Niamey International Airport, Niger.
"Man, haha, we meet again." Roberts greeted him warmly and hugged Jiang Chen.
Jiang Chen pushed Roberts away in shame, "Ahem, it's better for us to shake hands normally."
"No, no, no, to express my apology." After patting Jiang Chen on the back, Roberts walked to the Hummer, opened the car door exaggeratedly and said with a smile, "Please get in the car, Dear Mr. Dictator. . ”
"I haven't even written the horoscope yet." Jiang Chen scolded with a smile.
Regardless of whether he understood this proverb or not, Jiang Chen took Ayesha and sat in the back seat of the car, while Nick naturally sat in the passenger seat.
"Speaking of which, I think we have a connection with the desert." Roberts stepped on the accelerator, started the car and started the car, grinning, "It was also a desert in Iraq last time."
"I wiped your butt last time, I hope you don't get into trouble this time." Jiang Chen couldn't help but complain.
"Ahem, actually you are not at a loss, right? An American who runs errands for you all over the world, a Slavic guy who follows you to the front line, and a little beauty sitting next to you." Roberts looked through the rear view of the car. Mirror, gave Jiang Chen a joking look.
Hearing this, although the expression on Aisha's face did not change, the red cloud started to float.
"Drive your car and stop talking nonsense." Jiang Chen cursed with a smile. After a pause, he asked casually, "Where is the base?"
"The Sahara Desert, Niger, the undeveloped areas of Agadez Province. You have to be mentally prepared, it is simply a wilderness." Roberts laughed.
Outside the airport are mountains of loess, and there are no buildings in sight. Except for the highway, there is debris and yellow sand everywhere. Often when the wind blows, it can bring up a cloud of sand and dust like a rolling curtain.
In addition, this is probably the only one Jiang Chen has ever been to. There are no taxis at the door, no bus stop signs, let alone a subway airport.
"What the hell, is this place so poor?" Jiang Chen glanced out the window. Looking at the endless sand dunes, he secretly exclaimed.
This is a capital city after all, so it shouldn’t be so backward.
"The urban area will be better, roughly equivalent to the suburbs of Los Angeles?" Roberts laughed. "There are still 10 kilometers, not that far. By the way, speaking of poverty, Amani, the Minister of Commerce of Niger, wants to meet you. Well, I invite you to dinner."
"Attracting foreign investment?" He yawned. Jiang Chen leaned back on his seat and said without interest, "How about you go for me? I have already spent money to buy 20 hectares of wasteland, and I have no interest in investing in other projects for the time being."
"Ahem, no, actually there are. For example, the water supply and power supply for the mercenary base, the supply of food and daily necessities, and the ammunition and materials consumed for training, etc." Roberts coughed and reminded.
This is indeed a problem... Jiang Chen touched his chin and thought for a while.
"I have a way to deal with the munitions supplies. As for other things... What are your suggestions?" Jiang Chen looked at Roberts.
"My suggestion for power supply is to buy a few fuel generators or a batch of solar equipment? The sun is quite strong there, so I recommend solar power generation. As for water, it seems taboo to dig wells locally? We should try to avoid it. It’s better to have conflicts with those tribal people. I heard that the Niger government can’t control them, so I recommend transporting it from outside. In addition, food and other daily necessities can be purchased locally. The prices here are very cheap, especially food.”
"Then let's do it." Jiang Chen nodded.
"If so, you really need to meet that Armani. But before that, I'll take you to the hotel where you're staying." Roberts shrugged. smiled.
The car finally drove into the city limits.
The Niger River passes through the city. The river beach scenery is lush and green, just like an oasis in the desert.
In fact, it is not as exaggerated as Roberts described it. Niamey is also the capital of a country. Although I have never seen what the suburbs of Los Angeles look like, I drove to the city center. The surrounding buildings still look quite stylish.
After arriving at the hotel where he was staying, Jiang Chen only stopped briefly, put on the suit that Roberts had prepared for him, and then got into the car again.
It’s just that this car is not Roberts’ Hummer, but a special car used by the Niger Ministry of Commerce to receive VIPs.
After getting off the car at a hotel that was obviously used to receive foreign guests, a black man in a suit greeted him with a smile.
"Welcome. Mr. Jiang Chen, you must be the Oriental rich man Mr. Roberts mentioned." He held Jiang Chen's right hand enthusiastically, and the black minister, who looked a little older, shook it vigorously.
Jiang Chen was surprised that he could actually speak Chinese.
"Thank you for the invitation, Mr. Armani." Jiang Chen responded to his enthusiasm with a smile.
"I know many Chinese friends who are as outstanding as you. There are also many friends from China in Niger. You can regard this place as your second home. Niger welcomes you." Speaking in fairly standard Mandarin, Amani said enthusiastically.
"Haha, definitely."
