Chapter 218 They will occupy the world
Since signing the contract, Nasr has been worried.
On the one hand, he was worried that the Chinese would not be able to complete the maintenance work on time, and on the other hand, he was worried that their maintenance level was poor. In addition, Nasr was also worried that the Chinese would suddenly breach the contract and withdraw...
Go to Red China to sue Chinese companies? As long as you think of this kind of trouble, Nasr will have a headache.
"Next time, I will definitely be transferred to a good department. It's really troublesome to do maintenance." Nasr cursed, picked up the drinks, and secretly poured some whiskey in it.
Saudi Arabia is a country that does not allow alcohol to drink, but not everyone is so regular, especially middle-aged men like Nasr, whose life is extremely boring. He neither works hard for life nor lacks the ability to get promoted. Drinking secretly can add a touch of light to his life without life.
"Bang" the door was knocked.
Nasr immediately stuffed the wine back to the lower floor of the cabinet and asked loudly: "Who is it?"
"There is a fax from Dahua Industrial." The man wearing a regular suit pushed the door and put the fax paper in front of Nasr, saying: "This is a procurement project of Dahua Industrial. There are two projects in total, one is a procurement plan of less than US$100,000, and the other is a separate procurement plan for mud pumps..."
"Why do we have to look at the procurement project as a whole?" Nasr was very strange.
“It is said that it is within the process, notifying the ship owner and allowing us to make comments.”
"They want to use their own parts, what's the use of our suggestions...oh...this fax is very standardized."
The fax consists of three types: Arabic, English and Chinese. It is a standard project document. From the content, it can be seen that procurement of less than 100,000 US dollars is proposed by the project manager. After review and approval, the procurement department inquired and obtained more than two quotations. Then the procurement manager and the financial manager weighed the trade-offs, signed the decision, and handed over to the procurement department to sign the contract.
Projects above $100,000 have also been added to review by the procurement review committee.
After roughly turning it over, Nasr couldn't help but say in surprise: "It's so standardized. There are only more than 100 people in total, and the procedures are almost the same as Shell. Why are you busy here? By the way, have they started to repair the platform structure?"
"It has begun. They seem to have brought some people from China. I think a Chinese can be used as two or three people. They only rest when they sleep. Many people sleep in the dock, working at least ten hours a day..." Nasr's men seemed even more surprised than him. Saudi Arabia is a relatively closed country, and engineers from European and American countries are the most common, followed by Japan. For them, European engineers who work 45 hours a week and Japanese engineers who work 50 hours a day are the only hard work I have seen in their lives.
Of course, Saudi Arabia's own workers must have no more than 30 hours of normal working hours per week, especially in hot environments.
"As long as the platform structure can be done well, my work will be completed. Well, let's go to the dock to have a look." Nasr reluctantly drank the drink.
His men hurriedly ran out to inform. After a while, the six people put on their clothes and appeared in front of Nasr's office.
The group boarded three Mercedes-Benz and rushed to the dock. In big cities like Jeddah, the city is full of high-end cars, and the oil prices are surprisingly cheap. In addition, there is no commodity tax and purchase tax, it is very easy for Saudis to buy vehicles, and private cars are also common.
When he arrived at the dry dock, Nasr first saw a truck unloading. He immediately patted the front seat and said, "Go up quickly and let's see what parts they entered."
The driver stepped on the accelerator and directly crossed the loading and unloading truck.
When Nasr got off the car, he saw an Indian man operating a forklift, putting a large wooden box on the ground, and then slowly lifting the forklift and slowly putting it out.
Indians move very slowly, like ballets of elderly people, for fear of twisting their feet, so it takes one or two minutes to put a wooden box.
However, Nasr is used to this speed. The two countries with the most jobs in Saudi Arabia are India and the Philippines. They have very low work efficiency, but they are much higher than the Saudis themselves.
After a while, all three Mercedes-Benz cars were parked next to the truck and waited for them to unload the goods, as if they had nothing to do.
Wang Zhou, who came to supervise the loading and unloading, thought the shipowner was waiting to enter the door, so he urged the driver on the forklift and said in English: "Please hurry up, let the truck make way."
It happened that a large cloud of dark clouds had moved away at this time.
The scorching sun shines directly on the roof of the forklift, immediately making it look like a steamer inside.
Indian workers sweated heavily, wiped a box with a towel, then pulled out the key without saying a word.
Wang Zhou thought he was going to drink water, so he watched him pass the water cabinet at the door, which was specially used by transport workers, and disappeared into the shadow of reinforced concrete.
"What's going on?" Wang Zhou then reacted, jumped and shouted, "You're absent from work...ah...at least leave the key."
Nasr was a little familiar with the Chinese style, stopped him and explained in simple English: "This is his legal right. The sun is very big now, and he can ask for a half hour rest."
"Really or not?" Wang Zhou was stunned and said, "The parts have not been moved yet? The platform is waiting."
"There is no way. When he gets rested, he will naturally complete the rest of the work. You can rest assured." Nasl spread his hands.
Wang Zhou looked at the worker in the truck and said, "Why don't he rest together?"
"Maybe he doesn't want to rest. There is air conditioning in the car, so it's hotter to leave."
Wang Zhou said with a helpless look on his face, "This is a total waste of time, and he doesn't have to take away the keys for the forklift."
"What can I say, this is Saudi Arabia, our workers are very free and enjoy a complete rest." Nasr was a little proud.
Wang Zhou angrily said, "Workers are the most advanced class, you are the ones who want to sell oil for the rest of your life."
The latter sentence was not loud, but the previous sentence was translated to Nasr. Before the latter could say anything, Wang Zhou had already flashed into the dock and started shouting.
Nasl shrugged and smiled and prepared to bypass the road occupied by forklifts and trucks. At this moment, a group of Chinese workers rushed out of the dock.
To be precise, it was more than a dozen workers and several engineers.
Wang Zhou, whom he had just met, shouted a few times, and then a few tall and big workers jumped onto the truck. Four of them carried a wooden box and unloaded it directly.
Later, the Chinese followed suit, carried the carrying case on their shoulders and unloaded an 8-ton truck cleanly, and then changed it into small cars in different categories and prepared to transport it into the dock, which was more than twice as fast as the forklift.
Nasr clearly saw that not only Wang Zhou, who was wearing a white shirt, participated in the unloading, but an engineer who was about the same age as him also participated in the unloading...
For a moment, the air seemed to be filled with the smell of sweat, pouring into the nose, but no Saudis avoided it.
Then, the Chinese engineer who had just participated in the handling compared the types of parts with Wang Zhou and signed them separately. The series of terms were read from the Chinese engineer who exuded a sweaty smell, which made Nasr feel very moved.
Suddenly, he whispered in Arabic: "These guys will occupy the world."
The Saudis who were traveling with him nodded deeply.
Chapter completed!