Abuja, a city located on the banks of the Gula River, a tributary of the Niger River in central Nigeria, is the largest city in Nigeria and its capital.

The city spans the junction of the four states of Niger, Kaduna, Plateau and Kwara, with an area of ​​more than 7,000 square kilometers. It is the center of the highway network and the distribution center of 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 "trip to Africa", Zhang Yufang finally saw a city that was completely inconsistent with her impression.

Seeing the teacher Zhang beside him sighing from time to time, Zhao Guoyang couldn't help but smile and said, "Teacher Zhang, you have been here in Nigeria for a day, are you still sighing?"

After hearing this, Zhang Yufang couldn't help but tell: "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 we live in this area, it's the city center, it's a national government agency and a commercial area, so it's normal to be clean and tidy."

"When tomorrow, we go to the industrial area 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 to be an industrial area, which should be a relatively dirty place in the entire city.

Of course, because Nigeria itself has a pretty good economy, even the southern area of ​​Abuja City is much better than Yaoundé, the capital of Cameroon, where everyone left yesterday.

After hearing Zhao Guoyang talk about tomorrow's events, Zhang Yufang couldn't help but ask: "Mr. Zhao, will Ambassador Li Shaoxian and Counselor Yang Wantang come tomorrow, tomorrow's 'West Africa International Construction Machinery and Mining Machinery Exhibition'?"

After the delegation arrived in Nigeria last night, Zhao Guoyang and others were received by Chinese Ambassador Li Shaoxian to Nigeria and Chinese Economic and Commercial Counselor Yang Wantang to Nigeria and moved to the embassy.

Because it arrived too late at night, Ambassador Li Shaoxian and Counselor Yang Wantang did not delay everyone. After a while of greeting, they only invited the three leaders Bao Anjun, Zhao Guoyang and Zhang Zheke to have a short meeting and probably got to know each other.

Therefore, Teacher Zhang Yufang didn’t know what the result of their short-term debut yesterday.

After hearing Zhang Yufang's question, Zhao Guoyang said for granted: "This will definitely go. Not only will you go, but Ambassador Li Shaoxian also wants to speak to our Chinese Embassy in Nigeria and the Chinese compatriots working here."

"Well, then tomorrow's exhibition must be very lively, right?" Zhang Yufang asked with hope.

Zhao Guoyang said "um" and nodded, "It's a must for fun, so I can only take advantage of the free time today to come to the streets of Abuja to see if I can find large transport trucks."

"There is no way. There are only business vehicles and transportation trucks on the embassy."

Seeing Zhao Guoyang's helpless look, Zhang Yufang couldn't help asking: "Then Mr. Zhao, you can ask Ambassador Li or Counselor Yang to help contact the Chinese business representatives here? See if they have any acquaintances and think of a solution?"

Zhao Guoyang smiled bitterly when he heard this, "Teacher Zhang, what you said doesn't work! I asked the two leaders of the embassy yesterday that our Chinese businessmen in Abuja are all engaged in clothing, accessories, and small transactions, and there is no big project at all."

"If you want to get rid of a large transport truck, you have to transfer it from surrounding cities. That would be too troublesome!"

"Uh, that's right!" Zhang Yufang was stunned for a moment, then nodded.

The reason why Zhao Guoyang was anxious to find a large transport vehicle was undoubtedly to transport the two most important products he brought this time - "small excavator" and "mine hoist" - to the Abuja International Conference Center.

Yesterday, at a small meeting, Zhao Guoyang learned from Counselor Yang Wantang that tomorrow's "West Africa International Construction Machinery and Mining Machinery Exhibition" will officially open at 8:00 a.m.

The location is at the International Convention Center in Abuja, the capital of Nigeria.

Originally, such large-scale exhibitions must be registered one month in advance to obtain entry qualifications.

However, due to the friendly relations between China and Nigeria and Ambassador Li Shaoxian mediated, the delegation received a confirmation call from the organizing committee this morning, and was told that they could participate in the exhibition normally tomorrow and also received a good booth.

During the phone call, Zhao Guoyang confirmed the scope of exhibits to the other party's organizing committee member.

Including bulldozers, excavators, loaders, concrete machinery, cranes, road machinery, wind-driven machinery, rock drilling machinery, engineering vehicles, scaffolding and formwork, as well as engineering machinery accessories, building materials machinery, mining machinery, etc., you can participate in the exhibition.

In this way, the two construction machinery brought by Zhao Guoyang must be included in the exhibition scope.

