Located on the banks of the Gula River, a tributary of the Niger River in central Nigeria, Abuja is Nigeria's largest city and its capital.
Straddling the borders of Niger, Kaduna, Plateau and Kwara, the city covers an area of more than 7,000 square kilometres and is the centre of the road network and a hub for agricultural and livestock products in central Africa.
Walking on the streets of Abuja and looking at the neat and bright buildings on the road, Zhang Yufang exclaimed from time to time.
Indeed, in the fourth country of this "African trip", Zhang Yufang finally saw a city that did not match his impression at all.
Seeing the appearance of Teacher Zhang sighing and sighing from time to time next to him, Zhao Guoyang couldn't help but smile and said: "Teacher Zhang, you have been in Nigeria for a day, and you are still sighing."
Hearing this, Zhang Yufang couldn't help but distinguish: "Mr.
Zhao, this city is indeed very clean and tidy, even if it is better than our Songjiang City, it is not bad at all."
"That's because the area we live in is the city center, which is a national government office and a commercial area, and it's normal to be clean and tidy."
"Wait tomorrow, let's go to the industrial zone in the southern section of the city, and you can see a completely different look from here."
Zhao Guoyang is right, the south of the center of Abuja is the main residential area, and the southern end of the city is planned as an industrial area, which should be a relatively dirty place in the whole city.
Of course, because Nigeria's own economy is still relatively good, even the southern region of Abuja is much better than Yaoundé, the capital of Cameroon, where the big guys just left yesterday.
Listening to Zhao Guoyang talk about tomorrow, Zhang Yufang couldn't help but ask: "Mr.
Zhao, will Ambassador Li Shaoxian and Counselor Yang Wantang also arrive at the West Africa International Construction Machinery and Mining Machinery Exhibition tomorrow?"
After the delegation arrived in Nigeria last evening, Zhao Guoyang and his wife were taken to the embassy by Li Shaoxian, Chinese ambassador to Nigeria, and Yang Wantang, Chinese economic and commercial counselor to Nigeria.
Because they arrived too late in the evening, Ambassador Li Shaoxian and Counselor Yang Wantang did not delay everyone much, and after greeting everyone for a while, they only invited Bao Anjun, Zhao Guoyang, and Zhang Zheke to have a short meeting, and they probably got acquainted with each other.
Therefore, Teacher Zhang Yufang didn't know what the result of their short meeting yesterday was.
After listening to Zhang Yufang's question, Zhao Guoyang said as a matter of course: "This will definitely go, not only will I go, Ambassador Li Shaoxian will also speak to the Chinese compatriots working here on behalf of our Chinese embassy in Nigeria." ” "Well, then tomorrow this exhibition must be very lively," Zhang Yufang asked with a look of hope.
Zhao Guoyang said "um" and nodded: "Excitement is a must, so I can only take advantage of today's free time to hurry up to the streets of Abuja to see if I can find a large transport truck." ” "No way, here in the embassy, there are only commercial vehicles, and transport trucks have never been seen at all."
Seeing Zhao Guoyang's helpless appearance, Zhang Yufang couldn't help but ask: "Then Mr.
Zhao, you can ask Ambassador Li or Counselor Yang to help contact the representatives of Chinese businessmen here to see if they have any acquaintances, and think of a way."
When Zhao Guoyang heard this, he smiled bitterly and said: "Teacher Zhang, the method you said doesn't work, I inquired with the two leaders of the embassy yesterday, our Chinese businessmen in Abuja are all engaged in small businesses such as clothing and accessories, and they have not done big projects at all." ” "If you want to get rid of a large transport truck, you have to transfer it from the surrounding city, in that case, it will be too troublesome."
"Well, that's right" Zhang Yufang was stunned for a moment, and then nodded.
The reason why Zhao Guoyang is in a hurry to find a large transport vehicle is undoubtedly to transport the two most important products he brought this time, "small excavator" and "mine hoist", to the Abuja International Convention Center.
Yesterday in a small-scale meeting, Zhao Guoyang had learned from Counselor Yang Wantang that tomorrow's "West Africa International Construction Machinery and Mining Machinery Exhibition" will be officially opened at 8 o'clock in the morning.
The venue is at the International Convention Centre in Abuja, the capital of Nigeria.
Originally, for such a large-scale exhibition, it was necessary to register a month in advance to obtain the qualification to enter the venue.
However, because of the friendly relations between China and Nigeria and the mediation of Ambassador Li Shaoxian, the delegation has already received a confirmation call from the organizing committee this morning, and has been told that it can participate in the exhibition normally tomorrow, and has also obtained a good booth.
On the phone, Zhao Guoyang confirmed the scope of the exhibits to the other party, a member of the organizing committee.
Including bulldozers, excavators, loaders, concrete machinery, cranes, road machinery, pneumatic machinery, rock drilling machinery, construction vehicles, scaffolding and formwork, as well as construction machinery accessories, building materials machinery, mining machinery, etc., are all available for exhibition.
