3 days before Christmas.

Sioux City arrived in Abu Dhabi, the capital of the UAE.

From the moment you walk out of the plane, you can feel the dryness coming to your face. Compared with it, Beijing is like a wet city in rain.

Zhang Haochang sneezed heavily and laughed: "I finally came to the desert. I don't know where it's a droughtier than our Xinjiang."

"Xinjiang is not all deserts, it's very good near the provincial capital." Kang Qingfeng, a representative of Sinopec, is also a returnee and has been in several oil fields.

"Is the trees in Ulu* Muqi not as valuable as here?" Zhang Haochang pointed to the small green space seen in the sky and said, "I heard that the cost of planting a tree in Abu Dhabi is US$3,000. How many are there?"

"This is too wasteful." Kang Qingfeng actually counted and said, "Fortunately, we are an oil exporter. If the money we earn from our country and waste it for foreigners to plant trees, we wouldn't feel sorry for you."

Although I have been studying abroad for several years, the older Kang Qingfeng maintains more traditional Chinese frugal thinking.

The leader sent by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs coughed in a pretentious manner, covered his mouth with his hands, and said, "Be careful to speak and do not cause diplomatic disputes."

"Who can understand Chinese?" Zhang Haochang grinned twice, then felt a salty smell on his tongue. He twisted his fingers and found a few grains of sand.

"Respect the national habits of the other country, respect the cultural traditions of the other country, and do not interfere with the politics of other countries. This is a repeated emphasis before boarding the plane, and the performance of several people. I will report faithfully after returning to China." The leader of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Xiao, can only use this method to scare people.

Although Kang Qingfeng was not afraid of him and did not want to cause trouble, he laughed and said, "Okay, when we get free, we will go to the $3,000 tree to enjoy the cool off."

Zhang Haochang followed with a smile. Behind him was Gan Keyi, the representative of the Petroleum Corporation, who was the senior engineer of the marine oil production plant introduced by Secretary Tao on the same day. He belonged to Shengli Oilfield, and his experience and position were completely different from those of the other two overseas returnees from the other two head offices. In addition, he didn't like to talk, so he could only follow along the way, and was a good child in the eyes of the leader.

Each of the three central enterprises has sent one person. Plus a translator and leader of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs is the whole of the Chinese delegation. Compared to the last time, this trip to the UAE is more purposeful and time-consuming, but it is not suitable for favors.

Although Sucheng is no longer a bidding group with them, the plane from Beijing to Abu Dhabi once a week, and in order to hurry, he can only take the same plane. On the other hand, the leader of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs still regards Sucheng as a member of the management and asks him to join the three.

So, the five people got on a station wagon sent by the embassy together, and there was another diplomatic training.

Until the hotel, the team leader said with great satisfaction: "Time is too tight. You can't train well. In this way, when you arrive at the hotel, remember not to go out casually, and report anything if you have anything. Finally, be careful of corroding, especially women, and do not violate discipline."

Seeing Su Cheng showing a dissatisfied expression, the team leader said unhappily: "Dr. Su, what's wrong with you?"

"Well, I'm going to change to a hotel."

The team leader asked unhappily: "Where are you going to switch to? You are bidding for the oil field on behalf of the country. The accommodation and meals you went out this time are reimbursed, so you don't need to save money on purpose."

It was also when he said this that he realized that Sucheng seemed to be outside the national team, so he coughed and said, "You also represent the country's decent. Three-star hotels are the lowest standard. Choosing cheap hotels is not safe on the one hand, but on the other hand, it is easy to make foreigners look down on it. Try to stick to it."

This is not the first time he has traveled with a Chinese business group. Many big-handed businessmen in China become stingy once they go abroad, probably because they are unwilling to travel in the night. Before this delegation trip, the leader was specially instructed to not insult the national sports, so he made Sucheng "persist".

Gan Keyi couldn't stand it and said, "Captain, let you pay more than 100 dollars from your pocket every day. Can you persist?"

The leader blushed and didn't dare to be really angry. He whispered: "It's too cheap to go out to do business. Foreigners will look down on us. Let's do this. I'll find you a cheaper room at that time..."

Su Cheng waved his hand, smiled friendlyly at Gan Keyi, and said, "I just wanted to change to another hotel because of the bidding. I'm going to go to Kempinski Hotel."

The Kempinski Hotel is a world-class luxury hotel with a five-star standard that has almost no $100 house.

The team leader was stunned for a moment and said, "Are you talking about the German Kempinski?"

"yes."

"Do you know how much the housing prices there?" Officials from the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs may not know the housing prices of Beijing Hotel, but they must know the housing prices of Kempinski Hotel, because this is a hotel chain giant that has luxury hotels all over the world.

Su Cheng nodded slightly and said, "I have booked a room there, palace suite, $3,700."

"one day?"

"One day." The leader took a breath, and when he spoke, he lowered his posture: "I want to report this situation to the leader. You can wait a moment before going to the hotel. We will send a car to take you there."