After confirming this incident, Zhao Guoyang was busy going to the streets of Abuja this morning to look for transport vehicles.

There is no way, the organizing committee is willing to join you in a team and allow your products to participate in the exhibition. You can't ask someone to hire a car for you and then transport the things over, right?

After walking around the streets of Abuja for two times, they still couldn't find the vehicle they needed.

Seeing Teacher Zhang constantly sticking out his tongue and licking his lips, Zhao Guoyang could only temporarily stop and point to a small shop on the side of the road and said, "Let's go, Teacher Zhang, let's go in and buy a bottle of water!"

"Yes!" Zhang Yufang was not pretentious, and responded and followed Zhao Guoyang's footsteps.

After finishing the Xiao Shangpu, Zhao Guoyang smiled and started chatting with the owner of the store in his skilled "French".

I heard that Zhao Guoyang and Zhang Yufang were friendly people from China, and a heartfelt smile appeared on the boss's face.

It can be seen that African brothers have a natural favorable impression of the people and things in China.

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 and there are two heavier items. I want to ask someone to help transport it!"

After hearing this, the boss was amused: "Mr. Zhao, you really asked the right person. You want to transport goods. I have a car in this shop!"

"Well?"

Zhao Guoyang was stunned for a moment, then started to speak, "No, boss. Is there a transport truck in your shop?"

"certainly!"

The boss said seriously, "Mr. Zhao, don't look at my store not big. I have a large warehouse in the old city behind!"

"Every month, I have to go to Shinan District to pull handicrafts, gourds and other goods into the warehouse!"

After hearing the boss's explanation, Zhao Guoyang's face was overjoyed.

Of course he knew what the boss mentioned was the gourd, which was a specialty of Nigeria - the big gourd.

Unlike the gourds grown in China, Nigerian gourds are one meter in size and are larger than ordinary water tanks.

Since this boss said that his truck could transport such goods, it would definitely be a small matter.

Thinking of this, Zhao Guoyang quickly started to speak: "Boss, I don't know if I can lend us your truck for use. We are going to the airport to transport the two machines to the Abuja International Conference Center..."

As soon as Zhao Guoyang finished speaking, the boss said "ah" and patted his forehead: "I understand, are you going to attend tomorrow's mechanical exhibition?"

"Yes, yes, it's this exhibition! We are a trade and investment promotion group from China and are visiting several African countries. We just happened to catch up with this mechanical exhibition, so we can't miss it..."

Zhang Yufang next to her couldn't help but interrupt when she saw a door.

"Ah, if that's the case, then there's definitely no problem!"

Upon hearing this, the boss patted his chest confidently and said, "Mr. Zhao, follow me to pick up the car. When you use it, just send it to me directly. Don't worry, the fuel tank is full of oil, you just need it!"

Seeing that the boss was so righteous, Zhao Guoyang stopped moji, took out a hundred-dollar US dollar bill and stuffed it into the boss's hand and said, "Okay, boss, then I won't be polite to you. This is the cost of renting your truck, I will pay in advance!"

Seeing this hundred dollars, the boss smiled even brighter.

The man didn't say anything polite, and directly paid the money and said, "No problem, Mr. Zhao, I'll take you and Miss Zhang over to get the car now!"

When following the boss to get the car, Zhang Yufang couldn't help but mutter to Zhao Guoyang: "Didn't it mean that African brothers are enthusiastic? Why did this boss charge us one hundred dollars and didn't even say a polite word?"

Listening to Teacher Zhang's words, Zhao Guoyang couldn't help but say: "Teacher Zhang, you are wrong about this. This is Nigeria, because its strategic resources are rich in oil, natural gas, etc., and its economy is not bad at all in Africa."

"The labor costs and travel costs here are not low. Although they are not as good as Songjiang City, they are also at the medium-level level in our country."

"The journey from Abuja Airport to the International Convention Center is more than 100 kilometers. It is quite generous to count one hundred dollars!"

After hearing this, Zhang Yufang's grudges decreased slightly.

Seeing this, Zhao Guoyang smiled and comforted: "Teacher Zhang, you are now senior executives of a large company with assets of over 10 million yuan, so you should have a broader vision."

"As long as our goods can be shipped to the exhibition center in time, let alone the hundred dollars, even if it is one thousand dollars, I will give it to you!"

After hearing Zhao Guoyang's reminder, Zhang Yufang nodded with a blushing face.

It was not because she couldn't bear to bear the hundred dollars, but she was thinking about helping Mr. Zhao as much as possible.
Chapter completed!