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Chapter 131 Ali
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In the early morning of the next day, when Zhao Ping'an and Cao Zheng came out of the hotel, besides a pair of police officers who were temporarily in charge of their safety, there was also a smart-looking young man with big eyes.

This is the only translator recruited yesterday. He is only 20 years old this year and is studying at the only university in Bosaso.

God knows why there is a university in a place like Bosaso that has not even been seen in junior high school and high school. It is really puzzling.

The name of the young man, well, excuse me that Zhao Pingan's brain is not very good, and he didn't remember his full name. In fact, it is estimated that except for himself and his family, there are almost no people who can remember his full name!
Because his full name is actually composed of 21 crazy words!

This can be regarded as a strange local custom in Africa. It seems that whoever has a longer name is more obsessed!
Just like among the 2 people pre-recruited yesterday, there are quite a few names with more than 10 words!

The young man calls himself 'Ali', and he seems to know that his name is rather strange, so people call him that, because he was influenced by Bruce Lee, Jackie Chan, and Jet Li's pirated CDs since he was a child, and he likes Chinese Kung Fu very much, so he has been studying by himself after entering university Chinese, I hope that one day I can go to that magical oriental country to learn from a teacher and learn Chinese Kung Fu.

So far it seems that the effect is amazing, probably because of some kind of obsession in my heart, fluent Mandarin is comparable to those foreign students who specialize in Chinese majors in China.

He got a hint from Zhao Pingan yesterday, and he will officially start working today. Regarding the sudden transformation from a poor college student to a high-income earner with a monthly income of one million shillings, Ali was so happy that he stayed up all night last night. , and so did his family.

When he went out in the morning, his mother specially prepared pork chop rice and camel milk for him, and told him that he would be able to eat such a delicious meal every day in the future!

You must know that such a pork chop rice usually costs 1 US dollar a piece in a restaurant on the street. In the eyes of the locals, it is definitely a rare delicacy. They usually eat sorghum and noodles, and rice. Luxurious food that only the rich can afford!

But this is obviously not a big problem for Ali. The monthly income of one million shillings is enough for him to change his family's poverty!
So he dropped out of school without any hesitation, and his teacher also expressed support for this, after all, this job is so rare!

If you miss it, you may regret it for life!
Ali is undoubtedly lucky. He may be the only person in Bosaso who is proficient in Chinese. He should earn this money, and no one else can grab it!
"Boss, Mr. Cao, good morning." Ali saw the two bosses walking out of the hotel, and hurried forward to greet them with a smile. He respected the two young men who were not much older than him from the bottom of his heart!
It is no exaggeration to say that their arrival will greatly change the poverty situation in Bosaso as a whole. After all, they provide too many jobs and their salaries are so high. An educated Bossaso, he is grateful to these two Chinese from the bottom of his heart for what they have done for their hometown.

Even in the long run, their appearance may more or less change some people's views of their hometown. After all, if they can get a stable job with a decent salary, who would be willing to risk being shot How dangerous is it to be a pirate?
Of course, it was impossible for him to say these words to the two bosses, even though he knew that some of the young people who applied for the job yesterday might have participated in pirate operations.

However, those people are his fellow countrymen after all, and he will not betray them.

And they are nothing more than for life.

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The reason why the pirates in Somalia have been unable to be eradicated is that many pirates will become ordinary people after landing, and there is another point that the local people are extremely united!

This is a very ethnic country.

A few years ago, the U.S. military conducted an anti-terrorism operation in Somalia. A Marine Corps wanted to enter Bossaso to hunt down a member of a suspected terrorist organization. In the end, the man was desperate and rushed to the street to beg people to protect him.

Then, tens of thousands of Somalis rushed from their homes, holding all kinds of firearms in their hands, and beat a well-equipped marine corps to the ground. The gunship runs away.

"Ali, good morning, have you eaten yet?" Zhao Pingan patted Ali's shoulder and asked with a smile.

Somalis are regarded as a relatively "thin" race in Africa. They are about the same height as the Chinese, with a smaller frame, and most of them are very thin.

"Boss, I've already eaten." Ali replied enthusiastically.

"Then let's go, get in the car with us, today is busy."

Zhao Pingan really has a lot of things to do today. First of all, he has to go to the municipal center first, because there are leaders of several large construction companies in Somalia who have asked the local government to contact him, waiting for him.

The meeting with them was naturally for the construction of Anping Island. It could be regarded as a simple project bidding meeting.

This matter seems a bit sloppy, but there is no way, after all, the situation is special, as long as they meet the standards, Zhao Pingan doesn't mind letting them make more money.

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At 8 o'clock in the morning, in the only conference room in the Civic Center.

In fact, the so-called municipal center is just an ordinary two-story building.

It is said to be a conference room, but there is no conference table inside. There are only thirty or forty wooden chairs with peeling paint and a blackboard fixed on the wall. It looks like a classroom in a mountainous area in China.

At this time, there were quite a few people sitting in the meeting room, about four or five people sat in a small group, sitting scattered, with clear divisions, obviously belonging to different companies, and a small group also had bosses, secretaries, and roles within bodyguards.

People with real status in Somalia will inevitably bring bodyguards with them when they go out. They are not pretending to be forceful, but really for the sake of safety.

When Zhao Ping'an and his party came here, everyone stood up and greeted them politely, with a warm attitude. After all, they also learned from the officials of the municipal center that this project is to develop an island, which is definitely a big deal!

So almost all of them rushed over overnight from other cities, and they took it very seriously.

"First of all, thank you very much for coming, and then, I need the background information of each of your companies, as well as engineering cases." Zhao Pingan looked at the representatives of the seven companies in the conference room and said with a smile.

He has always been easy-going, if others treat him politely, he will never be stingy with a smile.

Zhao Ping'an spoke Chinese, and in fact he was too embarrassed to make a fool of himself with his poor English, so after he finished speaking, the clever Ali quickly translated it into Somali without any instructions.

These two materials are necessary for any project bidding, and the representatives of the seven companies quickly submitted them.

Knowing that the client is a foreigner, the materials prepared by several companies are almost all in English. There is a construction company called Valede who is the most professional. In addition to a set of English materials, they also specially prepared a Obviously, a lot of thought was spent on the Chinese materials, which also made Zhao Pingan feel good about this company.

Zhao Pingan, Cao Zheng, and Ali had a general understanding of these seven companies after some discussion.

Unsurprisingly, among the seven companies, Valede Construction Company is the largest, has the construction qualifications for large-scale projects, and has participated in the construction of many government projects. It is naturally no problem for an island's infrastructure project.

From this point of view, yesterday's repeated urging of government officials to help contact large construction companies still played some role.

The other six are not too bad, probably because their own standards have indeed been lowered a lot, at least Zhao Ping'an thinks they are better than he expected.

Of course, Zhao Ping'an also knows that most of these materials have "beautification elements" and can only be used as a reference.

While the three were discussing which company was more suitable.

Suddenly, the door of the meeting room was pushed open.

(End of this chapter)