"No, tell the place, I'll let the hotel pick me up." Kempinski is one of the most luxurious hotels in the Middle East. The palace suite is second only to the presidential suite, with 7 waiters, including luxury car pickup.

As for the presidential suites worth tens of thousands of dollars, it is very difficult to book in places like Abu Dhabi. From time to time, international oil giants come to visit hotels, and leaders from all over the world often appear. Kempinski's presidential suites have really been entertained by the president.

The appearance of presidents is mostly for the oil resources of the Emirates of Abu Dhabi. Although Dubai was more famous in later generations, in terms of oil, Abu Dhabi's family owns 90% of the UAE's resources and is a well-deserved oil country.

Gan Keyi was also stunned at this time and said softly: "Sucheng. Have you really booked a room worth more than $3,000?"

"yes."

"Why spend this money? We Chinese rely on skills and physical strength to make a living. If we don't live in expensive houses, we will be looked down upon?"

"If you want your skills and physical strength to be seen, you have to have an expensive house." Su Cheng said this and turned around and added: "If you want to bid, it is best to live in Kempinski."

"Why?" Zhang Haochang looked at Su Cheng strangely.

Su Cheng smiled, but did not explain. As a competitor, he had already done his best to get to this point.

Although the process of international bidding is just a step in quoting, there are too many things to pay attention to how to quote and what price to quote, which is also the most challenging place for intelligence.

If you keep your head off, the chance of success is very low.

Kempinsky is a good intelligence trading platform. Although the Arabs are not as blatant as the Japanese, they can always get corresponding information through certain methods. Not only that, luxury hotels such as Kempinsky are also places where high-ranking Arab officials and royal families linger.

This is another special point in the Arab world. If bidding in Asia, South America or Africa, for the sake of avoiding suspicion, senior government officials will not often appear in such luxury hotels. However, although the senior Arab officials have certain government resources, they really decide who wins the bid and knows the inside information of the bid. They are members of the royal family. They not only do not need to avoid suspicion, but will wait in luxury hotels and wait for someone to offer a price.

The Chinese delegation was placed in a three-star hotel. It is estimated that the special approval procedures have been gone, but this has no meaning. No Arab prince will appear in a three-star hotel, and people can't afford to lose this person!

Su Cheng thought to himself: Zhang Haochang and the others are probably going to take the formal government route. Unfortunately, among the countries that take the government route in the Middle East, China is probably the weakest.

The United Kingdom was once the suzerain of Abu Dhabi. Because of its voluntary abandonment of the agreement, seven Commonwealth countries jointly formed the UAE. They are the most trusted and familiar Western countries in the Arab world. The United States is in the most convincing period. France has not recession to become a "member of the EU"; West Germany's technology is still ahead; Japan is practicing the skills of smashing people with government aid...

Sucheng once again strengthened the idea of ​​bidding. If he could not dominate, it would be strange if he could win the bid with this group of desperate brains that dared not take risks.

The station wagon first arrived at the hotel, led the team to get off the car, and asked the other three to wait in line on the side of the road. After answering a call, he said to Su Cheng: "In principle, superiors allow you to stay in other hotels, but please keep in touch and report to me at all times between 7 and 9 pm every night. If there is a safety problem or a conflict occurs, we should focus on tolerance and notify the embassy in time."

"I understand." Sucheng waved his hand, and immediately a beautiful Rolls-Royce drove to his side. The driver in white robe had seen the photos of Sucheng, trotted around, opened the car door, and said with a smile: "Kempinski Hotel welcomes you."

The team leader had to translate: "He welcomes you."

"Thank you." Su Cheng waved his hand to get into the car.

The car door closed with a "bang", and at the same time stopped the four people from peeping.

The Arab driver walked back to the driver's seat again and drove away in a flash.

The team leader quietly put away his envious gaze and turned to the other three and said, "We are back to the hotel, this is your room card, can you use it?"

"You can use it." Zhang Haochang flipped out the room card in a muffled voice and asked, "What's the name of the hotel?"

“Abu Dhabi City Scenery Hotel.”

Zhang Haochang laughed sarcastically and said, "We are staying in such a hotel to compete for oil fields with hundreds of millions of barrels of oil reserves."

Kang Qingfeng coughed and said, "The hotel is not the key..."

"The light brown sofa in the car just now is real leather, right?" Zhang Haochang interrupted him.

"It's probably true." Kang Qingfeng was also depressed.

"There are also transparent wine cabinets, with champagne and red wine on top and drinks on bottom. I seem to see Moutai."

"Arabia also has Moutai?" Gan Keyi asked strangely.

"This is called the feeling of being at home." Zhang Haochang turned over the room card, sighed, and said, "Okay, we have stayed in a star-rated hotel, took a cold shower, and then went to visit the UAE's oil ministry."

When the leader heard this, his expression changed a little and whispered: "It may be a bit inconvenient to take a bath. The UAE is a desert country, and the bath water in ordinary hotels is provided on time."

Zhang Haochang was stunned for a long time, then smelled his armpits and sighed: "Forget it, go to visit the Ministry of Petroleum tomorrow morning."

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