingly, and said: Researcher Zhao, your proposal is very good. Our Huaxia Petroleum and Natural Gas Company is not involved in foreign trade right now. Many, if you have 'Xingtai International' come out, it will indeed save a lot of trouble.

Speaking of this, Lin Tianhai paused for a moment, and then continued: However, in terms of the employment fee of this transport fleet, Researcher Zhao and Teacher Zhang must give you more discounts.

Hearing this, Zhao Guoyang quickly expressed his opinion: Naturally, Mr. Lin, you can rest assured. The reason why we 'Xingtai International' want to lead this line is mainly for the purpose of expanding business in Africa in the future. We never thought of making money from you. Huaxia Petroleum and Natural Gas Company’s money.”

Zhang Yufang also hurriedly echoed: Yes, Mr. Lin, for us 'Xingtai International', this is a great opportunity to expand our business. As long as we don't lose money, we are happy to make more or less...