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Chapter 1402: Let’s build a drone factory here?

When the secretary reported to Samir Khalil through the intercom that Mr. Zhang Qihang from Huateng Group had called, Samir Khalil was a little confused. But the next second, thinking of what they had discussed before, he suddenly became excited and asked anxiously, "Did Mr. Zhang say what it was about?"

"I said that they want to increase their investment in our country and wanted to talk to you about it."

When Samir Khalil heard this, his eyes instantly turned red.

With the blockade of Syria by the international community led by North America, Syria's life has become increasingly difficult in recent years. As the person in charge of the country's foreign trade, Samir Khalil is under great pressure. In order to ease this tense situation, after the factory of the Heavy Automobile Industry Group was put into production, he also asked Zhang Qihang whether he could continue to expand investment in the Middle East, but was politely declined by the other party.

Especially since the outbreak of the economic crisis caused by the North American subprime mortgage market, Syria's economic situation has deteriorated rapidly and life has become increasingly difficult. Unexpectedly, Huateng Group extended an olive branch to itself at this time.

Suppressing the excitement in his heart, Samir Khalil quickly told his secretary: "Hurry up and cut me in."

A few seconds later, as soon as the call was connected, Samir Khalil quickly apologized to Zhang Qihang: "Zhang, my friend, I am very sorry for neglecting you just now. From now on, no matter what you have to say, you can call me directly on my private mobile phone."

Zhang Qihang smiled and said a few polite words to Samir Khalil, then got to the point: "Mr. Khalil, this is what happened. You communicated with us through official channels before, hoping that our country could help you get out of the current economic crisis. Our country attaches great importance to it. After internal consultations, we mobilized some companies to actively go out and make overseas investments. Our Huateng Group first thought of our old friend."

"thanks, thanks!"

Zhang Qihang's frankness made Samir Khalil's eyes red again. He kept thanking Zhang Qihang: "Zhang, thank you and your country for helping us at this time. We will always remember the friendship of the Chinese people. Please rest assured that we will provide your company with the greatest preferential policies."

  How could Samir Khalil not be moved?

Syria is now hostile to almost the entire European and American world. If it were not for the support of Russia and the University of the East, Syria would not know whether it could continue to hold on.

And now, when the whole world is in an economic crisis and even Russia, which it has always regarded as its big brother, is unable to take care of itself, the University of Tokyo has once again extended a helping hand to him. How can Samir Khalil not be grateful?

Zhang Qihang smiled and asked Samir Khalil to express his gratitude, and then he told Huateng Group's idea: "Our initial idea is to build a factory in your country with an annual production of 10 passenger cars. The whole plan will be completed in three stages. After the completion of the first phase of the project, it will have an annual production capacity of 3 passenger cars... Mr. Khalil, you are most familiar with the national conditions and our situation. Which car or cars do you think are more suitable for us to put into production?"

"..." Samir Khalil did not answer immediately. Instead, he hesitated for a moment before asking Zhang Qihang, "Mr. Zhang, as far as I know, an automobile production line can only produce one or several models that are not much different. If the models we want to produce are quite different, we should have to build more production lines, right?"

Zhang Qihang explained to Samir Khalil: "It was true in the past, but now automobile production technology has improved a lot. It is now possible to produce multiple models with significant differences on the same production line. This is also to maximize the utilization efficiency of the production line."

"Is that so? I understand now," Samir Khalil nodded and said, "From my personal perspective, I hope to be able to localize the production of your compact MPV called Hongguang, the microcar called QQ, and the sedan called Excelle. Of course, this is just my personal opinion. As for what to produce specifically, I think you'd better arrange someone to do some research. If you need me to provide any information, that's fine with us."

Zhang Qihang felt dizzy after hearing this.

He knew that in recent years, Syria had imported a lot of Qinchuan QQ from Qinchuan Automobile, which is controlled by Huateng Group, and Black Panther Hongguang from Black Panther Automobile, which is controlled by the group. He also knew that these two cars were very popular in Syria. But he never expected that after having the opportunity to localize them, Syria actually wanted to produce these two cars directly in Bendu - can't you make some high-end cars?

Although he was depressed, Zhang Qihang still agreed with a smile. After all, Samir Khalil was just making a suggestion, so he asked casually, "Mr. Khalil, as a friend, do you have any other suggestions besides cars?"

  Any other suggestions?

Samir Khalil's eyes lit up. He didn't expect that in addition to being willing to invest in the construction of a car factory in Syria, Huateng Group was actually prepared to invest more.

Thinking of the product series of Huateng Group, he hesitated for a moment and asked tentatively: "If that's the case, can you build a drone production factory here? Ahem... You know, your drones sell very well in the Middle East."

  Zhang Qihang was a little amused and helpless for a moment: This guy Samir Khalil actually set his sights on Huateng Group’s drones?

Speaking of which, in this time and space, because of Zhang Qihang's emphasis on drones and the development of some "special functions", drones are completely different from the original time and space. In the current Middle East region, it is not to say that the sky is completely dominated by drones, but all forces are purchasing drones in large quantities.

Reconnaissance requires drones, sneak attacks require drones...

I don't know when this habit started, but everyone feels uneasy if they don't use a drone before picking up a big knife to cut the grass.

More than 30% of the drones produced by Huateng Group every year for various purposes such as plant protection, patrol, aerial photography, etc. are purchased by dealers in the Middle East. I don’t know why there is so much wheat in the Middle East that needs plant protection operations.

The outstanding performance of Huateng UAV in the Middle East has naturally attracted attention from all sides, including Syria. When Zhang Qihang asked him what other investment directions he could take, Samir Khalil immediately thought of Huateng Group's UAVs...