The pleasantries ended, Jiang Chen and Amani walked into the hotel side by side. With a group of bodyguards and related staff accompanying him, this "welcome ceremony" was also quite grand.
What should I say? A strange idea suddenly came to Jiang Chen's mind.
I wonder if when he returned to his hometown during the Chinese New Year, the county magistrate and a group of followers would greet him in the same way? After all, he is also a man who has been in the Wall Street Journal, and the party newspaper has also praised his outstanding performance in the field of Internet technology. Let alone in his hometown of Hucheng, even if we look at the entire province, he is not doing so well, right
Tsk tsk, it must be a great feeling to return rich and rich to your hometown.
Although he is still overseas, the distance will not hinder his YY.
At Amani's invitation, Jiang Chen sat down with him. From the order of sitting down at the same time, it can be seen that the Minister of Commerce treated him with great courtesy.
Of course, you can also see from the side how poor Niger is.
Perhaps because there are more Chinese people coming to Niger to invest, this Armani casually chose to discuss business at the wine table. However, he obviously only had a superficial understanding of the Chinese wine table culture, and he just had two drinks and stopped drinking in a very stereotyped manner.
Obviously, he regarded drinking and talking about business as a ceremonial "Chinese custom".
After another round of pleasantries, Armani naturally brought the topic to the point.
"I am very grateful to Mr. Jiang for investing in Niger. I wonder if we can provide you with any convenience? The economy is basically improving and is in a stage of rapid development. The investment prospects are very broad..."
Listening to Armani's vivid words, or deception, Jiang Chen couldn't help complaining in his heart. There was not even a taxi just after leaving the airport, so he had the nerve to pretend to me that the economy was basically improving
But even though I think so in my heart, I can't say it like that.
"Of course, I'm very optimistic about your domestic development. That's why I came here to register a security company and build a training ground." After listening to the black uncle talking for a long time, Jiang Chen remained calm. smiled.
The implication is that I have no interest in investing in you for the time being.
However, Armani obviously didn't intend to give up so soon, and he had another big push with him, and enthusiastically handed him several plans for investment projects, which meant that you could just put some money in. Bar.
"Well, I have a proposal. To facilitate the transportation of materials, I plan to fund the construction of a road from the capital of Agadez Province to the undeveloped area." In fact, he has been brewing this idea, and it happened to be This opportunity came up.
As soon as he heard about road construction, Amani's eyes suddenly lit up. If the road can be built, it will not only greatly improve the lives of the people in the undeveloped areas, but also strengthen the government's control over the rebellious local tribesmen.
"Haha, the people of Niger will thank you for your friendship, generous Mr. Jiang."
"You're welcome. It's up to you to study the specific road planning matters. We will have further discussions based on the proposals you come up with." Jiang Chen said with a smile while looking at Armani with bright eyes. .
Finally, the dinner ended in a harmonious atmosphere. The Minister of Commerce enthusiastically rode with him in the car and sent him to the door of his hotel.
"How do you feel? Man." Roberts stood downstairs in the hotel, looking at him with a playful smile.
"I'm so fed up. Are niggas always so talkative? They work really hard to attract sponsorship."
That Amani is also quite interesting. He must be a politician with a talent for speaking. Originally, it was nothing to solicit investment, but maybe he got a little anxious when he saw that Jiang Chen was not interested, so he became impassioned as he spoke, which was manifested in the fact that his speaking speed became faster and faster. For a brief moment, Jiang Chen knew clearly that what he was talking about was Mandarin, but Jiang Chen couldn't understand what he was talking about.
"Hahahaha!" Roberts laughed heartily and patted Jiang Chen on the shoulder, "Man, do you understand my pain? On the first day I came here, I was literally dragged into singing by him. Damn RA. But I moved you out very cleverly, saying that I was just an errand boy, and the real sponsor of the money was a guy named Jiang Chen."
"Haha. This joke is not funny." Jiang Chen glared at him and walked towards the hotel.
Following Jiang Chen's pace, Roberts turned to talk about business next to him.
"Anyway, it's really annoying to talk business with those new niggas, but just take some candy to kill them. Tomorrow we will go to Agadez Province to see your military base."
"Ahem, it's the security company's training ground."
"It doesn't matter, everyone understands." Roberts said nonchalantly.
Stopping in front of the elevator, the guy suddenly poked Jiang Chen's arm with his elbow and said jokingly: "We will set off early tomorrow morning, remember not to play too late."
After speaking, regardless of Jiang Chen's reaction, Roberts quickly ran into the elevator that was about to close.
"This old silver stick." Jiang Chen cursed with a smile and shook his head.
Just kidding, sir, am I the kind of person who indulges in such excessive things
But at this moment, his mind suddenly flashed back to last night, when Ayesha was wearing a princess dress with a white ribbon...
Uh, okay, Jiang Chen decided.
Stay up late today and try on a few more clothes with her... (.)