In this way, the two construction machinery brought by Zhao Guoyang must be among the scope of the exhibition.
After confirming the incident, Zhao Guoyang was busy on the streets of Abuja this morning, looking for transport vehicles.
There is no way, the organizing committee is willing to give you a queue, and it is already very righteous to allow your products to participate in the exhibition, and you can't ask people to hire a car for you and then transport things over After walking around the streets of Abuja twice with Zhang Yufang, they still couldn't find the vehicle they needed.
Seeing Mr.
Zhang's appearance of sticking out his tongue and licking his lips, Zhao Guoyang could only stop temporarily, pointed to a small shop on the side of the road and said, "Let's go, Mr.
Zhang, let's go in and buy a bottle of water to drink."
"Hmm" Zhang Yufang was not pretentious, and followed Zhao Guoyang's footsteps in response.
After the small business score, Zhao Guoyang smiled and chatted with the owner of the store in proficient "French".
Hearing that Zhao Guoyang and Zhang Yufang were friendly people from Huaxia, the boss's face lit up with a heartfelt smile.
It can be seen that the African brothers have a natural affection for the people and things of this country.
After buying two bottles of water, Zhao Guoyang asked casually: "Boss, do you know how to hire a car in Abuja, we came here this time, there are two heavy goods, and I want to ask someone to help transport them."
Hearing this, the boss was happy: "Mr.
Zhao, you really asked the right person, you want to transport goods, I have a car in this shop."
"Ugh" Zhao Guoyang was stunned for a moment, and then opened his voice, "No, boss."
You have a transport truck in this shop."
"Of course" The boss said seriously, "Mr.
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Zhao, don't look at my shop, it doesn't seem to be big, I have a big warehouse in the old town behind."
"Every month, I have to go to Shinan District to pull handicrafts, gourds and other goods to the warehouse."
After listening to the boss's explanation, Zhao Guoyang's face was overjoyed.
Of course, he knew what the boss was talking about about the gourd, which was a large gourd that was a specialty of Nigeria.
Unlike the gourds grown in China, the gourds in Nigeria are one meter in size, which is larger than ordinary water tanks.
Since this boss said that his truck can carry such goods, it must not be small.
Thinking of this, Zhao Guoyang hurriedly said: "Boss, I don't know if you can lend us your truck, we have to go to the airport to transport the two machines to the Abuja International Conference Center."
As soon as Zhao Guoyang's words fell, the boss let out an "ah", patted his head and said, "I know, you are going to participate in tomorrow's machinery exhibition."
"Yes, yes, yes, this is the trade and investment promotion group from China, which has come to visit several African countries.
Just in time for this machinery exhibition, naturally you can't miss it" Zhang Yufang, who was next to her, couldn't help but interject when she saw that there was a door.
"Ah, in that case, it must be fine."
When the boss heard this, he swore and patted his chest and said, "Mr.
Zhao, you will follow me to the back to pick up the car, and when you run out, you can send it to me directly, don't worry, the fuel tank is full, you can only use it."
Seeing that this boss was so righteous, Zhao Guoyang stopped inking, took out a 100-yuan bill, stuffed it into the boss's hand and said, "Okay, boss, then I won't be polite to you."
It's the cost of renting your truck, I paid in advance" Seeing the hundred dollars, the boss smiled even brighter.
This one didn't say anything polite, and directly settled the money and said: "No problem, then Mr.
Zhao, I'll take you and Miss Zhang over to get the car now."
When following this boss to get the car, Zhang Yufang couldn't help but muttered to Zhao Guoyang: "Didn't you say that the African brothers are enthusiastic, why did this boss charge us a hundred dollars and didn't even say a kind word?"
Listening to Teacher Zhang's words, Zhao Guoyang couldn't help but say happily: "Teacher Zhang, you are wrong to blame others."
Nigeria is rich in strategic resources such as oil and natural gas, and its economy is not bad in Africa. ” "The labor cost and travel cost here are not low, although it is not as good as Songjiang City, but it is also a medium-sized city level in our country."
"The journey from Abuja airport to the International Convention Centre is more than 100 kilometers.
This time and again, it's already a lot of kindness to count a hundred dollars."
Hearing this, the mustard in Zhang Yufang's heart decreased slightly.
Seeing this, Zhao Guoyang smiled and said with relief: "Mr.
Zhang, you are now a senior executive of a large company with assets of more than 10 million yuan, and your vision is broader. ” "As long as our goods can be delivered to the convention and exhibition center in time, don't say 100 dollars, even if it is 1,000 dollars, I will give it right."
After listening to Zhao Guoyang's reminder, Zhang Yufang nodded with a red face.
It's not because she can't bear the 100 dollars, but because she wants to help Mr.
Zhao as much as possible.
After all, there is such an all-round CEO, and the pressure on her, the assistant to the president, is still very high
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